Xinshun 1730

Chapter 549 Butterfly in Macau
The British Fazakley, who was concerned with whether the Chinese insurgents in Batavia could obtain British firearms, began to be busy with the relocation of the store shortly after returning to Guangdong.

Guangdong is not a place that the British like very much. The goods they want are not produced in Guangdong.

When hanging out with the Netherlands at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Britain was thinking about finding a leased land in the Zhoushan Islands.Because it is closer to China's economic center of gravity, it is easier to get more goods.

There is still some time before the missions return to the UK. At this time, the ocean is raging with storms. At this time, it may take two or three times the time to reach the Cape of Good Hope. It is far better to wait until December in winter.

Fazaklei did not accompany the envoys in Guangzhou City, but was going to Macau to discuss a big deal, a big deal about arms.

On Dashun's side, the people from the navy found the British in the name of the "Batavia Rebel Army" and directly said It's about buying arms.

The meeting place was arranged in Macau. As the person in charge of the East India Company in China, Fazaklei had always been quite dissatisfied with the Netherlands.

During the special envoy's visit to China, he told the king's special envoy that an eye for an eye and an eye for an eye should be used to find opportunities to trick the Dutch.

However, Dashun officials are not going well.

At least, after that banquet, in the eyes of Europeans, it was obvious that they acquiesced in the Dutch rule of Southeast Asia.

It seems that as long as the trade is smooth and the goods can be sold, Dashun does not want to conflict with the countries trading in the south.

When they were in the capital, the envoys paid for Fazaklei to bribe Liu Yu.Liu Yu took the money, but expressed helplessness.

As for the reason, Fazaklei felt that it was indeed reasonable and unassailable.

Liu Yu said that he was very dissatisfied with the Dutch, because on the one hand they robbed him of his business in Japan, and on the other hand, as a fanatical "patriot", he was deeply concerned about the fact that the Netherlands occupied Penghu and Taiwan back then.

However, the court has plans for the court.

Liu Yu said that the imperial court believed that when you fought the 30-year war, trade shrank.

The Ming Empire had just completed the silver monetization reform, and the inflow of silver dropped sharply, which led to the silver tightening of the Ming Empire, and finally the economic collapse and so on.

And China is not a silver-producing country. Currency appeared long before the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, but silver did not become legal tender until the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Dashun hopes to maintain the stability of trade in the south.

Regardless of whether it is the Netherlands, the United Kingdom or Spain, Dashun does not want conflicts, because these are the "central banks" of Dashun and control the amount of money issued by Dashun.

Dashun is not banknotes, but silver.Even though Dashun has handled nearly one-third of the world's silver over the years, the population size and economic aggregate are too large, and the silver is still not enough.

Dashun hopes to have a certain amount of inflation, only in this way can the economy operate.Once deflation occurs, everyone hides silver in the cellar. Silver becomes more and more valuable, and fools spend it now, and they must spend it in the future.

This reason is simply impeccable, and Fazaklei also thinks it is quite reasonable, as if it is indeed the case.

Liu Yu even conveyed the imperial court's concerns about the war between Britain and the West, worrying that it would affect the trade volume between Dashun and Britain and the West.

The reason is so clear, Fazaklei can also understand Dashun's worries, knowing that Dashun will not have a conflict with the Netherlands.

The reason for attacking Japan at the risk of conflict with the Netherlands, in Fazaklei's view, was also because of the legend of Japan's "Treasure Island".Dashun does not want its "currency issuance" to be completely controlled by Westerners. Whether they are Protestants or Catholics, they will always be untrustworthy.

Even if it can be trusted, what if there is another major conflict similar to the Thirty Years War, resulting in a sharp drop in silver imports, and a deflation in Dashun?So it is still necessary to get Japan, the gold and silver origin, as a reassurance.

Since it took a risk to do it, and the Dutch continued to trade after it was done, it was even less likely that Dashun would conflict with the Netherlands.

As the saying goes, officials talk nonsense when they see people, and talk nonsense when they see ghosts.Dashun's diplomacy is pursuing this kind of policy, using different methods to fool different people.

