The Ming Pandemic

By 16 forty four, the chung ja emperor faced multiple pandemics, invasion, two internal rebellions, persistent drought, widespread famine and economic collapse. Revenues cratered brooke records that 80 % of the counties in china had stopped remitting any revenue to the central government at all. With little to lose, pople rose up in rebellion. Two rebel armies, one led by lija chung and the other cang shin jung, threatened to bring down the dynasty. Chong jen was far from the worst, but he may have been dealt the worst hand. But let's not paint him as a tragic hero. He was indecisive when time was of the