What happened to Yelü Chucai’s reforms after his death?

After Yelü Chucai's death in 1244, his reforms, which included establishing a formal bureaucracy and a rationalized taxation system for Mongol-controlled China, fell into temporary abeyance.123

Yelü Chucai had persuaded Ögödei, the grand khan, to implement these changes, which centralized civilian administration and divided the territory into provinces responsible for regularized taxation. These reforms allowed the Mongol court's treasuries to accumulate significant wealth.23

However, Yelü Chucai faced opposition from Mongol feudatories and nobles who preferred independent exploitation of their territories. Ögödei also reportedly lost interest in China's internal affairs. Furthermore, the increasing influence of Muslims from the Middle East in high positions led to resentment due to their exploitation of the Chinese. This environment contributed to a relapse into feudal anarchism, causing Yelü Chucai's reforms to be temporarily set aside, with China being ruled more like a colony.23