For example, Sweden wants to fool Dashun's conflict with Russia, fools Dashun to the Netherlands and wants to develop to the northwest to become the hegemon of Central Asia, and directly talks about the economy, money and currency policy to the United Kingdom.

In short, they all make sense, and they all fool people.

The essence of a lie is nine truths and one falsehood. Anyway, most of what Liu Yu said was the truth, similar to the fool Tokugawa Yoshimune, who told the truth, but concealed the true purpose.

Fazaklei was persuaded. Although he was heartbroken that such a good opportunity did not affect the trade between the Netherlands and Dashun, he could only accept it.

Soon after returning to Guangdong, he heard about the Chinese uprising in Batavia, and he gloated at that time.

Now these insurgents actually sent people to Macau to buy armaments from the British East India Company. They really fell asleep and sent pillows.

Fazaklei's ship was slowly heading towards Macau along the Pearl River Estuary, and the ships of the Dashun Southern Squadron were patrolling on the sea. Looking at these fleets, Fazaklei felt a little depressed.

Of course he was eager to get Zhoushan, but after he went to the capital and found that it was impossible, he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He hoped to follow the example of the Portuguese in Guangdong and rent a piece of land for building warehouses and storing goods.

The selected place is not far from Guangzhou, the Kowloon Peninsula and the islands below across the sea from Macau.The British have been active in Guangzhou for many years. Although they did not have the opportunity like the French, they drew all the domestic maps of Dashun in the name of helping Dashun draw a map. The British did not have such an opportunity, but they were not idle.

Near the Kowloon Peninsula, the British have already surveyed it. It is a natural harbor with excellent water depth. If you can’t get Zhoushan, getting it here is the second choice.

It's a pity that as early as when Dashun sent the Russian prisoners of war in Junggar to Sweden, there were people from the Dashun Navy coming here.

Now, this is the port of the Dashun Southern Fleet.It was also at the banquet that day that the emperor said that he would unite with Portugal and the Netherlands to fight against pirates in the South China Sea.

And...the British attacked the Spanish warships. If they needed supplies, they could only dock under the forts near the naval port, and Dashun would provide the supplies at the expense.

Fazaklei knew that there was a lot of construction going on there now, and a fort was being built.

He just thinks that China's naval construction is really based on the law, and the docks and forts are really first-rate, and it is obvious that they attach great importance to coastal defense forts.

But what he didn't know was that Dashun's side, or Liu Yu's side, clearly took Fazakle's home country as a lesson, fearing that the Dutch would copy the "Shame of Royal Navy London" and be blocked by the Dutch at the military port Burned it clean, snatched the flagship in the naval port, and bombarded London.

Contrary to the large-scale construction of the military port across the sea, the city wall of Macau is being demolished under the supervision of Dashun at this time.

This city wall once blocked the invasion of the British and Dutch during the Tianqi period, and also witnessed hundreds of Portuguese mercenaries trying to embark on a journey to fight for the Ming Dynasty to wipe out the eastern captives during the Chongzhen period.

Even back then, he tried to keep Macau in front of the founding father of Dashun with a kind of "spirit" like a praying man's arms.

But now, it's about to be dismantled.

The reason for the demolition is very simple. In order to keep Macau, Portugal claimed to be served by people from afar.That being the case, there is no need for any reason to dismantle it or not, all it needs is a sentence from the Dashun court without too much explanation.

If you don't dismantle it, what kind of clothing is that?

As for the reason, Dashun didn't give it at all, and directly issued an order.

However, the demolition would save money. The county magistrate conveyed to the governor of Macau—now renamed as the chairman of the Portuguese Macau Chamber of Commerce in Dashun’s official communication, not the governor—the governor of the state about Jiedu envoy’s implementation of the imperial court’s request for demolition. The resolution of the city wall of Macau ordered that the people be allowed to take the demolished bricks back to build houses and pigpens.

Since it didn't cost a few cents, it was quickly dismantled.

There was no response from Macau either.

Firstly, this is a "sacrifice" to keep Macau.

