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Ep. 33 | The Ming Dynasty (Part 3)

The China History Podcast

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The Sixth Ming Emperor

By 1465, there came into being the red horsemen of the Western Esplanade. They were thugs, hitmen, agent provocateurs and enforcers of the imperial UNIX. Juche-Jun was born in 1427; he became emperor as a child of eight years old. He instigated what is known as the Tumu Crisis. The Ayrats were Western Mongols more from Central Asia than from the North.

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