In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 498: Candidate for the New Great Khan

Muge Hadun was so popular that Temujin and his son were all vying for her. She must be very beautiful. In fact, after marrying Ogodei, she became the third queen and ranked third among the six queens. Before that, he had been deeply favored by Ogedai, so after Ogedai's death, Mugehatun had the power of regency.

The eldest queen and the second queen of Wokuotai are no longer there, and the Mongolians and Han people have different habits, so they all call them queens.

Tregona definitely couldn't make a wedding dress for her.

Once Wokuotai died, Mu Gehadun would be regent, so she immediately thought of getting rid of Mu Gehadun.

Bao'erchi was poisoned by Tulegena, and Yibahebieji had to agree even if he didn't agree. So Tulegena walked around that night, first persuading Yibahebieji to frame Mugehadun, and then warning him. Kublai Khan, she already knew that it was Luheteni who was behind the plan. At the same time, she sent people to control Kublai Khan and not allow him to return to Lai City.

On the tenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Yuanzhen, there was a cold wind on both sides of the Ishim River, and the lowest temperature reached more than 20 degrees below zero. Mongolians danced around the bonfire, drank strong wine, and ate barbecue every day to spend the cold winter. .

But many people don’t know that that night, there were frequent movements of people and horses around the palace tent, and many soldiers were mobilized intensively. A tense atmosphere enveloped Mongolia’s Er, and further away, within ten miles of Or’er, there were no more people. Outsiders are not allowed to enter.

The third queen, Mu Gehadun, soon felt something unusual.

Muge Hatun married Temujin when he was young, and is only around forty now. Although he is no longer as youthful and beautiful as he was in the past, he may have taken good care of himself. In the later period, he did not have to be exposed to wind and rain outside, and his skin is still good, so he also gets Wokuotai's love.

At night, she heard the neighing of soldiers and horses, and there seemed to be even louder sounds of troop movements near the Ordos, and even the rustling of armor.

Something big must have happened? Mugehadun became more and more nervous, and his mood kept fluctuating.

Therefore, Wo Kuotai used to reward Mu Gehadun first if he had any good things.

Wokuotai was particularly fond of Mu Gehadun. Once someone offered three watermelons as a tribute, he immediately rewarded Mu Gehadun with it. The other queens did not know what watermelons tasted at that time.

Atuo's reason was that it was cold and freezing, so he was careful to catch a cold, and he had been sweating profusely recently and was in poor health, so he didn't want to see anyone.

Mugehadun had no choice but to stay in the camp as there was no one around her. She wanted to send someone out to inquire about the news, but was stopped. At this time, she already felt that something was wrong.

On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Kublai Khan came to Or'er'er. In the morning, after breakfast, Mugehadun went to see Ogedai. Later, after Chagatai and Tolegena arrived, Mugehatun returned to his home. tent.

Muge Hadun did not doubt that he was there and took out a few glasses of wine and gave them to Baoerchi.

Usually when Wokuotai is around, all the princes have people who support them, and each prince also has his own power and trusted ministers. Naturally, these people can also be used by a queen like Tolegona.

Kemu Gehadun has a fatal weakness.

After she entered, she found that the palace tent was crowded with people, including Tolegona, Chagatai, Yelu Chucai, several sons of Ogedai, and even grandsons, the clan kings of the Ogedai and Chagatai families. , except for Kuantuan stationed in Tabriz, basically all are there.

When she married Temujin, she did not give birth to a child for Temujin, and after marrying Ogodei, she did not give birth to a child for Ogodei. This was her biggest weakness.

I heard that Mugehadun has better wines from the Western Regions.

All the civil and military officials of Mongolia gathered together, while Wo Kuotai was lying quietly on the imperial couch.

In the evening, she wanted to go see Wokuotai after dinner, but was stopped by someone. She recognized that the person who stopped her was Kuduhu's personal guard Atuo.

As soon as Mu Gehadun followed the soldiers outside the palace tent, he saw people kneeling on the ground outside. Many people were even crying. Mu Gehadun's eyesight went dark and he felt that his body was crumbling.

It is said that after the absence of the eldest queen and the second queen, Mu Gehadun, who ranks third, has the highest status.

Mugehadun had no children, which left her with almost no one available. No ministers or generals would take refuge in her. There was no use in taking refuge in her, and there would be no benefit.

She spent the night in fear. Early in the morning on the eleventh day of the lunar month, a soldier came over and asked her to go to the palace tent.

After noon, Baoerchi suddenly came to the door and said that Dahan wanted to drink. He sent him the best wine, but Dahan was not satisfied.

She didn't think about this issue when Wokuotai was around. After Wokuotai became seriously ill, people came and went around Or'er every day, and the Mongolian nobles and kings were ready to make a move. Mugehadun finally knew that something was wrong.

