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Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, appointed Shi Tianze as the right prime minister of the Secretariat, making him the earliest Han prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty.

Shi Tianze served as a general and a prime minister for fifty years, and his superiors had no suspicion and his subordinates had no complaints. He was even compared to Guo Ziyi and Cao Bin.

Shi Tianze and his family made great contributions to the consolidation and development of the rule of the Mongolian nobility in the Central Plains. He was one of the main ministers in promoting Han law in Kublai Khan, and a representative figure of Han nobles in the Yuan Dynasty.

"Shi Tianze's ancestors were very wealthy and were a prominent family in the village."

"When his father Shi Bingzhi was alive, it was the end of the Jin Dynasty. The country was in decline and chaos, and many local landlords had armed forces to protect themselves."

"Shi Bingzhi loved reading and valued loyalty, and he had a great influence in the local area."

"Shi Tianze is the third son of Shi Bingzhi. He is eight feet tall, has a voice like a bell, is good at riding and shooting, and has extraordinary courage and strength."

"In the autumn of the eighth year of Yuan Taizu, Genghis Khan Temujin led his troops south."

"In October, Temujin's brave general Mu Huali advanced to Hebei, and Shi Bingzhi led thousands of people to Zhuozhou to welcome his surrender."

"Muhuali ordered Shi Bingzhi to continue to lead his people and station them in Bazhou, and appointed his son Shi Tianni as the commander of the army, while Shi Tianze was appointed as the general commander in front of the tent."

"The following year, Shi Bingzhi followed Mu Huali to attack the Jin capital of Dading, and was appointed Shangshu for his meritorious service."

"The Shi family's political and military status began to be established from then on."

"In the 15th year of Yuan Taizu, Wu Xian, the governor of Zhending of the Jin Dynasty, surrendered Zhending to Mongolia. Mu Huali ordered Shi Tianni to be the commander-in-chief of the army of the western route of Hebei to guard Zhending, and Wu Xian to be the deputy commander-in-chief."

"In the spring of the 20th year of Yuan Taizu's reign, Shi Tianze escorted his mother back north."

"Soon, Wu Xian rebelled and wanted to kill Shi Tianni."

"Shi Tianni's staff Wang Jin, Wang Shoudao and others caught up with Shi Tianze in Yanjing and suggested that he gather his troops scattered in the suburbs."

"Shi Tianze resolutely returned south, and when he arrived in Mancheng, he had gathered a large number of followers."

"Shi Tianze sent his military supervisor Li Boyou to ask the Mongolian King Bolu for help. Bolu ordered his general Xiao Naidai to lead 3,000 troops to help Shi Tianze. Shi Tianze inherited his brother's position as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army of Hebei."

"After the two armies meet, they will attack Lunu together."

"Wuxian general Ge Tieqiang led 10,000 people to fight. Shi Tianze led the troops, and the soldiers became more courageous and angry. He fought one against ten."

"Ge Tieqiang was captured, and the rest of his troops were scattered."

"Shi Tianze's army was greatly boosted, and he immediately went down to Zhongshan, conquered Wuji, captured Zhaozhou, and marched to Yexing, where he joined forces with his brother Shi Tianan who had come to support him, attacked Wuxian, and recaptured Zhending in one fell swoop."

"Soon after, the Southern Song Dynasty's Daming General Peng Yibin teamed up with Wu Xian to retake Zhending."

"Shi Tianze and others are guarding Zanhuang, and Wu Xian cannot advance."

"Peng Yibin was alone and weak, so he burned the mountain to defend himself."

"Shi Tianze selected fifty elite soldiers as the vanguard, and he led the cavalry to attack and kill Peng Yibin."

"Shi Tianze's reputation soared. Peng Yibin died, and the Southern Song Dynasty lost all of Hebei."

"Afterwards, Wu Xian ordered his spies to gather their accomplices in Zhending City, and with the help of both inside and outside forces, they seized Zhending again."

"Shi Tianze led only a few of his men to ask for help from Dong Jun, the defender of Haocheng. Dong Jun handed over hundreds of elite soldiers to Shi Tianze."

"Shi Tianze led his army to Zhending overnight and joined forces with Xiao Naidai. Wu Xian was unable to defeat them and retreated to Baodu Village in the West Mountain."

"Shi Tianze rushed to attack Baodu Village, and Wu Xian abandoned the village and fled."

"Then, Yijian, Cangyu, Mawu and other villages as well as Xiangzhou, Weizhou and other places also surrendered. The situation in Zhending was stabilized."

"Shi Tianze made Zhending the center and employed Confucian scholars and officials from the former Jin Dynasty to repair the city walls, improve military preparations, recruit refugees, and provide relief to the poor. In a few years, he achieved considerable success."

