Lead: What is the most important city in a country? There is no doubt that it is the capital, as the name suggests, a first-class city. The word "capital" did not always exist in history, but first appeared in 1927. After the government of the Republic of China chose Nanjing as the capital, it was called "the capital". The location of the capital is not static. In ancient times, some dynasties moved their capitals halfway for better development.

Photos of Sun Yat-sen

There are many famous ancient capitals in the history of China, such as Xi, Luoyang, Nanjing and Beijing. Especially in these four places, throughout history, more than one dynasty established its capital. Interestingly, in recent years, the local governments of Xi and Luoyang are trying their best to increase the number of ancient dynasties with local capitals. Xi 'an has been confirmed as the ancient capital of the 13 dynasty and added to the ancient capital of the 16 dynasty. Objectively speaking, it's a little forced. Of course, this is also to increase the sense of history and attract foreign tourists, so we don't evaluate it.

People in the Republic of China

After the victory of the Revolution of 1911, it overthrew the rule of the Qing government. Strictly speaking, the feudal system in the history of China was overthrown. When the Republic of China was founded, it was interesting that the question of choosing the capital was still being debated soon. Everyone has his own ideas, such as Zhang Taiyan, who was arrested by the government during Guangxu period and had no choice but to flee to Japan. Later, after returning to China, he was put into prison by the Qing government. After coming out, Sun Yat-sen welcomed him to Japan and joined the League. Famous in history, he proposed to build Wuchang as the capital and listed a series of benefits.

Photos of Sun Yat-sen's funeral.

At that time, many people agreed with Zhang Taiyan's point of view, but Sun Yat-sen flatly refused. He said that the geographical position of the five permanent members can indeed radiate the whole country, but he was reluctant to control Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet. Moreover, he spoke his own ideas, which probably translated into vernacular Chinese as "building a capital in Guanzhong is indeed beneficial and harmful." However, historical experience tells us that the western region is very important. If you want to be a co-owner in Asia, you should transfer your capital to Yili. " What is this concept? It shows that Sun Yat-sen's ambition is not just China.

Ili bagua zhangchen

A more rational analysis is that the geographical position of Yili is not good compared with that of China at that time, but Sun Yat-sen put forward this suggestion, which shows that this man is ambitious. In other words, he is a little idealistic, because the geographical position of Yili is really good compared with that of Asia, but it is a little divorced from the historical environment at that time. Of course, it is not that his suggestion is wrong, on the contrary, it is that he is too far-sighted. Of course, as we all know, his suggestion was not adopted in the end, and the Republic of China finally made Nanjing its capital.

Map of the Republic of China

Some experts pointed out that it was a good thing that Yili didn't build its capital, otherwise the impact would still be great, because in the history at that time, Yili was relatively backward and the local area was very backward. If it is built into the capital, the disadvantages will be too great.