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Ogedei Khan was indeed dead, but the specific time was not clear, so it might be summer. For some reason, the top leaders of the Mongolian Empire dragged on the funeral until the battle for succession became fierce, which led to this incident.

The issue of the Khan throne of the Mongol Empire has been a big landmine since Genghis Khan's death. If a powerful figure like Genghis Khan appears, the landmine will not explode. Once the successor is not able to convince the public, the power of this landmine will be great.

To talk about the reason for this, Genghis Khan himself has to blame. At that time, in order to balance a few sons with their supporters' families, he took the lead in breaking the old rules of the Mongols since ancient times. He did not pass the throne to his youngest son, but personally appointed Ogedei to inherit the throne of Khan. This is the root of all disasters. Once the rules are broken, even if only once, there will be no rules. Later generations will follow suit, and one hundred times will be the first time. This is a simple truth.

Genghis Khan had a total of five sons. Later generations said that the Four Qulu of the Mongol Empire meant the Four Heroes, which was just four legitimate sons of his five sons, and the remaining one was a concubine. You can see that the problem of legitimate sons and illegitimate sons not only exists among the Han people, but also in other nations. These four legitimate sons were born by the great empress Borte, the eldest son Shuchi, the second son Chagatai, the third son Ogedei, and the fourth son Tolei. Another concubine son was named Kuolejian, who had no record in history. After Ogedei ascended the throne, he followed his eldest sons to the west and died near the Volga River.

Let me first talk about the eldest son Shu Chi. Shu Chi means sudden and unexpectedly in Mongolian language. Why did he give his son such a name? The reason is very simple. This son is not Genghis Khan's bloodline. Before Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, he was often chased by the enemy and ran away all over the grassland. Even his wife, the later Grand Empress Borte, was captured by the Mergeman, and later he borrowed soldiers from others and snatched them back.

My wife was snatched back, but the trouble also followed. Not long after I got home, Borte gave birth to a son for Genghis Khan, but this time was a bit suspicious. At that time, Genghis Khan was still weak and it didn't matter if he had a green spot on his head. But he was definitely not very happy, so he gave his eldest son such an unlucky name.

But not being afraid of cuckold does not mean that Genghis Khan doesn't care. He has never liked this eldest son very much. On the one hand, it is because of bloodline, and on the other hand, Shu Chi himself has a too gentle personality and is unwilling to kill too much. This thing is a taboo for Genghis Khan. At the beginning of his business, if you don't kill anyone, you will kill you. How can a cowardly eldest son make Genghis Khan like him without blinking? In the words of later generations, he is incompatible with his personality and incompatible.

After Genghis Khan became the entire Mongolian Khan, they assigned different tasks according to the character of his four sons. The eldest son Shu Chi was in charge of hunting. This was not just hunting, but a traditional ritual of the Mongols. It was a bit like the customs of the Qing Dynasty. They were all nomadic peoples. The second son Chagatai was rigorous in nature and was in charge of Zasa, which was the law. The third son Ogedei was bold and could win people's hearts, so he was responsible for the government affairs. The old son Tuole was brave and was an expert in war, so he naturally took charge of the army.

This is not fabricated by the author. In the "History Collection. Biography of Ogedei" compiled by Persian Prime Minister Rast, Genghis Khan's public evaluation of his sons was specifically recorded. He said this:

"Those who have boundless wishes can rely on Shuchi; those who want to be proficient in Zhasa, rules, laws and Birik (the collection of quotations and mottos of the kings) will go to Chagatai; those who like generous and want to get rich can get close to Ogedei; those who pursue courage, honor, martial arts, and surrender to the country and conquer the world will go to Tolei"

From Genghis Khan's remarks, we can also see how disliked him and did not trust his eldest son Shu Chi. What does it mean to have a boundless wish? You might as well just say that you want to rebel with Shu Chi.

According to the Mongolian custom, the son should be given a fiefdom, which is called Ulus in Mongolia, just like the Han sons who have to separate their families after they become adults. Moreover, the Mongolians also have a rule that they give fiefdoms according to the order of their sons' age, and the older the fiefdom, the further away the fiefdom.

Before Genghis Khan's death, he had already settled his sons' fiefdoms. He divided them into four in total, but they were different from the four major Khanate states in later generations.

