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Beijing as capital in the early Ming

Type Object Region North China Time 1371–1380

Early Ming Beijing refers to the Beiping city rebuilt and administered during the Hongwu era after Ming forces captured Dadu in 1368 and Zhu Yuanzhan…

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  1. 1371City of Beiping · North ChinaIn the early Ming the walled layout of Yuan Dadu was retained; early in the Hongwu era Dadu was renamed Beiping Prefecture, with a Provincial Administration Commission and Regional Military Commission established as the northern military-political center, and the city gradually repaired after the chaos of war.
  2. 1372–1375Prince of Yan's palace, Beiping · North ChinaIn the fifth year of Hongwu the Prince of Yan Zhu Di took up his fief at Beiping, building the Prince of Yan's palace on the site of the former Yuan palace, and adding walls, government offices, and storehouses, raising Beiping from an ordinary northern stronghold to a princely seat and northern command center.
  3. 1376–1380City of Beiping and surrounding guard stations · North ChinaIn the later Hongwu era the walls of Beiping were repaired and its gates and moats reinforced, working in coordination with the Great Wall defense line and the guard stations along it, forming the core bulwark of the early Ming northern defense system and laying the urban foundation for the later Yongle move of the capital to Beijing.

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