| During the Reign of Emperor Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty,the abuse of military exploit was more frequent than that of Chenghua government and the Early Ming Dynasty.Among them,the phenomenon of beheadeding innocent people or the capitulated enemy to claim military exploits is the worst.The Case of “Fraudulently Claiming Achievements” in the Name of Zhang Tian Xiang occurred in the fifteenth year of the Emperor Hongzhi is different from the general military cases.The case from the filing,investigation,reconsideration to the Emperor's judgement and resulting in unjust verdict,the outcome of judgement was affected by numerous groups and details.It reveals disadvantages of the system of military reward and the supervision of military exploits in the Ming Dynasty.In addition,it also reflects the specific situation of relationship between emperor and officials and the border strategy of Liaodong in the Hongzhi government.From the perspective of judicial practice,we can also find the intimate relationship between the judicial trial and the imperial power expression,forming a special judicial condition in the military cases of the Ming Dynasty.On the other hand,Hongzhi government and Emperor Hongzhi had been labeled as “ Resurgence of Hongzhi “ and “ the king of maintain ”.The further judgement of the cases of “fraudulently claiming achievements” was also guided by the political situation and the individual of Emperor Hongzhi.Furthermore,as a special form of crime,the kind of cases is also a important side to analyze the trend of Hongzhi political situation and the image of Emperor Hongzhi.Therefore,on the basis of analyzing the case of Zhang Tianxiang,this paper explores the imperial politics' intervention and adjustment on the judicial order,the trend of Hongzhi government's political situation and the evolution of the border strategy of Liaodong. |
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