However, the Mu family has a history of more than 200 years in Yunnan, running through the whole Ming Dynasty, and its local influence is greater than that of the vassal king. In order to show respect, the local people called the official office of Guizhou Muwangfu.
Mu Ying, the ancestor of Mu, was the founding hero of Ming Dynasty and the adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang had many semes, more than 20, which was quite popular at that time. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, not a big family, and his population withered. After all, this is treason. Don't put your head on your belt. You can't say which day you will die, so Zhu Yuanzhang should find more young people like seme as an alternative training for successors. But among Zhu Yuanzhang's many semes, Mu Ying is definitely the most valued one.
Mu Ying was adopted as Zhu Yuanzhang's first adopted son at the age of eight. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had no son, so he wanted to develop Mu Yingpei into a successor. Only later, Zhu Yuanzhang gave birth to Prince Zhu Biao and adopted his nephew Li Wenzhong as his son. There are more and more candidates who can be successors. Due to the blood relationship, Mu Ying's succession order is also backward.
However, not being a prince does not mean that Mu Ying has been abandoned. Mu Ying was adopted as an adopted son by Zhu Yuanzhang at an early age. Ma Huanghou, who is kind-hearted, will naturally take care of this helpless child. He and Zhu Biao have deep feelings, and the friendship of brothers exceeds that of blood relatives. In this respect, other adopted sons and nephews are by no means comparable. In addition, Mu Ying followed Zhu Yuanzhang since childhood, so he was trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang and his ability was really acceptable. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, at a young age, entrusted him with an important task, led the army to fight in the north and south, and made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang's creation of the Ming Dynasty. He was named Pinghou Xi for his work and later changed to hereditary.
In the 14th year of Hongwu, Mu Ying accompanied Ying Guogong and Fu Youde to conquer Yunnan as a deputy governor. Two years later, Yunnan was pacified, and Fu Youde moved back to Chaoxian, leaving Mu Ying to guard Yunnan. No way, at that time, Yunnan was remote and belonged to separatist forces for a long time in history, such as Nanzhao in the Tang Dynasty and Dali in the Song Dynasty. Later, although the Yuan Dynasty destroyed Dali and brought Yunnan under its own control, the actual jurisdiction of Yunnan was still under the responsibility of the original Duan family, which meant some autonomy.
Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to pacify Yunnan, which is actually no different from the Yuan Dynasty's attack on Dali. As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to defend it.
Therefore, if Zhu Yuanzhang really wants to put Yunnan into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to simply set up provincial officials, but there must be strong military support.
However, Yunnan is too biased. Once there is too much decentralization and a little carelessness, those officials will be immune, so Zhu Yuanzhang must leave a trustworthy person to guard, and his adopted son Mu Ying is definitely the most suitable choice at that time.
First of all, Mu Ying is his adopted son. Besides his sons, Zhu Yuanzhang should trust Mu Ying the most. Yunnan, on the other hand, is a remote place with a relatively low strategic position. If you send a son to guard it, it will be overqualified. After all, at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's defensive focus was on the Mongols in the north, so it was relatively appropriate to send Muying.
In addition, Mu Ying has fought many battles, participated in the war to pacify Yunnan, and is familiar with the local environment, so he can work better and faster if he stays.
Mu Ying lived up to Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations. He took a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he made a tough attack and led the army to pacify the local indigenous forces. On the other hand, he promoted the construction of business culture, strengthened exchanges between Yunnan and the mainland, and localized the locals. Not only that, Mu Ying also made great achievements in diplomacy, which made Myanmar and Thailand, which were adjacent to Yunnan at that time, surrender and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
In short, under Mu Ying's rule, Yunnan gradually became a part of the Ming Dynasty. In contrast, when Zhu Mingdi led an army of 300,000 to attack Zhang Fu, Annan changed his name to, but he didn't want Zhang Fu to be stationed there, so he called Zhang Fu back to Beijing to report on his work. Zhang Fu left, Annan became independent again and never came back ... So Mu Ying is a national hero underestimated by history, otherwise Yunnan is likely to become the second Vietnam.
Based on Mu Ying's good performance in Yunnan and his godson status, Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted Jia Mu to guard Yunnan from generation to generation. After all, Muying has been operating in Yunnan for decades, with far-reaching and great influence. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was really bad to change people. After MuYing's death, he asked MuYing's son Mu Chun to inherit the title of Pinghou Xi and succeed MuYing in guarding Yunnan.
Of course, there is still a difference between the Jia family here and the captaincy of the Ming Dynasty, because Yunnan is still a province of the Ming Dynasty in name, not a fief of the captaincy. The Mu family here is equivalent to the housekeeper of Zhujiajian, helping them to take care of this place, just because they take care of it better, and the influence of Zhujiajian is relatively strong, which is not much different from that of local officials.
Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Wen Jian, who succeeded to the throne, did not count the Mu family as a vassal, but let the Mu family continue to guard Yunnan. After all, people have done a good job and can't change it for no reason. In addition, at that time, Wen Jian was implementing the policy of reducing vassals, and he was very dissatisfied with vassals. He needs to win the support of powerful factions like Jia Mu. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Yunnan border defense.
