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[Popular Science Short Video Collection Series 20. ]

[Twenty-three, how did the Yuan Dynasty disappear? ]

[Whether you admit it or not, the Yuan Dynasty was the most extensive dynasty in Chinese history. ]

[Such a powerful dynasty lasted 98 years from its founding to its demise. ]

[If we start counting from the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty, then it was already destroyed in 1989. Why did it collapse so quickly? ]

[Today, let's talk about how the Yuan Dynasty disappeared. 】

[...]

"What else could it be? They didn't treat the people as human beings."

"That's right. There were natural disasters and man-made disasters in the late Yuan Dynasty. Didn't we know this long ago?"

"In the final analysis, it was because they were not popular with the people."

"I know the answer. Zhu Yuanzhang did it! He was the one who overthrew the Yuan Dynasty."

"......"

The ancient people were confused.

The reason for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was already mentioned when we talked about Zhu Yuanzhang.

Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan focused his attention and stared at the screen very seriously.

He murmured, "I want to know what the reason is?!"

The powerful Yuan Empire was declared extinct within 943 to 100 years.

There must be deep-seated reasons.

[There are many reasons for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty. In my opinion, there are two main reasons. 】

【The first is the issue of Sinicization. 】

【The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty had two identities. 】

【To the Han people, he was the emperor of the Han people. To the Mongols, they called him the Great Khan. 】

【In addition to being the Great Khan of the Yuan Empire, he was also the nominal leader of the four Khanates of Ilchin, Chakuotai, and Chagatai. 】

【These four Khanates have nothing to do with our China. 】

【Back then, the Mongols who conquered Europe and Egypt were all done by the Mongols of these four Khanates. 】

【Like the Mongol Empire today, their ancestor is Genghis Khan. 】

【This led to the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty being very embarrassed. All the emperors in the past 100 years have faced a problem: should I be Sinicized? 】

【If you are Sinicized, the Mongols will not recognize you. 】

【If you don't sinicize, the Chinese people won't recognize you. 】

【So the Mongols sometimes sinicized and sometimes didn't, which led to the fact that they never established a centralized power like the previous dynasties of the Chinese. 】

【The second reason is that they had very serious internal struggles. 】

【Ruled the Central Plains for more than 80 years, and changed 11 emperors. 】

【I will give you 3 seconds now. Think about the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. Can you think of another one besides Kublai Khan? 】

【Internal struggles have always been a feature of nomadic peoples. 】

【It started with Genghis Khan. 】

【Genghis Khan's brain circuit of appointing a prince is incomprehensible to us. 】

【He startedThe ones he values ​​the most are the eldest and the second oldest, and the one he likes the most is the fourth oldest, Tolui. 】

[Tolui sounds familiar, right? He is Hua Zheng's brother in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Guo Jing's sworn brother. 】

[As a result, Genghis Khan did not appoint any of the three, but appointed the third oldest, Ogedei, as the crown prince! 】

[The reason is that the eldest and the second oldest do not get along and fight every day. He is worried that one of them will rebel after he gives up power. 】

[The third oldest is kind and loyal, so you should be the crown prince. 】

[But it doesn't matter. After you appointed the crown prince, you gave him the military power! 】

[Letting the fourth oldest, Tolui, take charge of the military power, isn't that just asking for trouble? 】

[...]

"It's a dilemma, no wonder he died young, and the internal situation is unstable."

"Good guy, he manages too many people, he's greedy, and in the end, he didn't do anything well."

"Ah? How can raising a son be like raising a poison? I think he did it on purpose."

"......"

The Three Kingdoms period.

Sun Quan envied the territory of the Yuan Dynasty while venting his dissatisfaction.

"Hmph! You said I can't appoint an heir, I don't want anyone to laugh at me."

Before, Guangmu used a video to make fun of him for appointing an heir at random, and now I see that the Yuan Dynasty is also like this.

I can't use this matter to make fun of him in the future.

