What was the official position of Tongfengge Luantai Pingzhang in Wu Zetian's period? How does it compare with the Secretariat?

The Pingzhang incident that took place in Tongfengge and Luantai was the product of Wu Zetian's regency, that is, the Pingzhang incident under the same book had the right to participate in the political power and was the actual prime minister, and the number of officials who added this position was only about five or more. This is the group system in the Tang Dynasty, which was established by the emperor for differentiation and power. Similarly, there are three products under the same book door (the same as Fengge Luantai).

In the Tang Dynasty, the six-part system was implemented in Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province. The top officials in the three provinces are all natural prime ministers, namely, the ministers in the middle school, the ministers in the middle school, and the servants around the ministers. Among the three provinces, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province are the administrative centers of the imperial court. Since the Zhenguan period, the top officials in the three provinces have become very expensive positions, and it is not easy to make promises.

At this time, people who awarded the post of prime minister to other official positions began to form. In fact, it was a kind of dispatch, and those who were appointed as prime ministers were given extra rewards? The next three products in the book? Or? With the book door flat chapter? Participate in politics, but the actual official position of this person is probably above that of Zhengwupin, but in order to serve as prime minister well, their official positions are generally changed to Huangmen Assistant Minister or Zhongshu Assistant Minister.

In the later period, with the development of the group system, even the original natural prime minister was no longer a prime minister, or just a virtual title, while the prime minister in the middle and late Tang Dynasty became a real prime minister, and only the officials in the middle and late Tang Dynasty who were given the same title were the real prime ministers.

During the regency of Wu Zetian, the official name changed slightly. We know that in order to ascend the throne, Wu Zetian changed her official name, invented new words, moved the capital and so on, which can be said to be heartbreaking.

In 684, a year after Li Zhi's death, many great events happened. For example, Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong was demoted to Luling King by Wu Zetian only two months after he ascended the throne, while Li Dan of Tang Ruizong became a puppet emperor, and Wu Zetian was in charge of state affairs. In September this year, Wu Zetian announced an amnesty, changed the year number, palace name and flag color, and renamed Luoyang, the east capital, as Shen Du.

Next, the name of the government agency was changed. Shangshu Province was changed to Wenchang Taiwan, Xiamen Province to Lu 'an Taiwan, Zhongshu Province to Fengge, and the six departments were changed from the original six departments of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments and workers to six officials of heaven, earth, spring, summer, autumn and winter. All its senior officials were renamed, ministers and servants were changed to left and right, servants were changed to words, and secretariat was changed to internal history.

Thus, the three products under the Tongzhongshu Gate became the three products of your Excellency Tong Fengtai Luan, and the flat chapter under the Tongzhongshu Gate became the flat chapter of Tong Fengtai Luan, leading the post of Prime Minister. During the reign of Wu Zetian, prime ministers changed quite frequently. During her twenty years in power, there were at least sixty prime ministers, including Pei Yan, De, Yao Chong, Zhang Jian, Li Zhaode, Lou Deye, Su Weidao and so on.

Let's look at the secretariat again. The administrative divisions of the Tang Dynasty can basically be considered as Dao, Zhou and County, as well as Dudufu and Duhu. During the Zhenguan period, the world was divided into ten roads, and there was no fixed chief executive. Instead, the emperor set up supervisory officials in Taoism to assist the court in managing counties. These officials are usually mobile and not fixed. As a first-level administrative division, the highest executive of the state is the Secretariat, which is equivalent to the top leader of the prefecture-level city.

However, there were differences between states at that time, including Shangzhou, Zhongzhou and Zhou Xia. The chief executives are Shangzhou Secretariat (from the third grade), Zhongzhou Secretariat (from the fourth grade) and Zhou Xia Secretariat (from the fourth grade).

As far as the official position is concerned, the rank of the official who was awarded the title of Pingzhang of Fengge Luantai is similar to that of the secretariat, or even lower. After all, Zhou Xia's secretariat is under the four categories, and the original rank of the official who can be awarded the Pingzhang of Fengge Luantai may also be under the five categories. However, because this person was entrusted with the important task of making peace with Fengge Luantai, there is a difference, and the difference is quite big. One is the prime minister and the other is the local governor, which is a world of difference.