"Rome and Sicily" gambling prevailed in Ming Dynasty. How did Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ban gambling?

The word "gambling" is interpreted as "gambling to death", which refers to a way of gambling. There are many forms of gambling, such as mahjong, poker, billiards, bowling, gambling machines and so on. Judging from the amount of gambling, it ranges from several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan or even tens of thousands of yuan. From the structure of the word "gambling", we can see that there is a word "North" on the left and a word "Zhe" on the right, which obviously shows that gambling is closely related to money.

In Shuo Wen Jie Zi, "gambling" is interpreted as "gambling on property". Because "gambling" is related to money and material things, people who participate in gambling will enter casinos with good luck, hoping to make a fortune in casinos. Therefore, the psychology of people who participate in gambling is that they want to make false accounts if they lose, and they want to win if they win, so they can't let go.

Once upon a time, there was a poem "Xinhua Dictionary", which said, "The quilt is a person, not a person, because the present quilt is a curse; One day it will become decibels, and I will eventually become a bayonet. " Among them, "grabbing", "rewarding", "decibel" and "glory" refer to gambling, greed, poverty and thieves, which truly reflect the harm and consequences of gambling.

There is no exact record of the beginning of gambling habits. According to the relevant documents such as "The Year of Gambling Prohibition", there was Bohai National Opera at least before Yin Dynasty. In my opinion, gambling was originally an entertainment activity, and then it gradually accompanied some people in the crowd who got something for nothing. In a word, there is no doubt that gambling is a cancer left over from the old society and an ugly phenomenon in society.

Today we will talk about how Zhu Yuanzhang banned gambling.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the capital was Nanjing. He likes to invite several people to visit the city together, so that he can see many things that the emperor can't see when sitting in his palace. After a while, he found that there were many idle people coming in and out of Nanjing, and he was very angry. After all, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic, there was nothing to do, but these people didn't do their jobs well. If it lasts for a long time, it will neither be decent nor have a bad influence.

So Zhu Yuanzhang decided to ban gambling in a strange way. He first issued a decree ordering people to build a building called "Xiaoyao Building". Later, the law was passed, and gamblers were arrested and locked in "happy houses" so that they could gamble in them without food. Then let them gamble all day, not to make a living, but to starve to death. Some people really quit gambling.

After this rectification, gambling inside and outside Beijing was banned and praised by the people.

Perhaps, Zhu Yuanzhang's practice may be unscientific, but for a person from the grassroots, it is remarkable that he can start from the overall situation of the country, care about the sufferings of ordinary people, and put an end to bad social atmosphere.

Today, almost everyone knows the harm of gambling, but the phenomenon of gambling is far from being really eliminated. It seems that the problem is not the difficulty of gambling addiction, but the lack of rectification. Zhu Yuanzhang's practice may not be satisfactory, but his practice is worth learning.