"He used this as a basis to become a great hereditary marquis of the Han people."

"In the first year of Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, Ogedei Khan ascended the throne and decided to attack the Jin Dynasty with all his strength."

"Ogedei selected Shi Tianze, Liu Heima, and Xiao Zhala as the three marshals to lead the Han troops."

"Shi Tianze was appointed as the head of five prefectures: Zhending, Hejian, Daming, Dongping, and Jinan."

"In the autumn of the second year of Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, Ogedei and Tolui led their main forces to attack Shanxi and captured Daizhou and Shizhou."

"In October, the Wuxian Army besieged Weizhou. At this time, Shi Tianze led the troops to encircle Weizhou."

Su Shi: The Jin Dynasty general Wanyan Heda led 100,000 people to rescue Wuxian. The two sides fought fiercely and the Mongolian army was defeated.

Only Shi Tianze's thousand-man army managed to get out from behind the enemy and defeat a detachment of the Jin Dynasty.

Then they joined forces with the Mongolian army to attack again, Wuxian escaped, and Weizhou was conquered again.

In the third year of the reign of Emperor Taizong of Yuan Dynasty, Ogedei convened a meeting in Guantong and decided to divide the troops into three routes to attack Jin.

The central army attacked Hezhong Prefecture and entered Zhiyang; the left army advanced to Jinan;
The Right Army went from Fengxiang through Baoji, passed through the Southern Song Dynasty, and attacked Bianliang from all sides.

The three armies planned to encircle Bian Jing in the spring of the following year.

In October, Ogedei personally led the central army to attack Hezhong, and captured the city in December.

At this time, Shi Tianze was ordered to weaken the Jin Dynasty's defensive forces on the eastern front.

In the spring of the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Taizong of Yuan Dynasty, Ogedei crossed the river from Baipo and ordered Shi Tianze's army to advance from Mengjin to Henan to join Tolui's army.

When Shi Tianze led his troops to arrive, Tolui's army had already defeated Wan'eheda's army at Sanfeng Mountain in Junzhou, and the main force of the Jin army was completely destroyed.

Shi Tianze's army took advantage of the victory to capture Jingdong, and successively surrendered Taikang, Tuoxian, Wagang, Yanzhou and other places, and killed the Jin general Wanyan Qingshannu in Yangyi.

In the spring of the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Taizong of Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Aizong of Jin, Wanyan Shouxu, broke out from Bian Jing, first crossed the river and went north to Huanglonggang, and ordered his general Wanyan Baisa to attack Xinwei and Weizhou in the west.

Upon hearing the news, Shi Tianze led light cavalry to rescue the group.

However, the Jin army had completed the siege of Xinwei City. Shi Tianze rushed to the city with his spear in hand, shouted to the defenders, and then broke out of the siege.

The next day, the Mongolian army arrived, Wanyan Baisa and others were defeated and fled to Pucheng, with Shi Tianze's army pursuing them closely.

Wanyan Baisa still had 80,000 troops under his command, but they were all killed by the Mongolian and Han armies.

King Aizong of Jin sailed eastward and arrived in Guide.

Sajisibuhua ignored Shi Tianze's advice and set up camp with his back to the water in Suiyang, where his entire army was wiped out.

In June, Emperor Aizong of Jin fled to Caizhou again. Ogedei ordered Marshal Tachaer to lead a large army to besiege the city.

Shi Tianze's army attacked from the north and encountered the Ru River blocking the way. Shi Tianze ordered his soldiers to build rafts and cross the river secretly. After several days of bloody fighting, they made great military achievements.

In the first month of the sixth year of Emperor Taizong of Yuan, Caizhou was captured, Emperor Aizong of Jin committed suicide, and the Jin Dynasty was destroyed. Shi Tianze led his army back to Zhending.

After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, the Mongolian army continued its expeditions southward and westward.

Because taxes were heavy and collection was urgent, the people could not pay them immediately, so the government borrowed money from merchants in the Western Regions and paid the taxes on their behalf. The interest rate was very high, which was called "lamb interest."

Afterwards, they checked the people's household registration and levied taxes on them. Some of the people sold their land and wives, but were still unable to pay off the debt.

Shi Tianze petitioned the court for approval, and the government paid the principal and interest on behalf of the people.

They also selected middle-class households to join the military, and levied taxes based on their wealth.

At that time, there were locusts and droughts for many years, and he borrowed money to pay tribute. His accumulated silver reached more than 13,000 taels.

Shi Tianze believed that the people should not be burdened any further, so he used up all his family wealth and, together with his clansmen and officials, repaid the debt.

Manggesar, the Darughachi of Zhending, ordered tens of thousands of Mongolian troops to spread among the prefectures and counties, cutting down mulberry trees and destroying crops, making it impossible for the people to survive.

