The news of Jiang Xinghuo's return to Beijing is very secretive, and not too many people know about it.

However, Jiang Xinghuo's return to Beijing this time, compared with the last time he returned to Beijing, the situation in Beijing is very different.

If last time it was a pool of stagnant water, now it is like cooking oil on fire, and there are quarrels everywhere.

Among the ministers, the contradictions between the supporters of the reform faction and the officials of the old school in Beijing had reached the point of saber rattling, and there were constant impeachment messages to the cabinet, and it was almost only a fuse to break out into a full-scale conflict.

In the academic circle, represented by the inmates of Guozijian, they were also divided into different camps and quarreled endlessly, whether to carefully guard the boundaries of Cheng Zhu Lixue, or to follow the steps of Jiang Xinghuo, a "generation of Confucianism", and make bold theoretical breakthroughs.

The Guozi prison students who created the hot air balloon with "bold assumptions, careful verification, and practice can produce true knowledge" certainly support this new frontier theory to explore a new direction for the long-ossified theory of Cheng Zhu Lixue.

However, there are also many people who cling to the statement that "Gewu" needs to be "Gexin" first, pointing out that Jiang Xinghuo's theoretical breakthrough of "solving Taiji with contradictions" is actually a pseudo-breakthrough and is not right.

Well, in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, many people must not understand, "Gewu first Gexin", isn't this just putting aside the facts to talk about right and wrong? Putting aside the objective and talking about the subjective?

But there is no way, this is the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and in Cheng Zhulixue's theory of things, it is impossible to avoid the link of "grid heart".

Jiang Xinghuo actually talked about this problem when he substituted for other teachers in his previous life, and many students' answers at that time were quite interesting, and there was a more mainstream saying that this is because ancient science was underdeveloped, and when people explored and understood the world, they usually fell into the trap of subjective idealism, and overemphasized the spiritual power of people, which is not surprising.

Is this true? Yes and no.

There is also one of the most important and critical factors in this, that is, the college students did not figure out what Cheng Zhu Lixue was used for.

You don't really think that most people learn this Cheng Zhu Lixue, and the imperial court uses Cheng Zhu Lixue as the standard textbook and examination questions for the imperial examination, so that the Confucian students can "establish their hearts for heaven and earth, establish their lives for the people, continue their studies for the saints, and open peace for all generations", right?

No way?

This thing is for the service of feudal rule, what is going on with Zhu Xi's interpretation of the "Four Books"? The "Four Books" are clearly placed there, why should people be used to "explain"?

To put it bluntly, Zhu Xi took some words out of context from the classics of the ancient Confucian school to explain and combine them, which helped the current [Confucianism] to build a set of social ethics system of "monarchs, ministers, fathers, fathers, sons".

When Yao Guangxiao gave Jiang Xinghuo special training before, the concepts of "Jiyi" and "Respect" were all sewn together by Zhu Xi, and the same was true for "Gewu" and "Gexin".

"Gewu" is to the human heart to grid the principle of all things, so, only when the reason of a thing is understood in the heart, and then can touch the bypass, the reason of all things is also clear in the heart, it can be seen that the key to the poor reason of the object is the "heart", people only have their own heart first, understand the reason why they are the original heart of people, then the reason of all things is also understood in the heart, if the reason why they are people's heart, the reason of the original heart is not clear, can not invent the heart, cultivate the heart, even the reason of the more things will not help.

Therefore, the key to the grid in the theory of things is that the grid heart requires Confucian students to be pure and self-reflective and seek their own hearts, so that they can follow the ethical and moral norms of [Confucianism], which is equivalent to a self-vigilance mechanism cultivated from childhood.

And Jiang Xinghuo's previous public theory did not touch on this aspect, so naturally some prisoners who have been instilled with "Gexin" since they were children feel that Jiang Xinghuo's theory, although the method of "Gewu" is clear, there are still incompleteness.

The civil servants are quarreling over changing the law and abiding by the laws of the ancestors, the Guozi prison prisoners are quarreling over whether Gewu needs Gexin, and the military ministers are also quarrelling.

Yes, it is rare that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies did not make a move, but just quarreled.

