Living in the Hongwu Era: the Fate of Little People under Zhu Yuanzhang
by Chen Xubin
About This Novel
This book peels off the thirteen cases written by Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the "Da Gao", and elaborates on the ins and outs behind these cases that have no legal basis, common sense and logic. Starting from the military, land, political, legal and other policy systems of the early Ming Dynasty, we sort out the behavioral motivations of the people involved in the case, and interpret the basis and purpose of Emperor Hongwu's trial and judgment, thereby outlining the absurd fate and horrific living conditions of various characters in the Hongwu era, and reproducing the true face of Emperor Hongwu's "rule of law". In these cases, we can see the slaves of the guards who had no personal freedom, the farmers who were tied to the land and were not allowed to leave their hometowns, the old women who said wrong things and injured their neighbors and had their property confiscated, the scholars who did not want to be officials and had to cut off their fingers, the officials who followed reasonable case filing procedures but failed to guess the "holy will"... Through the careless fate of these little people, we see how a founding emperor with a brilliant mind deceived the controlling officials and spied on the people. These cases allow us to see another side of the "Hongwu rule".
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Official(3)Scraped 15d ago
Remember the tyranny of the Zhu clan and oppose the Pua Han people
Zhu Pa Pa Pa's own great edict states that domestic pigs and wild boars are one.
The most detestable book for Pluto fans
Destroyed Lao Zhu's meritorious golden body
An incredible book
The author is as good at textual research as Ma Boyong. Teacher Chen Xubin used this book to summarize the four laws promulgated by Zhu Yuanzhang within three years. The core contents of these four imperial edicts are nothing more than four points: 1. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were not good enough; 2. The people of Ming Dynasty are not good enough; 3. The generals of the Ming Dynasty were not good enough; 4. The most accomplished person in the Ming Dynasty was Lao Zhu himself. Only by fully complying with Lao Zhu's teachings could the Ming Dynasty achieve great governance. What proves these four points are about two hundred cases-also two hundred stories-that Lao Zhu personally selected and wrote. What he didn't expect was that the plots he carefully designed in these materials would instead leave clues, allowing future generations to glimpse the cruel truth of that era.
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Community(0)
Official(3)Scraped 15d ago
Remember the tyranny of the Zhu clan and oppose the Pua Han people
Zhu Pa Pa Pa's own great edict states that domestic pigs and wild boars are one.
The most detestable book for Pluto fans
Destroyed Lao Zhu's meritorious golden body
An incredible book
The author is as good at textual research as Ma Boyong. Teacher Chen Xubin used this book to summarize the four laws promulgated by Zhu Yuanzhang within three years. The core contents of these four imperial edicts are nothing more than four points: 1. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were not good enough; 2. The people of Ming Dynasty are not good enough; 3. The generals of the Ming Dynasty were not good enough; 4. The most accomplished person in the Ming Dynasty was Lao Zhu himself. Only by fully complying with Lao Zhu's teachings could the Ming Dynasty achieve great governance. What proves these four points are about two hundred cases-also two hundred stories-that Lao Zhu personally selected and wrote. What he didn't expect was that the plots he carefully designed in these materials would instead leave clues, allowing future generations to glimpse the cruel truth of that era.
