(Eastern Jin Dynasty)
Three years of Taining, 325 AD.
Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiankang Imperial Palace.
In the early morning, the courtiers stood still, waiting for the Son of Heaven to arrive.
It was the most dignified moment of the day, and no one dared to slack off, including the emperor himself.
In the early dynasty of the Jin Dynasty, officials began to prepare one after another from about midnight, that is, around five o'clock in the morning.
In Jiankang City, there are many dignitaries, famous and prestigious families, and many high-ranking officials, but there are also many low-level officials.
Officials of higher rank, the mansion is relatively close to the palace, and you can walk for ten minutes to the palace gate.
If you can walk, walk, not only exercise, but also save energy and reduce emissions.
However, these officers, without exception, have chosen to travel in a palanquin.
As for why you have to sit in a palanquin, there are only two reasons.
First, during the two Jin Dynasties, extravagance prevailed, and officials especially liked to compare with each other, and there were Shi Chongdoufu in the former dynasty, and there were officials in this dynasty who were more gorgeous than anyone's palanquin.
Bad habits, this is a big bad habit.
(Shi Chong)
These political leaders especially love to compare, today than who eats better, tomorrow than who lives better, the day after tomorrow than who has more gold and silver in their hands, anyway, no matter what, the scholars and doctors who have cultivated a luxurious personality will never compare job skills and work performance.
Of course, they do not dare to compare, whether it is skills, performance or word of mouth, these people are bad in the mouth of the people.
Second, sitting in a palanquin, you can have time to tidy up your grooming, get a haircut, cut your nose, shave your beard, and check whether you are dressed according to the rules.
Although it is a passing inspection, it is actually an extremely important part.
Above the hall, there are very strict standards for what to wear.
There are pilgrimage clothes, there are often regular clothes, there will be meeting clothes, and there will be feast clothes.
(Minister of the Jin Dynasty)
In the upper dynasty, whether the clothes were in accordance with the rules, whether they were neat, whether they were brought with a ribbon, and whether they were embellished with a few jade stones around their waists, they must comply with the rules, and if there was one thing that did not conform, it was regarded as contempt for Tianwei, and if it was light, it was reported by colleagues, reprimanded by the emperor, and the heavy was dragged out to play the board, and it was possible to directly lose the work.
This rule sounds very impersonal, people are not sages, it is inevitable that they will be sparse, but there is a problem with the dress, is it worth making such a fuss?
In the eyes of the emperor, of course, it was worth it.
In the era of feudal monarchy, the emperor was the lord of all sentient beings, and when the courtiers met the emperor, observing the complicated red tape meant respecting the emperor, and anything that was not in the rules and regulations, such as dressing randomly, standing in the wrong position, making strange noises (sneezing, farting), etc., was regarded as a great disrespect to the emperor.
To be disrespectful to the emperor is to look down on the emperor, that is, to want to work against the emperor, and to do it with the emperor, in more professional terms, that is, the minister wants to rebel.
Finally, a sneeze or yawn that is physically unbearable can lead to the disaster of death.
I think that some readers may think that my description is exaggerated and exaggerated when they see this, but in fact, I have written very implicitly.
(Throne)
For the emperor sitting on the golden dragon chair, he is the master of the dynasty, but he is also an emotional loner, whether it is a foreign relative, a eunuch or a courtier, the emperor does not dare to trust it very much, so even if a butterfly flaps its wings, it may touch the emperor's sensitive nerves.
In the early days of 325 A.D., the ministers, as usual, trembled above the main hall and did not dare to slacken off.
As mentioned above, in the face of the early dynasty, not only did the courtiers dare not be sloppy, but even the emperor himself must be taken seriously.
This seems difficult to understand.
The emperor is the master of the world, holding the power of life and death, and firmly controlling the lifeblood of the entire empire.
Above the court, he represents absolute authority.
In a word, the emperor can do whatever he wants, and what does the emperor need to worry about?
Of course there are.
We must understand that no one is born an emperor, and no one is born a courtier.
The reason why the courtiers feared the emperor was not only because the emperor was the one who stood at the center of the vortex of power, but also because of the emperor's constant oppressive and deterrent power.
And these two forces are difficult for a person to bring out of his bones, and it needs to be cultivated more.
Therefore, when the emperor faces his courtiers, he must maintain the prestige and dignity of the emperor.
The emperor also could not wear the wrong clothes, sit in the wrong place, or make any oolong in the court.
(Chaotang)
The emperor had to obey even more rules than his courtiers.
For example, the emperor in the early dynasty was required to wear a crown.
The crowns are elongated and square, but without exception, the crown is filled with strings of pearls before and after the crown, not only in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but also in all dynasties.
If these pearls are used for decoration, it is inevitable that they are too chicken ribs, because they are heavy and will block the emperor's line of sight, so they must have other uses - their real use is to remind the emperor all the time, to pay attention to their own body shape at all times, not to make too exaggerated movements, otherwise the pearl string will shake randomly.
So who is the protagonist of today's early dynasty?
The third emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jin.
For the emperor himself, it was very difficult to personally preside over the government.
The emperor was only five years old when he ascended the throne, and because of his young age, the power of the imperial government was in the hands of empress dowager Yu.
Empress Yu's mother is the lord of the middle palace, but after all, she is a woman, as the widow of the former emperor, she must live in simplicity, so it is difficult to enter the court to participate in national affairs.
However, the empress dowager obviously did not want the fat water to flow into the fields of outsiders, and it was inconvenient for her to participate in the government, so she gave power to her brother, Yu Liang.
