Was Genghis Khan Chinese? The real results may be beyond your realization

Genghis Khan, formerly known as Erjin Temujin, the founder of the Mongol state, the greatest legend of the Golden Family, he led the Mongol cavalry, defeated the Jin kingdom to only half of the country, made Western Xia a vassal and called Nagon, swallowed the Khorezm Empire, defeated the Kipchak and Russian coalition and other brilliant achievements.

Genghis Khan commanded Eurasia, laid the foundation for the rise of the Mongol Empire, and his grandson Kublai Khan established the "Great Yuan Empire" and declared himself the emperor of China, should Genghis Khan be a Chinese? The author will take you to analyze the reasons for the "Chinese" between the Qing Dynasty and Genghis Khan.

Mongolia originated from the recognition of Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang

Genghis Khan was a Chinese, and the world often claims two ironclad proofs: that is, the Mongols originated in the Erguna River valley and were recognized by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty.

The discussion of the origin of Mongolia is usually taken from the "Old Book of Tang" and the "Khitan State History", but the "Old Book of Tang" was compiled by Liu Xian of the Jin Dynasty after the fifth dynasty, and the "Khitan National Record" was compiled by Ye Longli of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the two dynasties did not actually rule the Mongolian region, and the written book was hastily described in detail, which is slightly insufficient for empirical evidence.

Successive dynasties have the practice of posthumously naming ancestors, such as Cao Wei honoring the eunuch Cao Teng as Emperor Gao, such as Li Tang honoring the Northern Zhou general Li Hu as Emperor Jing, such as the Qing Dynasty Zuntakshi as Emperor Xianzuxuan, etc., these posthumous emperors are not directly related to the establishment of the dynasty, and are only sacrificed by the descendants of the dynasty, and cannot be recognized by historians, so as not to cause historical confusion.

By analogy, the "Secret History of Mongolia", which is regarded as a historical material, is only a literary masterpiece containing history of the Mongols, recording that the Xiao'er only Jin family, crossing the Tengjisi Water to the source of the Zhuanyan River, even if it originated in Inner Mongolia, according to the algorithm of immigration, generations have multiplied for more than 100 years, and the nationality of birth belongs to the local country by default.

Through historical books and actual exploration, Chinese and foreign scholars have confirmed that Temujin was born in the valley of the Zhengan River, established Mongolia at the source of the Zhengan River, and was also called the lord of Mongolia externally, accepting worship and tribute from all sides, even if he also conquered dozens of countries, and the descendants of tens of millions of ethnic groups, the international preference for Temujin to be Mongolian.

Emperor Ming Zhu Yuanzhang did praise Genghis Khan's great achievements and also commented on the legitimacy of the "Great Yuan" regime, but he could not take Genghis Khan out of context and regarded Genghis Khan as a Chinese.

In ancient feudal farming, population mobility was relatively weak, the Liao state occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Jin state divided the north of the Huai River, so that the Han people recognized the rule of ethnic minorities, and also helped the Yuan ancestor Kublai Khan defeat Ali Buge to seize the Khan's throne.

In 1276, the Yuan army captured the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an, and Empress Dowager Xie surrendered with Emperor Zhao Xian of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Yuan Empire completed the handover with the Southern Song Dynasty, governed the country legally, and broke the determination of the subjects of the Southern Song Dynasty to resist in the Battle of Yashan.

The Yuan Empire established by Mongolia did not have a so-called ethnic system, the Mongols were poor, the Han landlords also had high positions, and the Han people in the north had a weak political superiority.

When Zhu Yuanzhang launched the Northern Expedition, Yu Zhongyuan Qiao proposed "expelling Hu Yu, restoring China, establishing a period of Chen Gang, and relieving the Si people", Xu Da quickly captured the capital of Yuan, but did not win the support of the Han people in the north, and the Northern Yuan regime and the Ming Dynasty had a long confrontation in the northwest and northeast.

The Yuan Empire ruled Tibet and Yunnan from the beginning, and after the Ming Dynasty seized Tibet and Yunnan by force, the legal rule of the Yuan Empire must be recognized in the areas dominated by ethnic minorities in order to show the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty.

The same is true of the Han people in the north, the loose development environment of the Yuan Empire, so that Confucianism and Taoism can spread, eliminate the resistance of northern intellectuals, and accelerate the integration of the entire country, is a wise political means.

Mongol military power was the foundation of Qing rule

When it comes to the Qing Dynasty, you can always think of the Eight Banners, but when the Qing army entered the customs in 1644 AD, the so-called "Eight Banners" were divided into three parts: the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, with these 140,000 "Eight Banners" soldiers and horses, far from being enough to win the Central Plains.

