Mi Rucheng and Miao Zongshu, who is the official?

Mi Rucheng and Miao Zongshu are both senior officials. Mi Rucheng, assistant minister of warehouse, Miao Zongshu, governor, are at least second-class, and Shangshu of Ministry of War is first-class. In the Qing dynasty, the governor added the title of minister of war, so he was more powerful than assistant minister, and the lowest rank was equal to or higher than assistant minister. By the middle and late Qing Dynasty, many governors, such as Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, also had university degrees.