First, inspect water conservancy. Gan Long visited the South for six times, inspected the Yellow River regulation project for five times and inspected the Zhejiang seawall project for four times. At that time, the key projects to solve the flood of the Yellow River were Qingkou in Jiangsu and Gaojiayan in Hongze Lake, so Gan Long went to these two places every time he made a southern tour.
Second, compared with my grandfather. Emperor Qianlong was overjoyed and called himself a "perfect old man". His literary talent and martial arts all imitated his ancestor Kangxi. Kangxi visited Jiangnan six times, and Emperor Qianlong also wanted to compete with Naizu on his trip to Jiangnan.
Third, find beautiful women. Some people say that Suzhou and Hangzhou are beautiful. According to folklore, Gan Long likes beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River and has sex every time he makes a southern tour. So the queen quarreled with him every day, and in a rage, she sent the queen back to Beijing. When Qianlong made his fourth southern tour, he did indeed send the queen back to Beijing, which was recorded in the "Spring File" of Qianlong's thirty years. Isn't Xia in the novel Princess Zhu Huan a beauty in the south of the Yangtze River?
Fourth, Emperor Qianlong claimed to be a poet all his life and wrote more than 40,000 poems. Naturally, these poems can't be written only in the Summer Palace. If Qianlong wants to go out for a walk, he naturally chooses Jiangnan with beautiful mountains and rivers. Travel expenses reimbursement anyway. Why are you not accompanied by beautiful women and inspired?
Fifth, the military parade. Manchu people have always attached importance to riding and shooting, advocating the tradition of bravery, and emperors of all dynasties have also mastered riding and shooting. Ganlong held a grand military parade in Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places in his previous southern tours. Gan Long wanted to train soldiers through the military parade, reverse the decadent atmosphere and show the people in the south of the Yangtze River the power of the Qing Dynasty.
Sixth, win the hearts of the people. First of all, all the places he passes through have different degrees of tax reduction and exemption. Secondly, reward and promote officials who drive to do business; Let some punished officials return to their original posts. Especially for the old ministers who came to pick up the driver, they asked about the warmth and coldness, rewarded ginseng, mink and other items, and also rewarded future generations with fame. On his way to southern China again, Gan Long saluted Confucius temples around the country and personally proposed an examination for the visiting literati. Many of the questions he wrote got rid of the bad habits of the imperial examination and paid attention to practical application. Because of the talent pool in Jiangnan, there are many people studying for exams. Gan Long ordered to increase the number of places in government universities in Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang provinces. After Sikuquanshu was written, he personally paid for three copies, which were hidden in Wen Hui Pavilion in Yangzhou, Wenzong Pavilion in Zhenjiang and Wen Lan Pavilion in Hangzhou, and ordered local officials to allow students to take them out and copy them. These measures have promoted the cultural undertakings in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Finally, the Qing soldiers entered the customs, killing and plundering too much in Jiangnan. "Ten Days in Jiading" and "Three Slaughters in Yangzhou" had a very bad influence. Kangxi and Qianlong took winning the hearts of local scholars as an important event, such as rebuilding Shi Kefa Temple.
Generally speaking, Ganlong went to the south of the Yangtze River six times, and every time he increased ostentation and extravagance, it even caused the national treasury to dry up and brought profound disasters to the people. In his later years, Qianlong fully realized his mistakes in his southern tour. I have been emperor for sixty years, and I don't think I made any big mistakes. There were only six southern tours, which wasted people and money and turned good things into bad things. Yes, later generations interpret novels, and also turn Qianlong's career in Jiangnan into looking for beautiful women. It seems really a little wronged.