A historical figure who came from humble origins, experienced setbacks and finally achieved great achievements.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very poor when he was a child. He used to herd cattle for the landlord. In the fourth year of Zheng Zheng (1344), he entered Huang Jue Temple and traveled around, which increased his knowledge. Join the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing to fight against the Yuan Dynasty. In the 16th year of Zheng Zhi (1356), Qing Ji Road was captured and renamed Yingtian. Later, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and other separatist forces were eliminated, claiming to be the king of Wu.

In the twenty-seventh year of Zheng Zheng (1367), with the call of "expelling Land Rover and restoring China", Xu Da and Chang Yuchun sent troops 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, Dadu was captured, ending the rule of the Yuan Dynasty in the whole country, then pacifying the southwest, northwest and Liaodong, and finally unifying the whole country.

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During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, politically, he abolished the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Housing, set up three departments to separate local power, strengthened centralization and severely punished corrupt officials. Military implementation of health care center system; Economically, we will make great efforts to resettle land and army, build water conservancy projects, reduce or exempt taxes, measure land and check household registration.

Culturally, pay close attention to education, advocate imperial examination, establish imperial academy to train talents; 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.