One of the main issues discussed at the meeting of the four envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Dacheng Taiji, Zhongjin Hatun, and Cha Taiji in Dabansheng City was when the Kuritai Conference would be held.

Of course, even if the Kuritai Conference is to be held, it will not be in Dabansheng City, but only in Naturalization City. But on the other hand, before the Kuritai congress to elect the new Great Khan, the appearance of Chung Kim Hatun and Chataiji in Dabansheng City has obvious political significance.

Curitai, also known as Kuriltai, is also translated as Kuriltai. It means "gathering" in Turkic, and Khural in Mongolian can be interpreted as "meeting". It was a political and military council of the Mongols, responsible for electing tribal leaders and even khans.

All the Great Khans of the Mongol Empire, such as Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan, were elected by Kuritai.

However, it is still necessary to talk about the system of this Kuritai Congress, mainly to talk about the old things in the early Mongolian period.

Genghis Khan Temujin had four sons-in-law, namely Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedai, and Torre. Of these four men, Temujin's favorite was his youngest son, Tuolei, because of his outstanding military achievements and strong military ability. However, Temujin did not pass on to Torre because he liked him, but appointed the more talented statecraft of Ogedei as his successor.

In 1227, Temujin died in the camp of Liupan Mountain. At this time, if according to the Han tradition, the kingdom could not be left without a king for a day, his designated heir, Ogedei, should immediately ascend the throne, but since the Mongol tribal parliamentary system was still in effect, the Khan throne had to wait for the final decision of the Kuritai Assembly.

So in the two years that the Khan's throne was vacant, he was supervised by Tuo Lei. It was not until after the Kuritai Conference that Ögedei succeeded to the throne as he wished.

However, the main thing that needs to be said here is that during the Kuritai conference, there were also serious disputes at the top of the Mongolian leadership. Some advocated the election of Tuo Lei as the new Great Khan and opposed Genghis Khan's legacy. However, Chagatai fully supported Ogedei, and Torre was alone, so he had to support Ogedei.

Ögedei reigned thirteen years and died of drinking in 1241. Although Guiyu is the eldest son of Ogedei, Ogedai does not like him. According to the original intention of Wokotai, he wanted to set up his third son, Wo Out, as the heir, but Wo Out died in the early years, so Wo Kotai wanted to set up Wo Out's eldest son, Liemen, as the heir.

However, due to the sudden death of Ogedei, he did not have time to make an edict. At this time, Guiyou was out on the expedition, and the eldest son of the nest was still young. So it was suggested that the Empress of Ögedai, Naima Jin, should temporarily take charge of the country, and wait for the time of the Kuritai Assembly to elect a new Great Khan.

The empress Naima Zhenjian lasted for five years, and during these five years, in order to allow her son Guiyou to inherit the throne smoothly, she rewarded indiscriminately and tried her best to win over the clan and ministers. After everything was ready, the Assembly of Curitai was held in 1246.

At this time, Jochi's son, Batu, who had the highest prestige in the army, heard that he was going to be promoted as the Great Khan, and he was very dissatisfied and refused to attend the meeting on the grounds that he was sick.

After Guiyou succeeded to the throne, he held a grudge against this, so he raised an army to the west to crusade against Batu, which laid the groundwork for Meng Ge's succession.

Gui You's life was not very good, and after only two years of reign, he died of illness on the way to the west, and the queen Wu Lihai was lost in the court. In order to fight against the Ögedai lineage, Batu invited the ministers and tribal leaders to his territory to convene the Kulitai Assembly in his capacity.

This was obviously "in violation", so both the Wokotai and Chagatai factions refused to participate.

At this conference, the eldest son of Tulei, Meng Ke, was elected as the new Great Khan by everyone at the suggestion of Batu. However, due to the refusal of the two families of Ogedai and Chagatai to recognize it, Möngke had to invite the ministers and tribal leaders to the Mongol Troubled River to convene the All-Mongolia Kuritai Assembly again.

During this period, Meng Ke's mother and Tuolei's wife instigated Lu Heteni, and with the help of Tuolei's prestige during his lifetime, he tried his best to win over the kings and nobles of various sects. Finally, at the Council of Curritai in 1251, Möngke ascended the throne with the support of various ministers and nobles.

