A Discussion on the Relationship between Government Officials and the Crime of Royalty in Ming Dynasty

The establishment of the government officials was an important measure in Ming Dynasty which was set up at the background of founding a state by investing the nobility with hereditary titles,territory and slaves by Zhu Yuan-zhang.It was used to rely heavily on government officials who administered kingdom,tutored the royal clan and bordered defense authority.During the enlightened period,the function of government was related with the status of royal clan closely.Generally speaking,the royal government who discriminated against the government officials changed their attitudes conversely.What's more,after Zhengtong period,with the formation of the system which was used to weaken the power of royalty,the promotion and demotion of the government officials were restricted to the government.For instance,the government should provide for the aged officials until they were dead.On one hand,that phenomenon made the team of officials vulgar and inferior and brought about the problem of oldness and death.On the other hand,many officials didn't satisfy with their status and abandon themselves to vice so that they went along with illegal royalty in their evil deeds.Finally,they became the abettor and participant of the crime of royal clan.