#139- N. Song 7: The Heavenly Text Affair
After feeling forced to sign the costly and humiliating Treaty of Chanyuan with the Liao Dynasty to end the Liao-Song War, Emperor Zhenzong needs a pick-me-up to make himself feel better. He thinks th...
1 Apr 201847min
#138 - N. Song 6: Peace In Our Time
The new Song Emperor, Zhenzong, sits uneasily on the Chinese throne after his father’s untimely death in 997. But court intrigues and attempted coups will only be the tip of the iceberg for this untes...
11 Mar 201832min
#137 - N. Song 5: A Song of Rice and Flour
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1 Mar 201834min
#136 - N. Song 4: E Pluribus Xia
To the Northwest of the Song Empire, a group of non-Chinese known as the Tanguts have long been subject to the whims and subjugations of their greater neighbors. But with the Chinese focused on their ...
1 Feb 201833min
#135 - N. Song 3: A Lesser Empire
Song's second emperor, Taizong, wants to achieve the heights of Chinese glory, power, and territory just like the Tang and Han before him. But aspirations are easier than results, and he's going to ha...
3 Jan 201834min
#134 - N. Song 2: Golden Cupboard, Flickering Shadows
Zhao Kuangyin has seized the north and now aims to reunify China under his new Song Dynasty by smashing the south. And it’s super effective! But when a strange order of succession leaves question mark...
14 Des 201729min
#133 - N. Song 1: The Coup at Chen Bridge
The Duke of Song Circuit and Grand Marshal of the armies of Later Zhou is dispatched by the 6-year-old emperor and his mom to the northeast to investigate and drive out a reported incursion by the Khi...
19 Nov 201730min
#132 - 5D10K 9: The Southern Kingdoms
We round out our overview of the 10 Kingdoms of the south by looking at the trials and tribulations of Chu, Former & Later Shu, Jingnan, and Southern Han’s travails against Annam… but little do they k...
6 Nov 201745min
