Nanjing can be said to be a treasure land of Feng Shui, and is known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. I live in Nanjing now, and I think it is a very suitable city to live in. But have you noticed that most of those who established their capital in Nanjing had a tragic ending and were destroyed by the Central Plains regime, such as the Southern Tang Dynasty? From historical common sense, we know that Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was the man who set the capital of the country in Nanjing.
We must know that Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world from south to north rather than from north to south. It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang had many opponents in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Soochow, Han State, and Fang Guozhen of Zhejiang. They were all in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang had his heart set on moving to the north, he had no conditions to complete it at the time. To have a strategic advantage among the heroes in the south of the Yangtze River, there must be a strategic location as a national capital.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang fell in love with Nanjing. From any aspect, Nanjing was the most qualified at the time, and it can also be said to be the most suitable place to be the capital. Nanjing's surrounding economy was relatively developed at that time and could provide the army with some food and supplies.
Zhu Yuanzhang set up his headquarters in Nanjing. I think this is a particularly correct choice. In the battle against several forces in the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing's strategic advantages can be said to be very obvious. Several forces in Jiangnan were directly and strategically crushed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
A counselor said this: If the capital of the country is in Jinling, you can expand the land to the south. If it is unfavorable to expand the land to the north, you can defend the Jianghuai River. With Jiangnan's financial resources sufficient to ensure the safety of Jiangshan, and having made this strategic plan, the importance of Nanjing to Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to be self-evident.