"Such a city is more prosperous than Beijing." Jin Yujun, who was standing next to Li Xi, said. This leader of the Korean Enlightenment faction is a son of the Andong Kim family. As a young man, he was influenced by the practical ideas of Korea and came into contact with the modern civilization of Western capitalism, and advocated radical political reforms, trying to carry out top-down reforms like the Meiji Restoration in Japan.

Because of the great Enlightenment faction, almost all of its members are the children of nobles from two classes of famous families. For example, Jin Yujun himself was born in the Andong Kim family, and Hong Yingzhi, the son of Hong Chunmu, the leader of the Nanyang Hong family; Park Yong-hyo, the concubine of Joseon Zhejong and born in the Paannam Park family; Yin Zhihao, the son of the important minister Yin Xiongyeol; Concubine Min's nephew, Min Yongyi; Li Zaijing, the son of Li Zhiying (Li Xi's uncle); Xu Guangfan and Xu Jaebi, who were born in the Xu family of Dacheng (Daegu), etc.

This group of people saw the impact of Japan's Meiji Restoration on the upper class, and also saw the stability of the position of Japan's upper class after the Meiji Restoration was established, and also saw the reality that after the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese royal power was overwhelmed by the patriarchs of the Restoration.

China's model of change is also top-down, but it is too far from the reality of North Korea, and the result is definitely not what they wanted!

The Korean Enlightenment faction was called the Enlightenment Party in the original time and space, and the main constituent figures were similar to the current Enlightenment faction, and Kim Ok-gyun was also the leader of the Enlightenment faction in that era.

The relationship between the Korean Enlightenment Party and the Japanese is very good, because many Enlightenment Party figures have come to Japan to 'visit' and see the great 'achievements' of Japan's Meiji Restoration. And 'civilized' their own minds. The reason why the Japanese support the Enlightenment Party in the original time and space is because the dogma of the Korean Enlightenment Party is to advocate the idea of enlightenment. He advocates "connecting Japan externally and reforming internally." The United States and Japan cleared the country, seceded from China, declared the independence of Korea, and implemented a constitutional monarchy".

Don't look at the Kaihwa Party from the other side because of 'the United Nations and Japan to clear up and separate from China,' and don't feel the feelings of the Kaihua Party because of the 'declaration of Korean independence and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy.' This qiē is all about practical interests!

In 1875, Korea was opened to Japan in the original time and space. It seems impossible to make the whole of North Korea realize that it is impossible not to change.

So how can that change? How do you distribute the cake? The basic plate of North Korea's rights is so big. Who takes an extra bite. Others have to eat less.

Let's see what the origins of those people in the Enlightenment Party are? If they, their family, want to seize the maximum benefit in this redistribution of the cake, then naturally they will compress the royal power. What is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than the 'slogan' of compressing royal power in this world than 'constitutional monarchy'?

In the general environment at that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still like a high mountain pressing on the head of North Korea, and if North Korea did not abandon the Manchu Qing Mountain first, what kind of constitutional monarchy would it talk about?

So no one should be moved by anyone, no one should despise anyone, and crows should not laugh at pigs. It's all for the sake of profit!

It's not the same in the present plane.

Give the Kaihua faction 10,000 guts, and they will not dare to raise the slogan of 'uniting Japan to eliminate the clearing, separating from China, and making Korea independent.'" In that case, there is no need for the North Korean royal family to do it. These people's fathers and elders will strangle them first.

"In such a city, how many people does Berwyn think there will be?" Li Xi asked about Kim Ok-kyun.

Jin Yujun said in a voice with **: "At least a million people, right?" ”

In fact, the population of Shanghai is now more than 5 million!

Liu Xian originally planned to go to Guangzhou after seeing Shanghai, but after a day of watching Shanghai, he decided to change his schedule. Let's start with a tour of Shanghai and nearby cities. Let's see if it's just one case or if it's a common phenomenon.

Cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, and Zhenjiang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are not far apart. These large and small cities form an urban agglomeration, which can be said to be the essence of China's Yangtze River basin, and almost all of them are gathered here. If you go down the river and the mountain. After Nanjing, Wuhu, Anqing, and Wuhan are also the prosperous places of China.

And another reason why they decided to change the itinerary was that Li Xi and his entourage did not believe that everything they saw in front of them was true. They all suspected that this was a face-saving project made by the Celestial Empire, and that the important Shanghai was made magnificent, so as to decorate the façade.

So Li Xi took his entourage and started a trip to the south of the Yangtze River. In half a month, more than 10 cities of all sizes have been around. As the essence of China, at the same time as the Great Cross Project was launched, Liu Xian also built a railway network in the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Delta. Railways have been built between the cities, and transportation is very convenient. This allowed Li Xi to spend only fifteen days visiting the urban agglomeration between Shanghai and Nanjing.

