Zhu Yuanzhang 's Great Edict : Historical experience and lessons are that the only enemy of the court is the bureaucratic group!
In order to ensure the moral image of the government, feudal society specially formulated the law of "knowing the law and breaking the law, and adding crime to the first level" to specialize in kissing officials. Because officials know that the harm of breaking the law is far greater than that of ordinary people, the punishment must be increased. This is the cleverness of the emperors in the feudal era, far better than later generations.
The one who controls officials the most severely is The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born in a very poor class and knew that the corruption of officials led to suffocating social injustice, which made the people unable to speak and unable to survive. The demise of the dynasty is inevitable. Therefore, he accepted the first instruction of governing the country is to govern officials. As soon as he ascended the throne, he first ruled officials and organized the formulation of the laws of the Ming Dynasty. However, he believed that it was not enough to punish the corruption of officials, so he personally formulated the great edict. In the preface, he said: "Now, the civil principles will be harmed and the truth will be revealed to the world. Those who dare to do nothing but private affairs, and those who are greedy and cruel to our people outside will be punished and punished them."
Zhu Yuanzhang personally formulated the "Great Edict" of 4 pieces and 236 articles, there are more than half of the articles for punishing corruption. Some are exempted from death according to the law, but the "Great Edict" stipulates that lingchi, and that the family has no official property, and the family will be moved to Huawai. He demanded that officials should follow the clues and follow the clues and follow them all levels, from kings, princes, generals, and ninth-rank minor officials, not let go of any of the stolen officials, and must do everything they need to eliminate evil. A case of corruption often involves at least a dozen people, at most hundreds, or even tens of thousands. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang was so strong that he governed officials.
In addition to governing officials according to law, he also strongly encouraged the people to punish corrupt officials and abuse the law, and allowed people from all over the country to supervise, report and send stolen officials to sue the ranks until they enter Beijing. Among them, the government at each level shall not refuse to accept the case, otherwise the crime will be punished according to the law.
Zhu Yuanzhang pushed the administration to the extreme. During the Hongwu period, the "Great Edict" was widely spread and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For a time, the officials were pure and the people were pure, and the world was ruled. However, shortly after his death, the four collections of "Great Edicts" were left behind by his successors and subjects. The Ming Dynasty immediately gradually restored its nature, with corruption everywhere and people's grievances until it perished and became a tragedy. This was unexpected by Zhu Yuanzhang.
The rise and fall of dynasties were all failures of administration. The founding emperors of all dynasties understood one truth: destroying a dynasty is not the common people, but the bureaucrats of this dynasty...
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