Shortly after the founding of the country, Ding Buling adopted severe punishment in order to "control the world." He set up a large cauldron (i.e. oil pot) in the imperial court and raised tigers. It was ordered in the country that if there was any violation of the law, he would be "suffering the crime of being cooked and bitten." So everyone was in awe and obeyed, and no one was offended.
Vietnamese historian Tran Trong Kim believes that the Ding Dynasty adopted harsh punishments because "many people in the country were accustomed to living in chaos and did not obey the laws" at that time, and these criminal laws were "so majestic and excessive, but Thanks to this criminal law, the people in the country gradually gained peace." In 970, there were five queens, each with a name, namely "Danjia", "Zhenming", "Jiaoguo", "Quguo" and "Geweng".
In this regard, Le Van Hiu, a historian of the Chen Dynasty in Vietnam, criticized that "since ancient times (the queen) has only established one person to take charge of internal governance, and there are no five others with such names. The former emperor had no knowledge of ancient learning, and at that time everyone I have no one to correct my ministers, so I indulged my selfish interests and established five empresses." In 971, the ranks of civil and military officials were formulated, and a number of important officials were appointed, such as Ruan Pao as "Dong Guogong", Liu Ji as "Shishi of the Protectorate", and Li Huan as "Ten Dao Generals". Later, in 975, the uniforms of civil and military officials were established.
In addition to civil and military officials, the Ding Dynasty also awarded titles to religious figures such as Buddhism and Taoism to show respect. For example, Wu Zhenliu, a monk, was given the title "Master Kuangyue", and Zhang Mani was "Seng Lu" and Taoist Deng Xuanguang awarded him "Chongzhen Majesty". In the second month of the lunar calendar in 973, the Ding Dynasty established the "Ten-Dao Army" system, with ten men in a team, ten soldiers in one pawn, ten soldiers in one brigade, ten brigades in one army, and ten armies in one line. There are ten armies in the country. Soldiers are required to wear a square, flat-top hat, which is made of leather and has a flat top with slits on all four sides, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.
Based on the number of soldiers in the Ten Military Systems, the Ding Dynasty had one million soldiers. In this regard, Vietnamese historian Tran Trong Kim questioned: "Imagine that our country (referring to Vietnam) was narrow and sparsely populated at that time. Where could we recruit one million troops, and where could we collect food to feed so many people? Maybe the late emperor had ten An army of ten thousand is already considered too many." During the Ding Dynasty, "Daping Xingbao" was cast (the "big" on the coin means "Tai"). Its shape can be divided into two categories:
One is "Daping Xingbao" Carrying only money. The four characters "Da Ping Xing Bao" on the coin are read in parallel, and the calligraphy is between Kaili and Li. The diameter of the coin is about 23.5 mm, the thickness is about 1 mm, and the weight is about 2.2 grams. Each of these bare-backed coins is different. There are big money with large characters, large money with small characters, some have fine writing, and some have thick writing.
The other type is "Da Ping Xing Bao" with the word "D" on the back, which accounts for the majority. The character "Ding" is used to record the surname of the monarch at that time, and its position is different for each baht, such as "Ding on the back", "Ding on the back", "Ding on the back", etc.
"Da Ping Xing Bao" is crudely made, but its style is simple and has many similarities with Chinese coins from the Five Dynasties period, which shows that Vietnamese culture is deeply influenced by China. However, it also has an originality, that is, the four characters "Daping Xingbao" on the money are different from the "Tongbao", "Yuanbao" and "Chongbao" that were common in China before the 10th century. It has the blessing of blessing the country's national destiny. , the meaning of eternal peace.
The casting period of "Daping Xingbao" was approximately between 970 and 977 (the first to eighth years of Taiping in the Ding Dynasty). Since then, there have been constant internal strife and social unrest in the Ding Dynasty, and the minting of money has gradually decreased, or even stopped. In addition, although the Ding Dynasty began to mint "Daping Xingbao" coins, its circulation scope was limited to the current northern Vietnam, which was the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ding Dynasty at that time. Moreover, the coins minted in the Tang and Song Dynasties in China were still owned by the Ding Dynasty. The main currency in circulation during the period, "Daping Xingbao" was only used for supplementary purposes.