Ming King Han Shantong was the leader of the Red Turban Army of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming King Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song, and during the Yuan Dynasty, the status of the people of the Song Dynasty, especially the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, was very low, and the Ming King Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song who could gather the people of the Song Dynasty who were dissatisfied with the Yuan Dynasty. Han Shantong spread the White Lotus Sect among the people, and Han Shantong preached the "Birth of the Ming King". Han Santong tried to convince the suffering people that once the Ming King was born, he ushered in a bright world of bliss.
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Han Shantong in his early years while promoting the White Lotus Sect, while farming, and later when the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty cleaned up the river, the Ming King Han Shantong spread everywhere "stone people have one eye, provoking the Yellow River world to rebel", and later Han Shantong and others buried a one-eyed stone man in the river channel, and carved on its back "Mo Dao stone man one eye, this thing out of the world anti", one day in April 1351, migrant workers dug out stone people, so people's hearts floated, Han Shantong took the opportunity to instigate a rebellion, so the river workers responded. Han Shantong, Liu Futong, and others then gathered a crowd of 3,000 people in Yingshang County, Yingzhou (present-day Fuyang, Anhui), killed black cattle and white horses, swore an oath to heaven and earth, and prepared for an uprising. The magistrate suddenly sent troops to suppress it, and Han Santong was arrested and killed.
Although Han Shantong was arrested and sacrificed, But Liu Futong led the Red Turban Army rebel army to a huge momentum, conquered a lot of places, in 1355, Liu Futong once again set off a large-scale anti-Yuan armed struggle, and welcomed Han Lin'er to Bozhou, established Han Lin'er as emperor, established a regime with the state name of Great Song, honored Han Lin'er as "Xiaoming Wang", and han Shantong as "Ming Wang".
Although the Ming King Han Shantong sacrificed relatively early, Liu Futong has always been under the banner of the Ming King Han Shantong, and later the son of the Ming King Han Shantong is honored as "Xiaoming Wang", which shows that the Ming King Han Shantong is the spiritual leader of the rebel army.
Is Han Shantong the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song?
Han Shantong was the leader of the Red Turban Army of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong in his early years in his hometown while farming, while spreading the White Lotus Religion, Han Shantong declared that Maitreya incarnated, the Ming King was born to save the people and water and fire, advocating the overthrow of the dark rule of the Yuan Dynasty, can make the people happy, at the same time Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song, and called himself the King of Ming, and later Han Shantong revolted on yingshui, and thus began the process of rebelling against the rule of the Yuan Dynasty.
Is Han Shantong the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song? This question has not been verified, but why does Han Shantong claim to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song? Under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the rulers divided the people of the country into four classes, the highest status being the Mongols, including the members of the various Mongol tribes that formed the Great Mongol State in the early days, and the second rank being the Semu people, referring to members of various ethnic groups except the Mongols and Han Chinese. The third rank is the Han Chinese. The fourth rank is the Nan people, who were originally Han Chinese under the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Mongols had the highest status, and the Han and Nan were inferior, especially the Southerners. It is precisely because the status of the Han and the Southern people is very low, so the life is very miserable, the hatred for the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty is also relatively large, Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song played the banner of the restoration of the Song, so it is more conducive to the unity of the low-level Han and the Southerners, it turns out that this move is also very useful, after the death of Han Shantong, the rebel army led by Liu Futong is still under the banner of Han Shantong, and later greeted the ninth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song Han Lin'er as emperor, the country name is Song, It can be seen that han Shantong's banner of the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song is very useful. In fact, many flags are used for their own use, this banner is useful, as long as it is used, true or false is not a very important thing.
Han Shantong Liu Futong
Han Shantong Liu Futong were the leaders of the Red Turban Army of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song, and Liu Futong used the White Lotus Sect in the folk to preach, claiming that there was "Maitreya Buddha born" and "Ming King was born", they made the people believe that once Maitreya Buddha was born, the Ming King would usher in a bright paradise world, after making full preparations, the time for the uprising in 1351 was ripe, so Han Shantong and Liu Futong launched an uprising on Yingzhou Yingshang.
Han Shantong claimed to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song, which gave Han Shantong and Liu Futong a reason to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, and also brought appeal to his team. During the Yuan Dynasty, the status of the people of the Song Dynasty was very low, so many of the people of the Song Dynasty had great class contradictions with the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, and Han Shantong took advantage of this contradiction to claim to be the eighth grandson of Emperor Huizong of Song, making his team famous. Unfortunately, after Han Shantong and Liu Futong launched an uprising in Yingzhou Yingshang, the county commander at the time led the army to encircle and suppress it, and Han Shantong was unfortunately arrested and later killed. Although Han Shantong was killed, Liu Futong led this team to achieve many victories, and in 1355, Liu Futong welcomed Han Shantong's son Han Lin'er to Bozhou, called "Xiaoming Wang", established a political power, and the national name was Great Song, but Han Lin'er was only the nominal leader, and all power was in the hands of Liu Futong. In February of the same year, due to strategic mistakes, Liu Futong's rebel army moved north, the Yuan army besieged Bozhou, and Liu Futong and Han Lin'er broke through in a bloody battle. In 1357, Liu Futong attacked Bieliang and then defeated Anfeng. Liu Futong and Han Lin'er held out in Anfeng for four years and nine months. In 1363, Liu Futong and Han Lin'er were taken to Chuzhou by Zhu Yuanzhang, and two years later, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Liao Yongzhong to drown Liu Futong and Han Lin'er in Guazhou.
Han Shantong and Liu Futong were the leaders of the Red Turban Army rebel army, especially Han Shantong was the spiritual leader of the rebel army, although Han Shantong died relatively early, Liu Futong was the actual leader of the rebel army, but the rebel army has always been under the banner of Han Shantong.