Shi Tianze also submitted a memorial, requesting the Mongolian army to move to the north of the Ling Mountains to protect agricultural production.

From then on, the production in the fields was restored. The number of soldiers and armored households in Zhending exceeded that of other counties, which was inseparable from Shi Tianze's protection. After the Mongols destroyed the Jin Dynasty, they turned their attack target to the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, the crown prince Kuoduan led his army to invade Shaanxi and Sichuan of the Southern Song Dynasty. The crown prince Quchu and the kings Hudutu, Kou Wenbuhua and others led their troops to attack Xianghan in the south.

Shi Tianze followed Qu on a southern expedition and reached Zaoyang, where he encountered stubborn resistance.

Shi Tianze took the lead in attacking the city and finally captured Zaoyang.

When attacking Xiangyang, the Song army sank thousands of ships on the steep rocky beach, and Yijiao was able to hold the ancient army back.

"Shi Tianze personally led two boats, loaded with desperate warriors, and charged bravely into the Song army. The Song army was so disheartened that tens of thousands of them fell into the water."

"In the ninth year of Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, Shi Tianze followed the prince Kou Wenbuhua to besiege Guangzhou. Shi Tianze personally led the army to first break through the outer city and then the inner city."

"In the Battle of Fuzhou, the Song army used 3,000 boats to block the lake surface as a fence. Shi Tianze personally led 40 warriors to attack with drums. The Song army broke through the fence, and the defenders of Fuzhou surrendered out of fear."

"In the Battle of Shouchun, Shi Tianze's army was the only one that could handle the situation."

"The Song army raided the camp at night. Shi Tianze rode alone to fight and killed several people. Soldiers came to help one after another, and all the Song army was driven into the Huai River and drowned."

"Shi Tianze took advantage of the victory to capture Chuzhou, Xuyi, Baoying and Huaidong counties in succession."

"In the second year of Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongke Khan granted Shi Tianze five cities in Weizhou as his own county."

"At that time, the Han area was not governed properly. The tyranny of local officials and heavy levies caused population to disperse and land to become barren again in many places."

"Henan and Shaanxi are particularly serious."

"Kublai Khan was ordered to preside over the important military and national affairs of the Han area south of the desert, and he appointed Shi Tianze, Zhao Bi and others as the governors of Henan. "

"Shi Tianze and others arrived in Henan, selected talented people, appointed governors, investigated corruption, equalized taxes, changed the currency system, set up warehouses, established border towns, punished good and evil people, disciplined officials, set up military farms and militias, and promoted benefits and eliminated harm."

"Within two or three years, Henan was well governed, the people were safe and the merchants were happy, and the military was strengthened."

"He also ordered his nephews Shi Quan and Shi Shu to garrison Tangzhou and Dengzhou and cultivate land, and to advance on the important towns of Xiangyang and Fancheng in the Southern Song Dynasty."

"In the third year of Emperor Xianzong's reign, Mengge became suspicious of Kublai Khan and sent Alandar, Liu Taiping and others to Shaanxi and Henan to investigate the money and grain."

"Alandar fabricated charges against Henan officials, but Shi Tianze was shown leniency because of his status as a veteran, so many of them were released."

"In the autumn of the eighth year of Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongke marched from Western Shu to attack the Song Dynasty."

"In the spring of the ninth year of Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty, Mengge personally led the army to attack Hezhou, but Song general Wang Jian held on in Diaoyucheng."

"The Mongolian army was unable to break through the city for several months. In the summer, an epidemic broke out among the army."

"While discussing returning to the army, Song General Lu Wende led the remaining large ships of Gutong up the Jialing River."

"The Mongolian army was defeated in the battle at the west of Sancaoshan, and Mengge urgently ordered Shi Tianze to resist."

"Shi Tianze divided his army into two wings, crossed the river to counterattack, and personally led the fleet to attack downstream. He won three battles and three victories, severely damaged hundreds of the last warships, and chased them back to Chongqing."

"In the first year of Zhongtong, Kublai Khan ascended the throne in Kaiping and asked Shi Tianze about his strategy for governing the country."

"Shi Tianze suggested that we should first establish a province to rectify the rules and regulations, set up supervisory offices to supervise the various roads, use grace to pacify the rebellion, dismiss corrupt officials and appoint virtuous people, grant salaries to maintain integrity, and prohibit bribery to prevent corruption."

"Kublai Khan expressed his approval and adopted them one by one."

"Kublai Khan ordered him to go to the middle reaches of the Yangtze River to withdraw the Mongolian army. After that, he was appointed as the envoy to Henan Province, and soon he was also appointed as the military commander of the Jianghuai region."

