Chapter 450: Queen Qi
Yuan Wenzong Tutimur was the eighth emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and his career as an emperor was quite bumpy, similar to that of Ming Yingzong, both of whom were emperors twice. So why did Tutimur have such an experience, and what were the deeds of his life after he came to power?
Yuan Wenzong Tutimur was the second son of Yuan Wuzong, and his mother was Empress Wenzhao Sheng, who was exiled to Hainan and other places during the reign of his elder brother. After the death of Emperor Taiding, Yan Tiemur originally wanted to make King Zhou and Shiling emperors, but in the end he chose Tutimur, and Tutimur ascended the throne.
Although he had ascended the throne, Yan Tiemur still wanted to support his brother and Shi Ling, so the two sides started a long struggle. Although He Shiling has the support of Yan Tiemur, he is too flamboyant and has no self-knowledge.
He wanted the throne, but he did not have military power himself, so he brazenly deposed the officials appointed by Tutimur. What He Shiyong did made Tutimur unbearable, but he was forced by the situation to give the position to He Shiling. After the two rejoiced to meet each other, He Shiju fell ill and died in less than five days, and since then, Tutimur's position has stabilized.
Yuan Mingzong and Yuan Wenzong were both emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, and the two were brothers, the former was the elder brother and was the eldest son of Yuan Wuzong, while the latter was the younger brother and was the second son of Wuzong. During the reign of Wuzong, neither of them was in the capital, and later the two ascended the throne one after another, and the person who survived in the end was Yuan Wenzong. Yuan Mingzong died violently five days after the two met, and many people thought that Yuan Wenzong poisoned him, so why did Yuan Mingzong say that he was poisoned by Yuan Wenzong?
The throne of Yuan Mingzong was ceded to him by Yuan Wenzong, and these two people were first ascended to the throne by Yuan Wenzong, and later forced to abdicate due to their own oath and situation. But when Yuan Wenzong was still the emperor, Yuan Mingzong's attitude was extremely arrogant, and the officials appointed by Yuan Wenzong were dismissed, all of which Yuan Wenzong saw in his eyes and remembered in his heart.
Yuan Mingzong's body was not sick, everything was fine before meeting Yuan Wenzong, but just five days after the two met, Yuan Mingzong died inexplicably. After Yuan Mingzong's violent death, Yuan Wenzong ascended the throne again, and this kind of well-timed death has to be doubtful.
After the death of Yuan Mingzong, Yuan Wenzong ascended the throne, and under normal circumstances, for the widow and sister-in-law, he usually chose to provide for her and place her well to show his respect for his brother. However, Empress Yuan Mingzong was killed alive by Empress Yuan Wenzong after Yuan Wenzong ascended the throne, which is very suspicious.
After the death of the emperor, it is common for his son to succeed him, but when Yuan Wenzong died, he and the empress chose to let Yuan Mingzong's eldest son succeed him, which is particularly suspicious. Because Yuan Wenzong had a son, he once wanted to make his son the crown prince, but the child who was made the crown prince died in less than a month. From then on, Yuan Wenzong and his wife were very afraid, and finally chose the child of Li Mingzong as the emperor.
After the re-enactment of Yuan Wenzong, the great revival of Wenzhi, Zaya Du Khan set up the Kuizhang Pavilion Academy, palmed into the book of lectures and history, inspected the chaos of the past dynasties, and ordered all the descendants of the noble ministers to study in the Kuizhang Pavilion. His Excellency Kui Chang set up an art and cultural supervisor, who was responsible for translating Confucian classics into Mongolian and proofreading. During the reign of Yuan Wenzong, Prime Minister Yan Temur relied on his merits and played with the imperial court, which led to the further corruption of the Great Yuan Dynasty.
In order to wash away his crime of poisoning his brother, Yuan Wenzong made the seven-year-old and the second son of Xilagututu, Yi Xuan, as the emperor, for Yuan Ningzong. However, Yuan Ningzong died after reigning less than two months, and Yan Temur also died soon after. Yuan Mingzong's eldest son, Tuhuan Timur, was recalled from Jingjiang and made emperor by the Empress Bu Ta Shuli of Zaya Du Khan, who was Yuan Huizong, also known as Yuan Xuanren Puxiao Emperor.
At the beginning of Yuan Huizong's reign, the right prime minister Boyan was very powerful, controlling the government and government, and even did not take Yuan Huizong in his eyes for a time. As time passed, the contradictions between Yuan Huizong and Boyan became more and more acute, and later, with the help of Boyan's nephew Toto, Yuan Huizong finally succeeded in deposing Boyan and taking control of the political situation.
