Before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the imperial court had three inner academies, which housed bachelors, bachelors, etc., who could participate in state secrets.
In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), the Qing Dynasty changed the three chambers of the Qing Dynasty into the cabinet, established bachelors, and added palace titles, half Manchu and Han. Moreover, following the Ming Dynasty system, it was stipulated that all memorials submitted by officials from various places would first be drafted and approved by the cabinet (to draw up several handling opinions for the emperor), and then submitted to the emperor; for the emperor's edicts, the cabinet would also issue six departments Wait for the Yamen to execute it. At the beginning, because it was stipulated that bachelors could only be fifth-rank officials, the power of the cabinet was actually lower than that of the original three houses. However, because the Qing emperor used the cabinet to suppress the power of the meeting of kings and ministers to discuss government affairs, the status of the cabinet continued to improve.
During the Yongzheng period, the official rank of the cabinet bachelor was upgraded to the first rank, becoming the highest-ranking official in the imperial court. However, since the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department, many of the powers of the cabinet have been replaced, and cabinet officials can only handle some routine matters. At this time, the title of "Grand Bachelor" has also become an honorary title for civil servants.