When Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, he was poor and used to herd cattle for the landlord. In 1344, he entered the Imperial Temple. At the age of 25, he joined the Red Scarf Army uprising led by Guo Zixing against the Yuan Dynasty. In 1356, he was regarded as the Duke of Wu by his subordinates. In the same year, Jiqing Road was captured and changed to Yingtianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). In 1367, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were ordered to carry out the Northern Expedition in dispatch troops under the slogan of "expelling Hu Lu and restoring China".

in early p>1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtianfu, with the title of Daming and Hongwu. In autumn, Dadu was captured, ending the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the whole country. Mongolian nobles fled to the north, and sixteen states of Youyun ceded by the late Jin Dynasty were also recovered. And pacify the southwest, northwest, northeast and other places, and finally unify China. Extended information

During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he carried out reforms in all aspects. Politically, he abolished the Prime Minister, set up a department to undertake propaganda and deployment, a department to punish and judge, and all commanded the department to separate powers, which further strengthened centralization and severely punished corrupt officials and lawless officials. Militarily, the health center system was implemented, and the Northern Expedition was carried out.

Economically, we will make great efforts to resettle the land and army, build water conservancy projects, liberate handmaiden, reduce or exempt tax, and send people to all parts of the country to survey land and check household registration. Culturally, we should pay close attention to education, promote imperial examinations, and establish imperial academy to train talents; Strengthen overseas exchanges with foreign countries and restore China's suzerain status. Through the efforts of the Hongwu Dynasty, social production gradually recovered and developed, which is known as the rule of Hongwu in history.

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