The news that the Ming Dynasty wanted to revise the constitution and learn from the adoption of a constitutional monarchy by the People's Republic of China naturally spread.

Everyone knows that Da Ming is the henchman of the republic, and since Chongzhen himself took charge, there have been such very obvious traces. Basically, what the republic is focusing on developing, they will follow suit. But it is not denied that after a series of changes and reforms, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty has increased several times. Several surrounding forces were trembling, for fear that the Ming Dynasty would expand towards them.

In fact, because of this, the pace of expansion of the Ming Dynasty has also been dragged down. Not to mention that the agreed ransom still needs to be paid, it is only said that Zhang Hongbin's development concept of focusing on internal affairs and war as the secondary, directly guided the Ming Dynasty, who followed the study, was also immersed in the joy of the development of internal affairs, and completely forgot about the external strategy.

The Ming Dynasty seems to have forgotten that in the realm of China, there are other forces besides them. Moreover, these forces, the biggest enemy of the Ming Dynasty has not yet been captured, as long as they take the first step, they will be able to have a larger territory. And bigger territory also means more resources, more soldiers, and more taxes.

But no one will laugh at Da Ming, over the years, Da Ming's strength has proved one thing, that is, the past set will not work at all. Even many Confucian disciples began to doubt whether their knowledge was really useful, even if it was useless how the Donglin Party created a public opinion offensive.

Besides, in the era of warlord secession, the Donglin Party, as a party representing the big landlords and petty capitalism, has no way to communicate with the former military representatives who are in charge of local power, let alone persuade them. In fact, many people are unhappy with the Donglin Party, they used to be powerful and lucky, and they offended many people, especially the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and now they have tasted the bitterness. At this moment, they are like a group of sparrows who have no rights, but only know how to shout, which is very unpleasant, and when many people find out that their public opinion offensive has lost its effect, more people will question the ability of the Donglin Party and question the Confucian doctrine.

After all, a long time ago, perhaps a few years ago, the "Weekly" published a Confucian scholarly examination. It clearly mentions that since the establishment of Confucianism, in order to meet the needs of the emperor's rule, Confucianism has been revised again and again beyond recognition. And the person who wrote this research essay is none other than Xu Guangqi.

With that article foreshadowing, coupled with the loss of power of the Donglin Party, there are really many Confucian children who question and try to restore the orthodox doctrine of Confucianism.

As for those poor families who studied for the sake of becoming officials, they directly gave up studying and began to learn the skills of craftsmen.

This is not surprising, now the major forces are treating craftsmen more and more highly, and they can even be knighted Cheng Dù. All you need is a good inspiration, just a good technology, and it's not a dream to soar. Moreover, even the lowest-level apprentices have a much higher salary than before, and their social status is much higher than before, especially the fact that they can earn money while working, it is absolutely false to say that they are not attractive to scholars.

Why do you read a book? It's just to be an official, to be rich! They are not rich, rich people can study well, they study to be able to be promoted. And now that many forces have begun to abolish the eight shares, focusing on testing a person's governing ability and administrative means, then these poor students who have no family background and can only rely on rote memorization, where do they still have a chance to pass the exam? Unless they are geniuses, most people might as well choose to be craftsmen.

Coupled with their literacy, they can quickly get into the position of a team leader or supervisor in the workshop, and life will be much better.

Yes, all the forces are imitating the Chinese People's Republic, or they have understood one thing, that is, if they don't imitate, they can only wait for death. When cold weapons enter the era of hot weapons, those who still stubbornly adhere to the inherent combat mode are bound to be eliminated by history.

Nowadays, the various forces in China are like being knocked on by foreigners. After the humiliation of China, people of insight rose up at the same time, but also realized the true meaning of the country if it remains unchanged.

Among all the forces, only Li Zicheng has not yet developed politics for the time being. He had just conquered Guangxi, and then under Song Xiance's offering, he took the Jiaozhi Command Envoy. His eyes turned to Guangdong again, and at this moment he clearly understood that what he needed was more and more territory, not development.

He had been on his feet for a short time, and now it is impossible to catch up. So he took advantage of the development of the whole world, launched attacks again and again, used human lives to continuously expand his territory, and then used the captured weapons to arm his army, and used the confiscated money to buy weapons from Zhang Hongbin. Zhang Hongbin is also very kind, as long as he gives money, whether it is a gun or an artillery, he will sell it to him.

As a result, Li Zicheng's strength became bigger and bigger, and by the time he arrived at the border of Guangdong, he already had 30,000 firearms troops and 20,000 melee troops. As for the cannon fodder troops, there are even more, more than 100,000!

They completely adopted locust tactics and killed them directly towards Guangdong, while Guangxi and Jiaozhi commanded the envoys and were completely abandoned.

In other words, only a minimum number of soldiers were stationed here to maintain law and order, and the rest were basically transferred to the front line. If this place is attacked, it will be occupied by someone else in a minute. But Li Zicheng won't care, just fight back when the time comes, it's too a waste of resources to divide troops and guard something.

Besides, as long as Guangdong is defeated, it doesn't matter if there is no Guangxi and Jiaozhi Command Envoys, there are a lot of taxes and resources here, and the most important thing is that there can be going to sea here. And Li Zicheng is sure that he will not withdraw from overseas, and he wants to rely on these turf to become a real giant.

Li Zicheng ignored one person, that is, Zhang Xianzhong in Guizhou.

Zhang Xianzhong was born in the border army, and he must have an innate sensitivity to strategy. Besides, he is not just developing domestic affairs, he is also focusing on military development. Huogong may not be smart, but in the face of the emptiness of Guangxi, it is still enough. However, there are a large number of refugees in these two places, and there is no point in occupying them now. When the time comes, the disaster relief and resettlement work can cost him his life.

His idea is to ignore Guangxi within this year, and let Guangxi and the people of Jiaozhi Command Department move quickly. Wherever they move, scattered people eventually come together. After a winter of natural selection, the old and weak are eliminated, and the rest are laborers or half laborers.

At that time, compared to the countless villages that had to be managed in the past, there will now be only a few gathering points, and there will be many fewer people who are useless, and it will be easier to settle down when the relief is then. Besides, these people have suffered so much, and they will be more grateful for the favors of others.

It can quickly win people's hearts and minds, and then occupy this place perfectly.

As for now, Zhang Xianzhong is not without goals, one is that he is always concerned about Li Zicheng's march. Second, he has set his goal on Huguang.

Yes, he has already taken a fancy to Lao Huihui and Cao Cao's territory. He has this confidence, because in the early battle with the Ming Dynasty, the loss was the least, and the later development time was also the longest, and Guizhou did not have any forces that could threaten his rule. Therefore, he has enough war reserves, at least he can defeat Lao Hui or Cao Cao, and if he is lucky, it will not be a problem to fight directly.

Yes, he went on an expedition, and after determining that Li Zicheng had entered Guangdong, he began to attack Huguang.