The world says that the emperor is good, but is the emperor's life really that good?
If you ask this question to Zai Chun, he will definitely say no. The emperor's life is actually really hard, and most people can't bear to get up every morning!
According to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor got up around five o'clock in the morning. If the queen mother was still alive, he would greet the queen mother. Then he would mainly read "Records", which is the glorious deeds of his ancestors, to show that he never forgets his ancestors' piety every day!
In addition to studying, some emperors also boxed to exercise according to their personal preferences. This method was not fixed!
Two hours later at seven o'clock in the morning, breakfast was served in the imperial dining room! After eating, take a break until nine o'clock!
It's time to go to court and listen to politics, and I have to be busy until about eleven o'clock!
These are all arrangements for ordinary days. If there is an important day of the imperial meeting, the emperor has to get up at around four o'clock, because the ministers of the imperial meeting get up at four o'clock and gather in front of the Meridian Gate at five o'clock. They will be called in at seven o'clock!
But this is what happens only during the great court meetings. If all the officials behave like this every day, I'm afraid even the toughest people won't be able to stand it!
Now that Zai Chun has returned to Beijing, everything must be done according to the ancestral rules. Cixi gave many instructions the night before, telling Zai Chun to go to bed early and not be lazy tomorrow.
"Although you are not in charge of the government yet, the system of listening to government behind the curtain is still there. If you don't go to the Yangxin Hall before eight o'clock, be careful of being impeached!"
"The closer you are to taking office, the more careful you must be to not give falsehoods to those villains!"
The mother-in-law was afraid that her child would sleep in, so she even asked her political opponents to grab her pigtails and make excuses. However, what Cixi didn't expect was that the eunuch he sent to greet Long Live Lord the next morning actually failed!
At five o'clock in the morning, the Yangxin Gate was already wide open, and even the inner right door was open. There was no sign of Zai Chun in the Yangxin Hall. After asking the eunuch who stayed behind, he found out that Long Live Lord had left Yangxin a quarter of an hour ago. Heart Palace!
"Long live sir, are you up? So early? It's still dark..."
"Haha... you don't understand, don't you? I have to set my Western alarm clock myself before going to bed. The latest is five o'clock and the earliest is four-thirty to get up on time!"
"We've gone for morning exercises. Now hurry up and take a look at the Arrow Pavilion. The Long Live Lord must be practicing with the imperial guards over there!"
Xiao Letian's education for Zai Chun is completely military-style. It is a must to go to bed early and get up early. Zai Chun has been doing morning exercises at five o'clock in the army for five years!
From Ryukyu to Europe, except for major diplomatic events and illness, Zai Chun has never been lazy!
Three kilometers of weight-bearing running is the basics every day, plus a five-kilometer cross-country trip every ten days, and then practice unarmed combat for half an hour, and then it’s time to have breakfast!
A group of young eunuchs carried lanterns and ran all the way to Jingyun Gate. After passing Jingyun Gate, there was a large open space!
The Archery Pavilion is located at the northernmost part of this open space. It was built in the early 4th year of Shunzhi period for the purpose of allowing future generations to use horseback riding, archery and martial arts!
The purpose is to prevent future generations from forgetting the hardships faced by their ancestors while fighting for the country, and to maintain the martial spirit of future generations!
Moreover, the imperial examination venue for Wu Zhuangyuan is also here!
It's still dark at five o'clock in winter, but there is a little fish belly white in the east, and the shadowy light outlines the outline of the towering buildings of the Forbidden City!
As soon as the eunuchs carrying lanterns ran through Jingyun Gate, they heard loud shouts!
"One two one...one two one...one...two...three...four..."
Boom boom boom... boom boom boom... Big leather boots hit the stone floor with neat steps. A team wearing new military uniforms was running in circles in the square in front of the Arrow Pavilion!
Yesterday, Zai Chun passed the palace coup and obtained the right to garrison the Forbidden City. Three hundred new Manchu troops were stationed near Donghua Gate!
There are many empty houses in Luanyiwei, Shangsiyuan, and Nansansuo. It would be no problem to free up some of them and station five or six hundred soldiers!
At five o'clock in the morning, the new imperial army gathered in the square in front of the Arrow Pavilion. After a while, Emperor Tongzhi arrived. Ma Ming, Bai Min and others were protecting the emperor. Three companies pulled a long team and began to run circles in the square. !
Shouting slogans of one, two, one and listening to the roaring footsteps, everyone in the southeast area of the Forbidden City was awakened!
The Imperial Physician on duty lives in the South Third Institute. Wenyuan Pavilion, National History Museum, and the Cabinet Hall are all concentrated here. The guards on duty and the eunuchs who sweep are all there. Have you ever seen this scene before? Everyone is busy with heat. Climbed out of bed.
He tilted his head to look at Jianting, and as soon as he saw it, he muttered, "Oh...it's the new army of the Imperial Forest of Lord Long Live! What kind of kung fu are you practicing?"
"Running! Why don't soldiers practice boxing, kicking, swords and guns? Why do they practice running?"
"You don't understand this. I heard that the secret method for foreigners to train soldiers is to run. Let's see who can run faster..."
"Oh... no matter how fast you are, can you be faster than a gun? This is to prevent you from running away after losing the battle, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense, look at the man in front of me running with him!"
Zai Chun was not wearing a dragon robe, but was also wearing the cotton-padded clothes that soldiers usually train with. After running three kilometers, he was so hot that he was sweating profusely!
Cixi's eunuchs were startled when they saw it. They all had steaming heads. From a distance, it looked like someone's steamed buns steamer had been opened!
"Ouch... I'm going to report to the Queen Mother. You guys are watching here... What's going on? Why are you doing this?"
Everyone says that the palace is the most sunny place in the world. This is actually wrong!
There are many palaces in the Forbidden City. If you come at noon, you will also see the buildings in front of the three main halls. You can really feel the strong and sunny atmosphere!
But the people who actually lived here in history felt differently!
The Forbidden City is very large, covering a vast area but not many people live there. The number of soldiers, guards, eunuchs, maids plus the masters, at its peak, only numbered about 10,000 people!
The area where soldiers and guards live is relatively concentrated, and many places are restricted areas for them!
Most of the palace area is very deserted. To put it simply, it is not popular!
The tall and majestic palace, the deep palace palace! If there is not enough popularity to support it, masculinity will immediately turn into yin and coldness!
Eunuchs and palace maids gathered together to guard a man. What a hell if this aura could be masculine!
Over the long years, the people in the palace have even become accustomed to this gloomy feeling. Today, there are suddenly so many masculine soldiers, and this aura rushes upward, making many people unable to use their hands!
Three hundred sturdy new troops gathered together, chanted loud slogans and stared at the cold wind to train. This Yang Qi shot straight to the sky, and all the Yinwei people in the entire Sijiu City were shocked to the point of trembling in their hearts!
Zai Chun likes this feeling very much, stirring up a pool of stagnant water, letting new power rush into the conservative quagmire, watching the old things being completely crushed by the new power... It's so cool!
"I'm in a good mood today, how about another five kilometers!" Zai Chun shouted in the team!
"Yes! Five more kilometers!" Ma Ming roared, and the three hundred new troops agreed in unison. The slogans were deafening!
No matter how spacious the space in front of the arrow pavilion was, it would seem a little small if three hundred people were running there. Zai Chun was so unhappy when he ran that he suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Donghua Gate.
"Target Donghua Gate, go up the city wall! Run back and forth along the east wall of the Forbidden City!"
At this moment, the east has become brighter. If you run up to a group of people on the towering walls of the Forbidden City and face the rising sun, your mood will definitely be better for the day!
