Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

As an emperor, especially a commoner emperor, it is natural for him to know modern history.

Among the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang admired Kublai Khan the most.

Although he did not have the knowledge of the world that the young man Wen Mang had in later generations, and did not know much about the Mongol Empire.

But the people in the early Ming Dynasty knew more about the Mongol change to the Yuan Dynasty.

After all, the Hu Yuan Dynasty lasted less than a hundred years, and the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who witnessed it were still alive, so it was not difficult to find out.

The brutality of the Mongols, the changes in the early Yuan Dynasty, and even the rapid succession of the Yuan Dynasty throne were all very clear to the people in the early Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of this that some of Kublai Khan's benevolent policies in the early Yuan Dynasty became more outstanding, and also made his frustrated state in his later years more embarrassing.

Now, when he heard his juniors attribute the cause to the unfavorable foreign war and the death of his wife, Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed:

"If it weren't for the virtuous and kind Empress Chabi, whether Kublai Khan could be the founder of the Yuan Dynasty is still a question."

"Just like me, if it weren't for the Empress's favor..."

Empress Ma stopped her husband's words with a smile:

"Those who can pacify the world rely on the emperor to command the troops, the generals to be brave and the soldiers to be fearless. What I did is just my job, why can I talk about my achievements?"

"Why can't I talk about my achievements?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say Wei Ran:

"If it weren't for the Queen comforting the family, Hezhou would probably have been difficult to survive, and there was also the defense of Jiangning..."

Seeing that his mother was about to refuse again, Zhu Biao simply joined in to persuade them:

"Dad and Mom are to the Ming Dynasty, just like Dad and Mom are to me, what is the difference? How can we lack each other?"

"I think that the most serious thing to be discussed right now is the governance of Tibet."

With the prince mediating, Queen Ma no longer said much, but looked at her eldest son with a smile, and her heart became more and more satisfied.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the same, watching his eldest son talk about the "sacred and indivisible" saying in later generations, his eyes became more and more appreciative.

"The loss of the son of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty was caused by the villain who deserved to be killed, and the prince was too cowardly, not as good as our Biao'er at all."

Looking at his eldest son talking, he simply turned his head and whispered to his sister:

"The territory of the Ming Dynasty is certainly not as vast as that of the early Yuan Dynasty, but our Emperor Hongwu and his wives are all virtuous, which can be said to be far better than that of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty."

Seeing the proud look of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Empress Ma smiled and shook her head, but she just held her husband's hand a little tighter.

[The Yuan Dynasty split from the Mongol Empire, and also had the characteristics of the Mongol Empire's love of conquest.

However, in the old territory of the Mongol Empire, the Yuan Dynasty was located in the east and the Khanates were located in the west, so the Yuan Dynasty was destined to be unable to expand westward. In this case, it could only focus on the south and east.

During the reign of Kublai Khan, the Yuan Dynasty still frequently fought wars with foreign countries, but compared with the early westward expedition of the Mongol Empire, the results were few, and on the surface, the cause of its defeat was also difficult for Kublai Khan to accept.

We have already mentioned that the expedition to Japan encountered a typhoon disaster, so we will not repeat it here.

During the Yuan Dynasty's conquest to the south, there were three conquests against Champa and Annan, which are now in Vietnam, but the results of all three expeditions were not satisfactory.

The first time, "the army could not bear the heat and returned", the second time encountered the rainy season, "many soldiers died and were injured", and the third time, "many were infected and could not advance".

However, the kings of Annan and Champa were both smart people at that time. After taking advantage of the Yuan army on the battlefield, they hurriedly sent envoys to admit defeat.

The Yuan Dynasty's conquest of Myanmar can be summarized as "both bad and playful". At that time, Myanmar was in the late Pagan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty basically fought a favorable battle. It took five years to invade the capital of the Pagan Dynasty and destroy it.

However, due to environmental and geographical issues, the Yuan Dynasty was unable to deploy heavy troops to guard and sort out Myanmar. As a result, Myanmar, which had fallen into a chaotic war between kingdoms, was beaten up in the chaos and could only withdraw from Myanmar with some medical expenses, maintaining a tributary relationship for the sake of appearance.

This mess was eventually passed to the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty had implemented control over the Myanmar region since the Hongwu period, the Ming Dynasty's ability to control Myanmar was quite limited because the kingdoms were fighting to the death.

When the Portuguese took over the Strait of Malacca in the Jiajing period, and began to intervene in Myanmar and support agents to fight with the Ming Dynasty, the complex situation in Myanmar created by Kublai Khan was finally detonated, and the more than 50-year war between Ming and Myanmar began.

If the above was acceptable at the time, then the Yuan Dynasty's conquest of Java was basically selling it and helping people count the money.

After the Mongol Empire split, the Yuan Dynasty had a bad relationship with the nearby Chagatai Khanate and the Golden Horde, but was very close to the Ilkhanate led by Kublai Khan's younger brother Hulagu.

After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty took over the port and shipbuilding technology. Because of the trade needs with the Ilkhanate, the routes during the Yuan Dynasty began to tilt more towards the west, so Java Island came into Kublai Khan's sight.

The Yuan Dynasty's handling of Java Island was very Mongolian. First, it started fighting without saying a word, and then it was full of contempt for these "barbarians".

The result was that the Majapahit Kingdom on Java Island pretended to surrender to the Yuan army. After defeating its old enemy and unifying Java with the help of the Yuan army, it stabbed and beheaded more than 3,000 Yuan soldiers with a knife. Kublai Khan was ashamed and determined to retaliate, but he died suddenly the following year.

When Kublai Khan was alive, after the failures in conquering Japan, Annan, Champa, Java, etc., he was determined to conquer again and set up offices respectively. However, with his death, these offensive plans were soon thrown into the pile of old papers. After all, as the master said, you can't fight to the death. How can you enjoy yourself if you fight to the death?

Since Kublai Khan's alcoholism in his later years, the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty were basically alcoholic emperors from generation to generation. Promiscuity, murder and drunkenness were the eternal theme of the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty. The folk tyrants who began to develop in the Song Dynasty ushered in the best era.

The Mongolian conquest of foreign countries started by Genghis Khan on the westward expedition also came to an end on Java Island after 88 years.

As for the unified Java Island, it benefited Portugal, Britain, the Netherlands, etc. who came here one after another. That will be a later story when we talk about the Ming Dynasty. 】

In the government office in Xuchang, Liu Bei and others were not very familiar with the Portuguese Yuan Dynasty, and even their understanding of the Mongols could only be to combine the delicate and tender people pretending to be vicious in the light curtain with the impression of the Huns.

However, on this map that they had seen countless times, the arrows representing the attack were pointing from the west to the South Ocean, and they saw it quite clearly.

It was a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not know the dramatic changes in the world, and it was a pity that they could not fight against the barbarians in such a wonderful era.

All kinds of complex emotions stirred in Liu Bei's heart, and in the end he just sighed what Kong Ming had said before:

"The era of great contention begins from now on."