#84 - Tang 3: The Khan Of Heaven
Li Shimin assassinated his two brothers and put his father out to pasture in order to snag the top job as Emperor Taizong. But a mere three weeks into his reign, this “rock star” monarch will face an ...
13 Dec 201531min
#83 - Tang 2: The Incident at Xuanwu Gate
The Tang will achieve hegemony over the entirety of China’s heartlands, both North and South. But with external foes subdued, simmering tensions within the royal household will begin bubbling to the s...
30 Nov 201544min
#82 - Tang 1: The Tiger's Trap
The Duke of Tang had taken control of China’s primary capital at Chang’an, and is now in position to seize the throne for himself. But even that momentous shift will only mark the beginning of the str...
20 Nov 201544min
#81 - Sui 5: Disintegration
With its push against Goguryeo rather catastrophically stalled out, the whole enterprise begins to unravel with spectacular speed for the Sui Dynasty. All the while, its Emperor Yang will maintain a d...
8 Nov 201537min
#80 - Sui 4: Ringing Blood From The Stone
Emperor Yang of Sui has ventured forth to the far northeastern border of China in an attempt to rescue his honor from the clutches of the impudent King of Goguryeo, Yeongyang. Little does King Yeongya...
2 Nov 201532min
#79 - Sui 3: Yang's Imperial Tour
The second emperor of the Sui Dynasty gets bad rap - his postmortem regnal name means "the Slothful" and he's commonly lumped together with the rest of the "bad-last emperors" as being hedonistic, was...
28 Okt 201532min
#78 - Sui 2: Reconstruction
Today we finish out out look into the reign of the Sui Dynasty’s founding emperor, Wen. We begin first with the military roferms he imposed on his newly reunited state, mirroring those he made to the ...
18 Okt 201537min
#77 - Sui 1: Internal Affairs
Emperor Wen of Sui is potentially the most important monarch you've never heard of. For him, militarily reuniting China wasn't his legacy - it was his prelude. Both pre- and post-reunification, we exp...
8 Okt 201546min
