Xinshun 1730

Chapter 527

With the idea of ​​betting on both ends in his heart, Keren had to bow his head even under the eaves.After waiting to be called in by the Dutch, Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan still expressed their resentment against the rebellious Chinese outside the city with "righteous indignation".

Valkner doesn't want to provoke these Chinese bureaucrats now. The Chinese outside the city rebel, and the Chinese inside the city may have changes. They need them to stabilize the situation in the city.

"Mr. Captain, I have absolute trust in your loyalty. But we must consider that spies may be mixed in the city and instigate Chinese who don't know the truth to start a rebellion together."

"In view of this, I hope that you can seriously consider how to truly protect your compatriots. If you want to protect your compatriots, what you have to do at this time is not to allow any changes to the Chinese in the city. If there are any changes, then The Governor's Mansion can only implement the law of eleven killings."

"Moreover, as Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan, you have the obligation and responsibility to maintain the stability of the Chinese in the city. If they also participated in the rebellion, then you, the poll tax collectors, are of course responsible."

"But now send your messengers to call gold in the Chinese community. If the Chinese are really good people who keep their own law and order, they can stay behind closed doors for a few days, so as not to be killed by soldiers patrolling the streets as spies. All Chinese should hand over all weapons, to prove that he has no connection with the rebels outside the city, and to clear himself of suspicion.”

Lian Fuguang still believed in the Dutch, at least he never thought of the idea of ​​mass murder by the Dutch.What is the situation outside the city now, I don't know, and the Dutch don't seem to have high demands.

When he was about to agree, Lei Zhenlan, who had bypassed him and secretly informed the governor, said with a strong heart: "There is a saying in China that guarding the soil is the home. If you have money, you can contribute your strength. We will wait for you." You also have courage, and you have some brave people under your command, why don't you organize yourself and join in defending the city?"

This Lei Zhenlan felt bad. Under such circumstances, the Dutch still didn't need them to defend the city, which showed that they still didn't regard him as one of their own.

Depressed for a while, I seem to understand the mentality of those generals who were suspected in ancient times when they chose to commit suicide to die on the battlefield to prove their loyalty.

Valkner shook his head and said, "You Chinese are all timid and dare not fight at all. You just need to do your own thing well, and those rebels outside are vulnerable."

Rejecting Lei Zhenlan's request for assistance in defending the city, although that Lei Zhenlan felt uncomfortable, she was helpless.

Lian Fuguang had his own sources, knowing that Lei Zhenlan had bypassed him before, bypassing him as a formal superior and quietly going to the governor to report the situation, why didn't he understand that the other party wanted to take this opportunity to replace him?
But at this time, I had no choice but to pretend not to know. Instead, I said solemnly: "Your Excellency's decision is correct. If the people involved in the defense of the city have mixed with some rebels, they will definitely actively ask to participate in the defense of the city at this time. In the area they defend, it only needs to light a fire, and the rebels outside the city will know that the defense is weak, and they can attack from there."

Valknir nodded in agreement, thinking that this is exactly what I was on guard against.At this time, the most active Chinese may not be the most loyal, so if you can't be sure whether they are loyal, then don't use them at all.

As long as these Jiapitan and Lei Zhenlan come forward, all the Chinese in the city will stay behind closed doors.

In this way, the situation can be controlled, and if the defense of the city fails, the Chinese in these cities can be used as hostages.

It was like rebels outside the city taking captured Dutch hostages.

"Let's do it like this. You execute the order first in the city, and then don't go back to your own residence, and all come to the Governor's Mansion to stand by."

"Yes, my lord governor."

After agreeing, Lian Fuguang and others left the governor's mansion.

The messengers were summoned, and they took out the gong that the Chinese are very familiar with, and beat it along the street.