The predecessor of the Qincha Khanate (Golden Horde) was the fief of Shuchi. It was in the westernmost part. In order to appear fair, Genghis Khan said that as long as he crossed the Shihe River (Ertis River), the Mongols' horse hooves would go anywhere. I guess Genghis Khan did not expect that he could go west to Eastern Europe. He drew a big cake for Shuchi at the beginning, but he did not expect that the western expedition was so smooth, and Shuchi's fief was the largest.

The predecessor of the Chagatai Khanate was the fiefdom of Chagatai. Its location was from the north to south of the Tianshan Mountains, from Xinjiang to the east to the Amu River in the west, and probably part of the current southwestern Xinjiang, northwestern Tibet, and Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. A famous person later appeared in the Chagatai Khanate, namely the lame wolf Timur.

The predecessor of the Ogedei Khanate was the fief of Ogedei. According to Mongolian customs, his fief is closest to Mongolia, just in the northern part of Xinjiang and all the way to Russia. It is the smallest fief among the four sons. If you have the right to inherit, you naturally have to make concessions in other places, which is quite fair.

Tolei's fiefdom is Mongolian, with a very large area, second only to his elder brother Shuchi. From central Xinjiang to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, the Sea of ​​Japan, north of the Jin Kingdom, and part of the original Liao Kingdom, all belong to Tolei.

Genghis Khan not only gave his youngest son the largest fief, but also was very partial in other aspects. At that time, the Mongolian direct troops were only 130,000, including Shuchi, Chagatai, and Ogedei, each of whom was assigned four thousand-person teams, which was 4,000 troops, while Tolei was assigned one hundred thousand! Did you see it? Only more partial, not the most partial, and the custom of loving the old son has not changed since ancient times. This is the case with the farmer and the imperial emperors.

Of course, Genghis Khan did this not only for spoiling, but for other reasons. Among his four sons, Shu Chi and Tolei had a good relationship, and Chagatai and Ogedei had said it since childhood. Originally, Genghis Khan wanted to pass the position of Khan to his second son, but Chagatai's eldest son, Genghis Khan's favorite grandson, died in battle during the Western Expedition, and Chagatai was stubborn. His relationship with Shu Chi was almost tense.

In order not to fight after his death, Genghis Khan still passed the Khan throne to Ogedei, who is the best-known and popular. The reason why he did not give Tolei was because Tolei and Shuchi got too close. If Tolei succeeded to the throne, Chagatai would probably be very uncomfortable. As a father and the leader of a country, Genghis Khan still considered it very comprehensively and took care of all interests. Tolei lost the Khan throne, but obtained almost all Mongolian troops. After Ogedei succeeded to the throne, he could not unite with Chagatai to bully the other two brothers. The small balance was mastered very accurately.

The facts were as expected by Genghis Khan. Ogedei inherited the Khan throne. Although the process was a bit bumpy and violated the customs of the Mongols, he finally came to power peacefully. The four brothers did not turn against each other on the surface. In fact, Shuchi was already dead at this time, and his fiefdom was inherited by his son Badu. Soon Tolei also died. Some said that Ogedei was killed by witchcraft, but according to historical records, Tolei died of excessive drinking, so he probably had liver cirrhosis.

Tuole's fiefdom was inherited by his son Mengge, who was later named Mengge Khan, the Emperor Xianzong of Yuan Dynasty. He was the one who died at Diaoyu City during the invasion of the south. To be honest, Tuole should be the most similar to his father Genghis Khan. Not only did he look like a war, but he gave birth to a very similar number and quality of the sons. Genghis Khan claimed that he had four qulus, and Tuole also had four powerful sons.

Mengge Khan, who had taken back the position of Khan from the Ogedei clan, was Tolei's eldest son, and there were even more powerful ones behind him! Kublai Khan, the ancestor of Yuan Dynasty, was Tolei's second son. The remaining two sons were not weak, one was named Xulagu, who was the third son, and the other was named Alibu Ge, who was the fourth son.

The youngest Alibuge is also the most troublesome person. When his brother Kublai Khan claimed to be a Khan in the Central Plains, others had not opposed it yet, he was the first to jump out and quit. He pulled some nobles who opposed Mongolian sinicization to elect him to become a Khan of the Mongolian, and fought with his brother from south to north. Of course, Alibuge was defeated by Kublai Khan in the end.

