Xinshun 1730

Chapter 548 Cooperation
So the emperor murmured in his heart about the group of Batavian insurgents who "have no ruler or father".

Now that the purpose of emigrating to Ceylon has been achieved, the group of insurgents has lost their "use value".

Two use values.

Take away those who are most willing to resist, and leave those who can endure the suffering of emigrating to Ceylon.

Pull the pole to revolt, scare the Dutch, force the Dutch to pinch their noses to admit it, and spend money to immigrate the remaining Chinese to Ceylon, so as to avoid another uprising.

Since there is no use value, it is better to call back the people sent by the court to go undercover, and use the hands of the Dutch to wipe out this group of rebels.

The future of the province After Dashun occupies Nanyang, this group of rebels may also affect Dashun's rule in Nanyang.

Now that Liu Yu asked for money directly, he expressed his attitude that he supported the Nanyang rebels.

The emperor hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help looking back at a picture in the room, which was inscribed by Emperor Gaozong when Dashun was restored to the capital at the beginning of the founding of the country.Thinking of Dashun's bravery in slaying dragons and his ambition to Anji the world when he founded the country, he finally sighed.

After sighing, he still didn't give the money directly, but asked Liu Yu something that Liu Yu needed to guarantee.

"Jinghou can be sure. When the heavenly soldiers go to Nanyang, those people will turn to the imperial court and ask for peace directly?"

Liu Yu knew that this was a military order, so he bypassed the matter without answering directly.

"Your Majesty, whether or not I am sure depends on the policy of the Chinese Empire after it went to Nanyang. I often ask myself, is the Dutch way of forcing planting and monopolizing trade good?"

Li Gan, who asked the question, laughed out loud and didn't answer it. It was also a rhetorical question.

"Aiqing Jinghai immigration monopolizes the purchase of grain and lowers prices, thereby hoarding food for future immigration and attacking Ezo; controlling the cargo ships to Jinghai, so that those who grow grain in Jinghai have to sell grain at extremely low prices. To buy Cloth and ironware. Is there any difference between this and the Dutch relying on monopoly to lower the purchase price of sugar?"

The emperor asked with a smile, but Liu Yu was talking nonsense.

"Your Majesty, I feel that there is still a difference. The place of Jinghai is against the law of nature. If there is no official push, no one will go there, and no one will buy food."

"Nanyang, the Dutch don't have a monopoly, and they can sell sugar; the Dutch don't hold down prices, and they can sell spices."

"The Dutchman and the minister are both acting against the laws of heaven."

"But Jinghai, after 50 years, will be no different from Lu and Yu, and will be the loyal land of the Celestial Dynasty."

"The Nanyang incident, decades later, the Dutch will be outraged, and it will definitely be difficult to gain a foothold."

"After all, Nanyang is the leader in resolving the livelihood of the landless and jobless people in Fujian and Guangdong."

"Filling the national treasury and internal funds is the second."

"The imperial court is not the East India Company, and the imperial court has no shareholders. It does not need to only look at the profit statement. Everything is for profit. The imperial court is the imperial court after all, and the Netherlands is a company after all. The two are different."

"What the Batavia rioters are asking for is not difficult, and it will have no impact on the imperial court, and it can demonstrate the benevolent government of the imperial court. If it is done, it will be nothing more than a loss of one or two million taels of income every year. But if you add the garrison, surveillance, Squeezing leads to loss of money for the wealthy family to grow bigger, etc. In fact, there is no profit."

"That's why, if the court can grant their request, it will be easy to recruit security."

"Besides, Nanyang is hot, and the northerners can't stand the climate. The locals have long been used to it, and they can be incorporated into the army. As for the leaders, they can be named Bi Mawen, that's all."

"The only thing they can do is the benevolent government of this dynasty. How many people are really willing to rebel if they follow their path and let them have nowhere to go?"

"The court is still the court, not everything is aligned with profits, and the ministers are sure."

This is a military order with prerequisites. As long as the imperial court does not learn from the Dutch policy in the future, Liu Yu dares to guarantee security.

