As the emperor of a country, of course, there are many things to manage, but the country is so big, there are so many things, there are many big things, not to mention that there are many small things, can they be managed?
But Zhu Yuanzhang had to take care of it, first, he liked to worry about it, second, he was more picky than those ministers, and third, he was energetic, and some of them were kung fu to take care of those small things that ministers often did not pay attention to, and he did it as a big thing.
No, in March of the twenty-third year of Hongwu (1390), he also made provisions for the size of the clothes of the civil and military officials, and it is reasonable to set a specification for the uniforms worn by the officials, but these officials also wear civilian clothes a lot, and he even stipulates the prescribed size of the clothes worn by ordinary people. That's probably a bit of a stretch. But he thought that was the right thing to do!
It was he, who first saw that the courtiers who saw him every day wore clothes of varying lengths, with different sleeve widths and narrows, and were more casual, and he was a little unhappy.
He called out the original name of Shangshu Li of the Ministry of Life and the State Zi Siye Gong Shu (xiào), and said, Look at the clothes our officials wear, long and short, fat and thin, messy, how ugly, this is not in line with the ancient etiquette system! You check the system of ancient times, and then refer to the actual situation we have now, and draw up a regulation for me to see.
When these two people listened, they could only say yes. I thought to myself, this was originally our scope of supervision, and we all felt that this was not a big deal, but such a big emperor had to take care of it. To say that it is better to listen is to be discerning, and to say that it is difficult to hear is to find nothing to do. But they can only think so in their hearts, and if they want to say it, they have to lose their heads.
After returning home, within a few days, the two of them reported the proposed regulations to Zhu Yuanzhang.
All official clothes, wide and narrow according to the figure, the length of the civilian clothes, one inch from the ground, the sleeve length to pass the hand, and then, and then, back to the elbow, the sleeve width of one foot, the cuff width of nine inches; Officials such as gong, hou, and horse are the same as civilian officials; The elderly, Confucian scholars, students, and others were basically the same as civilian officials, but after the sleeves were long, they were three inches away from the elbow.
Ordinary people's clothes should be five inches from the ground, the sleeves are six inches longer than the hands, the sleeves are one foot wide, and the cuffs are five inches.
The military officer's clothes are five inches from the ground, the sleeves are seven inches longer than the hand, the sleeves are one foot wide, and the cuffs can be punched; The sergeant's coat is long, seven inches from the ground, the sleeve is five inches longer than the hand, the sleeve width is not more than one foot, the narrow is not more than seven inches, and the cuff can be punched.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt satisfied after reading it, so he ordered it to be implemented throughout the country. ——The emperor who even has to manage the size of the clothes worn by the common people may be Zhu Taizu alone!