#189 - Yuan 10: The Third Rail

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Temur Khan's death without an heir sparks a power vacuum within the Yuan court - two brothers will come to power together, but only one will be able to sit the throne at a time, who will succeed? Meanwhile, as money issues continue to plague the empire, the Mongol nobility get more and more fed-up with the Yuan Borjigins' continual shift toward Chinese-style reforms. Time Period Covered: 1307-1323 CE Major Historical Figures: Khaishan (Külüg Khaghan/Emperor Wuzong) [r. 1307-1311] Ayurbarwada (Buyantu Khaghan/Emperor Renzong) [r. 1311-1320] Shidebala (Gegeen Khaghan/Emperor Yingzong) [r.1320-1323] Grand Empress Dowager Targi [d. 1322] Empress Bulukhan [d. 1307] Khosila, Prince of Zhou Prince Ananda [d. 1307] Grand Councilor of the Right, Harghasun [d. 1307] Grand Councilor of the Right, Temüder [d. 1322] Grand Councilor of the Left/Right, Baiju [d.1323】 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	And now on with the show. Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:37.0	Episode 189, the third rail.
0:45.0	When last we left the UN Dynasty, it was in a bit of a pickle.
0:51.0	Its second emperor, Temer, had died in 1307, just one year after the death of his only
0:56.9	heir, leaving the empire once again in flux as to what the proper line of succession should or even could be.
1:05.0	Today then, we'll get into several of the UN's short-lived and relatively unhappy successors
1:09.8	to the Imperial throne, and their individual policies that were so at odds with each
1:14.1	of their predecessors that we all might need neck braces by the end of this episode.
1:19.0	The body of the 41-year-old Timmer hadn't so much as cooled off before
1:22.6	factional infighting broke out over who the next emperor should be.
1:25.8	Timmer's wife, Empress Bullochan, headed one such faction.
1:30.1	Apparently able to sufficiently put down her own grief over her husband and son's deaths aside
1:35.8	to take up with the reins of office.
1:37.9	She meant to do this quite literally by enthroning Timmer's cousin, the child prince Ananda, as the next great
1:44.4	Khan, but with her ruling in truth as regent. This immediately raised the hackles of those who
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