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1360 – 1424Yongle Emperor (1360-1424)Died 12 August 1424, aged 64Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, was the third emperor of China's Ming dynasty, who moved the capital to Beijing and commissioned the Forbidden City. His reign sponsored Zheng He's great maritime expeditions and the compilation of the vast Yongle Encyclopedia. He died on 12 August 1424 while returning from a military campaign against the Mongols and was succeeded by his son, the Hongxi Emperor.
1424Zheng He loses his patron as the Yongle Emperor diesThe voyages are suspended under the Hongxi EmperorThe Yongle Emperor died while on campaign, and his successor curtailed the costly maritime expeditions. Zheng He's central role in court policy diminished.