This future emperor gained favor after winning a poetry contest in which he completed the line "wind blows the horse's tail into a thousand strands of thread," with the line, "sun reflects off the dragons' scales into ten thousand bits of gold.
This future emperor gained favor after winning a poetry contest in which he completed the line "wind blows the horse's tail into a thousand strands of thread," with the line, "sun reflects off the dragons' scales into ten thousand bits of gold." This emperor feigned mental illness while plotting to take over the Jianwen Emperor, and this ruler ordered a costly attack against the Tatar king Arughtai. During this emperor's reign, Le Loi revolted in Vietnam and established the Le Dynasty. This emperor widened the Grand Canal and a namesake encyclopedia was compiled during his reign. He chose Tianshou Mountain as the site of the Ming Tombs which would include the burial sites of thirteen emperors, and this emperor commissioned the naval voyages of the eunuch Zheng He. Taking a name meaning "perpetual happiness," for 10 points, name this third emperor of the Ming Dynasty who moved the capital to Beijing and built the Forbidden City.
This future emperor gained favor after winning a poetry contest in which he completed the line "wind blows the horse's tail into a thousand strands of thread," with the line, "sun reflects off the dragons' scales into ten thousand bits of gold.
{Yongle} Emperor [accept {Zhu Di}]