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you know jack a lot of the video kind of reminds me of modern day chine accept they have a plan b, c through whatever if someone kicks the bucket. did it modern china stop the cycle of appointing and deposing rulers well yeah but that whole death, secret police, and strict intolerance yeah that just feels like 2021 china that will last for god knows how long with the major economic side of well you guys kind of need us to make your products since most of those products the people aren't being paid or if that at most about a fifth of what they could make in the same industry in the states if they're lucky. it's like the world with china right now is stuck at the worst spot in the mandate of heaven terms rather than look at all this innovation and knowledge being spread which unlike countries in the middle east china doesn't really have an excuse to be that way since it's not like they had a former empire carved up by some stuffy british or frenchmen from across the globe think yeah that'll be fine.
"I'm just a humble farmer trying to restore law and order." "-Alright, you've been showing up in a military uniform every day for the last ten months. We all know you wanted this, so cut the crap, Zhu."
you mean to tell me my strategy in EU4 of making rebels angry so they rise up and get into fights with my other rebels isn't completely historically unfounded?
@@vittoriolepporio122 There is still more stories to tell. Like the one where he took one of his concubines to a jewelry store... Or how he never paid for his luxury train cars.
@@MrTheBaron But you’re old enough to feel the hype of Shin Himitsu Sentai Goranger, if Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi succeeds with Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider 2023
Mongol/Yuan dynasty: Hm? Yeah y'all can just do whatever you want as long as you don't cause too much trouble. Native Chinese: TYRANNY! Down with these oppressive, FOREIGN usurpers! Mongol/Yuan dynasty: Seriously, WTF!
@@navilluscire2567 It was more like Native Chinese: We're starving, there are bandits running rampant in the countryside, rebels are beginning to rise up, do something! Yuan dynasty: I missed the part where that's my problem.
@@CollinBuckman Yeah, pretty much. Weird how the Yuan apparently cared more about burning down monasteries for being 'subversive' than dealing with literal armies of armed rebels trying to dethrone them.
@@navilluscire2567 I agree in principal but I think we're forgetting the part where the Mongols genocided a good third of the population in some provinces. Like, seriously brutal.
Oh yeah, the Ming Empire was *something else,* which is rather impressive following up the mess that the Yuan left. But then they got defeated by the Qing and *oh boy* did they fuck things up…
The Qing actually were pretty good, they presided over a 200 year Golden age and took China to its greatest ever territorial extent (its modern borders plus Mongolia) the population and economy also reached unprecedented heights, and there was a cultural and artistic boom during the 17th and 18th centuries. They also happened to be the dynasty in charge when China was outpaced technology and dunked on in the 19th century, which lead to the end of the dynastic system. So they do understandably get a bad rap sometimes.
@@dantecaputo2629 territory is cool and all but there was a famine like every 5 years! They also screwed up with the opium wars but I would give them a bit of a pass for their arrogance.
I'm a bit hazy with Ming, is that the one where the son tricked his Dad into rebellion by gifting an emperial courtesan or is it the one where the guy was so ugly that he had a nickname?
Zhudi is Yongle emperor who usurped throne from his nephew though 4 years civil wars. Then invade Vietnam for Hồ dynasty usurped Trần dynasty. While sent Zhenghe led seven times Ming treasure voyages.
Several things: Firstly, Zhu Yuanzhang's orginal name was Zhu Chongba（朱重八）, literally Zhu Great Eight, and his father's original name was Zhu Wusi（朱五四）, literally Zhu Five Four. They were so poor they couldn't afford proper names lmao Secondly, although Hongwu was a remarkable administrator, he made two terrible economic decisions that would have centuries-long consequences. First, he banned private foreign trade, establishing the infamous sea-ban, which would not be lifted until 1567. In the meantime, many merchants who could have made an honest living were forced by this piece of legislation into piracy, which would continue to haunt the Ming. Secondly, Hongwu did not understand inflation. When he wanted to reward a loyal or competant minister, he would literally go money printer go brrr and hand over wads of cash. Inflation would prove to be disastrous for the Ming and it would constantly plunge the empire into economic crisis. It was so serious that the Ming abandoned paper money altogether, going back to using silver as currency (which was actually one of the reasons for restarting foreign trade in 1567).
@@gorilladisco9108 They were supposed to be tribute missions to other countries, not private trade missions. All foreign trade with the Ming was supposed to be either from tribute or foreign merchants in China.
