The first appearance of "Wen Zhi"
When Yuan Shundi eradicated Bo Yan, he was 265,438+0 years old. He named Madzar Otai as the surname of Zhongshu and the right prime minister, and has been in charge of the Privy Council. Tuo's younger brother Timur is also an ancient scholar, and Maza Etai and his son are in charge of military and political power.
After Ma Su Ertai became prime minister of Zhongshu Right, he helped the emperor eradicate Bo Yan, privately opened pubs and rotten shops near Beijing, and sent people to the south to sell salt. Tuotuo was afraid of being criticized and harmed himself, and secretly sued Yuan Shundi. Mazar-e-Tai, who had been in office for only half a year, was forced to resign. In March of the 6th year of Zhiyuan (A.D. 1340), Yuan Shundi appointed Tuotuo as the right prime minister of Zhongshu. Yuan Shundi decided to appoint Tuotuo to carry out reform, abolish the old government of Bo Yan, revive the great cause of ancestors, and ambitiously restore the prosperity of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the first year of Zheng Zheng (A.D. 134 1), Yuan Shundi resumed the imperial examination system that had been interrupted for six years, and personally tried 78 Jinshi to win over the Han literati. At the same time, Daxing imperial academy chose a Confucian scholar to teach Confucianism. He called four famous Confucian scholars, Ouyang Xuan, Li Haowen, Huang Qian and Youren Xu, to the palace and asked them to speak once every five days to help him read the Four Books and Five Classics and practice calligraphy. In order to show respect for orthodoxy, in the second year of Zheng Zheng (AD 1342), Yuan Shundi sent people to Qufu to offer sacrifices to Confucius Temple. In the second year, he wrote to compile the history of Liao, Jin and Song, and was appointed as the official in charge of the capital. Many China scholars participated in the compilation, forming an important part of "Ye Wen" in Yuan Shundi's New Deal.
Yuan Shundi's appointment and detachment abolished the old government, reformed the bad government, achieved great success and gained the reputation of "saint". However, not long after, the situation in North Korea changed subtly. In the book, Bill, the left prime minister, dared not spend money. He is the son of Yuan Chengzong-era rebel Ahutai, and he is at odds with Tuotuo. After he took office, he spoke ill of Tuotuo in front of Yuan Shundi many times. Yuan Shundi himself felt that Tuotuo's power was too great. I'm afraid he took the old road of Bo Yan monopolizing power and gradually alienated Tuotuo.
In the fourth year of Zheng Zheng (AD 1344), Tuotuo was forced to call himself a sick man and resigned. At that time, Yuan Shundi still made great efforts and appointed four generations of Sun Arutu, one of the four outstanding figures of Genghis Khan, as the right prime minister of Zhongshu.
In October of the 5th year of Zheng Zheng (A.D. 1345), envoys were sent to tour the world, aiming at spreading virtues, inquiring about the sufferings of the people, looking for talents, getting rid of local corrupt officials, and stipulating that those guilty should be suspended for more than four grades and executed for less than five grades. However, instead of acting impartially according to the emperor's will, the propaganda envoys who were ordered to tour the provinces took this opportunity to extort money and harm the people, and all Yuan Shundi's hard work went up in smoke.
Catchable straw
In the years after the Tuotuo strike, the position of the right-wing prime minister changed hands, and North Korean ministers clashed with each other. As time went on, Yuan Shundi's ambition faded away. In June of the seventh year of Zheng Zheng (A.D. 1347), he listened to other people's slanders, deposed Ma Su Ertai, moved him to Xining, and then moved to Gansu. Get rid of depression and frustration, seek to walk with your father and be filial.
Previously, after Ridala was born, the prince loved her very much, and she was always raised in a Tuotuo home. Therefore, the second queen of Qi was closely related to. On the day of going out, Qi pleaded for him many times in front of him. Yuan Shundi also felt that the detached right prime minister did his best for him in four years, and the later appointed prime minister was far less clever and capable than him.
One day, someone presented a Franco horse. Yuan Shundi looked at a good, fat and strong horse and said with emotion, "Some people are above things, among which there is a Franco horse, which is outstanding in the world."
In less than half a year, Mazarte died of illness. When Qi knew it, he immediately said to him, "He is a good man. We can't let him live in the field for a long time. "
Yuan Shundi nodded in agreement and ordered Tuotuo to return to Beijing.
After Tuotuo went to Beijing, Yuan Shundi appointed him as a teacher, in charge of harem affairs. In July of the ninth year (A.D. 1349), Tuotuo was appointed as the right prime minister.
"Rice is as expensive as pearls"
Yuan Shundi once again took all the power into his own hands, thinking that he could rest easy. In fact, the Yuan Dynasty at this time seemed to be old and weak, almost to the point of no rectification. Yuan Shundi began to live in the palace, having fun with his concubines, being indifferent to state affairs and ignorant of the domestic situation. A few years ago, "aspiring to Mu Zhi" and trying to rule the country have long since disappeared.
After getting rid of the complex phase, although he had some ambitions, he never put them into practice and made a serious mistake. After he took office, he installed cronies in various governments, demoted officials who had grievances with him one by one, and gradually became overbearing, offending some officials close to the emperor. In order to fight for power and profit, the ministers of the DPRK and China formed a clique; Local officials collude with each other and fish the people.
