The heroes in history are often the first to fight for the world - especially in terms of attracting talents, they do it marvelously; when it comes to treating their wives and daughters, they are often very poor. Just like that infamous confession of Liu Bei in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Brothers are like hands and feet, wives are like clothes." Novels, of course, do not belong to official history, but the political figures who made waves in official history are more despicable than the Uncle Liu in the novel. For example, the great conqueror - Genghis Khan, treated his original wife in such a way.
Genghis Khan (Temujin), at a very young age, married his wife arranged in his childhood - Borte, who was one year older than him. After he became powerful, Genghis Khan had many wives, these beautiful girls were housed in five different places, far apart from each other, so they couldn't interfere with each other. It's good to have peace and quiet, and avoid women fighting over jealousy and causing chaos.
Mongolians value order very much. As the saying goes, "the wife of humble origin will not leave the house." Among all Temujin's wives, the highest status still belongs to his original wife - Empress Borte. She gave birth to four sons and five daughters. The four sons are: Jochi, Chagatai, Ogedei, and Tolui. These young men indeed influenced the historical process of Asia and Europe in the 13th-14th centuries.
One night, the "Merkit people" who had grudges with Temujin suddenly launched a surprise attack. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and Temujin fled into the mountains without hesitation. When escaping for life, who cares about wife and children? At the critical moment, Temujin showed his "selfish" nature - by any means necessary, as long as I am alive, everything else can be abandoned.
Temujin ran away without looking back, but his beautiful wife had nowhere to escape. In times of war and chaos, who would care! Without help or horses, she could only hide in an ox cart in fear. Unfortunately, this poor woman couldn't escape and was eventually captured by the "Merkit people". The empty-handed raiders were furious because they didn't catch Temujin, so they took out their anger on his woman. The "Merkit people" took the young and beautiful Borte away triumphantly, considering women as rich spoils of war. After all, she was Temujin's woman.
After returning, the "Merkit people" took retaliatory measures: forcibly "assigned" Borte to be the wife of Chilger's brother.
Temujin, who survived the disaster, deeply regretted it. He asked others for help to wash away his shame. Losing a wife is also a great disgrace among Mongolians. One might say that fighting desperately against the "Merkit people" was to avenge his wife, but it's better to say that it was for the dignity of a man to give himself an explanation.
Brave cavalry followed Temujin, and three armies jointly attacked the "Merkit people". After a long battle, they finally defeated the enemy. Temujin happily retrieved Borte. By this time, it had been more than half a year since their last parting. Borte was inexplicably pregnant. Whose child was in her belly? It was unclear.
Temujin didn't mind. He firmly believed that his wife did not fall in love with the enemy who shared her bed, and Borte's misfortune was due to his own weakness. To compensate for his wife, Temujin accepted the newborn on the way home and regarded the child as his own, naming him "Jochi," which probably means "visitor" or "guest." On this point, Temujin was indeed a "real man"!
The so-called "inclusive" broad-mindedness ultimately achieved Genghis Khan's great cause. As for how his women endured humiliation, it was as simple as taking off a pair of socks, forgotten in a blink of an eye.