In July of the first year of Hongwu (AD 1368), Xu Da, who was named Duke of Wei, led 250,000 Ming troops to the capital of the Yuan Dynasty after clearing up the remaining enemies in Henan.

In August of the same year, the Ming army captured Tongzhou (now Tongzhou District).

Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Dadu.

That is now Beijing.

Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Ming army, Emperor Yuanshun, the current boss of the Yuan Dynasty, Boljijin Tuohuantemuer, stood up.

Name: Bo'er Zhijin·Tuohuan Tiemu'er;

Nationality: Yuan Dynasty;

Birthplace: Jinshan (today’s Altai Mountains);

Main achievements: Being scared to death by the Ming army and being beaten by Xu Da to the point of running away;

Temple name: Huizong;

Also known as: Emperor Zhizheng, Emperor Gengshen, Lord Gengshen, Emperor Yuanshun;

Ethnicity: Mongolian;

Date of birth: April 17, 1320;

Time of death: April 28, 1370;

Year number: Zhizheng;

Title: Emperor Shun;

Later generations collectively called him: Emperor Yuan Shun.

The Mongolian explanation for Borjijin·Tuohuan Temur is: iron pot. I don’t know much about Mongolian culture, and I really don’t know what’s so good about the name iron pot. It may be because the Mongolian Tatars rarely cook in the grasslands. Guys!

Anyway, this guy's name translates to "iron pot".

For the sake of convenience and easy to remember, we will call him the iron pot from now on.

When 250,000 soldiers and horses swarmed into Beijing, Iron Pot, as the absolute boss, was the first to stand up and express his military views and issued a series of military instructions.

On July 27, the 28th year of Zhizheng, as the emperor's iron pot, he ordered Buyan Timur, then the Privy Councilor (an ancient position, which should be equivalent to the current Secretary-General of the Military Commission), to lead most of the troops out of the city to stop the Ming Dynasty. military.

At the same time, he ordered Huai Wang Timur Buhua to be promoted to the position of supervising the country (generally only the prince has the right to supervise the country), with full power to act as the emperor, and to promote Qingtong to the position of Prime Minister of Zhongshu Zuo, to assist Timur Buhua in handling most government affairs.

Iron Guo, on the other hand, packed his bags early, packed up the memorial tablets in the Ancestral Temple (ancestral memorial tablets), and informed the princes and concubines in the harem, preparing to run away when the time came.

Make adequate preparations in advance for his career.

The iron pot plan is essentially okay.

After all, there are so many people acting as shields for me, so I don’t have to worry about being ripped off when I’m running away.

But unfortunately, Buyan Timur, the Secretary-General of the Military Commission, and his army had just left the city and were made dumplings by the Ming army.

The Yuan army was defeated and Buyan Timur was killed.

Faced with this ironclad fact, Tieguo, then the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, issued the last administrative order in Dadu on the 28th.

Close all the capital city gates and resolutely resist the invading Ming army.

After all the ministers exited the hall, Iron Pot issued another order to another group of women and children.

Target: Shangdu (now in Zhenglan Banner, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region).

Start running away.

Saya runs wildly!

Women, children;

Run quickly, the wolf is already here.

If you don't run, it will be too late!

Let go of your thick and short legs and run as hard as you can!

Don't say I didn't give you a notice. If you can't run away, that's your business.

As the emperor, I have to run away first, otherwise my head will have to move if I am slower!

Run, run, run to your heart’s content!

In the first year of Hongwu (1368 AD), Xu Da, who had already prepared for a long-term attack, entered Dadu from Qihua Gate (now Chaoyang Gate).

According to Xu Da's previous war predictions, Yuan Dadu, the base of the Yuan army, was the hardest nut to crack, and it was even more difficult to deal with than Zhang Shicheng, the mountain cannon.

Although Zhang Shicheng was rich, he had no ideals or ambitions, and he had few younger brothers who knew how to fight.

To put it bluntly, if you fight that mountain cannon for long enough and have enough food and fodder, you will definitely be able to defeat him.

