Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1231 Start of War ([-])
In this era of relying on the small circle of "friends of the king" to govern the country, the private interests of noble ministers are of course an important consideration in negotiations, and may even be considered quite heavy.

The Minister of State in France is first himself, then the family, and then the Minister of State.

It is certainly impossible for him to truly selflessly and rationally measure the so-called overall interests of France from a detached perspective.

Besides, who is France?This itself is still a problem.

Just like the simplest eastern trade, is the monopoly east of the Cape of Good Hope representing the interests of France?Or does it represent the interests of France to open private business east of the Cape of Good Hope?
Who is the ruling class between small and medium-sized capital and big capital, big bankers and big aristocrats? This is still in a state of internal struggle, and where is the interest of France?

Therefore, Choiseul's self-interest and the interest groups behind him all made this negotiation extremely beneficial to Dashun.

In other words, because of India's developed industry and commerce and France's mercantilist tradition, the interest groups in East India are not strong enough.

When divisions arose within the ruling class, the West Indies triumphed over the East Indies, Santo Domingo over Pondicherry, sugar over tea.

That's why Choiseul and other people who valued the West India will become the mainstream of the court.

This is not entirely a personal accident.

Although the interests of the landlords and gentry in Dashun are conservative and opposed to external expansion, the deliberate differentiation and checks and balances of Dashun at the beginning of the founding of the country have shaped the division of Dashun's ruling class, making Dashun a basis for "internal and external management", which is also the basis for this time. Dashun has laid the foundation for its external expansion - as long as the "Liao pay" is not levied and the money from the "outside" department is used, then the internal opposition itself is just a moral opposition with no real power, which is useless.

From this point of view, Dashun is actually stronger than France, at least there is no contradiction between whether the external expansion is east or west.

After roughly calculating the investment account that could influence the war situation, the Dashun Mission naturally transitioned to the Indian issue.

However, this transition method is more pragmatic.

According to Dashun's calculations, in order to control the war situation, Dashun needs to send at least a fleet of 30 battleships and at least 3000 elite combat engineers to cooperate with France in capturing Gibraltar.

Of course, Gibraltar is a very crucial part of the war. The British can use Gibraltar to make a deal with Spain, which may induce Spain to rebel against France. Therefore, it is very important to France, but the French navy cannot consciously defeat it; and Dashun forced the British The main fleet squatted at the door to prevent landing, and it was also necessary to ensure that Gibraltar was under the control of China and France.

Although siege warfare was the specialty of the French in the Sun King era, it is obvious that the siege tactics at this time can only be carried forward under the hands of Dashun, because Dashun specialized in siege capabilities in order to solve the problems of Nanyang and India, and it is not too much. Care about the field capabilities of the large army.

The main reason is that there is no chance to use the surrounding areas. The ability of large armies to fight in Dashun is really the art of slaying dragons.

In this case, in fact, the Indian issue is worth the aid value of 5 battleships and their attached cruisers and support ships in Dashun's eyes.

Therefore, these 30 battleship fleets and at least 3000 elite combat engineers all need to be priced separately and gradually upgrade terms.

If France can give more, of course it can also give more reinforcements, and if there are 20 more battleships, Dashun can also make up.It's just that you have to consider the cost, whether it's worth so much money.

The Duke of Choiseul’s views on Eastern trade, on the one hand, were deeply influenced by Enlightenmentism, and on the other hand, he did not pay much attention to it because he did not participate in it himself.

Historically, during the financial crisis in 1763 just after the Seven Years' War, the Duke of Choiseul advocated the dissolution of the French East India Company.

The ideological reason is that "this kind of exclusive monopoly is the reason for France's failure in the Eastern trade. If it is released to small capitals, the franchise is banned, and French merchants are allowed to go east of the Cape of Good Hope freely, then France's Eastern trade will It will develop rapidly, provide more tax revenue, and promote the development of industry and commerce. The crime of monopoly is to compete with the people for profit."

Economics can sometimes be regarded as a one-sided "scripture" of the new era.

As for whether this idea is right or wrong, it really depends on the situation.

For example, in Dashun, Liu Yu shouted about free trade, but in fact, all foreign trade companies in Dashun were monopolized and monopolized, with excessive military obligations and mandatory heavy merchant ship standards.Including Liu Yu himself, they are actually embarrassed to call this free trade.I have never seen anyone's free trade, which requires the construction of more expensive heavy merchant ships and must help the court train sailors and seamen.

