In the past two years, Xu Ping has maintained the same habit on the front line as when he was in Fengyang, and often has the habit of reading newspapers, which used to be only available to the "Liaodong People's Observer", but now there are a lot of choices, no matter what, the commander of the first army will always have some privileges, since Xu Ping likes to read that subordinate, there is always a way to get a newspaper in the south for him. ）

When he first attracted Xu Ping more than two years ago, when he had just abandoned Nanjing, Huang Shi wrote an article and published it in the newspaper there, and after hearing that it was Huang Shi's article, Xu Ping asked people to buy a copy for him, which at first glance was used to explain the existing excesses and miscellaneous taxes in the south, but the story quoted in it was very interesting, and the conclusion was very sad for Xu Ping:

“…… Now Chinese merchants are doing more and more business in Nanyang, and many of the previously nameless islands have also been developed into ports, fresh water and grain supply places by Chinese businessmen.

Because these couples who do not speak the language are unable to communicate in their native language, they often speak Chinese, which is very fluency and very simple. This is not the case with their children, who use a language that uses many words from both parents, but their grammar is completely different, very rudimentary, very rough, but very complex, and the language of both parents is far from being comparable, it is a completely new language.

Wise readers, can you imagine what this is for?

Because language is not just a tool we use to communicate with people, it is also a tool for us to think, unlike their parents, who can tolerate very simple Chinese because they can think in their native language. And these children can't think without creating a complex language, and they can't adapt to a new life that is far more responsible than their parents are responsible for without creating a more complex language. So, it's actually an inevitable consequence.

Now we make more and more detailed laws, many people think it is cumbersome, but in fact, this is also an inevitability, our society has become more complex, we now have more work and life patterns, without more detailed laws, we will not be able to adapt to our new life. Without the law, the nation cannot function or even survive.

Here I mention in passing Li Chuang in the north, who and his subordinates saw a great deal of injustice against the peasants, and he and his subordinates were full of hope that they would be able to make their peasant brothers live a good life by taking power, but I had no hope for that. Just as it is impossible to communicate or even think without words, Li Chuang's regime cannot function or even survive without becoming sophisticated.

And most of Li Chuang's subordinates are literati who have the same idea as destroying the fortunes of the previous empire, so the direction in which Li Chuang's regime becomes complicated will undoubtedly be the same direction. If the Li Chuang regime wants to run and survive, it must become complicated, which is inevitable, and the situation under the rule of the first emperor where the murderous officials are rampant and the people are struggling to make a living will definitely reappear under the Li Chuang regime......"

After today's busy military affairs, Xu Ping first went out to practice swordsmanship for a while, and after returning to the camp, he began to read the newspaper again, generally speaking, Huangshi published very few articles, especially in the past year or so, there is almost none, after the election of the first assistant, there is another person in the newspaper who is writing a kind of knowledge popularization article similar to Huangshi's before, he is Xia Wanchun, the spokesman of the Qi State Mansion, and he has repeatedly explained his understanding of the Southern Ming constitutional system in the name of the Qi State Mansion.

A recent article was about why a constitution was enacted and provided for a penal system with veto power over parliamentary proposals.

“…… Unlike the emperor, who was appointed by heaven to shepherd the people, the power of the court came from the electorate. The emperor is acting for the heavens, and his rights are unlimited, and he can do whatever he thinks necessary to embody the way of heaven; But the House of Ministers cannot, because the power of the electorate to give the doctor is limited, for example, when the voter votes for someone to be his representative, he certainly does not want to give him the right to put himself to death, nor does he want to give them the right to deprive himself of the right to vote.

Therefore, the constitution has to make provisions to stipulate the scope of the electorate's authority to prevent abuse by the doctors, and the various levels of the Secretaries of Parliament check each other, and if the county Secretaries of Courts abuse their powers, the Secretaries of Houses can correct them, the Secretaries of Secretaries of Houses can correct them, and if the Secretaries of Governors abuse them, the Constituent Assembly can correct them. In order to guard against abuse of authority by the Constituent Assembly and the future House of Secretaries, our constitution also provides for a system of sentencing that is independent of the Senate, and if the Senate makes a resolution that goes beyond their authority, such as enacting special laws against a particular person or group of people, violating the principles of constitutional fairness, or attempting to steal the rights of voters in a covert manner, such as extending or suspending elections, the Sental Divisions at all levels may declare the proposal unconstitutional and declare it illegal......"

