Remonstrant In Northern Song Dynasty Restricted Prime Minister

In the Northern Song Dynasty time, censors and remonstrants begun to have with a tendency, in the early years of Renzong it roughly completely formed. Northern Song Dynasty's remonstrants were quite few, the grade relative was not also high, but they actually played an important force in the political life. In Northern Song Dynasty, imperial power was obvious in the system designing, but the general sense "not kill the official", making the problem of imperial authority must be inspected from the civil official group's internal struggle. The Song Dynasty implemented group system, prime minister's military authority was divided by pivot shaft dense courtyard the financial authority was divided "three departments", but also human affairs authority also encountered the division. The prime minister, deputy prime minister, plus or minus executive of the Privy Council and the "Three Si" executive formed of a huge emperors colonial group, the performance was showed to struggle with prime minister in the system. However, the prime minister's right in Song was still relatively strong, in Renzong time as a famous remonstrant proposed comment: Do not over-exploite of the prime minister's rights. That the prime minister should be took part in military decision-making affairs. Otherwise, they were not a entirely responsible prime ministers. This would cause the prime minister easily relent. Remonstrants were a special internal official group, which can contend with the prime minister's supporting group in a maximize extent. Chinese ancient traditional recommendation culture and their own personality and the idealistic pursuit, enabled them to become the greatest supervisors of the prime minister's supporting group. Therefore, in the Northern Song Dynasty time, prime minister system and the complexity of power, maked it can only be constraints to rely more on the remonstrant group. In Renzong time, the Renzong's queen was repealed, the emperor hided behind, The prime minister then support the abolition of the emperor's queen, which was opposed to remonstrant group. After success of the abolition, the emperor regreted, the prime minister had lost all the people, and the remonstrants groups united closely, accessed to the public's sympathy and moral success. In a conclusion, in the Northern Song Dynasty, remonstrants constrainted the prime minister. At first there was a good recommending environment, and remonstrants were dare to recommend. They made all restrictions on the prime minister, Yushitai Executive was the prime minister's candidate, remonstrants had special status, powerful groups, and so on.