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Aftermath of the Ho Dynasty Usurpation and Ming Intervention

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1400–1411

In 1400 Ho Quy Ly deposed the Tran dynasty and founded the Ho dynasty, prompting a Ming expedition under the Yongle Emperor to 'restore the Tran'.…

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  1. 1400Thang Long · VietnamPowerful minister Ho Quy Ly forced the young Tran emperor to abdicate, changed the state name to 'Great Yu', and established the Ho dynasty. His reforms touched land and the imperial examination, but undermined Tran legitimacy and gave the Ming a pretext for intervention.
  2. 1406–1407Jiaozhi (all of Annam) · VietnamThe Ming Yongle Emperor, in the name of restoring the Tran dynasty's tributary order, dispatched Zhang Fu and others to lead a large army south. The Ho forces suffered repeated defeats, Thang Long fell, and Ho Quy Ly and his son Ho Han Thuong were captured and sent to the capital; the Ho dynasty perished.
  3. 1411Prefectures of Jiaozhi · VietnamIn the early years of Ming occupation, Tran remnants and local forces repeatedly rose in resistance. By 1411 Ming forces were still waging campaigns of suppression and pacification on several fronts, and war had not ceased within Jiaozhi. The political order broken by the Ho usurpation had by now solidified into direct Ming rule and long-term drain from pacification campaigns.

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