As we all know, the famous novel "Deer Ding" is the pinnacle of Mr. Jin Yong, and it is also the last masterpiece he wrote in his later years, since the closure of the pen, countless martial arts fans have felt very sorry, for which "Deer Ding" has also been adapted into countless film and television works accompanied by many people's happy childhood. In the play, everyone must be particularly impressed by the protagonist Wei Xiaobao and his seven wives, among the seven wives, there is also a naïve and kind Mu Wangfu Xiaojun Lord Mu Jianping is very popular with the audience.
You know, many of mr. Jin Yong's characters in the book are historically verifiable, and this anti-Qing and Ming Mu palace is no exception, and it is also real in history. Moreover, it has a deep relationship with the Ming Dynasty, guarding the Country for the Zhu Ming Dynasty for nearly 300 years, which can be described as loyal. However, the founder of the Mu Wangfu in Yunnan was founded by a homeless "eight-year-old beggar", and after the little beggar was adopted by the emperor as a righteous son, in order to repay the emperor's favor, his descendants guarded the border of China for generations, so that China has an additional province from then on. This person is Mu Ying, the righteous son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is also a famous military general and founding hero of the Ming Dynasty!
The emperor said to the eight-year-old beggar: I will be your father from now on! Beggars repay the favor, and China has since added one more province
Zhu Yuanzhang is one of the few grassroots emperors in China's history, who worked as a cattle herder when he was poor when he was young, and he was well aware of the sufferings of the people. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang implemented the policy of developing production and resting with the people to lightly defy the small endowment. Under the impetus of Zhu Yuanzhang's measures, the peasants' enthusiasm for production was high, agriculture developed rapidly in the early Ming Dynasty, and the ruined scene of the countryside at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was changed. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang was diligent in political affairs all his life and made a lot of achievements, especially the creation of a large number of institutional regulations, which not only laid the foundation of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, but also contributed to the social stability and economic prosperity of the early Ming Dynasty.
As one of the most diligent emperors in the history of our country, Zhu Yuanzhang never hesitated to increase his workload. From the time he ascended the throne to his death, he hardly had a day off. In his testament, he said: "For one year in thirty years, he has accumulated his heart in distress, and has been diligent every day, and has done good for the people." According to the historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang's frugality was also the pinnacle of the emperors. After being called the empress, he built a palace in Yingtian, only seeking to be strong and durable, not seeking kitsch ornate, and also let people paint many historical stories on the wall to remind themselves. Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also paid attention to recruiting talents and recruiting people, widely adopting public opinion, strictly administering the army, and improving the military system. So much so that later the Shunzhi Emperor praised: "The sages of the past are like Hongwu." ”
It is not difficult to understand that emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who was so human, would adopt an eight-year-old beggar as a righteous son. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet become emperor, still serving under Guo Zixing, and one day while patrolling the city of Haozhou, Zhu Yuanzhang found this little beggar wandering alone. The homeless child is a native of Haozhou, his father died early, and he struggled to live with his mother. Unfortunately, in the chaotic era at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when he and his mother went out to escape the military rebellion, their mother died on the way to escape. Zhu Yuanzhang was originally born as a poor child, and after hearing this, he took pity on this wandering beggar and said to the eight-year-old beggar: "I will be your father from now on!" ”
At that time, although Zhu Yuanzhang was already married, the couple had no children under their knees, so the beggar changed his surname to Zhu and his name was Ying. The Biography of Ming Shi Mu Yinglie records: "Young orphans, from the mother to avoid the soldiers, the mother died again." Taizu and Empress Xiaoci took pity on her and raised her son, with the surname Zhu. Then Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife treated Zhu Ying like their own children, not only teaching him to read and write, but also teaching him how to lead soldiers to fight. Mu Ying spent his childhood in wars, barracks, and expeditions. It was not until the age of eighteen that Zhu Ying began to serve as a military official, first by Zhu Yuanzhang as a lieutenant in front of the account, and then promoted to command envoy, guarding the important town of Guangxin (廣信, in modern Shangrao, Jiangxi).
