A life of status is nourished and respected everywhere. But after being an official, is the life of being an official as moist as we thought? Let's discuss it today.
We often see on TV series that the emperor listened to various officials reporting what happened in his jurisdiction in the court early in the morning. And this is what we often call the early dynasty. The origin of the early dynasty can be officially said to be the origin of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The early dynasty also marked the symbol of imperial power, and the Ming Dynasty marked the formation of a distinctive early dynasty, which also made its own unique contribution to the later dynasty system in China.
We must want to know that all those ministers went there after the early court. Did they go home? It is out of the question. Even if the emperor asked them to go back, they dared not go back. If they go home, they will be fined, beaten or beheaded. It is conceivable that the life of ancient officials was not as easy as what we saw on TV. In fact, it's almost noon after leaving the DPRK. At this time, the emperor will invite these ministers to dinner. After dinner, it doesn't mean they can go home or continue to do things. What the minister did was to return to the place under his jurisdiction, publicize the emperor's thoughts and policies, assign tasks, preside over the overall situation, and sum up the emperor's thoughts. For ministers who didn't go to the early court, the emperor will also send someone to your jurisdiction to see if you are in your office and see if you are lazy or something.
From TV, we often see officials who play around with their salaries. Most of these officials are relatives of princes or emperors. For ordinary officials, they dare not hide silver and are too lazy to run around. In ancient times, ministers left work from 3 pm to 5 pm. At this time, it was already dark when they went home for dinner. Of course, this off-duty time will change with the seasons. In ancient times, there were not as many recreational activities as we do in modern times. We usually wash and sleep after dinner. After all, I have to get up early the next morning to catch up.
Who can participate in the early dynasty? In the Tang Dynasty, people below the rank of five officials usually reported to the court on the first or fifteenth day of each month. Officials with more than five grades have to visit the emperor in the court every day. At that time, the number of people visiting the imperial court was still very large. In the Song Dynasty, centralization of authority was strengthened, and only people with higher official positions could visit the emperor every day.
In the Ming Dynasty, six leaders of the Ming Dynasty participated in the early dynasty every day, and officials from Beijing or Xuan Jing also participated in the early dynasty, but it was not their turn to speak. For them, this is a complete number. It is also very hard for the emperor to get up early and go to court every day. We know that three generations of grandparents and grandchildren belong to the emperor. They can be said to go to court early every day. Of course, their achievements have attracted worldwide attention.
In ancient times, in the early dynasty, if the Song Dynasty dared to say second, no one dared to say first. It was really hard to go in the early Song Dynasty. The Ming dynasty also attached great importance to going to the early dynasty. The emperor wants to discuss the affairs with his ministers at dawn. The ministers' homes are far away, and they must have gone to the early dynasty earlier. In ancient times, without modern means of transportation, it was definitely more difficult. It was often that they set off for the early morning in the middle of the night.
What's more, the early courts also had regulations. In addition to first-class and second-class officials, you can ride a horse or take a sedan chair. Other officials have to leave, and they have to queue up before the meeting. Someone will check your gfd. If anything goes too far, they will also write it down. Of course, if you are late for the morning, you may get paid, hit the board and be caught by your enemies. Your future life is still very difficult. So it was not so easy to be an official in ancient times.