Xi 'an almost became the ancient capital of the Ming Dynasty. Why did Zhu Yuanzhang give up this idea later?

Mainly because Zhu Yuanzhang decided to build Xi 'an into the Ming Dynasty at that time, he sent his son Zhu Biao to inspect Xi 'an, and also built the bell tower and drum tower. However, when he visited Zhu Biao, he caught a cold because he was not acclimatized, which made many doctors look down on him. Zhu Biao died not long after he returned to Nanjing. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang decided that Xi 'an was an ominous place and no longer regarded Xi 'an as a place of migration.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, he wanted to build the Amin dynasty belonging to his time with his own ability, not according to anyone's aura, so Xi 'an was also in his planning at that time, and he also built the tower according to the standards of the imperial city. After all, it also symbolizes Zhu Yuanzhang's identity and what he represents. He is very cautious in choosing the location of moving the capital.

Helpless, Prince Zhu Biao fell ill while visiting Anshi and died young. After all, Prince Zhu Biao is Zhu Yuanzhang's hope and his successor. Sudden death also made Zhu Yuanzhang unable to accept it for a while, and it was also a great blow, probably because of sadness. Xi 'an also became a sad place that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to touch, and finally went away.

But in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to stay in Nanjing, but in order to stay in Nanjing, he fought a war with Zhang Shicheng's troops until he finally defeated Zhang Shicheng's troops and successfully captured Suzhou. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang has also controlled the economic center of the whole world. After all, Nanjing at that time was not only close to Taihu Lake, but also the Yangtze River valley, and Zhu Yuanzhang had a great advantage in convenient transportation. So he is still better in Nanjing, and he can't compare with many cities.