Chinese Empires (7/9)

[ComingDawnRed]

hahah this emperor was a pimp.

[makemap]

Financial?

[xingfenzhen]

interestingly, he skipped the powerful Chinese dynasty(Tang) and the richest Chinese dynasty(song)...

[PakistaniisPower]

Ming dynasty is the best

[KaraKhitan]

@PakistaniisPower

Yes Ming Dynasty was the beginning of Emperor's absolute power to a degree never achieved before. The power was so centralized in Ming Dynasty that the post of Chancellor was abolished.

[truvianni]

@xingfenzhen was the Song dynasty the one which started printing paper money?

[xingfenzhen]

@truvianni

yes and no, it's first one where gov't issued fiats. (And first probably first used the "tool" of inflation to solve government finacial troubbles) Before that private merchant groups did issue silver draw rights, with is similar to paper money.

[truvianni]

@xingfenzhen thank you actually I was not sure so I checked it on wikipedia I am reading about it now. I have always been interested in history and have recently become fascinated by ancient cultures where before I concentrated on basically events of the last few centuries in Europe

[Rico8458]

british had saxon rule, norman rule, german rule.

[shishila]

he missed tang, five period, and song dynasty

[niagu]

Not all of the Chinese Empires.

[cbong1993]

@niagu, ofcourse it is all Chinese Empires... When Mongols rules China. It's just like saying the German Georgian family ruling England.