I hope some of the deeds in Wang Zanghai’s life during the Ming Dynasty can be detailed, instead of giving the answers in the tomb robbing notes! ! !

Wang Zanghai is a character who appears in the novel "Tomb Raiders Notes", and his authenticity remains to be tested. But most netizens believe that there is indeed someone. Architects and Feng Shui experts of the Ming Dynasty participated in the design and construction of Mingzu Mausoleum and other buildings. "A geographer and surveyor of the Ming Dynasty. He designed and built Ming Dynasty urban buildings such as Ming Palace and Qujing City (Qujing City). It is said that he visited Macau. He was a famous geographer in the early Ming Dynasty. He was trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang and participated in the Ming Dynasty. "The construction of the mausoleum." - This paragraph is only found on the Internet and has not been supported by any historical data. Its authenticity remains to be tested.

Wang Zanghai, a geographer and surveyor of the Ming Dynasty. He designed and built Ming Dynasty urban buildings such as Ming Palace and Qujing City (Qujing City). It is said that he visited Macau. He was a famous geographer in the early Ming Dynasty. He won the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang and participated in the construction of the Ming Zu Mausoleum. This man can be said to be a strange person, and his attainments in Feng Shui can be said to be at the pinnacle. Because of this, he was appointed to directly participate in the design of the entire Ming Palace, and also designed several major Chinese cities. At that time, his In one sentence, several cities in China have completely disappeared.

Wang Zanghai’s historical prototype

Wang Zanghai’s historical prototype: "Tomb Robbers Notes" said that Wang Zanghai was once appointed to directly participate in the design of the entire Ming Palace. The design of the Ming Palace was done after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital. In the early Ming Dynasty, the capital was set at Yingtianfu (today's Nanjing). In the 19th year of Yongle (1421), Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, moved the capital to Shuntianfu (today's Beijing), and Yingtianfu was renamed Nanjing. Wang Zanghai presided over the design of the Ming Palace in Beijing, and was of the same era as Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor who pursued immortality at that time was Zhu Di, the founder of Ming Dynasty. The Forbidden City in Beijing was planned for construction in the fifth year of Yongle (1402-1424), the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, and was built from the fifteenth to eighteenth year of Yongle. The entire construction project was supervised by Marquis Chen Gui, and the specific responsible person was planner Wu Zhong. Starting from the fifth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1407), Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty gathered the craftsmen from all over the country and recruited 200,000 to 300,000 migrant workers and military workers. After 14 years, he built this large-scale palace complex, which became a historical landmark in Chinese history. One of the famous buildings. It is speculated that Wang Zanghai is based on Wuzhong. Wuzhong, whose courtesy name was Sizheng. His original name was Wang Zanghai before he was adopted at the age of 3. He was born in 1373 and died in 1442. He was the minister of the Ministry of Industry in the Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and Zhengtong dynasties of the Ming Dynasty. He served as the minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of War. He was a palace in the Ming Dynasty in Beijing. Most of the Three Tombs (Changling, Xianling, and Jingling) were built under his supervision, which has left a glorious page in the history of Chinese architecture. Wuzhong was a native of Wucheng, and there are precise records in the Ming History and Jiajing Wucheng County Annals. The preface to the original genealogy of the "Wu Family Genealogy" preserved by the Wu clan in Dawu Village, Luquantun Town also contains detailed records. Wang Zanghai was Wu Hezhong's stepson. Wu Hezhong had been childless for many years. At the age of 42, he adopted his second son Wang Zanghai from a distant relative and changed his surname. Wuzhong. In his early years, he studied under a Japanese scholar monk who came to China. During this period, he came into contact with Yin Yang and Feng Shui which were lost after the Tang Dynasty. It will be of great help to his future development. After Wuzhong gained Zhu Di's trust, he was entrusted with important responsibilities. He was promoted to Chief Secretary of Peiping, and then to Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple Yousi. In September of the second year of Yongle, he was promoted to censor of Youdu. In the first month of the fifth year of Yongle, he was appointed Dr. Zishan and Minister of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for the construction of the Beijing Palace. In the seventh year of Yongle, he presided over the construction of Changling. In the ninth year of Yongle, he worked with the eunuch Ruan An and the governor Shen Qing to build the nine-gate tower of Kyoto. During the construction, Linqing palace kilns came into being. Linqing bricks took advantage of the good soil quality and convenient canal transportation to become tribute bricks for the construction of Beijing. In April of the seventh year of Zhengtong, Wuzhong resigned. In June of the same year, Wuzhong died of illness at the age of seventy. He was later buried ten miles west of Wucheng (now the old town). His tomb was later listed as one of the sixteen tombs in Wucheng by Qianlong in Wucheng County Chronicles.