What is the identity of a member?

Foreign officials are officials other than instructors, but later, these positions can be donated, so many rich people can be called foreign officials.

Later it was often used to refer to landlords and gentry. Before the Ming dynasty, it was related to the imperial examination system, but after the Ming dynasty, it was not related to the imperial examination system. It became a position that some rich people could get by donating money, so it became an idle position.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the post of "member" gradually disappeared, but then the post of "alternate member" appeared, which was equivalent to the ancient "member". Although there are some changes, there is actually not much difference, so this post has always existed.

Although many people were called foreign servants in ancient times, there were still different levels of foreign servants. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yuan Wailang was an official of the nobles. In Sui Dynasty, Yuan Wailang was established under the Six Langzhong, as the assistant of the Langzhong, and this system continued until Qing Dynasty.

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Yuan Wailang in Ming Dynasty, as a subordinate of six departments, had a certain change process from initial construction to customization. In the early Ming Dynasty, the old system of Yuan Dynasty was followed, and Zhongshu Province was set as the first of the six departments. Under the jurisdiction of Shangshu, Assistant Minister, Langzhong, Yuanwailang and Principal, all belong to Zhongshu Province.

At the beginning of the official department, there were three departments, namely, the headquarters, Sixun and Kao Gong, and each department had a foreign minister. The Ministry of war is the same as the official department. Ritual department was originally set up as the headquarters, ancestral hall, catering department and guest department, with one foreign minister. The Ministry of Housing has five departments, one, two, three and four, each with a foreign minister and two foreign ministers.

The Ministry of Punishment consists of four subordinate departments, namely, the headquarters, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the official department and the administrative department, and each department has two foreign ministers. At the beginning, the Ministry of Industry and its official department were established, and there were four departments: the headquarters, the security department and the water department. The headquarters has two foreign ministers and one other three departments, ***3 1.

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