How did Zhu Yuanzhang become emperor?

Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor through the Red Scarf Army. Zhu Yuanzhang was very poor when he was a child. He used to herd cattle for the landlord. From the Yuan Dynasty to Zheng Zheng for four years (1344), he entered the ancestral temple and traveled around, which increased his knowledge. At the age of 25, he joined the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing and rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty. In the 16th year of Zheng Zhi (1356), Qing Ji Road was captured and renamed Yingtianfu. Later, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and other separatist forces were eliminated one after another, claiming to be the prince of Wu.

In the first year of Wu (1367), with the call of "expelling 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 in the Ming Dynasty (1368), the emperor was located in Yingtianfu, with the name Daming and the year Hongwu. In the autumn of the same year, the Yuan Dynasty was captured, ending its rule in the whole country. Later, the southwest, northwest and Liaodong were pacified, and finally the whole country was unified.

Zhu Yuanzhang's achievements.

During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, politically, he strengthened centralization, abolished the prime minister and the Ministry of Finance, set up three divisions to divide local power, and severely punished corrupt officials and lawless scholars; Military implementation of health care center system; Economically, we will make great efforts to resettle the land and the army, build water conservancy projects, reduce tax burdens, survey the land nationwide, 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.