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n |
Hongwu sought to
limit the
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influence of the
scholar-
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gentry and to
check other
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abuses at the
court.
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n |
He abolished the
post of
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chief minister
and
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transferred to
himself the
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considerable
powers of the
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office.
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n |
Officials
failing in their tasks
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were publicly and
harshly
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beaten.
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