@@gorilladisco9108 Zheng He's expedition was for the Ming new trade route and to expand its authority over the sea. After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished nearly all foreign diplomacy. Yong Le wanted to reestablish but it cost too much money and resources for the bankrupt empire. (The threat of Nomandic starts to return as well) In the end, the next emperor abolished all the sea fleet and possible trade routes because the empire couldn't afford the trade and colonization. Let's Merchants did the trade themselves while Pirates ran rampant across the four seas. So Yong Le's dream of expansion ended while the Ming dynasty became stagnant and weaker until its downfall. (Ming Empire bad seeds start to ruin the empire bit by bit)
6:46 The moment anyone starts describing how perfect an heir was to succeed, you know that heir is about to go and die, screwing up the succession plans
What i want to add is that only after becoming emperor zhu yangzhang embraced confucianism to justify his rule. Before that he was in a buddhist underground sect with manichaeistic influences(The founder of that religion btw would probably be a great subject for a future video). His wife was even the duaghter of a high ranking member of that sect.
What do you know? Confucianism is not a religious belief. It is the basic logic of social operation, just like your democracy. Do you think your democracy is a religion? As for what Manichaeism you said, it was all made up in The Story of Dragon-Slaying. There are also many emperors who believe in Buddhism. Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty are all believe in Buddhaism, which will not delay their implementation of Confucianism.
It didn’t matter, only a few emperors were doing their jobs, the rest were like professional merchant like hoarding money and selling arts, some were professional priest forcing his subjects to refers to him as Chinese equivalent of pope, professional general, like playing a a general as in kidnapping a random Mongolian and put him in the middle of 10,000 men while the emperor rides to kill him type of general, the last one tried, but he was very paranoid because his parents sucked ass
It lasted for like another 200 years so yeah. China didn't live or die by the quality of it's emperors. Thanks to the Confucian beauracracy and exam system ensuring that the government was mostly run by people who at least had a vague idea of what they were doing, bad emperors could be kept out of the way with endless ceremony and their own harem while the government got to work. The odd actual good emperor made everything better and could start a veritable golden age, but the government could muddle along as best it could no matter what. I think they had one more super good emperor who kicked off a Ming golden age. But the rest were just good enough to not screw things up. The Ming would be brought down not by the skill or lack there of by their governing officials but by a combination of economic instability brought on by conflict between China's merchant coast and rural south and a military invasion by Manchuria, aka: Mongolia 2.0 now with more guns. There really wasn't much anyone could've done to stop that.
I'm super happy that you're starting to do more collections of biographies that also touch on the greater history of the region at the time and allows you talk more about it unlike doing a bio on Richard the Lionheart and then the next one being on the opposite side of the world with Pedro II. Keep up the good work!
I just found this channel by coincidence (the title intrigued me) , watched some other videos too and i've got to say , i like you presentation style and humor , and the topics of your vids are interesting , gonna binge watch the shit out of your channel ;)
You should do a video on either Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam, or Puyi, the last Emperor of China. Both would be great stories to hear about.
It was a Chinese custom for imperial punishment of executing a traitor and his "immediate" family, i.e. from three generations up and then go down from there to the youngest babies (and their servants and dogs too, because reasons ..). So if you are guilty of treason, any descendant of your grandparents will be wiped out (and your servants and dogs, again because reasons ..). That's what the “Pyramid Scheme of Death” means.
@@gorilladisco9108 and since when was this a thing??? The Qin dynasty??? The Zhou dynasty??? Or the Shang even??? Or Xia??? Or the San Huang Wu Di (3 august 5 emperors)???
Hey video suggestion here: Ever thought about doing the life and times of one of the personalities in the post roman west? A bit like Attila just after the fall of the western empire. Like the life of Theodoric the great, the life of Clovis, Syagrius the last governor of Gaul (who outlasted the western empire), or one of the visigothic kings like Athalaric. Im just saying the period is an almost untouched goldmine (likely due to the dark ages stereotype)
he actually changed his name 3 times, his first name was zhu chong ba (literally the eighth zhu chong, because he was from a peasant family so he wasnt allowed to have a regular name, just a number) his second name was zhu yuanzhang (which he changed to when he decided he didnt want a number as a name anymore) his third name was the hongwu emperor (which was an emperors name since emperors were too important to have 1 name)
I love the useful charts TH-cam channel, I have a wish list of their posters but Well let's just say I'm currently slats broke like if I was founding a council of pirates we'd have to call it the nine pieces of things we happen to have on us at the time
Hardly. It only feels like that because the continuous recorded history of China is so long compared to even that of many European nations. The most common are 3 century long dynasties (Tang, Song, Ming, Qing) with the longest stretching to almost 8 centuries (Zhou).
