Tianwan Empire

Hey all,

In OTL Xu Shouhui was a rebel leader in the 14th century rebellions against the Yuan dynasty. By 1352 he had taken a sizable portion of China until he was defeated by a Mongol army and then in 1360 Xu was assassinated by Chen Youliang. From what I've read I get the impression that at the beginning Xu lead a reasonably coherent group of rebels. so my question is this; what if Xu hadn't been defeated in 1352 and managed to overthrow the Yuan dynasty? He claimed to want to "destroy the rich to benefit the poor" and was a follower of a millenarian buddhist sect so what would his regime, the Tianwan Empire, look like?
 
Zhu Yuanzhang was a follower of the same millenarian Buddhist sect as well, so I would argue we could look at the Ming to imagine what this alternate dynasty would look like. I don't remember anything about Xu Shouhui specifically, but I would think that if he came to power, he'd be a regular Emperor just like his fellow Red Turban co-religionist.
 
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