introduction
Interpretation of "Bow Ma Wen": The Horse Classic says that the stables and female monkeys cut off the plague of horses, and there are days and nights on the grass, and there is never any disease in the horse food. The origin of "Journey to the West".
When we watch "Journey to the West", we will remember that Sun Wukong was given a position by the Jade Emperor, and the position of Bow Ma Wen sounds very tall and powerful. In fact, it was only a position at the end of the Heavenly Court, and what he managed was not a talent, but a horse in the sky. There were also some such positions in ancient times, and we sounded very powerful and high-status, but in fact they may not be what we think. Take stock of the official positions in history that sound powerful but don't actually have much power.
Offices
Let's talk about this first post now, the first position is called the Great General of the Weifu, and as soon as you listen, the Great General must be related to the power of the soldiers, then the position of the Great General of the Weifu must be able to hold tens of millions of soldiers and horses and give orders to tens of millions. The rank of this great general of the Weifu Government has also reached the rank of Sanpin, and as we all know, Sanpin is already a high-ranking official. However, the position of Weifu General actually originated from the Tang Dynasty's implementation of the Fu bing system, the Tang Dynasty's Fu Bing system set up a large number of bingfu, according to relevant information, the Tang Dynasty had a total of 624 bingfu. And these 624 military palaces need 16 leaders who have been commanded by the Six Laws of the Eastern Palace, and the head of these 16 weifu is the so-called Weifu General.
The Great General of Weifu could not directly control his own army, and this so-called Great General of Weifu was actually just a glorious title and did not have any real power. Therefore, the rulers of the Tang Dynasty used to reward those who wanted them to have honor, but did not want them to have power, and they would make them the Great General of weifu.
This second position is the 800,000 forbidden army godhead, when everyone watches "Water Margin", they know that Lin Chong is the 800,000 forbidden army godhead, so when it sounds, Lin Chong seems to be a particularly powerful figure, and his final fate is also lamented, people think of his identity as the leader of the 800,000 forbidden army and finally end up so indifferent and very sighed. In fact, the 800,000 forbidden army leader was not a big official in the Song Dynasty at that time. It can only be said that he is a relatively small official in the military, and there are almost two thousand people like Lin Chong in the forbidden army, and more than two thousand people can be called the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, so Lin Chong's official position is not a very powerful official.
This third position is the Flying Dragon Messenger, and everyone's impression of the Flying Dragon Messenger may stay in the position of those who guard the border pass, the Flying Dragon Envoy actually originated from the Wu Zetian period, and the duty of the Flying Dragon History is not to guard the border pass, but to raise horses for the imperial family. The Flying Dragon makes this position similar to Sun Wukong's Bow Ma Wen.
The fourth position is the Inspector of the Eight Provinces, and when it comes to the Inspectorate, everyone may think that this is an official directly appointed by the central government, and must have very much power and a voice. In fact, when the Ming Dynasty set up an inspector, the inspector was only a seven-pin official. Therefore, from the perspective of rank alone, the inspector is not such a big official position.
And the last one is the Taishang Emperor, everyone will feel that the Taishang Emperor is one level higher than the Emperor, in fact, the Taishang Emperor is just a fictitious position, he does not have practical rights, and even sometimes, some Of the Taishang Emperor will be monitored by the Emperor for their personal freedom, afraid that these Taishang Emperors will pose a threat to the emperor's rule. For example, after the famous Tang Xuanzong became the Emperor Taishang, he was monitored by the next emperor and had no freedom at all. epilogue
Therefore, sometimes we cannot judge the rights behind it from just some names, or other status effects.