
#230 - Ming 19: A Futile & Stupid Barrier
The History of China
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The Revolt of the Otong - A Brief History
A large main garrison force was mustered under a seasoned commander, and it set out from the capital in late 14 65. The so called prince of han and more than forty of his top ranking associates were sent to the capital for execution. Yet once this acute military situation had been o so bloodily dealt with, much as with the indigenous rebels of the south or the ongoing mongrel raids of the north, the main court was largely content to leave the remaining and underlying problems unaddressed. Who could be really surprised then when, just four years later, after a fresh deluge of natural disasters, the jing shang region fill with hundreds of thousands more displaced persons?
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