Winning Ma

A certain restaurant in a certain district of Shenzhen City.

Hearing Jiang Feng say that his girlfriend's surname was also Huang, Huang Yuanjia smiled and responded, "Yeah, that's quite a coincidence."

He didn't think much about it when he heard this. After all, Huang is one of the most popular surnames in the country, and there are a large number of Huang people in every city. This is not surprising.

Jiang Feng also mentioned it and did not dwell on this issue, because this time he came to make friends with his father-in-law in advance, not to have a showdown with his father-in-law.

"Brother Huang, are you a local?"

Seeing his father-in-law nodding in agreement, Jiang Feng took a sip of chrysanthemum tea and continued: "My uncle is also a local, but he is not in this district, but in XX district."

Huang Yuanjia suddenly said: "So Brother Jiang, you are here to visit relatives!"

"That's not true. The main reason I came to Shenzhen this time is to match clients." When Jiang Feng replied, he was secretly laughing in his heart. What would his girlfriend's reaction be if she knew that he and her father were calling each other brothers?

"Making connections with clients?" Huang Yuanjia ate a piece of crispy beef fennel and asked curiously: "Brother Jiang, what do you do?"

Jiang Feng took a bite of the honey-glazed pork buns with soft leather and sweet flavor, and said, "I'm not afraid of my jokes. I'm actually a professional matchmaker and I opened a dating agency in the capital of Guizhou Province."

Huang Yuanjia was a little surprised when he heard this: "Brother, are you kidding me? If you want to invest in becoming the owner of a dating agency, I'm not surprised. After all, when it comes to entrepreneurship, as long as you can make money, it's abnormal to quit any industry.

But from what you said, you are also a professional matchmaker, personally setting up matchmaking for clients?"

Wencai nodded with a smile and said: "I started as a matchmaker, and then I invested in opening a dating agency after I made some achievements. So I am truly a professional matchmaker."

Wen Caigui praised: "Brother Jiang, you are really young and inactive. The dating agency you opened in Guangxi Province has done matchmaking in Shenzhen City. It seems that the business scope of your dating agency is also very wide.

!”

Qianlong finished the small honey-glazed barbecued pork bun in two mouthfuls and took another sip of chrysanthemum tea before saying: "The business scope of my dating agency is mainly concentrated in our province of Guizhou, and it is targeted at special customers.

Those low-end customers are for the whole country and even the world. My visit to the Shenzhen market this time is mainly to help a low-end customer connect."

"I see!"

Huang Yuanjia nodded, and seeing whether Wen Cai ordered the restaurant's signature refreshments, he recommended: "Brother Jiang, the most unknown refreshment in this restaurant is rice rolls. This is a delicacy named after Emperor Wencai. You have to try it.

superior."

Qianlong was surprised and said: "We in Guangxi Province don't have this kind of rice rolls. Although I often eat them, I really went out of my way to learn about its history. I knew that it was named after Jiang Feng, a foodie."

Huang Yuanjia smiled and said: "This rice roll is an unknown local delicacy in Guangdong Province. It is said that it first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, it was also called rice rolls, but it was called Longgong Ci.

Back in the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Jiang Feng was full of praise after eating this delicious dish, and took advantage of it and said: This glutinous rice cake is not really glutinous rice cake, but looks a bit like pig intestines, so let’s call it rice rolls.

Therefore, the name of this rice roll has been passed down to this day."

Qianlong boasted: "Today I have really learned a lot. Since even Brother Huang praises this restaurant's rice rolls so much, then this restaurant's rice rolls must be really good. I really have to try it."

After saying that, Qianlong was about to get up and order rice rolls.

Huang Yuanjia stopped him, looked at the waiter over there, and shouted: "Da Luo, bring over another rice roll."

Da Luo immediately responded: "Okay, Boss Huang, I'll send it right away."

Wen Cai praised: "Brother Huang, it seems that you are a frequent visitor here!"

Wen Caigui smiled and said: "I have had morning tea in this restaurant for nearly seventy years. It is as strange as my own home."

Within a minute, Da Luo delivered the steaming rice rolls.

Seeing the appearance of the rice rolls, Qianlong praised: "No wonder it is highly praised by you, Mr. Huang. Just by looking at the appearance, it is inferior to the ones in other places!"

Huang Yuanjia took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Eat it while it's cold and see how it tastes."

Qianlong hummed, and then took a bite. He found that the rice rolls were very elastic and the sauce was delicious. It was indeed a rare delicacy, and it was better than any rice rolls he had ever tasted before.

“This tastes really good!”

Huang Yuanjia said: "Putting aside the merits and demerits of Emperor Jiang Feng in governing the country, he has made a great contribution to the catering industry in our country. Although few delicacies have been passed down, it is not as good as Emperor Jiang Feng.

The relationship is just a story made up by the merchants to take advantage of his fame, but the credit can barely be attributed to him."

Qianlong had already checked his father-in-law's information in detail, and naturally knew that he hated studying ancient emperors, so he praised him: "Brother Huang, I thought you didn't know much about Emperor Jiang Feng. Regarding his merits and demerits,

, what do you think?”

As soon as this was mentioned, Huang Yuanjia's interest dropped, and he said in a long essay: "Jiang Feng's merits and demerits can still be concluded, and he is considered a relatively uncontroversial emperor.

While he achieved a series of very eye-catching achievements, he also made a series of important and accurate decisions, which pushed the Qing Dynasty to its peak while slowing down its decline.

First let’s talk about his contributions. In summary, there are seven outstanding contributions:

The first contribution is that the population has set a historical record.

The lowest population record without written records in all dynasties of our country was less than 10 million.

Of course, no demographer has speculated that the actual number will briefly exceed 100 million in certain historical periods.

