#297 - Qing 32: Tea, Trade, & Thunder

The History of China

Chris Stewart

History

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The Qing conquest of Dzungaria did not begin with any kind of cannon-fire or musketry. Instead, it began like many wars end: with a funeral. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.4	Hello. and see supply. Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:47.6	Episode 297, T, Trade, and Thunder.
0:58.7	Picture, if you will, a late autumn morning in the Forbidden City.
1:02.7	The leaves have just begun their turn to yellow in the Imperial Gardens.
1:09.3	Within the inner court, a 24-year-old prince moves through the winding cloisters in near silence.
1:15.1	His name is Hong Li, son of the Yongzheng Emperor, grandson of the Kangxi Emperor.
1:19.9	Within weeks, he'll take the throne as the 6th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty,
1:24.9	assuming the reign title of Qianlong, meaning lasting eminence.
1:29.1	He's fluent in both Manchu and classical Chinese.
1:33.9	He's been trained in archery and military drills since he could walk and hold a bow.
1:38.1	He writes poetry in the style of the Southern Song.
1:41.3	Personally, he's charming, sharp, and he's poised now to take over completely an imperial apparatus already reaching
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