Between the Southern Ming warlord Zheng Chenggong in Fujian, and the Dutch East India Company across the Taiwan Strait in Ft. Zeelandia, a curious figure named He Tingbin serves as the two powers' sole line of communication and diplomacy. But He Tingbin has only one true master - himself. And in his drive to maximize his own gains (and minimize his risk of exposure) he will throw the entire cross-strait dialogue into chaos...

Time Period Covered:
1657-1661 CE

Major Historical Figures:
Southern Ming Loyalists [Xiamen, Fujian]:
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), Lord of the Imperial Surname [1624-1662]
Yang Ying, Court Revenue Officer & Recordkeeper

Dutch East India Co. (VOC) [Ft. Zeelandia, Taiwan]:
He Tingbin, Headman & translator
Cornelius Caesar [Governor, 1651-1656]
Frederick Coyett [Governor, 1656-1662]
Hermanus Clenk van Odesse [Governor-select, dispatched 1662]
Admiral Jan van der Laan
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#264 - Qing 9: Koxinga Attacks!

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The Kangxi Emperor squashes his beef with the three rebellious feudatories of the south by squashing their traitorous lords, only to have to pivot northward once again to face down... who? The Russians? And the Mongols?! And Tibetans?! And the Catholic Church?!

Time Period Covered:
1670-1722 CE

Major Historical Figures:
Great Qing:
The Kangxi Emperor [r. 1661-1722]
Crown-Prince Yunreng [1674-1725]
Grand Secretary Songgotu [1636-1703]
Fan Chengmo, Governor-General of Fujian [1624-1676]
Nian Gengyao, Viceroy of Sichuan and Tibet [1679-1726]
Mei Wending, mathematician [1633-1721]

Tsarist Russia:
Tsar Alexis Romanov, "The Quietest" [r. 1645-1676]
Tsar Feodor III [r. 1676-1682]
Tsar Ivan V [r. 1682-1696]
Tsar/Emperor Peter I, "the Great" [r. 1682-1725]
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Roman Catholic Church:
Pope Clement XI [1649-1721]
Cardinal Charles-Thomas Maillard de Tournon [1668-1710]
Jesuit Missionaires:
Fr. Jean-François Gerbillon [1654-1707]
Fr. Tomé Pereira [1645-1708]
Fr. Joachim Bouvet [1656-1730]


Ö
löd/Mongol/Dzungar Khanate:


Erdeniin Galdan, Boshugtu Khan [r. 1671-1697]
Tsewang Araptan [r. 1697-1727]
General Chereng Dondub the Elder [d. 1737]

Major Works Cited:
Perdue, Peter C. (2009). China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia.
Spence, Jonathan D. "The K'ang-Hsi Reign" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9: The Ch'ing Dynasty, Part 1: To 1800.
Wakeman, Frederic Evans. The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order In Seventeenth-Century China.
Wakeman, Frederic Evans. "Romantics,Stoics, and Martyrs In Seventeenth Century China" in The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4.
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#270 - Qing 14: From Russia, Rome, and Ningxia With Love

The Excellent Adventure:
In the course of their pursuit of the fleeing Khwarazmian Amir, Genghis Khan’s two top commanders have reached the shores of the Caspian Sea, and heard some of the strangest tales about what – and who – lay beyond. When the Great Khan gives his go-ahead to scout it out, they’ll launch a three-year trek that will remake the world in their bloody image.

The Bogus Journey:
Reaching the far side of the Caucuses Mountains, Subotai and Jebe have a surprise in store. But the true wonders, riches, and opportunities still lie ahead among the forests and winding rivers north of the Black Sea.
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#269 - Mongol 8 - Subotai & Jebe's "Wyld Stallyns" Duology

Just as the last vestiges of the Ming are being swept away, a new round of wars will erupt to challenge Manchu suzerainty over China. From both within - as in the rebellions led by the three great feudatory lords of the south - and without - as in the challenges coming from Mongolia and Taiwan - the Kangxi Emperor's reign, and the Qing Dynasty itself, will be tested as never before.

Time Period Covered:
~1661-1683 CE

Great Qing:
The Kangxi Emperor (Xuanye) [r. 1654-1722]
Prince Lergiyan
Gyesu, Prince Kang of the First Rank [1645-1697]
Shang Kexi, Prince of Pingnan [1604-1676]

Southern Ming:
Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui [1623-1662]
Gen. Li Dingguo [1621-1662]
Gen. Bo Wenxuan [d. 1662]

Kingdom of Tungning:
Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) [1624-1662]
Zheng Jing [1642-1681]

The Three Feudatories:
Yunnan & Guizhou:
Wu Sangui "Emperor of Wu Zhou" [1612-1678]
Wu Shifan [1663-1681]
Guangdong:
Shang Zhixin "Prince Who Pacifies the South" [1636-1680]
Fujian:
Geng Jingzong, Prince of Jingnan [d. 1682]

Chahar Mongols:
Burni [d. 1675]
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#268 - Qing 13: The War of the Three Feudatories

After the untimely death of Shunzhi, a regency will be established for the 8-year-old newly-enthroned Kangxi Emperor. These four powerful Manchu lords will each be vying with power for themselves, and the last thing they'll be expecting is a 13-year-old kid to outwit them all.

Time Period Covered:
1661-1669 CE

Major Historical Figures:
The Kangxi Emperor (Xuanye) [r. 1661-1722]
Prince-Regent Oboi of the Gulwgiya Clan [c. 1610-1669]
Prince-Regent Soni of the Heseri Clan [1601-1667]
Prince-Regent Ebilun of the Noihori Clan [d. 1673]
Prince-Regent Suksaha of the Nara Clan [d. 1667]
Grand Empress-Dowager Xiaozhuang [1613-1688]
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#267 - Qing 12: The Four Regents of Kangxi

With the untimely and mysterious death of Prince-Regent Dorgon, the thirteen-year-old Shunzhi Emperor takes personal command of the still unsteady Qing Empire. He's got a lot to do - and it will turn out, not terribly long to do it! From purging prince, to beheading grand secretaries, to winning conquests... to perhaps that hardest of them all: standing up to his own mother, it's Shunzhi in the driver's seat!

Time Period Covered:
1651-1661 CE

Major Historical Figures:
House of Aisin Gioro:
The Shunzhi Emperor (Fulin) [r. 1651-1661]
Prince-Regent Dorgon [1612-1650]
Jirgalang, Prince Zheng of the First Rank [1599-1655]

Qing Imperial Court:
Grand Secretariat Chen Mingxia [1601-1654]
General Tantai of the Plain Yellow Banner [1594-1651]
Grand Academician Feng Chuan [1596-1572]
Grand Academician Ning Wanwo [1593-1665]
General Ren Zhen
Hong Chengchou, Pacifying General of Jiangnan [1593-1665]
Wu Sangui, Prince of Western Pacification [1612-1678]

Southern Ming/Rebels:
Li Dingguo, Prince of Jin [1621-1662]
Zheng Chenggong, Koxinga, Prince of Yanping [1624-1662]

Works Cited:
Dennerline, Jerry. "The Shun-chih Reign" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9: The Ch'ing Dynasty, part 1: To 1800.
"Records of Emperor Shizuzhang, Vol. 74" in Records of the Qing Dynasty [Qing Shilu].
Wakeman, Frederic Evans. The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China.
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#264 - Qing 9: Koxinga Attacks!

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