What are the details of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life experience?

Zhu Yuanzhang is the youngest son of the Zhu family. Zhu Yuanzhang's father, Zhu Wusi (later renamed Zhu Shizhen), has always settled in Dongxiang and Taiping Townships in Zhongli, Haozhou. Zhu Yuanzhang's ancestors were mainly engaged in agriculture for generations. At that time, Zhu Wusi also rented land from local landlords Liu De and others for farming.

At the age of twenty-five, he joined the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing to resist the Yuan Dynasty. In the 16th year of Zhizheng Dynasty (1356), he captured Jiqing Road and changed his name to Yingtian. After that, he successively eliminated Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and other separatist forces, and called himself King of Wu.

In the first year of Wu (1367), with the call to "drive out the Huru and restore China", he sent Xu Da and Chang Yuchun to lead an expedition to the north to overthrow the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. In the first month of the first year of Hongwu (1368), the emperor was located in Yingtian Mansion. The country was named Daming and the reign was named Hongwu.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness at the age of seventy-one. His posthumous title was "The Emperor who opened the way to the heavens and set the rules and established the great saints, the most divine, the benevolent, the righteous, the martial arts, the virtues, the successful and the high emperor". The temple name is Taizu and he is buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty. The throne was passed to the great grandson Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yuanzhang’s political measures:

The bureaucracy of the early Ming Dynasty was inherited from the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang carried out reforms and abolished the Zhongshu Sheng in the central government. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Zhongshu Sheng was responsible for the world's government affairs. Its chiefs were the left and right prime ministers, with high positions. The prime ministers could easily conflict with the emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, Hu Weiyong was finally appointed as the prime minister. very. Hu Weiyong grew more powerful and threatened the imperial power. He became increasingly arrogant and slack in political affairs. ?

So, in the 13th year of Hongwu (1380), Zhu Yuanzhang executed Hu Weiyong and related officials for scheming evil. At the same time, he announced the abolition of Zhongshu Province and no longer established a prime minister.

The provincial system was abolished at the local level, and the Department of Administrative Affairs, the Department of Commanding and Envoys, and the Department of Punishing and Prosecution were established to respectively bear the responsibilities of the Executive Secretary. The three were separated and restrained each other, preventing Too much local power. Zhu Yuanzhang also set up inspection departments in important places in various prefectures and counties, responsible for checking, arresting thieves, and interrogating traitors.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhu Yuanzhang