[The China Project] How a 14th-century purge consolidated imperial power in the Ming dynasty

Beyond the suffering inflicted on tens of thousands of people, the Hu Weiyong purge fundamentally reshaped Ming government, concentrating power in the person of the emperor.

Click here to read the article by James Carter.

Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.

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