试论明代官吏对宗室犯罪的影响

明代的宗室犯罪原因复杂,笼统地说,它与落后的分封制度的推行是分不开的,具体而论,宗室犯罪则有着各自不同的原因,或因为辅导官的失职,或由于王府下人的诱导,也有亲郡王管理的问题,但礼部、地方布政司、府、州、县等衙门的官吏以及奉差至王府的官员,他们在参与处理宗藩事务过程中,对宗室利益的损害,也是导致宗室犯罪的重要因素。

Initial Study on the Influences of the Government Officials' Attitudes towards the Crime of Royalty

The reasons of the crimes of royalty in Ming Dynasty were complicated. In general, it was closely related with the spread of the system of enfeoffment. Specificly speaking, the crime of royalty had different kinds of causes. Some crimes were due to the official assistants who neglected their duties or the induction of the servants in the royal residence. In addition, there still existed the problems of the princes' management. However, the officials who served in the Ministry of Rites in feudal China, the local organization, prefecture, administrative division and county, etc. and those who served in royal residence were also the important element which led to the crime of royalty. It was the reason that they would do harm to the royal clan during the resolution of royal affairs.