Chairman Mao once wrote in "Qinyuan Spring and Snow": "A generation of proud Genghis Khan only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the big eagle", from this sentence we can extract two very important information elements. One is that Genghis Khan has a very high military value, and the other is that Genghis Khan only knows how to fight.
The former is the necessary element for Genghis Khan to be able to fight the Jiangshan, which is the necessary element for the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, and the latter is the fundamental reason why the Yuan Dynasty could not defend the Jiangshan. After all, the monarch of a country only knows how to fight wars, but does not know how to lead the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and in the long run, the people will eventually overthrow the rule of the imperial court.
Like the Yuan Dynasty founded by Kublai Khan, a descendant of Genghis Khan, tyranny forced the people to rise up against it. The best of the people, Zhu Yuanzhang, a very famous cloth tianzi in history, under his leadership, the people overthrew the tyrannical rule of the Yuan Dynasty.
However, although the authorities of the Yuan Dynasty died on the battlefield with most of the men, the old and weak women and children they left behind became a major problem, and if they were not handled well, it would become a major hidden danger for the new dynasty.
In the face of these women, Zhu Yuanzhang had a headache, but fortunately, in the end he solved it with a method. So, what is Zhu Yuanzhang's method? Today we will talk about this story.
First, abolish customs
As the only dynasty in history founded by ethnic minorities, the main leaders of the Yuan Dynasty were mostly Mongols. Their brave and warlike, but aggressive personality is destined to make it difficult for the people of this country to adapt.
After all, most of the areas ruled by the Yuan Dynasty were inhabited by the Han people, not to mention whether the people under the Rule of the Yuan Dynasty could live and work in peace and contentment, let alone the customs of the Mongols, which could not be accepted by the Han people.
In Mongolian customs, women can inherit, also known as the succession system. Simply put, after the death of the brother, the younger brother can marry his sister-in-law as a wife, or after the death of the younger brother, the brother can marry his sister-in-law as a wife, and even after the death of the father, the son marries his own mother.
This kind of behavior of a maid and a second husband is originally despised by people, not to mention that this service is still a brother, which is really against human morality. However, this kind of behavior, which seemed absurd to the Han Chinese, was very normal in the eyes of the Mongols.
It is said that Genghis Khan had a favorite concubine, called Mughadun, who was very beautiful and many men wanted her. Among them, it includes Chhagatai, the second son of Genghis Khan, and wokoutai, the third son.
As soon as Genghis Khan died, the second son Chagatai threatened: "Among the mothers and beautiful concubines left by my father, Muge Hatun must be left to me." However, this beauty was eventually grouped by the third son, Wo Kuotai fitters.
Such a big publicity to choose a little mother as a concubine, such an act is really shameful! Men are enjoying themselves, but how painful it must be for these women who are exchanged like objects.
The husband is about to face the order to be selected, and even seamlessly serve the next husband, and his inner pain is not comparable to That of Huang Lian. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended to the throne and established the Ming Dynasty, although he could not empathize with these women, he deeply understood the difficulties of these women.
Therefore, in the face of the women left behind by the Yuan Dynasty, his first order was: "Abolish the succession marriage system, and the women of the Yuan Dynasty no longer have to marry their husbands' brothers or brothers or even sons after their husbands die, and require all women to act in accordance with the cultural customs of the Han people." ”
To a certain extent, this order rescued the Mongol women who were exchanged for goods as objects. It can be said that this policy has fiercely pulled a wave of favorability for Zhu Yuanzhang and the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, this move is a good change in people's minds of the concept of thought, starting from the idea to slowly infiltrate these Mongols, and finally the way they sinicize can be regarded as the best solution.
As the saying goes, "a woman can influence three generations of men", if a Mongolian woman wholeheartedly submits to the Ming Dynasty, then for the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that there is only good and no harm, and it is true later.
Second, dare to show weakness
Regarding these policies and systems for women, in addition to abolishing the succession system, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a particularly bold decision, that is, to give women certain powers in human rights, and his policy was as follows:
"But when encountering Mongolian women, they must not be violent, ridiculed, or tortured, and treated with the same respect as all Han women, and Mongolian women can choose the life they want like Han women."
This order can be said to have made all Mongolian women eat a reassuring pill, so that they have the hope of living in peace in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more of a sugar-coated cannonball that made them give up the restoration of the country, after all, the phrase "towels do not let them shave their eyebrows" is not empty.
If a female general among the Mongols was dissatisfied with the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and she took the lead in restoring the country, wouldn't she be guilty of herself? Zhu Yuanzhang boldly adopted the strategy of "releasing the tiger and returning to the mountain", trying to impress these Mongolian women with sincerity, which is once and for all.
However, fortunately, although Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior was risky, the final result was good, and almost no Mongolian women stood up to resist. Because zhu Yuanzhang's order not only gave Mongolian women the right to live, but also gave Mongolian women the right to choose their lives.
They had the right to control their lives and did not need to be as condescending to cater to men as they had during the Yuan Dynasty, which further strengthened the rule of the Ming Dynasty by Mongolian women. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior also demonstrated the magnanimity of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, there were enough people killed when the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown, and if he even killed the old and weak women and children left behind by the Mongols, wouldn't it seem too impersonal, and it would inevitably leave a brutal insult in history.
For the sake of his own reputation, in order for the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty to last longer, Zhu Yuanzhang could not kill these women, but instead treated them well, and silently softened their attitude towards the Ming Dynasty.
Third, intermarriage is required
After saying the above two points, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a third order, that is, "Support the intermarriage between Han chinese and Mongolian women." In this way, men and women on both sides of the nation can have more choices, and the fertility rate will increase.
Not only would women be assimilated, but their descendants would also be far removed from Mongolian ancestry. This is done once and for all. At the same time, the number of soldiers lost due to the war will also be slowly increased due to the improvement of fertility, so as to supplement the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to increasing the country's birth rate, such behaviour can also contribute very well to national integration. It can be said that there is no need for the Ming government to spend real money and silver, just from the perspective of the government to show support. Why not enjoy such a thing that can be benefited without much effort!
Of course, this kind of behavior can also strike at the staunch supporters of the Yuan Dynasty in another sense, and let them see that Mongolian women, who were once considered private products, will one day be married back to their families by the Han Chinese.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's three orders against Mongolian women can be said to have solved the problems left by Mongolian women after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty without spending a single soldier. Most importantly, mongolian women are also very satisfied with this solution, which can be regarded as a textbook method of resolving ethnic contradictions.
The above-mentioned policy is actually one, but it has been interpreted separately. Of these three, the last intermarriage is the most clever, directly assimilating these Mongolian women. What do you think about that?