Zhu Yuanzhang took the most severe measures in the history of China to punish corruption. He is so demanding that even using a piece of writing paper is considered corrupt in his eyes. When you open the third edition, you will see that there are some stolen goods in the corruption case personally punished by the emperor: "accepting a dress, two pairs of boots", "a round neck dress", "four books, a scarf and a pair of socks". Officials can forgive other mistakes, but corruption will never be spared. At the beginning of the anti-corruption campaign, he stipulated that anyone who embezzled 60 taels should be skinned and skinned and displayed in front of the yamen. It is said that this rule has been extremely cruel, and I don't want the policy he later announced to be even more extreme: "Whoever commits stolen goods in the future, regardless of the severity, will be killed!" Zhu Yuanzhang would rather kill a thousand corrupt officials by mistake than let one go. He stipulated that all corruption cases should be traced at all levels until all cases are found out and corrupt elements are arrested.

In order to thoroughly eliminate corruption and build a pure team of officials, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of asking the masses for help. In the middle of Hongwu, an unprecedented event happened in the history of China in the Ming Empire: the emperor called on the bottom people to rise up and create bureaucratic rebellion. Zhu Yuanzhang told the people that they could report the illegal acts of officials directly to him. And promised that the emperor would reward and punish officials according to the opinions of ordinary people; In nineteen years, his policy has taken a big step forward. He unexpectedly declared that anyone in his empire could rush into the government and arrest his dissatisfied officials. It also stipulates that if people arrest officials and officials dare to stop them, then "the whole family will be punished."