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Ep. 34 | The Ming Dynasty (Part 4)

The China History Podcast

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The Ming Dynasty and the Great Wall

Liza Chiang marched into the Forbidden City, first emperor of the Schwinn dynasty and began his imperial reign. Liza Chiang wanted to be emperor so badly in the first week that he occupied the imperial palace inside the Forbidden City. His troops murdered, raped and stole from the inhabitants of the capital. He had everyone commit suicide and those who would not perform this act and tried to escape, he had them all killed. The Chongqian emperor thereupon walked up Cole Hill in Qingqian Park behind the Forbidden City with his loyal eunuch at his side and from the zhuai or guilty scholar tree, the last Ming emperor hung himself.

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