Everyone has always wondered why Zhu Yuanzhang even built his capital in Fengyang, but in the end he didn't build it all. After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he was faced with the problem of where to move the capital. Nanjing is the place where he grew up and developed. The terrain is dangerous, the economy is developed, and various conditions are superior. But his position is in the southeast, too far from the north that fought the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, this place is very unfavorable for commanding and mobilizing troops. In addition, all the dynasties in history were short-lived after Nanjing established its capital. Therefore, he has never made up his mind whether to build his capital here. To this end, Zhu Yuanzhang put forward a plan to build a capital in Nanjing and his hometown Fengyang. Zhu Yuanzhang's order only mentioned Nanjing and its capital, not Kaifeng in Henan, nor did it cancel Kaifeng's capital status.

This is the coexistence of the three capitals in the history of China. But Zhu Yuanzhang valued Zhongdu most, so Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to move all the capitals and live in his hometown permanently after Zhongdu was built. Ninety thousand craftsmen, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and criminals participated in the construction of Zhongdu. Four years later, the construction work will be completed soon, but Fengyang does not have good economic and geographical conditions.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build his capital in his hometown because he was born here, and the people who cultivated the world with him were all fellow villagers here. Zhu Yuanzhang realized that the war was not over yet, and he built the capital on a large scale, demanding that it be magnificent. This was a major mistake. In the first month of Hongwu 1 1, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to change Nanjing into the capital, and the problem of building the capital for ten years was temporarily solved. ?