Cao Ming (1362-1395), born in the 22nd year of Emperor Huizong of Yuan (1362) in a family of farmers for generations in Puxing Village, Wangjiamiao Township, Huining County, was intelligent and studious since childhood, and had been a martial artist for seventeen years (1384), and at the age of 23, he was one of the five zhongjue in Gansu. In March of the following year, he went to Nanjing to take the examination and became one of the 472 jinshi in the national ugly section, and the first among the 3 jinshi in the Gansu examination. The Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the Wenhua Hall, listened to the rumors singing the name of the jinshi, and inspected the new middle scholars in the temple, saw that Cao Ming was young and handsome, dashing and generous, and praised: "Cao Ming has the style of a gentleman, tolerates condensation and integrity, and can be a national soldier." He was routinely appointed to review by the Hanlin Academy, and was later promoted to The Rank of Sizheng. In the nineteenth year of Hongwu (1386), he was transferred to the Six Branches of Yamen and appointed to the Bing Section to ShiZhong (正七品), responsible for the edicts and chapters between the Bingbu and the Emperor, as well as relevant official duties such as rules, supplementation, collection of remains, and inspections. During this period, Zhu Yuanzhang built a large number of construction projects to expand the imperial palace and the palace of the princes and princesses, and Cao Ming was well aware of the pros and cons of this matter, and successively advised Zhu Yuanzhang: "The wealth of heaven is limited, and the desires of people are endless. The country has been ravaged by the Yuan people, and the lives have been destroyed, and the top priority is to facilitate the people and rest and recuperate. His Majesty should use his love of wealth to avoid the disappointment of the people by wasting national strength. Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the displeasure of the boss in his heart: "Yuanfang is making great efforts, why is there the saying that 'the people are disappointed'?" Ming replied: "Your Majesty is good at observing the will of the people, and this is the blessing of the people." However, if they do not spare money, the people will not be able to bear it, and disappointment will be a whisper. Cao Ming repeatedly admonished Zhu Yuanzhang, and rebuked him with the word "disrespectful." But Cao Ming was not afraid, and still argued: "Your Majesty has the patience to indulge in infinite responsibilities because of his simple and loyal words, how can he rule?" Cao Ming's mighty righteousness made Zhu Yuanzhang unable to get off the stage. Finally, Cao Ming was punished for transcribing the "Four Books" for three days. The expansion of the Chu Princess Mansion was subsequently suspended. In the following year, Cao Ming was promoted to Zuo Shuzi (正五品) of Zuo Chunfang (正五品) of the Zhan Shifu Zuo Chunfang (正五品) with the title of "outspoken and earnest, without losing the true character of the official", and was made a subordinate official of the crown prince, assisting the prince in approving and reading the official documents of the Gongzhang and other Chu affairs.
In the autumn of the twenty-third year of Hongwu (1390), Ming was promoted to the post of Junior Zhan Shi (正四品) of zhan shifu, and assisted in all official affairs of zhan shifu, from the prince's living quarters to the handling of official affairs, all of which were personally planned, and even appreciated by prince Zhu Biao. It is clear that the relationship between the kings and the princes is very tense, that is, the letter of advice: "Now the national system is not complete, and the etiquette is not complete." The kings obeyed the Heavenly Son, and the palace exceeded its system. The prince was originally the crown prince of the country, and the kings and the princes were in disarray, and the dignity and inferiority were disorderly, so why should they obey the law and order the world. After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict, setting the system and completing the etiquette law, suppressing the kings, and solemnizing the government and the opposition. It was a severe drought in Shandong, there was no rain from January to September, and the red land was thousands of miles, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Cao Ming to go to Shandong to relieve disaster relief. Ming Yiyi green clothes and small hats all the way, understand the people's feelings, rehabilitate the major unjust prison cases, and benefit the people. When returning to Beijing, the people burned incense to bid farewell, and the people of Texas gave them the "umbrella of all the people", and Ming insisted on not accepting it. Zhu Yuanzhang heard about it and promoted Cao Mingdai to inspect the affairs of the court. In September of the 27th year of Hongwu (1394), the 33-year-old Cao Ming was appointed as the right capital of the Metropolitan Inspection Temple, Yushi (正二品), presiding over the affairs of the court. During his term of office, countless unjust prisons were rehabilitated, and the political voices were full of voices.
One morning in September of the 28th year of Hongwu," Wu Bin, the capital of the Imperial Household, reported that 18 people in Zhenzhou were plotting against each other, and their parents, wives, and daughters were seated together. Cao Ming had already found out about this matter, so he played to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The minister has tried to make sure that his parents, wives and daughters do not know about it, and everyone sits together, but it is too much!" Zhu Yuanzhang was already very disgusted with plotting rebellion, and even favored Wu Bin and agreed to sit together. Cao Ming bluntly protested: "The criminal law is originally a medicine stone to punish evil, and when the medicine is removed from the disease, the doctor will no longer vote, how can it be abused?" The law of sitting together, the state has customized, and now 18 people are not guilty of this, why should they exhaust themselves to fish, burn forests and fields? Tang Yu's law is light and the world is ruled, the violent Qin punishment is heavy and the country is dead, and the courtiers steal for His Majesty's sake. When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Cao Ming compared him to "violent Qin", Long Yan was furious and scolded Cao Ming for "violating Yan's resistance to the will, and his language was crazy and rebellious", and he shackled the noon gate to show the public. Cao Ming was paraded to the public until noon, Zhu Yuanzhang was "angry a little", ordered the courtiers to ask Cao Ming to apologize and admit his mistakes, Cao Ming blurted out: "If you want to eliminate the evils for Shengming, ken will decay and regret the years." If a subject is guilty, there is no need to forgive; if a subject is not guilty, how can there be forgiveness? Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Cao Ming was so stubborn, and angrily shouted "kill." On the way to the execution ground, passing by Taixue, Ming shouted loudly: "Taixue zhusheng listen, the Son of Heaven killed an innocent minister now, and in the future, Er and others will be in charge of the history museum as a book, so that the future generations of the world will know that Cao Ming has not eaten Junlu in vain." ”
Cao Ming died at the age of 34, and his death shook the government and the opposition. Zhu Yuanzhang was "not sorry for a long time" and issued an edict to bury him. To Wu Bin, "let him return home and never hire him." "And issued an edict granting amnesty to the families of 18 death row inmates returning home. When Cao Ming's coffin was transported back to the ship, the Wenwu hundred officials sent it in tears, and his friend Ding Xian, who had been ugly, sent a tribute: "The loyal bones of the north return to the green mountains as companions, and the yellow birds in the southern sky of the tiger view are miserable." ”