Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1489 Final Chapter Ninety-Three Years (Seven)
Lao Tzu said: The opposite is the movement of the Tao, and the weak is the use of the Tao.Everything in the world is born of being, and being is born of non-existence.

I am afraid that the French side still does not understand the principle that things must be reversed when they are extreme.

The natural order derived from the Physiocrats is not wrong.But when it comes to specific matters, it is too extreme, and the approach in the French food crisis... will definitely give birth to a lot of conservatives and opponents.

Similarly, the Colbert doctrine is not wrong. Lao Ma said that it is an efficient means of directly using treasury investment as primitive accumulation.But in the same way, if you do it too extreme...it will definitely give birth to a lot of extreme radicals and opponents.

Physiocratism and Colbertism, the two sides are fighting each other to the extreme. If you sing, I will appear on the stage, and I will not sing well when you appear on the stage. This is to prove the movement of the opposite and the use of the weak.Everything in the world is born of being, and being is born of non-existence.

This is the traditional perspective of Dashun.

from an unconventional perspective.

Is the natural order theory of the Physiocrats progressive?

Yes.

However, progress must also pay attention to methods and methods.

A group of Physiocrats, sitting in a salon in Paris, drinking coffee, facing famine, talking about natural order, no need to control, self-regulation...

Did any of them walk out of the salon, put down their coffee cups, and go to the farmland to ask the permanent tenant farmers, small farmers, and low-level hired workers what they wanted?
Even talking about their enemy country, Arthur Young, the later director of the British Bureau of Agriculture, spent three years walking to the fields of France, asking the farmers about their demands, and asking the farmers what would you do if I were the lord. Why do you peasants oppose the bourgeoisie, what do you think of private ownership, and wrote "Travel in three years since 87; especially to determine the planting, wealth, resources and national prosperity of the French Kingdom".

And the group of French people sitting in the Parisian salon drinking coffee, open their mouths, they are [crowds], shut their mouths, they are [progress], and spitting out their mouths, they are [natural order]...

Rather...

Dashun put Bao on them again.

In other words, they are the French political force that Dashun hopes for.

If you want to say that those foreign expansionists in Dashun's current court have any feelings for France, that's pure nonsense.

Because since Liu Yu's reform, he has been cheating France.From India to North America, they have always been unhappy with the French Colbertism. This group of people always thinks about industrial substitution and tariff protection, which seriously hinders the sales of Dashun products in France.

Let's talk about the feelings of Dashun's foreign expansion party at this time.

Mainly have feelings for money throughout Europe.

Because what exactly is Dashun's set of things, it's nothing more than fooling outsiders.Those who worked with Liu Yu and Li Yan's coup back then knew very well what commercial hegemony under the strong protection of the state is.

At that time, once the skin of "natural order" and "free trade" that Liu Yu advocated before will be punctured.

After the rebellion in France, the founding soldiers, equalizing the land and exempting food, and strong generals, when the time comes: this country strongly guarantees commercial hegemony, you can do it in Dashun, but I, France, can’t do it?
Yes, my French fleet may not work, so I push Europe and use the entire European continent as a market, can I engage in Colbertism?What's the matter, when the time comes, you Dashun can still bring in 20 troops to come to Waterloo to fight with me?
Dashun has been a little exhausted in order to maintain the stability of Europe in recent years - only when it is stable can it sell goods.And France is the most important part of Europe. If something happens to France, Europe will be in chaos.Once Europe was in chaos, the long-standing conflicts within Dashun could no longer be suppressed.

This is your perspective from Dashun.

…………

The other side of the waterfall.

The young French major Napoleon assembled a team and greeted the coffin transporting team in Dashun with diplomatic etiquette.

He was sent here because when he was a child, several Chinese travelers came to Corsica "inadvertently", taught him mathematics on the island, cultivated his strong interest in nature, and taught him Speak some Chinese.

The latter is critical.He was of humble origin, and the French diplomatic circle was an aristocratic circle, and it was impossible for him to squeeze into it.

He had made great achievements in suppressing the Flour War before, but this time he was transferred to North America to command a battalion. Given his advantage of being able to speak Chinese, he came to the border to greet him.

He is still young and does not have a deep understanding of politics.

But because he was born as an embarrassingly low-ranking aristocrat, he is more radical than his superiors.

However, even though he is still young, he already smells the chaos of the times.

This is not someone with his keen sense of smell, or extraordinary talent, or chosen by heaven.

It's because, in fact, many years ago, when he was still young and hadn't even come to France, when he was still studying in Corsica.

Louis XV forcibly dissolved the Paris High Court.

As soon as this happened.

Many people have already smelled violence, chaos, ambition, and the surging tide of the times.

In the words of the French:

[When the news came that the ancient Paris High Court, which was sacred to the old times, was abolished.The French of old were shocked.Some of them, realized that the age of violence and adventure had come. 】

【Everything will become possible; the sacredness of the past has been shaken; there is nothing old that should be respected for granted; there is nothing new that cannot be tried. 】

However, in the exchanges of some Chinese travelers that Napoleon occasionally heard, those Chinese travelers regarded this incident as [Ruozhuang Gong shot the Son of Heaven.The old rituals have collapsed, and the new music has not yet been settled, and France will be in chaos].

At that time, Napoleon didn't know what Zhuang Gong shot the emperor and what it meant.A long time later, when he finally understood what this meant, he firmly believed in the judgment that "a new era is coming, an era of violence and trendsetters is coming".

