Ming Dynasty: Restoration and Expansion

The Ming Dynasty began in war, hunger, and rebellion. The Yuan government was failing, the Yellow River was flooding, and ordinary people were losing faith in the rulers who were supposed to protect them. Out of this chaos rose Zhu Yuanzhang, a poor orphan who had once begged for food and lived as a monk. In 1368, he drove out the Mongol-led Yuan court and founded a new dynasty.This book tells the...