However, Jia did not take the side of Emperor Wen Jian. In the battle of Jingnan, Mu Sheng and Pinghou Xi chose neutrality. Because of this, Ming Taizu Judy did not deal with the Mu family after she succeeded to the throne, but let it continue to guard Yunnan. Of course, there is also the idea of wooing the Mu family. Judy is the throne of the captaincy, and he is more afraid of the captaincy, so he needs the support of the Mu family.
For example, Zhu Kun, the king of Fujian who was in Yunnan at that time, was estranged from Mu, and Judy stood on Mu's side.
At the beginning, the king of Fujian illegally sealed Yunnan and was imprisoned by Wen Jian. Chengzu acceded to the throne. Being sent back to China is arrogant. Hold it slightly. The king was angry and arrogant. For the sake of the king, the emperor wrote a letter to the king, making him write a letter to the king of Min, calling him his father's work and not supervising him. In order to make Jia Mu serve herself more faithfully, Judy not only didn't deal with Jia Mu, but gave him a large reward. Pinghou Xi made him the Duke of Guizhou and gave him an iron ticket of lineage, thus truly establishing the position of Mu family in Yongzheng, Yunnan.
(Mu Sheng) He was awarded the title of Duke of Guizhou, aged 3,000 stone, and presented with the World Voucher Fourteen Biographies of Ming History. Of course, Judy's behavior is only a political expedient, and it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to really trust a person with a physical surname to be the Lord of Yunnan.
Mu Ying, Mu Sheng, these people have to say, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang brought up, and they know well. Who can guarantee that the Mu family will be passed down from generation to generation, and there will be no second thoughts after they are alienated from each other? Similarly, after several generations, the royal family will trust the Mu family thousands of miles away.
In addition, although Yunnan has a department of deployment, inspection and command, which are in charge of local civil affairs and finance, procuratorial, judicial and military affairs respectively, it is also a part of the shogunate's power. However, the efficiency of the three divisions in Yunnan is extremely low, let alone attacking the grandmother.
Therefore, during the Ming Yingzong period, the Ming government began to further carve up the power of the Mu family and recover the control of Yunnan. This is equivalent to a company, the shareholders have changed, they don't trust the CEO, and they want to weaken his power or change people. At that time, Ming Yingzong took advantage of the unfavorable opportunity of Jia Mu to quell Lu Chuan's rebellion, and sent the right supervisor of Douchayuan, an imperial consultant Ding Zhuo and the governor of Yunnan to seize the military and political power in Yunnan. After the war, he completed the governor's mission and returned to Korea to report to me, while the Mu family continued to take over Yunnan.
However, after rectification, the third division has enough strength to fight against the Mu family. At that time, the Mu family was notorious for conquering Lu Chuan before. Therefore, Jia Mu was clearly aware of her situation, and at the same time, Jia Mu understood the mentality of the imperial court. He is also a physical surname, and the relationship between Mu Ying and Mao is no better. How many generations has he counted up to now? The court will doubt Mu's loyalty, but Mu can't voluntarily give up Yunnan's sovereignty. Weighing the pros and cons, Jia Mu took the initiative to invite the government to send the governor to supervise on the grounds that she could not adjust the work of the third division in Yunnan, which was tantamount to giving herself control of Yunnan.
From then on, Yunnan is no longer a centralized Mu family, but needs to discuss with the Third Division, report to the governor, and everyone will manage it together.
I have to say that Mufu's move to retreat is very wonderful. Although it lost some strength, it saved the family. As the saying goes, the dragon does not crush the local strongmen, and Jia Mu is still the strongest force in Yunnan with years of operation. Although the status of the third division is high, it cannot fundamentally shake the dominant position of the Mu family in Yunnan.
Of course, there is a premise that the Mu family will not make trouble. During the Apocalypse, Mu Qiyuan, the 15th Duke of Guizhou, was frivolous and lawless, and domestic slaves in the government bullied the city and harmed the people. Yu Yun, then governor of Yunnan Province, arrested and detained him according to law. However, this Mu Qiyuan completely ignored the imperial court, and actually called the army to surround the governor's yamen, and also transferred artillery to prepare to storm the yamen dignitaries.
Fortunately, Mu Qiyuan's mother Song was sensible and poisoned Mu Qiyuan, otherwise Yunnan would be in chaos. Of course, after Mu Qiyuan's death, the court did not pursue it too much, but only let Mu Qiyuan's son Mu Tianbo inherit the title. This actually shows the influence of the Mu family in Yunnan at that time.
Of course, on the whole, the Mu family is still very loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Mu Tianbo, the last duke of Guizhou, remained loyal to the Ming Dynasty after its demise. Later, he even fled to Myanmar with Li Yong Emperor Zhu Youlang and was displaced. Of course, since I entered Myanmar with Emperor Li Yong, I naturally won't curse the water.
The curse of water means that Li Yong, the Ming emperor, fled to Myanmar under the pursuit of the Qing army and Wu Sangui. Burma was designed to curse the water source and kill Emperor Li Yong. In order to protect Emperor Li Yong, Mu Tianbo fought to the death with Burmese soldiers, and finally died in the battlefield, which was regarded as defending the honor of the family. At this point, the story of Muwangfu is over.