Before having to send out the Criminal Division to veto the proposal, there is also an upper house that is relatively independent from the lower house, and if the upper house feels that the lower house is proposing a bill that is harmful to the interests of the people, it can also rely on three vetoes to gain time to arouse the people's vigilance and attention, but Huang Shi has not revealed his thoughts to anyone now, and Xia Wanchun has not mentioned it in the constitutional system.

"The unlimited power of the emperor, the limited authority of the electorate, is subject to the orders of heaven and the people...... Very interesting words. Xu Ping copied some things he thought were interesting in a notebook, and he also used a dagger to cut out this passage from the newspaper and carefully pasted it on another notebook.

"This is really a rebellious and unprincipled words without a king and no father," Zhou Dongtian said beside him, the battle situation has been relatively stable for a period of time, Xu Ping began to take newspaper reading notes, Zhou Dongtian sometimes accompanied the chief to discuss, Chen Zhe and others were the same: "Duke Qi actually tolerated Mr. Xiaxia, and actually agreed to him talking nonsense in the newspaper under his own banner." ”

"Mr. Xia is a person I admire very much, hasn't he written a famous anti-book before, and this limited authorization is in line with Mr. Xia's consistent view." Xu Ping has always trusted Xia Wanchun and understands Xia Wanchun's contract spirit very well, and this time the other party is using this idea to explain Nanming's constitutionalism, interpreting the relationship between the doctors and voters of the Qingyuan as a contractual relationship with a limited scope. Xu Ping was originally very uninterested in Nanming's party struggle, but he believed in Xia Wanchun's words, and recently Xu Ping, who had been carrying out the scientific popularization work on constitutionalism in the newspaper in Xia Wanchuan, did not fall behind, and his views on party struggle have also changed a little.

Zhou Dongtian immediately pointed out that this should lead to a great decrease in administrative efficiency, because the emperor system can see that something is good and immediately implement it, while the constitutional system still needs to be discussed, and it will take a long time to reach a conclusion, which is likely to delay the opportunity. Zhou Dongtian felt that these words would be very suitable for Xu Ping's spleen and stomach, because the gist of it was what Xu Ping said when he discussed it with his subordinates half a year ago, but Zhou Dongtian did not see Xu Ping nodding in agreement, but frowned slightly.

"Not necessarily," Xu Ping seemed to have forgotten what he said half a year ago, and actually retorted: "Because you don't know what is good and what is bad, maybe you still have to discuss it to make it clear." ”

Although Xu Ping refuted himself, Zhou Dongtian didn't intend to refute it, he felt that there was no point in arguing with his boss about such an inconsequential matter, otherwise he wouldn't have quoted Xu Ping's previous words and said it in a different way. Since Xu Ping said so, Zhou Dongtian nodded and said, "What the Lord said is true." ”

"You know I've seen Duke Qi once," although Zhou Dongtian softened, Xu Ping didn't seem to have any intention of stopping, he continued: "At that time, Duke Qi told me a story, which was about the ...... of Tiangong, tigers and wolves, and sheep."

Today, Xu Ping seems to be very talkative, he retold the story that Huangshi told him to Zhou Dongtian, and Zhou Dongtian gave Xu Ping a similar answer, so Xu Ping shook his head: "Qi Gong is not right, and he has another question, that is, what if Tiangong and the tiger and wolf are not related?" What if the tiger and wolf love the Heavenly Father from the bottom of their hearts, because all their rights and lives are given by the latter, and even when they violate the Heavenly Father's explanation, they sincerely think that they are thinking about the Heavenly Father? ”

"There won't be such a thing." Zhou Dongtian asserted.

