| dc.description.abstract | In the history of China, there are many deeds of people′s uprising in the name of religion, but the only emperor who successfully unified the Central Plains was Zhu Yuanzhang. This article attempts to start from the early experiences of Taizu, combined with his collection of essays, official documents and folk historical materials, to analyze the influence of this process on his subsequent military service. This article will focus on politics, military, internal affairs, foreign relations, religion and national titles, and discuss the relationship between the corresponding effects and image building from the measures taken by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang′s military success cannot be denied in the process of eliminating the other military groups, but the corresponding policies behind it and the support of all parties are more worthy of attention. While other military groups were burning, killing and looting people, the Zhu clan demanded strict discipline in the troops, and adopted a series of measures in religion and Confucianism to win the support of local elites. Strategically, the policy of putting the south first and then the north enabled Taizu to gain space and time for development and avoid being annexed at the beginning of his leadership. Politically, Zhu Yuanzhang first resorted to the name of the Song Dynasty to attract the support of gentry in Jiangnan, and then adopted the identity of Sino–barbarian to appeal to the support of the Han people in the north. In addition, in the issue of the legitimacy of the regime, he legitimized the group through the traditional Chinese doctrine of ＂ Heaven＂. In the process, it is not difficult to see that Taizu′s pragmatic and cautious character made him choose and implement more favorable decisions in the real social environment of different periods, which laid the foundation for his imperial career.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang′s power was inferior to other military groups at the beginning, but who finally succeeded in the replacement of the Yüan Dynasty, although at the beginning of its development, had a narrow land and few people, and still depended on the government of others, but in the process of merging various forces, Taizu clan gradually changed and implemented strategies in politics and military in various aspects according to different situations, and then get the support of all parties, and finally succeed in dominating China. | en_US |