This sentence is a summary of the life experience of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty. He was a monk and a beggar in his early years. Later, he joined the rebels and gradually became a force. Eventually overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, established the Ming Dynasty and unified China.
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Zhu Yuanzhang (1328,10,21-1398, June 24th), a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, was named Guo Rui, formerly known as Zhu Chongba and Zhu Xingzong. Li Zhong was born in Zhou Hao (now Fengyang, Anhui). The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty (reigned from 1368 to 1398) was named "Hongwu".
At the age of 25, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing and rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty. In the 16th year of Zheng Zheng (1356), Qing Ji Road was captured and renamed Yingtian. In the twenty-fourth year of Zheng Zheng (1364), he was called the King of Wu.
Gradually eliminate the separatist forces such as Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and in the first year of Wu (1367), with the call of "expelling and restoring China", Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were sent to the northern expedition to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. In the first month of the first year of Hongwu (1368), the emperor was located in Yingtianfu, with the name Daming and the year Hongwu.
In the autumn of the same year, most of them were captured, ending the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the whole country. Since then, he has repeatedly sent generals to the north to crack down on the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Hongwu four years (137 1 year), summer extinction, Taiping, Sichuan; In the tenth year of Hongwu (1377), Yunnan was razed and the whole country was gradually unified.
During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he strengthened political centralization and abolished the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Books. Abolish the province and set up three divisions to divide local power; Rule the country with strictness, emphasize the rule of law and severely punish corrupt officials. Since then, he has promoted Dayu many times and pursued the "traitor party"; A "literary prison" was established, and a royal prison was set up, and a system of "court aides" was formulated.
Militarily, the health care center system is implemented. Economically, we will vigorously resettle land and troops, reduce taxes, measure land and check household registration. Culturally, we should pay close attention to education, establish a system of cultivating talents in imperial academy, and set up a system of eight-part essay taking scholars; In foreign relations, establish a "country that does not levy." Under his rule, social production gradually recovered and developed, which was called "the rule of Hongwu" in history.
In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died at the age of 71. He was buried in the Ming Tombs by posthumous title. Zhu Yunwen, the great grandson.