Torrege was crying like a tearful person, her shoulders kept twitching, and next to her, Yibahebeji was comforting her in a sweet voice.

When Chagatai saw her coming in, he pointed to the wine bottle on the table with a bad expression. Is this the wine you gave to the Khan?
Mu Gehadun was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "This is what the Great Khan rewarded me. It was brought back from Batu from Ji Yali——"

She also wanted to explain, but Gui Yuna suddenly said angrily: "Father Khan is so ill, how can he drink so much wine again? Queen Muge, you are trying to kill Father Khan--"

The expressions of everyone around him changed.

Tuliegena immediately said in a good voice: "Queen Muge didn't mean it, Guiyou——" After saying that, he glared at him dissatisfiedly, saying that there were so many elders present, why are you talking so much.

"I - I, it's Bao'erchi who's looking for me -" This Queen Muge didn't have much communication at ordinary times, and she wasn't good at speaking. In the original history, just because Wo Kuotai was poisoned, her regency and handling of state affairs were in chaos. , everyone looked down upon her and dissatisfied with her, and she soon died in depression, and the power passed directly to Torrego.

Brother Mu and Huang stammered and wanted to explain, but no one cared. Some people just wanted to blame Wo Kuotai's death on her, and some people only cared about who would succeed him.

Chagatai still wanted to ask more about the wine, but Torekna stood up and advised everyone that these matters will be discussed later. The most urgent thing is to deal with the affairs of the Great Khan's death and the affairs of the new Great Khan, which are of great concern to the Great Khan. Mongolia's future.

Everyone thinks that Torrege is smarter and wiser, and can take on big responsibilities.

So under Chagatai's suggestion, it was unanimously decided that Tolegona would be the regent for the time being.

After Temujin's death, Mongolia was regent by Tolei. After the death of Ogedai in the original history, Queen Muge was regent.

Now history has been changed. After Ogedai's death, Tolegona was directly regent.

This arrangement shows that it was determined by the different environments of Mongolia in each period.

When Temujin died, Mongolia was in the midst of war and was in a period of rising power, so it needed a strong figure like Tolei to serve as regent.

When Ogedai died, Mongolia was basically invincible and had no serious opponents. The situation at home and abroad was also very stable, so Empress Mujin was allowed to be regent first, and then a general meeting was immediately held to elect a new khan. It's the same now. They are nesting on the edge of the Ishim River, and there is no war. The key people are very close, and all the sect kings are nearby.

Regent Tolegona only expressed his respect for her, and the most important thing was that the subsequent Khuriltai Conference should start as soon as possible.

Queen Muge, who was so confused, didn't even know what was going on. She didn't say a few words after entering the palace tent, but Tuliege blamed Ogedai's death on her.

Although she was not said to have poisoned him, the wine was brought by her. If Wokuotai died of excessive drinking, it would naturally be blamed on her.

Queen Muge was basically relegated to the cold palace.
So Ogedai was poisoned to death by Baoerchi just like in history. However, because Torregona helped in the middle, no one knew that he was poisoned, and because Ogedai was executing the order to establish a strong family, he was poisoned to death. Even the Great Khan, Yelu Chucai and Chagatai, who had always supported him, were not interested in pursuing the cause of his death. Everyone hurriedly dealt with Ogedai's funeral affairs, and then all parties made efforts to prepare for the Khan's throne.

On January 15, Meng Ge returned to Lai City from the Volga River, met his mother Luheteni, and brought good news. Batu, as before, had no interest in becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia. Meng Ge He decisively stated that he wanted to become the Great Khan, and Batu immediately expressed his support. However, Batu demanded that once Meng Ge became the Great Khan, the hundreds of thousands of Mongolians on the Ishim River would immediately continue to move westward.

Batu seems to have a soft spot for the west and wants Mongolia to continue its western expedition and fight towards Vienna.

Back then, Batu conquered the West and the vanguard reached as far as Vienna in the Principality of Austria.

At that time, because there were a large number of Bohemian and Austrian troops guarding Vienna, the Mongolian army could not find a good breakthrough. The forward sentries were observing the terrain near Vienna, looking for weaknesses and opportunities that could be attacked.

As a result, his hometown Hara Helin was attacked, and Batu returned with his army under the pressure of everyone. It was his lifelong worry that he did not invade the Principality of Austria.

Moreover, Batu believed that the current power of the Song Army was far away from them, so there was no need to fight with the Song Army.

If Wokuotai dies, he will support Meng Ge to take the throne and let Meng Ge lead all the Mongols to continue the expedition to the west, attack Austrian pear and other countries, occupy Central Europe and even Western Europe, first occupy a large area of ​​land, and rule the local people. The people of Mongolia need to rest and recuperate, and train and mobilize troops from the local area. Only then will they be able to truly conquer the east in the future, because after all, the people of Mongolia are still too few.

