In less than 2 132 years, 422 feudal emperors were born in China from the establishment of the Qin Dynasty by Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng to the abdication of the Qing emperor Puyi in12. Of course, this figure does not include the temporary regime that claimed to be the emperor. Among these emperors, there are three kinds. The first is the emperors of orthodox dynasties, such as Qin Shihuang and Emperor Gaozu. The second is the emperors of the separatist regime, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Fu Jian. The third kind is the pseudo-emperor, that is, the emperor who is not recognized by history. They are divided into failed peasant uprising regimes and emperors who are not recognized as recognized regimes, such as Wu Sangui (pseudo-Zhou Emperor) and Liu Yu (pseudo-Qi Emperor).
The provinces with the most ancient emperors were Henan Province and Shaanxi Province. Henan Province and Shaanxi Province are both North China Plain and Guanzhong Plain, which have the geographical environment and economic conditions for the birth of the emperor. Throughout the history of China, the emperors of a dynasty established political power to conquer the world, and all chose relatively rich places to prepare sufficient food and grass for the operation of the separatist regime. Moreover, the northern plains are open, and in the ancient cold weapon era, they can assemble troops and military supplies for the local separatist regime in a short time, overthrow the former dynasty, and establish a new dynasty to be emperors themselves. This is one of the important reasons why Henan Province and Shaanxi Province are the cradles of Chinese culture.
The geographical feature of Jiangxi province is that it does not have the geographical environment and economic conditions for the birth of the emperor. The reason for this is the following：
The geographical characteristics of Jiangxi are not conducive to the development of mobile troops such as cavalry. In ancient times, cavalry was equivalent to tanks on the modern battlefield, with strong defense and great lethality, but cavalry was useless in Jiangxi. It seems that Jiangxi's terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is a strategic location. Jiangxi is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, which seriously hinders the mobility of troops and lacks the space for cavalry activities, which is not conducive to actively attacking the outside world. Naturally, no leader of any political power will come out of Jiangxi to unify the world.
Jiangxi is not only surrounded by mountains, but also depends on mountains and rivers. The whole province is divided into several independent small areas. If someone really wants to be an emperor in Jiangxi, the deployment will be very slow. The ancients also said that "the soldiers are expensive and fast." If you want to win the battle, you must have convenient transportation and fast marching speed. So the grain and grass can go to war first. The mountainous areas in Jiangxi blocked the traffic and were not suitable for waging war, which also made it difficult for Jiangxi to have an emperor.
Due to the shortage of cavalry, this also makes Jiangxi's force value relatively low. There are open grasslands and plains in the north, which can breed many cavalry and war horses to prepare for the emperor who competes for the unified hegemony of the Central Plains. But there are no excellent war horses in Jiangxi. Once the separatist forces in Jiangxi go to war with the cavalry of the northern regime, the separatist forces in Jiangxi are more likely to be defeated. This is also the innate condition that there is no emperor in Jiangxi.
Jiangxi's economy is backward and it is difficult to support the operation of the separatist regime. Since ancient times, China's economic, military and cultural centers have been in the north. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the closed geographical environment, Jiangxi's agricultural development lacked technical and human support. After the Song Dynasty, with the war in the north and the southward migration of the Central Plains regime in the south, Jiangxi's agriculture has also developed vigorously. However, compared with other provinces, Jiangshan is divided into small pieces by mountains and rivers, which is not conducive to large-scale agricultural development. In terms of agricultural economy, it is not as good as Jiangsu and Zhejiang nearby. Because agriculture is underdeveloped, it is difficult to have strong agricultural economic support against the central government. Naturally, no emperor will be born.
Compared with a straight line, although Sichuan is surrounded by mountains on all sides, there is a Sichuan basin and a country of Tianchuan in the center, which can unite to develop agriculture and cavalry, which is conducive to strategic depth. Therefore, since ancient times, Sichuan has also been the base camp of separatist regimes such as Shu.
Third, the environment in Jiangxi determines that people lack the ambition to be emperors. Being an emperor requires people to have the courage and ambition to cross the rubicon. The closed geographical environment in Jiangxi has become a closed and self-sufficient land of fish and rice. Because there is no shortage of food and a comfortable life, the people have no motivation to rise up, which is why emperors are rarely born.
Due to the richness of Jiangxi's land of plenty, many scholars and talents were born in history. For example, there were eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, and Jiangxi accounted for three. Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong are both from Fuzhou, Jiangxi, and Ouyang Xiu, a famous minister, is from Ji 'an, Jiangxi. During the Song and Ming Dynasties, Jiangxi Jinshi even occupied half of the imperial court. It can be seen that Jiangxi, a land of plenty, can prosper culturally despite its lack of innate conditions for the birth of an emperor!