Everyone may not be familiar with Hulagu. But when he went to the Middle East, it was like a god of war. Back then, he was the one who led his troops to Egypt and destroyed most of the entire Iran, Iraq and Turkey. If he could work harder back then, the Americans should be happiest, because it would be a question whether the Green Cult can stay.

The Il Khanate, one of the four major Khanates in Mongolia in later generations, was established by Hulagu. I guess this guy thought about it. His two brothers and one younger brother were not easy-to-eat. He might be fucked to death one day. He might as well take his soldiers out to grab the territory. He ate more if he robs too much, and eat less if he robs too little. He deserves to starve to death. Who made us incompetent?

In history, these Khanate countries were nominally subordinate to the Yuan Empire, and later they gradually took office and even fought. However, due to Hong Tao's arrival, history was messed up. The Southern Song Dynasty was not only not destroyed by Mongolia, but became more and more energetic. The Mongol Empire was dug up a big pit by Hong Tao, and its national strength was greatly damaged and it was no longer able to invade the south. The little Mongolian elite soldiers in Tolei's hands were almost ruined by Ogedei.

If Ogedei Khan was still alive, with his second brother Chagatai, these two men were blushing and the other were black-faced. Those uneasy Mongolian princes and princes who were not very content with the fact that they were not very satisfied with Ogedei, would not be able to bear it. Now that Ogedei is dead, some Mongolian princes who were not happy to be the Khan of Ogedei would be unable to bear it. The first person to rebel against the Mongolian Empire was Badu, far away in Russia.

After receiving the news of Ogedei Khan's death, Shuchi's eldest son immediately made a decision, and stopped fighting in the west, turned around and turned around to the east border of his fiefdom, and then declared that his fiefdom was independent. The Khanate of the Khanate no longer listened to the orders of the Mongol Empire. He would not care whoever likes to be a Khan, and he would keep the door closed and play by himself.

Now the Mongolian Empire is really in chaos. Chagatai has been ill since it was redeemed. There have been disputes in his fiefdom. The Barulasi tribe supports the Changsun of Chagatai as the heir, while the Qiyan tribe wants to establish Chagatai's second son as the heir. No one on both sides accepts each other. Not to mention following Ogedei's eldest son Guiyou to attack Badu, his family still cannot be settled.

The fiefdom of Ogedei is the smallest and weakest among the four fiefdoms. In recent years, it has been in the western expedition and south expedition, and Ogedei's own strength has also been weakened very much. The Guiyou family alone cannot defeat Badu. However, the strongest Tolei family cannot count on them. They have a good relationship with the Shuchi family. Now, it would be great if Tolei's four sons can fight with Badu and east-west.

The current form is that one is independent of the four fiefs and one is civil war. He basically gave up the position of Khan, and the rest of the two are Guiyou and Mengge. Guiyou have their own advantages. Guiyou has nominal advantage, and he is the eldest son of Ogedei and the heir designated by Ogedei Khan. Mengge has the advantage in strength. Although his family's army was transferred a lot by Ogedei Khan after Tolei's death, and they were thrown away on the sea and never returned, if they really fight, the four words "being used to fighting" are really not in vain.

However, there was not much difference between the two sides. Guiyou's fiefdom was not as strong as Tolei, but he had an important help, which was Prime Minister Yelu Chucai. In this struggle for the throne of Khan, Yelu Chucai firmly stood on Guiyou's side. He controlled many northern Han troops and Jin surrendered troops. If the war between Mengge and Guiyou started, they might not be able to beat Guiyou and Yelu Chucai.

If you look at the map at this time, you will find a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the slug that was previously beaten by Mongolia, the Southern Song Dynasty, turned into an important factor that can influence the battle between the Mongolian Khan.

If the Southern Song Dynasty could reach a tacit understanding with Guiyou, and if the troops were not moved and the Northern Expedition was not launched, Guiyou and Yelu Chucai would use the population and materials of the Yellow River Basin to slowly grind Mengge's side. After all, there was enough grain output and population here, and Guiyou did not lack horses.

If the Southern Song Dynasty could reach a tacit understanding with Mengge at this time, it would not have to send troops to commit suicide in the Northern Expedition. It would only take a stance to make the Northern Expedition. Yelu Chucai would have to withdraw more troops to guard against the Southern Song Dynasty, and there would not be many people who could help Guiyou. If Guiyou and Mengge pk alone, Mengge would have a better chance of winning.
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