It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was 25 years old at that time, was still a laborer. He worked in Guo Zixing's Red Scarf Army and became the son-in-law of the Guo family. He had no children and no troops of his own. One day in Haozhou City, he met
An eight-year-old beggar reminded Lao Zhu of his own past and adopted him as his adopted son. Lao Zhu at least had a nickname called Chongba. This poor kid didn't even have a name, so Zhu Yuanzhang named him Zhu Wenying.
Although his adopted son Lao Zhu regarded Zhu Wenying as his own child, even many years later after he aspired to conquer the Central Plains, he recalled the past with deep affection and said, "I pity his orphan and young child, and raised him like a child. He slept on the same bed at night and slept soundly in my arms many times."
..." This shows how close the two men were back then, and Zhu Wenying lived up to expectations and gradually became a general in the army. She went on expeditions with the army at the age of eighteen and made many military exploits.
Later, the adopted sons of the Zhu family, including Zhu Wenying and Li Wenzhong, fought bloody battles and founded the Ming Dynasty. However, after the world was pacified, Zhu Yuanzhang already had a group of children, including twenty-six biological sons. The empire must be passed on to his biological children and grandchildren.
The royal family no longer has a place for adopted children.
In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang formally showed off to Zhu Wenying: "Whose son are you?"
Zhu Wenying became an orphan at a young age and did not know the faces of her parents. She only said that he was His Majesty's son: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's grace is as great as heaven and earth." Old Zhu refused to accept this trick and kept asking who his son was, and Zhu Wenying kowtowed vigorously.
Repeating this sentence, according to Lao Zhu's urinary properties, I originally found a reason to deal with it, but in the end, I was reluctant and moved to bring him up, so I took the surname "Mu" from this sentence. From that day on, Zhu Wenying
My name is Mu Ying.
In the 14th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Fu Youde, Mu Ying, and Lan Yu to lead 300,000 elite troops to quell the remnant Yuan forces in Yunnan. A year later, the entire territory of Yunnan was pacified. The imperial court set up the Commanding Envoys' Department and the Chief Envoys' Department in Yunnan, which were divided into Yunnan.
Fifty-two prefectures, sixty-three prefectures, and fifty-four counties were established with guards and offices to establish a complete administrative system.
But at that time, Yunnan was sparsely populated, with only more than 70,000 households according to records. After that, as many as 200,000 households of merchants and scholars migrated from Jiangnan, the Central Plains and other places. At that time, the wealthy wealthy households in Jiangnan were exiled and sent to guard the border in Yunnan whenever they broke the law.
But Lao Zhuxin's troubles came again. Yunnan was too far away and too complicated. Thousands of miles away, the mountains were high, the emperor was far away, and various forces were entrenched in it. He needed a famous official and a respected person to guard Yunnan, so he pacified Yunnan.
In the second year, Mu Ying's class teacher returned to the court, and Lao Zhu asked him: "Is Yunnan bitter?"
Mu Ying said it wasn't hard and she was very playful...all kinds of things. Lao Zhu said since it wasn't hard, then Yunnan will be left to you.
So in the 16th year of Hongwu, Xiping Hou Muying guarded Yunnan, and in the 4th year of Shunzhi, when Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and other remnants of the Great Western Army entered Yunnan for two hundred years, the 12th and 16th generation of the Mu family attacked and granted the title of Duke of Guizhou, the chief military officer of Yunnan, and took control of the military and political affairs of Yunnan.
Great power has always been with the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with other heroes, Mu Ying was very lucky. Lao Zhu did not kill him completely and allowed the Mu family to become the only duke in the Ming Dynasty who maintained the feudal territory.
Guarding Yunnan is not an easy task. There are more than 20 ethnic groups there. The chieftains, chiefs, and villages of various ethnic groups are powerful and unruly. If he is not making trouble today, he will rebel together tomorrow, but Mu
Ying is not a vegetarian either. He will beat anyone who doesn't accept it. If you don't accept it, he will fight with you. After many battles, he uses the "three-stage attack" tactic to beat the local chieftains to the point where they are called dads. Each one finally becomes honest again.
No one dared to show his teeth and be obedient to Mu Ying.
Muying not only fought in Niucha, but also farmed and raised horses. In the past ten years, he farmed millions of acres. By the Xuande period, Yunnan's food had completely met military needs. As for raising horses, Muying was well-known as a horse herder. What did she love?
