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, 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: ”This must be strictly prescribed in law and must be strictly punished by officials who wantonly abuse the law and people.“ In order not to make the same mistakes as before and consolidate the imperial power, And metaphor of the world, requiring people across the country to supervise officials at all levels. He edict all over the country, where officials found the government to take advantage of the pecuniary people, the people can be directly arrested and held to Kyoto, if ”dare to intercept,