After receiving the decree of Emperor Yongle that "when returning to Beijing, he will first go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, introduce the details of firearms and military ranks to the nobles and military ministers, and then enter the palace", Jiang Xinghuo, who had just returned to Beijing, hurried over, and when he stepped into the hall used for the meeting of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, he saw this scene.

Jiang Xinghuo was slightly surprised at first, but he quickly understood what Emperor Yongle meant.

This is a kind of suggestive political statement.

Obviously, the storm on the temple was already so terrifying, but at the first time Jiang Xinghuo returned to Beijing, Emperor Yongle did not rush to summon him, and did not even let him discuss countermeasures with the black-clothed prime minister, but asked him to go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies first to talk to the generals about firearms tactics and military rank system.

Zhu Di actually just wanted to tell him one meaning.

The handle of the knife is still in my hand, don't panic.

Yes, although the storm set off by the old school is so terrifying, and the operation of Chen Ying Jigang's two pig teammates is really unreliable, Zhu Di still calmed down and gave him the greatest support he could give Jiang Xinghuo.

As long as the army is in hand, the worst result will be a large-scale killing, and the law can still be implemented.

As for how to deal with Jiang Xinghuo, whether it is ugly or beautiful, that is Jiang Xinghuo's ability.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xinghuo, who was in a bit of a hurry, also slowed down.

I don't know if the generals didn't treat him, the vice principal of the military academy, as an outsider, or if they were arguing, they didn't care if someone came in, Jiang Xinghuo and Liu Sheng were sitting behind, and they were still arguing.

Due to the higher theoretical status of the old handsome Qi Guogong Qiu Fu (the head of the heroes of the Jingnan), although he also served as the governor of the Chinese military capital, he also served as the principal of the Ming Royal Military Academy, and he enjoyed this position that was about to be full of peach and plums, and he usually worked in Yanziji and did not return to the city much.

Therefore, the person who is now in charge of the daily military affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is the Governor of the Left Army, Fuzuo Governor, and Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, who has just returned from Jiangnan with a military observation team, which is equivalent to the number one leader of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

And Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, is performing his duties as Zhu Neng's deputy, that is, the second-in-command of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Well, Emperor Yongle doesn't want to see Xu Huizu, in fact, Xu Huizu is now a decoration in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and he is about to follow Zhu Gaoxu to the north.

The authority of Xu Huizu's second commander will be handed over to those who are about to return to China - Fengtian Fuyun Tui Cheng Xuanli Wuchen, Doctor Tejin Guanglu, Zuo Zhuguo, Prince Taishi, Cao Guogong, the head of the hundred officials, Li Jinglong.

Well, Li Jinglong's position as the head of the hundred officials only exists in the queue of the last dynasty.

The generals quarreled about three main issues.

They are the institutions, personnel, powers, and military strength of the military governor's office left behind in Beijing; evaluation of the performance of firearms units after actual combat testing and the next application of firearms tactics; The military rank evaluation system of the generals of the Ming army.

And among these three topics, the last two are related to Jiang Xinghuo, which is why he was invited.

The first question is that after Li Zhigang suggested it, and Jiang Xinghuo mentioned it in prison, Zhu Di had already made up his mind last year to build Beijing well.

Therefore, after changing the Beiping Mansion to the Shuntian Mansion in Beijing, the relevant holy decree was officially issued in the first year of Yongle.

The establishment of the Beijing Left-behind Military Governor's Mansion (military), the Beijing Administration Department (government affairs), and the Beijing Guozijian (Education) have nothing to do with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, mainly the newly established Governor's Mansion of the Left-behind Military Governor in Beijing, and there is one more Governor's Mansion, which is equivalent to a new piece of big fat.

After the march, the military governor's mansion was placed on the left and right governors, which was a routine operation, and Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, was transferred to serve as the left governor to continue to be the mascot, and Gu Cheng, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, served as the right governor, and actually presided over military affairs, all of which were arranged by Emperor Yongle, and there was nothing to fight about.

The reason why the generals can cause controversy is because the Governor Tongzhi (from the first product) and the Governor of the Military Governor's Mansion (Zheng Erpin) who stayed behind in Beijing are unfixed!