I caught Stephen Milo reference there Jack me boy! Loved it. Now if you end up with a spoon mic .... Idk where I was going with this I'm so exhausted thinking is hard
There is a popular theory on the Asian side of the internet that Zhu only became so murderous in his later years because his queen and first born son(crown prince), whom he cared for deeply, died before him, breaking his heart and turning him cruel.
So essentially he went from iconic war hero to Joseph Stalin but Chinese and monarchist. That’s absolutely based. *(knocking sounds) KGB, OPEN UP!!!!* Edit:spelling.
@@Vitorruy1 i was read somewhere that stalin's family was rich(at least at his home village), but something bad happen and his family went bankrupt, his father was become abusive.
6:22 that also looks like Twitter; if you follow someone who is cancelled, or being fan of a controversial figure, it’s curtains for your social media.
It's an ancient Chinese tradition for all of their most powerful rulers to go absolutely nuts. Insane levels of power drives one insane. And it's highly entertaining - but only in the rearview mirror with several centuries in between you and them.
You should make a video about Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a forgotten prince from brazilian empire, he was also forgotten by most of brazilians, even when he was the most popular, and the favorite one of Dom Pedro II
* marry your daughters to everyone powerful to ensure their loyalty. * a generation later, and now everyone powerful has a claim on your throne. Ah, I see he plays Crusader Kings too.
And there’s the civil registry ... you can’t leave the land where you were born and could hardly shed the status with which you were born ... now is that a stroke of genius or just gives people a stroke...
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 A Chinese civil war where a general was so determined to hold the city that in order to stave off starvation of his soldiers they started eating the civilians. Yin Ziqi had besieged the city for a long time. The food in the city had run out. The dwellers traded their children to eat and cooked bodies of the dead. Fears were spread and worse situations were expected. At this time, Zhang Xun took his concubine out and killed her in front of his soldiers in order to feed them. He said, "You have been working hard at protecting this city for the country wholeheartedly. Your loyalty is uncompromised despite the long-lasting hunger. Since I can't cut out my own flesh to feed you, how can I keep this woman and just ignore the dangerous situation?" All the soldiers cried, and they did not want to eat. Zhang Xun ordered them to eat the flesh. Afterwards, they caught the women in the city. After the women were run out, they turned to old and young males. 20,000 to 30,000 people were eaten. People always remained loyal. - Old Book of Tang, Chapter 137.
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 when you being locked up in a sealed room with another human n no food provided whatsoever for months you might forget your religion things n fill your stomach
Zhu is probably one of the most murder happy emperor of all time, not only he is a butcher, he is also an artist in inventing new and more morbid forms capital punishment. I think he is the only guy in China history that matches the brutality and cruelty of western dark age witch hunters. Anyway, good job Jack!
"one of" if the key word here. Qin Shi Huang is pretty bad himself, then Wu Ze Tian, and KangXi emperor literally killed any Han Chinese that refuse to shave their head Manchu style.
uhh there is no such thing as "dark age witch hunters". witch hunts involving killing were extremely uncommon in Europe until the 1600s, after the Renaissance, and mainly due to wars and famines already killing a huge part of the population
It feels like Im watching the life of Ivan the Terrible with him achieving great feats and if they passad away earlier would be hailed as saints only to become worse and worse along the line and having special police to do what they want to.
朱元璋（zhuyuanzhang） is a name given by his step father he met in the turbans. Zhu is his family names, is same pronunciation to 诛, which means kill. 璋means jade. He is a Beautiful jade that kills the Yuan
"Well first of all from beyond the grave he executes all the doctors that fail to save him." Joesph Stalin: That's a good joke Kruschev. I'll have Beria add that to the list.
Nobody: Nomad dynasties: "what if we just... did laissez-faire tyranny?" Zhu Yuanzhang is a hero for overthrowing Yuan and actually getting the country's sht back together though fr, unlike the ending of the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Di was a real good emperor too, in fact he might've restored even more of China's prestige than his father. I get why it's hard to not go on about him.
