Zhu Yuanzhang’s Discussion About Punish Corruption

Ming Dynasty’s founding monarch Zhu Yuanzhang be raging like a storm of warafter taking power，began to make snap of the reform, the establishment of a series ofstatecraft, punishing corruption is one of the most important one，which don’t blame isaccidental, It has its profound historical background, but also Zhu Yuanzhang’spersonal influence.The beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, political instability, athousand things wait to be done as soon as possible, in order to stabilize the politicalsituation and restore social order of production, Zhu Yuanzhang relentlessly tomassacre and torture to punish corrupt despot illegal behavior, in the feudal society ofour country is very rare, this is mainly because of the late Yuan and his officerspractise bribery or receive bribes publicly, corruption enough to lead to the demise ofthe historical experience deep summary. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang comes from thebottom of the society, the tragic experiences of childhood, also causes ZhuYuanzhang to more hate corrupt officials, to treat corrupt means particularly cruel, forthe establishment of a set of powerful anti-corruption mechanism, and in practice toimplement. Although these measures have limitations, anti-corruption effect also didnot achieve the desired results, but to a certain extent to the officials, combatingcorruption, ease social conflicts, to the Ming Dynasty economy development wasofferred strong condition.