"It's hard to say," Xu Ping casually gave an example: "For example, a general who is abroad thinks that if he does not eliminate the corrupt officials in the DPRK, he will be restrained, but this general's subordinates, several of his most powerful henchmen, do not see it that way, but they are unwilling to confront him face to face, so they kindly revised the chief's plan......"

Xu Ping only said a few words, Zhou Dongtian's face turned pale, he and Chen Zhe have been secretly sabotaging Xu Ping's impeachment plan, at first Xu Ping really thought that he had messed up, but then he thought about it and began to be suspicious. Although Xu Ping didn't know what his subordinates had done, it was basically certain that the other party didn't do their best, although they probably did it out of good intentions.

"Your Excellency forgives your sins." Zhou Dongtian was suddenly put out by Xu Ping, and all the excuses he had thought of were useless - if Xu Ping asked him directly, he would have resisted, but after Xu Ping put on a clear look, Zhou Dongtian lost the will to resist.

"Ugh." Xu Ping sighed, he wasn't sure which layer was starting to have problems at first, but he was expecting someone to be farther away, but he didn't expect the appearance to change as soon as the order came out: "Forget it, in the future, if you think what I did is wrong, you have to say it to your face." ”

Zhou Dongtian gratefully agreed, but Xu Ping regretted it as soon as he spoke, he remembered that the other party had opposed it in person, but as soon as he insisted that he and Chen Zhe gave up frontal opposition and fought guerrilla instead.

Xu Ping flipped through the newspaper again and made newspaper clippings from other things that he thought were meaningful.

"What do you want to do with this?" Zhou Dongtian asked cautiously.

"When the world is peaceful in the future, we may use it," Xu Ping replied without raising his head, the newspaper clippings are all articles that he finds enlightening, and the notebook records some of his experiences when reading these articles, as well as the reasons why he left these newspaper clippings, Xu Ping plans to give these things to Li Zicheng in the future: "When we resist the offensive of the Ming army, and when the world is peaceful, maybe these things can help the Lord and the people under our Dashun rule." ”

The defeat of Huguang was irreparable, and Li Dingguo took the initiative to retreat to Henan after accepting the remnants of Yu Shenhe, but Li Dingguo did not ask to send more reinforcements, but asked the imperial court to save resources to support the Shandong and Jianghuai battlefields.

The war was mainly fought around supply lines, that is, roads and rivers, and Li Dingguo believed that the Huguang Ming army mainly relied on the Yangtze River shipping for supplies, and the Ming army could easily maintain a large number of troops around the Yangtze River valley. But after Li Dingguo took the initiative to retreat to Henan, he believed that the offensive ability of the Ming army would be greatly weakened, and they were getting farther and farther away from their rear, and they began to move away from the water transportation system. Like Xu Ping, who hoped to weaken the Ming army by lengthening the supply line, Li Dingguo carefully calculated the ability of the road around Huguang to pass through the road, and believed that his soldiers and horses were enough to block the attacking Ming army in Henan.

Li Dingguo also agreed that over time, the Ming army would launch a new offensive from Huguang, they could repair and widen the roads, restore Huguang production, and build a large number of warehouses near Henan, so as to reserve supplies for the invasion of Henan in advance, but this would take time, and these actions of the Ming army would also give the Shun army time to warn.

But contrary to here in Henan, the Jianghuai battlefield under the command of Xu Ping has developed water transportation, and Shandong also has a long coastline, and now the coastal area is almost under the control of the Ming army, so Li Dingguo thinks that the Jianghuai battlefield will be the first to be attacked, and he even proposed that the imperial court transfer himself to Jianghuai to fight side by side with Xu Ping - Li Dingguo judged that in two or three years, the Huguang Ming army could not build enough field warehouses and fill them, and during this period, the Shun army could also harass and further slow down the other party's preparations. Therefore, Li Dingguo felt that he could consider concentrating his forces on securing the eastern front first, and then wait for the Ming army to prepare for an attack from Huguang, and then transfer his troops back to repel the Ming army's attack. It was not easy to attack Henan from Huguang, because the water transportation here was much less developed than on the eastern front, and if the Southern Ming were to maintain a large army here, the attrition would become very staggering.

