The title of Yoshiko is gradually withdrawing from society now, but it was very common in the past, and there are not a few who call the emperor the king to adopt Yoshiko. For example, Guo Wei adopted Chai Rong, but that was because he had no sons, and Mrs. Guo Wei happened to be Chai Rong's uncle. Therefore, he regarded Chai Rong as his own son, and after his death, he also passed the position to his adopted son Chai Rong. Liu Bei also had an adopted son named Liu Feng, who was adopted by Liu Bei in Jingzhou.
At that time, Liu Bei did not have a son, so naturally he regarded Liu Feng as his own son, but unfortunately, Liu Bei later had a son. Liu Feng has military achievements, is brave and fierce, and has a strong personality. Afraid that after his death, he could not be controlled, and could only get rid of him, Liu Feng was used by Liu Chan to pave the way. And Zhu Yuanzhang may not have a mind with Liu Bei, but he raised more than twenty as soon as he was raised, and they were all loyal to him, in fact, from the fact that he did not let his adopted son surname Zhu can see the cleverness.
Old Zhu, a rare grassroots emperor in history, Liu Bang is really not a commoner compared to him. At least Liu Bang did not let go of cattle like Lao Zhu, and he had been a monk and could still eat enough. Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang was really bitter when he was a child, and he had to work without saying that he was hungry or hungry. In this way, the heavens did not treat him well, and three natural disasters in 1343 took away his parents and eldest brother. At that time, he could not even afford to buy coffin money and burial land, or the neighbors took pity on him and gave him a piece of land. In order to live, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was only a teenager, chose to become a monk.
In fact, he just wanted to live, but unfortunately, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, and when he was twenty-five years old, he did the opposite. The first lady he married was Ma Shi, the adopted daughter of Guo Ziyi, the Duke of En, and from then on, Zhu Yuanzhang began his rise. In Zhu Yuanzhang's great cause, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Liu Ji, Li Shanchang and others are indispensable, and his adopted sons are also part of the great cause, and these adopted sons have more than twenty, or the reserves of generals, or the supervision of the army.
Take a few famous ones, Li Wenzhong, who is lao Zhu's nephew. His mother was Zhu Yuanzhang's sister, the later Princess Cao Guochang, and his father's name was Li Zhen, and when Old Zhu did not have enough to eat, Li Zhen often received him. Therefore, he was very close to Li Zhen's family, and Li Wenzhong was taken by his father to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang when he was twelve. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his sister's only son and was also full of emotions, so he accepted him as an adopted son and changed his name to Zhu Wenzhong.
Zhu Wenzhong can be said to be the most trusted of Zhu Yuanzhang's more than twenty adopted children, and he has also helped Zhu Yuanzhang a lot. Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youyu, Beiyuan he did not contribute less, here I have to say, Zhu Wenzhong is definitely a famous general, but his son has lost his father's face. His son was that Li Jinglong, and with several times more troops than Zhu Di, he had never beaten him, of course, this was all an afterthought. In addition to Zhu Wenzhong, there is also He Wenhui, who was only 14 years old when he first adopted.
In addition, there are Zhou She (Mu Ying), Dao She (He Wenhui), Ma Er (Xu Sima), Chai She (Zhu Wengang), Zhen Tong, Jingang Nu, zhu Wenxun, most of whom are orphans. At the beginning, they also changed their surnames to Zhu, and most of them were from the literal generation. For example, Zhu Wenzhong, Zhu Wenying, Zhu Wenhui, Zhu Wengang, Zhu Wenxun. From the beginning of adoption, she was raised by Empress Ma, who was gentle and considerate, and treated them like her own children. Therefore, they have deep feelings for Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang.
Mu Ying later fell overly ill because of the death of his mother, and after Zhu Biao's death, he was even more devastated, and he died early at the age of 48. Perhaps to thank their righteous fathers for their adoption and re-creation, they are not afraid of life and death on the battlefield, and they bravely move forward. More than twenty people, more than half of them died on the battlefield, Zhu Wenxun died in the Taiping War, Zhu Wengang and Geng Zaicheng died in the battle of Chuzhou. Those who survived were all experienced in hundreds of battles, and each one became a generation of famous generals and became the founding heroes of Daming.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted them not because he liked their qualifications, but they were also mutual, the righteous sons were grateful and loving, and the righteous father needed the righteous son to win the world for him. But when they grow up and are about to unify the world, this surname is somewhat inappropriate. One day, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned the remaining righteous sons and said that when you grow up, it is time to restore your original surname. Some of them actually forgot their original surnames, such as Mu Ying, who was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of eight. Things in my childhood have basically been forgotten, what about names in the chaotic world?
Mu Ying himself was not willing to change, he thought that he was raised by his righteous mother and father, and he would be their child for the rest of his life. But Zhu Yuanzhang had his own considerations, not to mention that he later had 26 sons, even if he had many sons at that time. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was bent on letting Zhu Biao inherit his throne, and these righteous sons were all distinguished in battle and held heavy power, and they might not be able to threaten Zhu Biao in the future. For Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang was definitely a good father, and he gave the best to Zhu Biao. He did not hesitate to slaughter all his loyal subjects, only so that daming could be stable in the future, and for Zhu Biao's throne to sit firmly.
However, he understood that these righteous sons' feelings for him were true, and naturally they would not do anything to them until necessary, but this surname must be changed. So he asked Zhu Wenying several times, whose child are you? No matter how many times Zhu Wenying answered, he still asked with a strong question, and after going back and forth several times, Zhu Yuanzhang said, You are now an adopted son, and you will definitely not be able to follow my surname Zhu again in the future. Since you have always said the grace of deep Mu nurturing, then give you the surname Mu. After several discussions, all of his adopted sons changed their surnames and no longer had the surname Zhu, and Zhu Yuan was relieved. The Mu family later guarded the Jiangshan for Daming for more than two hundred years, until the last person's blood ran out.
References: "Emperor Ming Dynasty Speaks New Language", "History of Ming"