元朝末年朝政腐败,贪官污吏蠹政害民。出身农民、深受饥寒流离之苦的朱元璋,对贪官污吏深恶痛绝。朱元璋灭元建明登基后,即严治官吏,其法度之严、惩办之重,超过中国历史上任何一位封建皇帝。洪武初年,朱元璋即对文武百官说:“今必严明法纪,对贪赃枉法、肆虐百姓的官吏,严惩不贷。”为不致重蹈前朝覆辙,巩固皇权,朱元璋大力整肃吏治,并晓喻天下,要求全国百姓监督各级官吏。他诏令全国,凡发现官吏贪赃害民,百姓可直接擒拿押至京都,如有“胆敢阻拦者,即行灭家灭族。”如刑部及大小衙门官吏询私枉法,亦处死刑,并将其妻子充作奴婢,所有家财尽皆没收归官。这些严厉的法纪对各级官吏起到了巨大的震慑作用。有一次,朱元璋到外地巡察,发现一个县令有贪污行 Yuan Dynasty dynastic government corruption, corrupt officials corrupt officials beehmer. Zhu Yuanzhang, a peasant and suffering from famine and famine, was hated of corrupt officials. After the emperor of Yuan Dynasty set foot in the Ming Dynasty, the emperor ruled that the government should be strictly ruled and guarded, with strict rules and penalties that surpassed any feudal emperors in Chinese history. In the early years of Hongwu, the emperor of Zhu Yuanzhang said to civil and military officials: “Today we must strictly instruct the law and discipline, and we should be strict with the government and severely punish the officials of the people.” In order not to make the same mistakes and consolidate the imperial power, Yu world, requiring people across the country to supervise officials at all levels. He edict that all the country, where officials found the embezzlement of the people, the people can be directly arrested and held to Kyoto, if “dare to block those who destroy the family genocide.” If the Ministry of Justice and the size of the Yamen officials in private use, also sentenced to death, and its His wife acted as slaves, all the family property confiscated all the best. These strict laws and regulations have played a huge deterrent effect on the officials at all levels. Once, the emperor went to the field inspections and found that there was corruption in a county magistrate