After the Mongol Empire:The Political Game Between China and the Timurid Empire in the Early Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire were great empires that emerged on the eastern and western ends of Asia after the decline of the Mongol Empire,and their founders traced their legitimacy to the Genghis Khan family.Zhu Yuanzhang identified Kublai Khan as the founder of the Central Plains Dynasty,like Emperor Tang and Song Zu,and made it a political source of legitimacy for his regime.Timur regarded himself as the successor of Genghis Khan and the guardian of the Mongol Three Khanates.After his empire greatly expanded,he actively competed with the Ming Dynasty for the status of successor to the Mongol Empire.However,Zhu Yuanzhang considered his opponent for the legitimacy of his regime to be the Northern Yuan rather than the Timurid Empire,viewing Timur as a local ruler like the former Emperor Yuanzong.After Shah Rukh succeeded Sultan,he continued Timur's policy toward the Ming Dynasty,competing with the Ming Dynasty for this identity at both the political and ecclesiastical levels.Zhu Di had no intention of making a feud with the Timurid Empire and did not directly respond to Shah Rukh's assertion of the order of the Khan's throne,but amicably declared that the"Mandate of Heaven"had been transferred from the Mongol Yuan to the Ming Dynasty.
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