I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 594 Officials in the capital

Since Li Tian changed the one day set by Zhu Yuanzhang to one day every three days due to illness.

This rule seems to have been established with such acquiescence, and no one has objected to it until now.

In fact, logically speaking, the court meeting should indeed be held every day.

At least Li Tian has to meet with the most important ministers every day.

But morning court was too much torment.

Regardless of whether it is winter or summer, you have to get up before the fifth watch every day. The fifth watch is Maoshi, that is, around five in the morning

This is what the so-called Dianmao means.

The emperor lives in the palace, so it doesn't matter if he wakes up a little late, just wash up casually and rush to the Qianqing Palace, and it won't take long.

But for officials who live outside the palace, it is hard work.

Officials who lived a little further away had to arrive at the Meridian Gate at five o'clock, so they had to get up at four o'clock or even three o'clock to freshen up and hurry on their way.

If the sun is the longest in summer, at three or four o’clock, the sky is already bright, and it’s okay to get up at this time, but if it’s winter, it can be fatal.

Three or four o'clock is the coldest time of the day, and there are still four or five hours before dawn. If you get up at this time, you can bear it for a day or two. If you do this every day, it will torture you to death.

Fortunately, due to Li Tian's laziness, the morning court was changed to every three days, and it was also changed from five o'clock in the middle of the night to eight to ten o'clock in the morning.

I don't know how much they relaxed at once.

Moreover, there are two days of preparation time for each morning court, so they can make the memorial more streamlined. When Li Tian concentrates on processing, it will be a little more efficient than the previous morning court every day.

It's morning time again.

A group of officials got up at six o'clock in the morning, washed up, and had some time to have breakfast or something.

Some officials don't want to disturb their family's slumber, so after they get dressed, they eat their own breakfast in teahouses, restaurants, breakfast shops and other places on the road.

On Yujie Street, because officials go up and down every day, some excited merchants ran here to set up breakfast shops.

Some merchants, in order to attract customers, thoughtfully prepared Beijing newspapers and hot water for the officials who came to eat.

At a steamed stuffed bun shop, two or three officials in crimson official robes walked together and sat down to eat together.

While chatting, the three of them took the Beijing News that the boss enthusiastically handed over, and said with smiles,
"My lords, this is your Beijing News. It's still the same today. Doesn't anyone get a share of steamed stuffed buns and sweet soy milk?"

"As usual, hurry up, it's very cold today, let's have a cup of hot tea first, let's warm our hands."

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop went to prepare, and the guy next to him, with quick eyesight and quick hands, came forward with a steaming teapot and brought everyone a cup of hot tea.

The three officials didn't say much. They shook their hands while drinking tea to drive away the cold. It seemed that the Beijing News was coming.

This Beijing News seems to have become something that officials must read every day.

The content of the first three pages above, most of the time, the content of the report is related to the recent current affairs.

People use these contents to understand the recent major events in the court, and officials use it to understand the latest trends in the court.

Today's front page content is a detailed description of the exchange's cotton procurement battle a few days ago.

The report described in detail why the price of cotton skyrocketed, how much it skyrocketed, and how many people got stuck because of lack of greed.

The official from the household department of the three of them patted the table while drinking tea and applauded,
"Great job, great deal this time.

In the past, they were all merchants, opportunistic, driving up prices, causing the common people to complain, and sometimes they couldn’t even eat a full meal. This time they reaped the consequences, and see if there are people with ulterior motives in the future to make trouble! "

The other two people also kept nodding their heads, fully agreeing with the official's analysis.

"Unexpectedly, the exchange that His Majesty ordered to build has such a great energy, not only to maintain the price of goods in the whole capital at a reasonable price, but also to severely punish those who have bad intentions.

Your majesty's vision is really beyond our reach! "

Another official whispered to the two mysteriously,
"You only see the surface, not the depth.

To be honest with you guys, I heard from my brother-in-law who works in the exchange that the exchange not only hit the merchants who want to speculate, but also made a lot of money by collecting transaction tax for each transaction. A large sum, it is said that it is 100 million taels! "

"What, no way, did you hear it wrong, how could a mere exchange make so much money?
You must know that our commercial tax for Ming Dynasty is only more than 200 million taels of silver. "

The official laughed and said,

"I'm not talking nonsense. All the people in the exchange were rewarded by His Majesty for their outstanding performance that day. They were awarded tens of thousands of taels of silver at once. On average, there are more than 50 taels left in each person's hands. Woolen cloth.

If they didn't earn so much, could His Majesty reward them with so much money all at once! "

After hearing the figure of more than 50 taels, the other two officials gasped.

An official even lamented in his native dialect,
"My dear, isn't that more than my salary for half a year? It seems that the world is about to change. Officials don't earn as much as clerks!"

The other official also smiled wryly.

"Hey, what is this? You may not know that the talents of Tiangong Institute are really developed.

Some time ago, I was invited to compile a book on Gongdian, and I heard my colleagues from the Tiangong Academy chatting. You know, just for the past six months, they don’t count their salaries, how much are they rewarded? "

Hearing this, the other two became interested.

"Let's talk about it, it's hard to say, there are more people than the exchange."

The man smiled disdainfully,
"It's too much. If others don't say it, they will say that Liu Yuanjian, who joined the Tiangong Academy later, has helped His Majesty complete several important projects. The silver reward alone has tens of thousands of taels, not to mention other Lingluo jade wares and the like. reward."

Hearing this number, the two were shocked and almost spit out the tea they had just drank.

"Brother, you are right, if you are rewarded with tens of thousands of taels of silver, you have to make a lot of contributions to get it.

You must know that when the vanguard generals who followed the first emperor's five expeditions to the grassland were rewarded in the end, they were only rewards like this. Could it be that his achievements were greater than those who fought on the battlefield! "

The man smiled without saying a word, and finally just nodded slightly,
"That's all I can tell you. As for more detailed matters, I'm afraid you have to ask Director Liu to find out."

(End of this chapter)