本文着重阐述我国元、明、清三朝的最高统治者,极力开挖疏浚横贯冀、鲁、苏、浙四省、沟通钱塘江、长江、淮河、黄河、海河五大水系的南北交通大动脉——京杭运河。因而使直隶(今河北省)、山东、河南、安徽、江苏、浙江、江西、湖北、湖南九省的漕粮任务得以顺利地由水路直接到达北京。在客观上对南北方交通运输、物资、文化的交流,也起到巨大的推动作用。德州地处大运河北段,扼九省漕运要冲,在明代永乐以后,也相应地繁荣起来,充分显示出在政治、军事、经济上的重要地位。 This article focuses on the supreme rulers of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in our country, trying hard to excavate the north-south transportation arteries, dredging and traversing the five major river systems of Qiantang River, the Yangtze River, the Huai River, the Yellow River and the Haihe, canal. Therefore, the tasks of grain and grain in Zhili (now Hebei Province), Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan provinces have been smoothly brought directly to Beijing by the waterway. Objectively speaking, this has also played an enormous role in promoting the exchange of transportation, materials and culture between the north and the south. Texas is located in the northern section of the Grand Canal, straightening out the transportation of nine provinces. After the Ming Dynasty, Paradise also prospered accordingly, fully demonstrating its political, military and economic importance.