According to some historical records, Kangxi's southern tour mainly made two major events, 1 One was to pay homage to Confucius and Zhu Yuanzhang, the other was to solve practical problems for the people. During his southern tour, he inspected the management of the Yellow River and made great achievements, but he could not avoid traveling during the difficult selection process. Although he also traveled, he didn't spend much money at that time.
Gan Long began his southern tour, saying that he helped people solve some problems, and then it gradually evolved into a tour, and the scale was bigger every time, and he paid great attention to ostentation and extravagance. In order to please the king, every time local officials visit, they will provide some local beauty and specialties to please Qianlong, and sometimes they have to repair the road. These all need money, and local finance can't always support them, so they will.
Because of this, every time Gan Long goes to a place, people's taxes in that place will increase a lot, which will do harm to people's lives to a certain extent and increase the pressure. Therefore, people regard him as a god of plague and hope that he will leave early. Kangxi, on the other hand, really helped solve the lives of the people, so it was welcomed by the people.