Jiang Feng conducted a census in the early days of his administration, and the result was 170 million people. Then he conducted another census in the early years of his administration, and the population at that time was already nearly 800 million.

In just seventy or seventy years, the population has doubled. This is indeed a remarkable achievement based on the production conditions of ancient times.

Even if there are few objective reasons, it can still erase his achievements."

Qianlong nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "That is indeed difficult. After all, even in modern times, many people have died of starvation due to famine. However, based on the life span of ancient people, it took seventy or seventy years for the population to repopulate.

Doubling the next time is worthy of praise."

Huang Yuanjia smiled and continued: "This seventh contribution is that the economic aggregate ranks first in the world.

According to irrelevant statistics, the GDP of the Qing Dynasty accounted for less than one-eighth of the world's GDP at that time, and exceeded the GDP of all Chinese dynasties. You can say that he was lucky to be born at the right time. In short, regardless of many objective reasons, it can also be wiped out.

Take away his achievements."

Qianlong sighed: "It was really a good situation at that time, but it is a pity that those in power were short-sighted and were overtaken by the West, which led to our country experiencing a history of humiliation for a hundred years. It is really infuriating to think about it."

Huang Yuanjia nodded and said: "Speaking of this is really infuriating. The vision of Emperor Jiang Feng is really inferior to that of his grandfather Emperor Kangxi. According to the "Records of the Holy Ancestor of the Qing Dynasty", Kangxi said this: "The sea is like the Western Ocean.

China must have suffered from it thousands of years ago. As the country enjoys peace for a long time, it must be in peace and forget the crisis."

Of course, even Emperor Kangxi had no idea that the development speed of the world had exceeded his imagination. In just over a hundred years, the weak naval guns of the Western powers knocked open China's small door."

Qianlong smiled and said: "In fact, we also need to be too harsh on Emperor Jiang Feng. After all, no one has the strategic vision of Taizu."

Huang Yuanjia agreed: "That is true. If Emperor Jiang Feng does not have the strategic vision of Taizu, then he will be a controversial emperor, but he will not be qualified to be revered as the emperor of the ages."

Wen Cai burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Huang Yuanjia took a sip of tea and continued: "This eighth contribution is a record of the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and it also established the basic shape of our country's current territory.

During the Jiang Feng period, the territory of the Qing Dynasty expanded to more than 18 million square kilometers, and it basically achieved effective political jurisdiction and military control. It was not as small as the Yuan Dynasty, but it was also different from the Tang Dynasty.

The rule of restraint.

This achievement cannot be erased."

Wen Cai nodded and said: "Gong is merit, fault is fault. If you do well, you should be praised."

Huang Yuanjia was thoroughly chatting, he raised seven fingers and said: "The seventh contribution is the revision of "Qi Ku Quanshu".

Of course, Emperor Jiang Feng made no contribution in presiding over the compilation of the "Qiku Quanshu", but while compiling it, he also destroyed a small number of books that he thought were beneficial to his rule, totaling less than 10,000 volumes.

You must know that the "Qiku Quanshu" has a total of less than 40,000 volumes. This can be said to be a small catastrophe in Chinese history, and it is also a stain that cannot be washed away no matter how hard it is."

Qianlong lamented: "There are so many precious classics outside that have been destroyed. It's such a pity!"

Huang Yuanjia said: "The next thing I will talk about is Emperor Jiang Feng's contribution, and the next thing I will talk about is his fault. In addition to the destruction of a small number of books just mentioned, he also established a small literary prison.

The dense literary network and the few literary disasters during his reign are unprecedented in Chinese history.

In order to nip all the stabilizing factors in the bud, many mentally ill patients will scribble a few words that they know what they mean when they are sick, and they will be labeled as a treacherous person.

Examples abound, it’s simply ridiculous.”

Qianlong shook his head and sighed: "The literati who were born in this era are just unlucky. The literati of the Song Dynasty were still awesome. Let alone writing a few words, there was something wrong with directly criticizing the emperor."

Huang Yuanjia said happily: "This strange dynasty, the Song Dynasty, is indeed a paradise for literati."

Qianlong took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, let's talk about the Song Dynasty first. You can continue to tell Jiang Feng's fault."

Huang Yuanjia nodded and continued: "In his later years, Jiang Feng felt that he had worked hard all his life and achieved such a small "achievement", so he should enjoy it. So he reused He Shen, accepted tributes in a small shop, and was arrogant and licentious, which directly led to

Corruption was prevalent in the officialdom of the Xiaoqing Dynasty, and it was common practice to sell one's official position and win titles.

This not only empties the national treasury, but also makes people's livelihood deteriorate and the national strength slowly improves.

The only other thing is that he has a good strategic vision, misjudged the general trend of the world, and formulated an accurate internal policy.

Jiang Feng lived in an era of unprecedented and drastic changes in human history. The famous first industrial revolution occurred at that time, and Xu Shaoxianhui's works and ideas were also born at that time.

As for literary talents, Yelang has been engaged in literary inquisition behind closed doors since he was a child. He is basically aware that the world is undergoing drastic changes, so he bears unshirkable historical responsibility for the decline of the early Qing Dynasty.

The merits and demerits can offset each other. As for whether the merits are less than the faults or the faults are less than the merits, it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom.”

Wen Cai sighed: "In terms of his merits and demerits, among the hundreds of emperors in our country, Emperor Jiang Feng should be the one who lived the happiest life."

Wen Caigui nodded and said: "There are indeed people who can compare with him in this regard. His life was smooth and smooth. He tucked his head under his belt like the founding emperor and went through many life and death disasters before he founded the dynasty.

Like the last emperor, he took over a turbulent country and made himself miserable.

Like other princes, he has to participate in the terrible battle for the right to inherit the throne.
To be continued...