Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin who stood up, smiled and asked.
Other ministers who were preparing to go home also looked at Liu Jin.
"Your Majesty, I have actually been thinking about one thing, and that is our morning court system and work system."
Liu Jin replied respectfully.
"Oh, morning system, work system?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately became interested. Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the morning court system is a system that has been continued since ancient times. The emperor and ministers have to get up very early every morning to deal with national affairs."
"Since the emergence of the morning dynasty system, the original intention was to urge the emperor and the ministers in the court to pay attention to national affairs. As the saying goes, the day's plan lies in the morning, and national affairs should be given high attention. The morning dynasty is also to remind the emperor and ministers to shoulder their shoulders.
He shoulders the heavy responsibility of the prosperity of the country and the country."
Liu Jin stood up and thought for a while before speaking slowly.
In fact, the morning dynasty system existed very early, but before the Song Dynasty it was still more humane. The morning dynasty was later, so everyone could sleep longer.
Secondly, during the morning court, ministers could still sit and discuss state affairs with the emperor. They did not need to stand or kneel to attend the morning court.
But in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a workaholic himself, working more than ten hours a day without feeling tired.
At the same time, he was an emperor who hated officials extremely. For this reason, he also enacted many strict laws, invented many systems that did not exist in previous dynasties, and paid officials very low salaries.
And some changes were made to the morning dynasty system. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, during the morning dynasty, ministers must get up at midnight and travel half of the capital to the Meridian Gate. At three o'clock in the morning, the ministers arrived outside the Meridian Gate and waited.
When the drum on the Meridian Gate tower beats, the ministers will line up. At about five o'clock in the morning, the bell will ring, the palace gate will open, and all the officials will enter in order. After crossing the Jinshui Bridge and arranging the queue on the square, they will wait to enter.
Morning court in the palace.
It can be said that this system is really disgusting. When you get up in the middle of the night to go to the morning service, you have to wait for several hours just waiting outside. One day or two days is better. The key is that the morning service lasts for many years, day after day.
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Even the most energetic politicians will find this a very tiresome thing. Think about it, after you have finished having sex, you are woken up to go to the morning while you are sleeping soundly. How painful it is.
Not only were the ministers tired, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were also famous for not falling in love with the morning court. That is to say, diligent emperors like Emperor Hongzhi would insist on going to the morning court every day. Other emperors often spent three days fishing and two days.
On the Internet, I encountered Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Wanli, etc., who had not gone to court for more than ten or decades, and they all hated this early court.
It's better when the weather is hot in summer, and it's cooler when you get up early. However, if it's autumn and winter, the temperature in Beijing is very low, and it's really uncomfortable to get up in the morning.
You can imagine how refreshing it feels to get up in the middle of the night to go to the morning court and stand outside the palace gate waiting for several hours during the season when the snow is flying and the dripping water turns to ice.
Even though these ministers all wore mink coats and brocade and satin coats, it was difficult to withstand the cold weather.
In spring and summer, when the weather is cold or the rain is pouring, it is difficult to appreciate the sourness and refreshing feeling of getting up early in the morning.
In addition to greatly advancing the time for morning court, Zhu Yuanzhang also formulated a cumbersome morning court system. Ministers must stand up for morning court and kneel to perform, so that all ministers have their knees tied with
Otherwise, many elderly ministers would not be able to get up if they knelt for a long time.
From all of this, we can see how disgusting the system of the early Ming Dynasty was. Many places were deliberately created by Zhu Yuanzhang to punish these ministers.
This kind of system is not only hated by the ministers, but also by the emperor. He wakes up too early, day after day, year after year, and the emperor also has a hard time.
You must know that not only the ministers must pay attention to the etiquette of the morning court, but also the emperor. For example, the emperor must sit upright and maintain dignity at all times, otherwise the censor can spit in your face.
Everyone wants to change the early dynasty system, but no one has dared to propose it. Mainly because the early dynasty system is an ancestral system. The ancestral system cannot be easily changed. Even the emperor must follow it.
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Now when they heard Liu Jin talking about the morning court system, everyone couldn't help laughing.
"Liu Jin, this lazy guy~"
Not only Emperor Hongzhi thought this way, but also Zhang Mao, Liu Jian and others. Liu Jin was notoriously lazy.
