From Chief to Ball

"Since international law does not work, the simplest rescue of moral justice can still be done. This International Federation of Rescuing the Wounded and Protecting Civilians can rescue the wounded, protect some civilians from massacres, and publicize the behavior after the massacre, or It's judgment."

"Since the right to life is the natural right of human beings, this International Federation is completely neutral and does not distinguish between friends and foes. This is also a practice of international law as Mr. Grotius said."

"As long as the signatories agree, the team on the battlefield is completely neutral and must not be attacked by the army of the signatories, otherwise it will be deemed as a declaration of war against all signatories..."

"Flags...can be made half black and half white. It symbolizes death and life, despair and hope, and opposing sides."

"The main purpose is to rescue the wounded soldiers, stop the massacre of civilians as much as possible, and judge those who slaughtered civilians. Of course, this requires the consent of the signatories, and also requires the consent of countries other than the Republic..."

"Based on and started with this simple, single-purpose life-saving protection of civilians and the wounded, try your so-called international law with practice. Of course, it requires theory, but it also requires practice, doesn't it?"

This extremely advanced idea completely aroused the interest of Grotius, and the one-sixth death rate of wounded soldiers promised by Chen Jian was also the reason for his interest.As for other means of preventing smallpox and painless amputation, they are even more unheard of.

In addition, Grotius himself also hoped to formulate international law to protect civilians in the "so-called civilized world". International law based on natural law itself is a slightly humane internationalist idea.

It's just that international law has been changing since its inception, from advocating that slaves are allowed, to advocating that small countries and "backward countries" should be reduced to vassals and protections of "civilized countries", and to claiming that sovereignty requires human rights when sovereignty is needed It’s time to call for human rights... Chen Jian does not believe in the so-called abstract human nature separated from social relations, so he expresses great doubts about the establishment of international law based on rational and bourgeois abstract human nature, and there is no hope in 100 years .

He has his purpose, and sometimes he needs to use this shell to do other things, and he also needs some specific means to leave some cultural or moral banners for future races and civilization wars.

Grotius said that if the rescue of the wounded soldiers mentioned by Chen Jian really had such a great effect, then he would be willing to run for this time, and use his influence to persuade the Republic of the Netherlands to agree to sign this treaty, and become its initiator One of the countries - it is too early to say the originating country at this time, it can only be regarded as a region, and Chen Jian does not correct it.

In this regard, Chen Jian's request is: this international federation has the right to travel through the territory of the two warring parties; it has the obligation to rescue the wounded soldiers of the "civilized world" of both sides; and this international federation can initiate the massacre of civilians in the signatories War criminals have the right to initiate a lawsuit, but the trial power is in the responsibility of each signatory country and allows defense; this international federation has the qualifications to establish hospitals in the signing countries; soldiers of the signing countries are not allowed to attack the rescuers of the international federation with black and white flags responsibility……

Compared with the unattainable international law, this seems to be achievable.

Grotius said that if he is really not needed as Chen Jian said, the parliament of the Netherlands will allow the existence of this organization.

However, Grotius has repeatedly emphasized that the trial of the massacre needs to be judged from the perspective of a "civilized country", and it needs to be judged jointly by all signatories...

These bargains can continue to be discussed. Chen Jian asked the best ship doctor on board and a group of medical staff to set off together, bringing all the medical equipment: anesthesia, hemostasis, bandages, a low-power microscope for observing coagulation, and spirits etc.

This is an era of chaos, when the world's way of thinking is beginning to shift from cosmopolitanism in the concept of "the region is the world" to nationalism.

Before worlds were held together by sailing ships, Earth was a world scattered into various "worlds".The "world" of the Son of Heaven and the tributary system; the "world" of the Pope and the Catholic countries; the "world" of the Republic and the Hou Boguo...

This decentralized "world" is being broken up.The division of the West-Portuguese meridian can be regarded as the last function of Europa's "world" concept. After the British declared that the state religion was not related to the Pope, European "cosmopolitanism" began to disappear, and there was no law that could manage the world. kind of country.

