Is Zhu Yuanzhang a cat lover? Why did Zhu Yuanzhang build a hundred cats workshop?

There are 100 cat houses in Nanjing, commonly known as white cat houses and stone cat houses, which have been incorporated into the residential area of Dai Yu Garden. It is said that it was built by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, after asking for instructions from Liu Bowen, in order to break the "imperial spirit" that the sea, Henan and Henan are interlinked.

It is recorded that "Shangfuqiao, Mingyu Tonghai House, Shimen Building and West Building still exist."

Zhu Yuanzhang, a peasant, was a monk and a beggar. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, he also made some achievements. Finally, he went through hardships to establish the Ming Dynasty and became the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it is very difficult. Because it was hard-won, Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious in order to keep the throne, so that he killed many founding heroes.

The emperor's paranoia worsened, and it was his courtiers who suffered. The three brothers Yu are a microcosm.

At that time, in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was knighted according to the size of his exploits. Yu Tonghai, Yu and Yu are all generals who conquered the world with Zhu Yuanzhang, and naturally they were also knighted. Yu Tonghai participated in the Poyang Lake water war and saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life, but he died of serious injuries in the siege of Pingjiang at the age of 38. Zhu Yuanzhang did not forget Yu Tonghai's achievements. After Tonghai's death, he was made Duke Guo. Posthumous title was a brave general, and Yu Tonghai had no children, so his younger brother Yu inherited the official position, and the descendants of Yu's family were also in power. Baimaofang is the archway in front of Yutonghai Mansion.

In a high position in the imperial court, it is inevitable that there will be one or two friends. Later, these friends went to Zhu Yuanzhang to provoke each other, saying that there was a "Wang Qi" in the Yu family mansion, and "fish into the sea made a dragon". Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally unhappy, so he immediately summoned Liu Bowen, who knew divination, and asked Liu Bowen to find a way to break the Yu family's.

Liu Bowen thought for a moment and said, "It is necessary to set up a white stone cat archway in front of Yu's house. It is best to dig a well, set up a gate post at the back door, set up a Diaoyutai at the east gate, and set up a fish-catching alley at the west gate to form a Yin-Yang Bagua array to break the imperial power of Yu. "

Zhu Yuanzhang praised Liu Bowen, and then pretended to give him a gift on the birthday of the Yu family, and gave it to the Yu family as a "hundred cats workshop" to prevent "hidden dragons". Now there are many alleys around Yufu, which is said to be paved by Liu Bowen.

Now there are four stone pillars and four flags, with a stone cat carved on them and eight stone lions below.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a suspicious emperor in the ancient history of China. There are still many suspected heroes like Tong Hai. Some of them will be punished by Zhu Yuanzhang for saying a wrong sentence or a sentence, and some will die directly. However, we can't deny that Zhu Yuanzhang is not only a cruel emperor, but also a diligent and loving emperor. During his reign, he made many achievements. Most of the institutional laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty were created during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, which laid the foundation for later generations.