Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that his eldest grandson would praise Mu Ying like this.
"If we let Mu Ying guard Yunnan for generations, the eldest grandson will have nothing to fear."
In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile.
Zhu Ying said: "What's there to be afraid of? Speaking of which, although my grandson has never met Uncle Mu Ying, he has heard of his great reputation for a long time. It's a pity that we haven't had the opportunity to meet him."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed a little and said: "He is a good boy. At that time, my eldest sister and I did not have a son. We saw that he was pitiful, so we adopted him as our adopted son."
"He was only eight years old at the time, and he followed us all the way to the north and south, wandering around."
"Ying'er is extremely smart and very filial to us. He always does it before I ask him to do anything."
"Your grandma gave birth to your father when he was ten years old."
"He is our adopted son and the eldest. After the eldest son was born, we could see the joy in his eyes."
"Your father has a very good relationship with him. Although they are not real brothers, they are no different from each other."
"We are busy arranging things for the war every day, and your grandma is also busy helping us. When your father was a child, he was always helped by Ying'er. He spent more time with Biao'er than our father. many."
"We have always been at ease with Ying'er. Although some ministers have persuaded her, I believe that Ying'er will never do anything to regret us."
"Later we established the Ming Dynasty, and Ying'er also made a lot of contributions, so we asked him what reward he wanted."
"At that time, we took out the map of the Ming Dynasty and asked him to choose a place to make him king, but he didn't ask for it."
"Ying'er told us that his merits are not enough to make him a king, not even a duke. At most he can only be a marquis."
"And the first thing he asked us for was to restore the Mu surname."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Speaking of which, when Ying'er followed us, she also changed her surname to Zhu."
"It is true that I have some kind of fate with my eldest grandson."
That is to say, Mu Ying changed her surname back to Mu. Otherwise, if her surname was Zhu and she was admitted to the imperial family, she would have the same name as Zhu Ying.
And the old man's words also reflected his deep feelings for Mu Ying.
Mu Ying was the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the Ming Dynasty. He was capable of literary and military skills and was extremely tough, but he only lived to be forty-eight before he died of illness.
But compared to other founding heroes, it can be considered a good death.
Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to be the most ruthless emperor in history. He is famous for killing heroes. Especially after the death of Prince Zhu Biao, it can be said that almost all the founding heroes were killed.
Mu Ying was quite successful and was always reused by Zhu Yuanzhang to guard the important areas in the southwest.
Even now, after Mu Ying's death, she still has great trust in Mu Ying's descendants.
Mu Ying's life experience can be said to be extremely miserable. He was a baby and was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang as his adopted son when life and death were on the line.
At the age of twelve, he followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world. He was invincible and made many military exploits, making great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang's victory in the world.
When Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, Mu Ying, as the emperor's godson, in the eyes of others, should at least be given the title of king.
However, when she went to guard the border in Yunnan, where both young and old were poor, and fought against the barbarians of all ethnic groups in the southwest, Muying never complained and always defended the southwest territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Mu Ying devoted her whole life in the southwest and put down the rebellions of ethnic minorities many times. Zhu Yuanzhang said: Since you are in the town, I have no worries about the southwest.
Mu Ying always has a grateful heart. Although he lives in the southwest, he is very grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma for their help and support.
Once they win a battle and harvest some trophies or some local products, they will choose some high-quality gifts and give them to Zhu Yuanzhang to repay Zhu Yuanzhang's kindness.
Muying guarding Yunnan for generations was actually Zhu Yuanzhang's carefully considered choice.
Yunnan is far away from the capital, has a large number of ethnic minorities, is close to foreign countries, has snakes, insects, rats, ants, rugged terrain, and is filled with miasma. All these unfavorable conditions have restricted the central government of the Ming Dynasty from organizing households in Yunnan to unify the people.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang encountered difficulties in governing Yunnan.
In fact, in the fifteenth year of Hongwu's capture of Yunnan, like the mainland, Yunnan established the Chief Envoy Department and the Guard Station, but the effect was not good.
