Wei Zi Fangcheng

According to legend, the designer of Beijing City and Beijing Palace in Ming Dynasty was Yao.

On the basis of the Yuan Dynasty, Yao expanded and rebuilt Beijing. Instead of maintaining "Nezha City", he built Beijing into a square city according to the Confucian viewpoint. The Imperial City (Forbidden City) is in the center of Fangcheng.

The construction of Beijing has been going on for fifteen years. During this period, Judy did two things to cooperate with the move of the capital. First, he immigrated to Beijing from all over the south of the Yangtze River. The second is to dredge the canal and get through the north-south transportation trunk line. According to records, in the thirty years of Hongwu, the grain tax from south to north was only 70 thousand stone, and in the six years of Yongle, it increased to 650 thousand stone. In the twelfth year of Yongle, the grain tax transported from the canal to Beijing increased to 500,000 stones, and another 400,000 stones were imported by sea. In sixteen years, the grain tax transported from the canal to Beijing has reached 4.6 million stone.

When Beijing's wealth and population supply were not a problem, Judy issued the imperial edict of moving the capital. Beijing is no longer a "trip" but the capital, and Nanjing has become the capital.

The capital was officially moved in the first month of the 19th year of Yongle (142 1). Previously, Judy rewarded all those who participated in the capital construction, including Suzhou craftsman Kuai Xiang, who was appointed as Assistant Minister of Industry. If Yao is the chief designer of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and this Kuai Xiang is the chief engineer, then he has made great contributions.