"Continued Jiangning Mansion Records" records that "Shangfuqiao, Mingyu Tonghai Mansion, Shimen Building and West Building still exist."
Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a farmer and worked as a monk and beggar. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, he also made some achievements. In the end, it was very difficult to establish the Ming Dynasty and become the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It was hard-won that Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious in order to keep the throne, so that he killed many founding heroes.
The emperor became more and more suspicious, and it was his courtiers who suffered. The three Yu brothers were a microcosm.
At that time, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang awarded the title of Marquis according to the size of his exploits. Yu Tonghai, Yu and Yu are all generals who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, and naturally they were raised. Yu Tonghai participated in the Poyang Lake water war, saved Zhu Yuanzhang's life and made the first contribution. However, he was seriously injured and died heroically in the siege of Pingjiang at the age of 38. Zhu Yuanzhang did not forget Yu Tonghai's achievements. After Yu Tonghai's death, posthumous title was the Duke of Guo, posthumous title was a warrior, and Yu Tonghai had no children, so his brother Yu inherited his official position, and the descendants of Yu's family also obtained the official residence. White Cat Square is the archway in front of Yu Tonghai's residence.
Yu's high position in the DPRK inevitably leads to one or two enemies. Later, these enemies ran to Zhu Yuanzhang to provoke him, saying that the Yu family mansion had a "kingly way" and that "fish (Yu) entered the sea (leading to the sea) became 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 kingship of the Yu family.
Liu Bowen thought for a moment and said, "It's necessary to build a white carved cat archway in front of Yu's house. It is best to dig a well, set up a retaining 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 Eight Diagrams Array to break the imperial spirit of the Yu family. "
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang greatly praised Liu Bowen. Then, when someone in the Yu family has a birthday, they pretend to give it to the Yu family, and specially give it to the Yu family as a "hundred cats workshop" to prevent the fish from jumping over the dragon gate. Now there are many alleys around Yufu, which is said to have been laid 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, and there were many suspected heroes like Tonghai. Some of them were punished by Zhu Yuanzhang just because they said a wrong sentence or a sentence, and some died 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 achieved a lot. Most of the rules and regulations of the Ming Dynasty were formulated during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, which laid the foundation for later generations.