During the slack season, ordinary people had nothing to do. They just gathered together and chatted and gossiped every day, but officials did not have such leisure and had to go to work. Does anyone wonder if officials in the Ming Dynasty had holidays?
The answer is yes, yes!
But it is well known that the treatment of officials in the Ming Dynasty was very miserable, especially during the period of Zhu Yuanzhang. He was born in a poor family and hated corrupt officials the most. He also had very strict requirements for officials, such as only three days off a year, the Spring Festival, the winter solstice, and the emperor's birthday.
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This is quite anti-human. After the reforms were carried out later, there was finally about a month's holiday before and after the Spring Festival. In the middle and later period, it was more complete, with three days of leave per month, eighteen days of holidays, and almost fifty days of leave every year.
, but the Ming Dynasty abolished various family leave, and only stipulated that parents should observe mourning for three years after a major funeral.
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Emperor Chongzhen's court was swaying in the wind and rain, and the official holidays were naturally shortened. In addition, it has been more than a month since the Chinese New Year, and the official went to work long ago, while the common people were free.
Yes, but they have many things to do, and it's not just fighting in the court, that's just part of their job.
The Ministry of Works has several projects to do at hand, the Ministry of Personnel is busy with official assessments, promotions that should be promoted, promotions that should be promoted, and delegations that should be delegated. The Ministry of Household Affairs is busy taking stock of where funds are needed and how much is owed. Last year
How much is the income, where does it come from, and where is it used? The Ministry of War is busy calculating the military and horse records...
Anyway, the Six Ministries, Five Temples, Two Supervisors, Two Hospitals and One Government all have a lot of things on their hands. Now it is different from previous years. The performance evaluation is very strict. If you want to eat and drink vegetarian food, your iron rice bowl will be lost soon.
Generally, court officials are busy with ordinary government affairs, while the big bosses have things that big bosses are worried about, such as the upcoming peace talks with the intruders, which is one of their top priorities at the moment, and the other is the war in Sichuan.
The entire court was busy, but it seemed that only the eunuch of Dongchang had the most leisure time. Suddenly he woke up after a strange illness and wanted to do business and open a shop. Then he disappeared. He did not participate in any affairs of the government, and he was never seen.
What outsiders didn't know was that he was busier than ever, diving into the inner court office to engage in research and development, and sleeping no more than two hours a day.
However, he is not the busiest person yet.
There is another person who is busier than him. It is not Emperor Chongzhen, nor the courtiers, nor Princess Kunxing, nor the craftsmen of the inner court yamen, but Li Muchian, the master of Baiyun Temple.
Baiyun Temple is the most famous Taoist temple in the capital, but why did Li Muchian suddenly become the temple’s master?
This is exactly what the people in the capital talk about.
Chang Yu's plan to open a women's pavilion in the Huitong Pavilion was only known to the courtier circle, and there was constant criticism about it, but ordinary people did not know about it, so they had almost no discussion about it. They were more concerned about the gossip in daily life.
For example, Baiyun Temple suddenly changed its master. I heard that the new master's Taoism was transcendental and had a great background. The reason why it attracted the attention of the people so quickly was that after the new master took office, he immediately opened a large Taoist temple for the people.
The prayers and sermons attracted thousands of people to come and watch the excitement.
Soon the identity of this man spread, saying that he was Lu Dongbin's direct disciple of a certain generation. He was a master of Taoism and had helped the eunuchs of Dongchang to be invincible in battles. The chief eunuch of Dongchang should know that he was fighting a war.
The invincible one, if it weren't for him, the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed a long time ago, and he only had the help of this Taoist to win many battles. Why can this Taoist call the wind and rain and spread the beans into soldiers... Various miraculous rumors are getting more and more intense, and the people in the capital are going crazy about them.
Incessantly, thousands of people devoutly listen to the teachings at Baiyun Temple’s ashram every day, and those who receive Li Muxian’s blessings are even more grateful, and it soon evolved into a talisman for the master of Baiyun Temple that is hard to find for a thousand dollars.
Even Chang Yu admired Li Muxian's abilities, whether it was Taoist cultivation, Taoist cultivation, or even various types of Qimen Dunjia, not to mention his eloquence that could fool people. In just a few days, thousands of believers came to him.
Thousands!
But Li Muchian was extremely tired. He had to preach during the day, and at night he and Tang Ruowang and other technicians had to develop glass for Chang Yu. He had very little time to rest. However, he enjoyed it and enjoyed it.
