Chapter 1279 The emperor suffers
The building of the imperial city has just been rebuilt, and the Guide Hall, as the main body, has been completed, and the annexes required for the surrounding sacrifices are also being finalized. However, it is obviously suitable for gods to live in, but it is not suitable for people to live in. Before the sacrifice, Zhao Bing had to fast and bathe for seven days, but the military situation in Xiangyang was urgent and he was not allowed to stay for too long, so he shortened it to three days. In addition, since it was the emperor's personal sacrifice, the surrounding local officials came to accompany the sacrifice, and they could not stay here for a long time, so they handled the special matters.
After the inspection of the imperial city, Zhao Bing moved to the palace. It is said that before the southward transition, all emperors of the Song Dynasty arrived here. They also built the palace at the end of the Jin Dynasty and later became the villa of the prince of the Mongolian Yuan. Therefore, they have been preserved to this day. However, the scale is much smaller than before, and only the three-enter-enter-town hall and the two-way houses were preserved.
Zhao Bing was unintentionally verified these things. Although he was an emperor who could receive special care throughout the journey, he had to endure the bumps and sleep in the wild. Naturally, eating was extremely simple, and taking a bath was even more luxurious. After another day of pretending, his body had already smelled sour and smelly. He just wanted to take a good bath, have a comfortable meal and have a good sleep.
Not only did the young emperor like to take a bath, Wang De, the general manager of the big inner city, knew it very well, but everyone in the general's mansion at that time. Even if the conditions were very difficult, the young emperor would take a bath every day as long as he had time. A large wooden bucket and a large pot of hot water could make him very satisfied. When it was hot, he would not even care about the cold water, and even wash it in the rivers.
However, as the young emperor succeeded to the throne and grew older, the empress dowager strictly prohibited him from swimming in the wilderness of rivers, lakes and seas. This is not only for safety considerations, but also the "body, hair and skin are taken from parents and should not be shown to others" mentioned in the "Book of Filial Piety" is also an ethics remembered by the ancients, and the dragon body cannot be shown to others easily. However, the young emperor's habit of taking a bath has not changed. He usually takes a bath twice in the morning and evening in the palace, and it is not as if it is hot.
In fact, the emperor is very troublesome to take a bath. Not only do he have to arrange the bathing place, but he also needs to put some medicine in the bathing water. These are all prepared in advance. Therefore, the busiest person in the palace is Shangyi Bureau of Shangliu Bureau, because in addition to taking two baths a day, His Majesty also has to be ready to wait at any time. This requires ensuring that the bathing pool is clean at all times and hot water and clothes are prepared.
Of course, there is no condition to wash every day when going out, but Wang De dared not neglect. The bathtubs must be carried among the accompanying supplies, and he must find ways to ensure that the little emperor can take a hot bath. When choosing a driving station, whether there is a bathroom or good or bad has become an important choice. Of course, Zhao Mengjin knew the little emperor's hobby and had already renovated the bathroom room to welcome him.
"Oh, it's really good here!" Zhao Bing settled down and went to the bathroom. He looked around and saw that the bathroom was really good. The bath was three meters long, five meters wide, and about five feet deep, which was similar to the modern children's swimming pool. The entire bath was made of more than a dozen huge pieces of white marble, and the carefully carved patterns also played an anti-slip role. There was a high platform in the center of the pool, with a jade bottle-shaped sculpture on it. Water kept pouring out from the mouth of the bottle and scattered into the pool.
Zhao Bing took a look and realized that the design was unique and exquisite. After a moment of thinking, he knew that someone next door had transferred the adjusted water into the pool through a hidden trough. When it was full, it would overflow through the dark hole dug out of the pool wall and flow into the outdoors along the waterway. In this way, it could not only ensure that the water temperature was constant, the pool water was clean all the time, and there would not be water overflowing outside the pool.
"The water can be hotter!" Zhao Bing raised his legs and stepped into the pool and sat on the steps, immersing his body in the water, and only showed his head outside.
"The weather in the official family is hot, the heat is too strong, and the water is too hot, which can easily damage the heat!" Wang De touched Chi Shui and said.
"Hey, it's because the weather is hot that I have to dissipate the heat in my body. And I've been too tired these days, so the water heats up to relieve fatigue!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and said.
"Yes!" Wang De agreed and turned around and ordered the little yellow gate who was accompanying him to add more hot water, and said, "Your Majesty, can you let people loosen their muscles and bones, which will relieve fatigue even more!"
"No need, everyone is exhausted from traveling for several days. Please rest early after the placement is completed!" Zhao Bing lies halfway in the pool, waved his hands with great pleasure. Don't misunderstand that even the emperor may be because he is the emperor and the massage is the little yellow sects, and he is definitely not the beautiful little palace maids as I imagined.
This is determined based on the nature of the profession of the emperor. As the emperor of a country, his physical condition will be concerned about him. The emperor not only has to deal with government affairs, but also has to support the dragon vein. When taking a bath, there is not only his own exclusive bathhouse, but also a special eunuch. If the emperor is too much, he will not use his energy to deal with the government affairs, and there will be voices against him, both in the court and the harem. In addition, there is also a society where men and women are not close to each other, which is not in line with etiquette and law. Even if taking a bath, ordinary palace maids cannot see the emperor's dragon body.
