In 1248, the third Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Guiyou, died of illness, and his widow Empress Hai Lost was in charge. However, Guiyou had a disagreement with Batu in his early years, and Guiyu's death did not attract much attention from Batu, and he even ignored the traditional etiquette of the Mongol Empire and did not go to the funeral for Guiyu.
As the second son of Genghis Khan's eldest son, Jochi, Batu disdained the power of the Mongol Great Khan because of his outstanding military talent and special status.
Möngke was not Genghis Khan's biological son, but a child born to Genghis Khan's wife, Polti, after being snatched away. However, despite not being biological, Möngke was a brilliant and ambitious monarch who wanted to create a state that was even larger than Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire.
Under his leadership, the Mongol army was like a hungry wolf, constantly annexing one place after another, including the intractable Goryeo. Goryeo is an ancient state on the Korean Peninsula that has gone through 34 generations of monarchs and ruled for 475 years, and once submitted to continental powers such as the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Mongol (Yuan Dynasty), and Ming Dynasty.
Since ancient times, the Korean Peninsula has been rich in beauties. Modern Korea is no exception, and despite the fact that there are many artificial beauties, they still maintain a beautiful and moving image. Goryeo once submitted to the mainland dynasty, and in order to show its sincerity, it chose to export beauties.
Therefore, in the harem of the Yuan Dynasty, the appearance of Goryeo beauties became a beautiful landscape. After Xu Da conquered the capital of Yuan, thousands of Goryeo beauties in the harem of Yuan became prisoners.
Xu Da originally wanted to share these beauties with Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang had his own ideas. The way he handled it was a testament to his ingenuity. Empress Ki, a Goryeo beauty, was one of the many beauties who paid tribute to the rulers of the Yuan dynasty after Goryeo submitted to the Yuan dynasty.
As warriors on horseback, it is difficult for them to resist the charm of these women, so they do not refuse these women, and they are all included in the harem. Due to the great importance attached to birth in the Yuan Dynasty, it was difficult for these Goryeo women to make a name for themselves in the harem, and they seemed to exist only to satisfy the hedonistic needs of the monarch.
But there are exceptions to everything, and there is a special woman among the Goryeo women who broke through the limitations of her birth and became the orthodox queen of the Yuan Dynasty - Empress Qi. Empress Qi was originally the daughter of Goryeo ** Qi Zi Ao, and entered the harem of Emperor Yuan Shun as a tribute girl.
Emperor Yuan Shun was the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty to unify the whole country, and in the early days of his pro-government, he was diligent in political affairs and took a series of reform measures to try to save the Yuan Dynasty from the crisis of rule.
However, despite his efforts, the Yuan dynasty was still unable to solve the problem at its root. In the later years of his reign, Emperor Yuan Shun was addicted to pleasure and could not extricate himself, so when he saw the beautiful Empress Qi, his heart was filled with joy.
Empress Qi, the best among the beauties of Goryeo, became the second queen of the Yuan Dynasty and the queen of the main palace successively, and was known as Queen Qi. She was not only beautiful, but also intelligent and capable, and for the sake of her family, she encouraged her son to send troops to Goryeo, but the result did not go as expected, but weakened the Yuan Dynasty's control over Goryeo.
However, Empress Qi was not bothered by this, because she still had a very high status and influence in the Yuan Dynasty by virtue of her status as a son.
Empress Qi was in the harem of Emperor Yuan Shun and brought a comfortable life to thousands of Goryeo women. However, these women did not expect that Emperor Yuan Shun would abandon them after Xu Da conquered the capital of Yuan.
Xu Da, as the right-hand man of Zhu Yuanzhang, the terminator of the Yuan Dynasty, was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang as the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. After eliminating Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang's power increased rapidly and he had the strength of the Northern Expedition to the Yuan Dynasty.
So, he appointed Xu Da as the general of the conquest and led an army of 250,000 to the north to attack the Yuan Dynasty.
Xu Da is high-spirited and invincible all the way, and the fortunes of the Yuan Dynasty are coming to an end. With the smooth progress of the Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to ascend the throne in Yingtian and establish the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Xu Da naturally had to respect Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes, continue the Northern Expedition, and point directly at the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and Emperor Yuan Shun quickly abandoned the capital under Xu Da's military pressure and fled all the way north.
Emperor Won Shun took many people with him on the run, including his favored Empress Qi, but other Goryeo women were not so lucky, and they were abandoned in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty like worn-out shoes.
After Emperor Yuan Shun fled, few Mongols were willing to resist, and the Ming army under the command of Xu Da soon occupied the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
Xu Da skillfully dealt with the Goryeo woman to avoid the high merit and the lord Xu Da is a smart person, and he knows the truth of the high merit and the lord. When a Goryeo woman, abandoned by Emperor Yuan Shun, became a prisoner of the Ming army, he decided to take action in order to dispel Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions about himself.
He ordered people to take care of these beautiful Goryeo women, and strictly forbade the idea of soldiers beating them. Then, he reported the matter of these Goryeo women to Zhu Yuanzhang and put forward his own suggestions for dealing with them.
Xu Da suggested sharing these thousands of Goryeo beauties with Zhu Yuanzhang. This wise decision not only avoids the risk of high merit shock, but also shows Xu Da's ingenuity.
Xu Da's purpose was to reduce Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicions, and he used the method of the famous general Wang Jian to put forward his needs to Zhu Yuanzhang in advance, so as to eliminate Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts.
Xu Da is well versed in Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicious character, so he chose the breakthrough of Korean beauties. However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree with Xu Da's suggestion, but came up with a smarter way to deal with it.
Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to these women from Goryeo, and he decided to settle them properly, but he did not intend to share them with Xu Da, because they were all women from the harem of the Yuan court.
At first, Zhu Yuanzhang's idea was to send them all back to Goryeo, but this would be costly and could cause displeasure to the king of Goryeo. Therefore, he decided to find good families in the local area for these women and implement local dowry severance.
Zhu Yuanzhang's idea was extremely ingenious, and he dismissed many Korean women, not only at low cost, but also because these women were very popular among the people, so they didn't have to worry about finding a good family.
Xu Da skillfully used these women to dispel Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts, and Zhu Yuanzhang also took the opportunity to gain the hearts of the people. All of this is a great joy and admiration.