As we all know, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a rather cruel tyrant, who pioneered countless tortures during his reign and killed all the founding heroes in his later years. At the same time, he was also a diligent and earnest benevolent monarch who loved the people like a son, from the time he ascended the throne to his death, he approved an average of more than 200 pieces of music per day, adopted the basic national policy of lightly giving small gifts and recuperating, so that the lives of the common people could quickly recover from the war.
Most importantly, he is also a jealous and hateful mingjun, especially for corrupt officials, and has a zero-tolerance attitude. In his 31 years in power, he has launched six large-scale crackdowns on corruption, killing 150,000 corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and is known as the most "anti-corruption" emperor in ancient China.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang hate corrupt officials so much? The reason is that when Zhu Yuanzhang was young, his family was all killed by the harsh government of corrupt and corrupt officials in the Yuan Dynasty, and he was already a disciple of the family, and the relief grain was also embezzled by corrupt officials, so his parents and brothers were all starved to death. This is also the reason why he wanted to rebel and establish a regime without corrupt officials.
During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he even introduced a law specifically to control corrupt officials, called the Great Curse. It stipulates that all embezzlers shall be punished with appeasement and the removal of the kneecap. The amount of 60 taels of silver involved in the case was directly executed, and most of the corrupt officials were executed by capital punishment, and skinning was the most common method of death for corrupt officials. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, every county had peeling factories dedicated to dealing with these corrupt officials.
Because too many corrupt officials have been killed, it is inevitable that some people will be touched by the intertwined network of human relations. No, the investigation of greed will directly find out on the head of the horse. Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma had two daughters, especially the youngest daughter, Princess Anqing, who was loved by Zhu Yuanzhang from an early age. Princess Anqing's ponies were all personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang, and Ouyang Lun, a personable and talented beautiful man in Hanlin Courtyard, was given to Princess Anqing.
Climbing the high branch of the princess, Ouyang Lun's political career rose steadily, and he soon became a lieutenant. This is an ancient official position dedicated to import and export trade, and the oil and water can be described as quite rich.
At that time, Ouyang Lun was in charge of the trade between the Western Regions and Daming, and during his reign, he made a lot of private money. After all, it was a donkey, and the officials on the border did not dare to take care of him. Unexpectedly, once Ouyang Lun smuggled tea, because the amount of smuggling was too much and very eye-catching, he was quickly detained by the border. Originally, when Ouyang Lun came forward, this matter could be made small and large, but there was no one in the family who participated in the smuggling, and border officials were also beaten, and this matter was quite big, even the imperial court knew.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude toward corrupt officials, he certainly could not tolerate such an act of packing horses. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to order the killing of Ouyang Lun. At this point, Princess Anqing could not sit still, and she ran to the palace crying and crying, hoping that her father could let her husband have a way to live, even if he was reduced to a commoner and would never be an official. He was rejected by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Princess Anqing later found her brothers and sisters to petition collectively, but she still could not. In a hurry, Princess Anqing asked Zhu Yuanzhang, "Can you kill all the corrupt officials in the world?" Zhu Yuanzhang replied, "I know that I can't kill you?" According to Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, Princess Anqing asked this question, and she had already been killed by Zhu Yuanzhang. You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang is greedy and dares to obstruct and intercede, all of them will be treated according to sitting, but after all, it is the most beloved little daughter, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not blame her.
In the end, Ouyang Lun was executed, and Princess Anqing became a widow. The 5 words that Zhu Yuanzhang answered were also handed down and praised by later generations, after all, the emperor who can be as selfless as Zhu Yuanzhang and rectify corrupt officials is indeed a latecomer.