In the twenty-seventh year of Yuan Dynasty (1367), after Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed Dongwu, Hu Tingrui was ordered to go south and capture Fujian. At the same time, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were ordered to lead the main forces northward to capture the Central Plains. In February 65438, after Xu Dajun entered Jinan, Fang Guozhen had surrendered before the second invasion, and Tanghe's army had captured Fuzhou. Zhu Yuanzhang's Southern Expedition and Northern Expedition all achieved successive victories as planned, and only a handful overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. Li Shanchang, the right prime minister of Zhongshu, led his ministers and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to take this opportunity to establish the country and claim the title of emperor. In the 28th year of Zheng Zheng, that is, the first year of Hongwu (1368), on October 4th, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Fengtian Temple in Yingtianfu, with the title of Daming and Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang is one of the few emperors in history who won the world by civilians. A.D. 1328, he was born in Haozhou (now Fengyang, Anhui) to a tenant farmer's family. When I was young, I was a shepherd boy; 17 years old, his parents' eldest brother died of hunger and plague, and Zhu Yuanzhang was lonely and helpless. He just became a monk in Huang Jue Temple. After years of wandering, he is actually a beggar. 1353 When Zhu Yuanzhang was 25 years old, the Red Scarf Army started, with Liu Futong in Yingzhou, Xu Shouhui in Hubei, Zhang Shicheng in Taizhou, Fang Guozhen in Wenzhou and Guo Zixing in Haozhou. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Guo Zixing Department and was appreciated by Guo Zixing, so he had to marry his adopted daughter Ma Shi. Two years later, Guo Zixing died, and Zhu Yuanzhang was in charge of military power with the help of Xu Da and Feng. Feng proposed to capture Yingtian (now Nanjing) as a base area. 1356, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Yingtian. When Zhu Yuanzhang was about to make great efforts, Zhu Sheng, a famous Confucian, warned him: "Build a high wall and accumulate a wide grain, and slowly become king." Zhu told Zhang to listen to this suggestion, save his strength and prepare for the war in secret. From 65438 to 0360, Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen and occupied the south. 1367, Zhu Yuanzhang put forward the slogan of "expelling Land Rover and restoring China" (this slogan was later borrowed by Sun Yat-sen), transferred troops to the Northern Expedition, and defeated the Yuan Army led by Kuokuotor, Li Siqi and Zhang Liangbi in Shandong, Tongliang and Tongguan. 1in the first month of 368, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was 4 1 year-old, held an enthronement ceremony in Yingtian, and officially ascended the throne. The country name was Daming, and the country name was Hongwu. Its capital was Yingtian and it was renamed Nanjing.