Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties began to implement the imperial examination system, there has been a new exit in front of the common people of the world, and everyone who reads wants to obtain a meritorious name through the examination and embark on a career path, but is the official field so mixed? It is even more difficult than today's "996", let's talk about what the scene of the ancient officials in the early dynasty was like.
The early dynasty has appeared since the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the "Zhou Li" is a hierarchical system, which clearly divides people into three, six, nine, etc., and the treatment is different, and the early dynasty has also developed step by step into a carrier for determining important matters.
However, it is not like the TV series played in the "something to play, nothing to retreat", as the highest decision-maker, in charge of the entire country, the emperor must be aware of some of the general situations in various regions, and face-to-face communication, the emperor can grasp the situation of the courtiers.
Cultivating their own forces, dealing with courtiers who threaten the throne, and solving major problems in the world, etc., can be carried out through the early dynasty, of course, large and small officials are distributed in the north and south of the river, not all officials have to participate in the early dynasty, during the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Six Classics stipulate that "the nine products of the Wenwu Ministry of The Capital Division have been ascended, and every Shuo and Wangchao have been consulted; the five products have been raised and enshrined officials, members of the foreign lang, the inspector of imperial history, Dr. Taichang, and the daily pilgrimage." ”
That is to say, the officials who participated in the early dynasty every day were officials with more than five pins, as well as officials who were enshrined, yuanwailang, inspectors of imperial history, and Dr. Taichang, and officials below the five pins who reported important matters were reported to their "superiors".
During the Song Dynasty, the officials who went to the early dynasty every day included Menxia Province Qiju Lang, Zhongshu Province Qiju Ren, Shangshu Province Shilang, Yujiao Zhongcheng above, that is, above the attendant official.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to be an official in the Ming Dynasty, all the officials living in the capital had to go to the Dynasty, and according to the "Ming Huidian", the officials of the Early Dynasty had to get up at midnight and leave at midnight, cross half of the capital to the Noon Gate, and then wait in line at the Noon Gate.
At about 5 a.m., the bell rings, the palace doors open, and hundreds of officials enter in turn, while anyone among the officials who cough, spit, or walk unsteadily is recorded and then dealt with. It is worth mentioning that if you are absent or late, you will also be punished or beaten.
But Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang probably did not think that his "filial piety" descendants, the Jiajing Emperor and the Wanli Emperor did not go to the early dynasty for decades, and the most diligent emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the Chongzhen Emperor, and it was common to correct the various places until one or two o'clock in the morning, but the morning dynasty would still attend every day.
According to historical records, the Chongzhen Emperor once went to the Cining Palace to meet Liu Taifei, and as a result, he sat down and fell asleep, and Liu Taifei also couldn't bear it, and later the Chongzhen Emperor woke up and said bitterly: "In order to deal with official documents, summon the courtiers, I have not slept for two nights." ”
In addition, when the early dynasty developed into the Tang Dynasty, officials played in the dynasty and had seats to sit on, but in the Song Dynasty, officials had to stand and play, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, they had to kneel. And the way officials came to the early dynasty also had clear regulations, one and two products, military attaches could ride horses, and civilian officials could take a car; as for minor officials, they were only allowed to walk.
After the end of the early dynasty, the civil and military officials did not go back to their respective homes, but to their respective offices, and then returned after handling political affairs, so officials had to conspire between them, usually at night. So why are so many people still passing the level and taking the meritorious name? That's because the Shang Dynasty was only part of the hardship, and after becoming an official, he did not have to pay taxes and could still enjoy some privileges, so even in the Ming Dynasty, there were still hundreds of officials in the Chinese Dynasty.