Zhu Yuanzhang was born a beggar, which can be said to be the lowest among emperors. Long-term drift from place to place in the bottom, let him have empathy for ordinary people that other emperors do not have. In other words, among emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang knows ordinary people best.
He knows that as long as they have a mouth to eat, they can endure a lot of injustice, and he also knows that many local tyrants and officials want to strip the poor of their last clothes. Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a beggar, won the world, he reversed the official standard system for thousands of years and established the national policy of "strict officials and lenient people".
As a result, a rare feudal social phenomenon appeared in the Millennium, and officials were cautious and conscientious. People are no longer afraid of officials and can even be rude.
Because in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, officials were required to break the law, and the people could directly tie up officials and send them to relevant departments. In the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, it was also stipulated that people could come to Nanjing to sue the court with the Daming Law, and anyone who dared to stop along the way would be killed without forgiveness. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang's era can be said to be the worst for corrupt officials, because as long as corruption exceeds 60 Liang, it will be skinned.
Under pressure, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be a breeze from Xu. According to statistics, Zhu Yuanzhang once accounted for a quarter of the number of honest officials in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the people were well-being at that time. But the price paid was that Zhu Yuanzhang was reviled by the so-called literati and even smeared in various ways.
As the time was approaching, Zhu Yuanzhang came to the racecourse, riding a horse, whipping a whip, and shouting at the sunset, "I'm dressed in cloth. What does the world have to do with me?"
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Introduction to Zhu Yuanzhang:
Zhu Yuanzhang (1328,10,21-1398, June 24th) was born in Haozhou Zhongli (now Fengyang, Anhui). Han nationality, formerly known as Chongba, joined the Guo Zixing army and changed its name to Zhu Yuanzhang. China was an ancient statesman, strategist, military commander and the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very poor when he was a child. He used to herd cattle for the landlord. Zheng Zhi entered the ancestral temple for four years (1344). At the age of 25, he took part in the Red Scarf Army uprising led by Guo Zixing against the Yuan Dynasty. In the 16th year of Zheng Zheng (1356), Qing Ji Road was captured and changed to Tianfu.
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