Great Ming: I Work Nine to Five, and Zhu Di Loses His Temper

Li Xiangle transmigrates to the Yongle era. A successful candidate in the imperial examinations, he is assigned by the Ministry of Personnel to serve as magistrate of Xuancheng County, the poorest county under Yingcheng.

On his very first day, he binds to the Nine-to-Five System. He works from nine to five every day, arrives and leaves on time, and even gets weekends off!

Complete the clock-in tasks, and the System rewards him.

Although Zhu Di wasn't as strict as his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, in the Yongle era, nobody got weekends off.

Officials were supposed to work from nine to five, but everyone took it for granted that the workday lasted until seven, and plenty of them started at six and worked until nine.

But Xuancheng was so remote and impoverished that Zhu Di would never have visited in disguise if it hadn't suddenly become a major grain supplier.

So Zhu Di, delighted, and accompanied by the portly Zhu Gaochi, happened to catch Li Xiangle shutting the county office at five.

He barged into the back courtyard and demanded, “Li Xiangle, you certainly know how to enjoy yourself. Tell me, do you really close the office after the Shen hour (5 p.m.) every day and then go home to dinner?”

Li Xiangle replied, “That's right. What's the problem? I even get two days off a week. Everyone in the county knows that.”

At that, Zhu Di flew into a rage. “Let's see how much you enjoy yourself in prison, Li Xiangle!”