The adolescent Zhengde Emperor sits the throne, but everyone in the know knows that it is the eunuch-lord Liu Jin who truly controls Great Ming. Not everyone's exactly thrilled with this situation, and they're gonna get Liu Jin got... or die trying.

Time Period Covered:

1506-1510 CE

Major Historical Figures:

The Zhengde Emperor (Zhu Houzhao) [r. 1506-1521]

Liu Jin, Director of the Ceremonial [1451-1510]

The Prince of Anhua (Zhu Zhifan) [d. 1510]

Commander Qiu Yue

General Yan Yiqing

Inspector-in-Chief Zhang Yong

Major Works Cited:

Bourgon, Jérôme, Muriel Detrie, & Regis Poulet."Execution in Canton" in Chinese Torture – Supplices Chinois.

Brook, Timothy. The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.

Geiss, James. “The Cheng-te reign, 1506-1521” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.”

Meadows, Thomas Taylor. The Chinese and Their Rebellions

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