Hu Weiyong

prime minister of Ming dynasty

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In Hongwu: Despotic tendencies of Hongwu
In 1380 the prime minister Hu Weiyong was implicated in a widespread plot to overthrow the throne and was executed along with 30,000 members of his clique. The emperor consequently abolished the prime ministership in perpetuity as well as the central chancellery. Thus, the next highest level of administration, the…
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