Study On The Changes Of Cabinet Power In Ming Dynasty

Discussions on power-related issues have been the focus of jurisprudence and political philosophy from ancient times to the present.The study of power can be conducted by specifically discussing the power held by a political institution.After the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty,Zhu Yuanzhang,abolished the prime minister system,the Ming Dynasty ancestor Zhu Di restored the cabinet,and the power of the cabinet underwent a very complicated change.The political laws about power reflected in the cabinet are worthy of careful consideration and serious study.In this paper,Weber’s theory of family bureaucracy is used to obtain the duality characteristics of the cabinet ministers,which not only have the characteristics of the family property,are close to the emperor,but also have the characteristics of bureaucracy.Through the analysis of the duality of the cabinet ministers,the evolution of the cabinet power in the Ming Dynasty was analyzed,and the research paradigm compared with the phase power showed that the cabinet power did show a trend of phase power.The cabinet power was in the abolition phase of Zhu Yuanzhang,and there was no one at the top of the bureaucracy.After influencing efficiency,the similar powers generated by the reorganization of the bureaucratic class in the Ming Dynasty,due to the bureaucratic system to improve efficiency,it was necessary to recover part of the power that had been abandoned to the emperor.In this process,the Cabinet Minister stands out due to the specific advantages of duality.However,due to the deep distrust of the monarchy of the family property system against the bureaucracy and the prime minister’s group under the special ancient Chinese political background,the result of the failure of the power of the cabinet was the decentralization of power.And further discusses the law of power operation contained in it.The article is divided into five parts:The first part mainly discusses the far-reaching historical event of Zhu Yuanzhang’s waste phase,starting from the background of Zhu Yuanzhang’s waste phase,pointing out that Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a humble beginning and belonged to the founding emperor with strong ability.The specific process,the problems arising after the abolition of the phase and the method and evaluation of Zhu Yuanzhang’s attempt to remedy the problem.The second part discusses the change of cabinet power since the establishment of the cabinet in the Yongle period.After Zhu Di’s death,the power of the cabinet began to gradually expand.This expansion reached its peak from Jiajing to the beginning of Wanli,but in the late Wanli,Tianqi,Chongzhen Cabinet power declined during the year.The third part discusses the origin of the introduction of Weber’s family bureaucracy theory in the study of cabinet power.Using Weber’s theory to examine the imperial power and bureaucratic power,it is concluded that in China,due to the special system of "integration of family and country",the Chinese emperor belongs to the typical sense "Monarchy of the family property system",but due to its vast territory and complicated situation,ancient bureaucrats have some characteristics of the "family property system" and certain "bureaucratic system" features.The fourth part discusses the two sides of the "property system" and "bureaucratic system" of the cabinet ministers.Borrowing this analysis result,it is concluded that the power of the cabinet is in the abolition phase of Zhu Yuanzhang,there is no one at the top of the bureaucracy,and it affects efficiency.Similar powers,in this process,cabinet ministers stand out due to the specific advantages of duality.However,due to the deep distrust of the family monarchs in the bureaucratic group and the prime minister’s group under the special political background of China,this led to the failure of cabinet power.The fifth part discusses the relationship between the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty and the cabinet power under the bureaucracy of the family.First,it points out that changes in the cabinet power are fundamentally controlled by the imperial power.The imperial power will limit the power of the cabinet through the use of political events,such as the "big ceremony" event;It is pointed out that it is the emperor who really violates the relevant regulations of the system,but the responsibility belongs to the cabinet,revealing the shadow of the imperial power.Conclusion.As a kind of political power,cabinet power reflects its evolution,with loyalty,betrayal,success and failure.In terms of power,the cabinet power itself was a successor to the power of the Ming Dynasty when Zhu Yuanzhang was abolished,and all officials were headless.In the Ming Dynasty,the power of the cabinet showed a tendency to be phased,but in the end,it was defeated because of the vigilance of the Chinese monarch,the emperor,on the bureaucracy.