The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was called Zhu Chongba was because this was his real name, and Zhu Yuanzhang was the later name. From a monk to the leader of the rebel army, and then to the founding king of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to achieve a "grassroots counterattack". The reasons for his success can be attributed to three aspects: (1) The turbulent current situation allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to establish his own business. environment; (2) the support of noble people, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to be useful; (3) his own abilities, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to stand out among many competitors. The current situation is turbulent
In the late Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a peasant family. He was named Zhu Chongba because he was the eighth among many brothers in the family. Zhu Yuanzhang was born at a time when ethnic conflicts within the Yuan Dynasty were extremely acute. The Han people were "enslaved" by the Mongolian rulers. Not only did they have a low status, but they also suffered heavy taxes. The vast number of people at the bottom had long been resentful of such unfair treatment. .
In addition, droughts, locust plagues, and plagues came one after another in the years of disaster. Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and many brothers and sisters all died in the years of disaster. Only Zhu Yuanzhang and his second brother survived in the Zhu family. In order to survive, Zhu Yuanzhang began to travel around and started his escape career. Times make heroes, and it was such a harsh environment that forced Zhu Yuanzhang to embark on a "counterattack" path full of crises.
Supported by noble people
In the process of escaping famine, Zhu Yuanzhang worked as a beggar and a monk successively. At that time, righteous people had risen among the people, and the Red Scarf Army was the most powerful. Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the Red Scarf Army when he was 25 years old. He also met his nobleman Guo Zixing.
Guo Zixing was a commander-in-chief of the Red Scarf Army. He admired Zhu Yuanzhang for his bravery and flexibility in combat, and betrothed his adopted daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang, who later became Queen Ma.
With the support of nobles, Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation and status in the rebel army became higher and higher. After Guo Zixing died of illness, he became the army's commander.
Superior strength
Zhu Yuanzhang recruited virtuous people and followed the good, and the counselors and generals in his hands were all of superior strength. He first captured Nanjing and used it as a base. Then he destroyed his powerful enemies Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng and unified Jiangnan. After taking over the south, Zhu Yuanzhang marched into the Central Plains under the pretext of expelling the barbarians and restoring China. At this time, the people who had been grudged for a long time responded to the call when they saw the huge insurgent army.
The Central Plains and the North were taken almost without a fight. In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, established the Ming Dynasty, and realized his ambition to "restore China".