What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Kang Maocai, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, the brother of a fierce general who won every battle, the Ming Dynasty Duke of Puguo, Yu Wuyi (another theory is Wu Kang), he was very lucky, because he died early, died before Zhu Yuanzhang raised his butcher knife to slaughter the heroes, so he was considered a good death, so his cemetery is there, Kang Maocai's tomb is located in Anhuai Village, a small town outside the central gate of nanjing city, which was discovered in 1967, but the tomb was stolen in the early years, excavated by the Nanjing Cultural Security Department in 1974, although it was stolen, However, 44 cultural relics, including gold objects, have been unearthed, which is a miracle.
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The stone carvings of Kang Maocai's tomb in 2000 were basically unprotected at that time
A large hammer excavated from the tomb of Kang Maocai
After The death of Kang Maocai, he was posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Puguo, so the tomb regulation is still quite large, although it has been excavated and destroyed, but there are still a pair of stone horses, stone tigers, and stone sheep on the Shinto, Shi Weng Zhongwen, Wu Yi, and Gui Zhao, if Kang Maocai's tomb is well protected after it is discovered, it is fully qualified to enter the world cultural heritage as a subsidiary tomb of the "Ming and Qing Dynasty Royal Mausoleum". Unfortunately, Kang Maocai's tomb has not been protected from the original site, and the place where the tomb is located is now no trace, and the stone carvings on Shinto were moved into Hakuba Park in 2000. Among the excavated cultural relics, there is a pair of weapons believed to have been wielded by Kang Maocai himself, the iron hammer, which is quite interesting.
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Kang Maocai was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when he was young and knowledgeable, when the peasant rebel army hit his hometown, he recruited xiang yong to defend his hometown, and later he was enfeoffed by the Yuan Dynasty, until he was promoted to the post of marshal of Huaixi Xuanwei and the marshal of the capital, he was defeated and captured in the process of confrontation with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill him at that time, he began to become an important general under Zhu Yuanzhang, and made great achievements for Zhu Yuanzhang's southern conquest of the northern war, especially in the war against Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youyi, and was a well-deserved founding father of the Great Dynasty Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was called empress, Kang Maocai also accompanied Xu Da on the Northern Expedition to capture Luoyang, Kaifeng and other places, and after the success of the Northern Expedition, Ban Shi died of illness on the way, which was the best ending among the ming dynasty military generals, because if he did not die of illness, he would definitely not be able to escape the bloody rain and wind of the early Ming Dynasty, or even the disaster of extinction.
After Kang Maocai's death, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him great honor and mourning, and he and his family also escaped the bloodbath of the heroes in the early Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Song Lian said that he was "repeatedly consulted for more than ten years, and he was famous for his achievements in the world", and the "History of Ming" commented that he was "the foundation of creation, and his strength is many".