Fox of France

Generally speaking, Professor Boblon's speech was very successful. Of course, if Joseph had to review his speech first, he might add something like "I stepped out of the gate today, and I don't plan to step into this gate again." and so on.

After this memorial service, the relationship between the north and the south became more and more antagonistic. In the past, in the northern public opinion, criticizing the so-called "inferiority of pirate culture" was not the mainstream view in northern newspapers. On the contrary, there were quite a few media who opposed this view. Public opinion, in fact, regards this view as nonsense, and regards those who put forward this view, such as Fafnir, Grad and others, as grandstanding clowns.

But after this series of events, the original grandstanding clown became a fighter and a martyr, and the theory that was originally regarded as nonsense became serious, in-depth, worthy of study, and even It is a theory worth learning.

And academia, especially the social sciences, is very different from the natural sciences. One of the very big differences is that the cost of experiments in the social sciences is too high, and the experiments are too difficult.

For one thing, what should we do if there are disputes in the natural sciences? It's very simple, everyone designs one or several experiments, and then verifies it, and then it is very clear who is right and who is wrong. No matter how good you are at debating, no matter how high your status is, even if you have the title of Grand Arcanist, a drop of an experiment will still make your head explode.

But the social sciences do not have such conditions. Different social claims are difficult to verify through experiments. On the one hand, it is because the cost is too high. For example, if you come up with an idea that democracy is better than autocracy, if you want to experiment, you have to have a revolution. The cost is much higher than making a gap in a piece of paper. If the experiment fails, the price paid is often staggeringly high.

Of course, if one experiment can be passed, just like the natural sciences, the controversy can be completely resolved and the winners and losers can be distinguished, even if the cost is a little higher, it is not completely unacceptable. But the problem is that it is difficult to rule out the interference of other factors in these experiments in social science. Therefore, even if a certain result appears in an experiment and supports a certain hypothesis, the opponents of this hypothesis will still be because there are too many in the experiment. The confounding factors and uncontrollable variables argue that the results of this experiment do not explain their claim wrong.

And the process of history also proves this to some extent. For example, in the original history, the French Revolution finally failed, and the Bourbon dynasty was restored under the protection of the bayonets of various European monarchies. At that time, it seemed that the republic The experiment seems to have been proven wrong, and the monarchy is the social science choice. From then until World War I, the most powerful country in the world was still a monarchy. Even after a major war, Er Dezi was finished, and the status of the United States rose greatly. Because of the existence of the United Kingdom, the mainstream At one time, the view was still that the monarchy was the best, but a constitutional monarchy was still better than an absolute monarchy.

In the same way, after Mao Xiong disintegrated, many people also felt that TGism had completely failed, and even thought that history had ended. Watch beacon fires everywhere. On the other hand, Jianzhou Jurchen rose rapidly... All of a sudden, the world once again faced a "great change unseen in a century".

So, social science can hardly use a straightforward experiment to get a reliable, irrefutable result. This also makes social theory debates, most of the time really about interests, or, to put it more plainly, about where the ass is.

However, many scholars, especially those in sociology, after carefully studying the remarks of Professor Fafnir and Professor Graeder, found that their set of theories was too much in line with their ideals. benefit.

First of all, according to this theory, the American people are deeply harmed by the "English pirate culture", and they need to be healed spiritually and accept the influence of the excellent culture of the European continent in order to get rid of this "big snake entwining their souls". .

But who can take on the important task of a nation's psychiatrist? There is no doubt that there are only them, the so-called "intellectual class". If this theory is widely accepted by the people of the entire United States, then they will become the spiritual teachers of the entire United States. Then... as long as you are not a fool, you will be able to see the benefits in it.

Fundamentally, a common interest, and only a common interest, can unite a large group of people. As a result, teachers of philosophy, literature, and art in these universities in North America quickly united under the banner of "eliminating the cultural legacy of English pirate gangs", with the exception of one department, which was law. The reason is also very simple, because an important toxin in "clearing the cultural legacy of England's pirate gangs" is the legal system of the sea.

