HIST 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hongwu Emperor, Fang Xiaoru, Yongle Emperor
27 Sep 2018
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Qin (221-206 b. c. : han (202 b. c. -6 a. d. ) Huangdi (emperor): a term that was invented to be above the king; the ruler of the empire. Pig reference was taken seriously (bad looking) A praise from a poet to an area that was the headquarters of a former rival, zhu. Zhu yuanzhang conducts 4 purges during his reign. At least 100,000 elites (many of his former allies) are executed. Later, the palace burns down and he vanishes. Ordered to write the announcement of the crowning of the yongle emperor. Him and every member of his family/kinship was executed. Moved the capital from nanjing to beijing. Zheng he - most trusted eunuch, send on multiple expeditions to overseas.
