Kublai Khan was the second son of Tolei, the youngest son of Genghis Khan (the most beloved grandson of Genghis Khan Temujin), and the younger brother of Meng Ge, Emperor Xianzong of the Yuan Dynasty. He had devoted himself to military rule since he was a child. When Meng Ge became the Great Khan, he was ordered toMonan Han region.After Meng Ge died of illness at the foot of Diaoyu Mountain on the way to Sichuan, Kublai Khan became the new Great Khan and began his glorious life as the founder of the Yuan Empire and the first Mongolian emperor in the Central Plains.