At that moment, Du Ye's eyes were a little unfocused. It was as though he had heard the cries of the commoners. Du Ye's mind was drawn in. Therefore, he was momentarily immersed in his emotions and was unable to extricate himself.
Du Qi saw this and smiled gently.
This was very normal.
Du Ye was different from him.
Du Qi had transmigrated and was mentally mature. Furthermore, Du Qi had seen too much. Of course, Du Qi himself had times when he was touched. However, at Du Qi's level, he was already used to it.
However, although Du Ye had seen things around Sovereign Capital from a young age and had studied in the Great Xia Military College, receiving knowledge and knowledge imparted by the teachers in the college, he had yet to see the world. He rarely encountered anything that truly moved him.
This was the first time.
Therefore, when Du Ye was thanked by countless commoners, Du Ye was naturally moved.
It took Du Ye a while to recover.
Du Qi said, "Ye 'er, what are your thoughts now?"
Du Ye said, "Father, what your son has done in Jiangyin County this time is actually insignificant if you want to talk about it. Just the matter of providing disaster relief is what we should do. Any official should dig ditches to provide disaster relief with the commoners' interests as the standard. Therefore, I believe that the commoners are too simple. The commoners of our Xia Xia are simple and honest. "
Du Qi had a look of approval in his eyes. "It's good that you can think that way."
Du Ye's thoughts were becoming more mature.
He was not too naive.
He also understood the hardships of the commoners.
This was excellent.
What Du Qi needed to do now was to travel around and understand the situation of the various regions. He wanted to know everything about the Xia Xia and everything about the Xia Xia.
The group continued heading south.
And wherever they went south, the weather was mild and the wind was smooth. After all, it was almost October and the north was already turning cold. However, when they reached the south, the sun shone brightly and the weather was excellent. At present, the main roads of the Jiangnan Circuit were paved with cement roads. Therefore, it was rather convenient for the carriage to travel south without much impact.
Du Ye was extremely interested in the weather as well as the local customs and customs. On the way south, Du Ye often stopped to walk around and take a look.
Walking and stopping was rather time-consuming.
However, the further south one went, in terms of development, it was far inferior to places like Jiangdu.
Compared to the Central Plains, it was far inferior.
There was no comparison at all.
However, the southern regions were still being developed. With the cities as the center, they began to expand. In fact, in places where there were deep mountains and forests, they did their best to continuously cut down trees and open up farmland for the people to cultivate.
The more land the commoners farmed, the more they could feed their families.
When Du Ye saw this scene, he felt that it was pretty good. Nowadays, the development of various places in the Xia Xia was actually quite good. It wasn't that great, but at least the people could eat their fill. However, he could see both the good and the bad. As Du Ye headed south, he had seen many things that did not make sense.
The most unreasonable part was the issue of local business taxes.
The current business tax was 1 out of 30. It was considered a business tax that benefited the people and was quite good for merchants. However, after going to many remote places, he found that the 1 out of 30 tax was only a national policy.
In the local areas, some officials and dignitaries set up private checkpoints to collect transit taxes or tolls. They came up with all kinds of excuses to collect taxes. As a result, in the remote areas of the southern Jiangnan Circuit, business had never been developed.
There was an overall improvement, but the improvement was limited.
Only the industries controlled by the state could move unimpeded in the south. No one dared to stop them. However, private businesses were different. They were exploited everywhere and were in a very difficult situation.
Du Qi was also angry when he saw this.
This kind of thing rarely happened in the north and even the northern region of Jiangnan Circuit.
However, it was everywhere in the south.
For this reason, Du Qi directly ordered the officials of the Jiangnan Circuit and the bad people of Jiangnan Circuit to jointly supervise this matter. They took down the officials of the Jiangnan Circuit who did not do anything, arrested groups of dignitaries, and executed a large number of people.
These things were good for the development of the local areas.
However, in addition to this, the South used to be deep in the mountains and forests. Miasma was everywhere, and many places were uncivilized. Therefore, many folk customs and customs were not suitable. Du Qi arranged for them to be dealt with one by one.
After seeing many bad situations, Du Ye also knew that there was a long way to go to govern the world.
Du Ye was now used to writing a diary.
He would write down what he saw and heard every day. On the one hand, it was to record what he saw and heard. On the other hand, it was to write down his thoughts and experiences.
Du Qi was happy to see this.
He hoped that Du Ye could become a qualified emperor.
He had a sense of home and country.
He had a sense of national righteousness.
He had a compassionate mind.
At the same time, he could cut the Gordian knot and not be soft-hearted.
As an emperor, he could not be soft-hearted and could not be too influenced by others. After all, the emperor of the empire was alone. He had the world in his hands and held supreme power. It was impossible to be soft-hearted and want too much. This was what Du Qi was imparting to Du Ye, allowing Du Ye to grow quickly.
They went all the way south. When they reached Shaozhou, it was already December.
Shaozhou in December was not cold.
The weather was good.
The current Shaozhou had changed a lot from the past. It was developing very well, and the business was also very developed. Because Du Ye and Du Qi entered quietly and did not reveal their identities, the officials did not know.
Du Qi brought Du Ye to the place where they took down Li Shimin in the past. They walked around Jade Mountain.
Li Shimin's grave was in Jade Mountain.
In the past, Li Shimin was killed here. The corpses of Li Shimin, Wei Shuyu, and the others were all buried here. All the soldiers who died in battle were also buried here. Because of the big fire in the past, there were still many places in Jade Mountain that still had traces of the fire. However, many of the withered trees were shining with new branches.
At this moment, Du Qi and Du Ye were standing in front of Li Shimin's grave.
Du Qi was holding a jug of wine in his hand. He poured the wine into the jug and scattered it on the ground. Then, he burned paper in front of the grave. He looked at Du Ye and said, "Ye 'er, you know Li Shimin, right?"
Du Ye said, "Father, I know Li Shimin."
Du Qi said, "What do you think of him?"
After hearing that, Du Ye smiled and said with some contempt, "Father, Li Shimin is just the ruler of a fallen country. Compared to you, the difference is like heaven and earth."
Du Ye respected Du Qi very much.
It was because of Du Qi that the Xia Kingdom was as big as it was today. Even the current territory of the Xia Kingdom was far greater than that of the Great Tang. It was also far greater than any other dynasty. This was a supreme and illustrious achievement.
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