After dinner, Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi took a short walk and then separated.
Although people outside the situation may not be able to understand it, after living during this period of time, Zhou Changfeng has been able to deeply feel the magical situation in all aspects of the Ming Dynasty today.
Are you saying that the Ming Dynasty is open now? No, in fact it is not lacking in conservatism; conservative, right? Not really, because it is very open in many aspects.
In this Ming Dynasty, where there are still a lot of feudal elements and have to adapt to the times and develop for decades, any magical situation can happen.
There are two sources of power in a dualist constitutional monarchy - the first is the hereditary monarch, backed by the power of the royal family; the second is the elected parliament by the people, backed by the people, or the power that can control the people.
Obviously these two major sources of power cannot live in harmony, and the trend will eventually slide towards one of them. For example, although the German Empire had a parliament, it abandoned it early, and the Kaiser was basically in power.
When the Qing Dynasty was preparing to establish a constitution, they also prepared to create a dual monarchy constitution. However, they did not understand the formality. Since the mutual protection of the Southeast, the Qing Dynasty has been in a state of turmoil and its power has declined. In the end, it naively created a "royal cabinet" ", it can be said to be seeking death.
Of course, even if the Qing Dynasty was prepared to establish a constitution and compromise with current affairs, the Qing Dynasty that successfully established the constitution would also change from "constitutional real monarch" to "constitutional virtual monarch" in a short period of time. After all, the power of the royal family and the court at that time was far less than that of the flood. local power.
However, the situation in the Later Ming Dynasty was very different. Just like the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Later Ming court still had a certain prestige and power.
In this way, the forces were barely balanced and the current situation was achieved after mutual compromise.
Under the dual monarchy system, vigorous development and construction will naturally strengthen local power, thereby increasing the influence of the parliament. If left unchecked and the power of the royal family declines, sooner or later the emperor will withdraw from the center of power and transform into a "virtual monarch" ".
Perhaps even a step further, directly into a republic.
The royal family naturally had to find ways to counterattack. In addition to the usual series of power tactics such as pulling in one faction and fighting another, vigorously strengthening the army became one of the important means.
After all, in this age, it is impossible to still rely on the power of eunuchs to help.
It can be seen from this that the dual monarchy constitution is quite unstable, and the two major forces will work hard to expand their influence and fight among themselves.
But in a sense, this is not entirely a bad thing. After all, this is not the classical era, so the ambitions of various factions in the Ming Dynasty are reflected in rapid development at the national level!
Local forces and bureaucratic capital continue to invest, build, and expand, and are in the ascendant; the army also continues to grow and develop, and is in full swing.
However, this appearance of rapid development conceals countless ills and irreconcilable contradictions that have not been eliminated in Ming Dynasty. They will not disappear naturally and will break out sooner or later.
"It happens to be the eve of the war... Hey, let's return to the glory and shine again. Even if death is inevitable, if we can win this war, it can be called the last glory of the empire." Zhou Changfeng sighed.
Well, this is not a bad place to end up.
Before that, you have to prepare yourself and climb as high as you can.
Not to mention being able to save one party or command three armies, at least he must be the admiral of a corps. Only in this way can he escort the smooth transformation of the Ming Dynasty in the changing times, so as to avoid the fruits of being stolen by treacherous people.
A few days passed by. After the preliminary theoretical study, the training class also organized the first test.
Although it's called an exam, it's actually like a preliminary test for admission, except... you need to write a whole article, at least 3,000 words.
"... Just finish writing. No later than 2:00 p.m., you can refer to books and documents. Let's get started."
Yang Zhen, the Admiral of the Eastern Fleet who is in charge of the training class, personally came to assign the questions today. The questions for the captains were slightly different from those for the majors and lieutenant colonels, with the former being "smaller".
In fact, what Yang Zhen arranged was a "Shuo", which was an argumentative style in ancient times. It usually expressed opinions on things and phenomena. The writing style and style were relatively free, and the length was not long, similar to an essay.
"Isn't this just asking us to brag? You can write whatever you want."
Zhou Changfeng didn't pay much attention to this kind of article with no limitations and a high degree of freedom, so he started writing it without even thinking about it.
“…When the Marine Corps performs landing operations, it can be used intensively or dispersedly.
Concentrated use means the Marine Corps is deployed into the organic system, and this can be divided into four forms. One is for the Marines to independently complete a certain task; the other is to serve as the first echelon of landing; the third is to independently undertake the landing task in a certain direction; The fourth is to jointly take charge of the landing mission in a certain direction with the army.
Decentralized use means breaking up the Marine Corps organization, splitting it into company- and battalion-level units, and temporarily strengthening them for the Army. In this case, the Marine Corps usually serves as the advance commando of the landing force, used to capture landing areas, surprise important targets, destroy enemy communication lines, remove beachhead obstacles, etc.
When carrying out a landing mission, if amphibious armor units are used to cooperate with the operation, combat efficiency and attack capabilities can be greatly improved, so it is necessary to give priority to attaching them..."
Seeing Zhou Changfeng writing a full page in just one cup of tea, Yan Chenwu next to him was slightly startled. He looked at himself again, but he had only written less than half a page.
Isn't it? Is this person so fierce?
Yan Chenwu recalled Zhou Changfeng's behavior in class these days - careless and unconcerned.
A guy with an army background didn't take classes very seriously, but now he writes like a master? Don't you even open the book next to the table?
This... doesn't seem very reasonable, does it? Isn't he just writing randomly?
Yan Chenwu took a breath and decided not to be disturbed by him and concentrate on writing his own.
In this situation, time seems to pass extremely fast.
After just over an hour and a half, Zhou Changfeng, whose eyes were dim after writing, put down his pen, shook his sore right hand, browsed through his random work, and then handed it over.
Yang Zhen, who was drinking tea and reading the newspaper, was equally surprised. He raised his hand and glanced at the time. He finished writing it just after half the time. Could it be that he was perfunctory?
"Is this the end?"
"Yes." Zhou Changfeng answered simply.
Of course, Yang Zhen knew his true story, and didn't think he was the kind of showman who was touted. After all, showmanship can't produce real results.
Therefore, he only felt that Zhou Changfeng was a little too arrogant and did not take the Marine Corps' training class seriously. Sure enough, young people tend to be impetuous.
After putting down the tea cup, Yang Zhen took the pieces of paper and glanced at them quickly.
Communication coordination with naval units, force projection sequences and procedures, special operations unit infiltration surprise attacks and markings, smoke curtains covering both sides?
After quickly flipping through it, even before he took a closer look, Yang Zhen realized that his idea just now was completely wrong - hiss, there is something, this kid is really not showy.
(End of chapter)