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you know jack a lot of the video kind of reminds me of modern day chine accept they have a plan b, c through whatever if someone kicks the bucket. did it modern china stop the cycle of appointing and deposing rulers well yeah but that whole death, secret police, and strict intolerance yeah that just feels like 2021 china that will last for god knows how long with the major economic side of well you guys kind of need us to make your products since most of those products the people aren't being paid or if that at most about a fifth of what they could make in the same industry in the states if they're lucky. it's like the world with china right now is stuck at the worst spot in the mandate of heaven terms rather than look at all this innovation and knowledge being spread which unlike countries in the middle east china doesn't really have an excuse to be that way since it's not like they had a former empire carved up by some stuffy british or frenchmen from across the globe think yeah that'll be fine.
Funny video Jack Rackam. Can't wait for your next, whatever it is.
Please cover the yongle emepror.
"I'm just a humble farmer trying to restore law and order."
"-Alright, you've been showing up in a military uniform every day for the last ten months. We all know you wanted this, so cut the crap, Zhu."
and then he was severly punished by his father
The Balls on this Guy
Throw them in the trash
Hey Sam, any chance of a video about the Jews of Kaifeng?
@@derAppelkuchen which video was that?
you mean to tell me my strategy in EU4 of making rebels angry so they rise up and get into fights with my other rebels isn't completely historically unfounded?
looks like it
I mean, it makes sense.
Make people mad, stop mad people, look like a hero, profit
The life and times of Zhang Zongchang. The man who slapped a god. Do it Jack. You know my title intrigues you.
Dankula did him already
@@vittoriolepporio122 crap. Looking that video up
That does sound intriguing! And I'd love to see Jack Rackham out his own spin on it!
@@vittoriolepporio122 Doesn't disqualify Jack.
@@vittoriolepporio122 There is still more stories to tell. Like the one where he took one of his concubines to a jewelry store... Or how he never paid for his luxury train cars.
" Whats hip with the kids these days Dragon balls? You kids still watch Inu Yasha?"
Great I feel old, now take your thumbs up.
I'm old too it's okay
It broke my old soul and shook my old bones, man I miss *bionicles...*
Just seeing the Timerangers/Time Force Rangers is enough to tell me "shit, I'm old"
@@MrTheBaron
But you’re old enough to feel the hype of Shin Himitsu Sentai Goranger, if Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi succeeds with Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider 2023
@@whathell6t Funnily enough, I'm just getting started with Gorenger. If I really wanna feel the hype again, Gokaiger is where it's at.
"The Laissez-faire Tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty" is my maybe favorite description of how the Mongols ruled their empire.
Mongol/Yuan dynasty: Hm? Yeah y'all can just do whatever you want as long as you don't cause too much trouble.
Native Chinese: TYRANNY! Down with these oppressive, FOREIGN usurpers!
Mongol/Yuan dynasty: Seriously, WTF!
@@navilluscire2567 It was more like
Native Chinese: We're starving, there are bandits running rampant in the countryside, rebels are beginning to rise up, do something!
Yuan dynasty: I missed the part where that's my problem.
@@CollinBuckman
Yeah, pretty much. Weird how the Yuan apparently cared more about burning down monasteries for being 'subversive' than dealing with literal armies of armed rebels trying to dethrone them.
@@navilluscire2567 the Yuan probably were not prepared for the task of actually you know... ruling an empire.
@@navilluscire2567 I agree in principal but I think we're forgetting the part where the Mongols genocided a good third of the population in some provinces. Like, seriously brutal.
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
How many times has that happened in history, I can probably name 5 given enough time
Your small laughter when you said "also he brings back human sacrifice" nearly broke me.
Oh yeah, the Ming Empire was *something else,* which is rather impressive following up the mess that the Yuan left. But then they got defeated by the Qing and *oh boy* did they fuck things up…
The Qing actually were pretty good, they presided over a 200 year Golden age and took China to its greatest ever territorial extent (its modern borders plus Mongolia) the population and economy also reached unprecedented heights, and there was a cultural and artistic boom during the 17th and 18th centuries.
They also happened to be the dynasty in charge when China was outpaced technology and dunked on in the 19th century, which lead to the end of the dynastic system. So they do understandably get a bad rap sometimes.
