Shangshu, the name of a senior government official in feudal China, is equivalent to the ministers of various national ministries. In the Qing dynasty, the chief officials of the six departments and the Li Fan Yuan were called Shangshu.
For example, the minister of punishments is the head of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Procuratorate. Shangshuling, which began in the Qin Dynasty and followed the Western Han Dynasty, was originally an official of Shaofu, in charge of documents and chapters of ministers.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty served as a eunuch (also known as the official in charge of books), Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty changed to a scholar. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was actually the post of Prime Minister. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, once held his post, but he never left it. Therefore, the provincial governor of Shangshu in the Tang Dynasty was only a servant. In the Song Dynasty, he was a prince and an envoy, and his shifts were in the official position. Clear waste.
related official positions
Shangshu of the official department: the chief official of the official department, equivalent to the contemporary Minister of the Central Organization Department and Minister Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
Minister of Rites: the chief official of Rites, equivalent to Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Culture and Minister of Education.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Housing: the chief official of the Ministry of Housing, equivalent to the contemporary Minister of Finance and Minister of Land and Resources, Minister of Commerce, Governor of the Central Bank, Director State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, Director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, Director of the General Administration of Customs, Director of the Audit Office and Director of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Minister of War: the chief officer of the Ministry of War, equivalent to the contemporary Minister of National Defense and General Logistics Department, the Minister of General Armament Department, the Chief of General Staff, the Director of Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, and the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Military Commission (the Ministry of War was responsible for the battle plan in Ming and Qing Dynasties, but only for the management of military records, the breeding of war horses and the forwarding of military supplies before Ming and Qing Dynasties).