"After taking a step back, we can work hard to spread the rituals and laws of the Song Dynasty across the world, and think about everything very carefully and carefully. However, sometimes manpower is exhausted, and there has been a complete set of rules at sea for thousands of years. Can we start this new set of things more in line with the laws of the sea? I don't think it is necessary. How can a person's wisdom compete with the wisdom of tens of millions of years? Maybe it is even more unbearable than before."

"But," Li Rui asked, "If this is the case, what's the difference between us and the barbarians?"

"What's the difference?"..

Zhao Xingde repeated word by word, and his face was cold, as if facing the doubts of the provincial Xuexuezheng in the Ministry of Rites, he slowly said: "Wu Taibo, the younger brother of Taibo, Zhongyong, are both sons of Taiwang of Zhou, and Jili, the brother of King Jili of Zhou, is the son of King Wen, Jichang. The Taiwang knew that Ji Changxian was located in Jili and Jichang, so Taibo and Zhongyong sent wise men to Jingman. The Jingman admired the morality of the two, and followed thousands of families to make Taibo the king, and there were Wu Kingdoms. Taibo and Zhongyong were all sages of ancient times. Taibo three gave way to the world, Confucius praised it and said 'The Supreme Virtue'. Letting the wise Jili and Jichang had only 800 years of Zhou Dynasty. However, when Taibo died, Zhongyong succeeded him and cut off his hair and tattooed him, and he thought he was a decoration. Is the two doing nothing different from the barbarians?"

"A tattoo of broken hair is just an appearance after all." Li Rui retorted, "Wu Taibo and Zhongyong, why is there no difference between Wu and the barbarians?"

"The Wu Kingdom is not a country of rituals and music. Hair cuts are all appearances, so what is the essence of the spirit?" Zhao Xingde said thoughtfully, "Isn't it that Taibo? Zhongyong obtained the essence of the Zhou rituals, and only then could he establish a country in the territory of the Jingman with the virtue of the Jingman and the way of the Jingman. Later, the mere Wu Kingdom defeated the strong Chu in the west, entered Yingdu, and imposed on Qi and Jin in the north, and became one of the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period. If it weren't for Wu Zhongyong's hair cuts off and tattoos, he would have won the idea of ​​being in the Jingman land, he would have been difficult to survive, right?"...

Li Rui remained silent. Wu State had cut off his hair and tattooed his brother. The king's brother died and his brother was close to the barbarians. After Wu, there was another wise man Ji Zha who repeatedly asked his country. It can be seen that Taibo's earnest gentleman style has not been cut off. If it is said that the Wu people are no different from the barbarians, it is indeed unreasonable. He was confused and seemed to have some understanding, but it was not very clear. He couldn't help but ask: "Where is what Yuan Zhi saw, what virtue matches the heaven, what is the difference between China and the barbarians? What is the essence?"

"Maybe Wu Taibo knew." Zhao Xingde shook his head, "but I don't know. Or, I don't know exactly. In a sense, do more mistakes. Because of this, the navy's management of the Southwest South China Sea, I can only change the rules at sea as little as possible and act as much as possible according to the original rules at sea. As you know, the most important thing for the navy to train these prisoners is to teach them military laws and regulations and establish rules. But these rules are just a drop in the ocean compared to the original rules at sea. In addition to the least necessary persistence, there are many, many open and dark rules in the Southwest Sea, which we must follow, not confront. To adapt to these rules, the first step is to know the rules, which requires the people who defend the sea camp."

"Since you have persisted, even if you change the rules at least," Li Rui said in confusion, "It is different from the rules that people have followed for millions of years. This may also disobey the laws of heaven in the southwest sea. Then what you say is inconsistent? If you can persist a little, why can't you do more so that the etiquette and law of the Central Plains can be truly vast in the southwest sea?" He stared at Zhao Xingde, as if he wanted to find the answer from his face. This abstract question of the laws of heaven and human virtue, even in the Bachelor's Mansion, Li Rui rarely talked about. At this time, he seemed to be infected by Zhao Xingde. He was confused and seemed to be a little excited.

"If the way of heaven is the same, human virtue will naturally remain unchanged." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said in a deep voice, "But, what about the way of heaven?"

"The way of heaven is permanent, not for Yao, not for Jie." Li Rui said in a lost voice, "How could the way of heaven change?"

"The way of heaven is permanent, and it will not change." Zhao Xingde has answered this question countless times.

"But now, the way of heaven is indeed a little different from tens of millions of years ago." He looked at Li Rui's confused expression and said slowly, "First of all, the way of heaven is not high, but is contained in all things in the world. If wood meets fire, it will burn, and if dress and eat, it is a certain principle. This principle has existed forever. It is not for Yao or for Jie to perish. It is for heaven. Although the way of heaven will not change, this life will be tens of millions of years ago, or tens of millions of years later,

There are really different things. Tens of millions ago, there were no artillery or gunships in the world, and no country could organize such a powerful fleet, so there was no reason to be connected to these. Now, with these extra things, there were naturally extra principles to be added." He looked at Li Rui and said in a deep voice, "Using this way of heaven as the foundation, there will naturally be room for re-formulation of rules, and complying with the heaven with virtue, and establishing new rules. This is the new virtue of human beings."

