Qu Shisi put on a brand new public uniform, took the ivory tablet, stood up and looked at it on the bronze mirror at the door. There was nothing wrong with it. She turned around and said to Shaw Brothers, "Madam, you're at home, I'm going to court!"

Officials in the Ming Dynasty had four sets of clothes, which were stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time. One was court uniform, which was the major event in the country, such as the emperor's ascension to the throne, the emperor's wedding and other national celebrations. The other was sacrifice uniform, as the name implies, which was the clothes worn during worship. These two types of clothes were not worn for a long time and could not be worn several times a year. The Ming Dynasty officials mainly wore two types of clothes in daily life, one was public uniform, which was characterized by long-winged black gauze hats, and the second was the Ming Dynasty official uniforms in TV series later generations, characterized by short-winged black gauze hats, and there were animal patches on the clothes.

There is no tonic on the public uniform, but the official positions are divided according to the color of the clothes and the jade belt, and the scepter board. The belt grades are first-grade jade, second-grade flower rhinoceros, third-grade honeysuckle, fourth-grade primitive gold, fifth-grade silver loam, sixth-grade primitive silver, eighth-grade black horn. The color of the clothes is red robe, fifth-grade to seventh-grade green robe, eighth-grade green robe. The unreached miscellaneous officials, robes, scepters, and belts are the same as those below the eighth-grade. The public uniforms are embroidered with patterns, first-grade large-grade single-grade small-grade single-grade small-grade single-grade small-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-grade single-

Qu Shixi was a member of the cabinet after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Unlike the old guys who were old in the cabinet before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he could only wear first-grade big red ball flower tunics, first-grade jade belts, and ivory tablets. Ma Mingyuan and other veteran cadres before the founding of the People's Republic of China all had big red python robes given by the emperor, which made him look very majestic.

After Qu Shixi said goodbye to his wife Shaw, he left the mansion and sat in his eight-liu green sedan chair, lit his heels, and the sedan chairman knew that the master had sat down, so he got up and carried Qu Shixi to chase the Meridian Gate.

The morning court in the Ming Dynasty was very hard, and officials who attended the court had to get up at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night to prepare. If their homes were far away, they would get up in the middle of the night to prepare. However, as the old master of the Pavilion, Qu Shisi was outside the Xizhimen, and was not far from the Meridian Gate. However, Qu Shisi had to get up at one o'clock and go out at two o'clock in the morning so that he could reach the Meridian Gate before sunrise.

Qu Shisi sat in the sedan chair and closed his eyes to rest. In the Ming Dynasty, lower-level officials were required to avoid superior officials when they saw them. However, except for Ma Mingyuan, there was no official with a higher level than Qu Shisi, so Qu Shisi was not disturbed and could sleep for a while.

Qu Shixi closed her eyes and suddenly felt the sedan stop. Qu Shixi asked unhappily: "What's wrong?"

A servant next to him quickly said, "Master, I met Mr. Tong Ge's sedan chair in front. What should I do?"

The seven cabinet masters in the cabinet are only Ma Mingyuan, and the others are all deputy, and they are the same according to official positions. However, Chinese people have to be qualified for everything, so Tong Yangjia, who ranks second, is called the secondary assistant. As for Qu Shixi, ranks seventh and is the last in the cabinet.

When Qu Shishi heard that it was Tong Yangjia, he said to his servants: "Let Tong Ge go there first!" Qu Shishi wanted to impeach Ma Mingyuan today, so there was no need to offend Ma Mingyuan's mortal enemy Tong Yangjia.

The servant went over to pass the order, and after a while, the servant came back and said, "Master, Master Tong said thank you!"

Qu Shixi nodded without saying a word, and the sedan chair continued to walk through the city of Beijing.

Although it is midnight now, the capital is not silent. It is located outside the imperial city, with many patrol inspection departments, Jinyiwei, and officials of all sizes who rushed over to court.

In addition to the sedan chairman, Qu Shisi also had six guards in front of him, holding a sign of "Silent, avoidance". At the same time, two soldiers were beating the gong and shouting while walking: "Civil and military officials, military and civilians, and civilians, all of them were waiting!" The soldiers who were patrolling the night, the Jinyiwei, and the officials who were rushing to hide in the alley as long as they were lower than Qu Shisi, and then the civil servants got out of the sedan chair, the military officers dismounted and knelt on both sides to salute.

Qu Shizi came to Chengtian Gate in a sedan chair. If you go in, you can't sit in a sedan chair. Except for the officials who were given the emperor's emperor, everyone else could only walk. The shoulder chariot looks very simple, but when others walk with their legs, and if you can sit on the shoulder chariot, you can't bring any satisfaction in your heart. However, Ma Mingyuan is the only one who has such honor in the civil and military dynasty.

Outside Chengtian Gate are various departments and cabinet offices, but it is not dawn yet, and there are no one in all the houses except for some on duty. The sedan chair servants brought by various officials and servants are arranged outside the Qianbulang according to the master's grade. The master can only leave the sedan chair and move forward by himself.

Qu Shixi lived far away among the members of the cabinet. Except for Tong Yangjia, everyone else lives in Dongcheng, so they came earlier than Qu Shixi.

The cabinet members stood outside Chengtian Gate according to their rankings. The first was the Prime Minister and the Chief Supervisor Ma Mingyuan. The second was the second was Tong Yangjia, the third was Fu Wenlong, the fourth was Wang Yunchang, the fifth was Feng Ziyong, the sixth was Li Zhi, and the seventh was Qu Shisi.