The emperor sighed again, knowing that Liu Yu had always thought like this.After all, this matter is not a big deal. As for the idea of ​​raising the bandits' self-respect, the emperor didn't even bother to think about it.It's just that the emperor doesn't like these rebels naturally.

Thinking about Dashun's original intention when he started his business, and now, after a long hesitation, Li Gan finally nodded and said: "Okay. Give me the money. Either don't do it, or do it well. You can do it. 5 taels is the limit, is it enough?"

"enough."

The emperor smiled and said: "If it's enough, that's all. If it's not enough, you can pay for it yourself. Anyway, if you fail to recruit security in the future, you will be breeding tigers. You can choose who you want to send to support, and you have full power to deal with it." , and there is no need to report back to me. I only want one thing. In the future, when the heavenly soldiers arrive in Nanyang, these people will recruit them into the army. As for the process, I don’t bother to ask about trivial matters.”

It is said that it is money, but it is actually an attitude.No one is short of this money, to put it bluntly, even those undercover students can pool together tens of thousands of taels of silver, a thousand guns, and three to five cannons.

Moreover, as far as the court is concerned, this is indeed a trivial matter.Before the uprising, it was related to the imperial court's plan to immigrate to Ceylon with the help of the Dutch, which was a big deal.Now that the major issues are settled, these people are abandoned.

Abandoning a child is no big deal.

Now that the emperor has money in his pocket, he doesn't care about 5 or [-] taels, so he should spend money in your Liu Yu's heart to buy a reputation as a Mingjun.

The monarch and his ministers had been in tacit understanding before, but now this trivial matter finally made the emperor feel that there was some disagreement between the two on some matters.

Thinking about the relationship with Liu Yu, it's not that there was no argument before.

But the basis of the debate is that the two have a common understanding of one thing, right or wrong, justice or evil, but they have differences on the issue of "how to do it".

But today's trivial matter is not a disagreement at all about how to do it, but "how to look at it".Is it praise?Is it demoted?

Thinking about the change of "lian" in "upper couplet and lower force" to "shi" that day, the emperor's heart is undoubtedly finally Dashun.However, Dashun is bounded by Jingxiang abandoning the average land without grain and calling for protection of the world. There are old Shun and new Shun. Which one does Jinghou really fall in love with?

Seems to be the same, both surnamed Li.But it seems that it is not the same.

This thought only passed away in a flash, and the emperor didn't take it too seriously, as if he forgot it immediately.It's like the letter from Yoshimune Tokugawa, or the "warning" from Valkner.

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As soon as the summoning to discuss the Nanyang major plan was over, Liu Yu did not go home directly, but went to the Privy Council.As a deputy envoy, he doesn't manage much, but he is in charge of everything. What he manages are all messy things. There are official envoys who are in charge of things that have formed a system and a system.

The spies who came back from Nanyang with Shi Shiyong have been waiting here for a long time.After meeting Liu Yu, he was about to blurt out the same call as "Ying Suo Bo" as in Weihai, but realized that Liu Yu had already been made a Marquis, so he hurriedly changed his words.

"Whale Hou!"

After speaking, he took out a big package, which was a gift from Nanyang people to Liu Yu.It's a mess, there are painted plant illustrations, a drawn city map of Batavia, and some records of local customs, all of which are good things.

Liu Yu never hesitated to accept the gift, accepted it with a smile, and called out the other party's name directly while asking someone to pour tea.

"It seems that Batavia is really hot. You are so hot... Throw it into the coal pile next to the steam engine in the dock. It is hard to tell whether it is a person or coal. I remember when I first got the Newcomen engine that year, You also said that there will be more of these things in the future, and you must blacken everyone. As a result, there are not many steam engines, so you will be blacked out first. It’s hard for you, and life over there is hard.”

He casually mentioned an old story from that year, and the spy felt warm in his heart, thinking that Jinghou really still remembers me.

"It's a bit bitter. But I wanted to fight for a promotion, so I endured it. Didn't Jing Hou say that before, in order to be an official, he has his own palace. As long as he can get a promotion , what is Batavia's trouble?"

