After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, followed the old system of the Yuan Dynasty, set up the province of Zhongshu, and set up the left and right prime ministers. However, after the Hu case, Zhu Yuanzhang completely abolished the system of Zhongshu province and prime minister in order to completely solve the contradiction between monarchical power and relative power, and made it clear that there should be no prime minister in future generations. In this way, the affairs of 600 departments were directly decided by the emperor, which greatly strengthened the autocratic monarchy, but at the same time, the emperor made decisions alone, greatly.

In order to alleviate this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a college position in Wenhua Hall, which was held by several people. This is the prototype of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the prime ministers of past dynasties, the rank of the university students in Wenhua Hall is very low, ranking among the five officials. In Kyoto, where there are many officials, these five officials are not worth mentioning. At the same time, the university students in Wenhua Hall have no decision-making power, but only the emperor's advisory body, which is equivalent to the emperor's think tank.

During the reign of Judy in the Ming Dynasty, Judy formally established a cabinet, but its institutional responsibilities were similar to those of Zhu Yuanzhang. In the past, the prime minister had decision-making power, political power and administrative power, and one person was above ten thousand people. After the establishment of the cabinet, Judy firmly held the decision-making power in her own hands, and the executive power was divided into six. The cabinet only discusses political power, and it is only an advisory body of the emperor, but also a private secretary of the emperor, not an authority. At the same time, although cabinet members have the right to draft (write down solutions for some things and wait for the emperor's decision), they have no right to approve the red, so they can only rely on the eunuchs in the imperial palace to send the throne to the emperor for approval, and the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty have no small rights, which further limits the cabinet.

But with the development of the cabinet, it is impossible for the emperor to have a detailed look at everything. Although many decisions were approved by the emperor, they were basically consistent with the cabinet's suggestions. Therefore, the power of the cabinet is getting heavier and heavier, and it has developed into the highest staff and decision-making body of the emperor. At the same time, Ming Taizu has many outstanding achievements, regardless of government affairs all the year round, so the power of the cabinet is expanding. Cabinet records are the center of power. Although there was no prime minister's name in the past, there was a prime minister.