The gardens of Suzhou, the West Lake of Hangzhou, the food of Zhenjiang, and the places of interest in Nanjing are all pleasing to the eye, not to mention that the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is good, even in the cold winter. However, the hearts of Li Xi and his entourage did not focus on these scenes that would make them linger in the past, they looked at the development of these cities and the appearance of these cities.

It was obviously the cold winter season, and the south of the Yangtze River was cold and cold, but Li Xi and the others felt like magma boiling in their hearts.

The results of their encounters and investigations along the way proved that Shanghai, including Jiangnan, was definitely not the prosperity that the Chinese imperial court had put on a façade. One after another of the rich and noble people in these cities are overwhelmed, and it is impossible to see a single beggar who lacks food and clothing. The latter is too unusual in the eyes of Li Xi and others.

In such a densely populated place, there is not even a single beggar. Is China really that rich?

Of course, they have also seen some Chinese dressed in tatters and dirty. But at a glance, it is for personal or work reasons, because these people do not have the complexion of starvation on their faces. However, there are some guys with dark circles under their eyes and not very good complexion, which is very much like the problem of staying up late at work too hard, and it has nothing to do with starvation.

During the day, the streets are bustling with traffic, and the whole city is boiling after work in the afternoon. The Spring Festival is approaching, shops are booming, some shops are open at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, and too many people are rushing to buy New Year's goods in the evening.

In Li Xi's opinion, this is a miracle of another world entirely!

And at night the cities are all lit up, at least on every main street.

From Nanjing to Hangzhou, Li Xi traveled in half a month in an area at least half the size of North Korea. The stability and affluence here proves that China is much stronger than North Korea. The strength of industrial agriculture in this land alone exceeds that of the whole of North Korea, I don't know how many times!

Of course, the population is also several times the total population of North Korea.

"Your Highness, this is all the power of civilization." Jin Yu struck while the iron was hot. During the trip, he kept telling Li Xi what would happen if North Korea became what it was looking like. said that Li Xi's chest was surging.

"When I heard that the Celestial Empire's steel production was as high as fifteen million quintals a year, I thought it was a joke when I was in Korea for a hundred years. But look at the many urban construction sites along the way. The buildings in the city are all reinforced concrete, and the shelves are all steel pipes. Not to mention the bicycles that can be found everywhere on the streets, and the steamers on the river. All of this requires a large amount of steel, as well as sufficient steel processing capacity. The widow really believed that the fifteen million quintals of steel were true. ”

Li Xi's voice was as illusory as Jin Yujun's answer to how many people there would be in Shanghai.

He is not a person of the 21st century, and when he mentions the steel production of the industry in the first half of the 19th and 20th centuries, he subconsciously feels that it represents national strength. But Li Xi is not stupid, he can also think that this steel will now become scaffolding, bicycles, steel bars, and then it can also be turned into weapons.

At this point, the gap between North Korea and China is too big. It is far greater than the gap between China and North Korea that Li Xi subconsciously estimated!

It's like, I thought I was a steamed bun, but I suddenly turned into dried tofu!

Leaving Nanjing and going north, the city is not as beautiful and rich as Jiangnan. This did not disappoint Li Xi. The vast Huanghuai Plain stretches as far as the eye can see, with no end in sight of farmland. From a distance, the rows of trees in the farmland seem to be measured with a ruler. Although these trees are probably just saplings that are not very tall, the fields on the great plains are also in awe of Li Xi.

Agriculture is the best measure of national strength in the traditional Oriental countries!

No farming, no stability! For a truly great power, these four words can never be separated.

The vast expanse of the Great Plains is clearly well planned, and the irrigation system covers the entire plain area, and its yield can be imagined.

……

During the Spring Festival of the fifth year of Xinqin, North Korea had a very troubled time. Their king was seriously ill, and the crown prince Li Kun was just seven years old.

Li Xi traveled to China, and Concubine Min of course communicated with Dayuanjun and her husband and father. The two joined forces to suppress the political situation, coupled with many important ministers and bigwigs who knew about it, North Korea didn't look at the people worried, the court was very stable.

The only thing they found difficult to deal with was the ambassador of Daqin to China, who asked to invite a famous doctor from Beijing to treat Li Xi, which made Concubine Min and Dayuanjun feel bitter and unable to speak. This Spring Festival embassy has been very comfortable. The DPRK government and opposition are too much 'flattering' to the embassy than last year.

Lee Hee returned to Seoul before the Lantern Festival. Along the way, Yuan Shikai's bodyguard mission was very good.

And when Liu Xian saw that the head of the bodyguard arranged for Li Xi by the Ministry of State Security was Yuan Shikai, there was as much amusement and emotion in his heart as there was emotion. In that original time and space, Yuan Shikai and Li Xi had an old friendship that had been established for more than ten years. Even the rumored Concubine Min and Yuan Datou have a leg!

Now Yuan Shikai does not need to escort China's interests in North Korea, but he wants to saddle up for Li Xi's personal safety in China!

Life is so much fun! (To be continued......)