To liquidate the maritime law system and replace it with the civil law system, this is equivalent to smashing the jobs of law majors in all universities in the United States. Therefore, the law majors also unite with those who are engaged in philosophy and literature. There was a war of words. This move can be regarded as meeting an opponent in chess and meeting a good talent. Guys who study law are generally eloquent and eloquent, and they can stir up three points without reason. Just play debate or something, whether it is appealing to logic or emotion, their level is not bad.

But there is one thing that makes those legal professionals very painful, and that is the disadvantages of countries with the law of the sea relative to France.

Even if you talk about the sky, you can't say: "Look at France, it can develop so well because it practices continental law."

A country that is strong economically and militarily must also be strong culturally. Because the aura of economic and military strength will reflect his culture particularly brightly. It was the Chitu Kingdom back then, when faced with the brilliance of the lighthouse, it was once dazzled by the light.

Therefore, in this confrontation, the legal profession in the United States is naturally at a disadvantage. What's more, their enemies are not just those who study philosophy and literature. The French will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

After finding out that he directed this play, although the effect was very good, but in the end the people from the Ministry of Public Security took advantage of the situation, Lucien, who was quite depressed, was laughed at by his second brother again. In order to restore the decline, under the suggestion of Paulina, Lucien put down his face and went to his elder brother Joseph for advice.

"Stupid, Lucien! You are so stupid!" Polina said, "you don't discuss this kind of conspiracy with Joseph, but go to Napoleon? Napoleon sees you making a fool of yourself, and doesn't take the opportunity to ridicule you. Strange!"

"But go to Joseph, won't he be sarcastic?" Lucien said with a bitter face.

"So you're an idiot!" Polina said, "won't you find someone first, bribe her, and let her help you win Joseph's favor?"

"Her? Well, Paulina, Joseph has always been very good to you, well, what kind of bribe do you need to help me, just tell me!" Lucien put on a face that I had already laid down on the chopping board. Stance.

"Fool! What a fool you are!" said Polina. "Well, you have a nice villa in Arles."

"It's yours," said Lucien.

"Also, I think Lilith is cute," Polina added.

"This..." Lucien hesitated for a moment, "This depends on your ability."

"Okay." Polina stuck out her tongue and licked her lips. "I'll show you how to do it. Well, do you know what Alice likes best?"

"Ah," Lucien suddenly understood, "Pauline, the 'she' you mentioned is Alice?"

"Nonsense, on Joseph's side, who else is the most capable of making him submit, besides Alice?" Polina said, "So, of course I have to find a way to bribe Alice!"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Lucien again, and keenly noticed the expression of regret on his face, so he quickly added another sentence: "I warn you, don't go back on what you promised me, otherwise, you You can try...hehe..."

"A man, how can you go back on what you said?" Lucien said, "This condition is nothing. Besides, although Joseph... But Alice still likes you very much, I have to prevent you from slandering. Well, by the way, how did you bribe Alice."

"I secretly brought her all kinds of delicious candy and ice cream."

"Is that so? But...is it okay? If Joseph finds out, he will be angry."

"If you don't tell, Alice doesn't tell, how would Joseph know?"

...

Lucien called several capable men over with a proud face.

"We're going to insert our people in the American legal profession!" Lucien said straight to the point.

"The American legal profession is quite opposed to us now," said a subordinate.

"Of course I know that." Lucien said, "but it doesn't mean we can't win them over. They are now in the United States, at a disadvantage. I don't believe that, under such circumstances, no one is willing to surrender first. After all , Surrender early can always get a lot of benefits. Moreover, their foreign trade business is mainly conducted with countries that practice civil law. Therefore, they themselves also need talents who are proficient in civil law. So if there is a certain school, some people They don’t worry about running out of food when they start to study our law department. Our influence in French universities is far greater than that of the Ministry of Public Security. We can encourage and help some American schools through friendly institutions and departments to establish A high-level civil law major. Then...what will the Ministry of Public Security compete with us for?"