Yes, the indefinite means that as long as you have the ability to squeeze in, the original official position is low and you have been in place for many years and have enough qualifications, you can immediately take this opportunity to be promoted. Moreover, the military governor's office left behind in Beijing was in charge of the military affairs of the Beizhili and Liaodong commanders, and Daning commanded the envoys, and the power was quite large, so the generals were all squeezed out of their heads and wanted to get a piece of the pie.

"Wei Guogong, what do you mean by this? Beijing's military capital governor's office is in charge of sixty-one guards, not just one guard! ”

After being rejected again, Wang Zhong, Marquis of Jing'an, directly questioned loudly.

And his righteous brother, Li Yuan, the Marquis of Anping, who is also from Ulzhou, said unabashedly.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, hasn't you taken office yet, and the official position of the national dynasty has become the private property of your Wei State Mansion?"

It just so happens that whether it is the conquest of Annam or Japan, or the continuation of working in the military academy, cooperation with the Ming military is indispensable, and Jiang Xinghuo is also happy to recognize his face first.

Previously, except for knowing Li Jinglong, Zhu Neng, Chen Xuan, Liu Sheng and others, he knew almost nothing about the rest of General Hou Bo.

This is undoubtedly an extremely inappropriate thing for Jiang Xinghuo's current status, you can not have more contact with them on weekdays, so as not to be suspicious, but you have to know what these people are called, what backgrounds they are, and which factions they belong to.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing to say "who is who" when you meet.

Fortunately, Liu Sheng can be described as a clear door to the doorway, Liu Sheng gave Jiang Xinghuo a brief introduction with his ear, just as the generals were arguing, and the noise completely covered up this whisper, and even if a few people noticed it, they didn't say anything when they saw that Liu Sheng was introducing the national teacher.

After Liu Sheng's introduction, Jiang Xinghuo learned that Li Yuan and Wang Zhong, who belonged to the right-hand men of Qiu Fushan in the Ming military circles, had been early in the dragon time, and their own military achievements were sufficient, and they did not instigate Xu Huizu, the general of the defeated army, at all.

In the first month of last year, when the Yan army strategic counterattack, the Dezhou battalion sent Ge Jin to lead more than 10,000 foot cavalry, crossing the Hutuo River by the river surface icing, the situation was critical, Li Yuan made a military order, only led 800 light cavalry to meet the attack because the force was difficult to deploy, Ge Jin tied the war horse in the woods, the whole army dismounted and fought, Li Yuan first feinted, pulled the main force of the southern army far away, sent people to untie the war horses of Ge Jin's subordinates, led the war horses to charge back against Ge Jin's department, and at the same time charged head-on, and achieved the amazing results of beheading 4,000 and obtaining 1,000 horses, It is also the first big start of Jianwen's four-year Yan Army.

At that time, it was Xu Huizu who sat in the same position in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and it was Xu Huizu who planned the southern army's action for Emperor Jianwen, of course, in addition, there was also a hatred between the two sides, Xu Huizu even went up to fight the follow-up battle in person, and killed Li Bin, the Yan army general who was also from the Ulzhou department in Qimei Mountain.

Li Bin was like a brother to Li Yuan and Wang Zhong during his lifetime, if he hadn't died in the hands of Xu Huizu, I'm afraid he would have been an earl, and it was precisely for this reason that the two of them had never dealt with Xu Huizu in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Xu Huizu was about to say something, but Zhu Neng, the Duke of Chengguo, coughed violently.

"Ahem, cough, cough" Zhu Neng's face was flushed with an unhealthy red, and his eyes were closed, as if he would faint at any time.

The identity of Cheng Guogong is not trivial, and the weight in Emperor Yongle's heart is even heavier, so seeing this, the generals who were arguing just now immediately stopped talking.

Zhu Neng stood on the table for a while before he eased up, he looked around at the generals and only said two words.

"Shut up."

Li Yuan, who almost rolled up his sleeves just now, was suddenly silent.

If you compare the Hongwu Dynasty, then the status of Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng is similar to that of Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, and Yao Guangxiao is similar to Liu Bowen.

