Kublai Khan's bumpy life in "Anecdotes of the Emperor of China"-Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu
It's true. Before opening the money of the Yuan Dynasty, the author can only name two emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan (1215 -1294). I believe most people are no exception, because Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, as the founders of the glorious history of the Mongolian nation, have long been famous all over the world.
We have already introduced a generation of Genghis Khan, and in this chapter we will talk about Yuan Shizu and Kublai Khan who perished the Southern Song Dynasty, unified the whole country and established a great empire.
As the grandson of Genghis Khan and the son of Tuo Lei, Kublai Khan inherited Genghis Khan's great ideal of commanding the world. In his youth, he had the idea of "thinking big and doing well in the world". But I have to say that Kublai Khan's life was not smooth sailing from birth to the end of his life, but full of ups and downs.
Before the death of Wokuotai, Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, Wokuotai wanted his third son to step aside from the throne, but he died in front of Wokuotai. Wokuotai was heartbroken, so he let his son, Kuankuo, become the throne. However, after Wokuotai's death, the Queen Naima Zhenshi began to cheat and refused to agree. It's true that "only a mother is good in the world". In order to make his son Gui You acceded to the throne, Naima Zhenshi deliberately delayed the time to win over powerful people, and spent five years as a regent himself, finally letting Gui You ascend the throne smoothly, which is known as "Naima Zhenshi's system".
Guiyou is also a short-lived ghost. Although he is still a bloody man, he has greatly rectified the society after he acceded to the throne. However, within five years of Ma Zhen's system, my mother made a mess of the White Dynasty, and she was at odds with her cousin Ba Dou. In 1248, she sent troops to attack Ba Dou. And Ba Dou is a malicious character, the second son of Shu Chi, the eldest son of Genghis Khan, one of the most outstanding commanders in Mongolian history, and the founder of Qincha khanate.
As a result, Gui You suddenly died suddenly when he personally led his troops to Ba Dou camp. There are different opinions about the cause of Gui You's death. One said that he was sick for a long time, and he was addicted to wine and wine, and he died of illness. Another way of saying it is interesting is that Gui You was assassinated or poisoned by someone sent by Ba Dou.
Anyway, Gui You is dead. Next came Meng Ge, the eldest son of Tuo Lei, the fourth son of Genghis Khan. With the strong recommendation of Ba Dou, and the high prestige of Mungo's mother Junluhe Tieni, Mungo was able to acceded to the throne by netting most Wang Dachen. The death of Tuo Lei mentioned above played a role here, but Mongo's accession to the throne also opened the division between Genghis Khan's four sons.
Meng Ge's accession to the throne laid the foundation for Kublai Khan's accession to the throne. After eight years of sweating, Meng Ge died of illness, and the remaining three had the opportunity to inherit the sweating position. Among them, Kublai Khan and Ali Buge have the best chance. In order to compete for the position of Khan, Kublai Khan beat his younger brother Ali Buge to stand on his own two feet. However, this way was not recognized by the clan kings, and soon Ali Buge, who had more support from the clan kings, became independent and sweaty. Since then, the two brothers have started the battle for orthodox sweat.
Kublai Khan is a man of means. In his own weak position, he defeated Alibaba's army in the battle in eastern Ganzhou and consolidated his ownership of Dali, Xixia, Tubo, Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty under Mongolian rule. After that, the army advanced into the Mongolian Khanate, and Alibaba wanted to retreat to the northwest. Kublai Khan mistakenly thought that the war was over, leaving only an ordinary army. However, Alibaba made a comeback the next year, repelling the army left by Kublai Khan and attacking Kublai Khan. But this time, Kublai Khan won again. However, in return, Kublai Khan made another mistake and did not pursue Alibaba. Alibaba won the support of other departments and rivaled Kublai Khan's forces. However, even though Kublai Khan made many mistakes, the victory of the war ultimately belonged to Kublai Khan. Ali was defeated and imprisoned to death by Kublai Khan.
Kublai Khan finally defeated Ali Buge, but during the civil war with Ali Buge, Qincha khanate, Chahetai khanate and Wokuotai khanate in the northwest stood on their own feet. Kublai Khan is still only supported by some patriarchs, and Mongolia has begun to be severely divided. Kublai Khan actually governs only the Central Plains, Northeast China, Tubo region, the whole Mongolian grassland, southern Siberia and present-day northeast Xinjiang.
Even though Kublai Khan was known as a "genius of war", Kublai Khan suffered a series of war defeats in his later years. Among them, two of the most famous expeditions launched by Kublai Khan, the expedition to Japan in 1274 and 1281, both failed because of the strong winds on the ocean. The failure of these two expeditions broke the myth that Mongols were invincible in East Asia and shook the shocking force that threatened their opponents. At the same time, these two expeditions were carried out when the Yuan Dynasty attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, which caused great damage to the economy of the Yuan Dynasty and dealt a devastating blow to Kublai Khan's reputation and finance.
In the same year of the second expedition, Kublai Khan's favorite wife, Chabi, died. Five years later, his favorite son Jin Jin died young. Prince Jin was personally chosen by Kublai Khan as the heir to the throne. Kublai Khan cultivated him carefully for many years, but in the end he ended up with a white-haired man to send a black-haired man. Kublai Khan's heart ached, and he began to binge drink and overeat, which led to his growing obesity and various diseases.
in 1294, Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan finally finished his bumpy and sad life and died in Dadu.