After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system, he completely mastered his rights and his rights increased. It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang has to do everything himself and change hundreds of letters a day. He was so tired that he vomited blood, so Zhu Yuanzhang began to ask some learned folk people to do something for him, just offering advice.
It was later discovered that these people had no experience in officialdom. So, in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang took the Hanlin bachelor and the junior officials who edited the documents to help them do some paperwork. These people work in temples and pavilions, so they are called cabinet bachelors. This is the embryonic form of the cabinet. At that time, the bachelor cabinet was Zhu Yuanzhang, and they listened to the emperor. Their power and official position are very low.
After Judy came to power, the cabinet system became the official system of the country. Judy invited Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and others to join the cabinet. With the development of time, the rank of cabinet officials is getting higher and higher, and their power is getting heavier and heavier. Cabinet officials are above six ministries, and some cabinet members even serve as ministers of six ministries.
Cabinet members are generally single digits, recommended by officials and finally decided by the emperor. There are records of officials in the cabinet, followed by secondary officials. Cabinet records are also called prime ministers. They are not nominally prime ministers, but they have the right to be prime ministers.
The cabinet mainly gave advice to the throne, and the emperor approved it according to the advice, and it was settled. The power of the cabinet is getting bigger and bigger, even threatening the imperial power. The power of the cabinet is so great that it can refuse the emperor's imperial edict intact and refuse to carry it out. So during the reign of Xuande, Xuande opened a reading class in the imperial palace for eunuchs to learn. Educated eunuchs can supervise eunuchs and help the emperor criticize the red, which is a great right. Therefore, the situation of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty caused management confusion. In fact, the emperor only supported eunuchs to deal with the cabinet and strengthen imperial power.
Liu Jin, the eunuch of Zheng Deda, suppressed cabinet officials vigorously, which once made the cabinet supercilious and the imperial power prevailed. Of course, in the end, Zheng De killed Liu Jin.
During the Jiajing period, through the dispute of etiquette, Jiajing overthrew Yang Tinghe, the cabinet, and the cabinet became a plaything player of Emperor Jiajing. Jiajing played with the cabinet completely through his own tactics. Although Jiajing did not go to court for decades, he firmly controlled the court. The cabinet is a yes-man under Jiajing, and there is no threat to imperial power at all.
After Jiajing Xiahou _ died, his son succeeded to the throne, but his son fell far behind and was basically suppressed by the cabinet. Mu Zong wanted to buy some jewelry for his wife, but the cabinet found various reasons to stop it. Obviously, the cabinet was suppressed for too long in Jiajing dynasty and was defeated by Jiajing's son.
Mu Zong had to compromise, and his own family affairs were taken care of. It can be seen that the cabinet at that time had suppressed the imperial power. Here, there is a little emperor completely ignored by Zhang. Zhang has the final say in the court, and the emperor has no right at all. Of course, he also retaliated against Zhang when he grew up.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Ming Taizu ruled Zhu Youxiao, Wei Zhongxian purged the officials of the Forestry Party in the cabinet, and the imperial power prevailed. The last emperor, Chongzhen, killed Wei Zhongxian and brought officials of the Lin Dong Party into the cabinet. There is no Chongzhen. I don't believe in Lin Dong Party, and neither does Lin Dong Party. Don't trust the emperor. Everyone fooled each other and finally ruined the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was the product of autocratic monarchy in feudal society. in fact