Li Ziyu

Li Ziyu is Li Ziyu is a young man caught between ideological disillusionment and practical necessity during a period of radical transformation under foreign occupation. Initially shaped by an education in a restrictive Community School—where rigid discipline and moral decorum were prioritized over real-world experiences—he begins to question the rigid hierarchies of his society, particularly after witnessing the rapid cultural and political shifts brought about by the arrival of Australian forces in Guangzhou. His curiosity is piqued by their military and governance philosophies, which contrast sharply with China’s long-standing emphasis on civil dominance over military strength, especially under imperial dynasties like the Ming. When forced into service as a police officer under the new regime, Li Ziyu finds himself navigating a prec

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"Chapter 1639 - Students of the Community School However, when he turned into Yongqing Street, Zhang Yu could not help pausing to linger. A vacant lot here hosted hawkers selling every manner of food and entertainment—especially the hawkers showing Australian films. Recently, Australian films had been produced at a remarkable pace. Originally, after a new film was released, at least half a year would pass before another. Now, astonishingly, a new film appeared nearly every month. It was almost mo"

"Chapter 1713 - The People in Guangzhou City Liu San said no more. Since Zhang Yikun hadn't sensed his meaning, it was better not to elaborate. That evening followed the usual routine of a welcome dinner, and the next day Liu San began preparing for medical and health work in Guangzhou. As more transmigrators arrived to prepare for the takeover of power, the atmosphere inside Guangzhou World's "Inner World" grew steadily heavier. Troops already on site were quietly billeted in temporary barracks,"

"Chapter 1714 - Entering the City The friends thought about it but came up with no good ideas. They talked idly, wandering aimlessly through the streets. It was still early. Guangzhou's leisure class was still sleeping in, and shops along the streets hadn't fully taken down their shutter boards. Only the street food stalls were steaming hot, already selling various snacks and refreshments to the laborers who had come out early to work. "What are we doing today?" Li Ziyu asked. "If not studying, h"

"Chapter 1745: Household Survey The beggars were involved in nearly every aspect of daily municipal operations: watching streets, beating the night watch, collecting corpses from the roads, firefighting and water-carrying for fire brigades, opening and closing canal gates, clearing ditches and dredging silt. If the upper echelons and Big Bones of the Guan Di Temple people weren't thoroughly overthrown, these jobs would remain nothing more than tools for exploiting citizens and the beggars themsel"

"Chapter 1746: Household Census From reading "Australian Military Science" magazines like War History Research , Zhang Yu and his friends knew that Australians valued the "soldier's sense of honor" above almost all else. They critiqued the "valuing civil over military" philosophy and the practice of "controlling military with civil" that had prevailed since the Song Dynasty, reserving particular criticism for the Great Ming's extreme depreciation of military officers' status—a sentiment that even"

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Appears in chapters: 1640, 1714, 1715, 1746, 1747, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1777, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1840, 1843, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1852, 1887, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2401, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2860.

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