Yellow Turban Rebellion Victorious?

Out of curiousity's sake, I wonder if it is plausible that the Zhang brothers could have defeated the warlords and Imperial Han. I don't know much of what happened historically, because most of what I know comes from the highly fictional Romance of the Three Kingdoms games.

Could they have easily have seized the throne and executed the court instead of them being executed?

Or could they have waited a few more years until the Han administration further broke down?

And if the Turbans could have been successful, what would they have done afterward? Being a peasant rebellion, I could see them being more people-oriented, and reform the Chinese land system greatly, and extend more rights to the people. However, I doubt women would be included in these reforms, but it'd be nice to see.
 
I don't know how plausible it is, as someone who has read both the novel and played the games which aren't as a good as sources compared to official records. Zhang Jue/Jiao from what I know was a failed civil servant, so administration would be tricky even though he apparently managed to organize 500,000 or 50,000 people to revolt.

In order for the turbans to have a chance you would have to remove or hinder many people who gained their fame crushing the revolt, ie Cao Cao,Sun Jian,Liu Bei and his "brothers", Zhu Zhi Hangfu Song and Lu Zhi i'm familiar with wade-giles names so bear with me. Along having the Zhang brothers do better and have Zhang Jiao live longer would help

If the Turbans do win and their ideas spread further we could see a more Daoist influenced China with equal rights and land distribution thrown in.
 
If that did happen it would be interesting to see how it effects the spread of Buddhism into China, and then Korea and Japan. Would it even make it that far if it has to go through a Daoist China first?
 

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Out of curiousity's sake, I wonder if it is plausible that the Zhang brothers could have defeated the warlords and Imperial Han. I don't know much of what happened historically, because most of what I know comes from the highly fictional Romance of the Three Kingdoms games.
Well, the Yellow Turban Rebellion is seen as significant because its been heavily popularized not only in modern times, but in the past. In reality the rebellion was a mass of disorganized factions in which few lords were able to stand against the Imperial Armies that almost always had far fewer troops than them. The rebellion didn't have the support of the nobility, and it eventually lost support from the peasantry. All in all the rebellion was actually one of the least important of the major factors which brought down the Han.

Its not plausible to have them score complete victory, and its unlikely that they could every have reformed society, but we have a minor way around this: Regional success. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was most effective and numerous in a few key areas, given them a halfway decent general and they may be able to hold on at least to the point that they're deemed a secondary concern to the government if internal problems draws near, such as an even worse handling of the eunuch situation. If left alone they have the potential to form a foundation for later developments.
 
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