Chronicles of the Emperors: the Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang

Name: Chronicles of the Emperors: the Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang
Author: Dongnaejue

by Dongnaejue

completed History Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties Male Lead

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Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang (October 21, 1328 - June 24, 1398), whose courtesy name was Guorui and whose original name was Zhu Chongba, was a native of Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui), and the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was born into a poor peasant family. There was a severe drought in Haozhou in the third year of the Zheng Dynasty. His parents and elder brother died of hunger and disease. He later became a monk in Huangjue Temple and wandered around begging due to the famine. At the age of 25, he joined the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, and later changed his name to Zhu Yuanzhang. He recruited talents and adopted the strategy of "building walls high, accumulating grain widely, and becoming king slowly", and gradually eliminated separatist forces such as Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng. In the twenty-seventh year of Zhizheng (1367), he called for the Northern Expedition to "drive out the Huru and restore China" and overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. In the first month of the first year of Hongwu (1368), he proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Mansion, and his country was named Daming. During his reign, he strengthened the centralization of power politically, abolished the prime minister and established three divisions; militarily established a guard system; economically, he promoted immigration to farmland and exempted and exempted taxes; culturally, he emphasized education and selected eight-legged writing to recruit scholars. At the same time, officials were governed with heavy codes and corruption was severely punished. Due to suspicion in his later years, the Hu Weiyong case and the Lan Yu case were launched, which were widely implicated. In the 31st year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness at the age of seventy-one. His posthumous title was Kaitianxingdaozhaoji, which made him the great sage, the most divine, benevolent, righteous, and martial. He was successful in Gao's career, and his temple was named Taizu. He was buried in the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty and was passed down to his grandson Zhu Yunwen. His reign was known as the "Hongwu Rule" in history. It had a profound impact on the political, economic, and cultural development of the Ming Dynasty and even later generations.