Hongxi Emperor
Birth and death:	Aug. 16, 1378–May 29, 1425
Family name:	Zhu (朱)
Given name:	Gaochi (高熾)
Dates of reign:	Sept. 7, 1424–May 29, 1425
Era name:	Hongxi (洪熙)
Era dates:	Jan. 20, 1425–Feb. 7, 1426
Temple name:	Renzong (仁宗)
Posthumous name: (short)	Emperor Zhao (昭皇帝)
Posthumous name: (full)	Emperor Jingtian Tidao Chuncheng Zhide Hongwen Qinwu Zhangsheng Daxiao Zhao 敬天體道純誠至德弘文欽武章聖 達孝昭皇帝
General note: Dates given here are in the Julian calendar. They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

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Yongle's eldest son Zhu Gaozhi was born August 16, 1378 and was educated by prominent Confucian tutors. He often acted as regent at Nanjing or at Beijing during his father's northern military campaigns. As soon as he became Emperor Hongxi in September 1424, he canceled Zheng He's maritime expeditions and abolished frontier trade of tea for horses as well as missions for gold and pearls to Yunnan and Annam. He restored disgraced Confucian officials and reorganized the administration to give high ranks to his close advisors. Hanlin academicians became grand secretaries, and they dismantled his father's unpopular militaristic policies to restore civil government. Hongxi improved finances by canceling requisitions for lumber, gold, and silver. Taxes were remitted so that vagrant farmers could return home, especially in the overburdened Yangzi delta. Hongxi appointed a commission to investigate taxes. He overruled his secretaries by ordering grain sent immediately to relieve areas of disaster. He ordered the capital be moved back to Nanjing; but Emperor Hongxi died, probably of a heart attack, a month later in May 1425. His son had been declared heir apparent and became Emperor Xuande at age 26. Although Hongxi had a short reign, he is credited with reforms that made lasting improvements, and his liberal policies were carried on by his son, Xuande Emperor. Zheng He wearing formal official dress Zheng He (Traditional Chinese: 鄭和; Simplified Chinese: 郑和; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Cheng Ho; Birth name: 馬三寶 / 马三宝; pinyin: Mǎ Sānbǎo; Arabic name: Hajji Mahmud) (1371–1433), is the most well-known Chinese mariner and explorer who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels... Categories: China-related stubs | 1398 births | 1435 deaths | Ming Dynasty emperors ...

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