The morning court session of the Ming Dynasty started at the hour of Mao, which is 5 a.m. in later times. Therefore, all civil and military officials who attended the morning court session had to arrive at the Forbidden City before 5 a.m.
On the tenth day of the second month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, before dawn, many people from all over the capital, in addition to the soldiers on curfew patrol, were gathering towards the Forbidden City.
The grand court meeting was originally held on New Year's Day, the winter solstice and the emperor's birthday, as well as the first and fifteenth days of each month. However, this time, it was only the tenth day of February, which was not the time for the grand court meeting at all, but a grand court meeting was held.
For this reason, at the Fang Mansion, the lady was helping her master put on the court robes with a worried look on her face, and asked anxiously: "Master, I'm afraid there will be something big at this court meeting? I heard something yesterday and I'm a little worried!"
The cabinet elder surnamed Fang was Fang Yuegong, who entered the cabinet as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War and the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion. Upon hearing what his wife said, he also sighed and said, "This is a troubled time, and a storm is about to come!"
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