Möngke can be said to be one of the great khans and khans of Mongolia who has been seriously neglected. (Why he's overlooked, we'll talk about that later.) ）
Möngke has a lofty historical position in the history of Mongolia, and this historical position is reflected in the fact that before Möngke succeeded to the throne, the entire Mongol Empire was already in a state of fragmentation and fragmentation. Möngke ended this state and re-kneaded the empire into a whole.
But after Möngke's death, Mongolia was divided again, and this division was very thorough, becoming the Yuan Dynasty and the Four Great Khanates.
(Stills of Mungo)
It can be said that Möngke was the last Great Khan in Mongolian history.
Why? Let's look at the state of Mongolia before Möngke's succession.
After the Great Khan of Wokoutai destroyed the Jin Dynasty and completed the Second Western Expedition, he began to drink and hunt heavily, ignoring the government. He completely entrusted the administration of the imperial court to his six empresses, Thregona, and the local taxes were handed over to the Boch merchant Audub Razak, using the method of a tax package system.
After the sudden death of Wokoutai, In order to transfer the Khan's throne to his son Guiyu, Deregona bribed the Mongol nobles with money from the state treasury. And in order not to offend the Mongol nobles, they were allowed to set their own. Therefore, at that time, the Batu of the Golden Horde, timug, the younger brother of Genghis Khan among the host kings, and Hala Huleg of the Chagatai Khanate, basically set themselves up.
Later, after Guiyu came to power, he sent someone to kill Timug and let his grandson Tacha'er inherit the fiefdom. He then intervened militarily in the Khanate of Chagatai, replacing Hala hulla with Yassumöng. He then raised his troops to prepare for the attack on Battus. In doing so, he actually wanted to reunify and maintain the consistency of government decrees. However, because he was too selfish, and on the way to attack Batu, he unfortunately died. Therefore, his task was not actually completed.
After Guiyu's death, Guiyu's widow Hai lost herself and declared that she was in charge of the state, did not want to cede power, and did not convene the Kuritai election of the Great Khan. Her decrees were even worse, and she was full of witchcraft. It can be said that the people of the whole country did not listen to her at that time.
It was at this time that Möngke ascended to the Khanate throne with the support of Battus.
(Tow Ray Stills)
After Möngke came to power, he forcefully suppressed the queens of Wokoutai and dissolved this force. He then sent Hala Hulje and his wife Ulugh Kunai back to China and took control of the Chagatai Khanate. Among the host kings, Tachar, Belegutai, Kouwen Muhua, etc., because during the time of Guiyu Khan, Möngke had helped them, so they all listened to Möngke's words. And the relationship between Batu and Möngke in the Golden Horde was the most ironic. It can be said that Möngke completely kneaded these khanates together.
In the government, Möngke reused the ministers such as Busy Gothar and Polohuan to re-collect the Zasa of Genghis Khan, who had been abandoned for many years, unify the laws and regulations of the government, withdraw many of the privileges granted to the noble princes from Deregona, and carry out many reforms in taxation and military affairs.
At this point, the Mongols returned to the time of Genghis Khan and the early situation of Wokoutai, forming a complete unified Great Mongol Empire. In this regard, Möngke was definitely not an incompetent sweat.
Let's talk about Meng Ge's death in the Southern Song Dynasty Diaoyu City, it is not that he can't fight. In fact, Mungo was very good at fighting.
During the first Mongol expedition to the west, Möngke had already participated in it and was trained on the battlefield. Among Genghis Khan's grandsons, only a few such as Batu and Mu'a Baldgan participated, and Möngke was one of them.
In the second western expedition, Möngke and the general Subutai were the vanguard army, and everyone knew that the vanguard army was the most powerful one in an army. Subutai destroyed Briatar, and Möngke destroyed Chincha and killed Chincha's leader, Bachiman. Then Mongo and Guiyu shook the Caucasus region and hit Hungary.
At the time of the destruction of the Golden Kingdom, Möngke was not with his biological father, Tuolei, he was with his adoptive father Wokoutai (also the Great Khan at that time). In the attack on the Jinguo Hezhongfu, Möngke made great achievements.
After Möngke became the Great Khan, in addition to sending his two brothers Hulegu and Kublai Khan to march west to the south, he also personally led his troops and advanced from the middle road to Sichuan. And in just three months, it occupied most of Sichuan. It can be said that before Meng Ge attacked Diaoyu City, although he was not as strong as his father Tuolei, in the third generation of the Golden Family, he was definitely a leader.
Even if he died in Diaoyu City, it was actually a very accidental event. If Mungo is not personally in the adventure, climb to the nearest place to the Diaoyu City to personally command. Nor could he have been killed by the flying stones thrown by the stone throwers inside the Fishing City.
(Kublai Khan stills)
Returning to the question at the beginning, the reason why Möngke is not very famous in Mongolian history. The fundamental reason was that after Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, he deliberately belittled and suppressed Möngke. Because before Möngke's death, the contradiction between Kublai Khan and Möngke, who wanted to be big, had already intensified to a certain extent, and Möngke had suppressed Kublai Khan. Later, Kublai Khan eventually destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, so the historians of the Yuan Dynasty deliberately covered up the exploits of Möngke.
(References: The Secret History of Mongolia, The History of the Yuan)