And as sailing ships connected the world together, the various "worlds" that were originally scattered began to be fragmented and replaced by new countries and new systems.

Whoever first understands and becomes stronger will be qualified to dominate this new world system, no matter what weird and deformed appearance this system will develop in the future-the world will always be divided for a long time, it's just that the world has become bigger. In the future, whether it is the cosmopolitanism of transnational capital or the cosmopolitanism of the red flag, it is an attempt to take the earth as the world.

But if you want to get involved, you must abandon the original "world" and integrate or interfere with everything in this new world as soon as possible.

Just now, there is no reason to interfere.The country will not be interested in taking care of the fart here, so naturally it does not have much say. The construction of the new system requires active participation in addition to national strength, so as not to lag behind.

Chen Jian needs a reason, a reason that can incite public opinion and increase influence, and at the same time allow as much as possible the participation of another country that he hopes has not yet arrived.

Whether you succeed or not, you need to try.

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On the way to The Hague, during a break, Lan Qi asked curiously, "Why did you make this decision?"

Chen Jian said with emotion: "I am a kind person."

Lan Qi pursed her lips and smiled, and asked, "What's the benefit of doing this?"

Chen Jian thought about what happened in Manila not long ago, and asked back: "You said, now we have photography. If a civilized country is discovered and tens of thousands of innocent civilians are massacred in the city, photography is supplemented by photography." What kind of impact will your pen have? If I capture this person and send him to a "civilized country" to exhibit everywhere, and trick the Ministry of Rites of the homeland of these people who were massacred to participate in the trial, is it considered a person? The opportunity to involve that country?"

Lan Qi shook her head and said: "It's difficult. As you said, if there is a powerful country behind these killed people, then this country will be responsible for itself. If it is not strong, then it has no right to speak. If it is strong but It doesn't matter, why do you believe that their ritual department will come forward to participate?"

"How do you know if you don't try? I'm just talking about a possibility."

"That also needs to be signed and agreed to by the country that killed the party."

"It will be face-saving. If they can show the level of rescue of wounded soldiers, they will at least agree to the wounded soldiers and the establishment of hospital training. I just need an excuse, an excuse that can be expanded. Just like smuggling, a legal ship enough boats."

"Apart from these?"

"A lot. When these churches promote their teachings, they are based on rescue and treatment. Then we promote freedom, democracy, anti-feudalism, anti-church, uprising, equality, and humanity. Why can't we also use this as the basis? What? It is always slow to expect them to sum up these concepts. We can be the oil on the fire, the rain when putting out the fire..."

Lan Qi, who already had a general understanding of the situation in Europe at this time, said with a smile: "What kind of chaos are you planning to make here?"

"Regardless of them, there is another advantage, which can slightly improve the status of women. If the nursing staff is dominated by women, women will have one more suitable occupation besides teachers, and it is a profession that can win respect and independence. Independent Only people who are economically independent and women who work independently can have independent women, I am trying to find a way to improve the status of women a little bit.”

Lan Qi laughed and said, "I'm afraid there is one more point. You are sure that war will break out. Use the chaos here to train a group of field doctors and nurses who have practiced, seen blood, and seen the battlefield?"

"There are some things...you can't read them by reading. Practice is the best school. Moreover, some things are sometimes unreasonable. For example, if Lin Xi hadn't cut her own arm to try cowpox, but flowers Qian hired another person. Is this right or wrong? The premise is that she doesn’t know whether it is successful. Nowadays, some sutures can only be tried on dead people, and the country has been stable for decades. Then You said that my purpose is actually to let the doctors of our ethnic group use these wounded soldiers to practice and promote the improvement of medical level, is it right or wrong?"

Lan Qi shook her head and said: "This is an unsolvable problem. But back to the topic you just mentioned, the premise of being respected for female nursing is that human life is respected, otherwise the wounded soldiers are just a burden and a number. Women's nursing The personnel will not be respected. Do you think... these hired soldiers, they will be treated as human beings?"

