Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 614

After Beihai Town’s fleet left Le Havre, they did not go to England at the invitation of the former British ambassador to France and the Governor of Madras, but headed south all the way to French West Africa.

Without him, time is too late.Especially Deng Fei, he had to rush back to Beihai Town to attend the meeting before the end of the year, and he also had to go to Bacheng to bring Wang Yuanfang and his wife with him.

Zhao Xinxin kept his promise to Mbat. After completing supplies in Port St. Louis, Senegal, the fleet spent two days docking in the northern Gulf of Guinea, sending boats to take the blacks ashore. Mothers.

However, when counting the number of people before disembarking, the black child named "Lamin labake" could not be found.The crew on the Thor took Mbat and a few black people to search up and down, but they couldn't find it.

After a period of treatment and recuperation, little Lamin fully recovered from his condition and returned to a lively state.Although this kid is dark, he has pretty features and has learned a few words of Chinese from the doctor. The sailors on the ship like him very much.As long as you don't go to those important facilities, basically nobody cares.

The problem is that it is impossible for Zhao Xin and the others to stay in the Gulf of Guinea too much for a child. Mbat and others had to give up after searching for a long time.However, before he left, he told Deng Fei that maybe all of this was God's will. The hometown of "Lamin labake" was not in the Oyo Kingdom, and none of them knew the exact location. possible.

Unexpectedly, on the second day after the Raytheon set sail again, a soldier of the Special Operations Battalion who was in charge of delivering food to Louis Shire and the others accidentally discovered the "Lamin labake" hidden in the closet while delivering lunch.Dare to feel that this child has been hiding in Louis Charles' room!

The question is how did the two little guys get mixed up?None of the crew could say anything bad.

After Zhao Xin sent the three Louis Shires to the Thor, they placed them in the suite cabin where he lived, and told Mrs. Elizabeth that there would be three meals in the morning, noon and evening. Spotted by passing ships nearby.

Maybe it was because Louis Charles couldn't stay in the room, met each other in the poop, and then played together?You must know that Louisshire is actually quite lonely. Since the death of his brother Joseph, he has only one sister.When he was imprisoned in the Temple Tower, because he lived downstairs with Louis XVI, he didn't spend much time with Teresa every day.

Zhao Xin and Deng Fei couldn't laugh or cry when they learned about it.However, this matter was not publicized yet, because the four "Res" and Condorcet lived upstairs in the cabin.Let's talk about it when we return to Beihai Town!

Deng Fei asked the doctor on board to check the body of the Louis Shire siblings, and found that both children had mild symptoms of tuberculosis.It is said that before streptomycin was discovered and applied clinically, tuberculosis was an incurable disease.Rich people always look for an environment with beautiful air, coupled with nutritious food and exercise for conditioning; while poor people can only wait for death after seeking various folk remedies.

Three years ago, Louis-Charles' elder brother Joseph died of tuberculosis, and in another time and space, Louis-Charles himself died of tuberculosis.Considering the environment they lived in since they were young, Zhao Xin judged that a certain lady contracted the disease when they were in the Palace of Versailles and the Tuileries, and then passed it on to their children.

After several explanations with Mrs. Elizabeth, the other party reluctantly agreed to use the medicine from Beihai Town for treatment.So for the next two weeks, the little prince had to get an injection in his buttocks every day, which caused him to be psychologically shadowed, and he felt terrified when he saw wearing a white coat.

On the way back, Zhao Xin mainly focused on the meeting held at the end of the year, or thinking about the future political system.

The name "Republic of China" was used to fool the French. Naturally, it was impossible for Beihai Town to fully develop a republic as soon as it came up, otherwise it would easily lead to chaos from top to bottom.

In another time and space, the idea of ​​a republic in the Qing Dynasty began after the Opium War.As the Manchu Qing was forced to open the country, the situation of "cutting the buttocks to fatten the brains and eating their own flesh" intensified step by step, only then did the self-styled gentry class open their eyes to see the world.The above-mentioned situation is completely different from today's late Qianlong period. In other words, it is pure nonsense for Beihai Town to engage in parliamentary politics.

To put it bluntly, the struggle between Beihai Town and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still a struggle for the world, and its nature was "rotten in the pot".

