The prime minister can be a person or a group of people. For example, the prime minister of the Han dynasty, who can be called the prime minister, was a person a long time ago. Ministers in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties can all be regarded as prime ministers. The governors of the three provinces in the Tang Dynasty, and even officials attending government affairs meetings, were all prime ministers, and prime ministers were a group of people.
The origin of prime minister
The prime minister originated in the pre-Qin period, with Yi Yin as the prime minister in Shang Dynasty and Duke Zhou as Taizai. Guan Zhong is the first outstanding prime minister in the history of China. By the Warring States period, the position of prime minister had been established in various vassal States.
In the Qin dynasty, the official name of the prime minister was the prime minister. Sometimes it is divided into left and right sides, and the left is the top, which is called "left prime minister" and "right prime minister".
The Han Dynasty is similar to the Qin Dynasty, but if it is called Guo Xiang, its status is higher, and the suggestion is vice. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a group of Confucian scholars were appointed as prime ministers to handle daily administrative affairs, while the government affairs center was transferred to the Imperial Palace. The functions and powers of the prime minister gradually transferred to the hands of the chief executive of Shangshutai.