The Han, Tang, Song, Ming and early Qing were a good time to be a chinese.
@@dantecaputo2629 territory is cool and all but there was a famine like every 5 years! They also screwed up with the opium wars but I would give them a bit of a pass for their arrogance.
@@dantecaputo2629 Dzungar genocide
I'm a bit hazy with Ming, is that the one where the son tricked his Dad into rebellion by gifting an emperial courtesan or is it the one where the guy was so ugly that he had a nickname?
They should have made Di a eunuch. Without Di's nuts, no one would have cared.
Zhudi is Yongle emperor who usurped throne from his nephew though 4 years civil wars. Then invade Vietnam for Hồ dynasty usurped Trần dynasty. While sent Zhenghe led seven times Ming treasure voyages.
I'm not gonna lie. You got me good.
@@thewamp9306 Got eem.
69th like
God fucking damnit, that was smooth.
Several things:
Firstly, Zhu Yuanzhang's orginal name was Zhu Chongba（朱重八）, literally Zhu Great Eight, and his father's original name was Zhu Wusi（朱五四）, literally Zhu Five Four. They were so poor they couldn't afford proper names lmao
Secondly, although Hongwu was a remarkable administrator, he made two terrible economic decisions that would have centuries-long consequences. First, he banned private foreign trade, establishing the infamous sea-ban, which would not be lifted until 1567. In the meantime, many merchants who could have made an honest living were forced by this piece of legislation into piracy, which would continue to haunt the Ming. Secondly, Hongwu did not understand inflation. When he wanted to reward a loyal or competant minister, he would literally go money printer go brrr and hand over wads of cash. Inflation would prove to be disastrous for the Ming and it would constantly plunge the empire into economic crisis. It was so serious that the Ming abandoned paper money altogether, going back to using silver as currency (which was actually one of the reasons for restarting foreign trade in 1567).
Didn't Yong Le sent trade expedition under Zheng He?
@@gorilladisco9108
They were supposed to be tribute missions to other countries, not private trade missions. All foreign trade with the Ming was supposed to be either from tribute or foreign merchants in China.
double eight
I love Chinese history. Thank you for the information!
@@gorilladisco9108 Zheng He's expedition was for the Ming new trade route and to expand its authority over the sea.
After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished nearly all foreign diplomacy. Yong Le wanted to reestablish but it cost too much money and resources for the bankrupt empire. (The threat of Nomandic starts to return as well)
In the end, the next emperor abolished all the sea fleet and possible trade routes because the empire couldn't afford the trade and colonization.
Let's Merchants did the trade themselves while Pirates ran rampant across the four seas.
So Yong Le's dream of expansion ended while the Ming dynasty became stagnant and weaker until its downfall. (Ming Empire bad seeds start to ruin the empire bit by bit)
A peasant becoming an emperor. Thats some Basil stuff right here.
Nothing uncommon in China.
Liu Bang approves
Ivaylo - Pigherd turned Tsar of Bulgaria: *Am I A JOKE To You??*
... Basil?
@@noblesseoblige319 Basil i to be exact
6:46 The moment anyone starts describing how perfect an heir was to succeed, you know that heir is about to go and die, screwing up the succession plans
What i want to add is that only after becoming emperor zhu yangzhang embraced confucianism to justify his rule.
Before that he was in a buddhist underground sect with manichaeistic influences(The founder of that religion btw would probably be a great subject for a future video).
His wife was even the duaghter of a high ranking member of that sect.
That makes sense, given the monasteries early on in the video
What do you know? Confucianism is not a religious belief. It is the basic logic of social operation, just like your democracy. Do you think your democracy is a religion? As for what Manichaeism you said, it was all made up in The Story of Dragon-Slaying. There are also many emperors who believe in Buddhism. Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty are all believe in Buddhaism, which will not delay their implementation of Confucianism.
So he rose to power, did a lot of good stuff for awhile, and then lost the plot later on.
It’s almost poetic.
So did the Ming Dynasty manage to relatively pull itself together later on, or did it never fully recover from the actions of its founder?