The Yunnan edition was hidden by the local chieftains, who did not buy into the chief envoy's account at all.
Coupled with the successive Tusi rebellions, the Ming army stationed in Yunnan was exhausted from the east and west expeditions, and Zhu Yuanzhang was forced to rethink Yunnan's rule.
In the 16th year of Hongwu's reign, after more than a year of deliberation, Zhu Yuanzhang finally made the decision to select "famous ministers and highly expected people" to guard Yunnan.
Since then, this policy has become a national policy that has not changed since the Ming Dynasty.
Who is the "famous minister"?
The three great generals in Yunnan at that time were Fu Youde, Lan Yu, and Mu Ying.
In terms of closeness, it can only be Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son Mu Ying, because once an outsider is chosen to guard Yunnan, which is far away from the emperor, it will easily develop into a separatist force.
With Zhu Yuanzhang's jealous and suspicious temperament, no matter who he was, he would never be able to feel at ease, only Mu Ying.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled Generals Fu Youde and Lan Yu back then and explicitly asked Mu Ying to guard Yunnan.
Since Mu Ying officially "guarded Yunnan" in the 16th year of Hongwu, the Ming Dynasty's system in Yunnan has actually undergone major changes. Although the Chief Envoy still exists, the highest authority has become General Mu Ying, which actually means military control of Yunnan.
Mu Ying is the highest local authority in Yunnan and has all administrative decision-making powers. Generals stationed in various prefectures and counties can also interfere in local administration.
This is actually no different from the Tu Emperor.
Even the censor of the capital could only act by looking at Mu Ying's face.
This kind of authority, except for Prince Zhu Biao.
Even King Zhu Xi of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, and even King Zhu Di of Yan were far from reaching such a level of trust.
This is a province, and Yunnan is very large.
In the 19th year of Hongwu's reign, Mu Ying wrote a letter requesting for the garrison of Yunnan. His garrison policy was three garrison, seven garrison, and one garrison and one garrison. The garrison range covered all parts of Yunnan, and the garrison soldiers acted as a suppressive force.
This approach not only allowed the Ming army to be self-sufficient, but also strengthened the local suppression capabilities.
This move won repeated praise from Zhu Yuanzhang, who said that farming can "relieve the people's strength and provide enough food for the troops. No other border defense strategy is good at this."
The farming system was widely implemented in Yunnan. It was this move that made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that Mu Ying could succeed, so he felt more confident in letting him guard Yunnan.
But from another perspective, Muying's farming system is equivalent to raising soldiers for his own family.
Most of these soldiers stationed in the fields were not Han Chinese, but local chieftains.
In Yunnan, everyone originally only recognized Mu Ying, but if things continued like this, it would be okay.
When this matter was approved by Zhu Yuanzhang, the situation exploded at the court meeting that day.
A large number of civil servants knelt down in the Fengtian Palace and begged Zhu Yuanzhang to restrain Mu Ying from granting such great power. This was no different from a state within a state.
It stands to reason that the suspicious Zhu Yuanzhang should also take back Mu Ying's power.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang did not even bother to suppress it. He dismissed all the impeachments of all civilian officials on the spot and banned the matter from being discussed in the future.
This shows the trust in Mu Ying.
He really treated Mu Ying as his own son.
Now, it turns out that Mu Ying has not lived up to Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.
There is no possibility of being questioned in terms of loyalty.
Among them, the most important thing is filial piety.
"I don't remember, my eldest grandson. When you were a child, you loved playing with your Uncle Mu Ying the most."
"Because of our arrangement, your father often has to review memorials, so every time Ying'er comes over, he will play with her for a long time. At that time, your favorite thing was to ride on Ying'er's back and play horse riding games."
"We were all shocked at the time. In the 10th year of Hongwu's reign, it happened to be the day when we named him the Marquis of Xiping. We didn't expect that he would become a marquis in Fengtian Palace and become your horse."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed as he spoke, as if he remembered the scene he saw that surprised and pleased him.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this incident that Zhu Yuanzhang always trusted Mu Ying from the bottom of his heart without wavering.
