明代的内阁与资本主义的内阁——政府,虽然在名称上相同,但实质上却是截然不相同的两码事。西方国家的内阁,是由议会产生并对议会负责的政权组织形式。而明代的内阁,不过是皇帝御用的一个拟定朝廷政令文件的文书房。它的成员,只是从翰林院中挑选出的几个善于起草制诰等文件的官员。内阁在整个明代自始至终都不曾是朝廷中枢的一级行政机构,根本不是什么政权组织形式。它不仅没有直 The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty and the cabinet of the capitalist government, though identical in name, are actually two completely different things. The cabinet of a western country is a form of political power that is produced by the parliament and is accountable to the parliament. The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, however, was merely a clerical room for the imperial edict to prepare court decree documents. Its members are just officials from the Imperial Academy who are good at drafting documents and other documents. The cabinet throughout the Ming Dynasty was never an administrative body at the center of the court. It was not a form of political organization at all. Not only did it not straight