Counselors are a type of ancient official. A speaker is an official who is specifically responsible for supervising and giving opinions.
There are two kinds of ancient officials. One is the imperial history, which is responsible for supervising the government; the second is the counselor, whose duty is to supervise the emperor.
The counselor was not an official title, but a generic term for the official who was responsible for supervising the emperor. It was first established in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Great Counselor of the State of Qi, the Zhongdafu of the State of Jin, and the Left Disciple of the State of Chu all belonged to the nature of advisors.
During the Qin Dynasty, the Counselor was appointed as the Counselor. At the same time, the imperial history in the imperial history official position also has some advisory nature.
The official system of advisors was formalized in the Han Dynasty, when the official positions of Guanglu Dafu, Taizhong Dafu, Zhi Dafu, Zhongsan Dafu, and Yilang were all under the administration of Guanglu Xun, one of the Nine Secretaries of the Han Dynasty.
The most active period of the counselor was in the Tang Dynasty, when the institutions of the counselors were constantly expanding. The counselors set up are left and right counselors, left and right pick-ups, left and right to fill gaps, left and right scattered riding regular attendants, and so on. In addition, at that time, officials from Zhongshu and Menxia provinces also had the responsibility of part-time counseling.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were many famous advisors, such as Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang, Sun Fujia, Xiao Jun, and so on. Famous poets du fu, Chen Ziang, Yuan Shu and others served as advisors. Because of Emperor Taizong's style of advice, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty paid more attention to the officials.
At first, the emperor of the Song Dynasty also attached great importance to the counselors, and he specially separated the counselors from the province under the gate and set up a special court, with the left and right counselors as the chief.
After the independence of the Imperial Household, the Counselors were no longer ruled by the Prime Minister, but appointed by the Emperor, and could concurrently serve as imperial history, and gradually changed from supervising the Emperor to supervising the Prime Minister and hundred officials.
Later, the imperial court no longer attached importance to the counselors, and began to appear Cai Jing, Qin Ju and other powerful ministers.
After the Song Dynasty, the counselors either died in name or in name.
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