The cabinet members of the Wanli period included Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Zhao Zhigao, Wang Xijue, Shen Yiguan, Fang Congzhe, and others. Among them, Zhang Juzheng was the most famous cabinet chief in the Wanli period. He implemented a series of reform measures in the Wanli period and was known as the Ming Dynasty's reformist. There was no detailed information on the specific duties and contributions of the other members.
The Prime Minister of the Qing Ci Cabinet referred to Yan Song of the Ming Dynasty. He was favored by the Emperor for writing Qing Ci (a Taoist memorial) and became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Yan Song was lucky during his reign and successfully overthrew Yan Song's rule and won praise. His success had earned him the nickname of 'Prime Minister Qingci'.
There were some differences between the cabinet system and the prime minister system in terms of status, power, and influence. Under the prime minister system, the prime minister was given the power to make decisions by the system. His position was very stable. It could be said that he was "below one person and above ten thousand people". The cabinet members were only the Yellow Emperor's advisors and had no real power. In addition, under the prime minister system, the prime minister led all officials to pledge loyalty to the emperor, but at the same time, there were certain restrictions on the imperial power, and the cabinet could not have such great authority and influence. However, the prime minister system and the cabinet system were both loyal to governing the country and were controlled by the emperor. They were basically there to assist the emperor in managing state affairs.
Some information about the cabinet chief of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not provide a complete list of the cabinet chief. According to the document [6], the cabinet chiefs of the Ming Dynasty included Zhang Juzheng, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Gao Gong, Xu Jie, Shen Shixing, Ye Xianggao, and Yang Tinghe. However, this information was not complete. There might be other names of cabinet chiefs that were not mentioned. Therefore, it was impossible to provide a complete list of the cabinet ministers.
The specific information of Yan Song's cabinet members was not mentioned in the search results. Therefore, I don't know the situation of Yan Song's cabinet members.
The list of cabinet chiefs of the Ming Dynasty was as follows:
1. Huanghuai: Hongwu thirty-five years in August to advance, in November to surrender. He reigned for 1402 years.
2. Xie Jin: In November of the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu, he was promoted and stopped in February of the fifth year of Yongle. He reigned from 1402 to 1407.
3. Hu Guang entered the court in February of the fifth year of Yongle and died in May of the sixteenth year of Yongle. He reigned from 1407 to 1418.
4. Yang Rong: He entered the court in May of the 16th year of Yongle and surrendered in August of the 22nd year of Yongle. He reigned from 1418 to 1424.
The above is a partial list of the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
The list of cabinet chiefs in the Ming Dynasty was as follows:
1. Huanghuai (March 35th year of Hongwu, November 1402)
2. Xie Jin (entered in November of the 35th year of Hongwu, stopped in February of the 5th year of Yongle, 1402-1407)
3. Hu Guang (entered in February of the fifth year of Yongle, died in May of the sixteenth year, 1407-1418)
4. Yang Rong (May 16th year of Yongle, August 22nd year, 1418-1424)
5. Yang Shiqi (entered in August of the 22nd year of Yongle, died in March of the 9th year of Zhengtong, 1424-1444)
6. Yang Pu (entered in March of the ninth year of Zhengtong, died in July of the eleventh year, 1444-1446)
7. Cao Nai (entered in July of the eleventh year of Zhengtong, died in August of the fourteenth year, 1446-1449)
8. Chen Xun (Entering in August of the 14th year of Zhengtong, ending in January of the 1st year of Tianshun, 1449-1457)
9. Xu Youzhen (Entering in February of the first year of Tianshun, ending in June, 1457)
10. Xu Bin (Entering in June of the first year of Tianshun, ending in July, 1457)
11. Li Xian (July 1st year of Tianshun, March 2nd year of Chenghua)
The above is the list of cabinet chiefs in the Ming Dynasty.
There were many candidates for the chief assistant of the Chongzhen cabinet, including Shi Yulai, Li Guo, Lai Zongdao, Zhou Daodeng, Han Yulai, Li Biao, Cheng Jiming, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Zhang Zhifa, Kong Zhenyuan, Liu Yuliang, Xue Guoguan, Fan Fucui, Zhang Sizhi, Chen Yan, Jiang Dejing, and Wei Zaode. However, because the information provided in the search results was not detailed enough, it was impossible to determine the specific time and achievements of each person as the cabinet chief. Therefore, he could not give an accurate answer.
After Yan Song, the chief of the cabinet was Xu Jie. Xu Jie succeeded the cabinet chief after the fall of Yan Song and held this position until the death of Emperor Jiajing. When Xu Jie was the chief assistant of the cabinet, he had drafted the posthumous edict of Emperor Jiajing together with Zhang Juzheng, helping the officials who had been wrongly sentenced to restore their original positions, and distributing the fields occupied by King Jing to the people for cultivation, so he was praised by the people. However, in his later years, Xu Jie indulged his children in robbing the people's fields and covered up their illegal acts, causing him to gradually lose the hearts of the people. Xu Jie did not receive the praise of the people after his death because his actions in his later years lost the support of the people.