What is the purpose and significance of Judy's move to the capital?
Beijing was called Yanjing in ancient times, and its geographical position is superior. According to ancient geomantic omen, its "kingly way" is not weaker than Nanjing. In addition, after the rule of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Yanjing became a connecting zone between Central Plains culture and grassland culture to a certain extent, and its political and economic status was mature. Therefore, taking Yanjing as the capital and moving the political center to the north can fully concentrate the country's grain, grass, taxation, talents and other resources in the north, which is more conducive to the distribution of the central government in the Ming Dynasty. It can save a lot of time to March into the grassland and destroy the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. In fact, Judy personally conquered Mongolia five times. Except for the fourth time, that is, in the 21st year of Yongle (A.D. 1423), he sent troops to Mobei in summer and autumn, and the other four times were concentrated in winter and spring. The purpose is to make use of the fact that the snow in the desert in winter has not completely melted and the grass has not fully grown in spring.
4. In the case of food shortage, the grassland tribe can attack to the maximum extent and defeat the psychological defense of the grassland tribe. In fact, we can see the advantages and disadvantages of Nanjing and Yanjing by comparing Judy's five preparations for Mobei. For the first time (February in the eighth year of Yongle) and the second time (March in the twelfth year of Yongle), the capital of the Ming Dynasty was still in Nanjing, and the royal family prepared for these two battles for nearly half a year respectively. The Ming army marched into Mobei for the fourth time (August of the 21st year of Yongle) and the fifth time (April of the 22nd year of Yongle).
The capital of Ming Dynasty has moved to Yanjing. After Judy decided to send troops, it took only one month to complete the deployment of combat readiness resources in the Imperial Center. The third time in Mobei (March of the twentieth year of Yongle), since the Ming Dynasty just moved its capital to Yanjing, it took only three months for the royal family to complete the preparation of strategic resources from Mobei proposed by Judy (December of the nineteenth year of Yongle) to the official invasion of the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that Judy, the last world-class Han emperor with strategic vision, pioneering spirit and brave spirit, was very far-sighted when he decided to move the capital to Yanjing. In the Ming Dynasty, the economic center of China moved southward. The Ming Dynasty was founded on the basis of chaos at the end of Yuan Dynasty. After more than 30 years of recuperation, Zhu Yuanzhang's national strength and economy in the Ming Dynasty gradually recovered. However, it should be pointed out that the economic centers of the Ming Dynasty were all concentrated in Jiangnan, strictly speaking, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
6. Significance of moving the capital to Beijing: To sum up, the significance and reason of moving the capital lies in stabilizing the Ming Dynasty, consolidating the Zhu family regime and realizing my father's last wish at that time. The father of Judy, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang was a southerner, so it was very difficult and not easy to fight from south to north. Of course, this situation is rare in history.