At the beginning of the Jingjing, Zhang Yu, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Neng rebelled with Zhu Di, and belonged to the original shareholders of Yongle Group, first seized the nine gates of Beiping, and then helped Zhu Di seize the throne through the seven major battles such as the Baigou River.

Zhu Neng looked at the preliminary screening list reported by the generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. In fact, it is the result of the compromise between the various mountain factions within the Ming army now, and he draws circles one by one.

"Daning is the commander of the envoy, and it is proposed that Zhang Ghost God, Chen Pozhuo, Zhou Guanbao, Yao Tang, Li Zhuchang, Chen Ju, and Sun Xiaoliu are all commanders of Daning; Liaodong is the commander of the embassy, and Zhang Sixiao, Guo Cheng, Liu Qing, Hao Ju, Zhao Quan, Ding Cheng, and Li Shunju are the commanders of Liaodong. ”

As soon as these words came out, the several Hou Bo gathered together on the other side did not hide the joy on their faces at all, and they almost celebrated with a crown.

"What is this?"

"Daning."

After another whisper from Liu Sheng, after the Ulzhou faction, Jiang Xinghuo successfully figured out the second faction in the Ming army.

The Daning faction, which comes from the three guards of King Ning and the commander of the Daning Commander, belongs to the first batch of factions that joined the Yan army system to participate in Jingnan on a large scale, and is the second most powerful faction in the Yan army in addition to the Yanshan system represented by Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu (Yanshan Three Guards, that is, Zhu Di's descendants are soldiers and horses).

Since receiving the help of the Daning soldiers and horses and Duoyan Sanwei, Zhu Di's mobile force has reached 100,000 people, and he has the capital to hold on to the strategy of the Southern Army.

The main representative of the Daning system is the second son of the late Daning leader Chen Heng Ningyang Bo Chen Mao, as well as Wu Kangbo Xu Li, Sien Hou Fangkuan, Guangenbo Liu Cai Chen Heng has a special status, he was the commander of Beiping before the Battle of Jingnan, and the relationship with Zhu Di has always been unclear, and was transferred to Daning by Emperor Jianwen, and later handed over the main force of the Daning system to Zhu Di completely.

Chen Heng commanded the Daning soldiers and horses to hold the rear army in the battle of the Baigou River, withstood the heavy troops of Li Jinglong sent Ping'an and Wu Jie, and laid a solid foundation for Zhu Di to defeat Li Jinglong at the same time.

"The Biography of Chen Henglie in the History of the Ming Dynasty" has a saying: Heng and other commanders surrendered, and Chengzu pulled out all the armies and the three guards and cavalry, and coerced the king of Ning to return, and he charged into battle with more than three guards. Chengzu takes the world, starting from Ke Daning.

Zhu Di can be the emperor, and Chen Heng has made great efforts, so Zhu Di has always been more indulgent to Ningyang Bo Chen Mao and the Daning family, and in terms of soldiers, armor, food and salary, etc., he is basically treated with his own descendants.

Jiang Xinghuo said in a volume that only he and Liu Sheng could hear.

"In addition to the Ulzhou faction and the Daning faction, are there any other factions?"

"Yes, it's all over there, Youyan and even the surrounding guards of Hebei surrendered. There are more than a dozen, the group is not powerful, and there is no leader, and there is no difference between ordinary and descendants, but it is still different at the critical moment. ”

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, these generals are all so-called "partial colonels", not necessarily what kind of courage and wisdom they have to be called generals, if there is no battle of Jingjing, I am afraid that they will work to death in the position of hundreds of households and thousands of households, but once they meet the storm, they can now be crowned marquis and sit in the governor's mansion of the five armies.

Liu Sheng whispered to him here, and Zhu Neng didn't stop there, coughing and saying.

"As for the list of the sixteen guards of Beizhili, Yanshan Left and Right Front, Zhending, Tongzhou, Jizhou, Miyun, Shanhaiguan, Xuanfu, Shenwu Left and Right Zhongqian, Lulong, Funing, and Tianjin Right, we have to discuss it according to the will of Wei Guogong, and then report it to Your Majesty for approval."