Empress Qi was born in Goryeo and came to the Yuan Dynasty as a tribute girl, because she was favored by Emperor Yuan Hui because of her good looks, gave birth to a son, and also became the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Queen Qi's Mongolian name is Hudu, who served as the maid of the tea palace, because of her beautiful appearance, she was favored by the emperor, and after giving birth to a son, she was named the second queen. The prince born to Empress Qi became the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Zhaozong, and was also the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
Empress Qi was originally the daughter of Goryeo Qi Zi Ao, born in Goryeo Hangju, after her family was killed by King Chunghye of Goryeo, she was presented to the Yuan court as a Goryeo tribute girl, and entered the palace as a tea maid. She is not only very beautiful and fair-skinned, but also very well-behaved and clever, Yuan Huizong loves her very much, and later spoils her. This incident was learned of by the Empress Yuanbei of Yuan Huizong, who was furious and summoned the Qi clan and beat her with a whip.
The brothers rebelled, and the queen was poisoned. Yuan Huizong canonized Boyan Hudu as the queen, Yuan Huizong originally planned to make the Qi family, whom he had always favored, the queen, but Prime Minister Boyan forcibly dissuaded him, and Yuan Huizong had no choice but to set up Boyan Hudu. Yuan Huizong spent a lot of nights at Qi's place on weekdays, and rarely went to the queen's palace, and Boyan Hudu had no complaints.
Qi gave birth to a son, named Aiyou Zhi Li Dala, and won the favor of Yuan Huizong, Yuan Huizong canonized Qi as the second queen, and the two queens stood side by side. Empress Qi planned to befriend Prime Minister He Taiping, and to support Aiyu Zhili Dala as the heir, Yuan Huizong neglected political affairs, and Empress Qi and his son conspired with Inner Zen, but He Taiping did not appreciate it. Empress Qi belittled He Taiping in front of Yuan Huizong, so He Taiping was demoted to Tibet and immediately died.
Empress Qi's family left in Goryeo was defeated by King Gongchou of Goryeo because of a conspiracy to usurp the throne, and killed all the Qi clansmen.
Polo Timur claimed that the army was a prisoner, and the crown prince went to Jining and ordered a crusade against Polo Timur. Polo Timur was furious and instigated the superintendent of the imperial history Wu Qizong to report Empress Qi for interfering with state affairs and suggested that Yuan Huizong expel Empress Qi, but Yuan Huizong did not answer.
Polo Timur imprisoned Empress Qi in the governor's mansion of all colors, ordered Yao Boyan not to spend guards, Polo Timur forced Empress Qi to return to the palace to take out the seal, pretending to be an edict to summon the prince, afterwards Empress Qi still returned to the place of seclusion, Queen Qi offered a beautiful woman to Polo Timur, and after a hundred days, she returned to the palace.
After the death of Polo Timur, the crown prince returned to Beijing, and Empress Qi sent a decree ordering Kukuo Timur to support the crown prince with soldiers to enter the city and force Yuan Huizong to take the throne. Thirty miles away from the capital, Timur deliberately sent troops back to the camp, refusing to cooperate. Empress Boyan Hudu died in cold and loneliness at the age of forty-two, and Yuan Huizong canonized Qi as the queen.
Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, built the Yuan Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the general Xu Da, the deputy general Chang Yuchun, and led 250,000 troops to the north to destroy the Yuan. The Yuan Dynasty was still full of internal strife, and Yuan Huizong had no choice but to gather the concubines, crown princes, and crown princesses, and fled north to Kaiping, the capital of Shangdu, in the middle of the night. The Ming army invaded the capital of Yuan, and the Yuan Dynasty perished, from the accession of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, to the northward running of Yuan Huizong, a total of one hundred and eight years.
Empress Qi died, and in this year Zhu Yuanzhang sent his army to attack Kaiping, and Yuan Huizong fled to Yingchang. Soon after, the fifty-one-year-old Yuan Huizong died of dysentery, and the crown prince Aiyu Zhili Dala succeeded to the throne, which was Zhaozong of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. His queen was also a member of the Goryeo family of Kin, and Aiyu Zhiri Dala died in Horin. There is a tomb of Empress Qi on the Korean Peninsula, I don't know if it's true or not?
During the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongol rulers intensified their efforts to collect various taxes from the Han people, and the national oppression was very serious, and the Han people were plundered more commonly. The various ethnic groups were divided into different levels, the Han people were brutally exploited, and the people rose up, and in the second year of Taiding, there was an uprising led by Zhao Chouguo and Guo Bodhisattva in Henan.
The Mongol ruling class, however, was fighting each other for power, thus hastening the decline of the Yuan dynasty. The Yuan government ordered a change in the banknote law, minted Zhengtong treasure money, and issued a large number of new Zhongtong yuan treasure banknotes, but led to a rapid rise in prices.
The Yuanhui sect sent Jialu to clean up the Yellow River, and wanted to return to his old ways, so he mobilized 150,000 people and 20,000 soldiers. And the officials took the opportunity to extort money, causing dissatisfaction among the people. The leaders of the White Lotus Sect, Han Shantong, Liu Futong and others decided to lead the sect to launch an uprising, but the deeds were leaked, and Han Shantong was arrested and killed, so Liu Futong took Han Shantong's son Han Lin'er to fight out of the siege, pointing out that Han Shantong was the eighth grandson of Song Huizong, playing the banner of recovering the Song Dynasty, with the red scarf as the symbol, and then Guo Zixing and others also joined.
