The minister didn't change his clothes. Zhu Yuanzhang prided himself on being an honest official, but Liu Bowen said, "This man can't stay!" Why?

The minister's clothes are worn out and will not be changed. Zhu Yuanzhang boasted that he was an honest official, but Liu Bowen said that this man could not stay. This is because Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen look at the minister's clothes from different angles.

Zhu Yuanzhang's exaggeration of the integrity of the city is of course a superficial phenomenon, because in everyone's impression, officials are always richer and have much stronger power than ordinary people. Their clothes are mostly silk, brocade and exquisite clothes. Some officials also have very big houses and countless servants.

We all know that Zhu Yuanzhang hates corrupt officials very much, so when he sees a minister dressed in rags and reluctant to change, he will definitely think that this person is very clean. Then why did Liu Bowen say that this person couldn't stay? Because Liu Bowen saw the essence through the phenomenon, he thought that the minister's rags were specially worn for Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to figure out that the imperial edict was in favor of the situation, not the real official.

As we all know, the minister's court dress is a very important dress, which should be worn at court and when he meets the emperor. Then ordinary officials cherish their official uniforms very much and will not easily wear them on other occasions.

There are only two reasons why the official robes of ministers are worn out. 1 The reason may be that he often wears official clothes on other occasions, which means that he may use official clothes to dominate the country and accept bribes from other officials. Another reason is that he may deliberately break his official uniform in order to show his incorruptibility to the emperor.

No matter which of the above two reasons is enough to show that this official is not a really good official, but just a show, then it is certainly impossible for such a person to stay.