After Chen Dynasty replaced Li Dynasty, Chen Shoudu began to liquidate the Li clan relatives, and after Li Huizong, who gave way to his daughter, abdicated, he became a monk and lived in seclusion in the temple. In order to relieve his worries, Chen Shoudu forced Emperor Hui to death, after which he killed the Li family. In order not to let future generations remember the Li family, he also forcibly let all people with the surname Li in China change their surnames to Ruan. For the Li family, Chen Shoudu is indeed a big adulterer, but for the whole country, he has made great contributions. Because at the end of the Li Dynasty, the political situation was turbulent, and rebellions occurred in many parts of the country.
After the establishment of the Chen Dynasty, Chen Shoudu assisted Emperor Taizong Chen Yan in fighting rebellions in various places, so that the kingdom of Dayue was unified again. He reorganized the government of the dynasty, making Vietnam strong again in decline. And the renewed strength is of great significance to Vietnam. Soon after, Mongolia came. In 1257, the Mongol general Wuliang Hetai led troops to invade the border of Dayue. At the beginning, the Vietnamese army was crushed, and Emperor Taizong had no confidence. Fortunately, encouraged by Chen Shoudu, Emperor Taizong resisted vigorously, and the Mongol army retreated because it did not adapt to the Vietnamese environment, and the war came to an end. Chen Chao proposed to Mongolia that he was willing to "pay tribute for three years".
But by 1284, the Mongols had already taken the Great Song. Kublai Khan, on the grounds that the Chen Emperor did not personally pay tribute and injured the envoys of the Yuan Dynasty, let the prince lead hundreds of thousands of troops to send troops to Vietnam. Needless to say, as a result, Mongolia lost, and Huan ran back to China. At that time, there were many Mongolian soldiers, and they could fight, how could they lose? A little bit about why.
At that time, the Yuan army came to Vietnam, the mountains were high and the road was far away, and the weather was very hot, and the weather was hot, and it was easy to get sick. When the Yuan army first arrived in Vietnam, it could still take advantage of the morale to fight a few victories, but after a long time, the soldiers were tired, sick and sick, and the political situation in Vietnam was stable under the governance of the early Tran Dynasty. Everyone worked together to resist the enemy, and several more generals who were very capable of fighting were produced. Combined with various factors, the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty was not accidental.
Of course, Mongolia did not abandon Vietnam because of this defeat. In 1287, Tu Huan once again marched south, but failed again. Although the Vietnamese Trần Dynasty defeated the Yuan army twice, the Tran Dynasty also knew that they were just a small country, isolated and helpless. In fact, they are not the opponents of the powerful Dayuan, and if the two sides go to war for a long time, it will be very unfavorable to the Vietnamese side. Therefore, after the war, the then Chen Dynasty emperor Renzong sent an envoy to the Yuan Dynasty, hoping to continue paying tribute, and the Yuan Dynasty also agreed.
In fact, Kublai Khan still wanted to invade Vietnam for the third time, but while he was still preparing, Kublai Khan died, so this matter was closed. Since then, the two sides have been in harmony and there has been no more war. Later, the Yuan Dynasty fell and Daming ascended the throne. Emperor Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Dynasty exchanged envoys to communicate well.
The Ming Dynasty canonized Chen Yuzong as the "King of Annan", and the two sides established a vassal relationship. At this time, the Chen Dynasty had actually begun to decline, the dynasty was dispersed, the traitors were right, and Chen Yuzong was also a hedonistic emperor.
In the later period of the Chen Dynasty, the royal family was quite unpeaceful, and the great war for power was staged one after another, and the ruling class was like this, the people must not be doing well, and the uprisings continued, plus the old rival Champa State next door. The Champa State was an ancient state established by the Cham people in present-day central Vietnam, and repeatedly attacked the Tran Dynasty. And in 1377, he also killed Chen Ruizong, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty at the time, in the war. At this time, Emperor Taishang Yizong, who was Ruizong's older brother, gave the throne to Ruizong, and became Emperor Taishang himself.
After the death of Emperor Ruizong, Emperor Yizong appointed Emperor Ruizong's son to succeed him. However, later Ruizong's son was deposed by Yizong and established his own son Shunzong. Emperor Taishang especially trusted the foreign minister Li Jixian, and the deposition of Ruizong's son was planned by this Li Jixian. Li Jixian had his back to Yizong and held great power in the dynasty. In fact, Yizong also discovered Li Jixian's ambition in the later period, but he couldn't manage it anymore, and Li Jixian's power was already above Yizong. After the death of Emperor Taishang Yizong, Li Jixian was even more relieved and boldly began his road to usurpation. He forced Emperor Shunzong to give the throne to Emperor Shunzong's three-year-old son Emperor Shaodi, assisted himself in government, and then killed Emperor Shunzong. To be continued, friends who like history can follow me.