Emperor Chengzu
Name:Zhu Di (1360--1424)
Enthronement in 1402
Abdication in 1424
Emperor Zhu Di was the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his era name was Yongle(永乐). In the name of eliminating the cursed officials, he came back to Nanjing and launched a famous historical incident, which was Jingnanzhiyi(靖难之役) in historical record. And after four-year civil war, Zhu Di successfully defeated the former royal troops, and got the sovereignty of Ming Dynasty. He was Emperor Chengzu, and in 1421 he moved Capital from Nanjing to Beijing. He also demanded his officials to edit a series of book named Yongle Dadian (永乐大典), which once was the largest series of book in the world. He died at the age of 65.
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