#255 - Ming 39: It's the End of the World As We Know It
The History of China
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The End of the Bandit Wars in China
In 1638 the Manchu forces invaded. A city after city in Beijo Li and Zhandongh fell to the invaders. The government was forced to withdraw men and materials from the northwest. Within months, its pacification efforts there were in ruins. In June 1639, Zhang Xianjiang repudiated his agreement with Zhonghuan Han,. less than three months later scored a spectacular victory over government forces in the far northwestern portion of Hu Guang. This disaster would seal Zhongh's fate. He was stripped of official rank, arrested, and eventually sent to Beijing for trial. His powerful friends in the bureaucracy would do nothing to save him, and he was executed in November 1639
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