Niun Taitsou Emperor

The Niun Taizu Emperor (Yinguonese: 銀太祖; 17 November 1413-24 April 1472) was the first Emperor and founder of the Niun Dynasty. One of the sons of the last Emperor of the Zhu Dynasty, he joined the army at a young age, and by the time of the Fall of the Zhu, he already had command of significant forces. Together with the last remains of the Zhu navy, he managed to escort many members of his family to safety towards the city of Jiangjing, where as the oldest Prince of the Blood, he decided to cut off ties with his disgraced former dynasty. He reclaimed the Mandate of Heaven in the name of the new Niun Dynasty, and managed to transform a loose coalition of Zhu loyalists into what would eventually become the nation of Niunkuet, defeating other rivals for power in the state, and repeatedly stopping any further Shindan attacks, securing the nation's independence.

From his new capital of Tianjing, the Niun Taizu Emperor became the head of a despotic but efficient regime, centered on the Lotus Strengthening Movement, a pro-modernization faction that oversaw the rapid development of the nation during its fight for survival. His reign also led the realm towards the path would eventually take it to a victory in the Second Niun-Zhenian War, under his son and successor. As the progenitor of the new dynasty, he is also often credited for the survival of the country, and for his military leadership, and as such, he is known as the "Great Founder of the Nation" in Niunkuet.

Name
According to the law, the ruling Emperor of Niunkuet was never referred to by name, which is considered to be a taboo. Instead, the monarch was to be referred to as "His Majesty the Emperor" (皇帝陛下, Huángdì Bìxià), which may be replaced with the shortened form of "His Imperial Majesty" (陛下, Bìxià) or other similar titles. The Emperor's personal name was Bin Chengli (斌 程禮), but it was never used outside of personal contexts. The courtesy name that he received upon reaching adulthood and that was used for his signature and other semi-formal situations was Shu Ming (書明), while his imperial name and the name of his era was that of Yín Tàizǔ (銀太祖), which can be translated as "the Grand Progenitor of Niun".

Titles, styles, honours and arms

 * 17 November 1420 – 20 June 1441:
 * His Imperial Highness, the Prince of the Blood (和碩親王 Heshuo qinwang)
 * 20 June 1441 – 24 April 1472:
 * His Imperial Majesty The Emperor (皇帝 Huáng dì)

Full titulature
His Imperial Majesty, the Niun Taizi Emperor, Emperor of the Great, Auspicious and Sublime Niun Dynasty, Son of Heaven, Lord of Ten Thousand Years, Lord of the Silver Lotus