Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1287 Death and Revenge ([-])

Having said that, the fundamental differences between the two sides have not been resolved to any degree.

The matter of sending the captives back to London can be interpreted in various ways.

That's the way it is.

The description without emotion is that "the Chinese and French coalition forces captured Gibraltar and returned the prisoners to Britain".

However, it is impossible to do things without emotion, especially this kind of diplomacy and games between countries.

Sending captives can have many different meanings.

Can be intimidating:
Listen to these prisoners, what kind of hellish three months did they go through?Listen to these captives, how do they describe the Gibraltar Hell Fire caused by the Monkey King?Listen to these captives, how do you evaluate the bloodyness of Dashun's artillery bombardment of their phalanx at the end?
It can also be a gesture of favor:

I sent the captives back, we can talk about peace, I showed my sincerity enough; I sent the captives back, we can negotiate peace between our two countries separately, don’t meddle in Shenluo’s affairs in the future, I will be the arbiter between Prussia and Austria, you can throw away the hat of Hanover; I sent the prisoners back, there is really no need to continue fighting between us, your finances can't stand it, and I can't stand it... …

Just like some sports games in later generations.

It can be pure football, pure table tennis sports competition.

But it is also possible that the result of a certain ball game triggered a war that killed tens of millions of people; it is also possible that a ball game triggered a diplomatic icebreak between two hostile countries.

The matter of returning the captives is simple in itself, but it can be endowed with many different and even diametrically opposite political meanings.

The alliance between China and France has had huge differences from the very beginning.

However, before Dashun officially dispatched troops, and before Dashun's fleet and Gibraltar defeated Edward Boskorn's fleet, France had nowhere to go and had to have a "happy conversation" with Dashun's diplomats.

However, once Gibraltar is conquered, the differences between China and France, that is, the differences on "how to end this war and how to sign the post-war treaty", will no longer be happy and put aside differences.

The root cause of the differences between the two is the huge difference in productivity between China and France.

The difference...

To put it simply, take the British Navigation Act as an example.

Is it against the [British] Navigation Act?
Or against the British ["Navigation Act"]?
The refined point is against Britain?Or against the "Navigation Regulations", no matter which country he is from?

The difference in where to put the "accent" is the difference between China and France on the distribution of spoils after the war.

As for the differences in the distribution of spoils after the war, after all, it depends on how far the war will end and in what state it will end, so as to determine what conditions can be obtained in the final peace talks.

Dashun's new school, do you understand what Dashun really wants?What are you going to do?What conditions need to be met?
Actually, they know it.

Although they may not be very proficient, or they may not be able to fully understand the reasons and purposes of Dashun's many requirements and conditions.

However, according to the ideological education they have received, they only need to give them a little hint, and they can understand what is the essence behind it-this essence is the essence of the worldview under the ideological education they have received .

It is similar to "sheep kneeling milk, crows feeding back", different three views and ideologies, the essence of "sheep kneeling milk" seen is different.

Some of the three views are impersonal: drinking while standing up is difficult, so drink while kneeling.Why can't I drink while standing?Because lambs are born tall.Why are lambs not small at birth, but human beings still need to be taken care of by their parents and families?Because sheep are not social, they may be eaten by lions and wolves when they are born. Lambs can only grow a little bigger before they are born, so they are easy to run when they are born, otherwise they will be eaten. You can drink milk on your knees, if you don’t have strength, it’s like you don’t have a gourd ladle, so when you’re by the stream, don’t you kneel down and stuff your mouth into the stream to drink?

Some of the three views are tender and affectionate: because the lamb is filial, and filial piety is the principle of heaven and earth, so the lamb also knows to kneel to drink milk.

Obviously, Dashun’s group of Xinxue people are all learning the principles of “completely inhumane”—this is Dashun’s Confucian conservatives, using Dashun’s Xinxue group as an example , attacking Yan Li School's set of nonsense from the outside to the inside is a typical example: You see, the group of new students all learn "arts", and the six arts are superb.According to your school of Yan and Li, Confucianism can generate Confucian internal strength from the outside to the inside, and from the external skills and techniques. If you learn and master the art, then you will understand the core of the true meaning of Confucianism.Why is it that this group of six-art masters is so impersonal?

As for the new learning itself in Dashun, there is not so much resistance, because in the eyes of the traditional scholar-officials in Dashun, the new learning is art, not Tao.

It's not what the schools of thought and Yang Moxie said, but at most it's the techniques of the Mohists and the formations of the military strategists.

It is art, not Tao.

Moreover, Dashun's new learning itself has the foundation of building the Wude Palace at the beginning of Dashun's founding and balancing it.

Based on this foundation, Dashun's new learning seems to be only teaching "techniques" such as technology, mathematics, geometry, arithmetic, and economics.

And Liu Yu has never taught in Xinxue "what kind of person we want to be"; "what kind of person is a good person and a good citizen"; what is good and what is bad; Shouldn't do...wait a minute, none of that was taught.

