#256 - Qing 2: Greeted As Liberators

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Beijing has been brutally captured, with the Ming emperor committing suicide rather than face the bandit army of Li Zicheng. However, before he can get comfortable, the full might of the Qing are on their way to "liberate" the Chinese empire from, well, the Chinese. What follows is as chaotic as it is lightning swift, as the Manchu hordes, chase the fleeing remnants of the fallen Ming court south to what they pray will be a refuge: Nanjing. Time Period Covered: Apr. 1644- Nov. 1645 Major Historical Figures: Qing: The Shunzhi Emperor (Aisin Gyoro Fulin) [r. 1643-1661] Dorgon, Prince Ruizhong [1612-1650] Ajige, Prince Ying [1605-1651] Dodo, Prince Yu [1614-1649] Prime Minister Fan Wencheng [1597-1666] Ming: The Chongzhen Emperor [r. 1627-1644] General Wu Sangui [1612-1678] General Hong Chengchou [1593-1665] General Zuo Liangyu [1599-1645] General Shi Kefa [1601-1645] Bandit: Li Zicheng [d. 1644] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:04.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:15.0	Episode 26, greeted as liberators.
0:23.0	Hey and welcome back everybody after my long hiatus
0:27.0	where I went on holiday to the US and had a great time.
0:32.0	It's good to be back though and back in the thick of things again.
0:37.0	When last we left off we were at the very tail end of the Ming Dynasty as a 1644
0:43.0	ending off with the suicide by hanging of the Chongjiang Emperor,
0:48.0	the 16th and final emperor of what we know as Great Ming,
0:52.0	although not the last emperor of a state that will call itself Ming,
0:56.0	which we'll get into later on.
0:59.0	So today we are going to pick right back up again where we left off,
1:03.0	although this time much more from the Qing perspective,
1:06.0	as well as the rebel himself who has just recently conquered the capital, Li Zicheng.
1:12.0	So let's launch right in.
1:14.0	In late winter of 1644 in Sian,
1:17.0	the rebel, Li Zicheng announced his claim to the mandate of heaven as the prince of Shun.
1:22.0	His troops then swept across the North China plain in 75 days
1:26.0	and took Beijing utterly by surprise.
1:29.0	Entering the city on April 25th and discovering Li Chongjiang Emperor's suicide three days later,
1:34.0	he nevertheless failed to claim the title of emperor for himself
1:38.0	until more than a week later on June 3rd.
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