While knocking, he shouted: "There is a rebellion outside the city, all the Tang people are suspect. If the Tang people are really good people, they can stay behind closed doors, put all the knives in the house at the door, and are not allowed to leave their houses. "

"After a while, the soldiers patrolling the streets will spot check. If there are knives in the house that have not been handed in, ten families around will sit together! If every house hears it, close the door immediately!"

The humming of gongs echoed in the Chinese community, and the law-abiding Chinese closed their doors and windows one after another. Most of them put all their knives at the door.

They are just small handicraftsmen, small businessmen, neither for nor against anyone.As long as the daggers of the Dutch were not cut on their heads, they would not choose to take the initiative to stand up for those outside the city who had no one but a life and a handful of strength, and even the slightest property.

Anyway, if those people outside the city succeed in their "rebellion", they won't make things difficult for them, and maybe their poll tax will be exempted because they are all Chinese.

They yearn for order, no matter who the leader of this order is, as long as there is order.

As for the rich who pay taxes or lend money, they put all the knives at home outside the door early, closed the doors and windows, and prayed to the statue of Guan Gong at home that the Dutch would quickly put down the rebellion and not let the rebels into the city.

Soon, there was no one on the street in the lively Chinese community.All the shops were closed, all the doors were shut.

After all this tossing, it was almost evening.The patrolling Dutch or Javanese soldiers assigned more than 100 people to guard the Chinese settlements, fearing that there would be supporters outside the city.

The rest of the soldiers were guarding the city walls or forts or forts.

Niu Er on the side of the rebels was right. After they preemptively ambushed the Dutch, the response of the Dutch must be to beware of the rebellion of the Chinese in the city. They will not send troops to attack them immediately, but to guard against the Chinese outside the city. The rebels took advantage of the chaos to enter the city.

This gave the insurgents plenty of time to deploy.

Outside the city, some people either carried bundles of sugar cane, or carried the only remaining luggage and bedding on poles. Under the leadership of several leaders, they headed towards Muwu first.

Only 300 remained outside Batavia.Considering the lack of organization and officers, Niu Er, 300 people is already the maximum number they can pull together.

Counting it all together, a trained or local prestige, with fifteen or six people under his command, can just handle it.

The sky is getting dark, the Dutch will not go out of the city today, and it is impossible to go out of the city too early to encircle and suppress tomorrow, enough time has been set aside.

In a house outside the city, Niu Er, Huang Ban and others are discussing plans for tomorrow.Huang Ban already admires Niu Er quite a lot. Judging from today's events, Niu Er and his group of brothers can not only fight, but they are obviously from the army, and they can also organize people.

In particular, it is asserted that the Dutch dare not go out of the city today, and the Dutch really did not go out of the city.Although this is just the most basic military common sense, people with professional backgrounds would do this, but in the eyes of people with reckless backgrounds like Huang Ban, it is simply the rebirth of Kong Ming.

"Brother Niu really has a clever plan, and the red-haired ghost really doesn't dare to go out of the city."

Niu Er couldn't help but blushed when he heard the praise of "magic tricks and clever calculations". He thought to himself that I can't afford these four words. After working for so long, I didn't even get to be a chief of staff. middle class.The best ones were either on the ship, or they had already made their mark in the staff of the Qingzhou Army during the Western Expedition. If their classmates heard that they were praised so much, they would have to laugh at themselves.

After thinking about it again, I seem to understand what Liu Yu has been saying all day.This Valknir, that is, a third- and fourth-rate character, can suppress the huge Java with a population of tens of millions to be honest only by relying on the system behind him.

He himself is only a third-rate or fourth-rate figure, relying on what he has learned, he can also cause headaches for Valknir, who is also a third-rate or fourth-rate figure.

Because of the inconvenience of information transmission, the Privy Council can only give some strategic guidance.When the matter developed to this point, Niu Er knew that he could only rely on the skills he had learned and put them into practice.

"Brothers, tomorrow the Dutch will not leave the city immediately, but will send out scouts and a small group of troops to investigate the surrounding situation first. After ambushing them once during the day, they will definitely not dare to send out a small group of 30 people."

