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Ming Yuzhen
Ming Yuzhen was a commander of Xu Shouhui's Red Turban regime who led an army up the Yangtze and took Chongqing in 1357. After Chen Youliang murdered Xu in 1360, he refused to accept Chen and in 1362 proclaimed himself emperor of Great Xia in Sichuan, where his rule was remembered as mild. He died in 1366, and the state of his young son was conquered by the Ming in 1371.
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