Mu Ying

Timeline

1. 1352–1360Dingyuan · Dingyuan CountyMu Ying lost his father at eight and was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma, taking the name Mu Ying. He grew up with the army and campaigned from youth, being especially diligent and valiant among Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted sons.
2. 1368–1375Yingtian Prefecture · Nanjing CityAfter the Ming dynasty was founded, Mu Ying took part in northern expeditions and pacification campaigns elsewhere, rising steadily in rank; by the Hongwu era he already held high office, laying the foundation for his later administration of the southwest.
3. 1376–1380Yingtian Prefecture · Nanjing CityIn the later Hongwu era Mu Ying supervised the capital garrison and took part in central military dispatches, and was also posted to the northern frontier; he remained active in the early Ming military system in the late 1370s, making military preparations for the 1381 expedition to Yunnan.
4. 1381–1392Yunnan · Yunnan ProvinceIn the fourteenth year of Hongwu, Mu Ying and Fu Youde led troops into Yunnan, pacifying the remnants of the Prince of Liang; he then garrisoned Yunnan for many years, promoting military colonies and building postal relay roads, stabilizing the southwestern frontier. He was enfeoffed as Prince Qianning and posthumously titled Wushun.