The Qing Dynasty regent Dolgon adopted a two-stone strategy to recruit troops from southern Mongolia and Korea to help the army, cooperate with the Ming Dynasty's generals to attack cities, weaken the forces that threaten the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and preserve the military strength of the Qing Eight Banners.

In addition to southern Mongolia, Mongolia also has two major forces, Mobei Khalkha Mongols and Moxi Oirat Mongols, when the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was busy with the "Three Domains Rebellion", the Dzungar nobleman Gardan seized the throne, and in the 27th year of the Kangxi Reign (1688 AD), Gardan conquered the Khalkha Mongols, and then invaded Southern Mongols.

The Kangxi Emperor was too aware of the strength of Mongolia, so he could not tolerate the expansion of Gardan, and led his army three times to win the Battle of Ulan Butong and the Battle of Chaomodo, but failed to eliminate the threat of the Dzungar Khanate, and the Qing Dynasty and Dzungar fought for a long time in the northwest.

Until the civil unrest in Dzungar in the twentieth year of Qianlong (1755 AD), the Qing army, under the response of Amur Sanatse, raided Ili to destroy the Dzungar Khanate, and in the 27th year of Qianlong (1762 AD), the Ili general was set up to govern Xinjiang affairs, and all Mongolian ministries submitted to the Qing dynasty, becoming the strongest defensive line in the northern part of the Qing dynasty.

When the Taiping Rebellion broke out, the Eight Banners and Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty were defeated, losing the southeast half of the wall in a short time, and the Qing Dynasty's financial taxes were almost cut off, and finally the Han landlord class was used to suppress the Taiping Army, and the Qing Dynasty's hole card was the powerful Mongol cavalry.

In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860 AD), the Anglo-French army marched to Beijing, and Monk Greenqin led 10,000 Mongol cavalry, with the spirit of fearless death, launched a charge against the coalition army at Bali Bridge, and the battle ended in a crushing defeat, but it announced to the world the tenacity and heroism of the Mongol cavalry, and they would be safe and sound in the Qing Dynasty.

The reason why the Mongol generals were loyal to the Qing dynasty began with Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Taiji, who was brotherly with the Mongol king and strengthened blood ties with each other's in-laws; The Shunzhi Emperor canonized the Living Buddha of Tibet and promoted the spread of Yellow Religion in Mongolia; The Kangxi Emperor helped the Mongols fight against foreign enemies, and made three eastern tours to reward the Mongol princes; During the Qianlong period, he revised the history of Mongolia and compiled books such as "The Origin of Mongolia".

The more the Qing Dynasty declined, the stronger the relationship with Mongolia, and after the Western Affairs Movement, Jingshi Tongwen Guan taught geography and history, mainly Mongolia and the Qing Dynasty, Genghis Khan was portrayed as a hero of China, so much so that Mr. Lu Xun published "Flipping Around" in 1934, and the content of the private school was full of ridicule.

"Flip it casually": The Mongols conquered 'Zairos', invaded Hungary and Austria, and before conquering all of China, Genghis Khan was not our Khan at that time, but the Russians were older than us in slavery, and they should say 'Our Genghis Khan conquered China.'

Mongolia vowed to serve the Qing dynasty to the death, and when the Anglo-French army withdrew from Beijing, Sengling Qin led the army to suppress the twister army, and finally died in battle; There was also Nayantu, the Prince of Zasak, who encouraged the Mongols to set up businesses in the border and supported the Qing Emperor even after the Wuchang Uprising.

Summary: Although Genghis Khan is not a Chinese, he represents the enterprising spirit of the Mongolian people

The Qing monarch, the emperor of the feudal dynasty, also served as the khan of all Mongolia; The Qing Dynasty beautified Genghis Khan, realized the binding of Manchu and Mongolian interests, contained Mongolia with the property economy of the Central Plains, and deterred the Central Plains with Mongolia's military strength.

But with the improvement of scientific research, the lie has long been exposed. Genghis Khan, regardless of his birth background to his achievements, did not belong to the Central Plains regime in the thirteenth century; The mystery of his death has not yet been solved, and it is difficult to establish a connection to contemporary China.

Genghis Khan represents the enterprising spirit of the Mongolian nation, but can not represent the entire ethnic belonging, the Mongolian ethnic group in the Inner Mongolia region has maintained exchanges and integration with the Central Plains for generations, and the Mongolian compatriots recognize the motherland, they are Chinese, and there is no need to compete for the belonging of Genghis Khan.