Li Miao and his party did not stay too long in Jinling City. They rented a large cargo ship and loaded a large amount of sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, wheat, tea, spices, etc. needed in the north. When Yang Fan came to Beijing, of course the goods were loaded at the dock warehouse, and he left a large amount of Maoshan tea and spices for the Southern Bureau's operations.
Now, except for the tea and spices loaded on the cargo ship, Li Miao has emptied all the inventory in the space and left it in the Jinling Wharf warehouse. Soon there will be a steady supply of spices and tea in the space.
It is still necessary to leave sufficient supply of supplies for the Southern Bureau. In the future, sufficient financial guarantee will be provided for the development of the Southern Bureau. Li Miao's purpose is to continuously strengthen his protection force through business activities.
The protection force is what he values the most, but the protection force is also inseparable from the support of business. Therefore, the best model is the healthy development of business behavior and protective power. And it’s also low-key and unobtrusive.
Soon the ship passed the Yangtze River from Jinling City to Yangzhou Prefecture. Along the way, the river surface was wide and gentle. The wide area of the river is more than ten or twenty miles wide. The narrow place is more than ten miles. Li Miao couldn't help but become more open-minded, and the Yangtze River rolled eastward. Unfortunately, the water flow was gentle and had no rolling momentum, and the weather was not suitable for the situation.
Entering the Grand Canal from Yangzhou Mansion, the river is three to five miles wide. Because it is a man-made river, people can't help but think of Yang Guang, the last emperor of the Sui Dynasty who has been infamous for thousands of years. The history of this life is generally consistent with that of later generations, except that in this life the Great Zheng Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty of later generations. The founding emperor of the Dazheng Dynasty drove away the Mongolian Tatars and re-established the Han government.
Although the Sui Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty both experienced only two generations and died, they both left strong ink in later generations. Can't help but mention it. There is no substitute for it either.
The Qin Dynasty unified writing and language because Qin Shihuang burned books and harassed Confucians, thus making China similar to the territory of Europe. There is only one language and writing. After all the foreign races invaded and occupied China, they had to choose to assimilate and integrate themselves into China. Only then could he barely stand firm.
You know, there are dozens of national unifications in Europe? Why is there no unification? Unification by force also occurred several times. The key is because the language is mixed and the writing is messy. You cannot rule even if you occupy it. Therefore, Qin Shihuang's burning of books and entrapment of Confucians seemed to be a clever move.
Of course, Qin Shihuang's achievements are far more than these. The main achievements of the First Emperor were that his carriages were on the same track, his books were on the same text, his travels were in the same order, the land was in the same region, and the weights were the same. Since then, the unified Chinese dynasty has become the consensus of every Chinese. It has also become the ultimate goal of wise kings of all generations.
Sometimes I often hear people say that Qin Shihuang was a tyrant. As a political figure, Qin Shihuang can no longer be measured by his character alone. If you use the moral standards of good guys and bad guys to evaluate politicians, you are already missing the point.
The clan of the Sui Dynasty was actually of Yi origin. Even the Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was a quarter of Yi descent, and later generations of the Qing Dynasty. I also had to choose Chinese version. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to govern such a large country.
And it is precisely because of the unification of writing and language that the wise rulers of China regard the unification of China as the ultimate task, which prevents China from being split into several or even a dozen countries. This is the achievement of Qin Shihuang. Regardless of future generations, future generations will describe Qin Shihuang as a tyrant. But none of it can erase the huge contribution he made to China.
The Sui Dynasty clan itself was a Yi ethnic group. He took the initiative to complete the sinicization, and finally ended the darkest and most chaotic period of China for hundreds of years. After unifying China, the last emperor Yang Guang also fought with his father and made great achievements in the founding of the Sui Dynasty.
It took nearly twenty years during his administration to open the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal, with a total length of more than 4,000 miles, connected China from north to south. Although it has borrowed the power of the original river, the newly opened canal is also thousands of miles long.
There is also the dredging and widening of the original river channel. In that era when river transport accounted for 90% of the transportation volume, he was indispensable. Without Yang Guang, the existence of Beijing would be impossible. All supplies in the capital rely on water transportation.
The establishment of any new dynasty will vilify the last emperor of the previous generation. To flaunt the legal orthodoxy of the new dynasty. This is that there is no right or wrong in politics, and rule that is beneficial to him is right.
The Sui Dynasty created the imperial examination system, which allowed feudal society to continue in China for hundreds of more years. This was also the Sui Dynasty's contribution to feudal society. Yang Guang may have been a bit radical. He devoted his life to weakening the influence of aristocratic families in the court. Later, he was also overthrown by the wealthy family.
In fact, the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty. It was also to weaken the influence of aristocratic families in the court. Before the Sui Dynasty, only those who were officials in the court were members of aristocratic families or people recognized by them. Only wealthy families are eligible for recommendation.
The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit, so Yang Guang finally became a faint king. Of course, if a good hand can play like this, there is also a problem with its level.
Li Miao and his party's cargo ship sailed up the canal. Passing through the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, entering Shandong and crossing Hebei to Tongzhou, what he saw and heard along the way made Li Miao feel depressed. The people along the way lived in poverty and lacked supplies. The land is barren and food production is low. This further strengthened his determination to promote high-yielding crops in the north.
After arriving in the capital, Li Miao will buy a farm and set an example by planting high-yielding crops adapted to the north, thereby achieving the effect of quickly promoting northern crops. But you can't be too high-profile, and you can't do anything against your will. Low-key and reserved.
You must know that the miserable farmers Li Miao saw were relatively near the transportation hub, on both sides of the canal. It is still a relatively wealthy area, and you can imagine the lives of people in those remote areas.
The canal also gave birth to a behemoth, Caobang. There are hundreds of thousands of gang members in Caogang, and most of them are poor people. Life is not easy, and they live and breathe along the canal. They earn a living by selling their physical strength. After a gang was formed, its power increased greatly, and the members of the Cao Gang were no longer bullied at will.
Now, it’s even the imperial court. Don't dare to touch it easily. One pair of chopsticks was gently broken, and ten pairs of chopsticks were tightly hugged into a ball. What's even worse is hundreds of thousands of pairs of chopsticks, plus hundreds of thousands of helpers. My dear! It may not be obvious in peaceful times, but once the situation becomes unstable, it is a cancer that will worsen at any time.
If it is exploited by someone with ulterior motives again, the consequences will be disastrous. Li Miao seemed to see that the Zheng Dynasty was in turmoil. Li Miao thought to himself, if the Zheng Dynasty could even ignore such a serious problem. So what is it doing? There is no way such a serious problem has not been discovered.
But if you say there is something wrong with the Cao Gang, in fact, most of the gang members just want to survive. Who wouldn't want to live a better life? Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. The strong survive and the weak eat the strong, which is just the law of the jungle. The people of Caobang can live a better life only if they stick together.