Later, Zhu Ying was given the surname Mu, which means Yongmu Emperor Grace. Mu Ying's southern conquest of the northern war, countless achievements, but never pampered and proud, always know how to correct their position, know how to advance and retreat. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Mu Ying was appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang as a general of the Zhenguo State, and was appointed as the governor of the capital, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses. Although Mu Ying was young, he was intelligent and sensitive, and in the palace for several years, he handled things decisively, solved problems quickly and without omission, and was praised by Empress Ma and deeply valued by Zhu Yuanzhang. The "History of Ming" records: "Fuzhong has a lot of mechanical maintenance, the young and the young are sensitive, and there is no delay in the dissection." The latter number is called its talent, and the emperor is also important. ”
As a famous military general in the early Ming Dynasty, Mu Ying shined on the battlefield. From 1376 to 1381, Mu Ying participated in two western expeditions to Tubo, one conquest of Xifan, and two Northern Expeditions. Most of the time, Mu Ying was on his own, leading the battle and achieving impressive results. Compared with Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Lan Yu and other famous generals of the early Ming Dynasty who are familiar to us, Mu Ying is no less than a star. Mu Ying on the battlefield can be described as mighty. However, what really made Mu Yingqing famous was the move to pacify Yunnan.
It can be said that since ancient Yunnan has been a headache for the Central Plains Dynasty, the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin even left an allusion to the "Song Wielding Jade Axe", referring to the land outside the Dadu River, which is not the Song Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty, although the Mongols conquered Yunnan with extraordinary force, and the Sai Dianchi father and son worked hard to manage, but by the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was still chaotic, and the Liang King only had nominal rule, and many places were difficult to govern. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu (1381), Zhu Yuanzhang took Fu Youde as the main general, and Lan Yu and Mu Ying as the deputy generals to conquer Yunnan and eliminate the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty.
Faced with the heavy mountains and the intricate relationship between the remnants of the Yuan forces and the local indigenous people, the Ming army overcame difficulties and obstacles, and in just a few months, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty were wiped out. After retaking Yunnan, Fu Youde and Lanyu Banshi returned to the dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Ying to stay in Yunnan. The "History of Ming" records: "Next year Zhao Youde and Yubanshi, and stay in the ying town of Dianzhong." "Zhu Ying is not only talented in fighting, but also has his own methods for managing the side. During the period of zhenshou in Yunnan, he greatly promoted tuntian, persuaded nongsang, and Li Xianxingxue, making important contributions to spreading the culture of the Central Plains and stabilizing the frontier of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the governance of Mu Ying, Yunnan has gradually embarked on a normal development track, and the administrative situation and social outlook have been greatly improved. To this end, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Mu Ying with relief: "Let me sit high and have no worries in the south, Ru Yingye." According to historical records, after Empress Ma, who raised Mu Ying from childhood, died of illness, Mu Ying was overly sad and coughed up blood. Later, when he learned that the crown prince Zhu Biao, who had grown up with him, had also died, Mu Ying cried very sadly, and soon died of illness in Yunnan Renshou, at the age of 48. After Mu Ying's death, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad, so he had Mu Ying's coffin transported to the Tianfu, posthumously named him "King of Qianning", buried with royal ceremonies, and enjoyed the Taimiao Temple.
Finally, we would like to say that from an ordinary beggar to the founding prince of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Ying's experience is really legendary, and the "History of Ming" evaluates it: "Khan Ma Xuanlao, pure diligence is not two, Chang Bingyao, Xun is not ashamed." Duqian Ning Wei zhen is desolate, dissecting the world, and the honor is consistent with the Ming. After Mu Ying's death, his son was promoted to the rank of Duke of Qianguo, and the Mu family guarded Yunnan for generations until the end of the Ming Dynasty. Later, the Cambridge History of the Ming Dynasty of China commented that Mu Yingfeng was sealed in Yunnan, and it was actually the Mu family that made Yunnan a province of the Ming Dynasty of China and made it an integral part of the Han civilization. The family's prestige has always been high, and it is the only courtier in the history of the Ming Dynasty who has continued to hold de facto territorial power.