CONQUESTS AND PURGES - THE HONGWU EMPEROR'S BRUTAL REIGN

How does a seemingly benevolant ruler turn to a harsh autocrat? Discover the story of emperor Hongwu's reign, marked by the reunification of China under his Ming dynasty, establishment of its principles, and excution of its highest ranking generals and ministers in a series of bloody purges.

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🎬 VIDEO CREDITS 🎬
少年朱元璋 Zhu Yuanzhang's childhood (2017)
Founding Emperor of Ming Dynasty (2006)
Eternal Happiness (2002)

📜 MAIN SOURCES 📜
The Cambridge History of China - Volume 7 (1988), Frederick W. Mote & Denis Twitchett
The Cambridge World History - Religious change in East Asia (2015), Bentley, Jerry H.; Subrahmanyam, Sanjay; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E.
The mission of Matteo Ricci, S. J.: A Case Study of an Effort at Guided Culture Change in China in The Sixteenth Century (1966) Harris, George L
Cathay and the way thither: being a collection of medieval notices of China (1866) Henry Yule

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Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:41)
The conquest of the South: (02:21)
Overthrowing the Yuan: (04:05)
Sweeping West: (06:39)
Chasing the Mongols out: (10:01)
Hongwu's sons: (12:57)
Civil affairs: (14:45)
Contact with Japan: (17:05)
The conquest of Sichuan: (19:21)
The disaster of 1372: (23:13)
Religious policies: (27:21)
Raids and reforms: (31:10)
A dark foreshadowing: (33:15)
Trouble in the South: (34:57)
The Hu Weiyong case: (37:03)
Crusing Mongolia, taking Yunnan: (38:33)
The 1380s reforms: (42:04)
Defending the Northeast and Southwest: (47:17)
The last purges: (55:28)
The last campaign: (01:00:11)
Hongwu's end: (01:01:52)

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