Why did the Nanjing City Wall stand for 700 years?

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, is definitely a man who can't rub any sand in his eyes. If Zhu Yuanzhang is really serious, the final result will be the aquamarine case and the Hu case. In the eyes of ordinary people, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a good emperor. He was born in a poor monk, knew the sufferings of the people best, and hated corrupt officials the most after he ascended the throne. He took severe anti-corruption measures to eliminate corrupt officials in the imperial court, and the people applauded and won high prestige for Zhu Yuanzhang. But in the eyes of officials, Zhu Yuanzhang has won high prestige. More than 30,000 officials were involved in the Aquamarine case and the Hu case. This data is very scary, which means that almost all the officials in the imperial court were cut by Zhu Yuanzhang as leeks. Later, there were so many officials who committed crimes that the court could not fill the vacancy at all. So we had to escort the officials to work in the lobby and then drag them back to their cells after the official party. Poor Daming officials live in fear every day, but there is nothing we can do.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang took severe measures to control corrupt officials in China, he still could not put an end to corruption. From the end of Yuan Dynasty to the 26th year of Zheng Zheng, Zhu Yuanzhang captured Nanjing, a famous ancient capital since ancient times. Many dynasties built their capitals here in history, so Zhu Yuanzhang also chose this geomantic treasure-house, and prepared to build a strong wall here as the capital of Ming Dynasty in the future. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang has not proclaimed himself, because he adopted the advice of Zhu Sheng, a counselor, to "accumulate more grain and build a high wall". After that, it took him 2 1 year to build the strongest wall in Nanjing history, with a length of 35.3 kilometers, and adopted the most solid masonry wall construction method at that time to make the wall stronger.

As we all know, building the city wall is a huge project, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources to make it indestructible. According to incomplete statistics, it takes hundreds of millions of bricks to build a city wall, so Zhu Yuanzhang made preparations for the construction of Nanjing City Wall for three years. How did Zhu Yuanzhang prepare during these three years? First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all parts of the country to share the task of building the Nanjing city wall and raise funds. The army and the Ministry of Industry should undertake the task of burning bricks. After careful planning, the Nanjing wall-building plan has finally come true.

However, there is still a very important problem in the process of building city walls, that is, the quality of city bricks. If the quality of city bricks is not up to standard, the Nanjing city wall will hardly play any defensive role once the enemy invades in the future. Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials most in his life. So in this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang's first thought was what if someone cut corners in the process of repairing the city wall. After some hard thinking, Zhu Yuanzhang finally came up with a good way to make every craftsman and local government, state and county officials engrave their names on city bricks. If you encounter quality problems in the future, you can investigate their responsibilities according to the names engraved on the city bricks.

As soon as this law came out, officials all over the country were more cautious about the construction of the Nanjing city wall, because they all knew Zhu Yuanzhang's temper. Once a brick is not burned properly, there will be quality problems. Not only will their jobs be lost, but their heads will also be moved. Many local officials and contractors also want to take this opportunity to make a fortune. This rule must be definite, and no one dares to make any suggestions from it. Of course, there are more severe statements. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang also committed crimes that year. It is these two laws that have made the Nanjing City Wall with the best quality today. We traveled to Nanjing today and stood on the wall of Nanjing built by Zhu Yuanzhang hundreds of years ago. There are thousands of words in our hearts, which have also drifted away with the dust of history. However, the names on those city bricks are still deeply engraved in them, giving people an infinite reverie through history.