The accumulation of many such small things made it possible for Muying to guard Yunnan in the fifteenth year of Hongwu.
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little sad again:
"He is a good and filial boy. When your grandma passed away, it was July. Ying'er was still campaigning abroad. He led his troops back to Dianchi Lake and joined forces with Fu Youde to pacify Wusa, Dongchuan, Jianchang, Mang. Among the barbarians in the tribe, Ussa Guard and Bijie Guard were established."
"We found out later that Ying'er fainted in the military camp after learning about the death of the eldest sister. After not eating for three days, she got seriously ill and almost died."
"Last year, Ying'er was also hit because of Biao'er's passing away and couldn't hold on."
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was already slightly choked.
Big girls, Zhu Biao, Mu Ying.
These were the people he had been closest to.
The two second sons of King Zhu Fang of Qin and King Zhu Fan of Jin are also Zhu Yuanzhang's legitimate sons, but emotionally they are not as close as Mu Ying.
The biggest key here is filial piety.
No one can question Mu Ying's filial piety.
The ancestral precepts Mu Ying left for future generations before her death also made Zhu Yuanzhang sigh.
"All my descendants must serve the country loyally, be diligent and cautious in everything they do, and be humble when dealing with their colleagues. Special order. Be careful! Be warned!"
Zhu Ying also felt a little sad at this time.
Mu Ying's family is full of loyalties. Starting from Mu Ying and following the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, there has never been any separation.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Sheng was defeated in an attack on Gaoligong Mountain and died in Chuxiong.
The imperial court gave a posthumous gift to King Dingyuan, and his youngest son Mu Bin assumed the title and settled in the capital. His younger brother Mu Ang took charge of Yunnan.
After Mu Ang's death, he was granted the title of Dingbian Bo and was succeeded by his nephew Mu Bin.
Starting from Mu Ang, although the titles of the Mu family gradually decreased, the imperial court still relied heavily on the generals of the Mu family to quell the frequent wars on the border.
It can be said that with the Mu family guarding the border, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty felt particularly at ease sitting on the throne of the Golden Palace in Beijing.
After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Nanming regime established by the royal family surnamed Zhu was still lingering in the south. As a prince in Yunnan, Mu Tianbo chose to follow the last emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, and began his life in exile.
Mu Tianbo is the eleventh grandson of Mu Ying. In the first year of Chongzhen, his father Mu Qiyuan died suddenly. Mu Tianbo, who was only ten years old, inherited the title and served as the general of the Southern Conquest.
In the 18th year of Shunzhi, the Qing army invaded Yunnan. The chieftain Kaiyuan of Yunnan took the opportunity to rebel. Mu Tianbo was forced to flee, and the Mu family was almost wiped out.
Zhu Youlang fled to Myanmar with the help of Mu Tianbo and others.
The Burmese king Mangdala accommodated them, and Mangbai killed Mangdala and established himself. The new king Mangbai had long thought of abandoning these Ming Dynasty old and young people, and even wanted to disguise them on the surface.
In July of that year, King Mangbai of Myanmar asked someone to send a message, agreeing that Emperor Yongli would cross the river, and they would drink the cursed water and swear an oath to become friends forever.
Emperor Yongli also had doubts, but he had to obey others' arrangements. Emperor Yongli, military general Mu Tianbo, academician Ma Jixiang and other civil and military officials rushed there, but were unexpectedly surrounded by three thousand Burmese troops.
At the critical moment, Mu Tianbo grabbed the knife and resisted.
Unfortunately, they were outnumbered, and all 42 Nanming officials were killed. The Burmese army then rushed to the residence of Emperor Yongli and killed all 300 of his followers. This incident is known as the "Curse Water Disaster" in history.
At this point, the Ming Dynasty, which was served by the 12th and 16th Duke of Guizhou of the Mu family, had completely come to an end.
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