Zhu Yuanzhang thought that it was inappropriate to make Nanjing the capital, and there was room for choice. Why did he delay moving the capital?

1368, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had just unified Jiangnan, and the rule of the Yuan Dynasty had not been completely destroyed. China's North China, Southwest China, Northwest China and Northeast China are not under the rule of Daming, so it was an expedient move for Zhu Yuanzhang to make Nanjing his capital.

1368 In August, Xu Da's Northern Expedition broke through the Yuan Dynasty, and Yuan Shundi fled to Mongolian grassland. The Yuan Dynasty's rule in the Central Plains ended in 1998, and the Ming Dynasty gained the rule within the Great Wall. From this time on, it can be said that the foreign invasion of moving the capital in the Ming Dynasty has disappeared, but there are still many internal problems.

First of all, after years of war, the land of the Central Plains was devastated, the treasury of Daming was empty, and the country urgently needed to recuperate. Moving the capital is a big project, which wastes people and money, and the new Ming Dynasty can't afford it. Secondly, all the founding heroes on which Zhu Yuanzhang made his fortune were southerners, especially the Huai department headed by Li Shanchang and Hu, who resolutely opposed moving the capital for their own benefit. The idea that Zhu Yuanzhang had to temporarily move the capital.

/kloc-since 0/369, Zhu Yuanzhang has gradually restored and developed social production by rewarding reclamation, building water conservancy, reclaiming land and guarding the border, surveying land and checking household registration, which is known as the rule of Hongwu in history. In addition, in 1380, the "Hu case" broke out, and Zhu Yuanzhang punished the nine families of Prime Minister Hu on the charge of "rebellion". Li Shanchang, Nanxiong Hou Zhao Yong, Xingyang Hou Yuchun, Yongjia Hou Zhu Liangzu, Jingning Hou and other founding heroes were implicated and killed, and Huaixi Group, which hindered the move of the capital and threatened Zhu Yuanzhang's dominant position, was slaughtered.

After dealing with all the internal and external troubles, Zhu Yuanzhang can finally start to move the capital. 139 1 year, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Prince Zhu Biao to inspect Guanzhong to find out which was more suitable as the new capital of Ming Dynasty, Xi 'an or Luoyang. Unfortunately, Prince Zhu Biao died of illness shortly after he returned to Beijing. The tragedy of white-haired people sending black-haired people dealt a great blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was nearly 70 years old, and never mentioned the issue of moving the capital again.