What must Genghis Khan do before going to war?

Yuan Dynasty is a very important dynasty in Chinese history. Because it is ruled by ethnic minorities, it is somewhat different from previous dynasties, especially in customs and habits. The Yuan Dynasty was founded by Mongols. Compared with the Han nationality in the Central Plains, Mongolia, a nomadic people in the north, is still relatively backward, especially in terms of customs and habits, which is very different from the Central Plains. Moreover, the Mongols entered the Genghis Khan era, and it is said that they were still in a slave society. The most popular divination method in slave society was animal bone divination, and Mongolian nobles were particularly keen on this divination method, which was called burning pipa at that time. What is burning pipa? Burning pipa means taking a shovel bone from a sheep and burning it with fire. According to the texture above, we can distinguish between good and bad luck. One of the things Genghis Khan must do before going to war is to order people to burn pipa to predict good or bad luck, and only when he thinks there is no problem will he go to war. Ancient people always used divination to do important things. Why are they so convinced?

At that time, Mongols believed in this divination method, mainly because Mongols believed in Shamanism. In their eyes, shamans can predict good and bad luck and communicate with people and gods, so Mongols also believe it very much. Shaman plays a very important role in the political development of Mongols. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, although the influence of wizards gradually declined, it still affected people's lives to some extent. Because shamans can also bind spells, which means they can interfere with the climate with spells. After all, the ancients all looked at the weather and paid great attention to the impact on the climate, so they invited wizards to cast spells when necessary. In the historical records of the Yuan Dynasty, the history of divination by Genghis Khan was recorded many times. For example, yuan dynasty history records that Genghis Khan beat Naiman, a tribal leader, to offer sacrifices to the wind.

Although the ancients believed in this, this practice has both advantages and disadvantages. If the magician's magic function is used properly, it can have a certain positive impact. However, if the magician has ulterior motives and this spell is deceptive, then the use of these spells in crooked ways is indeed harmful. For example, there was a very famous "annoying technique" in ancient times. When a wizard casts a spell, he uses a puppet or a paper figure instead of the cursed object, thereby imposing witchcraft and hurting people in this way, making them sick or dead. This is the more evil black witchcraft. It is said that Ahema, a traitor in Kublai Khan's time, used this evil witchcraft to harm people. This witchcraft is very strange and unpredictable. Although such a thing is recorded in history, it is not clearly recorded, and the secrets are not explained, such as how he did it and what means he used.

After grandma died, Kublai Khan couldn't believe that he was a traitor. It was not until Amar's wife confessed everything that Kublai Khan was surprised. Kublai Khan was very angry. The patient opened the grave, dug up his body, let the dog eat it, killed his son and nephew, and confiscated his property. When searching his property, in the cupboard of the house where Grandma and Ma's concubines lived, witchcraft tools made of two animal skins were found. These two skins are complete, even the ears are still there. Although it took a lot of effort to interrogate, I still don't know who this skin belongs to, only that it is used to harm people. At that time, not only the nobles and the people, but also some slaves believed in this witchcraft very much.

Genghis Khan, a generation of tianjiao, was a famous overlord in the history of our country, and some of his behaviors also had a far-reaching impact on later generations. We can't deny Genghis Khan's political contribution, but no one is perfect. Genghis Khan also has some cruel places, such as human sacrifice and martyrdom. This was originally a terrible punishment in slave society, but it is said that Genghis Khan killed a large number of living people after his death. In addition to a large number of martyrs, some concubines served by Genghis Khan and the war horses he rode before his death were all killed alive, including many people who were sacrificed.