#240 - Ming 27: The Solecism of Power
<p>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.</p><br /><p>Time Period Covered:</p><p>1550-1567 CE</p><br /><p>Major Historical Figures:</p><p>Ming Empire:</p><p>The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]</p><p>Gen. Qiu Ruan [d. 1552]</p><p>Grand Secretary Xia Yan [1482-1548]</p><p>Grand Secretary Yan Song [1480-1567]</p><p>Grand Secretary Xu Jie [1512-1578]</p><br /><p>Mongolia:</p><p>Altan Khan [1507-1582]</p><p>Prince Toghto</p><br /><p>Major Works Cited:</p><p>Bacon, Francis. “Of empire” in <em>The essays of Francis Bacon</em> (1908).</p><p>Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in <em>The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.</em></p><p><br /></p><br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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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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