The French are the chanting kings of this era. When the British banned the East India Company, the Opium War was over.France was 100 years earlier than Britain, and it really banned the East India Company once in history.

The question is, wouldn't France have lost in India if the East India Company's franchise had been canceled early?Large-scale monopolized capital groups have failed to compete in India. Relying on small merchants, can it be considered that they can win the Battle of Bengal and the Carnatic South India War in India?

The theory of free trade is wonderful.It's very beautiful, Dashun's Songsu Capital Group is really lovely.

But in reality, when the East India Company exists and has such powerful figures as Duplex, it can fight against Britain in South India; and after the financial crisis broke out in the Seven Years War in history, after the banning of the East India Company , and soon the British East India Company took control of the whole of India...

The final conclusion is that France is not open enough and free of trade, which is why it failed in India; the failure of India just proves that France's trade opening is not deep enough, and capital is not free enough.This kind of spiral speech technique has become famous in France in 1763.

Therefore, Liu Yu firmly supports free trade, but as long as other countries besides Dashun have large-scale capital monopoly groups like the East India Company, he will just shout and never ban it.

The prerequisite for Dashun to ban the monopoly of the Western Trading Company was that Britain was defeated, the navigation regulations were abolished, and the London East India Company was disintegrated and bankrupt; France took the lead, and other countries banned the East India Company.

Dashun is not afraid to engage in free trade. If everyone is free to trade, even if it is navigation costs, shipbuilding costs, and Dashun at the end of the transmission of the price revolution, it can kill the entire European shipbuilding and merchant shipping industries.

Therefore, Dashun participated in the European war this time, and the arguments promoted will be supported by the Enlightenmentists throughout Europe - Dashun's participation in the European war is not for the interests of Dashun, but for the interests of all mankind, to disintegrate evil The monopoly East-West trade model that is unfair, unfair, and beneficial to the few.

Many Enlightenmentists will believe that this will be the end of the evil mercantilism of the old age, a great conquest concerning the well-being of all mankind, and the most progressive cause of this era.

Morally, many people think that it is evil to impose tariffs, mercantilism, Korberism, and industrial protection in their own country.

These are the Towers of Babel in the new era, and they are cancers that prevent all human beings from rationally judging the comparative advantages of each country and developing the most suitable industries for the country.The future of mankind is beautiful. If the country is suitable for farming, we should plant the land, weave if the country is suitable for weaving, and give up industries that are not suitable for our country. Only in this way can we have a future for all mankind. This idea originated from the disputes among European countries. Too small and very complementary. When they were pondering this issue, Dashun had not yet sailed to Europe, telling the Europeans of this era: No, it is possible for a country with a population of [-] million at this time Comprehensively develop the whole industry.

And this set of theories has already been practiced in Dashun itself, and relying on a not-so-perfect unified domestic market, it has grown soybeans in Liaohe, tussah silkworms in Shandong, rice in Nanyang, tea in Fujian, and cotton cloth woven in Songsu.

But the premise of this theory is that Fujian, Shandong, Liaodong, and Songsu all belong to Dashun.Although the interests of some internal local forces and the unemployment of the people are involved, the provinces as a whole have no navy or army.

The problem in Europe is, I want to rub wool, and you want to rub wool too.

You said that you are more suitable for rubbing wool, and I am more suitable for raising sheep, but I still think that I am more suitable for rubbing wool, and you are more suitable for raising sheep.Why do you make a lot of money by rubbing wool, and I make a little money by raising sheep?
This kind of empty talk is useless, and in the end you have to go to warships, private soldiers, and cannons.Whoever has more warships is suitable for rubbing wool; the one with fewer warships is suitable for raising sheep.

During Liu Yu's previous trip to Europe, he peddled the idea of ​​free trade everywhere, coupled with his status as a "rational scholar" among the Enlightenmentists, the effect was huge.

At the very least, at this time, France's prominent school, Physiocraticism, must have given Dashun great support in public opinion.Physiocratism has nothing to do with farming. Its core idea is to only collect agricultural taxes and exempt any form of industrial and commercial taxes.

There is also the ebb and flow of capital forces. This time France was defeated in India, and the shareholders of the French East India Company suffered heavy losses.

And the capital who had never had a chance to get on the car before had been jealous for a long time. At this time, of course, they hoped that Dashun would directly send the goods to France. After paying the customs duties, they would control the sales of oriental trade products in France and its colonies.

This is not the case in Sweden.Sweden does not have a vast internal market. The cooperation between Dashun and Sweden is trade at best, or the largest smuggling group in Europe at worst.

