Xinshun 1730

Chapter 542 Vicious
Nearly [-] Chinese in Batavia will never know what this year means to them, let alone how sad human nature can’t stand the temptation. A neighbor who eats and drinks together will take it without hesitation. Take a stick and beat yourself to death, just for a pig.

The nearly [-] Chinese people in the city would not know that in the past, the group of people who pulled poles to riot had a higher survival rate.

Some ran to the mountains, some went to Borneo to succeed, and some continued to struggle and set off a joint uprising between the Chinese and Java.

From Batavia to Central Java and East Java, after three years of persistent struggle, the Netherlands found that Batavia was a dead city without Chinese, and had to reintroduce Chinese.

In the end, many members of the rebel army survived and took root in East Java.

But those who waited in the city, those who obeyed Jiapitan's orders, and those who could not come out after closing the doors and windows, were almost slaughtered.

Afterwards, some surviving people in the city hated the insurgents outside the city very much, thinking that if they hadn't rebelled, they would not have been massacred.

Or, a businessman named Lin Hengtai, who fled back to Guangdong, commented: "The barbaric governor of Batavia should be responsible for this, but in fact, even the king of the Netherlands must think that this kind of behavior is excessive. ".Even after experiencing such a thing, I still think that "the emperor and the king are good, and the corrupt officials and bad officials are bad."

However, Lin Hengtai may not know until his death that there is no king in the Netherlands at this time.Batavia is also not Dutch, but company property.

If you fight with death, you will live, if you are afraid of death and compromise, you will die. The reality is so cruel.

Just like the owner of the gun in the memory of the German carpenter Schwartz, until the last moment before his death, he still wanted to be a good citizen and preserve his family business. Mi Chu beat him to death.

But the group of black-shirted and trouser-less men outside the city could not afford to wear trousers. They took bamboo slices, pig knives, sugar factory tools, rakes, and even a few guns, but they fought in Java and ended up living more than half of their lives. .

The biggest casualty at the beginning of the uprising was on October 10, when they risked their lives to attack the city gate of Batavia and tried to save the compatriots in the city with simple emotions.

The compatriots in the city with residence permits obeyed Kapitan’s order during the fierce battle that night and stayed behind closed doors until the Dutch repelled the rebel army that attacked the city gate the next night. On the night of October 10, The massacre begins.

Even the highest class Chinese have a similar fate.Lian Fuguang's property was robbed and confiscated, and his wife's family paid bribes and was not exiled to Cape Town, but to Ambon; three Chinese Lei Zhenlan who reported to the governor early that the Chinese might rebel, two died, One bites Lian Fuguang with the unfounded "what you should know about the sugar factory" and becomes the new Kapitan.

It's just that all these tragedies will no longer happen at this time.

So a tragedy turned into a farce.

The core force of the resistance left and gathered in the volcano to revolt. It didn't spread all over the sky, but they didn't even dare to hang the apricot-yellow banner.

The main force of the resistance obeyed, took a residence permit and left for Ceylon, where they started a new life of slave labor.Shouting long live my emperor, looking forward to the future.

The Chinese in the city, who were the most miserable and the most killed in the massacre, proved their importance to Batavia by virtue of being closed for ten days. Without them, Batavia would no longer be a functioning city. At the same time, it also proved that they are a group of the most obedient and good people, no matter who belongs to Batavia.

So Dashun had a solid idea in his heart. The imperial court liked obedient people, and stability would not be a problem when they captured Batavia in the future.

The richest Kapitan, Lei Zhenlan, and taxpayers raised their glasses to celebrate.Congratulations to those mud legs who rebelled, and was also certified by the court as "stubborn" and no longer "officials forcing people to rebel". threatened them.

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At this moment, outside the city.

Crowds of slave labor were driven out from spice plantations, sugar factories, and sugar cane gardens.

The contractor drove them to the door, and under the supervision of the Dutch Musketeers and Dashun Musketeers, they counted their names, ancestral homes, when they came to Batavia, and so on.

Many Dutch people know well that these slave laborers were secretly transported by contractors using various means.From top to bottom, they have collected money, cleared up relationships, and turned a blind eye.

It's just that they themselves didn't expect that there are so many Chinese in the suburbs of Batavia.

Fortunately, at this moment, these people are no longer a threat.

Instead, each head means a head tax of six silver coins for three years. Once the number is counted, Dashun will directly give cash.

Although the money will be given to the Chinese, in the eyes of the Dutch, it is better to give it to the Chinese.

When you arrive in Ceylon, there is an opportunity to falsify the number. Of the 1000 people, only half of them died, half of the ship sank, and 6000 silver coins went to the public account, leaving 2000 is enough. The residence permit for accounting, just let them stay in Ceylon.

As for throwing it into the sea halfway, the Dutch didn't think about it at this time.

Dashun made it clear that the Privy Council would send people to follow, and reassured the Dutch that many of the people sent were from the navy and would never get seasick.

When it comes to Ceylon, the Privy Council will also establish an immigration department there to "help" the East India Company through the chaos in the early stage of immigration.

Why didn't the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come forward, because Shi Shi used this time to convey another message.

