Since ancient times, the nomadic peoples and their regimes active in the north have seriously threatened the security of the farming peoples and regimes in the Central Plains. However, there was only one nomadic people who could finally completely unify China, and that was the Mongols.
When it comes to Mongolia, we cannot but talk about Genghis Khan, who eventually unified the Mongol tribes and laid the foundation for a powerful Mongol Empire; he created a powerful Mongol cavalry that eventually terrified half the world; and his descendants built a Mongol Empire that was vast and straddled Asia and Europe.
As an emperor, Genghis Khan naturally has women around him, and throughout history, which emperor has fewer women around him?
Genghis Khan's women are not many, according to historical records, there are more than 500 women in his harem, which is only famous, and there are probably more without names. It is worth mentioning that most of these harem concubines are actually enemies from Genghis Khan, in other words, these women are also Genghis Khan's "booty".
Genghis Khan had a total of 8 empresses, of which all were plundered except for the original and the grand empress, and among the other concubines, there were countless more who were plundered.
It is well known that the Mongols did not give preferential treatment to prisoners, so most of the poor women's families died under the mongols' swords.
So the question is, isn't it dangerous for Genghis Khan to live among the wives and daughters of these enemies every day? Will they take the opportunity to take revenge? It turns out that these women do not seem to have intended revenge, but are rather obedient and willing to serve Genghis Khan.
Moreover, even Genghis Khan himself did not care about this, and did not worry at all that these women would get off while he slept. So, what's going on here?
Now it seems that the guard work in Genghis Khan's harem should be very tight, these women have no chance of revenge, even if there is such an opportunity, what can a few weak women change?
In addition, current psychologists have a saying that these women have a strange disease - Stockholm syndrome. In layman's terms, the victim has developed a sense of emotion and dependence on the perpetrator.
These women are undoubtedly victims, so how did they develop Stockholm syndrome? Let us analyze them: their fate was in the hands of Genghis Khan, but Genghis Khan did not kill them, nor did he exile or imprison them, but he included them in the harem and gave them relatively stable and superior living conditions.
Therefore, these women are likely to be grateful to Genghis Khan and choose to obey Genghis Khan and thus serve him willingly, which is typical of Stockholm syndrome.
For example, genghis Khan's empress also followed, her relatives, including her parents, husbands and even clansmen, all died at the hands of Genghis Khan, which is a bloody vendetta according to common sense. However, instead of taking revenge, he unusually showed respect and obedience to Genghis Khan. Perhaps because of her obedience, after the death of the Great Empress, she also became the new empress, and eventually controlled the harem of Genghis Khan.
Of course, whether these women really have Stockholm Syndrome is still impossible to specifically verify. These women may have given up the idea of revenge because of their children, or maybe the long years have worn away their fighting spirit.
But in any case, in the war-torn times, women were once victims of war and the targets of abuse, they lived in fear all day long, and the enormous psychological pressure distorted their psychology and finally chose to obey.
In the era of the weak and the strong, women are unfortunate, their fate can not be chosen, in order to protect themselves to choose obedience, it is also reasonable. We cannot ask them all to become martyrs, all we can do now is to cherish the present, after all, the life of equality between men and women is now won by countless martyrs with their blood and even precious lives.