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#240 - Ming 27: The Solecism of Power
The Jiajing Emperor rounds out the back-half of his interminably long reign by hiding away in his personal palace, and only occasionally coming out to tell everyone what a terrible job they're all doing. The Mongols seize on Ming weakness to basically do whatever they want, and the Ming respond by turtling even harder and building more walls. Without a imperial guiding hand, the ministers are left to their own devices... with predictably selfish and myopic results.
Time Period Covered:
1550-1567 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Ming Empire:
The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]
Gen. Qiu Ruan [d. 1552]
Grand Secretary Xia Yan [1482-1548]
Grand Secretary Yan Song [1480-1567]
Grand Secretary Xu Jie [1512-1578]
Mongolia:
Altan Khan [1507-1582]
Prince Toghto
Major Works Cited:
Bacon, Francis. “Of empire” in The essays of Francis Bacon (1908).
Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
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The Jiajing Emperor rounds out the back-half of his interminably long reign by hiding away in his personal palace, and only occasionally coming out to tell everyone what a terrible job they're all doing. The Mongols seize on Ming weakness to basically do whatever they want, and the Ming respond by turtling even harder and building more walls. Without a imperial guiding hand, the ministers are left to their own devices... with predictably selfish and myopic results.
Time Period Covered:
1550-1567 CE
Major Historical Figures:
Ming Empire:
The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]
Gen. Qiu Ruan [d. 1552]
Grand Secretary Xia Yan [1482-1548]
Grand Secretary Yan Song [1480-1567]
Grand Secretary Xu Jie [1512-1578]
Mongolia:
Altan Khan [1507-1582]
Prince Toghto
Major Works Cited:
Bacon, Francis. “Of empire” in The essays of Francis Bacon (1908).
Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
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