After the fleet from Beihai Town left Le Havre, they did not go to Britain at the invitation of the British Ambassador to France and the Governor of Madras. Instead, they headed south, heading straight to French West Africa.
Without him, time is too late. Especially Deng Fei, who has to rush back to Beihai Town to attend the meeting before the end of the year. In addition, he has to go to Bacheng to bring Wang Yuanfang and his wife with him.
Zhao Xin kept his promise to Mbate. After completing supplies in Port Saint-Louis, Senegal, the fleet took two days to dock in the northern Gulf of Guinea and sent ships to take the black people ashore.
Every mom.
However, when they were counting the number of people before disembarking, the black child named "Lamin Labake" could not be found. The crew of the Thor took Mbate and several other black people to search up and down, but was surprised to find them.
After a period of treatment and recuperation, little Lamin fully recovered from his condition and returned to a lively state. Although this boy is dark, he has handsome features and even learned a few Chinese words from the doctor. The sailors on the ship like him very much.
.As long as you don’t go to those important facilities, basically no one will care.
The problem was that Zhao Xin and the others could not stay too long in the Gulf of Guinea just for a child. Mbate and others had to give up after searching for most of the day. However, before leaving, he told Deng Fei that maybe all this was God's will, "Lamin
Labake's hometown is not in the Oyo Kingdom. None of them know the specific location, and it is impossible to send him back even if they want to.
Unexpectedly, the day after the Thor set sail again, a special operations battalion soldier who was responsible for delivering meals to Louis Charles and the others accidentally discovered the "Lamin labake" hidden in the closet while delivering lunch. Love it
This kid has been hiding in Louis Charles' room!
The question is how did the two little guys get together? No one on the crew can tell.
After Zhao Xin sent Louis Charles and the three of them to the Thor, they placed them in the suite cabin where he lived. He also told Mrs. Elizabeth that three meals in the morning, lunch and evening would be delivered by someone, and they must not go on the deck to avoid being caught.
Spotted by nearby passing ships.
Maybe Louis couldn't stay in the room, so he met each other in the poop and started playing together? You must know that Louis 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. But they couldn't make it public because the four "Ra Gods" and Condorcet lived in the cabin upstairs. Let's talk about it after they return to Beihai Town!
Deng Fei asked the doctor on board the ship to check the bodies of Louis Charles and his brother, and found that both children had tuberculosis. It is said that before streptomycin was discovered and applied clinically, tuberculosis was an incurable disease. Rich people always looked for a cure.
A beautiful air environment, coupled with adequate nutritious food and exercise for conditioning; while the poor can only wait to die after seeking various folk remedies.
Louis Charles's brother Joseph died of tuberculosis three years ago, and in another history of time and space, Louis Charles himself also died of tuberculosis. Considering the environment in which they lived since childhood, Zhao Xin judged that it was likely
It was while at Versailles and the Tuileries that a certain noblewoman contracted the disease and then passed it on to her children.
After many explanations with Lady Elizabeth, the other party reluctantly agreed to use the medicine from Beihai Town for treatment. So in the next two weeks, the little prince had to receive a shot of streptomycin on his butt every day, which made him fall down.
It’s a psychological shadow, and I get scared when I see someone wearing a white coat.
On the way back, Zhao Xin focused mainly on the meeting to be held at the end of the year, or on thinking about the future political system. Naturally, it is impossible for Beihai Town to fully implement the European "republican" political system from the very beginning, otherwise it will be very difficult.
It can easily lead to chaos from top to bottom.
In another time and space, the republican ideas of the Qing Dynasty only began after the Opium War. As the Manchus were forced to open their doors to the outside world, the situation of "cutting off buttocks to fatten brains and eating one's own flesh" to the outside world gradually intensified, and the self-styled gentry
Only then did the class open their eyes to the world. The above situation is completely different from today's late Qianlong period. In other words, Beihai Town's attempt to engage in parliamentary politics is pure nonsense.
The struggle between Beihai Town and the Qing Dynasty was, to put it bluntly, a struggle for the world. Its nature was "meat rotten in the pot". For the scholar-bureaucrat class, it was not a great shame or great humiliation.
In his view, whatever political system is adopted requires citizens who are consistent with its basic principles. For example, the family world needs to enfeoff a bunch of princes and nobles, the feudal politics of constitutional monarchy needs a group of nobles and capitalists, and the oligarchy needs to be admired and pursued.
They are exploiters of money, and to establish a modern industrialized country requires a large number of peasants liberated from the land.
We must know that the foundation of modern state theory is not a natural state in which "the emperor is ordered by heaven, princes are ordered by the emperor, sons are ordered by father, ministers are ordered by kings, and wives are ordered by husbands", but an "artificial state" based on human will.
.The essence is to replace imperial power with human rights, and replace Huayi with a multi-ethnic country.
In other words, the reason why feudal countries changed dynasties was not only the gradual decay of the rule and the deterioration of the economy, but also the most important phenomenon was that "everyone is for himself, and the emperor is for everyone." Therefore, even if the country's finances were in difficulty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats
The wealthy class did not spend any money to help; but when the Qing Dynasty wanted to take action on traditional culture, the scholar-bureaucrats inspired by nationalism stood up, sacrificing their families and careers to devote themselves to the cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.
After the foreign emperors or this group were integrated into the traditional culture, and even became the spokesperson of "the unity of governance and morality", and monopolized the right to speak through the literary inquisition, the scholar-bureaucrat class returned to its previous state.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Xin can imagine that the New Confucianists in Beihai Town headed by Wang Zhong will definitely look for the basis for political restructuring from Chinese tradition, that is, "trust
"Ancient restructuring". This was already evident from his previous chat with Jiao Xun.
