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Zhu Yuanzhang, the future Hongwu Emperor, was born in 1328 in Zhongli (鍾離) village, located in Haozhou (present-day Fengyang, Anhui). He was the youngest of four sons in a poor peasant family. [12] [13] He was given the name Zhu Chongba (朱重八) at birth, [14] but later used the name Zhu Xingzong (朱興宗) in adulthood. [15]
Prior to this, Zhu was the leader of the Red Turbans and had been appointed as the Duke of Wu (吳國公) by the emperor of the rebel Song dynasty, Han Lin'er, in 1361. [4] (Wu was the name of an ancient state and later the region on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.) On 4 February 1364, Zhu Yuanzhang declared himself the King of Wu ...
Hongwu (Chinese: 洪武; pinyin: Hóngwǔ; Wade–Giles: Hung-wu; lit. 'vastly martial'; 23 January 1368 – 5 February 1399) was the era name (nianhao) of the Hongwu Emperor (reigned 1368–1398), the Chinese emperor who founded the Ming dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644.
Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋; Zhū Yuánzhāng) is an ambitious minor leader of the cult who eventually unites the rebel forces under his control and leads them to overthrow the Yuan dynasty. He betrays the cult later and becomes the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty .
The Ming dynasty was founded by the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang, known as the Hongwu Emperor. All Ming emperors were of the House of Zhu. The longest-reigning emperor of the dynasty was the Wanli Emperor (r. 1572–1620), who ruled for 48 years; the shortest was his successor, the Taichang Emperor, who ruled for only 29 days in 1620.
From then on, Zhu Yuanzhang starts his journey towards becoming an emperor. He earns the support of talented men, such as Xu Da , Chang Yuchun , Lan Yu , Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen , triumphs over his nemesis Chen Youliang at the Battle of Lake Poyang , overthrows the Yuan Dynasty, and finally establishes the Ming dynasty .
In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang executed all 70 members of Li Shanchang's family. But Zhu went further and executed 30,000 people in total. [9] [10] [11] Liu Ji poisoned by Hu Weiyong and Zhu Yuanzhang. Li Shanchang and Liu Ji were political enemies. Zhu Yuanzhang paid Liu a salary of 240 stones (石), but paid Li a salary of 4000 stones. [12] Liu ...
Chuanqi Huangdi Zhu Yuanzhang is a Chinese television series based on the life of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty. Starring Chen Baoguo as the emperor, the series was first broadcast on CCTV in mainland China in 2006.