It didn’t matter, only a few emperors were doing their jobs, the rest were like professional merchant like hoarding money and selling arts, some were professional priest forcing his subjects to refers to him as Chinese equivalent of pope, professional general, like playing a a general as in kidnapping a random Mongolian and put him in the middle of 10,000 men while the emperor rides to kill him type of general, the last one tried, but he was very paranoid because his parents sucked ass
It lasted for like another 200 years so yeah. China didn't live or die by the quality of it's emperors. Thanks to the Confucian beauracracy and exam system ensuring that the government was mostly run by people who at least had a vague idea of what they were doing, bad emperors could be kept out of the way with endless ceremony and their own harem while the government got to work. The odd actual good emperor made everything better and could start a veritable golden age, but the government could muddle along as best it could no matter what. I think they had one more super good emperor who kicked off a Ming golden age. But the rest were just good enough to not screw things up. The Ming would be brought down not by the skill or lack there of by their governing officials but by a combination of economic instability brought on by conflict between China's merchant coast and rural south and a military invasion by Manchuria, aka: Mongolia 2.0 now with more guns. There really wasn't much anyone could've done to stop that.
@@emptank One of the emperors kinda screwed up and let corruption run rampant.
@@ryanmoore6259 There was one Ming emperor who never attended any government meetings his whole reign.
@@emptank The Ming dynasty was brought down by Little Ice Age. The Ming dynasty was brought down by climate change!
While we are at skilled peasants gaining to much power and becoming mad tyrants, please do Toyotomi Hideyoshi sometime :D
U just salty he caught up with u and ended the... what, a weekend reign of Akechi? XD
The more I learn about people being in charge, the more convinced I am that we need to find a way to just not have anybody be in charge.
Ah yup
I'm super happy that you're starting to do more collections of biographies that also touch on the greater history of the region at the time and allows you talk more about it unlike doing a bio on Richard the Lionheart and then the next one being on the opposite side of the world with Pedro II. Keep up the good work!
A Queen reference in the first 5 seconds of the video. Nice
I've been listening to Genshin Impact music lately, so hearing music from it just now threw me into a loop haha
When you can't find that dendro slime
I WASNT THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED IT
Who can blame him? It's damn catchy, energetic, and just plain awesome! (Pretty sure he's using the more traditional HOYO-MiX version!)
I loved that you used Rapid as Wildfires! Heard it first from Genshin Impact, and It's super catchy! An honestly amazing song.
so now the jack rackam-usefulcharts crossover is on the other channel now
He's hijacked Matt's channel so many times I guess he figured it was time to be sponsored by him. Hehehe...
I just found this channel by coincidence (the title intrigued me) , watched some other videos too and i've got to say , i like you presentation style and humor , and the topics of your vids are interesting , gonna binge watch the shit out of your channel ;)
You should do a video on either Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam, or Puyi, the last Emperor of China. Both would be great stories to hear about.
And the quote of the day is “Pyramid Scheme of Death”
It was a Chinese custom for imperial punishment of executing a traitor and his "immediate" family, i.e. from three generations up and then go down from there to the youngest babies (and their servants and dogs too, because reasons ..). So if you are guilty of treason, any descendant of your grandparents will be wiped out (and your servants and dogs, again because reasons ..).
That's what the “Pyramid Scheme of Death” means.
@@gorilladisco9108 and since when was this a thing??? The Qin dynasty??? The Zhou dynasty??? Or the Shang even??? Or Xia??? Or the San Huang Wu Di (3 august 5 emperors)???
Me: I'll just take a break from Genshin and watch something educational
*Yu-Peng Chen stares menacingly from the distance*
I already love you man. But when you mentioned Inuyasha, the love go even deeper.
I don't know if using the Time Force rangers was on purpose or not, but I love it.
This makes the Great Purge look tame by comparison
Hey video suggestion here: Ever thought about doing the life and times of one of the personalities in the post roman west? A bit like Attila just after the fall of the western empire. Like the life of Theodoric the great, the life of Clovis, Syagrius the last governor of Gaul (who outlasted the western empire), or one of the visigothic kings like Athalaric. Im just saying the period is an almost untouched goldmine (likely due to the dark ages stereotype)
he actually changed his name 3 times,
his first name was zhu chong ba (literally the eighth zhu chong, because he was from a peasant family so he wasnt allowed to have a regular name, just a number)
his second name was zhu yuanzhang (which he changed to when he decided he didnt want a number as a name anymore)
his third name was the hongwu emperor (which was an emperors name since emperors were too important to have 1 name)
one of my favorite lesser known periods in Chinese history its nice to see it
Are you Western? Chinese always know this period what are you talking about
"You kid's still watch Inuyasha"
Me: 39 Yes!!
