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In 1352, the Yuan managed to put down a huge threat to its existence. The red turban Rebellion has been smashed; its leaders executed. However, that only angered the people more, and only sixteen years later another rebellion started, led by Sheng Lu, a charismatic local leader in Guangdong that would eventually become the Ziyou emperor. Using the anger of the people to recruit them to his army, He led the people and took the important cities of Guangdong within a year.

The next few years he advanced north, and Reached Nanjing in 1383, While Tibet and Joseon broke off. After that he continued to move north and managed to cut the yuan emperor of from the Mongol steppe, and so in 1402, the Yuan emperor fled to Joseon, as the Guang dynasty officially proclaimed that they gained the mandate of heaven. Soon the Ziyou emperor signed peace with the tribes of Mongol steppe, who where now ruled by a distant relative of the last yuan emperor.

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Ok... then i will have to cancel this timeline. i will leave what i did until now though, and feel free to discuss what you think would have happened. i will probably start working on a timeline in a period i am more familiar with soon, but no promises.
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