Compare the first assistant of the cabinet and the prime minister

Power--- the head of the cabinet.

No decision-making power The prime minister has some decision-making power.

The Cabinet is the organization that deliberates on policies on behalf of the senior representatives. The Ming Dynasty cabinet system was established during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

The cabinet system was only the emperor's secretary in the early days, but soon the power began to rise during the Xuande Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty (Sanyang Auxiliary Administration), although there were repeated in the last years of the Ming Orthodox Dynasty, but by the time of the Ming Dynasty Chenghua and Hongzhi Dynasty, the cabinet system has become enough to resist the imperial power of the civil ** representative. The Ming Zhengde Dynasty was romantic and belligerent, but because there were Yang Tinghe and other cabinet veterans to support the cabinet did not become a big chaos, after the development of the Ming Jiajing and Longqing Dynasty, the early Ming Wanli Dynasty should be the period of extreme cabinet power, Zhang Juzheng's reform made the cabinet the center of the operation, and the cabinet chief assistant became the actual prime minister.

To put it simply, the Cabinet is an organization, while the Prime Minister is an official position.

Before and after the Ming Dynasty, the difference between the prime minister and the cabinet (in terms of official position and treatment).

1. The Ming Dynasty in the early period did not have a prime minister and a cabinet.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, in order to control the power and avoid the results of the previous dynasties against the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang once explicitly forbade the establishment of the post of prime minister, and strictly ordered the descendants of later generations to be beheaded immediately when they encountered those who dared to discuss the prime minister.

Therefore, in the early Ming Dynasty, there was no prime minister and no cabinet, and all the administrative power was concentrated in Zhu Yuanzhang, and the six ministries directly implemented the emperor's decrees and were only responsible to the emperor.

That is to say, Lao Zhu is both the chairman and the general manager, and directly manages the department managers and directors below.

Second, the cabinet in the early middle and early stages is just a secretariat.

A few generations later, Lao Zhu's grandsons got tired and set up the cabinet as a secretarial body, responsible for the counselor's cardinal, and put forward reference opinions on the handling of government affairs, which were decided by the emperor.

At this time, the requests of the department managers are forwarded to the general manager and chairman through the secretariat, and the secretaries can put forward their own opinions and opinions on the managers' requests.

Third, the cabinet in the middle and late stages really became the first minister, and the first assistant of the cabinet became the prime minister in fact.

A few generations later, the grandchildren of Lao Zhu's grandson were also tired, and the people in the cabinet had the first assistant of the cabinet in terms of seniority, and they could directly put forward their opinions on the official document (i.e., vote drafting), and the emperor made the final decision (i.e., approved red).

At the same time, if the emperor's decision was not good, he would refuse to cooperate, and the emperor was helpless most of the time.

At this time, real professional managers appeared.

That is, the first assistant of the cabinet is responsible for the day-to-day administration on behalf of the civil officials, and the emperor is responsible for the supervision of the cabinet on behalf of the final adjudicator.

The two are indeed the same, but they are called different in different periods, the first assistant is the leader of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister, and before Zhu Yuanzhang, when the prime minister system in our country prevailed, it has always been called the prime minister, the two are just different names, and the rights are almost the same.

Prime Minister is an official position, and the Cabinet is an institution used to decentralize the power of the Prime Minister. It is said that when the cabinet was formed, the prime minister had been deposed.

The prime minister is the statutory body of the emperor, and the cabinet is the emperor's internal service body; The prime minister can participate in decision-making to restrain imperial power; The cabinet was a product of the strengthening of imperial power and could not participate in decision-making.