Xinshun 1730

Chapter 503 The bird of prey will strike

Li Gan glanced sideways at Liu Yu, who was standing beside him, and thought to himself that it's impossible for you to understand what's going on inside, but even though you can't see it so deeply, you should be happy about the appearance.

In his view, Liu Yu only used Western "tools" and did not use Western "Tao".The distinction between Dao and utensils is the division between practical learning and Western learning that he made.

To be more precise, in Li Gan's view, Liu Yu only has tools, but no Tao.is a fairly qualified tool.

It seems that some of the actions are very strange, but in fact Li Gan thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think what kind of way Liu Yu's various actions were.

More like a tap here, a patch there.As for what it is for, it seems to be for Dashun, or for China.

Enriching the country and strengthening the army is not the way, but the goal.

In Li Gan's view, Liu Yu regards the goal itself as the Tao, and this kind of person is exactly the qualified bureaucrat Li Gan needs.

Fortunately, Liu Yu's level of education was not very high, otherwise Li Gan seriously suspected that Liu Yu would follow Wang Jinggong's example of explaining scriptures and restructuring, which would be bad.

The current situation is very good.

He who has a weapon in his hand cannot understand the scriptures.Those who can interpret the scriptures with their mouths have no weapons in their hands.Mutual checks and balances, as long as the centralized power, finance and authority of the central government are still there, those who have weapons in their hands will not be able to suppress those who can explain the scriptures.

In his view, it seems that if Liu Yu wants to achieve his wish, he can only cling to the imperial power even more.

So far, Liu Yu's performance has made Li Gan quite satisfied.

He neither misses military power nor tries to seize the navy built by himself. At most, he wants to publicize in the navy the set of Han and Tang expansions after the founding of Dashun and the reform of Jingxiang. within the tolerance range.

Even in order to eliminate his prestige in the navy, he wanted to hide for a while, and offered to go to the West.

The specifications of today's grand banquet are just right for the ceremony, after all, Japan's tribute is a big event.Since Liu Yu was promoted as the leader, this banquet can also be regarded as an honor to Liu Yu.

But Li Gan knew that Liu Yu might not care too much about these things.Even if it was proposed to go to the Western Seas before, in addition to disappearing for a period of time to eliminate the impact on the navy, the ultimate goal is Nanyang.

Just like the story of Zihan not receiving jade, rewards should be given in different ways to different people.It's like the Chokola of Western tribute, it's a good thing, but if you give it to a dog, it may not be as good as a pile of shit.

Today's feast is to reward Liu Yu, and Li Gan also knows what Liu Yu is obsessed with.

So after the envoys from all countries signed the treaty, Li Gan took the initiative to talk about Nanyang with the Dutch envoys.

But he didn't directly talk about the Chinese in Batavia, but first talked about the issue of China and the Netherlands joining forces to suppress pirates.

In this way, let the Dutch take a reassurance.

"Nowadays, Japan pays tribute, and its trade policy has also changed. I heard Jinghou said that Japan opened up Nagasaki trade before. In addition to China and the Netherlands, there were also ships from Annan and Tokyo. Trade letters were divided under the banner of China. Nagasaki Trading."

"Nowadays, the private trade of vassals is prohibited within the dynasty, and the maritime merchants from Annan Kingdom who trade in Nagasaki are afraid that there will be cunning and greedy people who will act as pirates."

"That's why after this year, there will be more pirates and pirates in the South China Sea. Now that China is opening and closing trade, and ships from various countries come and go, pirates are the most hateful."

"I have decided to wipe out the pirates in the South Seas. In this matter, Portugal and the Netherlands should work together with the Celestial Empire."

As soon as Liu Yu translated it, the Dutch understood it.The Netherlands has been a maritime merchant coachman for so many years, and has also supported more than one pirate team in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and other places. The logic of the rise of pirates is quite clear.

The interruption of Japanese trade actually affected not only the Netherlands, but also the Chinese sea merchants in Vietnam.

Previously, Nagasaki only accepted trade between China and the Netherlands, but there was a problem, that is, Vietnamese Chinese maritime merchants were registered in Vietnam, but they spoke with Fujian and Guangdong accents, so they were still traded on China’s side.

Japan also knows the tricks. Even though the Vietnamese sent elephants, they still didn’t say anything on the official level, but in fact, maritime merchants whose ships were registered in Tokyo but whose owners were Chinese were allowed to trade in Japan.The monopoly trade card that Liu Yu got before was only a trade card from Guangxi to various ports in Shandong. When you arrive in Japan, you need to register where your ship departs from.

Now Japan's trade is dominated by Dashun, not only the Dutch are affected, but also the Vietnamese Chinese maritime merchants who play side-by-side.

Monopoly trade always brings pirates, and the Dutch know this all too well.

If these pirates were operating on the route from Matsue to Japan, the Dutch would be happy to support them.However, the scope of activities of these Vietnamese Chinese maritime merchants whose livelihoods were cut off by Dashun relied on the Nanyang surrounding areas of Vietnam.

Now that Dashun offered to cooperate to encircle and suppress the pirates, the Dutch changed this diplomatic rhetoric, and understood that Dashun was actually telling the Dutch that Dashun recognized the Dutch rule in Nanyang.At least in the short term, it will not focus on the direction of Nanyang.

