What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
According to the Records of the Ming Dynasty, during the early dynasty, the chancellor had to get up at midnight and cross half the capital to the Noon Gate. At 3 a.m., the minister arrived outside the noon gate and waited. When the drums on the upper floor of the noon gate ring, the ministers must line up; When the bell rings around 5 a.m., the palace door opens. Hundreds of officials entered in turn, crossing the Jinshui Bridge in the square in a whole line. Anyone who coughed, spit, or walked unsteadily among the officials was recorded by the imperial history in charge of picketing and waited for treatment.
Usually, the emperor came to the Taihe Gate or the Taihe Hall, and the hundred officials performed a kneeling and three prostrations. Only officials with more than four pins had the opportunity to talk to the emperor, and the ministers reported to the emperor on government affairs, and the emperor asked questions or replied.
The most diligent emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be the Chongzhen Emperor, the emperor of the fallen country, according to historical records at that time, Chongzhen was ambitious and determined to be the lord of Zhongxing, and it was very common to mark the folds of various places every day until 1 or 2 a.m.
According to the old and new Books of Tang, the Tang Dynasty civil and military officials served above nine pins and looked forward to entering the dynasty; The Five Pins of Civilian Officials and the Inspectors of Imperial History, Yuanwailang, and Dr. Taichang daily assortments, known as "Permanent Counselors"; The military attaché Sanpin Shang, three days and one dynasty, called "Nine Counselors" (nine times a month to the dynasty); Military attaches with five grades or more than five days and one dynasty, called "six counselors", each has different upper dynasty regulations according to the level of rank.
The Qing Dynasty did not have a system of gathering officials to stand in shifts and deliberate early in the morning, and only when major events occurred did civil and military officials gather together. In peacetime, the officials below have official duties first reported to the cabinet, which then forwards them to the emperor. The Temple of Taiwa is generally only used during major ceremonies. The office of the Qing Emperor is not very certain, the Office of the Kangxi Emperor is in Changchun Garden, the Office of the Yongzheng Emperor is in the Yuanmingyuan, and the Qianlong Is the Yuanmingyuan, the Forbidden City, the Rehe Chengde Mountain Resort and so on.