Where is Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral home?

Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestral home is Peiguo Township, now in Huaibei, Anhui Province.

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. 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 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. Later, the southwest, northwest and Liaodong were pacified, and finally the whole country was unified. 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.

Measures taken during the administration

During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, politically, he strengthened centralization, abolished the prime minister, set up three departments to divide local power, and severely punished corrupt officials and lawless scholars; Militarily, the health care center system is implemented. 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.

In the specific aspect of governing the country, Zhu Yuanzhang learned lessons from the weakness of the imperial court at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the downward movement of the Wei government, the corruption of official management and the arrogance of officials, which led to the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty and the emperor's move to the north. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he adopted the principle of "ruling troubled times with heavy laws". Zhu Yuanzhang always thought: Hu Yuan lost leniency, but I had to take China violently.