The Jianwen Emperor plays shell-games with his dad's spirit tablet, decides Confucius has had it too good for too long, gets gross in his pursuit for immortality, and tries breath-play with his concubines... oh yes, and fire. So, so much fire.

Time Period Covered:
ca. 1524-1547 CE

Major Historical Figures:
The Jiajing Emperor (Zhu Houcong) [r. 1521-1567]
Empress Dowager Zhang [r. 1505-1541]
Empress Chen [r. 1522-1528]
Empress Zhang [r. 1529-1534]
Empress Fang [r. 1534-1547]
Confucius [551-479 BCE]
Minister Xia Yan
Minister Huo Tao

Major Sources Cited:
Works Cited:
Geiss, James. “The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566,” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Part I.
Huang, Weibo. “The palace rebellion of ‘Renyin’ and the Jiajing Emperor’s belief in alchemy” in Xiang Chao.
McMahon, Keith. Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing.
Zhang, Tingyu. History of Ming, Vol. 114, Historical Biography 2, Empresses and Concubines 2.
Zhang, Yongchang. “The ‘Renyin’ palace rebellion: palace women sacrifice themselves” in Quanzhou Wenxue.

The History of China

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A guide to child psychology and development for parents of 0-5-year-olds

BEGINNINGS is  modern month-by-month reference guide for parents of 0-5-year-olds. It will answer all the questions that parents have about their baby, toddler and preschooler's physical and psychological development.

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Beginnings, written and read by Sarah Ockwell-Smith (Audiobook extract)

Où planquer son produit, comment se jouer des frontières, comment semer les flics en filature… Né dans une famille de bandits corses, Milou a passé sa vie au sommet de la voyoucratie. De son enfance pauvre à la Belle de Mai jusqu'à ses années dans la French Connection, il raconte tout. 8 épisodes à suivre pour un récit puissant et addictif. 

Milou, le dernier survivant de la French Connection
Une gouaille exceptionnelle, un carnet d'adresses aussi fourni que les fichiers du grand banditisme… Émile Diaz, dit « Milou », 78 ans, est une mémoire du Milieu marseillais : l’un des derniers survivants de la French Connection, du temps où la voyoucratie avait placé les Corses de Marseille au sommet du trafic de drogue mondial. Milou nous emmène sur les routes de la blanche, des souks d’Istanbul aux labos marseillais, et dresse son autoportrait sans complaisance. Dans sa voix, les charmes du Midi se mêlent à l’âpreté du Milieu, à sa violence et son amoralité. Retraité tranquille, rangé des voitures depuis une quinzaine d’années, il accepte de lever le voile sur les chapitres les plus sombres de sa vie. Milou a publié, avec Thierry Collombié, son autobiographie chez Robert Laffont "Truand" en 2015.

Épisode 8 :
Cette fois, fin de partie pour le trafiquant. Le voilà « enchristé » pour longtemps. Milou donne alors carte blanche à ses avocats pour le faire sortir de prison. Mais sa plus lourde peine ne sera pas celle prononcée par la justice.

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The latest installment in the highly acclaimed, internationally bestselling Strike series finds Cormoran and Robin ensnared in another winding, wicked case.

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Robin decides that the agency can’t help with this—and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.

Robin and her business partner, Cormoran Strike, become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie’s true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches their powers of deduction to the limits – and which threatens them in new and horrifying ways . . .

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The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith Read by Robert Glenister - Audiobook Excerpt

Après avoir découvert que son petit frère Antoine, âgé de 32 ans, fumait de l’héroïne depuis plusieurs années, Étienne décide de l’accueillir chez lui à Paris pour l’aider à vaincre son addiction. Durant près de 3 ans de vie commune, Étienne enregistre leurs discussions et raconte leur combat quotidien pour la réinsertion. Entre espoir et désillusion, moments de complicité, de fête et de disputes, les deux frères se rapprochent jusqu'à s’interroger sur leur relation. Que peut faire Étienne pour accompagner son frère ? Quelles sont les limites de l'aide que l'on peut apporter aux autres ? Confronté aux difficultés de la réinsertion dans un monde en déclin, ainsi qu’aux nombreuses tentations du nord-est parisien, Antoine va pourtant peu à peu sortir la tête de l’eau avant de connaître une fin tragique.

Etienne Karlen est coordinateur de parcours pédagogique à Paris. Il travaille sur un programme de recherche destiné aux personnes éloignées de l’emploi. C’est son premier podcast.

L'auteur remercie :
Mes parents Albert et Sylvia, ma sœur Bérénice, mon beau-frère Thomas et leurs enfants, les amis, Jérôme Pecout, François de Riedmatten, Frédéric Udry, Nicolas Peillon, Pierre Chartier, Inès Bedrani (Les Enfants du Canal), Pierre Hecart, Essie Assibu, Antoine Migzer, Caroline Barkhou, Françoise Lebas, Michael Pawlak, Véronika Abraham, Johann Pons, Julie Bluma, Frédéric Evequoz, Margherita Massafra, Ryadh Roublev, Véronique, Elysa et Tarik. Aux amis d'Antoine et à toutes les personnes qui ont été là pour lui quand il en avait besoin.

Enregistrements : novembre 18-septembre 21 - Texte, voix, prises de son et montage : Etienne Karlen - Réalisation, musique originale et mix : Samuel Hirsch - Illustration : Ophélie Legrand - Production : ARTE Radio

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