The development of science and technology has spawned many new ways for people to record their lives, for example, many bloggers on the Internet now like to record their lives by shooting vlogs, and everyone especially likes to plant some good things or habits of life by watching other people's vlogs.
I don't know if everyone will have a sudden idea: if the way of life of the ancient Chinese people in China can also be recorded in this short video, it can really achieve time and space dialogue, and it is also very interesting to think.
Since we talk about this topic, today we may wish to pay attention to the day-to-day life arrangements of the highest-ranking monarch in ancient China, and this article introduces the Qianlong Emperor, the second longest reigning emperor in ancient Chinese history.
Of course, the emperor was not easy
People in modern life often complain about the hardships of life, and they can support themselves and their daily expenses in order to make a living. However, too busy work also sacrifices a lot of their own time, and people often can't balance leisure and earning money.
Therefore, some people often sigh: If you can be a rich person with high status, and you are powerful and do not have to worry about money, wouldn't that kind of day be very carefree and very comfortable?
However, are the people who combine money and power really so comfortable? The most typical identity that people yearn for in one piece of money and power is the emperor. But in fact, being an emperor is not so easy, even harder than the suffering workers of the current era.
In his position, he must seek his position, although the emperor is indeed in power, and the daily living degree is of the highest level. However, the status of emperor is also a kind of position, and in the supreme position, it must bear greater responsibility.
Therefore, it is impossible for a responsible emperor to have absolute freedom and leisure. It is also necessary to have a strict schedule to be implemented.
According to relevant historical records, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, he had to get up at three o'clock every morning, and at three o'clock for most people in modern times, he was still sleeping in the bed, but at this time, the Qianlong Emperor had already gotten up to wash up.
After washing, I began to eat breakfast, and at about four or five o'clock I would go to the court to listen to the ministers start to report on their work. I have to say that the working hours of the ancients are really early.
For some ordinary ministers, the most important thing to do is to go to the court on time in the same early days, and sometimes if there is nothing important, they usually stay for ten minutes and listen to the simple reports of other ministers before they can go home.
The Qianlong Emperor can be said to be the most worried and busiest person in the early dynasty, he not only had to listen to a simple report first, but also after some ordinary ministers retired from the dynasty first, he also had to summon some military aircraft and important ministers to start discussing some state secret affairs.
The plan of the day lies in the morning, and the Qianlong Emperor has insisted on it well for more than sixty years. This time, which requires early rise, is an extremely difficult step for most people, and the emperor, as the head of a country, seriously inherits the legacy of his ancestors and does not dare to slack off in the slightest. Therefore, the emperor is not an easy position in terms of work and rest schedule.
Self-disciplined Qianlong
Seven o'clock in the morning was a dividing point for the Qianlong Emperor, because after this time, Qianlong would really start his day's schedule.
When seven o'clock arrived, the first thing Qianlong had to do was to flip the card, so as to decide the concubine who would sleep at night (it was really not delayed for a moment). In today's time when most talents are open, Qianlong has been working for 4 hours, which is already half of the daily working hours of modern people.
After seven o'clock, Qianlong would give himself a short time to relax, return to the Yangxin Temple to recuperate his eyes, and eat some snacks, after all, the breakfast was used too early. After the end of the repair link, Qianlong faced the largest number of links every day--the batch chapter.
Qianlong has always been very diligent in handling political affairs. First of all, this stems from his high sense of responsibility, after all, compared with his grandfather and father, after he took the throne, he was already in a situation where everything had a good momentum of development and social stability and harmony, so Qianlong did not dare to lose the peace that his ancestors had worked hard to fight because of his own mistakes.
As everyone knows, during qianlong's reign, the Qing Dynasty was the most prosperous years, and all the countries came to congratulate him, and the territory was the most extensive.
Moreover, in the ancient society where agriculture was dominated by the natural economy, the total population of the country during the Qing Dynasty was even more rarely hundreds of millions, and this series of achievements made during the Qianlong period was absolutely inseparable from his diligence.
Combined with the modern enterprise system, generally high-ranking decision-makers will have secretaries and assistants. In ancient times, especially for Qianlong, who is giving an example today, when Qianlong approved and read the chapter to handle government affairs, there should be an assistant next to him.
But Qianlong did not, he insisted on completing his own approval, and did not borrow from the previous dynasty's kind of bingbi eunuch link settings.
Admirable perseverance
The Qianlong Emperor has always regarded his grandfather as an example of his own struggle to move forward, so he likes to do his own work and is very responsible for his work.
Generally from the morning to noon, the Qianlong Emperor will set himself a short rest time, but this is not a nap, the Qianlong Emperor is rarely nap habits. Because in the eyes of the ancients, napping is a manifestation of laziness.
Most of his rest is to go to the Royal Garden for a walk, relax his mind, and by the way, relieve eye fatigue and relax his brain. If he really feels tired, he will also let himself listen to some soothing music, so that his body and brain can be nourished.
Moreover, the Qianlong Emperor did not have to eat lunch at noon, he generally only ate two meals a day, that is, breakfast and dinner, in the middle, if there is a situation of hunger, he will let the waiter prepare some simple refreshments to fill the hunger.
After resting and adjusting, the Qianlong Emperor would quickly devote himself to the afternoon reading of the chapters, and for some ministers' simple above, he would generally approve them: Shuo knew. For some important chapters, the Qianlong Emperor had to spend some brains and time to carefully plan and think before making a detailed reply.
The Qianlong Emperor, who was devoted to the work of the government, often had the situation of playing the chapter until late at night, and at this time, after a whole day of mental work, he would most likely choose to wash directly and fall asleep. Harem concubines generally don't have much chance of being called to bed.
Therefore, judging from the above itinerary for the Qianlong Emperor's whole day, it is indeed not an easy task to become an emperor.
Especially if you want to be a good emperor, it is even more necessary to endure loneliness and perseverance, after all, the life of ancient society is not so rich, so if the emperor wants to record his day in a short video, the theme must be boring and boring.
Seeing this, I think many people will abandon their previous misunderstandings about the emperor, and they will not be so envious of the emperor's life.