A Study Of The Deputy Cabinet Officer In Ming Dynasty Jia Long Wan Period

The Cabinet institution in Ming Dynasty through continuous development,until the period between Jia Jing,Long Qing and Wan Li,get up to its great prosperity.The Politics of Chief Cabinet Officer is also officially established at this time.The Deputy Cabinet Officer produces with the Chief Cabinet Officer appears.It is the ranked second Cabinet minister.Official minister through exceptional selection or imperial court elect into the Cabinet.And then by virtue of the strength of promotion or the emperor directly promoted to the Deputy Cabinet Officer.The position of the Deputy Cabinet Officer in the cabinet is lower than the Chief Cabinet Officer but also higher than the other Cabinet minister.The Deputy Cabinet Officer functions is the same as the general cabinet minister,but they also has special functions.In Jia Long Wan period,the Chief Cabinet Officer presided over the draft to control the affairs of state.The Chief Cabinet Officer with the Deputy Cabinet Officer and the other Cabinet minister status gap widened.The grade difference between the cabinet ministers is obvious.The successive Deputy Cabinet Officer due to personal ability,the environment,and the different relationship between the emperor and the Chief Cabinet Officer,their occupational status are not the same.The harmonious relationship with the Chief Cabinet Officer,personal ability strong,the Deputy Cabinet Officer during his tenure has more achievements in politics.The Chief Cabinet Officer by the dictatorship of the right,personal ability weaker,the Deputy Cabinet Officer during his tenure did not dare to comment on government affairs.The relationship between the Chief Cabinet Officer and Deputy Cabinet Officer is cooperation or confrontation.In general,The Deputy Cabinet Officer in the cabinet to assist the Chief Cabinet Officer handling government affairs,coordinate relations.The Chief Cabinet Officer and Deputy Cabinet Officer are close cooperation and co-administration.In Jia Long Wan period,the Chief Cabinet Officer and the Deputy Cabinet Officer confrontation and struggle for power.The relationship between the Deputy Cabinet Officer and the emperor is related to his personality and ability.Some Deputy Cabinet Officers access to the emperor’s favor,while others failed to get the emperor appreciated.Silijian and cabinet is the power of opposites.Some decent Deputy Cabinet Officers not associate with eunuchs.And some Deputy Cabinet Officers collude with eunuchs for the self-interest.The imperial censors play a supervisory role.But with the increase of the power of the cabinet in the Jia Long Wan period,part of the supervisors tend to be Chief Cabinet Officer or Deputy Cabinet Officer.They become the vanguard of the Chief Cabinet Officer and Deputy Cabinet Officer power competition.In order to become the Chief Cabinet Officer,some Deputy Cabinet Officers flatter emperor,collude with eunuchs,win over imperial censors,use its power to achieve their purpose.The strife between ChiefCabinet Officer and Deputy Cabinet Officer had a far-reaching impact on the political situation.It is aggravating the political chaos and political crisis in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.