It's almost the New Year, and we're all looking forward to a holiday and a comfortable holiday. The last thing we beat workers like is overtime, but during the holidays, in order to ensure the normal operation of society, such as doctors, policemen, firefighters, railways, aviation, etc. these positions have to work overtime.
There are also jobs in the service industry, after all, the New Year holiday is a good time for consumption. Therefore, the general service industry is overtime during the holidays, and it is a few days off after the end of the year, which is called the new year. This was also mostly the case in the ancient service industry.
We all know that in recent years, there is a strange phenomenon in Chinese society that encourages overtime, especially those private enterprises that do not give overtime pay, as if employees who work overtime on holidays are serious about their work, and loving overtime shows that you love your job and dedicate yourself to your work.
But this was not the case in ancient China, especially in the dynasties before the Song Dynasty, none of which encouraged overtime, and even overtime was a disgrace to the ancients.
For example, the Western Han Dynasty Emperor Chengdi thing caught up with the winter solstice, we all know that the winter solstice was an important festival in ancient times, a holiday of 5 days. At this time, the civil servant in charge of the criminal security case was called Zhang Fu, and due to his busy official duties, he voluntarily gave up his rest and went to the official office as usual.
Just like we are now. The police in charge of social security will definitely be busier on holidays, and those who want to rest will have to wait for their rotation.
However, in ancient times, overtime was not possible, and overtime was known to his leaders, and not only did not praise Zhang Fu, but criticized him fiercely.
His leader was Yushi Zhongcheng (御史中丞) or Donkey Ma Ye (驸馬爷). It is a good leader to reward and punish subordinates on weekdays. As soon as he heard that Zhang Fu was working overtime, he criticized it. Saying that this winter solstice is a national holiday, it has been implemented for many years, although the official business is busy, but you change your perspective, think about your family, your family is also looking forward to reuniting with you, and your family also needs you. We are all officials, and if our families don't support us, we can't do a good job. Therefore, during the holiday, the holiday stipulated by the state should go home to accompany his wife and children. It is good to set up a banquet to invite the neighbors to relax and be happy.
Zhang Fu's colleagues next to him all nodded and said yes. Zhang Fu also felt ashamed after listening to the criticism of the leader and deeply reflected on what he had done.
Including the development of the Song Dynasty, the holidays of the ancients were also many. During the Song Dynasty, the system of ten days off was implemented, and one day off for ten days was about three days a month. Some people say that this can not be compared with the present, but the ancients in addition to the regular rest days of the statutory holidays can be more than now, the Spring Festival is a rest day, in addition to what cold food festival, winter solstice, summer solstice, Tanabata this are all holidays, how many days of overtime each year? 110 days.
How many days off are we on now?
Weekends plus 115 days of statutory holidays. It is now 5 days less than China, although there is no weekend, but other festivals are more off, in addition to the Song Dynasty is very humane.
For example, if your parents live far away, your hometown is 3,000 miles away from where you work, and you have 30 days of family leave every 3 years. Your hometown is 500 miles away, and there are 15 days of family leave every 5 years.
Some people here may think, it sounds like 15 days and 30 days is quite a lot, but the ancient traffic is not convenient, I am afraid that I will have to come back for 20 days for 20 days, what is the meaning of putting three days?
Wrong, that's not how it was calculated in ancient times. At that time, the Song Dynasty stipulated that this family visit leave was the time to plan the round trip, and it didn't matter how long you walked on the road, anyway, you stayed at home for 30 days, 15 days.
Isn't it very human? And there's a red and white thing in the house that has holidays,
So you don't look at the feudal society, but the ancients were very serious about the holidays.
This is an unstable factor, that is, the emperor, if the emperor works overtime, the emperor does not rest, who dares to rest?
For example, Zhao Guangyi, emperor of the Song Dynasty, was an overtime maniac, an emperor who was willing to work overtime, and for 15 consecutive years since he succeeded to the throne, he sealed the wind and rain without hindrance, and every day the chickens rose up and insisted on the dynasty.
For this matter, his minister Zhang Ji specially wrote a recital to advise Song Taizong not to be too tired of learning from his predecessors.
I've heard that the kings of the ancients all look at the formal return of alkali to determine the upper dynasty. But Your Majesty, since he ascended the throne, has not tasted a day without the sound of chickens and listens to the government of the world. After a long time, although your body is very healthy, it is inevitable that you are too tired, you are so tired, if I do not advise again, then I am not a loyal subject.
You see just a few words that combine slaps and advice with the use of loyalty.
In addition, the minister also suggested to Emperor Taizong of Song that after the Tang Dynasty's Anshi Rebellion, the busy Tang Suzong Study would be changed to a two-day dynasty. Divided into single and double numbers, single number on the double number rest, if the single number on this day in the upper dynasty there is a severe cold, heat and heavy rain these extreme weather can also give hundreds of officials a holiday.
After Emperor Taizong of Song zhao Guangyi finished reading the recital, he did not revise the time of the upper dynasty according to what was said on the recital. But he also reflected on his overtime work, and felt that he was quite right, and he really shouldn't be so tired.
Ministers were criticized for working overtime, and even if the emperor worked overtime, he had to be advised by the ministers. It can be seen that the ancients did not like overtime. Even ashamed of it. Just like the horse master warned his subordinates.