The most beautiful and noble things are nothing more than conquest and hunting.

The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

Ancestor Shu Yao Shun, Charter Civil and Military.

Imprisoned in the first king Chengxian, he will never be guilty. —Shang Shu. Fortune

Reward the good and punish the traitor, and the constitution of the country is also. —"Chinese Jin Yu IX"

Eternal Constitution, Yifan Houkun. —The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty

The British understand the charter very well, they already have the Magna Carta and Congress.

The Chinese at least understand the word charter for the same reasons.

The common features of early civilizations on Earth were sacrifice and theocracy. The priests communicated between God and man, and God was the source of the state and power, and in some cases, the priests were even the actual rulers of the state.

Sacrifice, and the resulting series of ceremonial systems, constitute the fundamental rules of a political community. This is the common will and common interest of the common will and the common good of the common and life-and-death rules, which everyone (must) agree with, observe, and follow this set of rules or ceremonial systems.

At that time, the ritual of sacrifice was the constitution of the country and represented the common worldview of the country.

The thousand-year-old empire of Tianyi Shang invented writing and bronze tools, dragging China from barbarism to civilization and becoming an earthly kingdom of gods that everyone can only look up to. Xiaobang Zhou wiped out Shang in a corner of the country, for many reasons, and Zhou Li was one of the most important.

Zhou Gongdan did two major things, one was to establish legitimacy through the major constitutional ritual of sealing Chan, and the other was to reconquer Shang militarily. A series of documents such as "The Great Message", "Kanghe", and "Wine Message" were the charters under the feudal system at that time.

Worship and Rong are closely linked, and the world is dominated by war. The Charter has always been aimed at shaping a unified worldview and deepening military mobilization.

There is a question of the legitimacy of power here. Throughout the ages, war is only a form of violence, and violence is not the only nature of politics. For the people, the violence of war or the power to rule must have legitimacy, and must be recognized, accepted and actively obeyed by the people.

The Confederation is a purely earthly secular state, where all power comes from the people, not from God.

In order to mobilize the people to the broadest possible way to participate in the war, it is necessary to make concessions to the people in the setting of power.

The Federal Pacific Charter respects private property rights and the law, with some elements of human progress.

The Pacific Charter rejects all theocratic and sacred cloaks, transcends religion, transcends faith. Naked fighting for national reasons such as power, land, wealth, and human justice, fighting for the common good, for the common good, for the common good.

In order to defend the charter, it was adopted by the House of Commons and the Senate, and the federal standing army and the corresponding civil powers were clearly established.

Amid the loud applause of the House of Commons and the worried eyes of some members of the Senate, he left the Grand Chamber of the Federal Assembly at Bellamy Palace in an orderly manner.

Hugo Grotius died in 1645, leaving behind the Law of War and Peace.

Grotius freed international law from the shackles of theology, and clarified the relationship between the motives, methods, and outcomes of wars according to natural law. With regard to the various complex situations in actual warfare, he put forward many humanist views that conformed to natural law, which led to the formation of independent legal concepts, which had a major impact on the handling of political and economic relations between countries around the world.

The Law of War and Peace is an ideological summary of the Thirty Years' War and a methodology for the subsequent war guidance of various countries.

Grotius's discourse on the law of war and the law of peace fully demonstrates the spirit of this era, that is, the legal power that is different from the mechanism of the construction of the modern state under religious theocracy.

The key to this legal power is not the classical Aristotelian politics, nor Aquinas's theology, or Dante's ecclesiastical empire, but the new law of war and peace based on natural law.

The theoretical core of the Thirty Years' War was developed by Hugo. Grotius builds. He is the father of the Westphalian Pact and the jurisprudence of the Westphalian system.

Yes, Europe is at peace.

The Great War ended with Spain and the Netherlands ending the Eighty Years' War.

It is now May 25, 1649, and in the case of King. After 3 years of Philby's voyage, they returned from England. Bring back 3 brand-new 40-gun warships, bring back news of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia, and bring back 800 immigrants from various European countries, mostly from England and Germany.

"Elder Philby, I remember that Grotius had two books."

"Yes, Archon. One is "The Law of War and Peace" in your hand, and the other is "The Theory of Freedom of the Seas". ”

"Elder Philby, what is the content of The Theory of Freedom of the Seas?"

"Grotius attacked Portugal's monopoly on the shipping routes and trade of the islands of the eastern Indian Ocean, arguing that the sea was inexhaustible, inexhaustible, and unoccupiable; It should be open to all countries and all peoples for their free use. ”

"Yes, my Senator." Shou Shou laughed, "Free navigation and free trade on the high seas." ”

Philby: "Yes, Your Excellency. The Dutch pursued maritime freedom, apparently because of Portugal's monopoly on the Indian Ocean shipping routes. ”

"Senator, the Dutch and Spain are at armistice, and they are able to concentrate the resources of the colonies to the fullest. A powerful fleet, which was gathering towards Manila, had only four possible targets for the Dutch. ”

Philby: "I guess. Goa, Colombo and Macau, the remaining one would have been Manila before, and now I can't think of it. ”

Shou Xuan didn't answer directly, "Mr. Philby, you have been away for three years, what is the biggest feeling when you come back?" ”

"The capital city is changing so fast that it has doubled in size. The city is surrounded by plantations and laborers. ”

"That's right, the speed at which we're growing is astonishing and terrifying."