"However, it's too early for morning service~"
"The emperor gets up at the eleventh hour when he needs it, and the ministers have to get up at three o'clock to make the morning."
"Day after day, year after year, this is a difficult test for the emperor and the ministers, and more importantly, it seriously damages the bodies of the emperor and the ministers."
Liu Jin changed the topic and immediately talked about the morning time.
"Serious bodily harm?"
When Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Zhang Mao and others heard this, they immediately smiled. Then Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin and said, "How did you hurt everyone's health?"
"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"
"According to research from Daming Medical College, sleep is a very important thing. If a person does not sleep well and does not sleep for enough time, the body will be prone to disease. If a person does not get enough sleep for a long time and the sleep quality is poor, not only
It is frail and sick, and it will also affect your life span.”
Liu Jin took out a research report, these research reports from Daming Medical College.
Daming Medical College researches many fields, one of which specializes in the study of sleep. It selected some slaves to intervene in their sleep for a long time, and then came up with such a research report.
After hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone couldn't help being slightly surprised. Emperor Hongzhi took the research report and read it carefully, and soon frowned.
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and other ministers soon circulated it to each other, and they all frowned after reading it.
There is no need to doubt the authority of the Ming Medical College, especially after it cured Emperor Hongzhi’s intestinal carbuncle, and it already represents the most advanced medical technology of the Ming Dynasty.
In this research report, the experimental conditions and results are listed in detail, and it is highlighted that among the slaves who participated in the test, those who did not get enough sleep and had poor sleep quality were not only prone to getting sick, but also often suffered from serious illnesses.
It is easy to become irritable and restless.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen~"
"Sleep is a very important thing for our human body. Adequate sleep is beneficial to physical and mental health."
"And the emperor's health is naturally the most important thing to us in the Ming Dynasty. The princes in the court are the humerus of the emperor and the pillars of the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty. They are also related to the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty."
"However, because of the early dynasty system, both the emperor and the ministers in the dynasty had to get up very early, and sleep could not be guaranteed. The emperor's dragon body and the bodies of the lords and ministers in the dynasty were all damaged. This is very important for the country and the country of Ming Dynasty.
Say, it is obviously disadvantageous."
Naturally, Liu Jin could not start from the system itself. The focus was still on the health of Emperor Hongzhi and the health of his ministers.
No matter who they are, they value their own bodies the most, especially the emperor and the ministers in the court. They are all the top people in the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally value their own bodies more.
"Your Majesty, you work hard to govern, work diligently and love the people. You are an eternal sage. You have to review memorials until late at night every day. Before you have a good rest, you have to go to court again."
"It's okay for a day or two. If this continues for a long time, it will definitely have an impact on His Majesty's dragon body."
"If we can properly change the morning court affairs, such as changing the morning court time to Chen time, your Majesty can sleep for more than an hour every day."
"Don't underestimate this extra hour. The above research said that sleeping for an extra hour every day will not only make your body healthier, but also help you live longer."
"If the time of morning court can be changed to midnight, Your Majesty can not only sleep for an extra hour every day, but also exercise for half an hour early every day. Exercise regularly, exercise appropriately, and sweat every day, which is also good for our human body.
, This is also the research result of Daming Medical College.”
"When the time is pushed back, the ministers can also get more sleep. The ministers are healthier and can better deal with national affairs, share the worries of His Majesty, and work hard for the country and the country."
Liu Jin first flattered Emperor Hongzhi, and then gave his own suggestions and talked about the benefits of postponing the morning court.
Well, the article mainly focuses on Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi has always been in poor health. Since his surgery last year, under the advice of the professor of Daming Medical College,
Emperor Hongzhi made adjustments in many aspects such as diet, work and rest. The most important one was the introduction of exercise. After exercising every day and sweating, the whole person would feel refreshed and his body would become better and better.
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"You're a lazy idiot. You obviously don't want to go to court, but you still say this so clearly."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin and couldn't help but smile.
He was a diligent emperor and always insisted on going to the morning court. Unless there was something special or he was really uncomfortable, he always insisted on going to the morning court.
However, he had to admit that what Liu Jin said made sense.
The body of the emperor and ministers is very important, and it is very important to the country of Ming Dynasty, and sleep is very important to the body. This naturally follows, and delaying the morning court seems to be very important to the country of Ming Dynasty.