The pronunciation of "Zhu Di" is: zhū?dì
Character introduction:
1. Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty (May 2, 1360 - August 1424) August 12), Han nationality, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He reigned from 1402 to 1424, with the reign name Yongle, so later generations called him Yongle Emperor, Yongle Great Emperor, Yongle Emperor, etc.
2. Zhu Di was born in Yingtian Mansion (today's Nanjing) on ??April 17 (May 2) in the 20th year of Emperor Shun's reign (1360). In December of the thirty-first year of Hongwu, in order to guard against Zhu Di's rebellion, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen sent Zhang Bing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, as the chief envoy to Peiping, and the commander-in-chief Xie Gui and Zhang Xin as the commander-in-chief of Peking. Then he ordered the governor Song Zhong to garrison troops in Kaiping, and transferred the troops under the jurisdiction of King Yan in the northern plain. Later, he launched the Jingnan Campaign and raised troops to attack Emperor Jianwen.
3. ? He ascended the throne in Nanjing in 1402 and changed his name to Yongle. During Zhu Di's reign, he reformed institutions, established a cabinet system, conducted five personal expeditions to Mongolia, recaptured Annan, and established the Nuergandusi in the northeast, the Hami Guard in the northwest, and the Dagonci, Demassar, and Diwuci in the southwest. The Xuanwei Department and the Guizhou Chengxuanzheng Envoy Department were established to consolidate the north-south border defense and maintain the integrity of China's territory. He sent Zheng He to the Western Ocean many times, which strengthened friendly exchanges between China and foreign countries. At the same time, he also ordered people to compile the "Yongle Dadian" and dredge the Grand Canal.
4. ?Moving the capital to Beijing in 1421 played a very positive role in strengthening the rule of the Ming Dynasty. During his reign, the devastated situation after the Jing Dynasty developed into a prosperous era of economic prosperity and national strength, known in history as the "Yongle Prosperous Era". After Zhu Di's death, he was given the posthumous title of Tianhongdao, Gaoming, Guangyun, Shengwu, Shengong, Chunren, Emperor Xiaowen, the temple name of Taizong, and was buried in Changling. In September of the seventeenth year of Jiajing (1538), Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty changed his posthumous title to Emperor Qitian Hongdao Gaoming Zhaoyun Shengwu Shengong Chunren Zhixiaowen, and changed his temple name to Chengzu.