I love watching videos of Asian history here on Europe we barely learn about Asia.
I love the useful charts TH-cam channel, I have a wish list of their posters but Well let's just say I'm currently slats broke like if I was founding a council of pirates we'd have to call it the nine pieces of things we happen to have on us at the time
Subscribed to see how this continues.
Medieval china a beautiful place that broke apart every four seconds and had a dynasty change every five
No, it broke apart every 200 years or so which isn't every often at all.
Hardly. It only feels like that because the continuous recorded history of China is so long compared to even that of many European nations. The most common are 3 century long dynasties (Tang, Song, Ming, Qing) with the longest stretching to almost 8 centuries (Zhou).
Awesome vid, wish more People Would See your channel, pure Gold! Every Second watching is well spent 🙂
"You kids still watch Inuyasha?"
Yes. Yes I do. I now feel much older than my age.
I just love these, thanks for making them.
I caught Stephen Milo reference there Jack me boy! Loved it. Now if you end up with a spoon mic .... Idk where I was going with this I'm so exhausted thinking is hard
I've always gotten confused and bored when reading about how the Ming Dynasty came to be, so this video makes it more interesting to learn.
That's the mmm no very unwise guy
Your uploads brighten my day
There is a popular theory on the Asian side of the internet that Zhu only became so murderous in his later years because his queen and first born son(crown prince), whom he cared for deeply, died before him, breaking his heart and turning him cruel.
Honestly, this was a pretty accurate summary of my runs at Crusader Kings
So essentially he went from iconic war hero to Joseph Stalin but Chinese and monarchist. That’s absolutely based.
*(knocking sounds) KGB, OPEN UP!!!!*
Edit:spelling.
Stalin himself was a random nobody before the revolution
@@Vitorruy1 i was read somewhere that stalin's family was rich(at least at his home village), but something bad happen and his family went bankrupt, his father was become abusive.
By Chinese Joseph Stalin you mean Mao Zedong???
Pyramid scheme of death has nice ring to it. Anyone want to become a follower / sacrifice
Spoiler: He's dead now.
Had to go and fucking spoil it
C'mon man, I didn't even watch it yet.
Always great stuff here:D
I get very strong Kim Dynasty vibes from this guy, at least in his later years.
If you want another rags to riches form of story from China I’d recommend the tales of king goujian
(Attempt number 3)
Following the same vein and adding on to this, I would like to add the tales of Liu Bang and his respective rise to power.
I like your vids, i laugh my way through them all, and they are informative yay👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Loved the Avatar reference good video
“You guys still watch Inuyasha?” I mean the sequel came out not too long ago, does that count? 😂
6:22 that also looks like Twitter; if you follow someone who is cancelled, or being fan of a controversial figure, it’s curtains for your social media.
It's an ancient Chinese tradition for all of their most powerful rulers to go absolutely nuts. Insane levels of power drives one insane. And it's highly entertaining - but only in the rearview mirror with several centuries in between you and them.
You should make a video about Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a forgotten prince from brazilian empire, he was also forgotten by most of brazilians, even when he was the most popular, and the favorite one of Dom Pedro II
* marry your daughters to everyone powerful to ensure their loyalty.
* a generation later, and now everyone powerful has a claim on your throne.
Ah, I see he plays Crusader Kings too.
But did he seduce the wives of his nobles?
And there’s the civil registry ... you can’t leave the land where you were born and could hardly shed the status with which you were born ... now is that a stroke of genius or just gives people a stroke...
So just serfdom...but with more bureaucracy?
@@navilluscire2567 Exactly! So refreshing going against the tide of history.
"That's genius. It makes them easier to kill." - Hongwu, maybe.
Please cover the battle of Suiyang .
20,000-30,000 civilians eaten strategic Tang victory
Eaten??? WTF you talking about???
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 A Chinese civil war where a general was so determined to hold the city that in order to stave off starvation of his soldiers they started eating the civilians.
