This week most editors complied with a government "request" to publish a big birthday photograph "of His Excellency on the top left hand side of the first page of your newspaper".
On 8 June, 51 AD the prefix "Grand" was removed from the titles of the Excellency over the Masses and Excellency of Works, while the Grand Marshal was reinstated with the original title of Grand Commandant, and would remain so for the rest of Eastern Han.
The Minister Steward who was supervised by the Imperial Counselor (and later Excellency of Works)—became the Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk's new superior by early Eastern Han.
The Excellency of Works made annual reports to the throne about the progress of local administrations' conduct of construction projects.
The Excellency of Works, also known as the Minister of Works, was less powerful than his previous counterpart, the Imperial Counselor.
The Excellency of Works was responsible for the construction of city walls, towns, canals, irrigation ditches, dykes and dams, and other structural engineering projects.
Cao Cao also abolished the Grand Commandant and Excellency of Works while reinstating the Imperial Counselor.
However, in 208 AD the Excellency of Works Cao Cao (155 220 AD) assumed the revived post of Chancellor while acting as the de facto ruler over the court of Emperor Xian (r. 189 220 AD).
The Excellency over the Masses (also known as the Minister over the Masses) shared the same censorial and advisory roles as the other two Excellencies, the Excellency of Works and Grand Commandant.
The Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk's proximity to the emperor during Eastern Han allowed him to surpass the authority of his nominal superior, the Excellency of Works, yet his Western-Han-era power to inspect local provincial authorities was removed.
