Han dynasty Fujian

minyue de facto kingdom until 1 of emperors of qin dynasty, first unified imperial chinese state, abolished status. in aftermath of fall of qin dynasty, civil war broke out between 2 warlords, xiang yu , liu bang. minyue king wuzhu sent troops fight side-by-side liu bang , gamble paid off. liu bang victorious , founded han dynasty. in 202 bc, restored minyue s status tributary independent kingdom. thus, wuzhu allowed construct fortified city in fuzhou few locations in wuyi mountains, have been excavated in recent years. kingdom extended beyond borders of contemporary fujian eastern guangdong, eastern jiangxi, , southern zhejiang.

after death of wuzhu, minyue maintained militant tradition , launched several expeditions against neighboring kingdoms in guangdong, jiangxi, , zhejiang, in 2nd century bc. stopped han dynasty expanded southward. han emperor decided rid of potential threat sending military campaign against minyue. large forces approached minyue simultaneously 4 directions via land , sea in 111 bc. rulers in fuzhou surrendered avoid futile fight , destruction; first kingdom in fujian history came abrupt end.

the han dynasty collapsed @ end of 2nd century ad, paving way 3 kingdoms era. sun quan, founder of kingdom of wu, spent twenty years subduing shan yue people, branch of yue living in mountains.