Reign
Toghtoa Bukha Khan was an ambitious khan wanting to obtain real power and recover the former glory of the Yuan Dynasty, which inevitably lead to conflicts with powerful Oirats nobles who held the real power. Although the Oirats shared the same ambition of recover the former glory of Genghis Khan with the new Khan, they were well aware that they must make peace with the Ming Dynasty first so that they could unify all Mongols before their conquest of expansion. The Oirats therefore were careful not to enrage the Ming by not officially proclaiming Yuan which was expulsed by native Chinese from Dadu, and obtained help from the Ming court to defeat the eastern Mongols, killing Adai Khan in the process in 1438.
After the latter's death, Toghan reinstalled Toghtoa Bukha on the throne with the title of Bogd Khagan Tayisung of the Great Yuan before the eight white yurts of Genghis Khan in 1439. Tayisung Khan on the other hand, felt that the Ming was already weakened and not worth worrying about, openly reclaimed the era of the Yuan by proclaiming himself as the Tayisung (Taizong) of the Great Yuan, a move supported by most Mongol populace, except the Oirats, who felt it was not the time yet and they needed time to consolidate their gains first. Fortunately, Ming China was indeed weakened to the point that it could no longer launch any deep strike into the Mongol heartland like Yongle Emperor had done, and all Ming could do was to show its disapproval by calling Tayisung Khan of the Northern Yuan instead of Taizong (太宗) of the Great Yuan.
Tayisung Khan made Toghan's son, Esen, taishi and his younger brother, Agbarjin, jinong soon after Toghan's sudden death in the same year.
During the reign of Tayisung Khan Toghtoa Bukha, Esen subjugated the Jurchens in Manchuria, the Chagatayids in Hami (Qara Del) and the Uriankhais (Tuvans) in Siberia.
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