"Only the governor is allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps. In the long and splendid history of China, there are many stories full of wisdom and wit triumphing over power, and the "Dingcheng Brick" on the wall of Jiayuguan is one of them.
In this story, the weaker side representing the people is the artisan foreman named Yi Kaizhan, while the powerful bureaucratic is represented by the court supervisors.
There are many versions of the name of the ** sent by the imperial court to supervise the repair of Jiayuguan, but no matter which version, this supervisor is a ** person who wants to make a lot of money through the construction of the project.
When the supervisor found Yi Kaizhan and made his intentions clear, Yi Kaizhan resolutely refused.
He bluntly said that he was very accurate in calculating the bricks needed for the project, and the total number was already 99,999, which could not be increased.
* After hearing this, he became furious and threatened that if the number of bricks was wrong at the time of acceptance, he would cut off the head of Yi Kaizhan and fine all craftsmen with 3 years of hard labor.
Yi Kaizhan has always been a well-known craftsman, proficient in material calculations.
After he reported the number of bricks to the overseer, he threw himself into the intense construction, completely ignoring the possibility of errors in the number.
However, when the project was completed, Yi Kaizhan was stunned, because he found an extra brick during the acceptance. Faced with this situation, Yi Kaizhan thought calmly and came up with an ingenious solution.
On the day of acceptance, the supervisor came to inspect the project. Under the guidance of Yi Kaizhan, the entire Jiayuguan was built very strong. But the magnificent appearance and the solid materials did not completely satisfy the supervisor.
When the overseer arrived at the gatehouse of the castle tower, he found a unique brick. "What's that brick? How could there be an extra brick there?!
The overseer asked angrily. Yi Kaizhan calmly stepped forward to explain that the brick was a "Dingcheng brick", and once it was removed, the entire city would collapse. Although some people have doubts about this, no one dares to "risk their lives" in such a national event as the construction of Jiayuguan, so this "Dingcheng brick" has not been touched for the next few hundred years.