Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2633 Daowu Ascends to Power, Changes Occur on the Grasslands
The passing of the old emperor naturally leads to the ascension of the new emperor.

In the Central Plains, generally speaking, most places have a tradition of establishing a crown prince or successor as soon as possible.

After all, there have been many lessons in this regard throughout history in the Central Plains.

Sometimes, even when there isn't a suitable candidate, the ruler will choose the tallest among his sons, even if it's the shortest, and reluctantly select an heir.

After all, compared to creating a new account, this requires far more time and involves far more uncertainty.

Even if you want to create a new account, just for the sake of stability, you have to support one person first.

However, these individuals on the grasslands clearly do not have the tradition of quickly establishing a crown prince, unlike those in the Central Plains.

Neither the Tuoba Wei nor the Manchu Qing dynasty have ever established a crown prince, let alone had one.

Especially during the Qing Dynasty, even though several emperors had come and gone, they never selected a crown prince.

There was only one Yuan Dynasty, and only then did Kublai Khan become the crown prince.

However, it was only during the five-year recovery period from the epidemic that Temujin's health deteriorated, and coupled with his good performance during the three-year epidemic, that Kublai Khan was able to be promoted to the throne.

At the same time, in a way, it was also because Kublai Khan's biggest competitor was no longer around.

Before this, even though Kublai Khan had risen to prominence within the Yuan Dynasty, he still had Tolui as a competitor.

Although Tuoba Tao died suddenly, he still managed to select the next emperor on his deathbed. For this steppe nation, this could be considered a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

Even if a crown prince wasn't designated beforehand, leaving a will at least gave someone a righteous cause.

If the person has sufficient strength and ability, they can indeed smoothly transfer power in the country in the shortest possible time.

After Tuoba Tao's death, the body was implanted as Tuoba Gui's son, resulting in a super-demotion and his ascension to the throne as the new emperor of Tuoba Wei.

Among Tuoba Tao's sons, Tuoba Gui, who achieved a super-demotion in rank, indeed had outstanding military achievements. Before the Yuan Mongols set their sights on the Western Regions, Tuoba Gui was basically the main force resisting the Yuan Mongols' invasion.

However, during the five-year recovery period following the pandemic, Tuoba Tao's other son, Tuoba Hong, who had achieved a super-generational advancement, demonstrated his unparalleled political ability, enabling the grassland kingdom to recover from its past wounds at the fastest speed in those five years.

During these few years, a large number of followers emerged behind Tuoba Hong, but they were mainly civil officials, with fewer military personnel involved.

Tuoba Gui's faction consisted mainly of military generals, with civil officials playing a supporting role.

However, although Tuoba Hong has risen to prominence in recent years, Tuoba Gui still has the support of the righteous and the military. Tuoba Hong, who is mainly supported by civil officials, can indeed cause some trouble for Tuoba Gui if he wants to rise to power, but he is not enough to support Tuoba Hong's ascension to the throne.

Tuoba Hong was aware of this from the beginning, so during this period he did not show any disloyalty and instead became even more low-key.

Therefore, the ascension of this new emperor of the grasslands was actually quite stable overall.

However, even if the transition from the death of the old emperor to the ascension of the new emperor is smooth, there is still a certain period of buffer time required for the transfer of power.

After all, the old emperor had a leadership team, and Tuoba Gui also had his own group of trusted subordinates. After Tuoba Gui took the throne, he naturally wanted to quickly bring his trusted subordinates into power as well.

This is an inevitable process of centralizing power. At the same time, it is also a process of reducing unrest among the people below.

Tuoba Gui's trusted subordinates, who had previously followed him, naturally hoped that they could also contribute to his rise to power and rise along with him.

If they can't get up, can they accept that?
Therefore, if a new interest group wants to rise to power, it will naturally encroach on the interests of the existing interest groups. As a result, there will naturally be a process of power struggle and a process of power transition.

After all, the Tuoba Wei was not like the Yuan Mongols.

In the Yuan Dynasty, due to Temujin's health issues, Kublai Khan had already assumed power as crown prince several years prior. During this period, he also promoted some of his key advisors.

However, Tuoba Gui did not.

On the contrary, during the recovery period of the pandemic in recent years, Tuoba Hong, as the main force of economic recovery, gained a voice in the court and promoted a large number of his people.

Given what happened to the Tuoba Wei, would the Manchu Qing to the east and the Yuan Mongols to the west be willing to give up this opportunity?

In the east, the Manchu Qing dynasty, under the powerful Emperor Xuan Ye, had to temporarily relinquish his throne and install a puppet ruler to distance himself from the death of Emperor Huang Taiji. He needed time to further stabilize his base and expand his power.

Even though he put a puppet on the throne, he still couldn't completely suppress the rumors.

At this point, if there were an opportunity to turn an internal conflict into an external one, Li Xiang, if he were the other side, would absolutely not let it go.

Moreover, as the weakest of the three families on the grassland, they have very few opportunities to take a big piece of flesh from their neighbor.

If we miss this opportunity, we don't know when we'll get another one.

As for the Yuan Mongols, although they were still engaged in localized wars with the Kushan Empire at this time...
However, the Yuan Mongols were powerful enough to fight on two fronts.

Although the Kushan Empire was a powerful empire, its conflict with the Yuan Mongols was only a localized war and did not involve too much of the Yuan Mongols' national strength.

Moreover, the Yuan and Mongol dynasties had indeed not seen an opportunity to advance eastward for too long.

In other words, the national strength of the Yuan Dynasty had long surpassed that of the combined strength of the Tuoba Wei and the Manchu Qing, and by a considerable margin.

However, for the Yuan Dynasty, as its operations expanded, its energy became increasingly scattered in all directions.

Whether it was the pressure from the Jin army that Liangzhou and Xizhou faced, or the pressure from the Kushan Empire in the south, they could not concentrate on advancing eastward.

Without these pressures, even if the Tuoba Wei and the Manchu Qing joined forces, they would no longer be a match for the Yuan Mongols.

However, because their operations are expanding rapidly, they haven't rashly moved eastward unless there are good opportunities.

This time, it was also a hard-won opportunity for them.

Therefore, it is almost foreseeable that disputes will likely arise again among the three families of the grasslands.

This means that if the Jin Dynasty were to start a war with the Tang Dynasty next year, Li Shimin might not be able to get much help from the grasslands.

It is precisely because of this that such a thing happened on the grasslands at this time, which is naturally a very good thing for the Great Jin Dynasty. It can indeed be said that when the time is right, heaven and earth lend their strength.