Batu actually had quite a strategic vision and was able to recognize the differences between the Mongols and the Song people.

The total number of Mongolians is now less than one million, while the number of Song people exceeds 100 million.

Wo Kuotai always wanted to fight to the death with the Song people, which seemed irrational to him.

It is better to occupy Europe first, rule the people there, and then recruit, train, and increase the population from the local area. If the Song army does not come over, they can re-establish a khanate in Europe. If the Song people come over, they will be more prepared.

Meng Ge and Batu reached an agreement. As long as they ascend the throne of Khan, they are willing to lead troops to continue the Western Expedition. They will first conquer Europe, regain a foothold in large areas of land, and then develop and grow to prevent the Song army.

In Soluheteni's view, this was a truly correct strategic decision that was beneficial to Mongolia.

But Luheteni gave Meng Ge a basin of cold water.

"Brother Tulie knew that we were looking for Bao'er Kudu to kill Ogedei. She sent people to detain Kublai Khan and asked us to give up the fight for the Khan position and support Guiyu as Khan, otherwise we would kill Kublai Khan."

The news about Luheteni was like a bolt from the blue, and Meng Ge, who was full of confidence, did not recover for a long time.

Turlege was so cunning. When she saw Baoerchi poisoning, she first learned from Baoerchi that Yibahebeji had asked him to do it. Then she thought that Kublai Khan had just arrived and immediately sent someone to do it. Keep Kublai Khan under control.

She first forced Yibahebeji to frame Queen Muge and let the matter be handled in a low-key manner, but at the same time she caught Kublai Khan and threatened Mengge who instigated Luheteni.

Because Ogedei's death has now been pushed to Queen Muge, Tulegena can't blame it on Soluheteni in the name of poisoning. He can only use Kublai Khan to influence Soluheteni and Soluheteni. Meng Ge.

Moreover, once Mengge and Soluheteni did not support her, Tolegena would also kill Soluheteni's younger sisters Yibahebieji and Baoerchi.

Her younger sister Yibahebeji and her nephew Baoerchi helped her avenge her, poisoned Wo Kuotai, and successfully avenged Tuolei. How could she feel at ease if she instigated Luheteni to ignore her sister and nephew.

Brother Meng's face turned red after hearing this, and all kinds of thoughts were jumping around in his mind.

Originally he thought he had a chance to climb to the top of the Great Khan, but he did not expect that Torregona would directly threaten them with their relatives.

In fact, Meng Ge has no relationship with Kublai Khan. The two have not grown up together. Meng Ge was brought up by the second queen of Ogedai, Queen Anghui, in the fiefdom of Ogedai. He has a relationship with the second queen of Ogedai, Anghui. Better.

After Tuolei's death, he returned to Tuolei fiefdom. Kublai Khan was also sixteen or seventeen years old at that time, and Kublai Khan had been growing up next to Soluheteni. In terms of the relationship between mother and son, Soluheteni and Kublai Khan Preilie was obviously much better than him and Soluhotheni.

Meng Ge lived in the fiefdom of Wokuotai since he was a child. There was no palace built in the fiefdom of Wokuotai at that time. He lived in a palace tent, drank goat's milk, ate beef and mutton, and lived the life of a nomadic people. Kubi Lie was in Hara Helin. Hara Helin was already under construction at that time, and there were many Han people and ministers around Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan also wrote Chinese characters and learned Chinese.

After Meng Ge came over, although he did not express any obvious dissatisfaction with Kublai Khan's promotion of Sinology and Han people, he certainly did not support it.

The two have completely different personalities and hobbies. Meng doesn't like to talk and can stay with strangers for several hours without saying a word. Kublai Khan is cheerful, lively and good at sociability.

Under such circumstances, when Luheteni first said that Kublai Khan was captured, Brother Meng actually wanted to say, let's stand up and fight for the throne to see if Brother Tuoli dares to kill Kublai Khan.

In other words, this younger brother, Brother Meng, is willing to sacrifice.

But Zhuluheteni quickly said, my sister and nephew Baoerchi are also in Tuliege's hands. Their mother and son helped your father to avenge the thunder. We can't let them die in vain.

The meaning of instigating Luheteni was to ask Meng Ge to give up his throne.

Brother Meng was very reluctant, but he had to listen to his mother's words, and he couldn't ignore the lives of his three relatives.

But what he didn't expect was that although Meng Ge finally agreed to give up the throne and instigated Luheteni and Tregena to influence Meng Ge's will, he could not control Batu's will.

At the end of January, the princes and nobles from all over Great Mongolia, including the Uliang Hetai stationed in Jiyali, returned to the Ishim River to conduct the election of the new Great Khan.

Although Meng Ge strongly stated that he would not participate in the Great Khan, Batu did not give face to anyone and made it clear that I only agree with Meng Ge and everyone else is not qualified.

Now everyone is in trouble.

(End of this chapter)