兵部尚书掌管全国武官的选用,以及兵籍、军械、军令、军制等军队事务。早在三国时期,魏即设置了五兵尚书(即中兵、外兵、骑兵、别兵、都兵),晋设驾部、车部、库部等。北魏则设七兵尚书。隋唐以后设立兵部,始有兵部尚书一职,并一直沿续到清末。枢密使多由文官担任此职,有时也由武将充任。这一官职开始设置于唐代宗时期,当时由宦官掌管枢密,因而宦官多以枢密使的名义,干预朝政 Bingbushangshu in charge of the selection of military attache throughout the country, and military affairs, ordnance, military orders, military system and other military affairs. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, Wei set up the Five Armies (that is, soldiers, soldiers, cavalry, soldiers, soldier), Jin set driving department, car department, library department. Northern Wei is seven soldiers still book. After the establishment of the ministries of the Sui and Tang dynasties, there began a Bingbushangshu, and has been continued until the late Qing Dynasty. Privileges make civil servants hold more positions, sometimes by military commanders. This official position began to be set up in the Tang Dynasty, when the eunuch was in charge of the secret, so eunuchs used the name of "