No matter how it changes, their requirements for the system are nothing more than sixteen words: "People leave no talent, the land leaves no profit, the monarch and the people are not separated, and the name and reality must match." The so-called "people" and "people", in essence,
They are scholars who have a monopoly on cultural rights. The purpose of "no separation between the ruler and the people" is only to communicate with the superiors and subordinates, to alleviate the conflicts among various internal strata, and to broaden the people's wisdom is the key.
From this, Zhao Xin thought that the "transition period" mentioned by Yu Deli before actually had a profound meaning. It seemed that the other party considered the issue of political system far more than he did.
"This old fox! He always leaves half of what he says and insists on making me guess."
During the twenty days on the way back, Zhao Xin also had a long conversation with several French people and asked them for their views on the political system and the constitution. The result of this move was that he was taught a good lesson.
After that, he went to that person for advice almost every day, which made his beautiful 28-year-old wife very unhappy.
This man is Marquis de Condorcet.
To be honest, rescuing Lavoisier was purely out of Fang Hua's admiration for his idol. In addition, Zhao Xin felt that this man's death was too unjust. The other three "La Gods" were too famous in later generations, and Beihai Town was going to be established.
Only with their presence can your own college live up to its name.
As far as Condorcet is concerned, compared to his achievements in calculus and game theory, his greatest contribution in history was to write the "Outline of the History of the Progress of the Human Spirit", and it was written in the last nine years of his life.
Completed during Yue's escape.
What is the significance of this book? That is, before this, no one in Europe would think that human beings can fully understand the natural world. In other words, human beings are born with the ability to perceive and apply all kinds of knowledge, and in the process
Master the laws of knowledge, and even understand the world. Before that, only God could do this.
In addition, historically he also served as the overall drafter of the first draft constitution of the French Republic in 1792, which shows that his ability is absolutely extraordinary - 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 a constitution only after peace has arrived.
A government in a state of war can only be a dictatorship.
During the conversation between the two, Condorcet briefly told Zhao Xin his many views on history, philosophy, constitution and education, which made Zhao Xin feel that he had benefited a lot. Although the other party summarized the progress of human spirituality through the development of Western culture
History and theory cannot escape the connotation of Christian theology, but Zhao Xin feels that for a person who has never understood Chinese culture and has never been to China, it is already amazing. No wonder this person became a representative of the Enlightenment.
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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 in terms of moral standards for judging right and wrong, human beings as the driving force of history, and
Historiography is of great interest in serving this function for living people.
Chinese history books are all about telling people what to do. By systematically summarizing experiences and lessons, coupled with moral preaching, they tell future generations what they should do this or that, that is, to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.
You must know that this is not the view of Western history. Westerners study successful allusions in history not to imitate them, but to learn how to overcome themselves and achieve inner success; the purpose of studying tragic allusions is not to avoid the recurrence of history, but to learn how to overcome themselves and achieve inner success.
When fate brings tragedy, you must have enough courage to endure it.
Zhao Xin has not studied historical philosophy, but he thinks the collision of these two ideas is really interesting. Perhaps Condorcet will write a different "History of Human Spiritual Progress" after seeing Beihai Town and gaining a deeper understanding of Confucian culture.
Table Outline"!
During the conversation, Condorcet expressed great interest in Beihai Town's promotion of women to go out of the house and participate in the work. This person had published a pamphlet entitled "On Allowing Women to Enjoy Civil Rights" two years ago.
"Mr. Zhao, in my opinion, either no member of the human race has any real rights, or they all have the same rights; anyone who opposes the rights of others, regardless of his religion, color, or gender, automatically loses his own
s right."
If the above discussions are still metaphysical issues, after Condorcet told his famous voting paradox in later generations, Zhao Xin's heart was pounding, and he seemed to have 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 obeys 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 get the person he wants to be elected or the plan passed, he can completely set the agenda and make all other candidates or plans fail.
Reach your goals.
Shh~~I can’t say any more...
On December 19, 1792, 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 greet them.
This was Zhao Xin's first visit to Bacheng. Although he had heard from the telegrams that Bacheng had undergone many changes and had seen the video materials brought back by Deng Fei, his feelings after seeing it with his own eyes were still very different.
Now 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 land battle company transferred from Beihai Town, the current garrison also has troops from Hoi An.
and three battalions recruited locally, with a total strength of 1,800 troops.
Among the people welcoming him at the port, Zhao Xin also saw He Xiwen. He had already learned through the telegram sent by Wang Yuanfang that He Xiwen, with the help of Gu Lihuan, had successfully obtained the two pieces of land. So Zhao Xin became
When he walked up to He Xiwen, he first motioned for him to be quiet, and then patted him on the shoulder and said a few words of approval, which made He Xiwen's bones brittle with excitement.
When the four "Ras" and Condorcet disembarked with their families and servants, Lady Elizabeth, who had been hiding in the cabin, appeared on the deck of the Thor with her three children.
Under escort, we headed to the old governor's palace in the city.
Deng Fei and Degene have already communicated with Lady Elizabeth. Before the fleet returns to Beihai Town, they must be careful and try not to draw attention to themselves. You must know that although Chinese are the mainstream here in Bacheng, there are many Europeans who come here to do business.
There are also many merchants, and the most important thing is to guard against British eyes and ears.