Secondly, since Dashun has set up a naval base on the Kowloon Peninsula, Macau no longer has to worry about the threat of pirates, or threats such as the Dutch attack back then.

The Portuguese know very well that they were on the wrong team at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and they were lucky to be able to keep Macau.

Back then, not to mention the city walls, even Macau was almost wanted by Dashun. Now it is a blessing to be able to keep Macau.

Some people say that a butterfly may cause a hurricane.

The situation of Macau after Dashun can be compared with this story.

Back then, Li Guo's method of "Zheng Boke and Duan Yuyan" was able to destroy Nanming without destroying it, forcing Nanming's illness to rush to the doctor and go to Japan and the Pope to send reinforcements.

Dashun's banner of "protecting the world" was raised, and after finding out its own ideological legitimacy, it forced Nanming, who had nowhere to go, to go to Japan to borrow soldiers, to believe in Catholicism and invite crusaders, and to lay a solid foundation for the establishment of the country after Dashun. It destroyed the foundation and disintegrated Nanming's legitimacy.

It's not that Nanming has no strongmen, and later on it was also seen that this was the method of "Zheng Boke and Duan Yuyan", but what can be done?

There is no way to go, just go to the doctor in a hurry, or treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Missionary Boym, after receiving the guarantee that all the descendants of Zhu Ming’s royal family would convert to Catholicism, and all were baptized except for the false emperor himself who was reluctant because he wanted monogamy and could not take concubines, he carried his mission and overseas lonely loyalty. A sense of responsibility, set off.

Macau was on the wrong team at the time.

After Dashun put forward the slogan of "protecting the world", the then Governor of Macau asked the Chinese, what do these three words mean?
There are those who subjugate the country and those who perish the world.

At this time, it is not a future generation, and it will not be taken literally. The word "world" naturally includes Confucianism or orthodoxy.

Based on these three words and the suppression of the Shimabara Catholic Uprising in Japan, the Macao side came to a conclusion: the Dashun regime is an extreme dual-ethnic and religious regime. , is likely to be like the Tokugawa family, extremely opposed to the spread of Catholicism.

This is not because Macau itself is looking for trouble, but there are indeed examples to follow.Once the banner of protecting the world is established, and Japan strictly bans religion, it is hard to say that Dashun will not recover Macau and ban Catholicism in the future.

Moreover, Macau sent troops to help Nanming and fight Dashun before.

Liang Zi has already made a conclusion, and he has come to such a very likely conclusion, so naturally he hopes to either side with Donglu or Nanming, but it is impossible to side with Dashun.

Originally in history, Boym's experience can be regarded as an epic.Boym didn't believe in sending troops from Spain to Portugal. He hoped to go to Rome to find the Pope and organize a crusade against China to save the faithful.However, in the original history, he only went to Goa, and he got the news from Macau. The wife of Tong Yangjia, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was basically half a Catholic. The Manchu Qing might allow the spread of Catholicism, so he decisively spread the news to Goa. Miguel is arrested.

But then he escaped from prison, went to Safi Persia, found the Governor of Venice through the Jesuits in Safi Persia, and asked for troops.

The Venetian consul said that this was not the Fourth Crusade, nor was the city of Beijing Constantinople, so he resolutely refused.

Back to Rome, the Pope said you were crazy, right?Do you think this is the Middle Ages?How can I have the ability to form a crusader now?Boym also hoped to find the "Spear of God" to send troops to Greater Poland, presumably because he wanted the Spear of God to pierce Eastern Russia and destroy the Qing Dynasty?But also failed.

Originally, Boym was considered a "scholar" in history, but after learning that the Manchus agreed to the spread of Catholicism, Boym returned to China alone. thing.

At that time, Macau had already stood in line, and he was not allowed to go ashore. He found pirates to go to Vietnam by boat, and wanted to return to China from Vietnam. He hoped to tell Emperor Yongli in person that he failed to do what he asked him to do.However, he became ill on the way and died near Zhennan Pass.

And in this time and space, after combining the slogan of "protecting the world" and the ban on religion in Japan, Macau came to a conclusion: Dashun is definitely anti-Catholic, so it has always supported Boym.

(End of this chapter)