Why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang put the Imperial Capital in Chang 'an?

There are many explanations for this problem, including economic, environmental and easy-to-count, all of which have certain reasons. Here, Bian Xiao read a lot of information and specially answered one or two questions for everyone.

Let's talk about the economy first.

The most powerful dynasty in ancient China was the Han and Tang Dynasties. At that time, both population and productivity reached their peak, especially in the Tang Dynasty, when the population of Chang 'an reached one million. You should know that in Europe at that time, cities with tens of thousands of people were already big cities, and Chang 'an was the only city with a population of one million in the world at that time.

After all, from the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Ocean and opened the trade route, Chang 'an became a bridge connecting Europe and Asia and the starting point of the "Silk Road", which made the Han Empire at that time, and countries along the European direction also earned a lot of money. At that time, almost all the wars between countries along the way came for this rich road.

Coincidentally, until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, heroes came forth in large numbers. At this time, the Central Plains has long been a mess, and countries along the way have no tolls to earn, and there is no stable Han empire, which is also gradually declining.

At this time, the Jiangnan area was still in a barbarian state, until the Eight Kings Rebellion and the China Rebellion, Han talents moved south, and then prospered.

Let's not talk about the rebellion of the eight kings and the five chaos for the time being. Let's just step into the Tang Empire. You know, in the heyday of the Tang Empire, all countries came to Korea to curry favor with the Tang Empire. When they arrived in Chang 'an, they were deeply shocked. Luoyang, the eastern capital of Luoyang, has extensive waterways and land routes, which also provides great convenience for Chang 'an. It's a pity that there is no natural barrier around Ma Pingchuan, so emperors of all ages regarded it as a chicken rib, and being an imperial city is death.

Secondly, the environment. Just now, we said that Luoyang was not suitable to be an imperial city, so we chose Chang 'an.

In the area of Chang 'an in Qin and Han Dynasties, the original dense virgin forest was cut down a lot because of large-scale construction, especially Epang Palace, which is said to be the 300-Li Palace. How much wood does it need?

So compared to before. The natural environment is worse; Even in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, because the canal only went to Luoyang, the emperor sometimes led everyone to eat the East Capital. During this period, there were Huns in the north of Qin and Han Dynasties and Turks in the north of Sui and Tang Dynasties. Chang 'an's superior strategic geographical position (surrounded by blockade, steep terrain and land near mountains and waters) enabled the imperial court to effectively control places with serious border problems. Luoyang, on the other hand, became the eastern capital by relying on the canal and the land of the Central Plains. After the Song Dynasty, our enemies increased. Take the Han Dynasty as an example. It was the Huns who were really strong enemies. However, in the Song Dynasty, it was not that we were weak, but that the enemy was stronger and more numerous than before. After these ethnic groups invaded the south, Chang 'an became the front line of the war from the place where the war was originally commanded, and the glory of Chang 'an faded with the war started with the mysterious figure Zhu Wen. Luoyang is also devastated by years of war, and the underground of Luoyang is relatively small, which can no longer meet the geographical position of the capital of the Song Dynasty with the gradual development of commodity economy. It seems that in the Ming Dynasty, Judy chose to move to Beijing after usurping the throne because most of his influence was in the north-and the Mongols were still close to northern Xinjiang, which is probably the case.

Finally, Feng said some folk tales about Heshu.

You know, from ancient times to the present, Chang 'an area in Guanzhong was the place where Chinese ancestors lived. After all, Long Mai is Long Mai, the owner of Kunlun Mountain, and Luoyang can be regarded as the capital of ancestors. In addition, Daxing 'anling, Beijing and Nanjing are all dragons. Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, the dragon king spirit of ancestors began to decline, and the Anshi Rebellion started from Youzhou (Beijing), which was regarded as the king spirit of Yanshan Long Mai. Since then, Liao, Jin, Yuan and other dynasties with Yanshan as their capital have suppressed the Central Plains and Jinling Xiaolongting. Although Zhu Yuanzhang made Jinling his capital, the imperial power was captured by Youzhou only one generation later. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Li Chuang was the last counterattack of Zulong and captured Chang 'an, the capital of Guanzhong. Although the Western Expedition broke through Beijing, it was defeated only one month later.

According to another legend, Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to dominate the world all the year round, let Liu Bowen, reincarnated from Jiang Ziya for four generations, chop Long Mai with his sword, and chop Long Mai one by one near Chang 'an, which offended Candle dragon and disappointed Candle dragon. Candle dragon led a group of descendants of dragons to leave the South Station Island (generally referring to the territory of China or our living space). From this perspective, sometimes you may have your own destiny.