"Since that's the case, why can't China's etiquette and law be widely distributed across the world?" Li Rui asked back.

The discussion between the two seemed to have returned to the starting point.

"Manpower sometimes ends." Zhao Xingde sighed and said without hesitation: "So what if the artillery is powerful? From one place to another, from a few months to more than a year, the distance and time have not changed. The long distance, the stormy waves and the reefs are unpredictable. These have not changed. The original principles of the sea are naturally still there. Compared with the power of the ocean itself, the strong ships and powerful cannons have only a little more truth. What are you and I? How can you and I dare to say that you can replace the original rules of the sea with Chinese etiquette and law?" He took a sip of tea and sighed, "I can know that it cannot be done. However, national affairs can only follow the heavens and act irreversibly. Otherwise, one person will be happy, and the ten people in the world will not be happy."

"Manpower is sometimes exhausted", a lot of helplessness. Li Rui's face suddenly became clear, he sighed and said, "So, thank you for your advice."

"Why do you and me be polite? You are specialized in arts and professions. You are not as good as me in the ordinary trivial matters. You are not as good as you. I am not as good as you when you measure the stars and see the secrets of heaven." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said humbly: "Maybe in a thousand years, today's kings, princes, generals and ministers will become dirt, and people still remember you, the first Grand Secretary Li, who measured the accurate chart."

"Brother Zhao is too rewarded." Li Rui bowed his hand and frowned again, "If you want to survive the Southwest Sea, can't you choose some reliable and reliable people among the more than 20,000 ordinary prisoners? Why do you have to use the extremely vicious death row prisoners in the Hanhai Camp?" He looked outside the porthole, and the army trained on the dock were in full swing. Under the hazy glow, the old naval camp, the replenishment camp, and the regiment training camp were no longer divided. However, the teams in the Hanhai Camp could still be identified at a glance. Those sinners who were waiting to die seemed to have a sense of death, and anyone would frown when they saw it.

Zhao Xingde's eyes also fell on those people, but a trace of light flashed, and he slowly said, "When I was in the north, I heard people talk about horse racing and horse training. Experienced horse training experts would know that if the wild horses were easily tamed, they were mostly ordinary wild horses, and they would be exhausted after galloping for dozens of miles. On the contrary, they were extremely difficult to tame wild horses. Once tamed, they would be rare good horses. Such horses were often the first horses in the herd, and they could often gallop for hundreds of miles, and even to protect the herd, they could fight with wild wolves."

"Can you say," Li Rui asked, "are the people who defend the sea camp the same as the naughty horse?"

"Just like this. People and horses are still different." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said, "The vast majority of these 20,000 captives of pirates were forced to follow the thief, some were captured by the thief, some were forced to make a living, and some were framed by others. However, people are different from people. Most people live in a daze, no different from walking corpses. If others kill people, they kill people, and others set fire to them. As long as they lure them for profit and power, they burn and kill pirates, they can also fight for the imperial court, or even fight for the great cannibals and Khitans. They may be able to enforce orders, but it will be very difficult to truly understand the rules and even integrate the rules of my navy with the old maritime rules."

"Is that different person in the defending camp?"

"There is a difference." Zhao Xingde nodded and said in a deep voice, "The people in the defending camp have made a key choice at least when their lives are intercepted. They are not confused." Some people, seeing that the pirates are in a desperate situation, gritted their teeth and surrendered themselves to save their lives. Some people were bullied, but they killed all their enemies and became enemies since then. Some people killed the boss in the internal strife of pirates and replaced them. They are all people who are familiar with the rules, made decisions, and survived. "Such smart people will save a lot of effort when trained. Their judgment has saved their lives. I hope that after some training, their judgment can save more lives and allow the fleet to survive in the sinister sea."

Zhao Xingde sighed slightly.

At this time, Li Rui suddenly had a sense that survival, rather than victory, was the primary consideration of Zhao Xingde.

"Is it really so sinister at sea?" He thought a little, and said, "If you say that you are familiar with the rules, judge the times, and make choices, is the good thing about the officers from Qingliu. These people are also your confidants. Why don't you continue to rely on them, but instead cultivate these guilty thieves?"

"Have you heard of acne?"

"Vesting acne?" Li Rui was slightly stunned, "Is it a way to plant cowpox on children so that they don't have smallpox?"

Vaccination is also found in Guandong, but it is not widely circulated. In Xia Kingdom, vaccination is something that must be completed within three months after the child is born under the supervision of soldiers. Li Rui has been in Guanxi for many years and has some understanding of this. He has a Yinhu Lao Wang who helps to cook with firewood, but he still begs to vaccinate in Dunhuang City, and Li Rui testified.

"It is vaccination. Pox poison is similar to the real smallpox virus, but its toxicity has been conditioned and has become much weaker." Zhao Xingde nodded, "Compared with the people in the defending camp, the Qingliu officer is still too unfamiliar with the ocean. Not only them, the entire navy is like a newborn baby, and has no immune to the viruses at sea. And these conditioned pirate captives learn the rules of the navy, and the navy also learn the rules of the navy from them. I hope to avoid detours." He looked at the captive recruits in the whole team and whispered, "They are the acne planted for the new navy."
Chapter completed!