Yunnan was under the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, in the previous year the Ming army led by Lan Yu defeated the 100,000 troops of the former Yuan Liang King, and Yunnan Province was officially accepted into one of the 13 political envoys of the two capitals.

Compared with the several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River that have been developing and recuperating for more than 10 years, Yunnan is, after all, a place where ethnic minorities are the majority, and it is not a rich world, and Mu Ying, the founding general of the founding of the country as the son of Emperor Hongwu, can only reward Tuntian, develop water conservancy facilities, and successively add one million acres of land, and the successor has opened more than 300,000 mu, but this is still a small amount compared with the total number of more than 20 million mu in Huguang Province (the above number of mu is according to the Household Chronicles of Nanjing).

Mu Ying knew that Emperor Hongwu was suspicious and worried about what would happen after his death, so he asked a craftsman to make a gold medal, which read: All my descendants must be loyal to the country, and they must be diligent and cautious in things, and they will be humble and humble with their colleagues.

This clear and generational statement also kept the Mu family safe from the slaughter of heroes in the past 30 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. (Note 1)

Kunming, Xiping Hou Mansion.

A young general in his early thirties hurriedly stepped in, and the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion saw that his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly greeted him and led him directly into the inner courtyard, this general called Mu Sheng, and he asked in a calm voice, "Have you come to see Imperial Doctor Fan?" What did he say?' The housekeeper's words were sad: "Tell the family to prepare early, saying that they can't survive the end of the year." Mu Sheng snorted and quickened his pace.

The current Marquis of Xiping is the eldest son of the founding general Mu Ying, called Mu Chun, and Mu Sheng is his younger brother. Speaking of which, Mu Chun was thirty-six years old, just in his prime, but he had a strange disease, and the imperial doctor of Kunming Zhishi Fan had come to see him many times, so he could only prescribe some prescriptions to alleviate the pain. Mu Chun was in the courtyard of the inner courtyard at this time, Mu Sheng stepped into the moon gate, and saw Mu Chun talking to a middle-aged scholar dressed as a middle-aged scholar in the hexagonal pavilion from a distance, and when he saw his younger brother coming, Mu Chun, who was pale, smiled and said, "Second brother come over and say hello to Mr. Li."

In May of the first year of Jianwen, the world mourned Emperor Taizu for the funeral of the dragon for a year, and the folk celebrations gradually returned to normal. Although the children of the rivers and lakes are not limited to details, there should still be no shortage of rituals, especially among the disciples of Li Hongyuan's own lineage, the eldest Ma He will definitely not return to Yunnan, and stay in Beijing Yanwangfu to continue to develop, the third Zeng Shouxian has not shown his face once in Yunnan, and everyone in the door only vaguely knows that there is this person, and Li Jian, who is the second line, is undoubtedly the next god of Ding Ding on the board, so everyone is in a mood to prepare for the grade of the future door master.

Mu Chun and Li Hongyuan were old friends, and he was originally responsible for the important correspondence between the Hou Mansion and Nanjing, because Yunnan is bordered by Southwest Yi, over the years with the neighboring Luchuan, Cheli (these two countries are the countries established by the Dai people, now the border of Yunnan), 800 daughters-in-law (located in present-day Chiang Mai, Thailand) and Bagan (now Burma) and other countries, and cooperated with Li Hongyuan, who was born in the pedestrian department, many times. After Li Hongyuan arrived at the Xiping Marquis Mansion, he learned that Mu Chun had been sick, and his brother Mu Sheng was also an old acquaintance, and the two sides met at the moment.

Mu Chun coughed a few times and said, "I just listened to Mr. Li's journey between East and West, it's really exciting! It's a pity that you came one step late, second brother." Mu Sheng didn't have much expression on his face, and replied, "Brother Li is unofficial and light, idle clouds and wild cranes, and the younger brother has always been envious." This Mu Sheng has been leading the troops to fight under the huge shadow of his world-famous father and brother for many years, and has developed the habit of being indistinguishable from joy and anger, and not making decisions about everything.

It is said that a year ago, Li Hongyuan was originally angry and wanted to catch up with the horse and ask for clarification, but this gas cooled down after being forced back to Xinzhou Port in the face of a typhoon, thinking about the great risk at sea, in case there is a three-long and two-short, the sword move of the five virtues and non-virtues created by himself and the second apprentice who seems to be counting on his inheritance will sleep in the sea for a long time, so he gave up the idea of crossing east to Ryukyu, and found a northbound trading ship to take the coastal route back to Guangzhou, and followed the journey back to Yunnan.

Li Hongyuan replied: "The second son of the contemptible person is the most aware of this habit, but he is the temperament that can't stay at home, that is, he walks around and drags his tail in the mud." In the end, he dropped the bookbag, omitting the remnants of the people to get away with it, and the Mu family brothers focused on martial arts and didn't pay attention to it. Mu Chun smiled bitterly and said, "Our brothers are very envious, but the emperor loved him, and the Mu family could only do their best for the Ming Dynasty in a corner of Yunnan."

However, out of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan, the whole world is worried, this time Emperor Jianwen used Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and other Confucian ministers to cut the domain, several Taizu pro-crown princes have been abolished as concubines, the whole world is waiting with bated breath, the young emperor can dare to take off the Yan King and Ning Wang who are guarding the northern gate and holding heavy troops, these two people are not easy to match, and how can they be obedient?

A few days ago, the Marquis of Xiping sent someone to invite Li Hongyuan, but he couldn't shirk it, so he had to come as promised. After small talk, I don't know what the main topic of the day is? Mu Chun definitely won't find himself to chat purely!

