On September 3, 2018, Zhu Youjian held the first major dynasty meeting after the new king ascended the throne. The long-awaited civil servants of the court were extremely excited and looked forward to it.

Court meetings were one of the main ways to exercise imperial power in ancient times, and were also the main form of the emperor summoning ministers to discuss government affairs.

In the Ming Dynasty, the court meeting was divided into the Dacha and the Changcha. The Dacha was usually held on the dynasty, the Winter Solstice and the Wanshou Festival, which was a court meeting with etiquette. The Changcha was divided into the Chaoyang Dynasty and the Sun Dynasty. The Chaoyang Dynasty, as the name implies, was generally held on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and it was also a court meeting with etiquette. As the name implies, the Sun Dynasty was the court meeting where the emperor handled government affairs on a daily basis.

When Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established his regime, many systems were directly inherited from the Yuan Dynasty, such as the Secretariat and the Censorate, but the court meeting system did not favor the Yuan system.

The Yuan Dynasty was extremely brief: every day, the priest was just to report to Yanchun Pavilion and other halls.

It should be said that the rules of the Yuan Dynasty's dynasty have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that as long as the emperor and the prime minister reach a consensus, they can form policies, which are simple and effective, and successfully avoid the endless bets of civil servants.

The disadvantage is that the scope is extremely small and the time and place are not fixed. In the Yuan Dynasty, only the Secretariat, the Censorate, the Xuanzhengyuan, the Privy Council and the Qinxue nearby attendants were only a few people.

Undoubtedly, such a small dynasty would be very unfavorable to expand the emperor's majesty and block the way of speech.

One of the most important experiences of Zhu Yuanzhang in the loss of his deer in Yuan was that the powerful ministers were deceived and the imperial power could not be moved down, so he naturally regarded it as cheating and completely transformed it.

Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty regime, he vigorously promoted the Grand Court meeting. Any officials of some rank in the capital could participate in the Grand Court meeting.

In this way, the emperor's authority was naturally expanded well, and the opinions of all officials were opened up.

However, the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty's grand dynasty meeting were also obvious, that is, if there is a little controversy, the entire dynasty meeting could easily become a vegetable market. The two sides of the dispute developed from arguing about the government to personal attacks, and then fought hard, which was annoying.

In view of this, the Ming Dynasty experienced three major changes: the first time, Taizu abolished prime minister in the 13th year of Hongwu, and the original political system was resolved, and the nature and function of the morning dynasty also changed.

The second time, in the tenth year of Xuande, Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne in the year and stipulated that morning court reports must be carried out in advance and the number of events reported by each court is limited. The efficiency of the court meeting has greatly improved, which is very close to the modern meeting rules.

The third time, in the sixth year of Longqing, Wanli succeeded to the throne and changed to court on the three, six and nine days a month. From then on, the morning court was only held nine times a month, and it is no longer called the "Sun Dynasty".

After Wanli took office, the emperor was even more unhappy with the court meeting. He had not attended court for decades, and the court meeting was stopped, which was useless.

In the early days of Emperor Tianqi's reign, he was quite interested in the dynasty at first, but he was soon disgusted by the Donglin Party's rumor. So he introduced Wei Zhongxian to suppress the Donglin Party and returned to the palace to concentrate on carpentry.

Now that Zhu Youjian had just ascended the throne, he released news that he would restore the old system of Longqing. He held court meetings on March 369 every month, and held nine court meetings a month. This is undoubtedly exciting and good news for civil servants who have not felt the happiness of court meetings for a long time. Before the meeting time came, civil servants came to the Forbidden City in the dark and waited for the court meeting to be held.

The Ming Dynasty dynasty meeting was held in a rather abnormal time, and the court meeting was held on the fifth day of the fifth day. This was undoubtedly a torture for the ministers. They had to get up at midnight and travel through half of the capital to the Meridian Gate.

At 3 a.m., the minister arrived outside the Meridian Gate and waited. When the drums on the Meridian Gate Tower sounded, the minister had to line up; when the bell rang around 5 a.m., the palace gate opened, and the minister crossed the Jinshui Bridge and lined up in the square.

However, the officials have not attended the court meeting for a long time. Now Chongzhen ascended the throne and saw hope of participating in the court affairs. Therefore, even though they were sleepy, they still came to participate in the first court meeting after the new emperor ascended the throne with great excitement.

At 5 o'clock, all the officials were waiting for it. The palace gate of Huangji Palace slowly opened. An eunuch walked to the steps and sang loudly to the officials below the stage: "All the officials entered the court!"

Huangji Hall, also known as Fengtian Hall, is the head of the three major halls, and is placed in later generations, which is the status of the Great Hall of the People.

As soon as the eunuchs fell, all the civil and military officials made a move to make their appearance. Only then, under the leadership of the cabinet chief Huang Liji and British Duke Zhang Weixian, civil and military officials stood side by side, followed step by step, and entered one after another.

Entering the spacious, bright and majestic Huangji Hall, all the officials stood neatly on both sides of the hall.

"The Emperor is here!"

Wang Ti, who was the eunuch in charge of seals at the time, sang aloud. Zhu Youjian took steady steps and climbed up the imperial stairs step by step and walked towards the dragon throne.

Zhu Youjian had made countless rehearsals for today's grand dynasty meeting, and even the steps it took to walk from the inner door on the left side of the Huangji Hall to the dragon chaise was accurately calculated.

It is not a reason why Zhu Youjian is so cautious, because he ascended the throne at the age of seventeen and was not the descendant of the late emperor to succeed the throne. The young kingdom suspected that it was certain, so he deliberately acted very steadily in the first time he went to court to meet all officials, so as not to be underestimated by all officials.

He maintained a constant speed and was not panicked. The error of each move was accurate to centimeters. He came to the imperial throne, waved his dragon sleeves vigorously, sat on the imperial throne, and looked down from a high place, facing the civil and military officials.

Wang Tigan sang loudly: "The emperor is here to court, and all officials are visiting!"

The voice fell, and all the civil and military officials on both sides immediately, led by Huang Liji, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Zhang Weixian, the British Duke, bowed three times and bowed nine times to the Ming emperor, and sang loudly: "I will bow to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Zhu Youjian, who was sitting on the imperial throne, forcibly suppressed his excitement, raised his head and raised his chest, tried his best to show calmness and moderation, and stared forward.

"I only know the wonder of being a king today!"

Although there had been a bow to the ministers at the throne ceremony, he was extremely tired by the cumbersome rituals and had no time to enjoy the majesty of being the emperor.

But this time, sitting on the imperial throne that represents the supreme world, under the imperial stairs were civil and military officials who worshiped the great ceremony. Zhu Youjian finally felt for the first time that his body seemed to be full of infinite power, like a god holding the spinning sun and moon in his hand. All living beings in the world, life, death and robbing, all in one thought.

The feeling of everything being mastered is so wonderful. No wonder Li Shimin killed his brother and slaughtered his brother for the sake of this position under his butt, and did not care about family affection.

What did the emperor mean in ancient times?

That is the eldest son of heaven, who has the power of the king and is granted divine power. He will hunt the world on behalf of heaven. All things in this world, the people and the people, can be killed and seized, and can do whatever they want.

The Book of Songs says: All under the heavens are the king's land, and all the king's ministers are the king's ministers.

The meaning is clear at a glance, saying that all things in the world, the subjects and the people belong to the emperor, the emperor is the master of everything, and I am the only one in heaven and earth.
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