Xu Huizu's face was a little embarrassed.

On the bright side, Zhu Neng left him sixteen guards without moving, which can be regarded as giving him face.

However, as Wang Zhong, the Marquis of Jing'an, said, the military governor's mansion in Beijing is in charge of sixty-one guards!

The remaining forty-five official positions of Wei were all assigned to the old ministry by these people.

What is Xu Huizu, the second-in-command of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, still has to do? In other words, he is about to become the nominal leader of the military capital of Beijing, but before he took office, he was hollowed out, is it still necessary for him to go?

"It is proposed that the commander of the capital will make Gao Shi the governor of the military capital and the governor of the palace, and Chen Gong will be the governor of the capital." Zhu Neng was still talking here, Xu Huizu walked out directly without saying a word, and he was the last decent without slamming the door.

Dozens of Hou Bo continued to shout loudly, as if Xu Huizu's departure had no effect on them at all.

Obviously, they are only afraid of Zhu Neng, not Xu Huizu, and Zhu Neng's prestige in the army is indeed high enough.

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Xu Huizu's lonely back and thought in his heart.

"The dignified Duke of Wei, the eldest son of General Xu Da, if there was no battle of Jingjing, he would have been the first person in the Ming military circle, and even Li Jinglong was half a chip behind, and now it is only a few years, and he has been ridden to the head by hundreds and thousands of households who would not have looked at it before, and I am afraid that the gap is a bit big."

However, Jiang Xinghuo has no friendship with Xu Huizu, and the biggest gain today is to understand the composition of various factions within the Ming army, the Yan army has Yanshan system, Ulzhou system, Daning system, Hebei system, and there are also factions within the southern army.

It doesn't matter, when Li Jinglong comes back, everything will be fine.

"I don't know if Li Jinglong didn't do it, but under the temptation of such huge interests, there are people in Japan who are willing to betray their fellow clansmen a little." Jiang Xinghuo thought again.

He was really sitting on the chair and fugue, if it weren't for Zhu Di's holy decree, if it weren't for the two things he mentioned himself, new firearms and military ranks, Jiang Xinghuo would not be willing to get involved in the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

Jiang Xinghuo still has a bunch of things on hand, and when he enters the palace to report to Zhu Di about the counterinsurgency, water control, and other work in Jiangnan, he has to discuss countermeasures with Yao Guangxiao, the black-clothed prime minister, and then go home. Let's go to visit Li Zhigang in the edict prison again.

is the same as Jing Qing's blood oath, this time it also set off a huge public opinion offensive against the change; But the difference is that unlike Jing Qing's recklessness, this time it was obviously an organized and premeditated offensive, and it was directly launched at the temple level, and even Li Zhigang was taken down, which could not but arouse Jiang Xinghuo's high vigilance.

When Jiang Xinghuo was in a fugue, Liu Sheng slapped him with his elbow.

"Next, let the national teacher talk about the actual combat performance and firearms tactical theory of the pure firearms troops in the Jiangnan Counterinsurgency Campaign, as well as the evaluation of military ranks." Zhu Neng coughed and said.

"Then Jiang is better to be respectful."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't panic at all after coming back to his senses, he shook his shirt very naturally, got up and came to Zhu Neng's position.

Zhu Neng was stunned, he really gave him a place, but Jiang Xinghuo looked at the generals and didn't speak directly.

You know, although he is a talented and learned person, he doesn't know everything.

In military science, when it comes to the principles of firearms and some well-known principles of modern political and military science such as firearms tactics, artillery geometry, and "Theory of War", Jiang Xinghuo knows some, but other advanced ancient military strategies, such as the advanced ancient art of war, have not even touched the threshold, and he is far inferior to Li Jinglong in this regard.

Therefore, he must make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and if he can talk about the ancient art of war, he will not talk about it, but only say what he understands.

As for the military rank system, it evolved from Jiang Xinghuo and Zhu Gaoxu's jokes, although he had thought about it on the road and discussed it with Liu Sheng, but it was still possible to be out of touch with the actual situation of the Ming army, so Jiang Xinghuo planned to put it in the back.

