Emperor Yuanshun was the son of Emperor Yuanmingzong and Emperor Shizong, and the grandson of Emperor Wuzong of Yuan. Emperor Shun's title was given by Emperor Ming's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang himself after ming hongwu died of illness in the third year (1370, to the thirtieth century). At that time, the Northern Yuan regime called the Shun Emperor Temple Huizong. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to give him a nickname of "Shun" was that he believed that Emperor Shun's escape from Dadu belonged to obeying the Mandate of Heaven and abdicating on his own, which could further show that the Ming Dynasty was the Destiny of Heaven.
Emperor Yuanshun
We have to start with his grandfather Wuzong Haishan. Wuzong Haishan was the third emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the grandson of Kublai Khan, due to the death of Prince Chengzong, Chengzong was violent, and did not designate an heir before his death, and Chengzong's nephews had a heart for the throne. Haishan held the northwest for a long time, and with the military strength in his hands, coerced his brother Ayuli Bali Bada to recognize his status as The Great Khan, and eventually came to power. As a political bargain, Emperor Wuzong made Aiyu Li Bali Bada the crown prince, later Emperor Renzong, and made a pact with Emperor Renzong that emperor Wuzong would pass the throne to Emperor Renzong after his death, and then pass the throne to Emperor Wuzong's son after Emperor Renzong's death. However, after Emperor Renzong came to power, he was unwilling to fulfill his original agreement with Emperor Wuzong, and used various means to force Emperor Wuzong's sons King Zhou and Shi Yu to leave the capital, and at the same time made his son Shuo de Ba as the crown prince, in the name of Emperor Yuanyingzong.
Imperial lineage of the Yuan Dynasty
Yuan Yingzong's personality was more impatient and reckless, and there were many contradictions between him and the powerful ministers at that time, and after only 3 years on the throne, he was launched by his subordinates Tie Lost and others to change the southern slope, and died at the hands of assassins in a vague way. There was no successor in Emperor Renzong's lineage, and the Zhou kings and Shichen of Emperor Wuzong fled abroad, and in desperation, the Mongol nobles had no choice but to nominate Kublai Khan's great-grandson, and Emperor Yingzong's uncle Also Grandson Timur succeeded to the Khan's throne as Emperor Taiding. After Emperor Taiding came to power, he naturally hoped to establish the imperial lineage in his own branch and make his eldest son, Araji Ba, the crown prince. Five years later, before Emperor Taiding died and Aragi Washi was preparing to proclaim the throne, Yan Timur, a descendant of Emperor Wuzong's old department, occupied Dadu and staged a coup d'état, demanding that the Khanate be transferred to the descendants of Emperor Wuzong's lineage.
Father of Emperor Yuanshun, Emperor Mingzong and Shi Shu
Emperor Wuzong had two sons with certain powers, one was Emperor Wuzong's original heir, the eldest son of King Zhou and ShiYi, the father of Emperor Shun, who was later known as Emperor Mingzong, and the other was the second son, Tu Timu'er, the Prince of Huai. He Shi was the most famous, but because he had offended Emperor Renzong, he had been lurking in the north and had not heard from most of them. In the view of Yan Timur, Tu Timu'er had received Han cultural education for a long time and was relatively easy to control, so he took the initiative to contact Tu Ti Mu'er and asked him to succeed to the unification. However, just after Tu Ti Mu'er entered the capital, He Shi Yu also learned of the coup d'état, because he was the official heir of the Wu clan and had the support of many northwestern clan kings behind him, and He Shi Yu directly announced the throne to Helin without informing Yan Timur and Tu Ti Mu'er.
YuanWenzong Tu Timuer
At this time, the war between Yan Timur and the Taiding Emperor's crown prince Araji Ba had ended, and the power that everyone had worked so hard to win was ceded to the sudden appearance of Heshi, and it was inevitable that anyone's heart would be uneven. In particular, Tu Timu'er, who had already arrived in Dadu first, had been emperor for a while, and obviously wanted to see the imperial power fall by the wayside, and his heart was naturally full of contradictions. However, with Shichen's name first and his eldest brother, Tu Timu'er still made a gesture of willingness to give up the throne. On the way to meet Heshi, Tu Timu'er could be said to be extremely procrastinating, and he delayed on the road for a month and a half before meeting he met he in Wangkuchadu, zhangbei county in today's Zhangjiakou city, Hebei Province.
After the two brothers met, He Shiyu, as the host, feasted on Tu Timu'er and all the magnates who came to greet him. On the fifth day of the feast, Heshi was suddenly pronounced dead and later honored as Emperor Mingzong. Half a month later, Tu Timu'er once again ascended the throne in Shangdu and became Emperor Wenzong. What really happened in the days after Emperor Mingzong arrived in Wangkuchadu, whether Emperor Mingzong died normally, if not normally, whether there was a mastermind behind the scenes, whether this mastermind was Wenzong Tu Timur who was in love with the throne, or Yan Tiemu'er, who was trying to monopolize power? Of course, the truth of this incident is not possible to be revealed to the world.
The next article talks about The Confession of Emperor Wenzong of Yuan and the ascension of Emperor Yuanshun to the throne.