Zhu Yuanzhang has a good relationship with Nanjing. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a peasant family and experienced many things in his early years. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang climbed to the peak of power step by step with his own skills. Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing and achieved a great turning point. Although Zhu Yuanzhang takes Nanjing as his capital, his favorite capital is not Nanjing, but another land of geomantic omen.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing was the capital, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think much of Nanjing. Zhu Yuanzhang has a deep understanding of Nanjing. First of all, in the ancient capital Nanjing, they did not exist for a long time. Like other emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that his dynasty would last for thousands of generations. Obviously, Nanjing can't stand Zhu Yuanzhang's dream.
The Yangtze River is indeed a natural disaster, and it can also prevent invasion from the north. But once the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are occupied, the enemy can go downstream, which is a great challenge to his capital. Considering these factors, Zhu Yuanzhang criticized Nanjing as the capital. Based on these characteristics of Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang began to consider moving the capital, especially after Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition weakened the influence of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang later built a house in Fengyang, which was also said by Zhu Yuanzhang, eight years later, Zhu Yuanzhang made a serious investigation of Fengyang and found that Fengyang was not suitable as the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The scale of Fengyang is different from that of Nanjing. Like Nanjing, its geographical location is south, and its influence is not enough to shock the whole country. Therefore, although the construction of Fengyang has made great achievements, the practice of moving the capital to Fengyang will not end.