Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 833 Quartet Talks (Part [-])
When the imperial envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Dacheng Taiji, Zhong Jinhatun, and Qiataiji met in Dabansheng City, one of the main discussions was when to hold the Kuritai Conference.

Of course, even if the Curry Taiwan Conference is to be held, it will not be held in Daban Shengcheng, but only in Guihua City.But looking at it the other way around, the appearance of Zhongjin Hatun and Chataiji in Dabansheng City before the Kuritai Conference to elect the new Great Khan has obvious political significance in itself.

Kuriltai, also known as Kuriltai, is also translated as Kuriltai.It means "gathering" in Turkic, and Khural in Mongolian can be interpreted as "meeting".It is 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 Ogedai Khan, were elected by Kuritai.

However, it is still necessary to talk about the system of the Kuritai Conference, mainly to talk about the old things in the early days of Mongolia.

Genghis Khan Temujin had four sons, Jochi, Chagatai, Okuotai, and Torrei.Among these four people, Temujin's favorite is the youngest son Tuo Lei, because he has outstanding military exploits and strong military ability.However, Temujin did not pass on to Torre because he loved him, but appointed Ogedei, who was more capable of governing the country, as his successor.

In 1227, Temujin died in his tent on Mount Liupan.At this time, if according to the tradition of the Han people, the country cannot be without a king for a day, his designated successor Okuotai should take the throne immediately, but because the Mongolian tribal parliamentary system is still in effect, Khan will have to wait for the Kuritai Conference to make the final decision. Decide.

So during the two years when Khan was vacant, Tuo Lei supervised the country (some people think that Tuo Lei was the Great Khan at this time, but in fact he was only the supervisor of the country. Tuo Lei's emperor was posthumously named by his sons).It was not until after the Kuritai Conference that Wo Kuotai succeeded to the position of Khan as he wished.

But what needs to be said here is that during the Kuritai Conference, there were serious disputes among Mongolian senior officials.Some people advocate the election of Tuo Lei as the new Great Khan, opposing Genghis Khan's will.However, Chagatai fully supported Wokuotai, and Tuo Lei was lonely (at this time Jochi was dead), so he had to support Wokuotai.

Wo Kuotai reigned for 13 years and died of drinking in 1241.Although Guiyou is Wo Kuotai's eldest son, Wo Kuotai doesn't like him.According to Wo Kuotai's original intention, he wanted to appoint his third son, Wochu, as the heir. However, Wochu died in battle in the early years, so Wo Kuotai wanted to make Wochu's eldest son, Shi Liemen, as the heir.

However, due to Wo Kuotai's sudden death, he did not have time to make a will.At this time, Guiyou was away on the expedition, and the eldest son Shiliemen who was born in the nest was still young.So someone suggested that the queen of Wo Kuotai, Nai Mazhen, temporarily supervise the country (Guiyou's biological mother), and wait for the Kuritai General Assembly to elect a new Khan.

The queen was Ma Zhenjian for five years. During these five years, in order to let her son Guiyou successfully inherit the Khan throne, she abused rewards and tried her best to win over the clan and ministers.After everything was ready, the Curry Taiwan Conference was held in 1246.

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

After Guiyou succeeded to the throne, he held a grudge against this, so he sent troops to the west to attack Batu, which finally laid the groundwork for Mengge's succession.

Guiyou's life was not very good. After only two years in power, he died of illness on the way to the western expedition, and the empress Wu Lihai was lost and called the imperial court.In order to fight against the Wokuotai faction, Batu invited various ministers and tribal leaders to his territory to hold the Kuritai Conference as the Changzhi Zongwang.

This was obviously "violating the system", so both the Wokuotai and Chagatai factions refused to participate.

In this meeting, Tuolei's eldest son, Meng Ge, was elected as the new Great Khan under the proposal of Batu.However, because Wokuotai and Chagatai refused to recognize it, Meng Ge had to invite ministers and tribal leaders to hold another Mongolian Kuritai Conference on the banks of the Onan River in Mongolia.

During this period, Meng Ge's mother and Tuo Lei's wife, Lu Heteni, used Tuo Lei's prestige during his lifetime to try his best to win over the kings and nobles.Finally, at the Curry Taiwan Conference in 1251, Meng Ge successfully ascended the throne with the support of ministers and nobles.