To a certain extent, just like today's cat slaves and dog slaves, during the period when he was in charge of Yunnan, he opened racecourses to promote horse administration. There were sufficient reserves of Yunnan war horses in the Ming Dynasty, and they were also transported to other provinces in large quantities, making a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty's armament.
Such ability made Lao Zhu Longyan very happy and praised him: "The person who makes me sit back and worry about nothing is Mu Ying."
In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Prince Zhu Biao passed away. Mu Ying was ten years older than Zhu Biao. The two had been close to each other since childhood. When they heard that Zhu Biao had died of illness, Mu Ying was heartbroken and cried until she vomited blood.
He died of illness in the same year.
When Lao Zhu heard about it, he was also very sad and asked his son to carry the coffin to the capital. He posthumously named Mu Ying the King of Qianning, and it was only then that it was called Prince Mu's Palace in Yunnan.
After Mu Ying passed away, his sons Mu Chun and Mu Sheng took over. The court said that they had to give him a probation period. At that time, Lao Zhu got angry and said: "Son, my family, don't try it!" He directly asked his son to take over.
, it can be seen that Lao Zhu trusts the Mu family, and the Mu family lives up to expectations and manages Yunnan in an orderly and orderly manner for the court, which makes Lao Zhu very pleased: "I have no worries about finding people from the southwest."
From then on, the Mu family officially became a prince with military and political power, and it was hereditary. The emperor was far away from the sky, and he was much more comfortable than the personal guards in various feudal vassals. I was the only one here! In its heyday
: "If you fill your treasury with treasures, gold and shells, you will be no match for the Heavenly Mansion."
However, there are many losers in the rich family, and no one dares to care about the Mu family. Since Mu Sheng, the Mu family has gradually begun to enjoy themselves and become corrupt. Every time, there are always various kinds of scandals such as harming the people to make money, harassing the place, raping relatives and sisters-in-law... and other scandals.
Today's explanations can be made almost every day. For example, when Zou Yinglong became governor of Yunnan in the fifth year of Longqing, he received an old case from the Mu family: the Mu family had occupied the water source of a suburban village and extorted villagers for 40 years. The villagers could file a complaint but the Yunnan Chief Secretary
The officials didn't dare to take care of it, but Zou Yinglong did. He was a powerful figure who had impeached Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son. He directly handled the case, and in order to prevent the Mu family from cheating, he asked the county magistrate to engrave a monument to record it.
Another example is that during the Chongzhen period, Xu Xiake, a famous travel companion, wandered to Yunnan and saw and recorded a case in which a slave of the Mu family (it was clear that he was a domestic slave) wantonly oppressed the people and aroused public outrage. Yu Yao, the patrol inspector at the time, reported this case.
The domestic slave was arrested and brought to justice. This was a serious incident. Mu Qiyuan, Mu Ying's tenth grandson at that time, the Duke of Guizhou, directly led troops to the patrol office, captured more than ten officials and beat them severely, and even mobilized artillery to bombard the Yamen. This
Yu Yao was so frightened that he quickly reported to the court for mediation, but Mu Qiyuan didn't take the court's decree into consideration at all, and almost bombed the Yamen. At this time, his mother, Mrs. Song, was worried that his move would affect the entire Mu Qiyuan.
The Wangfu family poisoned him to death, and then asked his son Mu Tianbo to attack the Duke of Guizhou, and he was only ten years old this year!
Seventeen years passed in the blink of an eye, and Mu Tianbo was twenty-seven. He didn't know that the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, nor did he know that Prince Mu's palace was going to be gone. He only knew that Zhang Xianzhong went to Sichuan to establish Daxi and fight for power, and he could leave at any time.
The expansion caused panic among the officials and people in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Mu Tianbo was also on fire. However, the court could not help at this time. If he had no money and no soldiers, he could only rely on himself, so he ordered Wu Ding's general Li Dazhi to go
The front line was deployed, but this guy was a fool without any brains. He often caused conflicts with Wu Bikui, the chieftain of Yuanmou next door, so he thought of using this troops to invade the opponent's territory.
Wu Bikui was very angry and the consequences would be serious, so he launched an army to rebel!
The information sent by Jin Yiwei this time was that Wu Bikui had rebelled.
If it was just a chieftain who rebelled, there would be no need to panic Chang Yu so much, but the butterfly effect that would follow would be too great!