The reason is simple. Chang Yu finally fulfilled his promise and gave himself a ride.
Li Muxian has been following Chang Yu for more than half a year, making suggestions and suggestions. It can be said that Chang Yu's illustrious military achievements are indispensable for him, but the reason why he works so hard is not to cheat money by eating and drinking. In the eyes of everyone, although he is unreliable
However, Pu has a lofty dream, to rebuild the Lu Ancestral Temple, Guang Daomen, and preferably to unify the Daomen and take the position of national master.
This is also the cake Chang Yu drew for him!
Although he made a lot of money during this period, he always felt that his goal was getting further and further away. Just when he was panicking, happiness suddenly came.
If you want to be a national master, you must first become famous all over the world! Otherwise, how could the Taoist sect choose an unknown wandering Taoist priest to unify the Taoist sect. Li Muxian guessed Chang Yu's thoughts, he wanted to make himself famous first before ascending to the throne.
But Chang Yu said, don't think too much, it's just for business.
What business?
Once you become famous, it will be easier to issue co-branded items in the future.
Li Muxian doesn't understand what a co-branded item is, but it doesn't matter. Just follow the rhythm of the little eunuch.
More than half a month passed in a flash. The emperor was busy with state affairs, the courtiers were busy with government affairs, Li Muchian preached about making glass, the prince spent almost every day at the football field with a group of noble disciples, Chang Yu plunged into the inner court to work on designs with Princess Kunxing, and even
All aroused the curiosity of Queen Zhou, and she also participated in it from time to time and enjoyed it.
During this period, Chang Yu also maximized his connections, power and money. Everything he needed and his goals were successfully implemented in the shortest possible time, such as the store being renovated.
There are three stores facing the street, with carved beams and painted roofs, and glass doors and windows. The indoor scene is vaguely visible but not very clear. It attracts passers-by to stop and peek curiously, but they cannot see the decoration inside clearly. All they see is a gold plaque hanging on the main door, nailed on it.
There is a trademark with a golden phoenix crown and words.
Kun?
After a little questioning, I found out that this place should be related to women, but I didn't know what it was used for.
In the past few days, several dignitaries in the capital received a special invitation letter.
To be precise, there are ten noble families, including the Duke's Palace, the Marquis Palace and the Earl's Palace. One thing they have in common is that they all have daughters, and this invitation letter is sent to their daughters.
Why is the invitation letter special?
Because it is made of royal yellow paper, and it is very beautifully made. There is a stamp on it, and there is Kun inside the phoenix crown. It turns out that it is an invitation sent by Princess Kunxing, inviting the daughters of these distinguished families to attend a party.
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The daughters who received the invitation were pleasantly surprised. The invitation from the Royal Princess, and only ten people were invited, was extremely honorable. Apart from anything else, this invitation letter was of great collectible value, and even the daughter could not put it down and played with it.
The daughters were overjoyed to receive the invitation from the royal princess, and their parents were also overjoyed. It was a good thing to be invited to the palace to meet the princess. This was also the royal family's favor for them, but they had some small scruples in their hearts. After all, this kind of thing had never happened before.
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When the news spread, it naturally aroused the envy, jealousy and hatred of other nobles. There are hundreds of noble families in the capital, and which one doesn't have a few girls? But they only invited ten. You can't say you're not envious and jealous.
Impossible, and then they received news that the party was not in the palace but at the Huitong Pavilion. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that the so-called women's pavilion set up by the great eunuch was actually to get Princess Kunxing.
Just a place to play.
Although the princess is noble, she is indeed imprisoned in a deep palace with high walls. She has no freedom and no friends. She longs for freedom and joy more than anyone else, but she cannot make friends with ordinary people, and the palace is not accessible to ordinary people at any time.
Therefore, the emperor who loved his daughter opened up a place for her in the Huitong Pavilion, so that she could invite friends to come here to drink tea and chat, and this kind of place was convenient for those rich people to come without losing her status.
Status, after all, Huitong Hall is not accessible to ordinary people.
The friendship between the princess and the daughter of the emperor's relatives can enhance the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, which is naturally what the noble family wants. The benefits are endless and can only be understood but cannot be expressed. Of course, there may be old antiques who object, then
It means that there are absolutely no girls in their family, or they were not invited.
It turned out that it was actually used as a princess annex. It seemed that the eunuch was wrongly blamed. Public opinion suddenly changed. Many court officials who opposed the reconstruction of the women's pavilion began to disagree.