So now, in the court and beyond, the number of officials from Jiangnan can be counted on one hand, and their ranks are still very low.
Zhao Hanzhang said, "The territory of Wu and Chu once belonged to the Wu Kingdom, but before the Wu Kingdom, whether Wei, Shu, or Wu, all belonged to Han. The reunification of the realm is the great wish of the people. In my view, the waters of the world all converge into the Yellow River and Yangtze River. We drink from the same rivers, eat the rice and wheat produced by the same land, our bloodlines are connected, and we ought not to be separated again."
