First of all, he stipulated how the people of the whole country should dress. Emperors, princes, ministers, and ordinary people have regulations on clothes styles, colors, lengths, and materials. Even the sleeve length and slit height are clearly defined, as are the embroidery patterns on the clothes. Except for the royal family, ordinary people can't wear Zi Ling, nor can they embroider Dapeng, lion and clouds on their clothes, nor can they use four colors: black, purple, green and yellow.
The jewelry worn by each class is completely different. No matter how rich people are, there are no rare items such as gold, white jade, pearls and jade. In terms of jewelry. They can only use silver. The headscarf invented by Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a mesh and square thing. He also took a very auspicious name, called "Sifang comfort towel". Sitting in the golden hall, Zhu Yuanzhang must be very happy, thinking that his people have brought peace to the squares in all directions of the motherland.
Zhu Yuanzhang advocated simplicity, and he hoped that ordinary people would be frugal, so he stipulated that ordinary people's boots should not have any decoration. For the sake of beauty, some people embroider some small patterns on their boots. Zhu Yuanzhang flew into a rage when he learned that. Well, since you are disobedient, I order you not to wear boots from now on. The official's boots were too noisy, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not satisfied. He asked them to wear soft-soled shoes, put on boots after entering the palace and take them off after leaving the palace.
Probably Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like women's clothes, especially under a paper order, which strictly regulated women's hairstyles and clothes. Unmarried girls wear three buns, a golden hairpin, a maid's top bun, a silk gown with a narrow neck and a long skirt. However, music prostitutes can't wear gorgeous clothes, only soap color and horns on their heads. As a result, the music prostitute who should be well dressed thinks beauty is not beautiful.
In addition to dressing up, his behavior is also the focus of Zhu Yuanzhang's attention. For the minister, the emperor asks you to sit down and you are not allowed to pretend to be polite. The emperor asked questions and stood up for the first time to answer them, but he didn't have to stand up for the second time. Many people spoke in sequence, one finished and the other went on. Don't interrupt casually. When walking with the emperor, you should face the north, not the south. If you walk east and west, you have to walk sideways like a crab. For ordinary people, there are clear rules about how to kneel, how to kowtow and where to kneel. When people meet each other, the younger generation should worship the elders four times, and the peers should pay the first ceremony when they meet. In the family, children and grandchildren pay New Year greetings to grandparents every day.
There are also detailed regulations on what kind of house to build and what kind of car to use for travel. These rules are arbitrary and outrageous, which is entirely a person's preference. They are really like pipes. No one is allowed to fart. But this kind of control, besides letting ordinary people die, can't guarantee the immortality of the Ming Dynasty.