A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civil
The Jiajing Emperor rounds out the back-half of his interminably long reign by hiding away in his pe
Let the state be small and the people few:So that the people…fearing death, will be reluctant to mov
The Jianwen Emperor plays shell-games with his dad's spirit tablet, decides Confucius has had it too
ca. 1470-1480 CEUnder the tutelage of his queen Mandukhai, Dayan Khan grows from helpless boy to lea
The widow-queen of the Mongols, Mandukhai, seizes the reins of her own fate, entreating the spirits
In the chaos that grips the steppes in the mid 15th century, anarchy reins. Though there are though
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Great Ming is having some problems with its border troops who think orders are actually "suggestions
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With the Zhengde Emperor dead without an heir, the succession is in question and rebellion brewing.
Day 15 of 4: An overview of individual accounts of the unfolding Covid lockdown situation in Shangha
There's trouble brewing in the south. A minor prince with delusions of grandeur gets a bit too big f
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The Zhengde Emperor decides that being the divine sovereign is *boring* and that being a cool war-he
The adolescent Zhengde Emperor sits the throne, but everyone in the know knows that it is the eunuch
Happy Year of the Tiger!Great Ming decides that it's going to (re-)(re-)Build a Great, Great, Great
After a very rocky start in life, the Chenghua Emperor takes the throne, only to be endlessly shoved
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Emperor Yingzong is back on his throne thanks to the conspirators loyal to him. Only they turn out t