In order to win the hearts and minds of the people, Yuan Shundi lavished rewards on nobles and bureaucrats, causing the national treasury to make ends meet. After taking off the complex phase, the Yuan court was very short of money. In the 10th year of Zhiyuan (A.D. 1850), a new kind of paper money was issued, called "Supreme Treasure Note", to replace the long-circulating "Zhong Note" and "Supreme Treasure Note". In order to search for the people's fat and paste, the government desperately printed this kind of paper money, and the price soared tenfold. People don't have time to exchange new paper money, so they have to barter. There is a situation that "rice is as expensive as pearls" all over the country, and the people are miserable and complain.
From the 4th year of Zheng Zheng (AD 1334), the Yellow River burst in succession in Baimaodi and Jindi, and the river overflowed. Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu and other areas along the river were affected. In some places, the water depth is about two feet, followed by drought and plague, and half of the people in the disaster area died. The local salt field in Shandong was also destroyed by the flood, which directly affected the government's fiscal revenue.
In April of the 11th year of Zheng Zhi (AD 135 1), Tuotuo decided to build the Yellow River. He appointed Jia Lu as Minister of Industry and Minister of River Defense, and recruited150,000 migrant workers along the Yellow River and 20,000 garrison soldiers in Luzhou (now Hefei) as laborers. Under the whip of the supervisor, people were naked, hungry and working hard.
Yuan Shundi sent thousands of officers and men to suppress the rebellion. After the Yuan army went to the front, the commander-in-chief only cared about drinking and having fun, while the soldiers seized the opportunity to plunder. As soon as they fought with the Red Scarf Army, the commander-in-chief raised his whip and shouted, "Abu! Abu! " (Run! Run) back to the horse and flee, the yuan army lost without a fight.
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Tuotuo became treacherous at this time. He not only concealed the truth from Yuan Shundi, but also refused to let Han officials participate in any military discussions between North Korea and China.
At this time, the Red Scarf Army developed rapidly, and various places responded in succession, making the rebel army spread all over the country. Later, the Red Scarf Army formed two branches.
The Red Scarf Army in the North is dominated by Liu Futong and Guo Zixing, while the Red Scarf Army in the South is initiated and led by Peng Yingyu and Xu Shouhui. In October of the 11th year of Zheng Zheng (A.D. 135 1 year), the Southern Red Scarf Army captured the salary capital (now Xishui, Hubei), and Xu Shouhui proclaimed himself emperor. The name of the founding of the People's Republic of China is Tianwan, which means the overwhelming source, and its influence has gradually developed to Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangxi and other places.
Tuotuo saw that the younger brother who led the army to suppress the rebels had lost the battle. He was afraid that the emperor would find out and blame him, so he didn't mention the leader of the Red Scarf Army in front of the emperor. However, there is no fire in the paper. Hama, a valet official, told Yuan Shundi about Tuotuo: Yuan Shundi heard that the world was in chaos, but he was still kept in the dark. He hurriedly summoned Tuotuo and angrily denounced him, saying, "You once said that the world was peaceful, and now the Red Scarf Army has covered half of the country. What are you going to do with it? " Tuotuo trembled with fear.
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After taking off the wig soldier Gaoyou's order, Hama won the trust of Yuan Shundi with his golden words and jade words, and was proud of the politics of Zhongshu Pingzhang, and his younger brother Melissa Zhou became a senior official.
Later, Hama told Kishimoto and Aida that Tuotuo and his brother had delayed the adoption of children before Timur, which was a bad move. In fact, in the 13th year of Zheng Zhi (A.D. 1353) in June, Yuan Shundi established Ai as the Crown Prince. Hama has ulterior motives. Qi and Aiyou knew that Zidala got the news, instructed the suggestion to fight three times, and accused him of starting his career for three months, which cost a lot of manpower and financial resources and made no meritorious service. They asked to leave.
Yuan Shundi heard this statement and sent envoys to write a letter to the army. Tuotuo took "wasting people's money and letting bandits steal" as an excuse, stripped him of his military power and rank, relegated him to Huai 'an (Lu Zhi now Zhuan Xu County, Jiangsu Province) and reassigned him to Henan. Prime Minister Zuo was too extravagant, and Melissa Zhou, who knew the Privy Council, took the place of Tuotuo as the front commander.
When the news spread, the morale of the army was in chaos, and Tuotuo's confidant Gong Bo said to Tuotuo, "Your life will not be affected without you!" Advise him not to listen to the imperial edict, and when Gaoyou is captured, the villain's slanderers will be exposed to the world and dry the world. Tuotuo shook his head and said, "The son of heaven called me, but I refused. This is against the emperor. What is the difference between a monarch and a minister? " Say that finish, riding north, millions of troops lost their commander in chief, and immediately broke up, making the cornered Red Scarf Army seize the fighter plane and turn defeat into victory.
In March of the 15th year of Zheng Zheng (AD 1355), Yuan Shundi sent Tuotuo to Dali, Yunnan, and his brother Timur was exiled to Sichuan first, so Tuotuo's two sons were implicated and exiled to Lanzhou and Suzhou respectively. In the same year1February, Hama sent someone to poison Tuotuo on the pretext of Yuan Shundi's life safety.
Yuan Shundi didn't distinguish right from wrong, and ran away when he got cold feet, which made the Yuan Army fall short. Since then, the Yuan Dynasty has lost its original military superiority, but the battle of Gaoyou has become a turning point in the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.