The predecessor of the Yuan Dynasty was the Mongolian Empire established by Genghis Khan . Under his leadership, this huge empire continued to conquer cities and reach its peak. However, with the death of Genghis Khan, Mongolia quickly became separated and fell into civil strife that never stopped.
. Under this chaos, the Yuan Dynasty finally went through only a hundred years and began to perish, and was eventually replaced by Ming Dynasty . , and when Zhu Yuanzhang led the Ming Dynasty to confront the remnants of Northern Yuan , he captured an eight-year-old child. The child was not afraid at all, but told Zhu Yuanzhang that he could not kill him and that he would be able to unify Mongolia in the future.
The crisis hidden under the appearance
Although the Yuan Dynasty established by Mongolia seemed to have vast land and strong power, there were many crises hidden under this power. The excessively vast land has led to the entire country not being controlled by the emperor alone. Even Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan need the help and support of other tribal leaders to carry out their plans.
This situation has caused the authority of the emperor's rights to decline, and even the next heir cannot be determined by oneself, which has also triggered a more serious battle for imperial power. In the end, there were 11 emperors in the history of the Yuan Dynasty, but in the end, they only experienced less than five generations.
So from this we can see that many times the emperor's son may not necessarily become the emperor. On the contrary, sometimes some powerful princes will take away power. This also caused mutual suspicion between brothers or uncles and nephews, which led to the seemingly powerful appearance of the Yuan Dynasty, but in fact there was constant internal strife.
Take Kublai Khan, the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, as an example. He was not the throne he inherited in the throne. Because the Yuan Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were fighting a life-and-death battle, and the Mongols advocated force at that time, both the emperor and the prince participated in this war.
However, in this war, Kublai Khan, the then-Mongolian Khan, died accidentally on the battlefield, and because he died on the spot, he did not establish his heir . Therefore, the inheritance of the throne can only be determined by the support of the soldiers and nobles in their hands, which led to a lot of bloodshed and sacrifices since the beginning of the establishment of this country, which was destined to be destroyed by the flesh and blood to implement the entire dynasty .
And this is true. Almost every generation of emperors later also experienced the destruction of brothers or the rebellion of relatives. In addition, the powerful ministers in the Yuan Dynasty were also a big problem at that time. There were often cases where the empress dowager colluded with the ministers and controlled the government because the late emperor died early and the emperor was young. This has actually caused the entire country to wander on the edge of the cliff and there is a risk of falling apart at any time.
The people's hearts deviate from
and the arrival of the division is faster than people think, or there is no reliable alliance from the beginning. Because some emperors of the Yuan Dynasty grew up in the Central Plains and received a lot of influence from Central Plains culture, their personalities changed, and thus they also had many different opinions and ideas in governing this country.
Some of the nobles who lived in the grassland for a long time have become accustomed to relying on war and plunder to obtain resources. They have no idea how to govern their territory at all and can only let it develop at will, which has led to the fact that their people have been living in the heat of water. , and these lords had no choice but to invade neighboring tribes, constantly resolving their internal conflicts through bloody conflicts, which eventually led to the entire country falling into chaos.
. Some nobles who hope to integrate into through reform have disagreements with conservatives in their opinions, so they will be targeted or suppressed by them for a long time. This caused such a description to be heard in the Mongol Empire at that time, there was no escape, only death on the battlefield, no peace and enjoyment, only fighting and fighting .
However, due to years of war, the entire country has been overwhelmed, and the people's dissatisfaction with the rule of the Mongols has reached its limit. The long-term natural disasters and man-made disasters have forced the people to rebel, so large-scale peasant uprisings began to break out across the country, and even formed the largest anti-Court struggle in history. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang became a lonely man and had no support, so he had to join the rebel army.
Zhu Yuanzhang's mistakes
In the army, Zhu Yuanzhang's bravery made him quickly stand out and possess his own power. After more than ten years, Zhu Yuanzhang integrated the major uprising troops and overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was also established. , and the territory of the country was not completely taken back at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. Yuanzhang mainly controlled the southern region, and the north was still under the control of the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty at that time was called Northern Yuan .
The existence of the Northern Yuan was still a threat to Zhu Yuanzhang, so the Ming army quickly launched a general attack on the Northern Yuan, and the army directly surrounded the entire Beijing city . Due to the power of resistance that the Yuan Dynasty had no energy at that time, Yuan Shundi finally had to take people to escape from the capital and decided to flee back to Mongolia. However, while on the way to escape due to long-term hard work, Emperor Shun of Yuan was ordered to inherit the Grand Principality in the face of danger.
After inheriting the throne, he suddenly became impulsive and turned around and wanted to fight to the death. But how could he fight against the high morale Ming army with only some defeated soldiers? So he soon fled the battlefield alone, leaving only his wife, children, and young.
So Mai Libala, who was only eight years old at the time, became a prisoner and was brought to Zhu Yuanzhang at the celebration banquet. Because the Ming army had a deep hatred with Mongolia, as one of the orthodox heirs of Mongolia, he was soon faced with tit for everyone, hoping to kill him and avenge the soldiers who were killed and injured. However, the boy was not panicked after being captured, but calmly said to Zhu Yuanzhang: Don’t kill me, I can unify Mongolia.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang did have the intention to win Mongolia. In addition, this child was indeed qualified to inherit the Mongolian Khan, which would play a significant role in the future, so he was temporarily let go. According to historical records, although Zhu Yuanzhang raised him to his teens, he did not make any changes to him. After returning to Mongolia, he did not keep his promises, but began to continue to harass the borders of the Ming Dynasty.
This action completely angered Zhu Yuanzhang, so he sent the mighty general Lan Yu to destroy them. That child had now succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Tianyuan, and felt that he had become the savior of Mongolia, so he led a large army to block Lan Yu's troops.
However, the Mongols at this time had no combat power, because after a long period of failure, they had turned from hungry wolves into lambs, and they were already defeated after just getting in touch. The escaped Emperor Tianyuan also ushered in his doomsday, and in the end the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty died at the hands of his brothers of the same clan.
Conclusion
Mongolia's long-term internal consumption was the fuse of their decline, and the oppression they brought to the people was the main reason for their demise. The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not die on the battlefield in the end, and died again at the hands of his own people, which was undoubtedly a disaster left by themselves.
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