"If not, then let them themselves or later people and citizens pursue the respect they are treated as human beings. Besides them, there are others. There are always some people in the world who are willing to help others, especially people in distant foreign lands. To invest the least amount of money and gain the greatest influence, to create an extra subject for Lanxiang Technical School, and to promote more women to become professional and working women. No matter whether we can take advantage of the opportunity to spread what we want to spread, we will It's worth trying, isn't it?"

"We can't manage the matter of the same clan."

"Ideology can be used as a weapon. It doesn't require the lives of our kindred to exchange for a stable environment. And we have done nothing wrong, inciting... no, not inciting, just telling them to fight for what they should have , we are righteous. Selling [-] flintlock guns, plus giving away [-] books on how to create secret societies, human rights, the ugliness of the church, and feudal oppression can do what [-] soldiers can't achieve . Time, time, what we want is enough time without interference from here."

Chapter 32 Teaching students according to their aptitude

Lan Qi recalled Chen Jian's words, and said after a long time: "Like the story you told, the birds on the sea ate the fruit, flew to the barren islands, and excreted the seeds. Finally, those barren islands turned green The trees are lush. Our party is such a seabird?"

Chen Jian nodded and said: "Yes. There are many people involved in domestic affairs, and we are only the least powerful party among them. Because there are some seeds that we don't need to plant, and other factions have already planted them. However, the tree must grow from germination, The saplings, then the towering trees, and finally the pruning of the branches. Obviously there are already saplings in China, but we spread the concept of sprouting, so there is no need. Similarly, some places are only seeds, and we cannot directly spread the pruning branches concept."

"for example?"

"Hmm... For example, if there is such a huge empire, the priest class is tax-free, and the population is extremely limited and the land is limited. The priest class controls the grassroots, causing taxes and fees to be oppressed on the lowest civilians. Then, we can Establish a political, economic and military school in the Great Deserted City or in the vicinity of this huge empire. No matter what the excuse is, from the drought, locust plague, and extremely populated areas, a group of poor bottom-ups will be deceived in the name of hired labor.

"Use 20 years to train 3000 people who are proficient in military, political, and interest analysis and who can see the world with an open eye, and teach them organization, compromise, and nationality in the form of a political party. Once a drought, locust plague, or flood occurs... These [-] people returned to their hometowns and hibernated for five years before revolting. As for what will happen in the future, that is a matter of the future. After all, we are outsiders, and their power and freedom must be won by their own hands. "

Lan Qi laughed and said: "After 25 years, according to the Christian calendar of these people, it will be 3000. If these [-] people spend fourteen or five years, they may really be able to make a career. It seems that we have done nothing, but in fact we have to do a big thing."

Chen Jian also smiled and said: "Yes, in 20 years, 20 localized rebel experts only need to spend 20 to 20 silver coins every year. An atlas, and 3000 years of strategic drills in advance. Three thousand pieces of wood Pole, 100 years have allowed them to become grassroots officers with the ability to become a village chief. [-] years of hard work have taught them how to manage, how to improve the land, how to organize immigrants to reclaim barren land, and how to improve seeds... Timing Once the drought arrives, all will be scattered back. The big waves wash the sand, and if [-] of the [-] people really understand it, it is enough to support a cabinet. We only need to sell some guns and send a few cannons when necessary.”

Lan Qi thought for a while, and said: "This is the benefit of the party and the new school. It can be mass-produced, just like a factory. But, 3000 people, is it enough?"

Chen Jian recalled the story of the 3000th horse merchant Luoshan who did not know the truth, and nodded solemnly: "20 people... is enough. Times make heroes. [-] years is just preparation. Even if there is no situation, it can be used as a The pioneers stay in the Great Deserted City."

"That's true. 20 years of preparation is a bit too long."

"Long? What is 20 years? Another example is in Europa, our strategy is different. In 20 years, can you learn Latin?"

Lan Qi nodded proudly, "Of course, I think I'm very talented in languages."

"So, in the past 20 years, you will mainly do one thing, writing articles in Latin."

"keynote?"

"Pan Deism plus Mechanics Philosophy and Natural Law Human Jurisprudence."