Ming Yingzong's "spokesman" in Vala: loyal servants who took care of food, clothing, shelter and transportation

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After Yingzong was captured, only the eunuch Xi Ning and the lieutenant Yuan Bin were by his side. Xi Ning soon rebelled, and Yuan Bin remained loyal. Yuan Bin's father was originally a Lieutenant of the Jinyi Guards of the Jianwen Dynasty, but he later replaced his father's position. In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, Yuan Bin followed Emperor Ming Yingzong on a campaign, but was captured together. According to his description in the "Deeds of the Northern Expedition", after Yuan Bin was captured, on the sixteenth day, on a high post at leijia station, he saw Yingzong Zhu Qizhen sitting on the ground, when Yingzong was surrounded by Soldiers, Yuan Bin quickly prostrated his head and cried, saying that he was a "school lieutenant", but Yingzong did not let Yuan Bin claim to be a lieutenant, but could only say that he was "the commander who followed at home". He also asked Yuan Bin if he could write, and after Yuan Bin said that he would write, Ming Yingzong "ordered the attendants around him to agree." When he arrived at Vala, Yuan Bin became the "spokesman" of Emperor Yingzong, and all matters such as negotiations with Vala were all handled by Yuan Bin. Not only that, he also had to take care of Yingzong in terms of food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Whenever the army went to the muddy land where the carriages and horses could not travel, Yuan Bin carried Zhu Qi town forward on his back; when Zhu Qi Town looked at the starry sky and sighed for a long time, Yuan Bin was always relieved. When I was first taken to the Wallachian camp, it was november in the lunar calendar, and the grasslands in the north were freezing cold and dripping into ice. On the seventeenth day, he also set up a feast and arranged for Yingzong to live near the Suwu Temple. At that time, Yuan Bin lived next to Yingzong's tent, and in the middle of the night, Ming Yingzong, who was frozen to "sleep on the ground", could not sleep, so yuan Bin "slept with two threats in his bed", relying on Yuan Bin to warm his feet with his body before he could barely fall asleep.

The north city wall and the northwest corner of the ancient city of Datong were built in the fifth year of Hongwu (1372)

Yuan Bin's careful care for Yingzong made Ming Yingzong, who was trapped in the enemy camp, become dependent on Yuan Bin. Once Yuan Bin suffered from a wind chill that was difficult to cure, Ming Yingzong was very worried, and finally came up with a solution, "with his body pressed against his back, sweat and healed." Once Xining designed to frame Yuan Bin, he told Ye Xianxian that he had moved first, and people tied Yuan Bin to a reed field in the wild and prepared for execution. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Jiang Xin, the loyal and courageous uncle, and Jiang Xin immediately secretly ordered his men to inform Ming Yingzong. After hearing the news, Ming Yingzong rushed to the wild reed field, disregarding the dignity of the former emperor, and constantly begged Xiang Yexian, and finally saved Yuan Bin.

Like Yuan Bin, during Emperor Yingzong's capture, there was also a man named Ha Ming who loyally protected him, Ha Ming, who was originally a Hui, and the History of Ming mistakenly became a Mongol. He sent two missions to Wala in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of orthodoxy. Because of his linguistic talent, he was able to replace Xi Ning and serve as a translator between Zhu Qizhen and Ye Xian. Before the "Change of Tumu Fort", Ha Ming went out as a general secretary (translator), but was later detained.