As the only feudal emperor truly from a peasant’s family in Chinese history

Zhu Yuanzhang deeply knew such a fact that the way of defending a country was to keep wealth among the people after he had struggled himself against Yuan Dynasty and learned the experience and lessons from the rise and fall of all previous dynasties. Hence he adopted a series of policies aimed at favouring the people’s livelihood to enrich the people and also made encouraging achievements. Ming Dynasty began to take on a prosperous

powerful and stable look. During its early years

thus laying a solid foundation for a longterm peace afterwards.