He just taught some "economics and economics" learning.

This is mainly because, in his Three Views, these things themselves are part of ideology, because he believes that the economic base determines the superstructure.

The mainstream of Dashun, on the other hand, believes that the superstructure is Tao and the economic base is art, so they don't criticize the new learning, because it does not involve competing with them for the orthodox orthodoxy, because the new learning does not teach the superstructure.

To be more specific, Dashun's traditional school's three views believe that A, B, C... This is a dispute of orthodoxy.

And Xinxue does not teach B, C, and D, so they are not a threat, nor are they the main enemy.

But the three views believed by the black hand behind the new school are A, B, and C, which are just the reflection of 1, 2, and 3 on the moral level, so he does not teach A, B, C, and D, but he teaches 1234, and he firmly believes in the current A. The economic basis is 1, so he only needs to replace 1 with 2, then the abstract mapping will naturally change from A to B.

He wants to explode A and turn him into B.

But he does not say that B is right and A is wrong, but quietly turns 1 into 2.

Therefore, within the Celestial Dynasty, take the matter of criticizing Yan and Li School of "from the outside to the inside", the traditional school does use the new school as an example, but it does not criticize the new school, but uses the new school As evidence, to attack the Yan-Li School, to prove that their outside-in thinking is heresy.

Because of their Three Views, it is not the economic base that determines the superstructure, so they are not wary of the economic base, only the superstructure.

So, what did Liu Yu teach in Xinxue's teaching of "manipulating the world and applying it to practice"?
Basically, what he teaches is still the old horse's set of things.

It's just that Lao Ma's set of things is divided into two parts.

Part of it is how capitalism came about.

The other part is about the stuff of capitalism, how come it doesn’t exist.

In view of the economic foundation at this time, there is no need to teach the second half, and it is useless to teach it.

Therefore, Liu Yu only taught half of it.

In other words, only teach the half of "how did this thing come about", or even only a small half.

And this half is about "how it came about", which makes the new school essentially have its own ideology.

Because this time Dashun participated in the European war, or the main force of Dashun's participation in the First World War were all from the new school.

Whether it is war, negotiation, diplomacy, or trade, it is all handled by the new school.

Therefore, in essence, the new school has its own ideology, and based on this ideology, it has its own understanding of the "essence" of war.

So, only half, how do you say that?

[The various elements of primitive accumulation... are the integration of the colonial system, the national debt system, the taxation system, the tariff protection system, and the industrial support system. 】

[These things (colonial system, national debt system, taxation system, tariff protection system, industrial support) all require the use of state power. 】

[Utilizing the accumulated and organized social power of the state, like a greenhouse, protection encourages the transformation of the feudal mode of production into a capitalist mode of production, and like a greenhouse encourages, shortens the process of this transformation. 】

[The strength of this state power is the midwife of all new societies.And that in itself is an economic force. 】

Of course, Liu Yu only taught this half.

For many things, he either rehearsed or only said half of them.

such as:

[Colonial system, like a greenhouse, promotes the growth of trade and navigation industry]

such as:

[Specialized companies and monopoly companies are powerful levers for capital accumulation.Colonies provided markets for burgeoning manufactures. 】

[More importantly, it is to rely on the strength of the country (such as the army, fleet, cannon, navigation regulations, anti-smuggling, etc.) to achieve market monopoly and lead to enhanced accumulation]

[Outside the mother country, the wealth accumulated by means of plunder, slavery, killing, etc., all flow back to the mother country and be transformed into capital. 】

[In 1648, (the one who played this first) the Netherlands, its fishery, shipping industry, and manufacturing industry all surpassed other countries.The total capital of the Dutch Republic is probably greater than that of all the other countries of Europe put together].

However, Liu Yu did not teach the second half of this half: in 1648, the people of all other European countries combined did not have the high taxes of the Netherlands, the overwork of small farmers who collapsed in the Netherlands, and the brutal oppression of commercial capital in Nanyang. So that uprisings occur frequently.

Since the words are only taught halfway, then the new school of Dashun, who actually led and participated in the First World War, of course knew what they were doing.

What do the high-level military officers headed by Li Yan, or the spokespersons of the new school in the military and political circles, think of Dashun's participation in the First World War?
The answer is obvious:

With the power of the country, the army, cannons, muskets, warships, and wars are like a greenhouse, protecting and encouraging the transformation of the feudal mode of production into a capitalist mode of production, and shortening the process of this transformation like a greenhouse.Be the midwife of the times.

What does the new era look like?

The concepts in their eyes are one-sided and purely from the perspective of productivity: machine production, abundant cloth, abundant salt, silver accumulation, and stable commodity food prices—in short, particularity, geographical advantages, and first-mover advantages The Songsu model of "pure productivity perspective" was popularized in China.In their eyes, it does not involve superstructure and political construction.

(End of this chapter)