The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has not been controlled by any minister, only that young emperors were assisted by powerful ministers, such as Wanli and Zhang Juzheng before taking office.
The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty almost reached the peak of the entire feudal dynasty in China (Ming and Qing dynasties). The outstanding performance is that the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, abolished the prime minister, set up three divisions, six departments and a hundred officials directly obeyed the central government, and the imperial power was highly concentrated. The so-called powers in the hands of ministers are only temporarily granted by the emperor, and the emperor can deprive them at any time; the stronger ministers you see are also the result of the emperor’s authorization. The cabinet's first assistant has exclusive power. However, this is only the appearance, the real power still comes from the imperial power.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Prime Minister system in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's power has been unprecedentedly strong, but after all, the manpower is sometimes poor, and a person's energy is limited, unable to handle all affairs.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty creatively set up a cabinet to help the emperor deal with daily affairs. The leader of the cabinet is called the prime minister, and the role of the cabinet is no different from that of the prime minister, even more than the prime minister. Big.
And the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were short-lived for some reason. Therefore, there were more young emperors, and there were always a few of them fighting with the ministers.
明武宗朱厚照
Zhu Houzhao is one of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty who is good at playing, often creatively proposing new gameplay. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was also the most preached by ministers among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Houzhao still went his own way.
明世宗朱厚熜
Zhu Houhuang is the cousin of Zhu Houzhao. Because Zhu Houzhao has no queen, the cabinet ministers welcomed Zhu Houhuang as emperor, also known as the Jiajing Emperor. The first thing that Jiajing took to the throne of God was to argue with the ministers why he should call his own father. In short, the courtiers did not want him to call his father his father. This shows how powerful the Ming court officials were.
明神宗朱翊钧
Ming Shenzong is a very famous Wanli emperor. Wanli was a young emperor when he became the throne. The government was controlled by his mother, Empress Li, eunuch Feng Bao, and cabinet Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Ju is a fierce man of first class. During his reign, he said one thing in the court. He was also taught by him in the first ten years of Wanli, but he was never controlled.
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was never a puppet in the hands of any courtier, at most he had no pro-government when he was young, but he was definitely not controlled by the ministers.
And the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty is a manifestation of the strengthening of the monarchy. As for the so-called cabinet members whose power is greater than that of the emperor, it is just a representation. It is the phenomenon that the emperor has been slack in exercising power so that the power of cabinet ministers has greatly increased; however, no matter how powerful the cabinet ministers are, their power comes from the granting of monarch power. , Can only rely on the existence of the monarchy, once the emperor wants to withdraw power, the cabinet ministers will not have any resistance. This is similar to the power of the eunuch.
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