Ming Dynasty
Politics
Learn about the politics of the Ming dynasty
Zhu Yuanzang
- Founder of the Ming dynasty
- Used to be a pheasant
- Volunteered to rebel against the Mongols
- Did not trust people
- Proclaimed himself to be the Emporer HongWu
- HongWu means “Vast Magnificent Military"
Email: ZhuYuanzang@AisianHome.com
Website: Iamtheemporer.com
Location: Dongling, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Phone: 444-444-4444
Facebook: facebook.com/ZhuYuanzang
Twitter: @Zhu_Yuanzang
Expanding/Unifying China
- Emperor HongWu moved the capital to Peking (Beijing, China)
- He built a new imperial palace known as the Forbidden City
- The Song dynasty improves trading ships, which allowed the Ming dynasty to travel further by ship
- This spread the philosophy of Wang Yang-Ming which encouraged the sharing of ideas
Some of our Emporers (In order)
Years 1368-1435 C.E
- HongWu (1368-1398)
- JianWen (1399-1402)
- Yongle (1403-1424)
- HongXi (1425-1425)
- Xuande (1426-1435)
Years 1436-1521 C.E
- Zhentong (1436-1449)
- Jingtai (1450-1456)
- Dienshun (1457-1464)
- Chenghua (1465-1487)
- Hongzhi (1488-1505)
- Zhengde (1506-1521)
Years 1522-1644C.E
- Jiajing (1522-1566)
- Longqing (1567-1572)
- Wanli (1573-1620)
- Taichang (1620-1620)
- Dianqi (1621-1627)
- Chongzheng (1628-1644)
The Decline of the Ming Dynasty
- High taxes left pheasants poor and unable to care for their families
- Many local governments were corrupt and collected taxes for themselves
- Leaders did not pay for their own taxes
- The pheasants started to rebel and the Manchus and Japanese threatened the Ming Dynasty