Since then, the Khan position of the Mongolian Empire has been transferred from the Wokuotai lineage to the Tuolei lineage, and Daban also triggered the split of the Mongolian Empire.

After Mengge's death, the Mongolian Empire once again had a farce of fighting for the throne.This time the protagonists are Meng Ge's two younger brothers: Kublai Khan and Brother Ali Bu. They are more powerful than the previous ones, and even developed to the point of fighting each other.

In 1259, Mengge died, and Alibuge, who stayed behind in Mobei, tried every means to lure Kublai Khan back to the grassland, forcing him to support himself as the Great Khan.Then Kublai Khan did not submit, but in 1260, he took the lead in announcing his successor to the Great Khan in Kaiping City.

A few months after Kublai Khan announced his successor as the Great Khan, Ali Boke was also proclaimed as the Great Khan at the Mobei Kulitai Conference.

As a result, there was a situation where the two khans competed, and the Mongol Empire fell into a fierce civil war that lasted for four years.With the strong financial and material support of the Central Plains, Kublai Khan finally defeated Brother Ali.

However, after Kublai Khan's victory, the Chincha Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, and Wokuotai Khanate that supported Ari Boke completely split from the Mongolian Empire.

In 1271, Kublai Khan did not do anything, and simply imitated the political system of the Central Plains Dynasty.Taking the meaning of "Dazai Qianyuan" in the "Book of Changes", the name of the founding country is Dayuan, and Dadu is determined to be the capital, and officially becomes the emperor—not the Great Khan.

This series of incidents is actually related to the Curry Taiwan Conference, and several key points can be found from these incidents:
One is that the Kuritai Assembly has the highest authority, at least in name, so that it can decide the ownership of the Great Khan.

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

The third is that the specific time for the Kuritai Conference is not clearly stipulated, but it can be called by the leader with a high voice and strong strength and contact with various Mongolian ministries.

Fourth, before the Kuritai Assembly is held and a new Great Khan is elected, the widow of the previous Great Khan usually temporarily supervises the country as regent. Has the power to convene and hold the Curry Taiwan General Assembly.

However, this time is not the early stage of the Mongol Empire after all, and many things have changed.

The Four Great Khanates are long gone, and the "Great Yuan Empire" has only one name left. More importantly, Tumed itself is only one of the six "[-] households" set up by Dayan Khan. It is said that the Great Khan of the Ordos Department has an additional title of "Jinong" on his head, which is equivalent to the "Vice Khan" of the whole Mongolia, and his status is still higher than that of Tumed.

Therefore, the Kuritai Conference held by the Tumed Department is theoretically only a conference held by their headquarters, and cannot be extended to the whole of Mongolia.

However, there is a big problem here, that is, the power of King Shunyi to preside over the Tonggong Exchange includes not only the border between Tumote headquarters and Daming, but also Dongtao, Xitao and even Qinghai.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatism said that this Kuritai conference should be a Kuritai conference for the whole Mongolia, and should not be limited to Tumed.

But not only did Chataiji clearly express his objection to his statement, Zhong Jinhatun was also silent, and even Dacheng Taiji himself did not dare to speak for a long time.

Gao Wushi looked at the three of them, showing a sneer: "Why, don't you three see the benefits of this matter?"

Chataiji immediately interjected: "I don't want to hide it from the imperial envoy. Tuotuo only knows that this is a violation of the system established by Dayan Khan. In the words of your Han people, it is 'exceeding the system' and it was not done by loyal people."

Gao Wushi looked at Zhong Jinhatun again. After all, Zhongjinhatun was a pro-Ming faction, so he had to speak, so he frowned slightly and said, "Anyway, when Da Khan was alive, he didn't want to completely tear himself apart from Tumen Khan. What do you mean by breaking your face?"

Gao Wushi didn't answer, but looked at Bahanaji again, who looked puzzled and said hesitantly: "Imperial envoy, your wisdom is absolutely incomparable to mine, I can only see that doing so will hurt you." To anger Tumen, although I, Tumote, am not afraid of him, Xin Ai's attitude is not yet clear, if I offend Tumen again... I really don't see any benefit, please advise."

(End of this chapter)