The role of the Confucian bureaucracy in the earliest years of the Ming period was

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In the earliest years of the Ming period, the role of the Confucian bureaucracy was limited to court ceremonies and regulation of civil service examination. The civil service examination was the primary method of selecting officials, so the Confucian bureaucrats played a significant role in the selection and training of government officials. However, their duties did not extend to oversights of foreign policy, maintenance of the army, or regulation of overseas commerce, which fell under the purview of other government institutions.

The Role of the Confucian Bureaucracy in the Earliest Years