Although parents' names are common, they still have names. However, something unexpected happened. After losing relatives one after another, they became monks and beggars. It was not until he made up his mind to go to Guo Zixing that he really started his life.
That is, when he was working for, he changed his name to Zhang, which means sharp jade in ancient Chinese, and the original intention of naming Zhu Yuanzhang was "the weapon to kill Yuan". Zhu Yuanzhang compared himself to a sharp weapon to kill the Yuan Dynasty, which also showed his great ambition.
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Zhu Yuanzhang is one of the most famous "grassroots emperors", and there are countless stories, rumors and operas about Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's young name is Ba, also known as Xingzong, and the word is Guo Gong. Zhou Hao Li Zhong (now Fengyangdong, Anhui) was born. Being born in poverty, the family almost died in the great famine. Forced by life, Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk in Huang Jue Temple as a teenager and was bullied by monks.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Guo Zixing, a member of the Red Scarf Army, fought against the Yuan Dynasty under Guo Zixing's command, and won his trust. Guo Zixing also married his adopted daughter Ma Shi to Zhu Yuanzhang, later known as "Bigfoot Ma Huanghou". After Guo Zixing's death, his son Guo Tianxu took over the school and was accepted by Han Liner, Wang Xiaoming. Zhu Yuanzhang was also appointed as deputy marshal left.
After Guo Tianxu died, Zhu Yuanzhang took over the whole army. Then, Zhu Yuanzhang marched south of the Yangtze River, captured Qing Ji (Nanjing) in 1356, and changed its name to Yingtian. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang took Yingtian as his base and successively captured Changzhou, Jiangyin, Changshu, Huizhou (now Shexian County, Anhui Province) and Yangzhou. He also accepted the advice of Zhu Sheng, an old Confucian in Huizhou, that "build a high wall, accumulate grain widely, and slow down to be king".
Reclaiming wasteland, building water conservancy and restoring agricultural production are developing day by day. 1363, Han Liner defected to Zhu Yuanzhang and was completely controlled by him. With the increase of power, Zhu Yuanzhang eliminated the separatist forces such as Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Chen Youding and Ming Sheng, and assassinated Han Liner to unify the south.
1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian and established the Ming Dynasty. In the same year, General Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were sent to the Northern Expedition, which drove Shun Di, the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, out of the Commissioner's office and formally unified the north and the south. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he vigorously strengthened the autocratic monarchy, abolished the post of prime minister, and integrated power into one; Daxing literary inquisition suppresses social thoughts.
Create an atmosphere of terror; Daxing "Hu and Blue Party Prison" killed heroes and heroes, causing great social terror; Establish specialized institutions such as Royal Guards to closely monitor public opinion; Scholars were made king and stationed in the local area with the intention of maintaining the rule. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang also made many achievements in promoting social stability, encouraging production, selecting talents, cracking down on corruption and reforming administrative institutions.
Zhu Yuanzhang is a monarch with mixed merits and demerits. His life is full of magical colors. 1398, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness.
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