[The eldest brother has no military power, so he is just a commander. He was forced to let the fourth brother Tuolei serve as regent for several years. In the end, it was the prime minister at the time who persuaded him to transfer this power to the third brother. 】 (To read the most exciting novels, go to Flylu Novel Network!)

[After years of being bullied, the third brother Ogedei finally got his power back. Do you think he would not punish Tolui? 】

[In the end, this guy killed Tolui. 】

[From this time on, the feud was established! 】

[The factional struggle began. 】

[Tolui's eldest son Mongke was very capable, and most importantly, he was very survivable. He killed Ogedei and his sons, leaving no rivals, and uprooted Ogedei's line. 】

[So from this time on, the Khanship of Mongolia, including the throne of the Yuan Dynasty, has been passed down among Tolui's descendants. 】

[After Mongke died, Mongke's two younger brothers started fighting again, the fourth brother Kublai and the seventh brother Alibug. 】

【When I heard the name, I knew Kublai Khan would definitely win. 】

【After fighting for many years, Kublai Khan finally won and established the Yuan Dynasty. 】

【It was also from this time that the Central Plains Dynasty was officially unified. 】

【After unifying the Central Plains Dynasty, he began to worry, should I use Chinese law or Mongolian customs? 】

【At that time, the Mongols had not learned Confucianism. 】

【There was no prejudice against merchants, and it could even be said that they valued merchants very much. 】

【So at that time, Kublai Khan liked to use Hui people very much, because Hui people were very good at business. 】

【But the Han officials under him hated Hui people very much. 】[]

[Because the Chinese people have been scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans since ancient times, merchants are always at the end. In many dynasties, the children of merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations. Even Li Bai had to do this. 】

[Because of Confucianism, he values ​​righteousness over profit. Gentlemen are righteous, while villains are profit. 】

[Those who seek wealth selfishly are villains. 】

[So the Han people look down on these Hui people, and they want the emperor to use Chinese law. 】

[But at this time, Kublai Khan had not even learned Chinese well. You asked him to use Chinese law, isn't that a joke? 】

[So these Han officials placed their hopes on the crown prince Jin Zhen. 】

[Because this crown prince grew up with Han officials since he was a child, and was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and Confucian classics. 】

[But the bad thing is that these Han officials are too eager for success! 】

【You can’t blame these Han officials for being anxious. 】

【At that time, Jin Zhen was in his forties and his health was not very good. Kublai Khan was in his seventies and his health was very good. I was really worried that the prince would not survive Kublai Khan. 】

【So these Han officials wrote to the emperor and asked him to abdicate. 】

【Which emperor would be happy with this matter? Longyan was furious. You are forcing the emperor to abdicate. He slammed the table and glared. The ministers were fine, but the prince was scared to death! 】

【After the death of the prince, Kublai Khan became even angrier and hated these civil officials. 】

【You said that my precious eldest son, I finally raised him to the age of forty. 】

【Hey, just because you guys are provoking the relationship between father and son, scaring my son to death, and mentioning Han law to me, quickly disappear from my sight, or I will kill you all! 】

【When Zhenjin died, Kublai Khan was very sad and made Zhenjin's son Temur the emperor, who later became Emperor Chengzong of Yuan. 】

【Think about it again, can Emperor Chengzong of Yuan have a good impression of these Han officials? 】

【You are the ones who instigate the relationship between my father and my grandfather every day! 】

【So from this time on, the Mongolians' path to sinicization came to an end. 】

【...】

"Oh my, my son won't live longer than me!"

"You can't blame the Han officials for being anxious. My son is sick and will not live longer than me. Who wouldn't be anxious if it happened to me?"

"My goodness, it's too embarrassing! It wasn't you who did it, what are you afraid of? You scared yourself to death!"

"This prince died unjustly."

"......"

The ancients were all dumbfounded.

It almost succeeded in sinicization, but was ruined by the short-lived prince. .