In his opinion, what kind of political system to adopt requires people who are in line with its basic principles. For example, a family needs to entrust a bunch of princes and nobles, feudal politics with a constitutional monarchy needs a group of nobles and capitalists, and oligarchy requires admiration and pursuit. The exploiters of money, while the democratically centralized republic needs people with the same goal and the pursuit of equality and freedom.

We must know that the basis of modern state theory is not the natural state of "the emperor is ordered by the sky, the princes are ordered by the emperor, the son is ordered by the father, the minister is ordered by the king, and the wife is ordered by the husband", but a "artificial state" based on human will .Its essence is to replace the imperial power with human rights, and replace the debate between Hua and Barbarians with a multi-ethnic country.

In other words, the reason why feudal countries change dynasties is that apart from the gradual decay of the rule and the deterioration of the economy, there is also the most important phenomenon that "everyone is for himself, and the emperor is for everyone."Therefore, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how difficult the country’s finances were, the wealthy scholar-bureaucrats would not spend money to help; but when the Manchu Qing Dynasty wanted to do something about traditional culture, the scholar-bureaucrats inspired by nationalism stood up and abandoned their families. The investment in the industry is the great cause of fighting the Qing Dynasty.

After the emperor of the foreign race or this group has integrated into the traditional culture, and even became the spokesperson of "unity of governance and morality" and monopolized the right to speak through literary inquisition, the scholar-official class returned to its previous state.

To establish a republic in China in the eighteenth century, the first thing to face is the issue of "the people".So what kind of people there are "people" in what kind of government, is it the same as what kind of government there is "people" in the people?

The answer is obviously different.

Different from the people-oriented thinking in traditional Chinese culture, if Beihai Town wants to establish a republic, what it needs to do is not only to "make production for the people, plead for the people, be the parents of the people, and be the master of the people" in the feudal era, but also through education. , Enlighten, improve and shape the "people" you need.

We must know that once the people realize freedom through education, they will look for freedom and equality and internalize it into a universal personality.A republic can only be achieved when the people are not ashamed or fearful of offending imperial or cultural authority.

Zhao Xin can imagine that the New Confucianists in Beihai Town headed by Wang Zhong will definitely look for the basis for the reform of the political system from Chinese traditions, that is, "reform from the ancient times".This has already been seen from his chat with Jiao Xun before.

No matter how they change, their requirements for the system are nothing more than sixteen words: "People have no talents, land has no benefits, the monarch and the people are not separated, and the name and reality must match." The so-called people and the people naturally have the right to speak of scholars.

The problem is that the purpose of "no separation between the monarch and the people" is only to communicate the feelings of the top and bottom, and to ease the internal conflicts of various classes, and civil rights are the key.If this barrier is not broken, the Republic of China under the rule of Beihai Town will be a freak. It will either fall apart, or go back to the old way of the world.

From this, Zhao Xin thought that the "transition period" Yu Deli mentioned earlier actually had a lot of meaning. It seems that the other party has far more considerations about the political system than himself.

"This old fox! Always leave half of what you say, and insist on letting me guess."

During the 28 days on the way back, Zhao Xin also had a long talk with several Frenchmen, and asked them their views on the political system and the constitution.The result of this move was that someone taught him a good lesson. After that, he went to that person for advice almost every day, which made his [-]-year-old beautiful wife very unhappy.

This man is Marquis de Condorcet.

To be honest, rescuing Lavoisier was purely out of Fang Hua's longing for his idol, and Zhao Xin felt that this person died too unjustly.The other three "Gods of Ra" were too famous in later generations. Beihai Town wanted to establish its own academy.

As far as Condorcet is concerned, compared with his achievements in calculus and game theory, the greatest contribution of this person in history is to write the "Compendium of the History of Human Spiritual Progress", and it is in the last nine years of his life. Completed during Yue's escape.

What is the point of this book?That is, no one in Europe would have thought that humans could fully understand the natural world until then.In other words, human beings are born with the ability to perceive and use various knowledge, and in this process, they will grasp the regularity of knowledge and even understand the world.Before that, only God could do this.

In addition, historically, he was also responsible for the overall drafting of the first draft constitution of the French Republic in 1792. It can be seen that his ability is absolutely farting-extraordinary.

However, due to the emergence of Beihai Town in this time and space, Condorcet resigned from the drafting committee; because Robespierre openly proposed after the "Temple Tower Incident" that the country can be governed by the Constitution only after peace comes, and internal and external A government in a state of war can only be a dictatorship.

