Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to be the emperor with the lowest status in history. He also relies on his own efforts to achieve the position above ten thousand people step by step. Because he was a common people before, it was difficult for him to understand the sufferings of common people, so he hated the sufferings brought by those corrupt officials. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang also formulated many ways to deal with corrupt officials. But Zhu Yuanzhang knew that these corrupt officials were also contributing to his own peach pavilion, but he would not give them a smiling face.
In the year of Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, there was a great drought. Different from the past, Zhu Yuanzhang intends to travel incognito this time, and even disguised himself as a beggar and mixed with the people. I want to see if the official orders have been implemented among the people when I dress up as a beggar this time. To Zhu Yuanzhang's shock, the people at that time did not have much food available. So he returned to the imperial court and Zhu Yuanzhang killed all five officials in charge of the disaster.
Zhu Yuanzhang not only governed the whole court, but also complied with the people's hearts and won the love of the people through this incident of pretending to be a beggar. In the era of Zhu Yuanzhang, the criminal law will reduce the governance of corrupt officials. When he was on the scene, these corrupt officials had little power. After his death, those corrupt officials gradually regained their previous privileges. None of the later emperors suppressed corrupt officials as vigorously as Zhu Yuanzhang.