朱元璋的深谋远虑
《明朝那些事儿》（二十四）
一、1368年朱元璋称帝后，下令以大梁（今开封，北宋时的都城）为北京（北方的都城），以金陵为南京（南方的都城），并在两处修城池建宫殿。
1. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in 1368, he designated Daliang (present-day Kaifeng, the capital during the Northern Song Dynasty) as Beijing (the northern capital) and Jinling as Nanjing (the southern capital), ordering the construction of city walls and palaces at both sites.
二、两年后，又以临濠府（即凤阳）为中都，大兴土木。这就是国初三都，其中在朱元璋的老家凤阳营造的中国第一都城——大明中都皇城，成为后来南京和北京故宫的蓝本。
2. Two years later, Linhao Prefecture (i.e., Fengyang) was designated as the central capital, launching massive construction projects. These formed the "Three Capitals" of the early Ming period. The first imperial city built in Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, Fengyang—the Central Capital of the Great Ming—later served as the blueprint for the Nanjing and Beijing Forbidden Cities.
三、刘基一生足智多谋，为明王朝的建立立下汗马功劳，他对形势判断准确，思维缜密，能预测事情的发展方向。虽然他本人并非真如民间传说那样，有呼风唤雨的本事，但从他的判断和预测能力来看，料事如神并非过分的评语。他和诸葛亮一样，已经作为智慧的象征被人所铭记。
3. Throughout his life, Liu Ji proved resourceful and shrewd, rendering immense service to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. He accurately assessed situations, thought meticulously, and could predict the course of events. Although he didn't truly possess the mythical power to command wind and rain as folklore suggests, his judgment and foresight were so remarkable that describing him as having "almost divine prescience" is not an exaggeration. Like Zhuge Liang, he is remembered as an emblem of wisdom.
四、胡惟庸并不明白自己胜利的真正原因，正是因为胡惟庸对朱元璋的威胁小 所以朱元璋才让他成为了胜利者，而愚蠢的胡惟庸并不了解这一点。
4. Hu Weiyong never understood the real reason for his success: it was precisely because he posed little threat to Zhu Yuanzhang that the emperor allowed him to become the victor. The foolish Hu Weiyong failed to grasp this.
五、其实刘基与李善长（后来是胡惟庸）的争斗，朱元璋是乐见其事的，他不能让任何一边独大，包括后面朱元璋容忍胡惟庸胡作非为六七年之久，其所图就是废掉丞相这个权力很大职位。
5. In reality, Zhu Yuanzhang was content to watch the conflict between Liu Ji and Li Shanchang (later replaced by Hu Weiyong). He could not allow either side to become too dominant. This included his subsequent tolerance of Hu Weiyong's misconduct for six or seven years—his ultimate aim was to abolish the powerful position of Chancellor altogether.
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