Xinshun 1730

Chapter 377 The Last Diplomacy
"You small countries are risking your life and death, fighting hard on the ocean, just for some goods from the Celestial Dynasty. The Celestial Dynasty can collect money while sitting here, which is different from small countries like yours."

"Many people in the court are opposed to diplomacy, thinking that small countries like you just need to pay tribute. It's just out of consideration for Rakshasa. Rakshasa is in the north. The history of the Celestial Dynasty tells us that the north is the real threat. So we have to conclude Good Frenchmen, you don't understand what is called long distance and close attack."

"The French have a disgusting arrogance and don't recognize them as a tributary country. Hey! But Britain will not pay tribute after agreeing to diplomacy with France. They think they have the French crown..."

"All of a sudden, it's all messed up."

With a sigh, Phillips secretly laughed, thinking that you have finally seen the disgusting arrogance of the French.Considering the troubles between Britain and France, it is obvious that Britain can definitely do this.

I also thought, although you may have the strategy of making long-distance and short-term attacks, your foreign ministry is naive.Maybe your history has given you strategies, but you don't understand the intrigues of diplomacy at all. A person like you who can tell all the cards in the hole is in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which shows that you don't understand the essence of diplomacy at all.

Sneering in his heart, he said hastily: "Yes, Your Excellency, the French always have disgusting arrogance, and the British will never allow themselves to be under France. But neither Britain nor France With the financial power of the Netherlands, the French cannot eat your country's export trade."

"If your country is affected by those fanatical young people, hundreds of thousands of workers in tea picking, silk reeling, cloth weaving, and porcelain making will not be able to make a living, and your country's treasury silver will also be affected. The Netherlands has absolutely no The idea of ​​being an enemy of China."

"In fact, even if those people in Batavia steal, rob, and do nothing, if your country really wants to protect them, the Netherlands is willing to acquit them and send them back to Fujian."

Duke Qi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No! After these people come back, they will have no jobs, no land, and it will be difficult to make a living. This will lead to a rebellion!"

"If I promise, I will bear the responsibility if the rebellion happens in the future!"

"But..." Seeing Duke Qi's reaction was so strong, Phillips was even more convinced that he had caught Dashun's Achilles' heel, thinking that maybe I could teach you what diplomatic negotiation is.

The foreign minister should not easily show his attitude. If he shows his attitude, his opponent will seize the opportunity.

Phillips thought to himself, since you are afraid that we will send them back to Fujian, then I will hold on to this matter and achieve the result I want.

However, as soon as he said the word "but", Duke Qi slapped the table and said: "There is nothing but, this matter is absolutely not allowed! If this matter is done, and there will be a rebellion in the future, I will definitely be responsible."

"If the Netherlands must do this, I would rather support Liu Yu's war plan and cut off trade, so that I can still gain a patriotic reputation!"

Phillips thought, Lord Duke, your stupid diplomatic skills exposed your bottom line prematurely, and you have no initiative.

"Your Excellency, please think carefully. If your country goes to war with the Netherlands, what will it mean? Export trade may be greatly affected. Tens of thousands of artisans who pick tea, reel silk, and weave cloth may not be able to make a living. It is still a rebellion what.."

Duke Qi sneered and asked, "What does it have to do with me?"

"What did you say?" Phillips thought he had heard wrong.

"I said, what does it have to do with me? Dashun has its own national conditions here! My Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed the repatriation to Fujian, and a rebellion occurred. The responsibility lies with me; the war caused the craftsmen to lose their livelihood and led to the rebellion. The responsibility lies with the local county magistrate. , Zhou Mu, Fu Yin, and Jiedu envoy. What do you have to do with me?"

Phillips was completely dumbfounded.

He thought that diplomacy was based on technology, but Qi Guogong told him a simple and extremely selfish sentence, diplomacy is based on strength.

In the face of strength, Phillips' self-proud skills are meaningless, and even in the face of words that do not meet diplomatic skills at all, he has no power to parry.

Let's go to war... The Netherlands is not afraid of Dashun's ten broken ships.But the problem is that the Netherlands and France fought to the death for the Belgian buffer zone, and the United Kingdom fought to the death for maritime hegemony, and why did they go to war with Dashun?
For the sake of Sino-Dutch trade, start a war against Dashun, which has a free trade policy, and force it to cut off Sino-Dutch trade?

From the conversation just now, it can be seen that the Duke in charge of diplomacy does not know what diplomacy is, nor does he understand that trade is two-way.

That's why Phillips tried to scare Dashun with the "severance of trade" that he didn't even dare to use, so as to gain the initiative.

But the duke in front of him gave an extremely selfish answer, forcing Phillips to be helpless and speechless.

In Phillips' view, if this Duke of Qi was in Europe, he might be a low-level figure in terms of diplomatic level.But it was this lowly person who could push him to a desperate situation.

Yes, anyway, if you return to Fujian, you will be responsible for the rebellion. If you don’t want to take responsibility for the blame, you can fight.As for the impact on the entire country, what is that in front of one's title?

Qi Guogong had warned him before that there should be no massacres like Spain did in Manila, otherwise the young nobles and military officers eager for military exploits would definitely incite public opinion to go to war, especially the young earl just now, and there was a young earl beside him. Prince.