Seeing that Jiang Xinghuo looked at them and didn't speak, most of these vulgar martial artists who were still middle and low-level officers a few years ago couldn't help but talk and looked very impatient.

"Hurry up!"

"What are you grinding? Could it be that you haven't thought it through? ”

Some guys with more irritable personalities are even more disrespectful to Jiang Xinghuo.

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Neng frowned and scolded.

Zhu Neng didn't have a good relationship with Jiang Xinghuo, just because it was Emperor Yongle's intention to let Jiang Xinghuo come to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to discuss these things, and Zhu Neng was a person who knew how to focus on the overall situation, so naturally he would not easily let Jiang Xinghuo lose face in this matter.

"Principal Jiang won't be unable to speak, right?" At the bottom of Liu Sheng's heart, a trace of worry vaguely rose.

However, Yoo's speculation was soon proven wrong.

In terms of speech, Jiang Xinghuo has never been stunned.

Jiang Xinghuo tapped his fingers on the tabletop, sat down in the first place, and then picked up the pen and began to write.

While sketching the lines on the paper, he said: "The national division will explain to you today the changes in military formations, offensive and defensive and traditional warfare brought about by new firearms, and even the tactics and ......strategies of various new weapons."

Jiang Xinghuo spoke, his eyes scanned the audience, his eyes were very sharp, full of momentum, and quite stylish.

He was already familiar with this set of things, but he didn't think about what to say for a while.

But now that he said it, it was naturally smooth, and Jiang Xinghuo was also sure that he would definitely use it in the future.

After all, in the army of the Ming Dynasty, the most lacking is the generals, especially the generals who understand military theory, like Zhu Neng, who are all talented and have gone through many difficulties and dangers, and the ordinary Hou Bo in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, in fact, his own military theory level and actual command ability are slightly out of touch with their status.

"When the rebellion was suppressed in Jiangnan before, the national division and Cheng Guogong said that the war is the continuation of the temple."

"What my division wants to tell you now is that the purpose of war is to destroy the enemy, and the destruction of the enemy must be achieved through a decisive battle by force, and it can only be achieved through battle, and it is a superior and more effective means than all other means, so why do you emphasize the role of new firearms in this decisive battle?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked directly at Zhu Neng and asked, "Cheng Guogong, what do you think of the Jiangnan Counterinsurgency Campaign?" ”

Zhu Neng's face was calm, and he replied: "Brainwashed by the White Lotus Sect, the enemy's will to fight is quite tenacious, but the actual combat effectiveness level is not good, and the battle damage ratio looks very beautiful, but in the Battle of Jingjing, not to mention anything else, let's just say that Li Yuan, the Marquis of Anping, broke through the enemy's army with eight hundred fine cavalry, which is not smaller than the results of this battle." ”

Jiang Xinghuo was not surprised, in fact, although the counterinsurgency campaign was a complete victory, the members of the military observation group sent by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies were not too shocked, because this battle loss ratio was not exaggerated enough, and in the era of cold weapons, it was also possible to fight through a surprise attack by elite soldiers.

Moreover, the rank of an opponent like the White Lotus Sect is too low, and the generals of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies do not look down on it.

"So what about our army's artillery power, mobility, salvo straddle fire tactics, barrage advance tactics, and air artillery coordination tactics?"

Zhu Neng was silent for a moment, and had to admit: "The artillery is very powerful, more powerful than trebuchets, and these new tactics are indeed unheard of and unseen before. However, I still believe that warfare with new firearms at its core cannot replace the traditional mode of warfare. ”

"That's it."

Jiang Xinghuo said with a smile: "The new firearm cannot completely replace the cold weapon now, because its technology is not mature enough, the power is not strong enough, and the rate of fire is not fast enough. But do you think that after thousands of years of development, can the current bows and crossbows be faster, the armor can be stronger, and the war horses can be faster? ”

The generals, of course, knew that cold weapons could not go any further.

But they couldn't imagine how high the hot weapon could reach.

"Everyone, let go of those senseless obsessions and worries about the glory of the past, because what the next thing the national division wants to tell you is the future war."

(End of chapter)