Liu Zhuge fortune-telling

As we all know, the prime minister, as the head of a hundred officials, is responsible for helping the emperor to handle state affairs. Although at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to abolish the post of prime minister in order to handle state affairs himself. But after the Ming Dynasty, it was obvious that every emperor could not be as diligent as Zhu Yuanzhang, so there was a cabinet and even cabinet records to actually undertake the work of prime minister. By the same token, Liu Chan abolished the post of prime minister after Zhuge Liang's death and needed someone to help him deal with the state affairs of Shu and Han.

On this basis, after Zhuge Liang's death, he served as the minister of these two official positions, actually exercising the power of prime minister. These two official positions are the minister's order and the minister's record. On the one hand, the official position of Shang Shuling, which began in the Qin Dynasty, was originally an official of Shaofu, responsible for managing Shaofu documents and conveying orders, with low status and little power. However, during the reign of Liu Che, in order to weaken the power of ministers, he gradually reused ministers to deal with state affairs. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Shang Shuling's position became higher and higher, and he became an important assistant to the emperor in handling state affairs.

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On the other hand, as far as recording history is concerned, it was called "leading history" from the beginning. Zhao Hanchu, Huo Guang, the general in charge of state affairs, was in charge of minister affairs, which was the beginning of this official system. In the 18th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (75), when Emperor Gaozu Zhang ascended the throne, Yitai and Qiu Morong were recorded as ministers, starting from "recording" rather than "leading". During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, the ministers of history books were often recorded by the three princes, generals and teachers. In other words, once the court ministers "record history", they can participate in the handling of state affairs.

For example, in 239 AD, Cao Cao of Wei Mingdi was critically ill, and Sima Yi and Cao Shuang were appointed ministers to entrust orphans. For Sima Yi and Cao Shuang, they both got the status of "official history". In other words, Wei Mingdi arranged for Cao Cao to let Sima Yi and Cao Shuang jointly manage state affairs to assist Emperor Cao Fang. In this respect, as far as Shu Han is concerned, after the death of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, many ministers helped Liu Chan to handle state affairs by making or recording their official positions. In other words, a minister who has served as a minister and recorded the history of ministers can also be said to be a prime minister.

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In the twelfth year of Wanli (234), after Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wan was worshipped as the official secretary by the late emperor, and he was added as the secretariat of Yizhou, and later moved to be a general, recording political affairs and sealing the pavilion of Anyang. For Jiang Wan, the official position of making and recording the history of ministers enabled him to properly handle the political affairs of Shu and Han and become the de facto prime minister. As for the general, this means that the military power of Shu Han is also under the control of Jiang Wan.