These seven people should be ranked third in terms of qualifications, but Feng Ziyong was squeezed out of the cabinet by Ma Mingyuan and ran to the place to be the governor for several years. When he entered the cabinet again, Fu Wenlong and Wang Yunchang were already ahead of him. There was no way, Feng Ziyong could only rank fifth. However, only Ma Mingyuan, Tong Yangjia, and Feng Ziyong were wearing the python robe given by the emperor. After all, Feng Ziyong was an old cadre before the founding of the country, so he still had this treatment, which was a little bit worthy of Feng Ziyong.

Qu Shisi came the latest. He came to the front of the pavilion masters and bowed. Ma Mingyuan sat there and pretended to sleep. He didn't know if he saw it. Anyway, he was showing off with his eyes closed. On the contrary, Tong Yangjia quickly got up and returned the greeting when he saw Qu Shisi. After all, Qu Shisi asked him to take a step just now, and several other pavilion masters also stood up and returned the greeting without expression. Nodding at Qu Shisi was considered to be a greeting.

The seven people in the cabinet were all old men, and the youngest Ma Mingyuan was already in his fifties. Emperor Zhu Hongsan was afraid that it would be bad if he had to make trouble like this, so the Inner Palace Inspector of the Special Palace prepared folding stools for these seven old guys, which was considered to be sympathetic to the old ministers.

Qu Shisi sat on his stool. At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and all the civil and military officials who came to court had arrived. Zhu Hongsan stipulated that all officials in Beijing, regardless of their official position, would be subject to the obligation to attend court. All officials from other provinces who came to Beijing to report their duties must also attend court. In addition, Zhu Hongsan had occupied the country for four or five years, and most of the officials at all levels were already ready, so there were seven or eight hundred people coming to court today, which was very spectacular.

At this time, the bell and drum tower on the Wumen Gate sounded. The time for court was up. The left and right trunk gates of Chengtian Gate were opened. All civil and military officials stood according to their official positions. The civil and military officials were on the left and right, and entered the imperial city through the left and right trunk gates in turn.

The weather is very good today, and the place where the court attends is changed to Fengtian Gate, which is the Taihe Gate in later generations. After entering the Meridian Gate, civil and military officials must first stand in line according to the grade south of Jinshui Bridge, wait for the whip to sound, and cross the bridge in order. Until before the Dan Bi of Fengtian Gate, the civil officials are on the left and the military officers are on the right, and the two teams stand opposite each other, standing on both sides of the imperial road, waiting for the emperor to arrive. The emperor's seat is set in the middle of the Fengtian Gate, and it is called Jintai. When the music starts, the emperor's imperial gate sits. At this time, the whip is sounded again. The Honglu Temple sang "Entering the Class" and walked into the imperial road, and performed a bow and three bowing etiquette. Then it entered the memorial process.

Today, Zhu Hongsan did not come out by himself, but came out with four eunuchs carrying their shoulders. It was very simple. Zhu Hongsan became ill by his son.

Zhu Hongsan likes to eat spicy hot pot and likes to eat animal offal the most, so he got rich and gout disease. In the past, when he was in Guangdong, because the climate in Guangdong was humid and hot, he sweated a lot. The gout condition was not serious, but it was over when he arrived in the north. The north was cold and dry, and Zhu Hongsan did not like exercise, so he was wide and fat, so the gout became more and more serious.

A few days ago, due to the incident of Prince Zhu Hai, Zhu Hongsan was so angry that he was so angry that he could not walk with his feet that night.

After these days of cultivation, Zhu Hongsan has almost finished his cultivation, so today he can get up to court.

Seeing the emperor coming and sitting on the golden platform, the etiquette official shouted again: "All civil and military officials have something to report, and they will leave the court without any trouble!"

Zhu Hongsan's morning dynasty was different from the one stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang before. Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the morning dynasty had to handle specific affairs, so the morning dynasty occupied an important position among the three dynasties.

But Zhu Hongsan is different. Zhu Hongsan hates this kind of hodgepodge of getting up early in the morning and hundreds of people standing together. It’s fine for those senior officials, but those sixth and seventh ranks know what major national affairs are? What good suggestions can they have for the government? So Zhu Hongsan stipulates that the most important of the three dynasties is the Wu Dynasty, that is, the small dynasty meeting when the emperor and senior officials meet after the morning court. That is the time to agree on national affairs, and this dynasty meeting completely transforms into a ritual.

According to the tacit understanding between the emperor and the cabinet, this kind of dynasty will only talk about some good things, such as where the food is bumper, where pregnant women have given birth to multiple twins, etc. This kind of positive energy is something that should allow those low-level officials to know more, rather than those negative energy such as floods, locusts, war plagues, and plagues.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Ma Mingyuan had to speak first in such an occasion. He coughed, stood out from the class, came to the emperor, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the spring tuition has been collected this year. The 19 provinces in the three capitals and 19 provinces across the country have collected a total of 65.13 million silver dollars in taxes, and the tax has now been lifted to the capital!"

Zhu Hongsan already knew about this a few days ago. Today he said it was just for those low-level officials to hear it. Did you see that I have money and I can’t work hard for me!

Zhu Hongsan nodded slightly and said, "Good! How is the implementation of the new southern policy?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, the new policy has been steadily launched in southern provinces. All gentry actively responded to the national call and cooperated with land inventory. Some gentry with conservative thoughts have realized their mistakes after being educated, and have reformed themselves and cooperated with local governments to investigate land!"
Chapter completed!