Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1308 Death and Revenge ([-])
As long as the myth of the Mayflower is not established, then for the Puritans, Holland is not a stopover before the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness in Exodus and finally crossing the ocean to find the Promised Land.

The new myths naturally corresponded the Egyptian pharaoh's reign of terror with the expulsion of Protestants in the Iberian peninsula, the Huguenot edicts in France, and the secessionist persecutions in England.

The Netherlands can also be a new Protestant Israel.

There was a problem with the construction of the Dutch nation. The fake traditional Batavian mythology has been broken, and the foundation of the Dutch nation creation is "who we are not", and the Protestant Exodus myth can just make up for "who we are". " missing.

The divided inter-provincial parliament, the commercially developed Amsterdam, and the political structure of the seven provinces are all suitable for Protestant Rome.

From the very beginning, Liu Yu led the ginseng and mink trade in order to prevent France from giving up "those acres of snow" and to make America a territory divided among various countries.

It's just that these British people didn't know about it at this time, and they were still worried that Dashun was instigating the rebellion in North America.

Because the battle has come to this point, under tremendous pressure, the purpose of diplomacy is to try to obtain more favorable and decent conditions as much as possible without compromising the core interests of the country.

So, is North America the core interest of the UK?
If London is required as a logistics transfer center and financial center for trade between the East and the West, does North America have to be in your hands?
Under the Old Regime, North America was an integral part of the British trading system.

But now, the old trade system centered on the navigation regulations is about to be broken. Is a North America that loses money, does not pay taxes, and cannot obtain the advantages of compulsory trade under the navigation regulations a core interest that cannot be abandoned?

To some extent, if the trade negotiations between China and the UK are concluded, then the UK may fundamentally solve the North American problem, and even realize the nation-state with a single or dual parliament as envisioned by Franklin.

Even in the Earl of Halifax's view, Dashun's participation in the war, especially to help France counterattack North America, is a good thing for Britain.

If the French army really invaded New England on a large scale, or continued to support Indian tribes, it would greatly increase the centripetal force of North America towards Britain.

On the contrary, he was opposed to Pete's radical policies.Because he felt that North America without France would inevitably lead to independent sentiments in the thirteen states.The presence of France in North America is the factor that keeps the thirteen states close to Britain politically.

The religious issues in North America, as well as the decisive demographic advantage of Protestants over Catholicism, make it impossible for France to take over North America, at most it is to draw a clear border between the two sides.

Because...the French are not willing to spend more money in North America.

Therefore, in the view of the Earl of Halifax, the focus of this contact with Dashun, the group of diplomatic envoys who sent the captives, or the focus of future negotiations, is the trade model between Dashun and the United Kingdom.

The release of tariffs and normal trade are almost a certainty.The only difference lies in this model, whether it is a true international free trade with the Netherlands as a transit; or a London-based trade that maintains the old taxation model and management model.

Working in the Trade Commission and the Plantation Commission over the years, the Earl of Halifax has a better understanding of technical issues and details than Pete.

Pete is a staunch defender of the old trade system, and a force radical based on the old trade system.

is a politician.

But at the technocratic level, it is desperately lacking.

The Earl of Halifax, because of his status as a heir apparent, has been working on a technical trade committee, and is more sensitive to such technical things—taxation, customs, and economic strategies are very important, but how to deal with them? The technical and tactical level in order to collect taxes is more important.

As for the free trade and absolute advantages that Liu Yu talked about before, Dashun has been talking about it in Europe these years, and with the "China craze", he has been talking about it.

Because I am rich, everything about me is the reason for being rich. This kind of logic, which is similar to the derivation of the Whig view of history, is suitable to be promoted by the China craze in Europe at this time.

The Earl of Halifax believes it or not... In fact, he somewhat believes it.

And it caught up with the germination of the Dashun Industrial Revolution, which made the Earl of Halifax produce a technical error tendency on the issue of "absolute advantage".

How to describe this tendency?
That is to say, there is not only one way for a new industry to germinate.The same is true for technology, just like when firearms first appeared, and eventually evolved into flintlock guns, during this period, it was not without selecting technologies such as multi-barrel and rear loading in the wrong technology tree.

Or, whether the new energy of the future generations is electricity or hydrogen, each is a proud bet to see who makes the right bet for the future.

The Earl of Halifax's propensity for error was a purely technical matter.

Dashun is good at cotton cloth.

England is good at woolen cloth.

