As we all know, when the Ming Dynasty was just established, in order to consolidate the foundation of political power, Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, could be said to have exhausted cruel means, and at the same time, he also consolidated the imperial power while purging the Qing Dynasty and the wilderness. According to the "History of Ming", as many as 150,000 officials died under Zhu Yuanzhang alone, and most of them died because of Zhu Lian's punishment, which can be described as extremely innocent. Moreover, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, there is no such thing as cruelty in punishment, as long as criminals can be punished, Ling Chi's skinning and so on are commonplace. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was also named by later generations as a "murderous nature".
Then the question arises, since Zhu Yuanzhang has been murderous all his life, and he has been stripping lingchi or punishing the Nine Tribes at every turn, why did such a violent monarch still win the unanimous approval and support of the people of the world? Not only that, but even because of Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous personality, the imperial court has also gained the people's will to a certain extent.
First of all, the relatives who have carefully read the historical materials of the Hongwu period should be familiar with the officials that Zhu Yuanzhang killed, right? Yes, the officials who died at the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang were either the kind that posed a serious threat to imperial power, such as Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang, and others, or those corrupt officials. According to the regulations of the Hongwu Dynasty, any official who coveted more than sixty taels of ink was to be punished and executed. This is because Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty in his early years, and hated those officials who only cared about greedy money for their own benefits and ignored the lives of the people. Therefore, after he ascended the throne, he naturally hated the greedy behavior of officials to the bone, which made such a fierce and decisive punishment measure.
Of course, there were advantages and disadvantages to everything, and although Zhu Yuanzhang severely punished the behavior of greedy ink and caused panic in the imperial court for a while, he never completely solved this problem, but on the contrary, the corrupt officials became more and more unscrupulous. However, in the eyes of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of corrupt officials and corrupt officials was as high as 150,000 people, which was an act of seeking the welfare of all the people in the world, so that although Zhu Yuanzhang was murderous and the people supported him too late, how could he think of hating him?
Secondly, zhu Yuanzhang, as an emperor, had achieved the point where everything in the government and politics was no big or small, and he had to deal with it. Since he abolished the beggar system, he must review the government affairs of all parts of the country, and he must give appropriate advice. In addition, according to the records of the "Records of Ming Taizu", he also specially reclaimed a few acres of fields in the palace, planted fruits and vegetables by himself, and there was no mountain treasure and seafood on the table, and coarse tea and light rice were the daily life of this 95th Emperor. Therefore, once the reputation of an emperor who loves the people so much as a son and works hard reaches the people, he will naturally win over a large number of people's hearts and win the support of the people.