Basic introduction Chinese name: Hongwu period attribute: YearNo. Time: A.D. 1368- 1398 Characters: Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Bird of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang Uprising, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu (A.D. 1328- 1398), with a young name of eight, changed his name to Xingzong, and died of illness. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in Haolou Zhongli (now Fengyang County, Anhui Province). Born in a poor peasant family, he used to be a landlord shepherd boy when he was a teenager. In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1344), Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown suffered from drought, locusts and epidemics. His parents and brothers were killed in this disaster. In order to earn a living, Zhu Yuanzhang became a monk in Huang Jue Temple. However, the recent famine forced him to leave the temple and go out for alms. He traveled in western Anhui and eastern Henan for three years and experienced hardships. This outing had an important influence on Zhu Yuanzhang's life. Zhu Yuanzhang Uprising coincided with the Red Scarf Army Uprising, and the Red Scarf Army storm swept across the Jianghuai Plain. In the 12th year of Zheng Zheng (AD 1352), Zhu Yuanzhang defected to the Red Scarf Army led by Guo Zixing in Haozhou. Because of his wisdom and courage, he soon became Guo Zixing's confidant and married Ma Shi, Guo Zixing's adopted daughter. When Zhu Yuanzhang was under Guo Zixing, he constantly expanded his power and mastered a team that really belonged to him, which made Zhu Yuanzhang easily defeat Guo Zixing's son and gain the control of the whole team after Guo Zixing's death. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang used Liu Futong to fight the Yuan Army in the north, expanded his team and led troops south. During the reign of Hongwu, 1355 was appointed as the left deputy marshal by the Song regime in Han Liner, Wang Xiaoming. In A.D. 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang conquered Qing Ji and renamed Qing Ji Yingtianfu (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). He was awarded the title of Pingzhang as a province in the south of the Yangtze River by the Song regime, and also called himself Wu Guogong. And adopt Zhu Sheng's suggestion that "build a wall high, accumulate grain widely, and slow down is king", and vigorously develop production with the weather as the center, so as to lay a solid foundation for a bigger war in the future. From 1363 to 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang first completely defeated Chen Youliang, who was stronger than himself, and called himself the king of Wu. Later, Zhang Shicheng, Zhejiang Province was destroyed and Han Liner was sunk, all according to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were sent to explore the Central Plains. In the first month of A.D. 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian, with the title of Daming, and the founding year was "Hongwu", with its capital in Yingtian. In August of the same year, the Ming army conquered Yuan Dadu and will rush back to the desert, and Yuan perished. From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang pacified the whole country in 10 years. In the thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, was exhausted and finally fell ill. When his illness became critical, he made a testament saying that he had been declared emperor for 3 1 year. This describes his hard life and his mental state in the fierce struggle within the ruling class. In the testamentary edict, Zhu Yunwen, the great-grandson, was ordered to succeed to the throne, and all the scholars guarded their respective countries, so it was unnecessary to attend the funeral in Beijing, just in case anything happened. Soon he died in Nanjing Xigong. After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, he was named Emperor Gao, with the temple name Taizu.