"Jinghou, you already know the matter. What does His Majesty mean?"

Liu Yu stretched out five fingers and said: "After hearing this, Your Majesty immediately gave 5 taels. I have contacted someone a long time ago. Since it was the brown bass that I gave you at the beginning, how can there be no backup? The matter is urgent, and we will meet at night Have a meal, and you will set off tomorrow."

"Go to Guangdong first, and find Yonikoming over there. He will arrange for you to meet with people from the British East India Company."

"I can't tell whether the gunpowder is British or Chinese. They will send people to smuggle it over there. After you go to the British, you don't need to talk nonsense, just say that you are the person who caused the incident in the Netherlands. You want to buy a gun. gun."

The spies didn't know the emperor's hesitation about giving money before, and seeing Liu Yu's straightforwardness, he thought that the emperor must be very happy, and hurriedly said: "If you have these 5 taels of guns, brothers are absolutely sure to take Batavia. It's just that if you tell the British people like this, will they have any doubts?"

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Don't worry. The British envoys just left. The person in charge of the East India Company in Guangdong, Fazaklei, I had exchanges with him in the capital. He said bad things about Holland all day long, and he returned it to me. Gift-giving to say bad things about the Dutch. Absolutely hit it off."

"Bengkulu is so close to your active volcanic area, is it not easy to transport the goods?"

The spy was convinced of Liu Yu, and when Liu Yu said that there was no problem, he had no doubts and just asked about the details of the delivery.

"The Dutch are patrolling the south, it doesn't seem easy?"

"Hey, it's simple. I'll cooperate with you. I'm going to Batavia, not by myself. The southern fleet will go with me. I'll take a look at the Dutch. I'm sure they will. Bringing all the Nanyang warships to Batavia will overwhelm me and show their strength. When the time comes to take advantage of this time period, let alone a month, isn’t that enough?”

After thinking about it, the spy couldn't help but said: "Wonderful! The Dutch rule in Nanyang relies on their force. The last time Master Shi went, he brought a team of elite soldiers, and the Dutch are already uncomfortable. If this time the whale Hou will take the fleet again, the Dutch must collect the fleet, even if it is for others to see, let them know that the Netherlands is stronger."

"I heard that when the Javanese defeated the Mongolian Yuan, their military power was greatly enhanced. Since then, all the countries in Southeast Asia have paid tribute to the vassals. When the Sanbao eunuch went to the West, the vassals of Javanese countries abandoned Java one after another after seeing the fleet of the Sanbao eunuch. Tribute to the Tianchao. Now that the Dutch have a lot of vassals in Nanyang, they are oppressing and ruthless. Even if the Dutch think that the Tianchao has no intention of going to Nanyang, they are afraid that those vassals will abandon the Dutch fleet after seeing the fleet. This must be to collect the fleet. , so that the surroundings know that the Netherlands is the number one navy in Nanyang.”

Liu Yu nodded and said: "That's right. You haven't forgotten everything you learned in Weihai. That's the reason. He's not guarding against me, but guarding against those vassals who have other ideas. At that time, I will spend a month in Nanyang, and the Dutch You have to transfer all the fleet to my side to stay with me for a month."

"Ceylon is not counted. Ambon, Banda, Semarang, Cirebon, Surabaya and other places all have Chinese people. I am going to comfort myself. The Dutch along the way must use the name of 'escort' to overwhelm the number of fleets." I have one head. This more than a month is not enough for you to receive the goods?"

The spy smiled and said: "Enough! Enough. As long as there is a gap of one month, if the British really have the heart, even if they embezzle the firearms of the garrison, they will send them as soon as possible."

Liu Yu also said: "If the British are really hesitant, the imperial court also has a batch of British guns in their hands, and they will find an opportunity to send them. But it is best if the British agree to save some trouble. If you go this time, don't There is pressure. Try to do it as much as possible, and if you can’t do it, there will be another move.”

(End of this chapter)