Now he resolutely refused to send him back to Fujian, and even told Phillips bluntly with no diplomatic skills that he would not hesitate to go to war for the Duke's self-interest.

This is not a qualified foreign minister at all, but it has blocked all the retreats that Phillips could think of.

"Your Excellency, this matter must be resolved. The Chinese Wushan Party in Batavia has been a disaster for a long time. You refuse them to return to Fujian. If you don't agree to kill them, then what should we do? "

Qi Guogong spread his hands and said: "That's what you have to consider. In short, don't cause me any trouble. Make me unhappy for a while, and I will make him unhappy forever."

"If you insist on sending them back to Fujian, I have no choice but to support Liu Yu and the Seventh Prince and other young factions and start a war."

"If you do something like Manila, I, who is in charge of diplomacy, will still have to bear the responsibility and be criticized by my political opponents. I can only choose to go to war."

"Don't get me into trouble, understand?"

Phillips was speechless. At this moment, he really understood that the person in front of him was a pure moral vacuum, a person whose self-interest overwhelmed the national interest. If such a person were to be the foreign minister in Europe where power was balanced, it would be a disaster for the country he belonged to. .

But in Asia... perhaps, in Asia, it's not that Dashun doesn't understand diplomacy, but that he doesn't need diplomacy at all?
At this moment, Phillips was also full of resentment towards the captain who he thought was "reasonable" to stop the Dashun sailing boat.

All of this is a chain reaction caused by that captain.

Without that incident, under the background of Dashun's upcoming war with Japan and Russia, the Chinese in Batavia could be dealt with in the simplest way.

Kill them all.

Dashun didn't get wind of it, so he wouldn't ask questions. When he found out about the questioning later, he just said that those were thieves and robbers. Unexpectedly, Dashun's court didn't know what happened in the distant Batavia .

Even if there is a fanatical young man like Liu Yu, when the time comes to send a boat to Batavia to check, everyone who knows the truth is dead, so what can we see?

Now, the simplest solution is impossible, and the foreign minister, the Duke, is not allowed to cause trouble for him, otherwise he will immediately switch to the main combat faction for his own self-interest, what should we do?
Seeing that Phillips was bored there, Qi Guogong thought that this is the end of his words, and he will stop here.

Thinking about listening to Shouchang's analysis before, as long as you don't repatriate and don't slaughter them, the only way to go is to split them up and send them elsewhere.

On diplomatic issues, Qi Guogong trusted Liu Yu's judgment very much, and he explained the reasons clearly before.

If you don't send it away, it will explode.

Sending them away is to leave a "returning army" scattered across the islands for Dashun's future trips to Nanyang.

In fact, Dashun's war against Japan will accelerate the outbreak of conflicts, and the last large-scale sugar market will also collapse.

As for the survival rate, or to prevent the Dutch from throwing people into the sea and drowning, Dashun can ask the Dutch side to report before the execution, and send two small boats with three to five small officials to supervise the execution.

Qi Guogong also knew that with Dashun's current naval strength and trade advantages, he could directly put pressure on the Netherlands.

But that will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Netherlands in the direction of the South China Sea.

The Nanyang strategy of the court was all gambled on what Liu Yu said, "the death of King Austria will lead to chaos in Europe".

If the Netherlands is vigilant in the direction of Nanyang, and Nanyang is the pocket of the Netherlands, it is likely that the Netherlands will not participate in the war in Europe.

The DPRK and China want to borrow swords to kill people, and borrow French swords to kill Dutch people.This will not only prevent the Dutch from becoming vigilant in Nanyang, on the contrary, it will make the Netherlands confirm that Dashun has no interest in Nanyang, and even the Chinese in Nanyang are indifferent.

In Liu Yu's description, the Netherlands' trade with China in Nanyang is becoming more and more stable now. It is like a pig that is fed regularly every day.Guinea pig.

After feeding for a long time, when this pig thinks about things, it will take the daily feeding for granted, just like the sun rising from the east: when you do things, you will think about a lot, but you will not think about today. What if the sun rises in the west.

Without feeding, the pig will be greatly affected.But now the guinea pig is likely to fight a vicious dog. If the fasting is too early, the guinea pig will give up fighting with the vicious dog;

This pig must perish.

This is the most difficult part of Dashun's diplomacy with the Netherlands. It has to manage those Chinese, but also pretends that it doesn't want to but has to.

Qi Guogong thought he played well.

A foreign minister whose self-interest overwhelms the national interest; a fanatical and young navy minister; a court whose more things are worse than less things; Inertia of window opening.

Although there was a little accident before, the play was finally over.

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Qi Guogong finished singing the part he wanted to sing, but Liu Yu's play was not finished yet.

Under Liu Yu's command, the sailors on the warship were engaged in a fight with the Dutch sailors under the watchful eyes of the British, French, Swiss and Portuguese.

The next scene may take place in the capital, for example, in front of the Western countries, "the emperor reprimanded and fined him for three years."

At this time, Li Yan finally figured out Dashun's diplomatic purpose, and he was slightly puzzled.

"Eagle Sobo, diplomatic intrigues, you can only use it once. It won't work if you use it next time. This is not a long-term solution."

Liu Yu smiled slightly, and said calmly: "But, we don't need a long-term plan. If it works, we don't need diplomacy. Does the Celestial Dynasty need to cooperate? Just do it."

(End of this chapter)