"And if you want to attack with a large group, you need to prepare food and so on. We will take advantage of this time to seize the time to capture Maowu, relying on the mountainous area to deal with."

"The Emperor Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty went out to Henan in the past to win the hearts of the people. Now I see Java, there are also people who can be Heluo, that is, the mountainous area all the way to Bandung... er, Boliang'an, it can also be the foundation. "

Habitually used the name of the map over there in Weihai, and hurriedly changed his words.

"The city of Batavia is high and the Dutch have many soldiers. It must be taken lightly. It must be taken slowly. If the Dutch have warships to transport troops to the east at this time, they must block them along the way and beware of the local Chinese. This is a dead end. also."

"As for Burian'an, the Dutch often use the forced planting system, and the locals suffer a lot. You can learn from the story of the Emperor Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty who equalized the land and exempted grain, and practiced benevolent government and won people's hearts."

"There is Cirebon in the north, and Bacheng can be threatened in the west. The Mataram Sultanate in the east is also happy to see us revolt against the Netherlands, and will not take the initiative to attack me. The local area is rich in rice, enough to support the army. "

"In short, no matter whether it is attacking Bacheng or advancing eastward, there is no rush, and it needs to be done slowly. At this time, advancing eastward is a dead end. The Dutch transported troops with warships and defended them with the help of fortresses. If we cannot attack for a long time, we will garrison troops in Under a strong city, this is a big taboo in the art of war; even if it is conquered, Danmu and other places are all seaports, and the Dutch navy is strong, it will not last long."

Niu Er had thought it over carefully. Apart from the mountains there, there was another important reason why he considered going south.

Because there, it is like Henan in the 12th year of Chongzhen.All it takes is a fire to burn.If the imperial court abolishes the strategy of going to Nanyang in the future, before going eastward, the Bandung generation is a good place to dormant training and strengthen the team.

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In the city, the Dutch stayed up all night.

One night, the flames outside the city burst into the sky, and there were explosions from time to time.

Sometimes it sounds like firecrackers, sometimes it doesn't, and it's completely unclear how large the uprising outside the city is.

The ambushes during the day also put great pressure on the Dutch. Knowing that the insurgents outside the city had muskets and that there might be some well-trained mercenaries, they did not dare to leave the city rashly.

Early the next morning, when the thick fog cleared, the Dutch in the city were surprised to find that they had been fighting the air all night, and there was no one outside at all.

After tossing all night, the governor had to order the soldiers to rest for a morning.

The officials seized the time to understand the situation last night. Some small-scale scouts carefully went out of the city to investigate. Batavia's rule is absolutely effective only in Batavia city, and they don't even know the population outside the city.

Soon, someone reported the news, saying that since yesterday afternoon, many Chinese or plantation slave laborers have fled towards the south, possibly thousands of people.

Not all Chinese outside the city participated in the uprising, but many U-shirts and pantless men who lost their jobs due to the sluggish sugar trade.

These people are brave people, and they are not controlled in the sugar factory on weekdays, and they are the first to be fired when the industry is in a downturn.

Judging from the news that came, they didn't have any decent weapons in their hands. Many of them only carried some simple luggage on their backs, and many of them were empty-handed.

And last night, there were not many people around Batavia at all, only a few dozen people, at most 100 people, lighting fires and setting off firecrackers everywhere, just bluffing.

After hearing the news, Valknir felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

southward?

Not east?
There are quite a few Chinese in the eastern coastal cities. If these people dare not attack Batavia, they should go east to a place where there are more of their compatriots.

If it's east, it's fine.There are forts along the way, and Batavia has excellent sea ships. With the advantage of sea transportation, as long as the defenders in Cirebon, Danmu and other places occupy the fortresses, it is impossible for the rebels without cannons to attack.

As soon as the naval army arrives at that time, the uprising will be suppressed.

