Which government offices were part of the Yuan Central Secretariat?

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Kublai Khan Kublai Khan; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

Under the Yuan dynasty, the Central Secretariat served as the primary civilian authority. It incorporated specialized agencies, most notably the traditional six ministries:

Finance
War
Officials
Rites
Punishments
Public works

In addition to these ministries, the government structure included the Shumiyuan (Military Council) and the Yushitai (Censorate), which functioned as an instrument of the court to oversee the bureaucracy.12