This is the most important reason why many people who come here are called outsiders. Many people like Jiang Yugang may really help the people here, but they themselves belong to this area, on any level.

"I don't know if anyone has heard of the Mu family in Yunnan?" Jiang Yugang suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question.

Hearing Jiang Yu's question, most of the villagers were confused, looking at each other in confusion, trying to find an answer but couldn't. The Mu family in Yunnan is like thunder for all the official governments or local military forces in Yunnan, and the hereditary title of the Duke of Qianguo and the official position of the Yunnan General Army are the most powerful existence on the Yunnan side in the Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the king of Yunnan in the actual sense, and the Qianguo Mansion of the Mu family is slowly called the Mu Wangfu by the local people in Yunnan.

It's just that Mengyang is still far away from the actual control of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan after all, originally belonged to the Luchuan Ping-Burma Propaganda Mission, is the core area of the Luchuan power, and later the Luchuan power gradually weakened after the annexation of the Ming Dynasty, and it was divided into the Mengyang long lawsuit, to the Ming Yingzong orthodox period that Jiang Yugang crossed to, the Mengyang region was once again taken under the control of the rising Luchuan State, so that the people here are still very different from the Yunnan region that has been under the management of the Ming Dynasty. It's normal to not know the reputation of the Mu family in Yunnan.

But there are always accidents in everything, and a half-old man who looks quite old and has wrinkles on his face asks with some uncertainty: "Is it the general of the Ming army who led his troops to hit the golden tooth ten years ago?" ”

"Exactly, have you heard of his family?" Jiang Yugang found that someone knew, and asked back with some surprise.

The man was a little embarrassed by Jiang Yu's question, and replied with some hesitation: "Xiao, Xiaomin was once coerced by the troops under Si Renfa, the king of the Great Mao Kingdom, and was forced to go to the battlefield for the soldiers and fight with the Ming army, so I heard some things about General Mu, the general of the Ming army. It is said that on the surface, this Yunnan belongs to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, it is controlled by this person, and in Luchuan, Yunnan, and Burma, this person's family is like an emperor. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was a little shocked. In fact, what shocked the villagers and soldiers the most was not that this person actually knew so many stories about the Mu family in Yunnan that no one else knew, but that this person actually fought with the forces of the Luchuan State and the Ming army.

You must know that this Luchuan country is generally the saying of the Ming Dynasty, and in the Luchuan Sijia forces, they generally call themselves Mengmaolong, which means the big Mao country. This person said that he had fought with the Great Mao Kingdom, which may indeed be true. And it was natural for him to know about the Mu family in Yunnan, after all, Mu Sheng, the first Duke of Qianguo of the Mu family, that is, Ah Tian's self-proclaimed father, went to Luchuan twice in the thirty-first year of Hongwu and the third year of orthodoxy, and was one of the most powerful enemies encountered by the Luchuan forces.

"You know right, the Yunnan Mu family is such a powerful force." Jiang Yuyan nodded.

The man asked with some fear: "Baihu, you won't punish me for fighting with the Luchuan army, at that time their leader was Si Renfa, and now the head is Si Jifa, but it's not the same thing." ”

"Uncle Mu, the head has changed, but the power of the Sijia has not changed, isn't this the same thing?" A young, half-grown kid couldn't help but pick out the fault in his words.

A man who looked like an elder of the half-grown child hurriedly patted him on the head and whispered, "Dead boy, don't talk nonsense if you don't know anything." ”

Jiang Yu smiled freely: "Naturally, I won't punish you, because we are already standing on the same front now, the Luchuan Army is now my enemy and your enemy, you are my important subordinate, so why should I punish you?" When he said this, he naturally secretly brought some private goods inside, in fact, the villagers have not really recognized his leadership position, but Jiang Yuyan saw that the time was still ripe, so he said it with the water.

But how to say it is one thing, Jiang Yugang can understand it in his heart, in the villages around Mengyang, there are people who have participated in the Luchuan Army. Because the Luchuan power, the power of the Great Mao Kingdom, is indeed strong enough. When he was studying the history of the Ming Dynasty during the Battle of Luchuan, he also conducted an in-depth discussion on the history of the Luchuan Kingdom, the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to dig into the root cause and discover the source of the Luchuan power. It was here that I learned about the experience of the actual founder of the Luchuan Kingdom, Si Kefa.

The source of the name of the Sijia power is the founder of the Great Mao Kingdom, Mingyi Hanhan, he took the meaning of "tiger", and gave himself the name of Sikefa, which has been passed down from generation to generation, and the ruler of Luchuan has taken "Si" as his surname. This man called himself a fierce tiger, and his power was indeed strong, not only the surrounding areas such as Mengmi, Mengmian and Mengzhang, that is, the later Tengchong and Baoshan areas, as well as Mengxi, Menggong and Mengyan, that is, Jinghong, Jingdong and Chiang Mai in later generations were defeated and annexed by him. From 1343 to 1355, the Yuan army fought a war with Sikefa for more than ten years, and the Yuan army was defeated several times by the Luchuan army under Sikefa, and finally canonized Sikefa and recognized his dominance in the region.

As a result, Sikefa became the real overlord here, and it was precisely because of the strong power of Luchuan that in the southwest region outside Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty, from Myanmar in the south to the Ahum Kingdom in the west, that is, the later Assam region, almost all of them were Luchuan's sphere of influence, and the locals either recognized their identity as Luchuan people or surrendered to Luchuan. The Luchuan forces that the Ming Dynasty could not solve for a long time also originated from this. And Uncle Mu, a villager of Nansang Debt, once followed Sikefa to fight, and was also forced by the strength of the Luchuan army, as long as you imagine the strength of the Luchuan force at that time, it is completely understandable.

"Then thank you again for the hundred households," Uncle Mu was relieved, and remembered Jiang Yugang's initial question: "But Baihu, what does the existence of the Yunnan Mu family have to do with whether you are qualified to be our leader?" ”

Jiang Yu smiled recklessly: "You have asked the point, do you know the origin of the Mu family?" ”

"I don't know, but it's probably from the Central Plains, just like other powerful people in the Ming Dynasty." Uncle Mu replied, revealing this person's vision between his words, and his understanding of the Ming Dynasty far exceeded that of other villagers. For the rest of the people in this village, Daming is a distant existence, and it is an abstract symbol that is difficult to actually recognize and understand.

"That's right, the ancestor of the Mu family, Mu Ying, the king of Qianning, is the adopted son of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he came to Yunnan to pacify and make meritorious contributions, and since then he has been guarding Yunnan for generations," Jiang Yu said, and he was faintly excited in his heart: "Since the king of Qianning can defend Yunnan because of his merits, then if I go well in the war and make contributions, it is not impossible to stay in Luchuan." ”