International, part 28: Korea's Queen Min Surprises Everyone (pt 1/2)
Vulgar History: Revolution
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Cho-San Dynasty - A Game of Thrones Situation
In 1864, the king was king Chul-jong and he died age 32 without any heirs. He also died under mysterious circumstances. Although he was frequently ill, he may have been poisoned because that's a thing that happened to people. The illness was probably by the Andong Kim clan, which is one of the very powerful families. They looked around and they settled on a distant relative of the king from the Pung Yang Jo clan who could maybe challenge them for power. Yi Hayoung had an intricate network of spies in the palace as soon as news of Cho-Jong's death came out. So acting alongside the queen mother who had chosen him or his son to be
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