Zhuang Gong shoots the Son of Heaven, speaking of it, it's not a "big" thing.

However, this is a landmark event.

The old era is about to end.

And what does the new era mean?
Because of this, in times of violence and adventure, today you may be just a tax collector, and tomorrow you may be a cabinet minister; today you may be an officer, and tomorrow you may be a general or even a commander.

Just, mess up.

Napoleon had developed a simple ambition at this time: I don't know when the era of chaos will come.But I know that the higher you climb in the old era, the easier it is to realize your ambitions in chaos, at least, it is easier than the unknown people in the old era.

As for where the big waves of the times are rushing...

The few Chinese travelers back then told many stories.

When Liu Yu's coffin was transported to the right bank of the Mississippi River, Napoleon looked at Liu Yu's coffin with complicated hearts.

This complexity, and more, stems from those few Chinese travelers who thought about "Ruozhuang Gong shoots the Son of Heaven.The old rituals have collapsed, and the new music has not yet been decided, and France will be in chaos.] Judgment.

He didn't know the original history, nor did he know that in the original history, because of "tax" or "money" issues, Louis XV dissolved the Paris High Court.

But the current history, he knows.

Dashun participated in the First World War and helped France win the war.The king's prestige was high, and he felt that it was time to implement reforms, which led to the dissolution of the Paris High Court.

Because, reforms naturally evolve towards the ultimate direction of absolute monarchy, and it is unheard of for the reforms initiated by the king to be reversed.

To reform, the abolition of the Paris High Court is the first step.

However, this has a serious consequence for France.

The ruling class of the old era is completely divided.

It is normal for the ruling class to split.

But the strange work is the strange work in... the righteousness.

The monarchists posted large-character newspapers on the streets of Paris everywhere: [Resolutely oppose the aristocratic oligarchy!It is right to ban the High Court of Paris, which will slide France into the abyss of aristocratic oligarchy! 】

The court faction also posted large-character newspapers on the streets of Paris everywhere: [Resolutely oppose absolute monarchy, resolutely oppose completely unrestricted royal power, hereditary judges and hereditary nobles are the pillars of French freedom! 】

This also directly led to the various factions of the Enlightenment Movement all end up side by side with each other.

Continue tearing on both sides.

Post posters and distribute pamphlets everywhere.

In fact, both sides are "dog eat dog", both are the ruling class of the old forces.

But this kind of dog-eat-dog had an unexpected effect.That is to expose each other's shortcomings and attack each other, so that the people of Paris who have already marveled at "nothing is sacred and nothing is unchangeable" accelerated the enlightenment in the dog-eat-dog attack.

The old system was nothing more than an absolute monarchy or a feudal aristocratic charter against the king.

This time is good, the two sides have revealed each other's weaknesses.

Everyone, take a look, come on, cooperating with each of these two good things?Don't want both.

Similarly, the reform of the judicial part of this reform also resulted in a wonderful result:

That is, limit the text of the High Court.Don't take the "sacred letter of the law" against reform from the old papers, even from the fucking 1278 old papers.

This also leads to a "little" problem.

It turns out that one must be proficient in texts, many feudal laws and regulations from 1278, and a large number of scriptures.

But now, what is needed is the mouth, eloquence, eloquence, and the ability to arouse the emotions of the audience at that station.What age is it, and you are still looking through piles of old papers from 500 years ago?Outdated!

This has promoted the transformation of the French lawyer class.

Without a good mouth, the ability to impromptu speech, and the ability to mobilize emotions, you can't be a reformed lawyer.

and so……

Robespierre, what occupation?
Jacques Danton, what occupation?

In the third-level meeting, what profession directly accounted for more than one-third of the number?
Later, Saint-Simon, who experienced the French revolution, once commented:
[An era has a distribution of power in an era.In the new era, scientists, industrialists, bankers, and technical experts are the progressive forces that represent new things and a new era.They should be the people who hold power in the new era and replace the decadent nobles]

[As for lawyers, they are just those who play tricks on lawsuits, write cunningly, and write pamphlets to incite. 】

[All the slogans they put forward, such as human freedom, etc., are as empty as the slogans of the reactionaries they oppose.]

But there is still a key sentence: [They are like termites, digging around under the old building, making it inevitable to collapse.But they cannot undertake the task of building a new era, and they have stolen the positions of scientists, industrialists, bankers, and technical experts who should be in power in the new era...]

Of course, Saint-Simon looked at this matter from the perspective of an "industrial party that grew up under the old system". After all, he had personally experienced the French Revolution.

But the sentence [They are like termites, burrowing under the old building, making it inevitable to collapse] is the key.

Yes, if you are not afraid of tossing, you are afraid of not tossing.The more you toss, the faster the decadent old era will die.

Just looking at the surface, it seems that everything originated from Dashun’s reforms, Dashun’s participation in the war, and helped Louis XV gain prestige, and then the real monarchy of Dashun attracted Louis XV to make a decision to centralize reforms and abolish the The Paris High Court has reformed the judicial lawyer system, making the current situation extremely chaotic.

Therefore, the young Napoleon, who had heard of "Zhuang Gong shoots the emperor, rites collapse and music is ruined, and troubled times are approaching", and who had already given birth to the idea of ​​being a trendsetter of the times, undoubtedly had complicated emotions for this person in the coffin.

On the one hand, it seems that because of his intervention, the chaos started.This provides an opportunity for those who want to be trendy in the current era.

On the other hand... After all, young people still have different passions.

(End of this chapter)