Mongols: Clever and good or evil and dimwitted?

Q: Was the Mongol rule good or bad for China?
A: The fierce Mongols destroyed everything that stood in their way, but was there rule good or bad for China? In my opinion, the Mongol rule was bad for China politically, but good economically. During Mongol rule, leaders were mostly Mongols, and important government jobs were taken from the Chinese and given to Mongols or trusted foreigners, even though the Chinese were more experienced and educated with their job. This showed that they were protective of their power, assigning important jobs to their fellow Mongols that weren’t experienced with the job. This wasn’t good for China, because before, the Chinese were doing pretty fine with their government, which was organized and controlled. It would be like kicking out all the experienced teachers at Whitney High School and letting the un-experienced students teach the classes. There shouldn’t be a need to take someone off the job if they were already doing a fine job. This would be bad for the school, like the Mongol rule was bad for the government.

On the other hand, the Mongol rule improved China economically. The Mongols made trade routes safer to travel on, which resulted in merchants being able to travel to other countries and China being more open to the outside world. This was good, because trade improved interaction with other countries. Merchants, able to travel safely, could bring China to other countries and improve China’s economy. Other merchants would be attracted by China, and spread the word about this great country. This showed that the Mongols, though un-experienced with government, still knew a little about what would be good for China. Like today, America is a great country that is open for others. Hearing from others all these fabulous things about this country, such as freedom and safety, people are attracted by its greatness and want to live here. There are many people, including my family members, who have arrived at America a few years ago, because they heard it was a wonderful, wealthy country with freedom and job opportunities. Safer trade definitely opened up China to everyone else. The Mongols, who seemed fierce and unreasonable, had made a great choice for the country. Though the Mongols didn’t make a good choice for the government, they did make a good choice for China economically.