Wang Zanghai was a geographer and surveyor in Ming Dynasty. Ming Palace Museum, Qujing City (Qujing City) and other Ming Dynasty urban buildings were designed and built. It is said that they have been to Macau. He was a famous geographer in the early Ming Dynasty, won the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang and participated in the construction of the Ming Zuling. This man can be said to be a strange man, and his attainments in Feng Shui can be said to be the pinnacle. Because of this, he was appointed to directly participate in the design of the whole Ming Palace, and also designed several big cities in China. At that time, his words even made several cities in China disappear completely.
Wang Zanghai's Historical Prototype
Wang Zanghai's historical prototype, Tomb Raiding Notes, said that Wang Zanghai was appointed to directly participate in the design of the entire Ming Palace. It was after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital that the Ming Palace was designed. In the early Ming Dynasty, Yingtianfu (now Nanjing) was the capital, and in the 19th year of Yongle (142 1), Ming Taizu Judy moved the capital to Shuntianfu (now Beijing), and Yingtianfu was renamed Nanjing. Wang Zanghai presided over the design of the Ming Palace Museum in Beijing, which was the same age as the Ming Emperor Judy. At that time, the emperor who pursued immortality was the Ming emperor Judy. The Forbidden City in Beijing was built in the fifth year of Yongle (1402 ~ 1424) and in the fifteenth to eighteenth years of Yongle. The whole construction project was built by the Marquis of Chen Gui, with Wu Zhong as the planner. From the fifth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1407), Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty concentrated on skilled craftsmen all over the country and recruited 200,000 to 300,000 migrant workers and military workers. After 14 years, this large palace group was built and became one of the famous buildings in the history of China. Presumably, Wang Zanghai is based on Wuzhong. Wuzhong, formerly known as Wang Zanghai, was adopted at the age of 3, was born in 1373 and died in 1442. He was the Minister of Industry of Yongle, Hongxi, Xuande and Orthodox Dynasties in Ming Dynasty. He is the minister of punishments and the minister of war. Most of the Ming Palace and the Three Tombs (Changling, Xianling and Jingling) in Beijing were built under his auspices. Wuzhong is a native of Wucheng, which is recorded in Ming History and Jiajing Wucheng County Records. There are also detailed records in the Preface to the Initial Revision of Wu Genealogy preserved by the Wu family in Dawuzhuang, Luquantun Town. Wang Zanghai is the stepson of Wu Hezhong. At the age of 42, Wu Hezhong adopted Wang Zanghai, the second son of a distant relative, and changed his surname to Wuzhong. In his early years, he recognized Japanese scholars as teachers in China, during which he was exposed to Yin-Yang and Feng Shui, which were lost after the Tang Dynasty. It is of great help to his future development. After gaining trust, Wu Zhong was entrusted with an important task and was promoted to the position of Chief Secretary of Beiping and the left-hand post of Right Temple of Dali Temple. In September of the second year of Yongle, he was promoted to the right capital. In the first month of the fifth year of Yongle, he was appointed as Zishan doctor and the minister of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for building the Beijing Palace. In the seventh year of Yongle, he presided over the construction of Changling, and in the ninth year of Yongle, he and eunuchs Ruan 'an and Shen Qing built nine towers in Kyoto. In the process of construction, Linqing Palace Kiln came into being, and Linqing brick became a tribute brick for the construction of Beijing by virtue of its good soil quality and convenient canal transportation. In April of orthodox seven years, Wuzhong resigned. In June of the same year, Wuzhong died at the age of 70. Later, it was buried in the west of Wucheng (now the old town), and its tomb was listed as one of the sixteen tombs in Wucheng by Ganlong County Records.