"I see, Your Excellency, the fourth target is our capital. The Dutch will set their sights on us someday, but I don't think it will be now. ”

"Go on, Senator."

"I learned in London that the Dutch had an armistice with Spain, and that the Spanish king's instructions to the Philippine Governor were to withdraw from the island of Tidore and to renounce their rights in the Spice Islands altogether. The Dutch government's instructions to the West India Company and the East India Company were to wage all-out war against Portugal. Brazil, India and West Africa will be the key battlegrounds. ”

Sort out the war opponents of the Netherlands.

First was Spain, the former sworn enemy, and then the Castile crown after Spain's union with Portugal.

In fact, strictly speaking, in the context of the Thirty Years' War, the war between the Netherlands and Spain had the meaning of a world war.

More than half of the world's leading countries are involved in this war. Europe is in shambles; The battlefields of the Americas spread across the coast of Brazil; West Africa is tug-of-war between the Gold Coast, Angola, and Congo; The Dutch in East Africa violently attacked Portuguese colonial strongholds along the coast; Britain in Asia attacked the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and the Netherlands attacked Ceylon, the Philippines and Macau.

In Asia, with the exception of the small states of the East Indies and the Malay Archipelago, the Ming Dynasty of China also had a clear tendency, siding with the Portuguese and giving only Portugal a monopoly on trade, for which it did not hesitate to fight the Dutch several times.

In 1640, Portugal became independent, and the Netherlands and Portugal achieved an armistice at least in Europe. The Batavia Mountains were far from the emperor and continued the war in Asia for a few more years, until Ceylon cerealised an armistice, Portugal kept Colombo, and the Dutch acquired the port of Galle.

The Treaty of 1640 was only an intermission for the Netherlands and Portugal, and the main effect was the withdrawal of England from the war.

Now the Netherlands and Spain have won the war at the end of the war, and the break is over.

The Netherlands drew their swords and looked around, and only Portugal, a weak country, was left under the guns of the fleet.

The Brazilian battlefield was too far from Asia, and the outcome of the war was irrelevant for the time being. In the Asian theater with the closest relationship with the Federation, Batavia still has the advantage of challenging both Manila and Goa at the same time, and now that Spain has withdrawn, Batavia's power is overwhelming for Goa.

In fact, the Dutch could gather a dozen or twenty warships and two or three thousand soldiers in any of their Portuguese colonies to strike at them.

The question is only how long it will take the Dutch to put an end to the last bit of Portuguese hegemony in the Indian Ocean.

Philby: "I've heard that Colombo is a powerful fortress. ”

"That's right, Colombo is one of the largest, strongest and most well-fired, bastions in Asia."

"Your Excellency, that means that the Dutch are surrounded by land and blockaded by sea."

"Yes, Senator. If the tide of war goes on track, the Portuguese will not wait to lose Colombo, and they will gather their last fleet and land forces to fight the Dutch to the death. ”

Portugal could not bear to lose the spices of Ceylon. Moreover, Ceylon also determines the ownership of the Malabar coast in southern India.

At least at this stage, Ceylon is a tastier target for Batavia, both in terms of the inertia of historical warfare and the rights and interests that can be effectively controlled.

"Your Excellency, as long as the war begins, it means that until death is over, and one side will fall completely. Although Portugal was weak, they were able to resist for years. ”

"That's our chance, Senator Philby. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'll have to send you out again, even though you've just returned. ”

"Oh, Your Excellency, what is the mission?"

"You've worked with John's Company for three years and are most familiar with them, and I've decided to send you to Madras."

Philby smiled: "Fort St. George?" Sir, this is not a problem, the Union is only separated from the Bay of Bengal, which is much closer than it has been across the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean for the past two years. ”

"Yes, Mr. Senator. Everyone could see that the Portuguese were no match for the Dutch, they could only drag their time. Let's assume that by the end of the war, the Dutch won, and they would take the place that the Portuguese had once held and monopolize trade at sea......"

"Your Excellency, then the English will be where the Dutch once were."

"Senator, if you look at "The Law of War and Peace" and "The Freedom of the Seas" together, you will find a very interesting phenomenon."

Philby tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Your Excellency, I think I understand what you mean. In order to maximize the national interest, the Dutch will seek monopolies, and they will violate the Theory of Freedom of the Seas. And the British, for the same reason, will hold high the banner of free trade, and there will be a war between the two countries. ”

"War requires some element of chance, and no one dares to draw conclusions. But it is clear that we have some common ground with the British. I hope you will expand your consensus with the British at Fort St. George. ”

"In the short term, the Dutch will remain our largest trading partner, so your job will be fundamental, more about emotional communication than about substantive contracts and covenants. Your most important job is still to access European immigration and technology through British companies, and even better if you have the funds. ”

Dancing with your hands tied requires great skill.

Philby blinked, "Your Excellency, although the task is relatively difficult, I accept it. I have only one request. ”

"Please."

"I need greater authority, not only with the British, but also with the countries of India and the European countries operating in India."

"Denmark, Sweden are all right, don't meddle in Portugal. You will be the Federal Plenipotentiary to India. ”

Philby took off his top hat with his right hand and gracefully performed a French aristocratic salute, "I'm honored." “

Philbichen rushed away, and he needed some time to assemble the team.

Now the Commonwealth has the only strength to set up a merchant house at Fort St. George, and perhaps buy a territory in the hands of Golconda or some Indian prince in the future.

Orderly boarded the carriage, he had a tricky problem to deal with.

The new pirates arrived in Asia.