Why is Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Chongba?

Because Zhu Yuanzhang ranked eighth among family brothers, he was called Zhu Chongba. In the Yuan Dynasty, if ordinary people didn't go to school or be officials, they couldn't have their own names. They could only be named after their parents' age or date of birth. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's great-grandfather from a poor peasant family was called Zhu, his great-grandfather was called Zhu, and his grandfather was called Zhu Chuyi.

His father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and other generations are tax debtors, hiding debts everywhere in the Huaihe River basin, trying to find a place to be a tenant farmer and live a well-fed life. He is the youngest child among the surviving brothers and sisters. Except the oldest child, all the other children were given away or married because they couldn't afford him. Because his family was poor and he could not study, Zhu Yuanzhang herded cattle for the landlords in the village since he was a child.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was born in Guzhuang Village, Taiping Township, in Zhongli, Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui). The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty (reigned from 1368 to 1398) was named "Hongwu".

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 Zhi (1356), Qing Ji Road was captured and renamed Yingtian. Later, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and other separatist forces were eliminated, claiming to be the king of Wu. In the first year of Wu (1367), with the call of "expelling and restoring China", Xu Da and Chang Yuchun sent troops 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.

During Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, politically, he strengthened centralization, abolished the prime minister and the Ministry of Finance, set up three divisions to divide local power, and severely punished corrupt officials and lawless scholars; Military implementation of health care center system; Economically, we will make great efforts to resettle the land and the army, build water conservancy projects, reduce tax burdens, survey the land nationwide, 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 thirty-first year of Hongwu (1398), Zhu Yuanzhang died at the age of 71. Posthumous title Taizu was buried in the Ming Tombs and passed on to his grandson Zhu Yunwen.