But go south...the problem is big.

The letter he saw yesterday, as well as the programmatic documents put forward by the insurgents, made Valkner feel that there was a pair of black hands behind the scenes.

To the south and southeast, there are continuous mountainous areas.At this time, it was called Boliang'an, and in later generations it was called Wanlong.

This is the place where the forced planting system was first implemented in East India. At this time, it was called the Burian system, which was a policy attempt to save the company's deficit.

And this kind of place is also the place that best fits the program of the insurgents.

The so-called Bolianan system, in the words of later generations, is called "disguised serfdom under the monopoly of commercial capitalism".

The Dutch forced each village to plant a certain proportion of cash crops that were urgently needed by the European market, such as cotton, indigo, indigo, coffee, etc.

For example, this village community has to pay 100 catties of cotton a year, so the village president and local aboriginal nobles have been authorized by the Dutch.

Any villager who does not plant will be tied to a tree, whipped and executed.

As far as Valknier knows, the local indigenous village chiefs and company chiefs are cruel and don't care about the so-called fellowship.

Those who are disobedient and do not pay the crops they are forced to plant on time are either tied up and poured cow dung into their mouths, or hung up with two thumbs tied by a rope to expose them to the sun, or throw all their clothes into a puddle Soak until the skin all over the body is soaked and wrinkled.

If someone took the lead in making trouble, the local aboriginal village head and president would beat the troublemaker to death first, as an example to others.

In addition to the specified land rent paid, the company will buy the excess at a low price.

Monopoly Well, this is the advantage of monopoly.

The company says it will charge as much as it charges, and if it wants to sell it to others, no one dares to buy it, and it cannot be shipped out even if it is bought.

The Dutch have always liked to support middlemen, such as letting wealthy Chinese businessmen act as taxpayers and contractors to attract hatred from the bottom.

Or, in places where planting is mandatory, middlemen are given benefits.

For example, the president of the village commune pays 100 catties of cotton as land rent a year.

There are still a lot of cash crops left, and the Netherlands will force them to buy them, and then pay dividends to the president according to the purchased quantity.

For example, paying 100 catties of cotton is land rent and there is no dividend.But if you can produce 200 catties, there will be a dividend of [-] catties.

One can imagine what that would be like.

The head of the village community must hope that the people in the village community can grow cash crops bought by the Dutch at a low price, so that they can get dividends.

The common people are definitely not willing to grow rice, because the purchase price of the Dutch is very low, so it is better to grow some rice for their own consumption, but the upper echelon of the village commune and the local nobles colluded with the Dutch and beat and killed anyone who disobeyed.

Besides, the villagers in the local village have never grown indigo at all. The Netherlands just harvests it, but no matter how you plant it, it will not send a village team to teach how to plant it. The rice is paid for rent.

For example, the villagers have learned how to grow coffee.The problem is that the coffee is not harvested like rice with a sickle, but has to be picked, which takes a lot of effort.

The picked coffee sold to the Dutch is worth less than a catty of rice.In fact, it is an obvious robbery, but so what?

In order to pay dividends, the village head forced the villagers to plant more cash crops that were purchased at a lower price than rice, in addition to the mandatory land rent.

Those who are disobedient will be fed cow dung and thumbs-up; those who dare to stand out will be killed directly; when they are forced to revolt, the Dutch will be invited to suppress it.

Relying on this system, although it is only implemented in the Bandung area for the time being, it has initially seen dividends, especially the rapid transformation to meet the needs of the market.

For example, the indigo, indigo, and coffee planted now have gradually replaced the original spices and become an important source of profit.

But it's the same, under the profit brought by this kind of coercion, there is a huge powder keg.

At this time in Java, there are two huge powder kegs.

One is Chinese slave labor and indentured slaves who are similar to slaves, including those in sugar factories and sugarcane plantations, as well as spice plantations.The other is the village community under the forced plantation system in the Bandung area.

(End of this chapter)