Cotton cloth can be produced in a factory or a technologically advanced factory to reduce costs and improve quality.

Why not wool?

In fact, if you know the history of later generations and know some technical problems in the textile industry, you will know that it is really not possible.

Because, the industrial production of woolen cloth is much more difficult than that of cotton cloth.

Roughly speaking, woolen fabrics are "easy to get started, but difficult to advance".

The steps of large-scale alkaline washing, degreasing and combing in the early stage can easily realize the preliminary factoryization in the early stage, and the efficiency is greatly improved.

In this regard, in Florence and other places, in the late Middle Ages, there were already deeds of combing workers' uprisings.

However, after getting started, it will be very laborious to light up the technology in the future, which is much more difficult than cotton cloth.

Conversely, cotton cloth is "difficult to get started and easy to advance. Once the key two veins of Ren and Du are opened, the road ahead will be smooth."

To put it simply, picking cotton is a long-standing problem.It depends on the face of God, and it requires a lot of labor.

Combing cotton is a long-standing problem.Before the carding machine was developed, picking cotton seeds also required a lot of labor.

Spinning, harder.The yarn spun by the Jenny machine cannot be used for pure cotton cloth; the yarn of the hydraulic spinning machine is thick, but it cannot be used for subsequent plain weave weaving.

The second branch of Ren Du of cotton cloth is the "spindle spinning machine", that is, mule machine spinning.

Once this thing is produced, there will be a follow-up road, and you can go directly to the steam engine.This is also the technical basis for the transmission of the Indian spinning unemployment crisis planned by Liu Yu.

However, before you try it, who knows that the industrial production of woolen cloth is actually more difficult than cotton cloth?

Who would have thought that in the late Middle Ages, there could be handicraft workshops and the wool textile industry, where hundreds of people hired workers to comb wool, was actually more difficult to produce in a factory or factory than cotton cloth?

According to the Earl of Halifax, the "absolute advantage" of Dashun is cotton cloth, and the absolute advantage of Britain is woolen cloth.

Moreover, the actual situation at this time also makes the UK extremely backward in the cotton cloth industry, and the entire industrial chain is not matched.

Few of the current plantation owners in North America grow cotton. They mainly grow tobacco, grain, sugar, and indigo.Indigo is still subsidized by the UK.

Lancashire is the only country in the UK that has a cotton industry base, and Lancashire's cotton cloth cannot be replicated.Because the development of Lancashire's cotton cloth industry is based on Lancashire's humid climate, cotton yarn can be spun with more tenacity than other places.

Moreover, many of the fledgling cotton industries in the UK are also based on Indian cotton yarn and cotton.

Now that India is definitely lost, in the view of the Earl of Halifax, there is really no need to continue to support the cotton cloth industry.

It's better to take a gamble and gamble on the industrialization of woolen fabrics, so as to regain the European market with cost advantages.

Cotton and woolen cloth are, after all, two kinds of cloth.Cotton cloth cannot completely replace woolen cloth, but it is at odds with the linen industry.

This also does not mean that the Earl of Halifax has a problem with his head. For any technological advancement, there are always bets on the right and wrong bets.Even the most common alternating current and direct current in later generations, there is a story of two technical routes betting against each other. If you gamble on woolen cloth based on past experience, you can't make a mistake.

At least, it is closer to bravely entering the new era than Pete, who ran all the way in the trade system based on the old navigation law.

At this time, it is impossible for someone to come and tell him: woolen cloth is more difficult to produce industrially than cotton cloth.

And once the Earl of Halifax accepts the theory of free trade to some extent on the psychological level, he will be able to find the logic of self-explanation on some issues of trade control.

For example, he still supports a tax on French honey.

Of course, so do those who support protectionism and mercantilism.

However, the same thing can be explained by different scriptures.

Explained in the scriptures of protectionism and mercantilism, taxing French honey protects the British plantation industry.If it is not protected, the plantation will go bankrupt.

According to the interpretation of the free trade scriptures, the tax was not levied to protect the British plantation industry.

Rather, from the point of view of absolute advantage, New England has an advantage in producing rum.New England produces rum, French plantations produce molasses, rum for rum, and rum for molasses, a trade that benefits both parties.

However, rum is a dominant industry, and it is a huge dominant industry. From the government's point of view, this is of course taxation to maintain the operation of the government.

However, because of the weak control of the grassroots in North America, there is no way but to levy taxes on the raw material side, that is, honey.

