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Between 1751 and 1784, Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799 AD) traveled six times to the south of the Yangtze River, which mainly referred to the two key province of Jiangsu and Zhejing. It seemed that he was on a tour, but actually he was on a political trip for the consolidation and growth of the heyday of Qing Dynasty.  

Neither Jiangsu nor Zhejiang was large in area or population, but both were “ land of fish and rice” that played an important role in the fields of both economy and literal atrs. One the other hand, the two provinces were also the bastian of Ming loyalism with active anti-Manchu sentiment and rebellions. 

To consolidate its rule over China, Qing court must put these two provinces under domination.  These tourt might differ in purpose, but generally speaking, the emperor had the following things on mind: investigating the officaldom, inspecting river projects and trying to win over  elites in political,  ideological and cultural fields. 

After a long-time deposition, feudal China ushered in the age of integration in such field as politics, economy and cultural during the 60-year reign of Emperor Qianlong.