"When you open the map of Huaxia, there are three major stairs in the east and west, separated by moats, and two big rivers are connected at the same time! In other words, there will be no real confrontation between the East and West of China, because the three major ladders are all blocked by moats! Moreover, the East and the West will not go to split, because there are great rivers connecting them! Break bones and tendons! ”

"However, there is no big river that runs north and south in China! There is a strong tendency to split! For example, from the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Chu and Han dynasties, to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, to the two Song Dynasty and the ......."

"The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has greatly solved this problem! There is its penetration, the south and north of China, gradually blending into one! Especially after the economic center of gravity of the two Song Dynasty moved south, millions of Shicao grains and materials were transported from the Jiangnan region to the north every year to evacuate the whole country! Truly turn the land of China into a game of chess! Over the years, what kind of impact has it been?! ”

"Think about it, although it is said that the general trend of the world is that it will be united for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, but since the completion of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, is there a lot less era of separation? The years of unification became mainstream? Tang Jian asked.

Liang Jiangtao was taken aback, and after thinking about it seriously, it seemed that this was really the case.

Before the Tang Dynasty, it was common to divide and divide for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years.

But after the Tang Dynasty, one five dynasties and ten kingdoms was considered a great turmoil, and it took only a few decades of hard work, and then the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties were all unified dynasties, that is, there was chaos for a while when the generations were alternated!

Liang Jiangtao's eyes shone brightly, and he was touched.

It turns out that you can still think about problems from such a grand and lofty perspective!

The history and reality of China!

"Only with a geographical foundation can an economic foundation be generated, and only then can a political, ideological, cultural and other superstructure be determined. It was the emergence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that completely consolidated the unified central dynasty! ”

"Many people find the reason why the great social unification in Chinese history has been deepened, some people say that it solves the contradiction between the central government and the local government, and some people say that it solves the contradiction between the monarchy and the relative power! But these are superficial phenomena, not root causes! The fundamental reason should be found from the geographical environment, and it should be understood dynamically, which is also the geographical environment determinism of the Western Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu, which is now very reasonable and more in line with historical materialism. ”

"Grandpa Tang, I understand, the poet Pi Rixiu once wrote a poem: The Sui Dynasty died as far as this river ends, and it has been thousands of miles away so far. If there is no water temple dragon boat thing, there is not much merit in Gongyu! Juxtapose the opening of the Grand Canal with Dayu's exploits in controlling the water, and now it seems that there is no exaggeration! ”

The evaluation and interpretation of history are diverse, and some people even believe that the Grand Canal should not be built, because the Sui Dynasty perished because of the Grand Canal, and caused a deep disaster to millions of laborers.

This is due to the difference in the height of cognition.

From the perspective of the country and the nation, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is too important.

"Yes, in later generations, the Grand Canal continued to silt, and in the Qing Dynasty, only two-third of the ten sections of the river were still navigable, in contrast, political rigidity, cultural conservatism, and economic vitality!"

"The development of ancient China revolved around water! If the Grand Canal is impassable and resources cannot flow effectively, the Yellow River Basin will be over-reclaimed, floods, poor harvests, displaced people, and political instability. In the end, the contradiction cannot be contained, and the dynasty will be changed! With each change, the new dynasty absorbs the means of control of the previous dynasty and innovates it! So much so that in the end, a highly centralized but extremely rigid society like the Ming and Qing dynasties appeared! All vitality is lost! This is the development of ancient Chinese politics, history and culture! ”

"Just like a person who is old, sick and dies in life, from growing up to being strong, slowly moving towards his twilight years, he no longer has vitality, and he is about to leave this world."

"A lot of people talk about the number of qi, what is the number of qi? Qi is the force that drives a person's life, old age, sickness and death, and it must run through the meridians, which is the circulation of body fluids in the words of Western science! And a country and a nation must rely on the geographical environment to carry the 'gas number'! As far as China is concerned, it is these mountains and rivers! If the dragon vein is connected, the country will prosper! Donald gushed endlessly, with a fierce light in his eyes.

About these things, he studied them all his life!

Naturally, there is a high theory!

Liang Jiangtao listened enthusiastically and continued to ask: "In this way, the geographical environment of a country and nation is of great significance to whether it can rise?" ”

"Of course you can say that! Many people will say that the most essential thing behind international competition is cultural competition! The reason why the West rose is because of the accumulation of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, and the promotion of religious reform and enlightenment thought. But there is a more important reason behind it, and that is the geographical environment! ”

"Why did Huaxia form a unified central dynasty, because we are mainly based on the plains! Why did the West rise up maritime civilization and commercial civilization? It's because Europe lacks arable land, but it has abundant marine resources! If you don't sail away, colonization and reclamation will destroy the country! In the end, it is the geography that determines the direction of civilization and culture! People are determined by the environment, so why not countries and nations? ”

"Why does a person succeed? Some people say that it is his ability, his courage, and his wisdom, which is like a country's system, economy, and culture. But there is another very important reason, and a more basic reason, and that is his body! Body and spirit influence each other! Sometimes, whether the spirit is healthy and strong depends on whether the body is healthy or not! Like Hawking, there is no one in ten thousand, and it is not referential. And the natural environment of a country is like a person's body! Of course, many of these are determined by God, that is, human talents, and national endowments! It is not fundamentally subject to the subjective will of man! ”

"For example, Japan is isolated overseas, and although it can become a strong country by unscrupulous means and seize historical opportunities, it will eventually have its upper limit bottleneck and will never be able to compete with the most powerful country in the world!"

"The only one that can compete with the United States in the future is China! Considering history, culture, land, population, endowment, and environment, it is not impossible for China to surpass the United States one day in the future! That's the number of gas! However, this process is definitely not smooth sailing, and it will inevitably take a lot of effort and a lot of pain! ”

After Donald finished speaking, he stopped.

Liang Jiangtao was silent.

I was shocked.

The fate of history emerges before our eyes.

He had never heard or thought about what Donald said before.

But he knows that Donald is not talking nonsense!

Explain the rise and fall of a country from this point of view!

It seems to be more profound than political determinism, economic determinism, and even cultural determinism!

Of course, he didn't dare to say that what Donald said was right.

His experience and wisdom are limited after all.

He could only write them all down and slowly think about it in the future.