The Dutch East India Company is not qualified to communicate with Dashun's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Even if Dashun puts aside China's status as an equal diplomat, it is impossible for Dashun to engage in equal diplomacy with a company affiliated with the Netherlands.From now on, the East India Company's department dealing with Dashun will be the Privy Council.

On the high ground outside the sugar factory, Valkner, who was with Shi Shiyong, looked at the ever-increasing statistical list in his hand, feeling lingering in his heart.

He knew that Batavia was deceiving, and that the successive governors... including him, of course, were thinking about how to spend money. There would definitely be a large number of Chinese without residence permits.

But I really didn't expect that there would be so many Chinese.

Everyone knows that the contractors who contract sugar factories, spice plantations, or manors are happy to use Chinese slave labor, because they can use the reason of "report to the Netherlands that you don't have a residence permit if you dare to make trouble" to lower wages and save poll tax .

But this amount is really too big.

I still have lingering fears, but also because if Dashun didn't come forward, if all the people in this group really participated in the riot, it would be an unmanageable situation.

At this moment, he was really grateful to the Dashun court.

Now, the trade with China has not been affected, and the problem of "excess" Chinese in Batavia has been resolved, and he is finally secure as the governor.

The root cause of this problem, Valknier knows very well, is the Dutch monopoly, the policy of keeping sugar prices too low, and paying taxes on shit.But in front of Shi Shiyong, he cursed these businessmen who contracted the sugar factory.

"Mr. Special Envoy, even I, the governor, don't know that they hide so many illegal people. These profiteers evade the poll tax for hired workers. I think there must be similar people in your country. Maybe they are landowners, maybe merchant."

"In short, the corrupt morality of these people is the root of all chaos. Their deception almost led to the destruction of Batavia. We must deal with this matter seriously."

"But please rest assured, Mr. Special Envoy, after they move to Ceylon, they will never receive such miserable treatment. At least, their life will be better than the current one. The company will also fulfill its promise. When the service time comes, we will allotted them land to earn a living."

Shi Shi thought carefully that this moral corruption was inevitable.

Whoever pays the poll tax will go bankrupt, and whoever does not use slave labor at a low price will not be able to repay the usury.After all, isn't there a problem with your company's legal system?

"Your Excellency Governor, if you raise the price of sugar a little bit, it may not be the case, right? I have heard many people complain to me that your company charges too low a price and does not allow private resale."

Valkner was not embarrassed at all, and smiled: "Mr. Special Envoy, even if the company increases the purchase price of sugar, will these contractors pay more wages? Besides, the root cause of this is also closely related to your country. If your country If you don’t attack Japan and force Japan to cut off its trade with the company, the purchase price of sugar can be increased this year. You have been in Japan for many years, and you should know that the company ships a lot of sugar to Japan every year, and the Japanese like sugar, and they won’t grow sugar cane."

"Mr. Envoy, today is not the same as it used to be. Sailboats connect the whole world together. A war in your country against Japan may cause the employment of Tang Ren's sugar factory in Batavia, tens of thousands of miles away, to be unable to survive."

"This whole matter is not entirely the company's responsibility. I hope that Mr. Special Envoy will tell your Majesty the Great Emperor not to make changes lightly. Any changes may lead to unexpected consequences. No one can predict the economy, nor No one can predict the impact of any change on the entire world."

Shi Shiyong was noncommittal, Valknir took a deep breath, and said the most vicious words.

"I heard that your country is setting up various handicraft factories. And I heard from Kapitan that what your country likes most is to learn from history. I hope that your country can also learn from Batavia .”

"The establishment of a handicraft industry is a double-edged sword. Any accident, natural disaster, war, production reduction, or market change may cause practitioners to lose their livelihood. These practitioners who cannot earn a living will be the source of chaos and riots .”

"The East India Company has a vast market from Europe to Persia, then to Java and Japan. In the face of an accident, it still almost caused such a big chaos, and it could not even guarantee the employment of tens of thousands of Chinese. If your country establishes Can factories guarantee that there will never be any accidents that will lead to bankruptcy of the industry and unemployment of employees?"

"These people will oppose Batavia after losing their jobs. Then, if they were in your country, wouldn't they oppose the court and the emperor?"

"If your country wants to be stable, it is better not to set up industries. There is a Frenchman named Colbert, who is the Minister of the French Household Department. He once said: Taxation is like plucking goose feathers. More feathers are plucked than Let the geese cry in pain."

"I heard from Kapitan that your country has a salt and iron monopoly policy, which is an excellent way to pluck goose feathers. Your country has a vast land and population. If the company also has such a population and land, it will not Choose commerce and trade, as long as the consumption tax is enough. Establishing a handicraft industry is harmful to your country, and may even lead to rebellions.”

"A few years ago, didn't the weavers strike in Songjiang and Suzhou? Compared with the benefits received from them, it may cost more money to prevent them from rebelling. Or, you Do you think that the industrial owners in your country will speak conscience and morality?"

"Please pass on my words to His Majesty the Great Emperor of your country. Please learn from Batavia's lessons. I sincerely hope that your country will be stable, because the chaos in your country at the end of the Ming Dynasty seriously affected the company's interests and had to go to Japan Buy their inferior porcelain and tea. As long as the production of tea, silk and porcelain is maintained, it is enough. My words are sincerely for the good of your country.”

(End of this chapter)