As he was talking, he saw a soldier sweating profusely, running in with a small red flag on his back, rushing in front of him, and shouting: "King Yan has rebelled, and the Nanjing Military Department has ordered the mobilization of Tiance and other guards to quell the chaos." followed Kuaixing forward and handed over several documents, Mu Sheng took it and presented it to the eldest brother, and the three of them quickly took turns to read the urgent letter.

Mu Chun said in a deep voice: "At the end of last year, King Zhou, who had the same mother as King Yan, was deposed and moved to Menghua, Yunnan, which is a family matter of the Heavenly Family, and our courtiers can't say much. But since the beginning of spring this year, the three kings of Qi and Dai have been abolished, which can't help but be worrying." What he thought of in his heart was actually the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and the Eight Kings of the Han and Jin Dynasties.

The Mu family's configuration of using the urgent mail to transmit important information in the army was set up during the Mu Ying period, and in mid-July, the anti-letter of King Jing of Yan arrived in Beijing, and when the message was transmitted to Kunming again, it was already nearly August, and the speed was extremely fast.

Mu Chun said again: "Brother Sheng, immediately order the soldiers to prepare for battle, and I will parade on the campus in three days." Mu Sheng replied: "Big brother, this military department has not yet come to order, so mobilize the army like this..." Mu Chun smiled: "The army is on the side, I don't want to see those guys in the south who don't have long eyes take advantage of this moment!" Mu Sheng put down the stone in his heart and hurried away.

The surroundings were quiet, and Mu Chun asked cautiously, "Did Mr. meet the emperor when he came to Beijing last year?" Li Hongyuan closed his eyes, and after a while, he replied slowly: "Hongyuan is already a cloth cloth, no matter how much the emperor loves him, it has nothing to do with the overall situation." This is tantamount to saying that he has seen it, Mu Chun understands it, and no longer asks, only saying that the world is changeable, and his body is not as good as in the past, please ask Mr. Li to take care of the Mu family when he has to take care of one or two, and then order the housekeeper to send Mr. Li, and when he arrived at the door, the housekeeper presented a thick envelope with both hands, Li Hongyuan thought to himself what kind of letter it was, and when he returned to the door and opened it, he saw that it was a hundred consistent Ming treasure banknotes, and he couldn't cry or laugh when he boarded it, and even the Mu family, who dominated Tiannan, couldn't bear this situation, and he wanted to ask himself if he had any extremely confidential news!

Besides, after returning to Shenyingmen with his apprentices last year, Li Hongyuan, who was the master, made a straight face and forced his apprentices to practice swords every day, and there were many things to distract him from on overseas ships or in other countries, so he was not so easy to talk when he returned to the door. When I got up in the morning, I first practiced back and forth on the mountain road, followed by the sparring of fists and feet, and studied and practiced qi at night, and the itinerary was full! Li Hongyuan resigned under Mu Chun's suspicious eyes, and returned to the door to order everyone not to disturb. took out the edict of Emperor Hongwu last year, and after breaking the fire paint, I saw two simple lines written on it: If I am a great trip, some descendants of the Zhu family dare to violate the ancestral teachings, and Li Hongyuan is killed with the sword of the Son of Heaven. The back is covered with a six-character seal of "the treasure of the emperor's respect for relatives", Li Hongyuan recognized that this big seal is generally used for temple sacrifices, and the old emperor obviously expected that there would be disobedience to his grandson among his sons when he was alive, and the fourth was the most suspicious. And after people get old, they can't make up their minds, Li Hongyuan also heard that when the old emperor was dying, he shouted many times to see Zhu Di.

When Li Hongyuan got this as a testament at that time, he knew that this was a hot potato, and it was thankless. But I didn't expect that it was such a killing order that did not specify the surname, and when the old emperor was alive, it was naturally necessary to carry out the order, and no one in the world dared to disobey it. It's just that people are dead, and even if they want to mobilize the Heavenly Ce Guard with this sword now, the current Qianhu may not be able to obey the order! At this time, the more I think about it, the more annoying I become, and I am really cut off from these politicians on the stage, and the reason is even more chaotic. The relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang's monarch and minister should have been severed long ago, and after completing this grandfather's killing order, will the grandson come to call it something again? Wouldn't it be beautiful to follow the two apprentices to the old port, and since then the sea and the sky have nothing to do with these black miasma in the Central Plains! Well, we'll talk about that later!

It is also said that Li Jian is so tired every day that he usually falls asleep immediately as soon as he touches the pillow, although he has been thinking about Ah Xian. I wondered where this unrighteous guy was going? In addition, what floats more often in my mind is Gulumei's red robe and charming smile, rather than her simple wife Sister Shi, who has not passed through the door.

The Shenyingmen has a fixed swordsmanship competition every month, and the younger generation of brothers from Li Hongyuan all take advantage of this time to confirm their martial arts progress. Li Jian's ranking from the top ten when he first returned, to this year's New Year's New Year, is the top spot, the older generation and Li Hongyuan's peers know that they can't compete for the title of the first sword in Jiangnan like Li Hongyuan outside, and they are the important ministers who have retired from the imperial court, and the door is naturally peaceful, and the older generation is indisputable.

In this situation of confrontation between the north and the south, Li Hongyuan took more than a dozen people to Guangzhou to welcome his relatives. Shi Jinqing has returned to his hometown one step earlier, and helped the little couple to set up a small house, due to the unknown trend of the world, after the simple completion of the wedding, the little couple will travel around the mountains and rivers near Guangzhou, and they are not in a hurry to return to Yunnan to spend a few months of newlywed life, Li Hongyuan led the disciples to the north to do business, and after saying goodbye to her little husband Yin Yin, she first went back to the old port to wait for her husband to return.

Note 1: Mu and the Ming Dynasty have always been together, and Mu Tianbo, the last Duke of Qianguo, rushed south to Burma with Emperor Yongli and was killed by the Burmese.