#235 - Ming 25: Some Light Treason

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 3 June 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Great Ming is having some problems with its border troops who think orders are actually "suggestions." The Jiajing Emperor is having some problems with his ministers being self-serving twits. Meanwhile, there's some strange happenings going on beyond the wild frontiers... Time Period Covered: ~1510-1540 CE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:48.0	Episode 235.
0:50.0	Some late treason.
0:53.0	A certain level of discipline is expected and required in many organizations.
0:58.0	We know this almost instinctually and have it reinforced throughout our lives.
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1:19.0	That is, organizational breakdown occurs from management on down.
1:23.0	But the time the grunt workers have decided that rules no longer apply to them.
1:27.0	That's indicative of a deep failure from the top downwards.
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