This is also the source of the phrase "Nordic industrial products will be dumped in the colonies" in the parliamentary debate on the "West Indian Honey Act" in the British Parliament-Nordic itself has a hanging wool industrial product, but there are two oversized ones that are the same size as India. The East India Company has nothing to do with money.

Sweden's population of 10 million cannot support comprador groups, only professional smugglers; France's internal market is extremely vast, and it can afford a professional comprador group.

Moreover, if France imposes normal tariffs on Dashun trade products, as long as it buys enough, it can indeed achieve the effect of "the people don't pay more and the country uses enough".

In this way, France can cancel the "comprehensive one-twentieth tax" levied on the nobility and the privileged class. This tax can be completely replaced by tariffs.

It was a proposal that would please the Enlightenment, the privileged, the Paris High Court, and finance capital.

As long as those producers, wool workers, weavers, potters, etc. are not regarded as the people, then this proposal is a proposal that is beneficial to "all French people".

Of course, taking advantage of the China craze and the Enlightenment Movement in Europe at this time, Dashun is still wearing the cloak of "the ideal country of rationalists", "the country of superstitious atheism", and "the country of morality and law". For this kind of very pragmatic negotiation, the people of the Dashun Mission should explain these principles according to the scriptures.

Because, as far as the situation in France is concerned, sooner or later the contents of these negotiations will be exposed, so if you want to talk about it, you must talk about it in a high-profile way.

If you want to make a high profile, you should avoid talking about Dashun's own interests, but give France enough opportunities to let the French see the negotiation text and feel that Dashun really has "ideals".

The Dashun Mission sent the prepared text of the Indian issue to the Duke of Choiseul, which comprehensively introduced the solution to the trade issue between India and the East.

First, France would formally ban the French East India and Chinese companies.

Secondly, the property of the East India Company in India was purchased by the royal family. After the royal family purchased it, the Dashun court purchased it from the French royal family.Ownership, including commercial warehouses, houses, real estate, etc., will be transferred to Dashun, and France is no longer qualified to discuss ownership issues such as Pondicherry in negotiations with Britain.

Again, Dashun will spare no effort to preserve the interests of the Caribbean and North America for France. Dashun will not unilaterally withdraw from the war if any treaty harms France's interests in the Caribbean and North America.But as a price, France needs to hand over the ownership of Mauritius and Ile-de-France, as well as the island's ports, forts, plantations, etc., to Dashun.

Then, Dashun promised not to carry out any form of officially supported smuggling to France. France will establish an oriental trade goods customs in Nantes, and all Dashun's goods will be taxed at Nantes customs in one go.France banned all administrative bans on oriental commodities, such as the ban on cotton cloth, and left everything to the free and omnipotent market to regulate.

Then, Dashun promised not to carry out any form of smuggling activities to French colonies, including Senegal in West Africa.Dashun supported France's trade policy towards Senegal, and any goods, including Nantes' taxed oriental trade products, would be transported by French ships, French ship owners, and French merchants.Dashun will not use any form of official support to allow goods that have not paid customs duties in Nantes to enter West Africa using Dashun's merchant ships.

Finally, Dashun welcomes free trade between China and France.However, due to Dashun’s national conditions, as well as traditional and religious factors, Dashun refuses any businessmen who believe in Catholicism or its heresy to trade in Dashun’s sphere of influence east of the Cape of Good Hope, so the French government should prohibit private businessmen from crossing the Cape of Good Hope to trade , unless the French government came forward to guarantee that there would be no Christians on board who believed and might try to preach.

Dashun will never build religious churches such as Guandi Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Mazu Temple, Taoist Temple, and Monk Temple in France.

It's not that Dashun doesn't engage in free trade, it's just caused by Dashun's court's ban on Christianity, and it just so happens that all French businessmen are Christians.

Is this a coincidence?It just so happens that all French businessmen are Christians.So this is a religious issue, not a trade issue.Moreover, it may also involve the conflict of doctrines that Dashun created the Eastern Church and appointed the Eastern Patriarch himself in order to manage Christians.

Unless the Holy See is dissolved, this matter will be discussed as a modifiable clause in the future.But there will be no change in this clause in any way until the Holy See is dissolved, or until France secedes from the Holy See.

According to Dashun's righteous indignation, Dashun held a grudge against ancestor worship, posting Spring Festival couplets, New Year's Eve, and misappropriation of God's name.

(End of this chapter)