The Legend of Kublai Khan

Plot Synopsis

Kublai Khan was recognized by Genghis Khan since childhood and was said to be destined for great achievements. Kublai Khan was good at devising strategies since he was young. When he grew up, he offered advice and suggestions to Möngke. However, Möngke believed the slanderous remarks and thought that Kublai Khan had ulterior motives. Thus, he deprived Kublai Khan of the power to govern the Central Plains and ordered him to conquer Tubo and Dali in Yunnan. Kublai Khan gradually wiped out the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan and negotiated peace with the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1260, Kublai Khan defeated his younger brother Ariq Böke and finally became the Great Khan of Mongolia in Kaiping. Under the suggestions of surrendered officials such as Liu Bingzhong, he established a state system that combined the Central Plains dynasty and the Mongolian Khanate - the Yuan Dynasty. He was Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, ending the fragmented state of the country that had lasted for more than three hundred years since the e