The brothers and sisters combined very well, but they made the emperor miserable.
The young emperor had no right to speak above the court, Yu Liang was his own home, his own master, and he was in the early dynasty, and he had to be pressed by the empress dowager to learn the etiquette and imperial norms in the palace.
In this way, the JinCheng Emperor had a very unsatisfactory childhood.
(Jincheng Emperor Sima Yan image)
It is reasonable to say that the lord is less suspicious of the country, the empress dowager is obedient to the government, and the foreign relatives are in charge of state affairs on behalf of the state, because you can't expect a five-year-old child to have the skills of Wen Tao and the passion of Wen Zhi martial arts to promote the operation of this huge dynasty of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Before the emperor is yet a minor, someone must stand up and temporarily replace the emperor.
But the magic of power is that it can easily change a person.
Yu Liang was the emperor's uncle in terms of generations.
At that time, he took over the government, the purpose was very simple, just wanted to do his part, for his nephew to guard this great river and mountain, but the passage of time, this uncle who was once simple-minded has long been invaded by power, he has become accustomed to the feeling of being above the emperor, commanding hundreds of officials, and deciding on the affairs of the world.
He could afford it, but he couldn't let it go.
Foreign forces have long abused their power, which soon caused the dissatisfaction of civil and military officials.
There are many hundred officials, divided into Beijing officials and county officials.
The so-called Beijing officials refer to the officials in Jiankang City and even in Gyeonggi Provinces, who are familiar with the changes in the situation in the imperial court under the control of tianzi, and it is not strange that foreign relatives have abused their power.
Who is in power and not in charge? Who is not right? Anyway, I won't pay myself less.
The so-called county officials, of course, do not refer to officials in the county seat, but to the general term for officials who do not report in Beijing.
It is these officials who strongly oppose the foreign forces.
There are two reasons why they oppose foreign relatives interfering in politics.
First, in order to win over courtiers and win the advantage of public opinion for themselves, foreign relatives once greatly increased the basic salary of Beijing officials.
We know that the silver in the treasury is quota, the court is not a cornucopia, and every sum of silver has its fixed source and place.
There is so much silver responsible for paying the salaries of the ministers, and if some people pay more, then some people must pay less.
The salaries of Beijing officials have doubled year after year, but the salaries of county officials have decreased year by year.
(Yu Liang)
Second, the Beijing officials who had received Yu Liang's benefits were blinded by lard, and it was difficult for them to speak for the emperor anymore, and when they were folded, they would never mention the matter of letting the emperor pro-government when they were playing, but the situation of the county officials and comrades who had been working in the field for a long time was very different.
They have been in the opposition for a long time, depressed, but most of them have the heart to serve the country, in the face of foreign relatives usurping power, the imperial power is falling, naturally indignant, so they quickly held high the anti-flag, to compete with Yu Liang.
Su Jun, a civilian in Hexian County (present-day Ma'anshan, Anhui), and Zu Yue, a general from Zhenxi, were good examples of this.
The two benevolent brothers once raised a large anti-banner and slaughtered into the city of Jiankang, not only driving out Yu Liang, but also occupying the city, almost subverting the Eastern Jin dynasty.
But alas, they failed.
The reason is very simple, their starting point is to help the emperor Qingjun side, but when it comes to action, the purpose has undergone a qualitative change, from helping the emperor to making trouble and rebellion.
The two foreign brothers could take advantage of the fact that Jiankang City was not prepared for a surprise attack, but they could not achieve a decisive victory.
There was no way, alone in a foreign country for strangers, the brothers had no support, and soon ran out of food and waited to die.
And our Jincheng Emperor Sima Yan's classmate died at the end of this wild and chaotic army.
The emperor's death had already been foreshadowed, and a few days ago, in the early morning, he not only did not show the majesty of the emperor, but fell to his knees in the crowd of courtiers, and the mountain was planted from the throne to the ground at the moment of long live, and never got up again.
banzai?
Who can live ten thousand years?
What's the point of living that long?
His crown, which represented grace and majesty, fell to the ground, dropping pearls from the ground and rolling all over the hall.
The ministers subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but it was difficult to get started in full view of everyone.
The emperor died, but there was more than one emperor.
As soon as the old emperor returned to heaven on the front foot, the crown prince took the throne without stopping.
It seems that although power is cold, people's hearts for power are fiery.
The new emperor is the protagonist of this article, Sima Yue, the Emperor of Jin Kang.
(Jin Kang Emperor Sima Yue image)
The article is coming to an end, but the protagonist has just appeared. In order not to make readers and friends mistakenly think that I am playing tricks on everyone, I think it is still necessary to explain.
The reason why the real protagonist is late is because the author has gone through the historical materials and has not found many records about the emperor.
What kind of personality the emperor is, what the emperor has done, and what legendary stories the emperor has, the history books are all incomplete.
Since the history books do not record it, out of professional ethics, I absolutely cannot make it up.
Some self-media peers can use some blank historical materials to describe the ceiling with the technique of the novel, although it is beautiful, but it is fake.
History should be wonderful, but truth is the most basic requirement.
I can only tell you that the emperor, whose temple name is "Kang", does not seem to be in good health, and has received a bento box in just three years on the throne.
Other than that, nothing was found.
But that doesn't matter.
After all, in this complicated change of time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty will soon be cold.
Everything, there is always always.
Some emperors walk fast, some emperors walk slowly.
As an author, at the end of the article, I would like to ask:
What is the difference between walking at this time and walking at that time?