《General History of China》Episode 55 Synopsis
Rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats
In a nutshell, the political structure of the Song Dynasty was that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats jointly ruled the world. This is the key to understanding and understanding the bureaucratic political system of the Song Dynasty.The imperial power, the power of the prime minister, and the power of remonstration formed the triangle in the central government of the Song Dynasty. The three restricted each other and relied on each other, forming a "co-governance" structure.
