Zhu Yuanzhang's Contribution to History

During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, he ordered farmers to return to farming and reward reclamation; Vigorously engage in resettlement and military camp construction; Organize local farmers to build water conservancy projects; Vigorously promote the cultivation of mulberry, hemp, cotton and other cash crops and fruit and wood crops, he will only enrich the people and restrain the mighty; Ordered the liberation of handmaiden; Reduce the tax burden and severely punish corrupt officials; Send people to all parts of the country to measure land, audit accounts and so on. After the efforts of Hongwu period, social production gradually recovered and developed, which is known as the rule of Hongwu in history. 1380 (in the 13th year of Hongwu), Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and set up three departments, namely, the propaganda department, the sentencing department, the judicial department and the command post, to decentralize and further strengthen the centralization.

Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398 June 24th), the supreme emperor of Ming Taizu, was named Guo Rui. Formerly known as Chongba, it was later named Xingzong. Han nationality, Zhou Hao Li Zhongren, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Introduction:

Zhu Yuanzhang was very poor when he was a child. He used to herd cattle for the landlord. 1344 (four years from Yuan to Zheng Zheng), entered the ancestral temple. At the age of 25, he joined the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing against the Yuan Dynasty. 1356 (16 years ago), was honored as Wu Gong by his subordinates. In the same year, Qing Ji Road was captured and changed to Yingtianfu. 1368 (28th year of Zheng Zheng), Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtianfu, with the title of Daming and the title of Hongwu. Later, it ended the rule of Mengyuan in the Central Plains, pacified Sichuan, Guangxi, Gansu and Yunnan, and finally unified China.

1398 (thirty-one year of Hongwu), Zhu Yuanzhang died in Yingtian at the age of 7 1, the temple name was Taizu, and posthumous title was the Great Sage of Kaitian, becoming the Emperor Shen Wenyi and Wu Junde. Bury the Ming tombs in Nanjing.

Zhu Yuanzhang is smart and far-sighted, brave and good at fighting, collecting heroes, pacifying the four seas, collecting talents, respecting agriculture and mulberry, carrying forward rites and music, praising righteousness and respecting education, and formulating various laws and regulations that are suitable for it. Since ancient times, unprecedented. However, his strict personality and his preference for punishment in his later years made a generation of founding fathers rarely complete the project well, which was Zhu Yuanzhang's shortcoming.