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Chapter 47 The Anecdote on the Dragon Chair 4
The Busiest Emperor's Schedule
Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, died on August 1424, 8. Since his ascension to the throne on July 12, 1402, he has been busy with work during his reign of nearly 7 days. A day is never wasted.From February 17, 62 in the Western calendar, we can see the life form and content of Emperor Yongle.

At the time of the fourth watch, Zhu Di got up and began to take a shower and change his clothes. His hair was combed and his beard was trimmed. Then he drank some tea and ate the morning meal prepared by the cook under the supervision of the eunuch.As a day of national sacrifice, Zhu Di must be very grand and solemn.

After breakfast, with the assistance of Feng Yujing, Zhu Di will put on his costume, headgear, scarf, dragon robe, and shoes specially tailored by Shang Yijian.When everything is ready, he will go to the Huagai Hall to hold the early court, but when the sacrifice is coming, he only needs to hold a small morning court at Fengtianmen.Driven by twelve tall, strong and physically strong eunuchs, Zhu Di entered a yellow imperial sedan chair.

All the way to the south, headed to Fengtian Temple, and the civil and military officials had already lined up in a straight line, waiting there for a long time, when the drumbeat of the fifth watch weakened to the point where it could not be heard, the morning court began, accompanied by ritual kowtows After the ceremony is over, a ceremonial official will loudly announce the end of the court meeting.

At this time, Zhu Di was about to continue heading south, and entered the huge Meridian Gate surrounded by the Wufeng Building. In one of the rest rooms, he took off his morning robe and put on a suit specially tailored for the sacrificial ceremony. fancy dress.Then walk out of the Meridian Gate, get on the dragon chariot, and continue to walk south to the place of sacrifice.

Along the way, there will be music officials playing many parades until Zhu Di enters Daming Gate, from Zhengyang Gate to the trapezoidal Temple of Heaven, and walks to the top terrace, where there are statues representing wind, cloud, thunder, rain, Tablets of the gods of mountains and rivers.There are also some containers containing wine and food, which are sacrifices at this time.

When horns, drums and 23 other musical instruments were played together to form a solemn rhythm, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven officially kicked off.When all these red tapes are over, Zhu Di will get off the sedan chair at the Wenhua Palace and enter the imperial pharmacy after returning to the palace from the national sacrifice.

At this time, two imperial doctors will immediately diagnose Zhu Di's pulse, ask him a few symbolic questions, and then perform the traditional Chinese method of "look, smell, ask, and feel".Finally, some prescriptions were written out, and under the watchful eyes of the guards, the pharmacists started to make up the medicines, and then decocted them.

After the medicine was boiled, one imperial physician and one imperial physician drank a bowl respectively. It took a long time before Zhu Di could drink the bowl of medicine that was supposed to be for him.After taking the medicine, Zhu Di will take a short lunch break, and after the lunch break, Zhu Di will enter the royal wine room for lunch.

At noon, Zhu Di will hold a noon court at Youshun Gate, dealing with state affairs in every detail. This court meeting will probably last until around two o'clock in the afternoon. When everything is handled properly, Zhu Di will tell the officials to proceed What work should be done, and then go to Donganmen, where is a secret surveillance organization called Dongchang.

In the East Factory, Zhu Di would ask some cryptic questions that he cared about, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Di would leave here to inspect the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the internal transportation warehouse.These activities will take Zhu Di about an hour and a half, and at 04:30 in the afternoon, he will go back to the imperial pharmacy to drink another bowl of medicine.Then I have to visit my beloved children and grandchildren, how to study and study, and give them some guidance and teaching.

Then it was dinner time, but Zhu Di usually used the meal time to discuss state affairs with several important ministers and review some memorials.After the dinner was over, Zhu Di would also hold a small meeting, inviting the officials in charge of the six ministries, the governors of the five armies, and a few princes to the meeting room in the Meridian Gate.

This meeting will take a long time, and usually ends in the middle of the night. On the second watch, the eunuchs reminded Zhu Di to take medicine, and then returned to the residence. The day's work was considered over, and Zhu Di began to be undressed by others. , ready to rest and sleep.

Of course, at this time Zhu Di would choose a concubine to serve him, and it was almost eleven o'clock at this time.What Zhu Di would do and say with his concubine at night, and even Zhu Di would read something before going to bed to pass the long night before going to bed, all these would be recorded in detail by the accompanying eunuch.

Zhu Di's day passed like this, busy and boring, tense and boring, but this emperor spent every day of his reign in this way. From Zhu Di's schedule, it can be seen that all he is concerned about is the affairs of this country. Maybe he thinks This will allow him to add a bit of brilliance to the history books and cover up the truth about usurping the throne and killing the king.

(End of this chapter)