What was Zhu Yuanzhang's policy towards Fengyang, his hometown, after he proclaimed himself emperor?

Zhu Yuanzhang loves his hometown very much. After all, he was just a cowherd here, but he turned out to be an emperor. Naturally, we should prosper our hometown, let everyone know ourselves, and at the same time turn Fengyang into the capital of Daming. He also wanted to revitalize his hometown after he ascended the throne, but for various reasons, Fengyang never developed. Finally, it was reduced to Fengyang Road Fengyang, a good place. It has been ten to nine years since Zhu Yuanzhang was born. " Fengyang is an ancient city, which began in Qin and Han Dynasties, but the name Fengyang only appeared in Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was called Haozhou. Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Zhang Shicheng, he changed his name to Lin Hao. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he set up Zhonghe House, later renamed Fengyang House and set up Fengyang County.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was not satisfied with the geographical location of the capital Nanjing, so he always had some plans to move the capital. So he repeatedly tried to choose the capital, and his ideal capital was in the Central Plains or Guanzhong. However, he knows that most of the heroes who follow him are their own villagers. Accustomed to the rich and stable life in Nanjing, they naturally won't agree to move the capital. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang can only tentatively say that his hometown Fengyang will be built into the capital of Daming. So in September of the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang raised Fengyang as the capital, and the strength of the whole country and nearly one million people, including technicians, sergeants, civilian workers and criminals, built a new capital. Fengyang used to be a poor place with a large number of people fleeing. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the land was vast and sparsely populated.

In order to enrich the population of Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the rich people in other parts of the country to move to Fengyang while building the capital. At the same time, he issued a letter to the people who used to live in Fengyang to avoid labor forever, and in order to encourage population development, he constantly sent officials to build water conservancy projects in Fengyang, so that local people and immigrants could feel at ease in reclaiming land in Fengyang. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang further strengthened the connection between Fengyang and Nanjing, encouraged businessmen to settle in Fengyang, and made efforts to promote Fengyang to become a big city like Nanjing. Unfortunately, Nanjing, a big city, developed step by step on its own, and Fengyang was originally a small place. Because Emperor Zhu was forced to rise, it was doomed to be born with congenital deficiency.

Sure enough, Fengyang went wrong soon after it started construction, first of all, after Zhongdu City took shape, but its establishment was based on harsh treatment of construction workers, so Zhu Yuanzhang soon found cursed items, which was a taboo in architecture. At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang found that his migration enriched Fengyang, which was dissatisfied with these rich people, and the increase in population also aggravated the dissatisfaction of Fengyang aborigines. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang began to deal with the founding heroes who followed him. He can no longer let Fengyang become the pillar behind these arrogant soldiers and experts. So in the eighth year of Hongwu, he suddenly ordered the construction of Fengyang on the grounds of "labor costs". So a brand-new capital has since become an unfinished project. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Fengyang to be gradually transformed into a prison for royal criminals, which was called "Fengyang High Wall", so Fengyang became a small place again.