During the conversation between the two, Condorcet gave Zhao Xin a general account of his views on history, philosophy, constitution and education, which Zhao Xin felt benefited a lot.Although the other party summarizes the history of human spiritual progress through the development of Western culture, and cannot get rid of the meaning of Christian theology in the theory, Zhao Xin feels that for a person who has never understood Chinese culture or been to China, Already remarkable, no wonder this man would become a representative figure of the Enlightenment.

In fact, another important reason why Condorcet came to the East is that after he and Jiao Xun exchanged views on Eastern and Western history, he understood the Chinese view of history by judging right from wrong, using human beings as the driving force of history, and It is for the function of serving the living that historiography has aroused great interest.

Chinese history books are all about telling people what to do.Through the systematic summarization of experience and lessons, coupled with moral preaching, to tell future generations should do this or that, that is, to seek good luck and avoid evil.

You must know that the view of Western historiography is not like this.Westerners study those successful allusions in history not to imitate, but to learn how to overcome themselves and achieve inner success; the purpose of studying tragic allusions is not to avoid history from repeating itself, but to gain Enough courage to bear.

Zhao Xin has no research on the philosophy of history, but he thinks the collision of these two ideas is really interesting.Maybe Condorcet will write a different "Outline of the History of Human Spiritual Progress" after seeing Beihai Town and gaining an in-depth understanding of Confucian culture!

During the conversation, Condorcet expressed great interest in Beihai Town's promotion of women going out of their homes to work.This man had published a pamphlet two years before, entitled "On the Granting of Citizenship to Women."

"It seems to me, Mr. Zhao, that either no member of the human race has any real rights, or they all have the same rights; and anyone who opposes the rights of others, regardless of his religion, color, or sex, automatically forfeits himself s right."

If the above discussions are still some metaphysical issues, after Condorcet talked about his very famous voting paradox in later generations, Zhao Xin's heart was pounding, as if he had discovered some kind of "secret weapon".

We must know that democracy and efficiency are destined to be irreconcilable contradictions. Unless specific restrictions are imposed on democratic methods and procedures, when there are more than two options, the rule of "minority obeying the majority" may lead to inconsistent voting results. Stable and not unique.

That is to say, assuming that Zhao Xin is the agenda controller of the meeting, in order to let the person in his mind be elected or the plan passed, he can completely manipulate the agenda setting, so that all other candidates or plans can be easily defeated, thus reach your goals.

Shh~~ I can't say any more.
On December 1792, 12, Beihai Town's fleet crossed the Sunda Strait and finally returned to Bacheng.Wang Yuanfang brought his wife and members of the Bacheng government, including Jiang Asheng, to the port to welcome them.

This is the first time for Zhao Xin to come to Bacheng. Although he has learned that there have been many changes in Bacheng from the telegrams he exchanged before, and he has also watched the video materials brought back by Deng Fei, the feeling after seeing it with his own eyes is still quite different.

Today, two large forts have been built on the east and west sides of Bacheng Port, equipped with two D30122 howitzers and ten 75mm coastal defense guns.In addition to a marine company transferred from Beihai Town, the current garrison also has three battalions recruited from Hoi An and the local area, with a total strength of 1800.

Zhao Xin also saw He Xiwen among the crowd at the port.He had already learned from the telegram sent by Wang Yuanfang that He Xiwen had successfully acquired the two pieces of land with the help of Gu Lihuan.So when Zhao Xin walked up to He Xiwen, he first signaled him to keep quiet, and then patted the other person on the shoulder and said a few words of approval, which made He Xiwen's bones shattered from excitement.

After the four "Ra" and Condorcet disembarked with their families and servants, Mrs. Elizabeth, who had been hiding in the cabin, appeared on the deck of the Thor with her three children, and then in a platoon of North Navy Under the escort, go to the old Governor's Mansion in the city.

Deng Fei and Degigne have already communicated with Mrs. Elizabeth. Before the fleet returns to Beihai Town, everything should be careful and try not to attract attention.You must know that although the Chinese are the mainstream here in Bacheng, there are also many European businessmen who come here to do business. The most important thing is to guard against the eyes and ears of the British.

　It's really hard to write, my brain is big!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)