Since then, the Khan of the Mongol Empire has shifted from the Ogedei line to the Tolei line, and Otomo also triggered the later division of the Mongol Empire.

After Möngke's death, the Mongol Empire once again had a farce of struggle for the throne. This time, the protagonists are Meng Ge's two younger brothers: Kublai Khan and Ali Buge, who are more powerful than the previous ones, and even develop to the point of fighting each other.

In 1259, Möngke died, and Ali Buge, who stayed behind in Mobei, tried every means to lure Kublai Khan back to the steppe and force him to adopt himself as the Great Khan. Then Kublai Khan did not give in, but in 1260, he was the first to proclaim the succession of the Great Khan in Kaiping.

A few months after Kublai Khan announced his succession to the Great Khan, Ali Buge was also proclaimed Great Khan at the Mobei Kulitai Conference.

As a result, the two khans were pitted against each other, and the Mongol Empire was plunged into a fierce civil war that lasted for four years. And Kublai Khan, with the strong financial and material support of the Central Plains, finally defeated Ali Buge.

However, after Kublai Khan's victory, the Kipchak Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, and Ögedai Khanate, which supported Ali Buge, completely split from the Mongol Empire.

In 1271, Kublai Khan did not stop doing two things, and simply imitated the political system of the Central Plains Dynasty. Taking the meaning of the "Great Zai Qianyuan" in the Book of Changes, the founding name is Dayuan, and it is determined that Dadu will be the capital, and he will officially become the emperor - not the Great Khan.

This series of changes is actually related to the Curritai conference, and several key points can be found from these things:

One is that the Kuritai Assembly had at least nominal supreme authority to the point of deciding on the ownership of the Great Khan.

Second, the resolution of the Kuritai Conference is not that it cannot be broken by force, but even if it is broken, the Mongols may not be truly convinced.

Third, the specific time of the meeting is not clearly specified, but it can be convened by the leaders with higher voices and stronger voices and contact with the Mongolian ministries.

Fourth, before the Kuritai Assembly was convened and a new Great Khan was elected, the widow of the previous Khan was generally temporarily in charge of the regent, and the "mother of the nation" who was in charge of the state itself held the power not much different from that of the Great Khan, and also had the power to convene and convene the Kuritai Assembly.

However, this was not the early days of the Mongol Empire after all, and many things had changed.

The four khanates have long been yesterday's yellow flowers, and the "Great Yuan Empire" has only one name left, and more importantly, Tumut itself is only one of the six "30,000 households" set up by Dayan Khan.

Therefore, the Kuritai congress of the Tumut ministry is theoretically only a congress of their own department, and cannot be extended to the whole of Mongolia.

However, there is a big problem here, that is, the power of the Shunyi king to preside over the Tonggong mutual market not only includes the junction of the Tumut headquarters and the Ming Dynasty, but also includes the eastern and western settings and even Qinghai.

Therefore, Gao Shishi said that this Kuritai conference should be the Kuritai conference of the whole of Mongolia, and should not be limited to one part of Tumut.

But his statement, not only Cha Tai Ji clearly objected, Zhong Jin Hatun was also silent, and even Dacheng Tai Ji himself did not dare to speak for a long time.

Gao Pragmatic looked at the three of them and showed a sneer: "Why, can't the three of them see the benefits of this matter?" ”

Chataiji immediately said: "Don't hide it from the envoys, Tokhtar only knows that this is against the system set by Dayan Khan, in the words of your Han people, it is 'overstepping', not by loyal people." ”

Gao pragmatic looked at Zhong Jin Hatun again, Zhong Jin Hatun was a pro-Ming faction after all, so he couldn't help but speak, so he had to frown slightly and said: "Anyway, when the Great Khan was alive, he didn't mean to completely tear his face with Tumen Khan." ”

Gao pragmatic did not answer, and looked at Han Naji, Han Naji looked embarrassed, and hesitated: "Qin envoy, your wisdom is something I can never compare, I can only see that doing so will anger Tumen, although I Tumut is not afraid of him, but now Xin Ai's attitude has not yet been clear, if you offend Tumen again...... I really don't see any benefit, please advise. ”

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