The working hours for officials in Great Chang were very relaxed. Every department worked two shifts. The first shift was from dawn to noon, and the second shift was from noon to midnight.
It spanned six hours, but it amounted to only five hours in total. This was for a relatively busy department. For a more relaxed department, it would only be four hours a day.
For instance, the Ministry of Rites is the most leisurely during ordinary days, followed by the Ministry of War. The busiest are the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue. The Ministry of Public Works is often on assignments outside the capital throughout the year.
The most mysterious one was the Ministry of Justice. The people in this department were all cold and did not like to be in the same group as the other five departments, let alone other departments.
