#341 - Taiping 18: Titles of the Dead

Podcast: The History of China Podcast · Chris Stewart

Opublikowano: 2026-08-08

In the Heavenly capital of Nanjing, a government that’s now mostly murdered has to be restaffed… somehow. And so their old titles are simply dusted off and re-distributed who whoever’s still left standing. Meanwhile, the men out actually running the war have learned that there’s no use in waiting for the paperwork or permission… neither are coming. They hold their own conference, swear their own oath, and decide to prosecute the war on their own from here on out, regardless of what Nanjing might think about that arrangement. Time Period Covered: 1857–1858 CE Major Historical Figures: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Hon...