After the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, after more than 20 years, Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world. But at this time, the country was already full of devastation and the wounds of war. Shandong, Henan, and Hebei are mostly uninhabited lands.

In order to restore agricultural production and consolidate the rule of the Ming Dynasty. From the third year of Hongwu (1370) to the fifteenth year of Yongle (1417), the government of the Ming Dynasty successively went through the formalities from Pingyin, Luzhou, Zezhou, Fenzhou and other places in Shanxi Province several times, and went through the big locust tree in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, and received "Sichuan capital" to immigrate to the vast areas of the country, which is known as the "Great Migration of the Ming Dynasty" in history.

The ancestors of the Zhang family and some other surnames in Laoying Village today traveled with the immigrant army all the way together, and finally arrived in Zou County, which was under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Prefecture at that time (Zou County was revoked in October 1992 and changed to Zou City). When everyone walked to a place about ten kilometers northeast of the old county seat of Zou County, they took the initiative to choose to stay.

It turns out that everyone sees here: the northeast is the low-lying Crouching Tiger Mountain, the northwest is the winding and undulating Jiulong Mountain, and the south is the Vermilion Bird Mountain; In the east, there is the Xiaoqing River that originates from the Huangshan mountain valley and curves in a twisting and turning, and in the west, there is the Baima River that originates from the Baima Ancient Spring, which is clear and condensed; It is a treasure land of Tibetan wind gathering qi and beautiful mountains and rivers.

Therefore, everyone built a village here, because it is close to Jiulong Mountain, and the fame of Jiulong Mountain is relatively large, so it was called Jiulong Camp. After the completion of the Jiulong Camp, it echoes each other with the Luohan Temple in the south, Han Zhuangzi in the southwest, the Phoenix Guanzhuang in the northeast and the Huangwangling Barracks in the west. From then on, everyone lived an idyllic life from sunrise to sunset, and gradually formed a larger village over time.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, with the decline of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was weak, so that bandits broke out everywhere, and bandits ran rampant in various parts of Shandong, repeatedly plundering villagers and villages.

In order to ensure the safety of one side, the Jiulong Camp and the surrounding Luohan Temple, Han Zhuangzi, Phoenix Guanzhuang, and the long-declining Wangling Military Camp gathered in the Jiulong Camp and became a larger village, which was later renamed the old camp, which has been followed to this day. Today's Laoying Village was administratively divided into Laoying South Village and Laoying North Village.

After the merger of the villages, although there were many people, they still lived by their own gates, and once the bandits attacked, it was difficult to resist the invasion of a large group of bandits. From time to time, the brothers Zhang Zhizhen and Zhang Zhixiu, the virtuous squires in the village, united the squires and villagers of this village and nearby villages, and jointly donated funds to build this strong defensive walled building - the official building after being recognized by the government.

Because at that time, this official building was the tallest and strongest walled building in the north and south of Zou County, Qufu City, and the fame of Qufu County was relatively large, so the locals used to call it Nanguan Tower.

The specific location of the official building is about 30 meters northeast of the current Laoying Nancun Clinic. The official building is in the shape of a rectangular cabinet, with a total of five floors and a total height of about 13 meters. The base of the building is about 18 meters from east to west and 16 meters from north to south, and there is an ancient well in the building, which still exists in a family in the village.

The building as a whole is almost vertical, and there is no fancy eaves decoration around it. The walls are all made of boulders, blue bricks, and mixed with three-fold earth barriers. The thickness of the bottom of the wall is about one meter two, and it decreases from the bottom to the top, and the thickness of the buttress to the top is only about thirty or forty centimeters.

There are 13 battlements on the north and south sides of the top of the official building, and 10 battlements on the east and west sides. It is said that a large amount of rubble and rubble are piled up behind the battlements all year round, which can be used for defense at any time.

Each floor of the official building only leaves a door hole on the south side, and only some irregular lookouts and arrow holes are left above the third floor in other directions. The first floor of the official building is slightly higher, about four meters. The doorway is one meter high and about seventy centimeters wide, and normal people must bend down to enter and exit.

The opening on the first floor not only has a solid stone door that can be closed inside. Moreover, there is a stone stele-shaped boulder erected at a point of more than one meter in front of the doorway, which is about two meters high, about one meter five wide, and about twenty-five centimeters thick. Not only that, but the bottom of this boulder is buried deep in the ground.

This design protects the direct attack directly in front of the doorway, which was a good defense facility in the era of cold weapons.

From the bottom to the top, the height of each floor and the size of the door opening decrease in order. By the time we reached the fifth floor, it was less than two meters high, and the doorway was even narrower, allowing only one person to crawl in and out. The staircase of the official building is designed in the interior and is a wooden structure.

In addition, there is a bell tower on the top floor of the official building, which contains a large bell, which is about 1.56 meters high and about 70 or 80 centimeters in diameter, and is made of iron. The top of the big bell is engraved with the obvious word "Lishu Laoying", which is now missing and missing.