Yin Ziqi had besieged the city for a long time. The food in the city had run out. The dwellers traded their children to eat and cooked bodies of the dead. Fears were spread and worse situations were expected. At this time, Zhang Xun took his concubine out and killed her in front of his soldiers in order to feed them. He said, "You have been working hard at protecting this city for the country wholeheartedly. Your loyalty is uncompromised despite the long-lasting hunger. Since I can't cut out my own flesh to feed you, how can I keep this woman and just ignore the dangerous situation?" All the soldiers cried, and they did not want to eat. Zhang Xun ordered them to eat the flesh. Afterwards, they caught the women in the city. After the women were run out, they turned to old and young males. 20,000 to 30,000 people were eaten. People always remained loyal.
- Old Book of Tang, Chapter 137.
@@happyjohn354 hmmm was Confucius against that notion???
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 I’d imagine the people being eaten were even more against the notion
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 when you being locked up in a sealed room with another human n no food provided whatsoever for months you might forget your religion things n fill your stomach
When Zhu Di deposed his nephew, it was one of the most legendary wars in history.
Zhu Di (EmperorYong Le) 60,000 men defeated Imperial army of 300,000
Last time I was this early Zealandia was still above water.
i feel old for understanding the inuyasha metaphor you barely hinted at
That's it, I'm totally changing my name to Great Martial Achievement.
You a war hero?
The red turban theme is Liyue Battle theme sped up XD Noice Jack
Please make a video about the baltic crusades
Sulla video!
A classic example of either dying a hero or living long enough to become a villain :/
Your DAMN right I still watch Inu Yasha
Came here for the history stayed for the history and a background music that slaps
Zhu is probably one of the most murder happy emperor of all time, not only he is a butcher, he is also an artist in inventing new and more morbid forms capital punishment. I think he is the only guy in China history that matches the brutality and cruelty of western dark age witch hunters. Anyway, good job Jack!
"one of" if the key word here. Qin Shi Huang is pretty bad himself, then Wu Ze Tian, and KangXi emperor literally killed any Han Chinese that refuse to shave their head Manchu style.
uhh there is no such thing as "dark age witch hunters". witch hunts involving killing were extremely uncommon in Europe until the 1600s, after the Renaissance, and mainly due to wars and famines already killing a huge part of the population
Stable video 👍
How unexpected, I had been hoping for something on the Ming.
i still imagine what the Shun Dynasty would have been like
"The Emperor has invited you to the noose"--- secret police, probably.
The first cross-over between a koei game and Avatar was not what I expected xD
I recommend looking up the white lotus rebellion
"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain." - Harvey Dent
Thanks for reminding me I gotta rewatch Inuyasha.
It feels like Im watching the life of Ivan the Terrible with him achieving great feats and if they passad away earlier would be hailed as saints only to become worse and worse along the line and having special police to do what they want to.
What a nice tie!
Good to see you back in China Jack!
"The Earth Kings wants to take you on a trip to Lake Laogai."
🤭 You should do the Manichaeism version of how Ming Dynasty was found. Also, you should pay more attention to a tactic master named Liow, Bwoh Wehn.
Love the avatar reference
Is it the other day yet? I'm excited for Part 2
朱元璋（zhuyuanzhang） is a name given by his step father he met in the turbans. Zhu is his family names, is same pronunciation to 诛, which means kill. 璋means jade. He is a Beautiful jade that kills the Yuan
no,璋is not jade,which is an ancient Chinese weapon that made of jade
Alright then. That was pretty interesting. Well made too.
I'm starting to realize that the paranoid are easy to manipulate.
Well, that escalated quickly.
"Well first of all from beyond the grave he executes all the doctors that fail to save him."
Joesph Stalin: That's a good joke Kruschev. I'll have Beria add that to the list.
Did not expect to hear Genshin Impact music
Dude you need to do daji at some point, and I totally didn't get the idea from one of ssethtzeentach's videos
Nobody:
Nomad dynasties: "what if we just... did laissez-faire tyranny?"
Zhu Yuanzhang is a hero for overthrowing Yuan and actually getting the country's sht back together though fr, unlike the ending of the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Di was a real good emperor too, in fact he might've restored even more of China's prestige than his father. I get why it's hard to not go on about him.
Fun fact: there's an Australian novel that's basically the lifestory of Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu is a girl. (and a lesbian, yeah)
Sauce?
Man, seems like China has had this Maoist like idea a lot longer than Mao's existence.
Things the poor were complaining about is the same today as it was 300years ago
3 videos in a month holy shit yes
Oh oh swag time