This tax should actually be called a "wine tax", but because New England cannot be controlled, this wine tax is levied in the form of a sugar tax.

Although, according to the taxation theory of free trade, there should be no industrial and commercial tax, profit tax, and capital tax, but only land rent and land tax.However, the landlords can't be offended by anyone. The Tories in the country can't be offended, but those plantation owners can offend them?
Therefore, the rum industry in New England has such an absolute advantage. Isn't it reasonable to collect some taxes to maintain the operation of the government and ensure safety?

The same thing can be explained through different scriptures.If the North American side is really concerned about the matter of no taxation without representation, it is entirely possible to bring North American representatives into the parliament.

Playing population constituencies, at this time the population of the UK is three times that of North America, an absolute advantage.

The British Parliament has been playing zombie constituencies for so many years, not to mention that every year the Whigs and Tories are busy trying to bribe those zombie constituencies.

Therefore, the Earl of Halifax's attitude towards post-war negotiations is also very clear.

Strive for Dashun to put the trade center in London.

Let go of control over trade. Anyway, monopoly companies such as the East India Company are dead, and import tariffs can be levied.

Abandon the cotton cloth industry and bet the future on woolen, a traditionally advantageous industry in Britain.

Supports Franklin's North American entry into parliament, but opposes the model of one king and two parliaments, and strives to promote the model of one king and one parliament.

Guarantee that the land tax will not change, at least it will not increase.

Promising tariffs on trade with China as collateral for the repayment of national debts boosted financial confidence and stabilized the London financial market that had collapsed at this time.

Approve the 53-year Jewish Naturalization Law to take effect, and recruit Hispanic Jews who are selling bonds at this time, and ask them to help stabilize the financial market.

With the promise of "not increasing the land tax to repay the national debt", he won over the Tory Party and the Whig country faction on the issue of lifting the ban on the Tory Party.

With a quick truce, win over the West India Chamber of Commerce.Because the war caused heavy losses to the West India Chamber of Commerce, Dashun rescued Senegal, and Spain and Cuba joined the war, which directly cut off the triangular trade.The wolf pack tactics of Dashun's heavily armed merchant ships and cruisers have already made the West India Chamber of Commerce unbearable.

Suppress the East India Company with those who support free trade.Anyway, the East India Company is dead. The debt exploded, all the colonies were lost, the Eastern trade was cut off, and the three major trade goods of tea, silk and cotton cloth have been cut off for more than a year, and it is impossible to save them.Moreover, even if you want to save it, you can't save it. Is it true to counterattack and return to Malacca?
Taking advantage of Pete's disastrous defeat and taking advantage of the opportunity of the Patriot Party's desire to split, they brought in George Grenville to form a cabinet with the Royalist Party, Tory Party, Scots and the split Patriot Party as the core, and quickly sought peace.

Strengthen the 1745 "Mitia Law", call for military service, and prepare to suppress the Lancashire Cotton Textile Industry Uprising-this "Mitia Law" does not look like the name of the militia. If Shang Yang reads the terms, he will definitely call him an expert.

Of course, the British military service has always been wonderful. After all, it is so wonderful that it can be stationed in North America.

The reason why the militia law should be strengthened is because the militia has a rotation system, mainly to prevent the locals from being ruthless, so the militia in each county must rotate, and they will not know each other at that time, so they can be aggressive when they strike son is here.Neither the Tories nor the Whigs liked the standing army, and could only rely on the rotating militia formed by gentry from all over the country.

At this time, the militia law was mentioned because rebellions had broken out in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.The reason for the rebellion is that the war is not going well, and someone is spreading the news that the parliament may require compulsory service and overseas combat, to Hannover.

If you don’t give an explanation, the rumors of national debt repayment and military service forced to fight overseas will really cause riots.In theory, the militia cannot go abroad to fight.For the riots in Yorkshire, the worry is to amend the militia law so that the militia can go abroad to fight.

Don't rush to explain the national debt. It is the 30 middle-class families in the UK who want to rebel.

If the militiamen don’t rush to give an explanation, it’s the lower class in the UK who can’t even pay the 30 taels of silver fine for non-service, and want to rebel.

This is even more terrifying than the big businessmen at the top. Besides, as long as the land tax issue stabilizes the Tories and the rural Whigs, and the government bond buying class and the bottom are stabilized, it is still possible to complete the death of the old king and the extreme war. The transfer of power under unfavorable circumstances.

(End of this chapter)