In the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Cilang learned that Chen Wen was coming. He was summoned by Xuan in the Ganqing Palace and wanted to see what this scholar who made a steam engine for the Ming Dynasty looked like.

When Chen Wen arrived in the Ganqing Palace, he was obviously extremely nervous. This was the emperor of the Nine Five Emperors.

Chen Wen's legs were a little trembling, and Wangcai sang loudly: "Xuan, scholar Chen Wen meets you!"

When he arrived at the Ganqing Palace, Chen Wen vaguely saw a man in a dragon robe sitting on the imperial desk. He did not dare to look up, so he could only kneel on the ground with a thud and lower his head: "Chen Wen, please come to the emperor, long live the emperor!"

Zhu Cilang didn't expect that Chen Wen was so young: "Raise your head and give him a seat."

When the emperor opened his mouth, Chen Wen was a little surprised. Why, the emperor's voice is so young?

Logically speaking, shouldn't the emperor bearded old men? Fortunately, the emperor asked him to look up, so Chen Wen had the courage to get up and look up.

Chen Wen was really shocked when he looked at each other. Is this young man, who is much younger than him, actually, the current emperor?

At this time, a palace servant had already brought a chair, and Zhu Cilang waved his hand rarely: "Sit down."

This is the supreme grace. In ancient times, ministers stood when they reported their work with the emperor, and only under the temperament of the Qing Dynasty, they were kneeling.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, because there were no matching tables and chairs at that time, the ministers basically sat down when they reported their work to the emperor. The kneeling here did not mean kneeling, but was the common sitting posture in society at that time.

When Japan sent Tang envoys to study in the Tang Dynasty, it also brought this kneeling posture back to Japan. To this day, many Japanese people still use this sitting posture.

Because the Tang Dynasty at that time was a supreme glory. Before the Song Dynasty, many dynasties had emperors and ministers sitting in court. Even if the ministers were not all sitting, such as old ministers with relatively seniority or high-ranking officials such as the current dynasty, they would sit in court, and there were even cases where the emperor sat standing in the prime minister.

In ancient times, etiquette between the monarch and the ministers was relatively equal. Except for major festivals, ministers generally did not need to kneel down and worship.

When I went to court, the ministers sat face to face with the emperor. They talked about government affairs with each other, and there were stools in the morning court.

The Song Dynasty was considered an enlightened dynasty, but something changed differently in Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

Although there was a precedent for not killing civil officials in the Song Dynasty and governing the world with scholars and officials, the emperor had to maintain imperial power after all. At that time, the Song Dynasty valued civil and over military affairs, because it was afraid that military generals would have different intentions. After all, Zhao Kuangyin's world was a bit unjust.

Since Zhao Kuangyin took office as the throne, he has been suspicious, and he is very worried that the yellow robe will be reappeared, and he is afraid that others will divide the rights in his hands.

In the second year of Gande, the prime minister Fan Zhi of the current dynasty sat in the court to discuss matters every day, and also submitted memorials.

Song Taizu said: "I can't see clearly, take the memorial and let me see it."

Fan Zhi stood up and presented the memorial. After that, when he returned to his position, he suddenly found that the stool had been removed.

Fan Zhi was also an old fox who could achieve such a high-powered position as the prime minister of the current dynasty. He immediately understood the emperor's thoughts and had to stand and discuss matters. When the other ministers who were sitting saw that the prime minister of the current dynasty were standing, they also stood up to discuss politics. From then on, only the emperor sat in the court, and the ministers could only stand.

When the Yuan Dynasty arrived, the ministers basically reported their work. According to historical records, after Wen Tianxiang was arrested in Beijing, Kublai Khan asked him to kneel down, but Wen Tianxiang refused to kneel down. The reason was very simple, namely: bowing south and kneeling north! It means that Han people bowed, and Hu people kneeled down! Zhu Yuanzhang also said: In the Yuan Dynasty, the military and civilians still followed the customs of Hu, and they often knelt down and bowed down as a ritual!

In the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, which was equivalent to the emperor having both imperial power and prime ministerial power. While taking over the power, it also meant that the emperor had two jobs, and the work originally responsible for the prime minister fell into the hands of the emperor.

Another problem arose - the emperor was too busy, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, invented the cabinet system for this purpose, allowing some officials with very low rank to form a cabinet to be responsible for the affairs that should have been handled by the prime minister, and the cabinet officials did not have real power.

This not only weakens the power of the prime minister, but also does not pose a threat to the imperial power. Since the Ming Dynasty established a court war system, if officials make the emperor angry, the emperor will use court wars to serve him, and it is inevitable that he will beat him up. For a time, the relationship between the king and the minister was relatively tense.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang also eliminated the shortcomings of the Yuan Dynasty and stipulated that officials and civilians bowed and bowed. When lower-level officials met with superior officials, such as the seventh-rank county magistrate and the cabinet chief minister, they just needed to bow. When the people met with officials, they did not need to kneel down, they just gave in. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, ministers usually stood when they reported their work to the emperor.

The Qing Dynasty was full of slavery, but when it arrived, it was almost like kneeling everywhere. The Qing Dynasty also formulated a complete set of "kneeling ceremony". There were one kneeling three kneeling, two kneeling six kneeling, three kneeling nine kneeling. People who met officials when they met officials, the officials and the emperor would all kneel down. It can be said that only in the Qing Dynasty did China's kneeling ceremony be rich and colorful, and almost reached a paranoid level. Just like when British envoys came to China to visit Emperor Qianlong, they could not argue because of the kneeling ceremony.

While Western countries were in full swing to carry out industrial reforms and implement constitutional monarchy, the Qing Dynasty was still closing its doors to the country and making a big fuss about kneeling and worshiping. What a great irony.

Zhu Cilang always felt that the Qing Dynasty harmed me for a hundred years, and this statement was true.

Chen Wen sat on the chair of Yu Ci, unable to help but feel a little nervous.

Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "Why, can the chair I gave you be thorned?"

Zhu Cixuan's joke immediately calmed down the atmosphere. Chen Wen then felt a little relieved, and he hurriedly said, "The people who are in charge of the crime."

In fact, Zhu Cilang doesn't like his current identity very much, and no one is afraid of him. Even Li Yan and Song Xiance, Lai Fu and Wangcai, who followed him through life and death, are now respectful when they see him.

Zhu Cixuan also knew that he could only be forced to adapt, so he had to change the topic: "I heard that you made a steam engine. Can you explain to me what the steam engine you made is like?"

The first steam engine in China that can be found in historical materials was manufactured by Xu Shou of the Qing Dynasty. However, when Chen Wen proposed the steam engine he made, Zhu Cixuan listened for a long time and finally understood it.

The so-called steam engine made by Chen Wen is just an experimental product. It does not have much practical value, but this is a huge step, and Zhu Cixuan is still quite pleased.
Chapter completed!