Therefore, except for those extremely licentious emperors, there are only two types of people who serve the emperor to take a bath, one is an eunuch, and the other is the emperor's concubine. The concubines only have the opportunity to accompany them when they are sleeping, and there is no chance at all at other times. That is, the emperor wants to massage the back, and the massage work is usually left to two to three palace maids. This is also because the two to three palace maids can supervise each other to prevent the palace maids from being unfavorable to the emperor, and by the way, prevent some palace maids from breaking the rules and seducing the emperor.
But these actually depend mainly on the emperor's personal self-control. In addition to the important occasions of sacrificing the throne and the death of the previous emperor, no one cares about the emperor's bathing. The ministers are unable to interfere with the emperor's private life. It is difficult for them to enter the inner palace and they cannot control it. Especially for an emperor like Zhao Bing, who is not in a storm that manages the inner palace, it is difficult for him to find out some information in the palace, and it is even more difficult for private life.
"The officials are polite to the young, it is our blessing and their duty!" Wang De said as he took the tray filled with desserts and fruits from the little yellow gate, and gently placed it in front of His Majesty. The wooden tray floated steadily on the water surface, which was convenient for the little emperor to enjoy.
"Wang De, what's the point of being an emperor? I don't want to do it anymore. I'm so tired!" Zhao Bing glanced at the food on the tray, picked up a piece of dessert and sighed suddenly.
He suddenly sighed that it was not really pretentious. In the eyes of the world, the emperor is a symbol of power. He controls the life and death of others. The promotion of the controlled officials determines the life and life of the people. However, being an emperor is still a very hard job, especially if he wants to be a good emperor who is diligent and loves the people. The high concentration of power makes him face endless work every day.
"Don't say such words from the official family. If you stay in the victory and still stand in the back, you will be more relaxed. You will not be so tired!" Wang De was stunned when he heard this, waved his hand and held back all the people in the room, and then forced a smile and said.
"Go back?! After returning to Beijing, it's better to fight outside. I feel stuffy when I think about returning to that cage!" Zhao Bing said with a wry smile.
After returning to Beijing, he would attend the court meeting. Although it has been changed to a five-day and a small court, the end of the court meeting does not mean that everything will be fine. If you think so, it would be too naive. Military and national affairs cannot be decided in just a few words, so there are various discussion groups after the court meeting, and they will continue to discuss national affairs with important officials one by one.
After talking about national affairs, there were still piles of memorials in the palace waiting for him to review. Although Zhao Bing did not need to read the bamboo slips as rumored Qin Shihuang, the bamboo slips he read every day were thousands of pounds, but each page of memorials had at least three or four pages of content. Just thinking about how it would be like to read thousands of pages of books every day. What's more, memorials are not as simple as reading them once. Some memorials need to be carefully read, and they have to analyze and think about them. This kind of life is not just a few days or dozens of days, but the daily life of the emperor. It's so terrifying to think about it.
In addition to handling government affairs, the emperor also needs a lot of things to do. Since the emperor is the son of God, he needs sacrifices, and ritual activities of the four seasons and eight festivals, requires diplomacy, contact officials to hold events, and meet with clan relatives to contact feelings. He gathers with intimate officials from time to time. Of course, he has to work hard to have children with a large number of women in the harem, and... Alas, I feel so tired when I think about it!
"The young man knows that the government has worked hard, but the government is a wise king. How can he ignore the people and the country?" Of course, Wang De saw the hard work of the little emperor, but what can he say? If he followed His Majesty's words and was not beaten to death by the empress dowager and the queen, he would have to drown his ministers.
"Being a good emperor? Is it so easy to be a good emperor?" Zhao Bing bit the snack, his face even worse and he said even more.
Zhao Bing was actually really unwilling to be the emperor, but he was mentally prepared to survive at that time, but the fact was beyond his expectations. He knew that the core charm of the emperor or the highest power lies in the maximum freedom and resources that other people have, but in fact, the emperor possessed the most resources compared to others. Freedom is relatively speaking. Sometimes he felt that this was not proportional to the efforts of a good emperor.
In addition to the pressure of daily life, the emperor's psychological pressure is also quite high. From time to time, he has to worry about his ministers and relatives' rebellion, and he has to rack his brains to hold his throne. He also has to carefully distinguish the true and false loyalty of the people below; when there is no child, he has no successors, and he is ashamed of his ancestors; after having a child, he has to be careful that his sons fight for power too much; even when he is about to die, he must not take it lightly, and he must prevent some people, and these may be brothers, sons, wives and concubines. I hope he dies early, which is really tiring!
"Your Majesty..." Wang De was a little confused. Why did Your Majesty say such depressed words for no reason today?
"What's the point of being a good emperor? You have to eat a piece of dim sum!" Zhao Bing took the dim sum to Wang De and said angrily.
"This..." Wang De became even more confused. He thought that the little emperor was resentful because the snacks were vegetarian, but he could not eat meat during the fasting period, but it seemed that he had passed the matter a little...
Chapter completed!