Xu Ping had similar concerns, and he also felt that the Jianghuai battlefield would be the next target of the Ming army.

Xu Ping had always tolerated the occupation of the coastal areas of Shandong by the Ming army, and the occupation of these places was indeed as Xu Ping hoped, consuming a large amount of resources in the south, but even so, the military strength of the frontal battlefield in the south was still growing faster than his. Xu Ping did not consider the fall of the coastal area of Shandong to be a great threat, because if these troops wanted to penetrate deep into the interior to cut off Xu Ping's retreat, they would have to leave the convenient shipping system and rely on a large number of animal power and vehicles to invade, Xu Ping felt that the Ming army in Shandong was not ready for this kind - at present they were mainly operating around the fortified coastal strongholds; And the threat from the strategic right flank, Xu Ping also does not think it is very serious, since ancient times the southerners are good at boats, the northerners are good at horses, Xu Ping feels that the Shun army still has an advantage in terms of animal power, after all, the Mongolian steppe is now in the hands of the Shun army and there is no horse farm in the south, so the Shun army will have a logistical advantage in Henan.

Jianghuai is different here, the water transportation system here is very developed, which greatly alleviates the transportation difficulties of the Ming army, and along this route all the way north, next to the sea, the logistics of the Ming army is also relatively easy to solve.

However, if it weren't for Li Dingguo's own proposal, Xu Ping would still be embarrassed to continue to ask the imperial court to support him, after all, the Huguangshun army suffered great losses, while his Jianghuai and Shandong troops were basically intact.

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There was an official banquet this evening, and the government paid to invite some technical experts to concentrate on studying the application of various new technologies in weapons, and then found some industrial and commercial tycoons to bid for the production of new weapons.

Miao Shoufu asked the Minister of Industry to go to tonight's banquet, the latter is his old friend, he used to be a partner in business, and the Fujian Provincial Secretary followed him to fight against Lu Zhiqiang and his gang, and later he was also the first group of comrades to sell their property and join politics.

"There is Moutai tonight," Miao Shoufu knew that his old friend was just a good sip of wine, but fortunately, the other party had never made a mistake after entering politics, although tonight's banquet was mainly based on national defense, but it was not completely unrelated to industry, Miao Shoufu took the opportunity to let his old comrades-in-arms go to the mouth: "Are you going?" ”

"Go." The Minister of Industry was delighted.

"Don't drink too much, don't make mistakes." Miao Shoufu reminded.

"Don't worry, you will actively participate in the discussion, try to cooperate with the work of the Ministry of National Defense, and never let people gossip - say that I am going to cheat and cheat."

"Good."

……

At the meeting, the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Defense asked about the latest development of the tire manufacturing industry, and this idea was put forward by Bao Bowen, the industrial director of the Qi Guogong Government, this guy also shared the patent right of rubber vulcanization with Qi Guogong, plus the inner and outer tire design patents, and he is destined to be an important object of concern of the Internal Taxation Bureau under the Ministry of Finance for the rest of his life.

The cost of pneumatic tires is gradually decreasing, and the Nanming government intends to replace the army's horse-drawn carriages with pneumatic tires, which can greatly increase the army's ability to pass through and logistically replenish, while also reducing the wear and tear of vehicles, axles and wheels.

The Ministry of Industry intends to formulate a new set of standards to ensure that the tires produced by various tire manufacturers can be used for easy replacement, and the Ministry of Defense also needs to order a large number of consumable parts, such as tire valves, rubber cores, etc., and of course, a large number of pumps for the army - the patents for these things are also shared by Qi Guogong and Bao Bowen, and the manufacturer has to pay him patent royalties for each piece produced, and considering the amount of vulcanized rubber used in these products, the IRS is even more concerned about Bao Bowen - Qi Guogong is also willing to pay taxes on his income, but the government's meaning is just like the meaning and meaning of the government, just like the officials who used to plough the land in the spring to set an example, they are willing to plow a few hoes, and Qi Guogong can pay as much tax as he wants, so that the Ministry of Finance can confidently say that Qi Gong has paid taxes according to the law.

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