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The '''Jiajing Emperor''' (16 September 1507 – 23 January 1567) was the 11th [[wikipedia:Ming Dynasty|Ming Dynasty]] [[wikipedia:Emperor of China|Emperor of China]] who ruled from 1521 to 1567. His ascendance as Emperor was aided by the [[Templars]].<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> |
The '''Jiajing Emperor''' (16 September 1507 – 23 January 1567) was the 11th [[wikipedia:Ming Dynasty|Ming Dynasty]] [[wikipedia:Emperor of China|Emperor of China]] who ruled from 1521 to 1567. His ascendance as Emperor was aided by the [[Templars]].<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> |
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| − | In 1524, tired of the [[Chinese Assassins]]' meddling, he hunted the Assassins down, aiming to destroy all who opposed |
+ | In 1524, tired of the [[Chinese Assassins]]' meddling, he hunted the Assassins down, aiming to destroy all who opposed him. Nearly all Chinese Assassins were killed, with the few survivors fleeing West to seek support from other Assassins.<ref name="Encyclopedia"/> |
| − | Jiajing sent men after them, following the Assassins as far as [[Italy]]. In [[Venice]], they killed the mentor of a female Assassin named [[Shao Jun]], who managed to escape them. They followed her to [[Florence]], where she sought aid from the former leader of the [[Italian Assassins]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. |
+ | Jiajing sent men after them, following the Assassins as far as [[Italy]]. In [[Venice]], they killed the mentor of a female Assassin named [[Shao Jun]], who managed to escape them. They followed her to [[Florence]], where she sought aid from the former leader of the [[Italian Assassins]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. Shao explained to Ezio that both her and her (late) mentor wished to meet him in order to learn how to strengthen the Assassin Order in China and recruit new Assassins. At first he refused, stating that his time with the Assassin Order was over, but he later gave in and explained how to keep alive the hopes of men by fighting for the people and for what inspired her. Jiajing's men tracked the two to a marketplace in Florence while Ezio ran errands, and one of the men confronted them in an alley. Shao fought and killed him, and both her and Ezio quickly fled, knowing more of Jiajing's men would most likely follow. On the carriage ride back to Ezio's home, Shao told him about Jiajing's cruel ways. She explained that Jiajing liked inflicting pain on his enemies with torturous deaths. Explaining that she had been a concubine before her mentor had saved her, when they returned to save the other concubines Jiajing had killed them all. He prefered [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%C3%ADng líng][http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ch%C3%AD chí] - a slow process of a thousand cuts until death - to simple beheadings. |
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| + | Later that night the rest of Jiajing's men faced both Ezio and Jun at Ezio's house.<ref name="ACE">''[[Assassin's Creed: Embers]]''</ref> Most of the men employed Chinese sword-fighting techniques (as the first man that Shao killed had), but one of them instead used a Chinese hand cannon. Though they fought well, the men were all killed by the two Assassins. The next day Shao departed for China, but not before recieving a mysterious gift from Ezio - a tiny chest, which he told her to only open if she loses her way. |
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The Jiajing Emperor (16 September 1507 – 23 January 1567) was the 11th Ming Dynasty Emperor of China who ruled from 1521 to 1567. His ascendance as Emperor was aided by the Templars.[1]
In 1524, tired of the Chinese Assassins' meddling, he hunted the Assassins down, aiming to destroy all who opposed him. Nearly all Chinese Assassins were killed, with the few survivors fleeing West to seek support from other Assassins.[1]
Jiajing sent men after them, following the Assassins as far as Italy. In Venice, they killed the mentor of a female Assassin named Shao Jun, who managed to escape them. They followed her to Florence, where she sought aid from the former leader of the Italian Assassins, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Shao explained to Ezio that both her and her (late) mentor wished to meet him in order to learn how to strengthen the Assassin Order in China and recruit new Assassins. At first he refused, stating that his time with the Assassin Order was over, but he later gave in and explained how to keep alive the hopes of men by fighting for the people and for what inspired her. Jiajing's men tracked the two to a marketplace in Florence while Ezio ran errands, and one of the men confronted them in an alley. Shao fought and killed him, and both her and Ezio quickly fled, knowing more of Jiajing's men would most likely follow. On the carriage ride back to Ezio's home, Shao told him about Jiajing's cruel ways. She explained that Jiajing liked inflicting pain on his enemies with torturous deaths. Explaining that she had been a concubine before her mentor had saved her, when they returned to save the other concubines Jiajing had killed them all. He prefered língchí - a slow process of a thousand cuts until death - to simple beheadings.
Later that night the rest of Jiajing's men faced both Ezio and Jun at Ezio's house.[2] Most of the men employed Chinese sword-fighting techniques (as the first man that Shao killed had), but one of them instead used a Chinese hand cannon. Though they fought well, the men were all killed by the two Assassins. The next day Shao departed for China, but not before recieving a mysterious gift from Ezio - a tiny chest, which he told her to only open if she loses her way.
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- A message that Clay Kaczmarek wrote on Desmond Miles' wall stated that "Within Emperor Jiajing's sin and Quetzcoalt's hunger lies the answers."