On the day when the official building was built, the people of the nearby ten miles and eight towns came to celebrate, and at that time, the old camp Guji that still exists was spontaneously established. Every fourth and ninth day of the lunar calendar, the villagers of the nearby ten miles and eight townships consciously come here to trade agricultural and sideline products.

It is said that the Laoying Ancient Market is the oldest and largest market in this area. For a long time, Laoying Guji not only has a vegetable market, a cloth market, a grain market, but also a chicken market, a sheep market, a pig market, a cattle market and a family market. It is only in recent years that due to the increasing improvement of people's living standards and the rapid development of various forms of trade, this ancient market has gradually declined.

But to this day, the old camp Guji still exists, but some of the functions have slowly disappeared. It is the official building that attracts and protects the traders who come to trade, and invisibly contributes greatly to the economic prosperity of the local area.

In the war of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the official building showed a huge defensive function, effectively resisted the attacks of bandits and bandits many times, and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the robbers. Among them, the most famous one recorded in the inscription was a rogue attack in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

It is said that there were more than 1,000 rogues at that time, and they attacked for two days and two nights, and even removed the door panel of the village and spread a quilt as a giant shield to attack in turn. In the end, only part of the wall in the southeast corner of the official building was damaged, and a large hole about 3 meters high and 4 meters wide and 60 or 70 centimeters deep was dug out by the blast belt, but fortunately it failed to penetrate the thick wall.

In the end, when the nearby officers and soldiers who heard the news and the villagers broke through the perimeter to intercept and rushed to support, the rogues had no choice but to throw down hundreds of corpses and flee in a hurry in the night.

On January 5, 1938, the 10th Division of the Japanese Army captured the county seat of Zouxian. The national scum came to Dongfu to recognize the thief as his father and organized the "Zou County Temporary Public Security Maintenance Association". On June 7, the puppet Shandong Office was appointed to form the puppet Zou County Office headed by Wang Xiangchen. In the subsequent War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the old camp official building once again played an important role in protecting the territory and the people.

Once upon a time, under the fire of the Japanese army, the second and third floors of the official building were blown open with a large hole with a diameter of about two meters, but the official building still stands. The official building witnessed the ferocity and viciousness of the Japanese invaders, and to this day, the local old people are still angry when they think of that past, and vow that future generations will repay the blood debt from the Japanese.

The official building is not only a shelter and courage for the local people, but also a local landmark. Since there were no high-rise buildings in the vicinity at that time, this towering official building became a clear geographical indication.

It is said that many local people who were separated due to war or other reasons were finally able to find their hometowns based on vague memories of the official building.

Due to the devastation of wars for hundreds of years, as well as the damage caused by several earthquakes, coupled with the disrepair, the official building has slowly become a dangerous building.

In the 80s, with the approval of the relevant departments, the Laoying Village Committee organized personnel to demolish the centuries-old official building. Now there is only one ancient well left in the old site of the official building, and some broken blue bricks and gravel, where they witness the glorious existence of the past.

Although the ancient building is gone, the good wishes of the ancestors to defend their homes and desire happiness will remain forever. To this day, it still inspires modern people living in the civil, civil, military, and civil affairs to work harder......

Haiyan River is clear, time and years are abundant, this is the eternal "official building dream" of the old camp people!

Note:

First, the merit monument of the official building originally existed in the southeast of the current Laoying South Village, about 500 meters near the ancient well of Sunjiajingzi. The stele is about 40 centimeters square, the stone is slightly pale yellow, and the words are more than 100 words. However, due to the long age, there are only more than ten characters that can be recognized, which are "Zhang Zhizhen, Zhang Zhixiu, Kunzhong", "Luohan Temple" and "Han Zhuangzi". Now this monument is missing.

Second, the monument of the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty against the Liukou was originally stored near the foundation of the official building, and now it is missing.

Third, the ancient bell on the top of the official building is generally said to be iron, and some people say it is copper. It is said that it was originally stored in the homes of nearby residents, but it is now long gone. Later, some people said that they had been moved to the Meng Temple, but there is no conclusive evidence at present. And now the only remaining bell in the Meng temple is engraved with the inscription of "Heavy Ministers Qianqiu, Long Live the Emperor", according to research, it was cast in the third year of Jin Da'an (1211), originally in the Chongxing Temple in Zoucheng, and then moved into the Meng Temple for preservation. Zou Cheng Chongxing Temple, formerly known as Faxing Temple, was built in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and was renamed Chongxing Temple during the Yuan (later) to Yuan period. At the site of Chongxing Temple, there is still a brick tower of octagonal nine layers and ten eaves that was rebuilt in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the Chongxing Tower in the ancient tower community of Zou Cheng now.

Fourth, the people who personally participated in the demolition of the official building back then, now most of the old people such as Hu XX, Yuan XX, Liu XX and so on have passed away, and only a few old people such as Zhai XX are still alive.

5. The former site of the Luohan Temple, about 500 meters south of the current Laoying South Village.

The former site of Han Zhuangzi is about 700 meters southwest of Laoying South Village.

The former site of Fenghuang Guanzhuang is 200 meters northeast of Laoying North Village.

The former site of Jiulongying, near the center of the current Laoying South Village.