The armistice agreement has been signed, and the People's Army and the Ming court have officially ceased. The news of the armistice has spread quickly under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and the People's Army, including the Ming court's compensation for the People's Army of 2.6 million taels of silver.

The people living closer to Guangdong were relieved to know that the war was over.

War has a great impact on people's lives. The wealthy families can also collect money and go to take refuge further away. They have money in their hands and can still live a wealthy life, but the people at the bottom are not good. The people at the bottom are busy every day to have enough food. If they leave the place where they live, they may starve to death on the road at any time.

If so, the lower-level people are really unwilling to leave their hometowns. Even in the areas where the People's Army and the Ming Army fought, some of the people did not leave. They either lived directly in their homes or hid in the mountains and forests.

Finally, the war was over, and the people at the bottom were able to return to their past lives soon.

In fact, many ordinary people have heard that the People's Army in Guangdong is very nice to the people. Everyone has farmland. A small number of ordinary people who really can't survive gritted their teeth and took their families to Guangdong, but more ordinary people don't have this idea.

The reason is very simple. The People's Army is so good to the people, so good that they can't believe it if they haven't experienced it personally. In addition, the Ming army and the government have maliciously promoted the People's Army, and the people who belittled the People's Army in various ways and could still live without a choice to go to Guangdong.

People who are closer to Guangdong now hope that those landlords who fled are not coming back, so that they do not pay the landlords rent to cultivate the land, and the whole family can have a full meal.

The people at the bottom were just considering the issue of having enough food. They would not care whether the People's Army won or the Ming court won. Perhaps the big names they knew were the magistrates and the landlords. The emperor was too far away from them.

Unlike the lower class people, middle and upper class families in Jiangxi, Huguang, Guangxi and Fujian, which directly border Guangdong, attach great importance to the People's Army and the Ming court's ceasefire.

They learned more. They knew that the People's Army had seized a large number of wealthy families after occupying Guangdong. They knew that the Ming army had been defeated several times by the People's Army. They knew that the situation in the Ming court was not good at the moment. Many powerful people had chosen to evacuate from Jiangxi, Huguang, Guangxi and Fujian, because they were worried that the four places would fall.

After all, there are a few people who leave, and more people are still waiting. I hope the Ming army can stop the People's Army. Fortunately, the two sides finally ceased to fight and did not need to leave the place where they have been living. After all, their own industries are here, and the gold, silver, fines and soft materials they can carry may be less than one-tenth of their own wealth.

In Nanchang City, the powerful, literati and scholars were talking about the ceasefire between the Ming court and the People's Army. Those who did not understand the matter thought that the 2.6 million taels of silver that the Ming court gave was the money to redeem the prisoners.

Most people laughed at the stupidity of the People's Army. Since the People's Army has gained an advantage, why not continue to attack and occupy more territory? At that time, the People's Army had a great chance of overthrowing the Ming Dynasty.

"Fortunately the damn thief didn't continue to attack, otherwise we would have to run north."

"The thieves are so stupid. My Ming Dynasty will definitely wipe out the thieves. I heard that the court is going to recruit young and strong men to form a million troops to fight the thieves."

But a small number of people also knew that the 2.6 million taels of silver were compensation from the Ming court to the People's Army. The Ming army lost a lot in this battle. Otherwise, the Ming court would not agree to negotiate with the People's Army and would pay a large amount of compensation. This would definitely be a shame to the Ming court.

As for the People's Army's agreement to cease war, many people feel that there is something wrong with it. The People's Army is obviously not an ordinary rebel. The People's Army's agreement to cease war must have its intention.

The powerful and powerful can only hope that the court will form a million troops as soon as possible to suppress the People's Army. Now the People's Army is still in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Huguang, Guangxi and Fujian, all the powerful and powerful people in Guangdong, Jiangxi, Huguang, Guangxi and Fujian are not living a very peaceful life, and are worried that the People's Army will come over.

In the restaurant and teahouse, literati and scholars were talking.

"Mei Yousong, Song Yingchang Yong, was a man who led hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress the thieves, but was defeated by the thieves. If I came to command the army, I would definitely be able to eliminate the thieves in one battle." A drunk scholar laughed.

When people around him heard the scholar's words, they had different ideas. Some people thought that the scholar was overestimating their abilities. Mei Yousong and Song Yingchang were all important officials of the court. Only when they could reach their position was higher than these scholars without official positions. If you had talent, you would not sit here and talk drunkenly.

But there are also people who think they are not satisfied with their talents, who think they are very talented, but lack a mentor who knows people, so they can be buried. If they can become generals of the army, they will definitely be able to kill thieves on the battlefield and make contributions.

During the Ming Dynasty, the biggest discussions on the Ming court and the People's Army were Jinling City and Beijing.

In the eyes of those Confucian scholars, the Ming army was defeated several times by the People's Army, not because the People's Army was too strong, but because the Ming army was too weak. The Ming army had already fallen, and it took a major change to allow the Ming army to restore its former combat effectiveness and defeat the People's Army.

Not only the Ming army, but some ministers in the court also had problems, and they should be dismissed and those with ability should be promoted.

Soon several talented and famous Confucian scholars stood out and became leaders of Confucian scholar groups. They were so-called capable people and believed that as long as they became important officials of the court, they could lead the Ming Dynasty to defeat the People's Army.

Ministers have heard of the comments of Confucian scholars from outside. Some ministers have no expression on their faces, some ministers sneered. Some ministers even thought of sending some Confucian scholars to the battlefield so that they could see the cruelty of the battlefield and the ferocity of the People's Army, so that they would dare to speak loudly in the future.

The Ming court and the People's Army have officially ceased to fight. Now the most important thing for the Ming court is to actively expand the army and find ways to defeat the People's Army.

Zhu Yijun and the ministers discussed it and found that there were only a few ways. One was to expand the army as soon as possible, directly expand the army by one million, and train for another half a year or even longer to give the new army combat effectiveness.

Then we will build chariots, cannons, muskets, thunder and other equipment for the new army. The new army will use cold weapons to fight against the People's Army, but we will definitely not be able to defeat them. Neither chariots nor firearms are missing. Even the sharp firearms equipped by the People's Army must be found.

The Ming court's plan to expand the army gave many ministers a headache. Expansion of the army requires money, and building equipment requires money. Even with the family's foundation that Zhang Juzheng had built in the past ten years, it seems not enough now.
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