Jia Jing Emperor didn't give audience for 25 years, basically did nothing but bask in sex (with minors no less), was so cruel that his own palace maids tried to assassinate him, and somehow the system of ministers and eunuchs still held that dynasty together for another 100 years before the Manchurian Qing dynasty came and cleaned that crap up.
Political systems don't fail in a day. Even under the most inept leadership, it can take time, but no doubt it will happen.
Right? How bad do you have to be for that to happen?
Pretty much every emperor that dynasty was terrible. The first one was ok I guess. He had humble origins. he was a military leader that overthrew the previous dynasty. His crown prince died young so the throne went straight to the grandson as the second emperor. The Dynasty's third emperor was the uncle that overthrew his nephew. He was cruel, but a decent ruler and it was pretty much downhill after that. This inept pile of nepotistic crooks lasted 200 years!
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