Of course, the Dutch envoys readily agreed, after all, they have to worry about various pirates in Southeast Asia every year.It's a pity that the trade between Dashun and Japan now takes a direct flight from Songjiang, so the pirates in Nanyang really have no way to rob Dashun, otherwise the Dutch can support it.

"His Majesty the Great Emperor, the Republic of the Netherlands has always hated pirates..."

Knowing that Liu Yu didn't understand Low German very well, the envoy replied in Latin.

As soon as his words came out, the envoys from Portugal, Britain, France and other countries couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Originally, he was going to laugh, but it's really not good to laugh in this kind of situation, so he could only hold back his breath, and let out a puff of breath from his nasal cavity.

Holland hates pirates?
All the envoys thought, this is really the funniest joke in the world.The Basques in Spain, the Jews in Portugal, the Huguenots in France...these marginalized people with naval experience were all organized by the Dutch to rob everywhere.Famous, go to the Caribbean to find out, who is the One Piece?
As for Dashun, Liu Yu also wanted it, and even the emperor wanted to laugh. It’s a pity that I have read some things about the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But not only to make preparations for going to Nanyang in the future, but also to let the Dutch confirm that Dashun would not go to Nanyang, the emperor still held back.

He added: "In addition to the matter of suppressing the pirates, I have also heard about Batavia's overseas remnants of the Celestial Dynasty."

"Fujian is barren, with nine mountains and one field. Since ancient times, there has been a habit of going to Nanyang to make a living. However, we must abide by the rules outside the current dynasty."

"I heard that many of them don't pay poll tax. Considering the overseas survivors, they are all my children. No doubt they have to go overseas to make a living. Making a living is difficult."

"The Netherlands said that the sugar trade is not booming now, and most of the survivors of the Celestial Dynasty are engaged in sugar extraction. You have to move them to Lion Country, Ambon and other places, and still have to pay the poll tax."

"Living is already difficult, and I can't bear it. How about this, I paid the poll tax for them for three years from my internal funds. You can make the statistics clear first, and I will also send people to Nanyang to comfort them and persuade them to abide by it." According to the local law, don’t commit crimes. Since I have gone to the Lion Country, Ambon and other places, I will pay for them for three years with my money, and rest for three years in order to settle down.”

"However, this money can't be given to you directly. My young son also needs to know that it is my internal money."

The Dutch envoy thought that he had heard wrongly, and thought that there is such a good thing?Even if the money is given to them, as long as we collect taxes, isn't that the same as giving it to us?

Is this considered compensation for trade with Japan?

Looking incredulously at Liu Yu who was translating with a blank face, and after confirming that there were no auditory hallucinations, the Dutch envoy hurriedly said: "The kindness of His Majesty the Great Emperor will be known and recited by everyone from Batavia to Amsterdam. "

After the flattery, the emperor just smiled, thinking that Yidi was really stupid like a pig, and he was afraid that those who don't understand the heart of the world will get the meaning of the world.

But who can survive at home, who is willing to leave their hometown and go to Nanyang to make a living?Most of the local corrupt officials oppressed and oppressed, and there were shameless gentry.

Now I use internal funds to make the Nanyang survivors know that "the emperor is holy and corrupt officials are only unaware of the emperor's residence in the forbidden palace."

Besides, there are only 5 to 5 people, and the internal money consumption is only 5 to 200 taels a year.And if you are allowed to kill them all, or the household government pays the survivors to the Lion Country, Ambon and other places in the future, it will still only be [-] people, and it will cost more than [-] million taels.If it is lower than this, people's hearts will be resentful, they will be renounced and detached from virtue, and they would rather stand on their own than return to the heavenly dynasty.

Now three to fifty thousand taels, buy Nanyang people's hearts, don't you know that people's hearts are priceless?

Anyway, it is impossible to go back to Fujian.After returning, there is no land for them, and tens of thousands of people have no way to live. Wouldn't they cause chaos?

Since you are in charge and the sugar trade is sluggish, when I take back Nanyang, I will not be able to revive the sugar.

That being the case, why not use your hands to resolve the problems in Nanyang?

This is something that Liu Yu and the emperor have discussed dozens of times before.

Against the background of large-scale planting of sugarcane in Taiwan, Guangxi and other places for sugar extraction, if Dashun wins Nanyang without the Dutch market in Persia, India and other places, Nanyang's sugarcane industry will suffer even more.

If the Dutch do not solve this problem, Dashun will take over Nanyang in the future, which will be like laying a mine in Nanyang.

Now to show good attitude, not only to show the Netherlands that the border of China does not include Nanyang, but also hope to use the hands of the Dutch to solve this mine.

As for the Dutch who will arrange those people to go to Ceylon and other places to open up wasteland, build castles, and cut down tropical rainforests to grow coffee and spices, they may live worse than the sugarcane plantations in Batavia... That is also the tyranny and tyranny of the Dutch , and Dashun will be the liberator in the future.

Even if this kind of tyranny was actually acquiesced by Dashun, or in other words, he pretended not to know what was going to happen, but in fact it was clear in his heart.

When the emperor mentioned this, in the eyes of the emperor, this was the greatest reward for Liu Yu's conquest of Japan, and it could be regarded as clearly telling Liu Yu: I want to go to Nanyang.

If you want to take it, you don't take it, if you don't want it, you say take it, and if you want to take it, you will be happy because you don't take it.

Sure enough, looking sideways, a smile appeared on the corner of Liu Yu's mouth, which was fleeting, and then returned to that serious expression, concentrating on translating.

(End of this chapter)