B. For a term of four years
Hongwu created a form of Martial Rule. He expected everyone to obey his rules and if they failed to do so they were subjected to execution or tortures. He was a tyrant Emperor who trusted no one but his family, if he finds anything suspicious about his advisers he would immediately have them killed or torture. This was a time in China where coups and other acts of sedition were not even attempted by the people of China because of their fear of exaggerated punishment.
The dutch accepted china's restrictions on trade; the british didn't. british refused to preform the "kowtow" ritual
