The so called"officer directly appointed by the emperor"is the officer directly appointed through the decree being given with respct by the eunuch。Officer directly appointed by the emperor appeared in the eighth year's February of TianShun of Ming Shi-zong, and ended in the third year's Decembe of TianQi of Ming Xi-zong, it lasted 160 years from the beginning to end. It existed in terms of group form during the period of Xian-zong, Xiao-zong, Wu-zongs'reign ,while under the reign of Shi-zong, Mu-zong,Shen-zong, Xi-zong it appeared with individual form.The main reason why this kind of officer system came into being during the middle period of Ming dynasty is that in the class society the officers'social positions were so lofty that the official privilege is more than common people and the social benefits were not shared equally. If without hierachical society background and if the society was stable , it would not produce the officer directly appointed by the emperor in middle period of Ming dynasty.The appearance of officer directly appointed by the emperor had caused the great impact to the officer choosing system in the middle period of Ming dynasty. National finance had been wasted , bureaucratic group was contradictory and intense , social bribes came to prevail. It reflected the social problem which came from the social system's defect , the cultural characteristic of the Ming Dynasty and it's influence on Chinese history. |