Temujin relied on his strong strength to unify the tribes of the Mongolian steppe and finally established the Mongol Khanate. In the 13th century, the territory of the Mongol Khanate had reached Europe.
However, the Mongol Khanate was not the Yuan Dynasty as we know it.
After Genghis Khan's death, the Mongol khanate he established had fallen apart. During the reign of the Yuan government, the management of the people was very strict.
However, the succession of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty was very chaotic.
This is also one of the reasons why the Yuan Dynasty died early in less than 100 years.
First, there is no imperial tomb
Since Qin Shi Huang, successive emperors have attached great importance to their "posthumous affairs".
However, only the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty did not leave any mausoleums.
In ancient times, many emperors began to plan their tombs in the future from the beginning of their reign, and many emperors also spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build imperial tombs.
In fact, it was not that the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty did not attach importance to the construction of imperial tombs. So far, none of the tombs of the Emperors of the Yuan Dynasty have been discovered.
The Yuan Dynasty was a nomadic people, and their burial customs were very different from those of the Han Chinese.
Because they had no place to live before they died, they adopted the method of deep burial after they died.
The emperors of the Yuan Dynasty basically did not use very luxurious wood as coffins, and they generally chose ordinary wooden planks for simple wrapping. After that, a deep pit is dug to place the coffin in it. Because the burial site is very hidden, there are not many funerary items.
Unlike han tombs, the yuan dynasty imperial tombs are only slightly above the surface.
After doing the above work, the Yuan Dynasty will also send a professional team to surround all the burial sites. Then drive out the herd of horses and flatten the slightly higher ground.
After that, wait for the site of the tomb to grow thick grass.
It was not until it was observed that this place was no different from elsewhere that the troops withdrew.
It is precisely because the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty are very hidden and difficult to find in future generations.
In addition, when the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was buried, it was strictly confidential from each step.
This is also the main reason why the imperial tombs of the Yuan Dynasty did not leak secrets to the outside world, there are ancient records that if the Great Khan is buried, if he sees people around him, all of them will be killed.
If the Yuan Dynasty royal family wanted to worship their ancestors, they would bring a female camel. This female camel was buried with the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, accompanied by a small camel.
The baby camel is killed by the tomb, and the mother camel will lead the royal family to find a place to worship.
2. Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
In the history of the Yuan Dynasty in less than a hundred years, there have been sixteen emperors. If you look closely at the relationship between the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, in addition to the succession of the throne from father to son, there are also grandfathers passed on to grandsons, and younger brothers pass on to older brothers.
The chaos of the succession to the throne may be one of the reasons for the political instability of the Yuan Dynasty.
In fact, there were two more periods of the Yuan Dynasty that were regent by the Empress.
Everyone has great talent, but there is only one ruler who can sit on the dragon chair.
The thirst for power made every general with Mongol blood want to try. After Emperor Taizong died of excessive drinking, imperial power fell by the wayside.
In the end, the four sons of Tuolei seized imperial power; He sat in the seat of the Great Khan for 34 years.
Strictly speaking, Yuan Shizu was the founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Of course, Yuan Shizu wanted to pass the throne to his son, but before his son could inherit the throne, he fell ill and died.
Yuan Shizu saw that the other sons were all of mediocre qualifications, and later, Yuan Shizu passed the throne to his grandson Timur. Emperor Yuan chengzong sat on the throne for only thirteen years, and died in his prime. Originally, during the lifetime of Emperor Yuanchengzong, he had children.
However, the children died before Yuan Chengzong.
The emperor, who was in his prime, had no heirs, which laid the groundwork for the power struggle in later generations.
Eventually, the throne of the Yuan Dynasty fell into the hands of the eldest son of Emperor Chengzong's brother.
History is always similar, and Emperor Wuzong died in his early thirties after only four years on the throne.
After that, the imperial power of the Yuan Dynasty was the most chaotic situation. Although Emperor Yuanwuzong had two children, they were all young when Emperor Yuanwuzong died.
Eventually, imperial power fell by the wayside, and Emperor Yuanwuzong's younger brother succeeded to the throne.
It is not known whether the throne has been under any curse, and all emperors do not live long.
Emperor Yuanrenzong sat on the throne for only nine years before he died at the age of thirty-six. Fortunately, Emperor Yuanrenzong married and had children early, and after his death, the throne was inherited by his concubine.
However, the emperor sitting on the imperial chair still could not live long.
Emperor Yuan Yingzong reigned for only four years before he was killed.
At this time, the various forces of the Yuan Dynasty had begun an open struggle for imperial power. In the end, the son of Emperor Wuzong of Yuan regained the imperial power that had fallen from the side.
However, Yuan Mingzong still did not sit on the hot dragon chair.
Just 8 months later, he was poisoned to death at the age of 30.
Third, it is about to perish
The struggle for imperial power between different tribes also indicates that the fate of the Yuan Dynasty is not long-lasting. After the death of Emperor Yuanmingzong, he was succeeded by his young second son
。 Emperor Yuanningzong reigned for only 11 months before he was pronounced dead.
Yuan Ningzong was only seven years old when he died, and everyone knew that he was a victim of power.
In the end, the baton of imperial power of the Yuan Dynasty was handed over to the Yuan Shun Emperor.
He was the elder brother of Emperor Yuanningzong and the eldest son of Emperor Mingzong of Yuanming.
He was the longest-reigning emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
At the beginning of the reign of Emperor Yuanshun, he was threatened by two aspects.
In order to eliminate dissidents, the newly adult Yuan Shun Emperor boldly used xianchen.
In the end, Emperor Yuan Shun won the final victory in the struggle for power.
Since then, Emperor Yuanshun wanted to show his grand plan and change the name of the country to "Zheng".
At the suggestion of his courtiers, Emperor Yuan shun took many measures. On the one hand, in order to correct the tyranny of the former emperor, it is more to ease the contradictions with the people.
In order to attract talents, Emperor Yuanshun encouraged the central government to continue to conduct the imperial examination according to the Tang and Song dynasties.
In 1194, after the Yellow River was diverted, it invaded the Huai River, and the people along the Yellow River suffered disasters.
After that, the Yuan Dynasty began to suffer many disasters.
The Yellow River has broken its banks more than 200 times, and the Yellow River has swelled, and there are countless disaster-stricken areas along the coast.
The people did not talk about their livelihood, and peasant uprisings began to emerge everywhere. Emperor Yuanshun was just about to start dealing with the Yellow River disaster, but he did not expect to encounter another man-made disaster.
Everything indicates that the Yuan Shun Emperor will experience many disasters and difficulties, and he does not know that the horn of the imminent demise of the Yuan Dynasty has sounded.
4. Summary
In 1368, the Ming general Xu Da led a large army to occupy the Capital of Yuan.
After that, the Yuan Shun Emperor retreated to the Mongolian steppe.
Emperor YuanShun fled the imperial capital, heralding the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the rise of the Ming Dynasty. It was also in 1368 that it marked the complete end of the Mongol era.
Zhu Yuanzhang once analyzed the reasons for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, and in his opinion, the world under the rule of the Yuan government was too chaotic. Initially, the Opening of the River and the change of money in the Yuan Dynasty were the causes of the great chaos in the world.
Eventually, Emperor Yuanshun's imperial power gradually fell.
In fact, the imperial power of the Yuan Dynasty was very chaotic on the surface, and from a deep level, the regime of the Yuan Dynasty was unstable from beginning to end. As a nation on horseback, the Yuan Dynasty ruled the Central Plains and never found a better way to inherit culture.
This limitation also led to the fact that the imperial power of the Yuan Dynasty would only be infighting.