Monk Peng also helped Xu Shouhui to revolt in Hubei, thus opening the prelude to the demise of the Great Yuan. The Mongolian government sent troops to suppress the Red Turban Army in various places, and the Prime Minister Totoku personally supervised the battle to attack the Xuzhou rebel army, and once achieved a great victory.
Tokhtar led the army to besiege Zhang Shicheng's department of the Gaoyou rebel army, and was impeached by the DPRK and China, and his success fell short. Zhu Yuanzhang inherited the position of Guo Zixing, who died of illness, and continued to expand his power, capturing half of the south of the Yangtze River. At the same time, in the north, the generals of the Yuan army, such as Chakhan Timur and Li Siqi, began to launch a counteroffensive against the Red Turban Army in the north. The Northern Red Turban Army was defeated in the Battle of Anfeng by Zhang Shicheng, who was emerging and surrendered to Mongolia, Liu Futong was killed in battle, and Han Lin'er went south to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang, and was subsequently killed.
After Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and other southern rebel armies and the southern Yuan forces, he began the Northern Expedition, and with the assistance of the generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, he conquered Tongzhou, Yuan Huizong fled north in panic, and Xu Da led the army to capture the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Dadu, and Yuan's rule as a national nature ended. Yuan Huizong fled to the north, and Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he was obedient to the heavens and gave him the nickname Emperor Shun.
Yuan Huizong retreated to Shangdu, and the next year he went to Yingchang, and he continued to use the national name of Dayuan, known as the Northern Yuan in history. At that time, in addition to Yuan Huizong in the north, there was also the Yuan general Timur stationed in Dingxi, Gansu, and the Yuan court also possessed the northeast region and Yunnan region.
In order to occupy the north, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the method of dividing the troops into two routes and breaking each one, which was the first Northern Expedition. Yuan Huizong died in Yingchang after the defeat, and Yuan Zhaozong fled north to Mobei and Lin after ascending the throne, and the Ming general Feng Sheng seized the Gansu region. However, the Yuan general Kuangkuo Timur still fought with the Ming general Xu Da and others many times in Mobei, and Ming Taizu had written many letters to surrender, but Kuangkuo Timur never paid attention to it, and was called a strange man by Zhu Yuanzhang. Yuan Zhaozong died, and the successor Yuan Tianyuan continued to confront the Ming Dynasty, repeatedly violating the borders of the Ming Dynasty.
As for the northeastern region and Yunnan region occupied by the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Liu Yi of Pingzhang of Liaoyang Province of the Yuan Dynasty surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty occupied southern Liaoning. However, the rest of the Northeast was still controlled by the Yuan Dynasty's Taiwei Naha, who sent 200,000 troops to Jinshan, confronted the Ming army for more than ten years, and repeatedly refused to be appeased by the Ming Dynasty.
Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Lan Yu and others launched the Fifth Northern Expedition, with the goal of capturing the Jinshan of Naha. After many wars, Naha surrendered to Lanyu, and the Ming Dynasty occupied the northeast. The Liang king of the Yuan Dynasty, who guarded Yunnan, continued to be loyal after the Yuan court retreated to the grasslands. Ming Taizu sent Tang He and others to lead troops to pacify Ming Yuzhen, who possessed Sichuan, and persuaded the king of Liang to surrender to no avail, the Ming army invaded Yunnan, the king of Liang fled Kunming and committed suicide, and then the Ming army conquered Dali, and the Ming army pacified Yunnan.
In order to completely sweep away the Northern Yuan forces, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lan Yu to lead the Ming army of 150,000 to launch the Sixth Northern Expedition. The Ming army crossed the Gobi to the fishing sea to defeat the Yuan army, captured more than 80,000 people, Yuan Tianyuan Emperor and his eldest son Tian Baonu fled, but the young son Di Baonu was captured by the Ming army, so far the Northern Yuan State declined greatly. Emperor Yuan Tianyuan and his eldest son Tianbaonu were killed by the descendants of Ali Buge, and the Northern Yuan no longer used the era name.
In the 31st year of Hongwu, the leader of the Kyrgyz tribes along the upper Yenisei River, Guilichi, denied the suzerainty of Elberk, the son of Timur, and defeated and killed him, gaining the hegemony of ruling the tribes. After the son of Erlebok, Kun Timur, succeeded to the throne, he was also killed by Guilichi, renamed Tatar, removed the country name, and the Yuan Dynasty officially ended.
The Yuan Dynasty, which wanted to dominate the peoples by virtue of its military superiority alone, was immediately expelled from the occupied territories after losing its superior conditions. Even most of the capitals built under the leadership of Kublai Khan could not be defended, and they were forced back to the northern steppes where their original homeland was located. From then on, the Great Mongol Empire was never resurrected, and the people of the countries did not want this to happen.