#244 - Ming 30: A Last Luminous Gloaming
The History of China
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Gao Gong, Secretary of the Empress's Office
Only one court official had doubts as to this new child emperor's suitability for the office that he had inherited. Who else but the everbrash, Secretary Gao Gong? The tale goes that when approached by one of the palace eunuchs with a message, apparently from the newly enthroned Wan Li, Gao reacted with the retort, how can a boy of ten years manage all the affairs under heaven? end quote.
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