"After Kublai Khan ascended the throne, Ariq Boke, who was staying in Khorin at the time, also proclaimed himself Khan. The two sides then began a fierce battle for the Khanship."

"In May of the second year of Zhongtong, Shi Tianze was appointed as the Right Prime Minister of the Secretariat and implemented his strategy for governing the country."

"And set ten provincial rules to ensure smooth government affairs."

"Shi Tianze knows everything. He always considers the consequences of his words and deeds, and never forces things that cannot be done."

“Do not prohibit what the people are bound to do, but follow the trend of the times and make changes accordingly.”

"And coordinate the relationship between the upper and lower bureaucrats, so that the work can be completed and benefit the people."

"During Shi Tianze's tenure, he abolished some corvées and unified the taxation system, which to some extent reduced the burden on farmers."

"In the autumn of the same year, Alibugha led his people to raid Yixiangge's army and took advantage of the victory to march south."

Lu You: In November, Kublai Khan fought with Ariq Boke's army at Ximutunaoer.

The princes Hedan and Prime Minister Xianzhen led the right army, the princes Habichi led the center army, and the princes Peichar and Shi Tianze led the left army. They joined forces to attack and killed Hedan Huoerchi, the general of Alibugha. Alibugha fled.

In February of the third year of Zhongtong, Li Tan, who was stationed in Shandong, secretly contacted the Southern Song Dynasty and launched an armed rebellion. Kublai Khan urgently summoned Mongolian and Han troops from all over the country to quell the rebellion.

In March, Shi Shu, Ashu and others defeated Li Fan at Laosengkou, Gaoyuan, and Li Tan retreated to Jinan.

In April, Kublai Khan ordered Shi Tianze to go to war.

Shi Tianze hurriedly built a long fence with trees and woods to prevent Li Tan from breaking out.

Li Tan was besieged for four months. When the food in the city ran out, Li Tan attempted suicide by jumping into Daming Lake and was beheaded after failing.

After Li Tan's rebellion was quelled, some Confucian officials wrote to the emperor, stating that the rebellion was caused by the power of the princes.

Shi Tianze then submitted a memorial to the emperor, and seventeen of Shi's nephews and nephews were stripped of their military power that same day.

Kublai Khan appointed Shi Tianze to lead the generals in the expedition against Li Ting.

From beginning to end, Shi Tianze never showed the imperial edict to anyone.

After quelling the rebellion, he came to the court, where Kublai Khan consoled him, and Shi Tianze attributed all the credit to the generals.

In the first year of Zhiyuan, he was promoted to Guanglu Dafu and continued to serve as the Right Prime Minister of the Secretariat.

In the third year of Zhiyuan, Shi Tianze was appointed as the General of the Auxiliary State and Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council.

In the fourth year of Zhiyuan, Shi Tianze was transferred to be the left prime minister of the Secretariat.

He proposed the strategy of establishing three guards and settling farmers in the hills. Within two or three years, the country's appearance and military strength had become impressive.

In the sixth year of Zhiyuan, Kublai Khan wanted to take over the Xianghan area, and ordered Shi Tianze and his son-in-law Huci to plan the strategy.

Shi Tianze and others selected strategic locations, built castle fortifications, and stored military supplies in preparation for attacking the Southern Song Dynasty.

The following year, he returned to Yan due to illness.

In the eighth year of Zhiyuan, Kublai Khan asked Prime Minister An Tong to tell Shi Tianze that he was granted the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi and Pingzhang Junguozhang.

The Secretariat, the Chancellery, and the Censorate can discuss major matters with you once a month or ten days, but they will not bother you with minor matters.

In the tenth year of Zhiyuan, he attacked Fancheng with Pingzhang Ashu and others. The Yuan army broke through Fancheng with Huihui cannons.

In February, Lu Wenhuan, a general of the Song Dynasty in Xiangyang, surrendered.

In the 11th year of Zhiyuan, Bayan and Shi Tianze led an army of 200,000 to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

The army advanced from Xiangyang by land and sea to Yingzhou, but Shi Tianze returned north due to illness.

On February 7, the 12th year of Zhiyuan, Shi Tianze died of illness in Zhending at the age of 74.

Before his death, he wrote: "I am old and my death is not a pity. I just hope that when the heavenly soldiers cross the river, they will not kill or plunder."

Upon hearing the news, Kublai Khan was shocked and mourned. He sent his close ministers to posthumously award Shi Tianze 2,500 taels of white gold, and posthumously awarded Shi Tianze the title of Grand Marshal and the posthumous name of "Zhongwu".

He was later awarded the title of Grand Tutor and the title of Prince of Zhenyang. The court also built a temple in his memory. (End of this chapter)