"Xia Shang and Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou divided into two sections, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, one unified Qin and two Han, three divisions Wei Shu Wu, two Jin before and after extension, the Southern and Northern Dynasties juxtaposed, Sui and Tang five generations, Song Yuan, Ming and Qing, the imperial dynasty ended here. - Chinese Dynasties"
This is a dynasty song that Chinese will recite, and the short dozens of words summarize the history of China for five thousand years. But these are all dynasties that have been recognized by history and epics, and there are some dynasties that historians do not want to admit, but do exist. For example, the Bactrian Dynasty, which existed between the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, is not worth mentioning because Bactria was founded in 1363 and died out in 1371, and this dynasty existed for only eight years.
And this short-lived dynasty was because there was a short-lived emperor. The jiangshan that has just been beaten down, the first foot has not yet stood, the dragon chair has not yet sat hot, the political power is not stable enough, in addition to a fierce enemy like Zhu Yuanzhang. The emperor reigned for only five years, leaving only a ten-year-old son, and very few young sons in history could hold the country, and even those who held it became puppets and did not have a good end, so the dynasty collapsed in three years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > heroes of chaos</h1>
The Yuan army destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, but the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty was less than a hundred years old. In fact, in response to the saying that "water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat", how can the people's hearts and minds win the world, and the fundamental problem of the Yuan Dynasty is that the people of the Han nationality are not regarded as "their own people", so that the people are not happy, and there are uprisings everywhere. Heroes were born in the chaotic world, and because of this, there were many "grassroots emperors" at that time, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, and then the protagonist of today's talk, Ming Yuzhen, the founder of Bactria.
At that time, as long as there were some troops in that era, they wanted to be called kings and emperors. Because the people were in the depths of the waters, they responded to the uprising, so Ming Yuzhen, who was born in agriculture at that time, also had more than a thousand troops under him to confront Xu Shouhui, who was already emperor at that time. At that time, Ming Yuzhen's military strength was inferior to Xu Shouhui's, and Xu Shouhui also admired that Ming Yuzhen had the heart to receive his subordinates, so he wrote a letter.
The content is simple and straightforward, that is, I want you to work here, and if you don't agree with me, you can't live. Ming Yuzhen, who knew the times, became a marshal of Xu Shouhui from then on. As a marshal, he loyally served Xu Shouhui in various battles, and he also showed his military talents, all the way to the Yuan army, and won many battles. Once, he fought against the Yuan general Hama Bald, and was blinded by his thorn in one eye, but it did not affect his bravery on the battlefield.
Then it went all the way to present-day Yizhou, Hubei Province, when Yang Han, who had five thousand troops, wanted to retreat and advance, and in the name of surrender, he took advantage of Ming Yuzhen's lack of preparation to catch him off guard, but he did not want to be recognized by Ming Yuzhen, and killed Yang Han and recovered the troops with five thousand people at that time. Since then, Ming Yuzhen's troops have continued to expand, and the military power in his hands has become full of weight.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > establish the Kingdom of Bactria</h1>
Of course, having soldiers is to expand the territory, and he led the troops to fight all the way to the current Chongqing area. He wanted to be a marshal, but his boss Xu Shouhui was killed by Chen Youyi and established himself as king. After all, in that era, a hero with some strength wanted to be a king, and Chen You's act of forgiving the emperor made Ming Yuzhen very disappointed, so he broke off relations with him and led his troops to stand on their own.
The emperor was not so good, in that feudal period at that time, not only to be justified, but also to be convinced, for example, when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he repeatedly shirked but could not be called emperor. And Ming Yuzhen also knew the truth, so he first begged Chen You for forgiveness of the injustice of the king, and then built a temple for Xu Shouhui in the name of justice, and posthumously named Xu Shouhui as emperor, and the temple name was Sejong. The following year, Ming Yuzhen successfully became emperor under the admiration of Liu Zhen and others.
In 1363, he was officially called emperor, and the name of the country was the Great Xia Dynasty, and the reason for his name was to restore the Han Dynasty. At that time, he was not only the emperor who established the dynasty, but also Zhu Yuanzhang. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, with the name Daming, and until then he had been cooperating with Ming Yuzhen, because they still had a common enemy, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty.
They were also from the rebel army, so they knew very well who their enemy was at this time, and the two cooperated with the enemy to point the spearhead directly at the Yuan army, so the two armies went all the way north and completely eliminated the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty at that time. And the Yuan Dynasty has since disappeared into the long river of history.
After driving out the Yuan army, Zhu Yuanzhang's first thing was to first call himself emperor, and on the other hand, Ming Yuzhen also called himself emperor. The common enemy is gone, but there is still no room for two tigers in one mountain, so a new round of struggle has begun.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" > an eight-year dynasty</h1>
At this time, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang's Great Xia, some local forces such as Chen Youyu had already cleaned up and almost unified the south, and the remaining Great Xia Dynasty was the only threat at this time. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's spearhead pointed at Bactria, after all, there can only be one emperor, and in front of Daming, Bactria cannot balance with it, so it is a period of sooner or later to be destroyed.
On the other hand, at this time, Bactria was already worried about internal and external troubles. Ming Yuzhen established Bactria in just a few years from having a thousand troops, which shows that he has courage and strategy and excellent military talents, and during the period of his rule, the country was also well-governed, but his perennial conquests have long been plagued by diseases, and his reign has only been in a short period of five years. Ming Yuzhen was no longer there when Zhu Yuanzhang established Daming, and at this time, Bactria could not pose any threat to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Ming Yuzhen's son Ming Sheng had no father's abilities, and Bactria declined under his rule, while The Ming Dynasty ruled by Zhu Yuanzhang continued to rise. The war still came, knowing that he would lose, but Mingsheng still stuck to the inheritance left by his father, and was finally captured by Zhu Yuanzhang. In 1371, Bactria lasted for 8 years and disappeared briefly and dimly into the long river of history.
And Zhu Yuanzhang did not exterminate the descendants of Bactria, but exiled Mingsheng and family members to present-day Korea, and Korea at that time also submitted to the Ming Dynasty, so after arriving in Korea, Mingsheng was also named Huashu Jun, and has since settled in Korea, and after a hundred years, this family still retains the traditional Chinese culture today, still speaking Chinese, but the former imperial spirit has long disappeared.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" > summary</h1>
Bactria is short but not brilliant, short enough to be worth mentioning, but it has to be admitted that it has existed in history, and its founders have made outstanding contributions in that period of war, just imagine what a scene would have been without Ming Yuzhen's xiao yong and good war, the Yuan army was not wiped out so quickly, and the people did not live a stable life so early. Know that even a small thing, the feat of a small person, can change the trajectory of history.
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