Evaluation of Cabinet System in Ming Dynasty

1. The cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty strengthened the absolute monarchy. Cabinet system was established with the high strengthening of imperial power, and the source of power was granted by the monarch, which had limited restriction on monarchical power. The cabinet, big or small, must act according to the will of the monarch, so it has become a tool for the monarch to strengthen autocracy. Therefore, the autocratic monarchy of the Ming Dynasty was even worse than that of the previous generation, which contributed to the autocratic monarchy.

2. The eunuch power in Ming Dynasty was thus formed. Due to the lack of legal status and power, the Ming cabinet was only an auxiliary organ of government affairs, assisting the government by drafting and amending laws and regulations. However, the draft of the college students was finally approved by the emperor, and the documents and ministerial seals written by the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty in Xuanzong were all painted red by the eunuchs of Jian with reference to the draft of the cabinet, except for a few approved by the emperor himself.

3, leading to political style. In the Ming Dynasty, most cabinet ministers were Jinshi to Hanlin, but those who devoted themselves to the cabinet were those who had lived in Hanlin Academy for ten years and had no practical political experience. Once they enter the cabinet, most of them are ignorant, most of them are mediocre, but they rarely dare to do anything.