Establish a strict official examination and supervision system to prevent corrupt officials from advancing in the officialdom. The evaluation is mainly responsible for the Ministry of Personnel. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered: "Those with professional qualifications will be promoted, those with ordinary qualifications will be reinstated, those who are incompetent will be demoted, those who are corrupt will be punished by law, and those who are weak will be exempted from serving the people." The method of inspection has eight categories: greed, cruelty, impetuousness, inadequacy, old age, illness, fatigue, and carelessness. Those who are punished after the inspection "will not be used again." Supervision mainly relies on the Supervisory Yuan, the Thirteen Supervisory Censors, and the Sixth Section Supervision Bureau. All officials who are corrupt, corrupt, and violate official discipline will be punished at any time. Only when supervisory officials are strict with themselves can they punish others impartially. Therefore, the Ming government punished the illegal behavior of supervisory officials particularly severely. If he commits stolen goods, he will be charged with a second-level crime compared with other officials.

Second, improve the legal system and strictly prohibit extra-legal executions by officials. The "Taiming Code" promulgated by the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulates the powers and obligations of civil and military officials. From then on, "Chen Jie Lu", "Da Gao" three chapters, "Da Gao Wu Chen", "A Brief Record of Awakening Corruption" and other imperial edicts and admonitions to princes and princes were issued, as well as thirty-one regulations and other laws and regulations. The regulations that officials at all levels should abide by are also explained in detail, and corruption and bribery are strictly prohibited. For example, in the fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated: "Those who commit stolen goods will not get loans." He also ordered the Ministry of Punishments: "Any official who accepts stolen goods is guilty of bribing three people, leaving his family alone, and the author has issued an order." Those who have more than sixty taels will show their heads to the public, but they will still peel off the skin and get the grass." There are many and strict regulations. The laws and regulations are so strict that officials who commit corruption and violate the law are really "like thorns, unable to move even an inch. Even if they get out, their bodies will not be intact." The purpose is to frighten the officials, deter them from fear of the law, and encourage them to abandon corruption, become honest, and obey the law.

Third, combine immediate punishment with centralized purges to severely crack down on corrupt officials. Feudal monarchs in the past dynasties have promulgated many laws to punish corruption, but they are often empty documents and rarely implemented seriously. Zhu Yuanzhang was very serious. In normal times, whenever officials are found to be taking bribes and violating the prohibition, they will be severely punished by law. At that time, there was a "pichang temple" on the left side of the yamen of every prefecture, state, county, and guard, where officials who had stolen more than sixty taels were caught and skinned. After the corrupt officials are skinned, the straw is harvested, and then placed next to the official throne to serve as a warning to the succeeding officials. Zhu Yuanzhang also carried out several large-scale centralized purges of corrupt officials. Among them, hundreds of chief seal officers of various yamen were killed in the case of empty seals, several times as many as assistant and second officers, and thousands of people were sent to guard the border with sticks. In the Guo Huan case, "all the ministers in the six ministries died, and 7 million were stolen. He even directed officials in the province, and tens of thousands of people died. In punishing corruption, Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best not to avoid powerful people and relatives. He once told Yan Jing Honorable ministers and generals: "You have achieved great success, and you should pay attention to it in your old age." Guo Huan was promoted to the Minister of Household Affairs, and he was a ministerial official with the same rank as Shangshu. He was also executed after being punished. The founding father of the country was granted the title of Marquis of Huai'an, with a salary of 1,500 shi. He privately occupied Tuotuo's mansion, the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and was good at repairing it for the army and the people. Fu Ma, the biological daughter of Princess Anqing, was good at serving officials and selling illegal tea, and was sentenced to death.

Fourth, commend honest officials and suppress evil.

Fifth, pay attention to the opinions of the people and pay attention to the people's supervision of officials. The people can see clearly and evaluate them fairly. "Beijing report". When punishing or commending officials, Zhu Yuanzhang also paid more attention to the opinions of the people. In the early Ming Dynasty, the laws were strict, and officials were often arrested and imprisoned for minor mistakes. Some upright officials were also arrested for this. When the people went to Beijing to list He praised his good governance, praised his honesty and diligence, and when he asked for leniency, he gave the soldiers money to return home, ordered the release of arrested upright officials, reinstated them to their original posts, and even promoted them without exception.