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Hello and welcome to the history of China.

Hello and welcome to the history of China.

Episode 163, filial impiety.

After a feverish four episode trek through the hinterlands of the Asian Steps, north of the Gobe,

we have at long last returned to the bosom of civilization, the Middle Kingdom.

Yes, home sweet song. Before launching in, let me just say once again for

any who might not have listened to the announcement I recently put out that any and all

Patreon subscribers will be able to continue the adventures of Jengis Khan and the Mongols via bonus episodes I'll be releasing

via that service.

So for as little as one dollar an episode of the normal feed you will be able to join the

horde on its long ride of conquest across Eurasia.

The blue sky still calls and you know you want to.

Anyways, today we rejoin the down but not out southern song dynasty under the reign of its second emperor and the

11th song emperor overall Shaozong the filial when we'd last left off with young

shaozong in 1165 he'd still been reeling from the abject failure of his surprise attack into the

Jirchien-held territories of Northern China, which had led to him at last accepting and

ratifying the Treaty of 1164.

This had somewhat improved relations between the two powerful empires, but with the song still

playing second fiddle to the June.

Though such an outcome was clearly deeply frustrating and disappointing to the ever revanchist

Shaozon. The fact that he would not launch any further campaigns against the

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