But the Yuan Dynasty was different.

Although these bastards are dead, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Even the Russian devils are afraid of the iron horse and scimitar. The iron cavalry troops are still very capable of military affairs.

You should be more careful when fighting them head-on.

Therefore, Xu Da was fully prepared before entering Beijing.

Prepare to play a protracted military game with them.

But when Xu Da entered Dadu, he was completely dumbfounded by everything in front of him.

In the capital, there were no defenders at all, and all the soldiers and horses became decorations after Tieguo abandoned the city and fled.

Before the Ming army could enter, all the soldiers and horses originally on defense dispersed when they heard that the boss had escaped.

The historical moment is rewritten in an instant from this moment.

The wheel of time will forever record this moment.

On August 2, 1368 AD, the Ming army entered Beijing.

Yuan Dadu fell.

Yuan Dynasty, perished.

In order to record the great achievements of pacifying the north, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the capital of Yuan Dynasty be changed to Beiping (meaning the pacification of the north).

The great title of Yuan Dadu has completely withdrawn from the stage of history from this moment.

After the pacification of Peiping, Emperor Yuan Shun, who could run faster than a rabbit, rushed to Shangdu (now in the Zhenglan Banner of Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) to continue to be the emperor of his Yuan Dynasty. Historically, this regime was called the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

The Yuan Dynasty, which had ruled China for 97 years, was completely over.

Comments on the Yuan Dynasty regime:

Although the Yuan Dynasty regime only lasted for 97 years and did not even reach a hundred years, it is also an era worth remembering.

Its historical achievements deserve praise from all of us.

It is also a great dynasty.

Its greatness is mainly reflected in the following points:

First of all, the geographical section is the widest!

The Yuan Dynasty was the most extensive dynasty in Chinese history and the most powerful feudal country in Asia at the time.

There is no one.

During the iron-heeled rule of the Yuan Dynasty, China's territory expanded unprecedentedly. The territory occupied by the Yuan army exceeded that of any previous dynasty. The territory of the Mongol Empire extended from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and Eastern Europe.

North Africa and other large areas were the largest and most extensive feudal empire in human history.

The only continent Mongolia has not set foot on is Eastern Europe.

However, there were religious, economic, cultural, political and personnel exchanges between the Yuan Dynasty and many European countries, and its overall influence was absolutely unprecedented.

Secondly, the second point is that the economy is prosperous and the country is rich and the people are strong.

During the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the upper echelons of the Yuan Dynasty abandoned the traditional thinking of the feudal empire that valued agriculture over commerce. Merchants had high rights and status in the Yuan Dynasty. Moreover, the Yuan Dynasty allowed its own merchants to do business overseas, and at the same time supported other foreign merchants to come to China for economic and trade investment. The Yuan Dynasty

**It will not interfere, but will take a certain percentage (equivalent to tax).

At the same time, in order to smooth the economic and cultural exchanges between the desert and the interior, the Yuan Dynasty made use of the original Silk Road and opened up three roads and links that have influenced ancient and modern times at home and abroad.

They are: the Steppe Silk Road, which refers to the transportation road across the northern steppe zone of Eurasia;

The Oasis Silk Road (also called the Desert Road by some) refers to the road from the Hexi Corridor through the oases in the deserts of Central Asia;

The Southwest Silk Road (early ***) refers to the passage through Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet to India and beyond Southeast Asia.

With these three great passages that influenced ancient and modern times, the maritime trade of the Yuan Dynasty far exceeded that of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Prosperity is unprecedented.

Relying on the prosperity of the Silk Road, the national economy has developed rapidly.

The third point is the unprecedented prosperity of religion.

Because of the prosperity of the Silk Road, the national cultures and religions of other countries were able to enter, so the Yuan Dynasty adopted a relatively loose diversification policy on national culture, that is, respecting the cultural and religious traditions of all ethnic groups, and encouraging cultural exchanges and cultural exchanges among all ethnic groups in the country.
To be continued...