Xinshun 1730

Chapter 554 The Experience of William the Conqueror and Zheng Chenggong
This programmatic document has played a final role.

From this, Fazaklei can conclude that this group of people is really going to do big things, and it is possible to do it, and it will be extremely beneficial to the British East India Company after it is done, and it can break the Dutch monopoly in Southeast Asia .

Britain has often cooperated with those native states or feudal princes, especially now that the sun never sets in Britain, and it is not yet a celestial dynasty. It needs to cooperate with various forces to contain the Netherlands, France, Spain and other countries.

But the abilities of those feudal princes are really hard to describe.

Just like the Kandy Dynasty of Ceylon, they took guns and cannons from the British for almost 100 years, but they were easily defeated by the Netherlands in field battles, and the rule of the country made people want to cry.

Fazaklei is well aware that politics are far more responsible than the military.This group of people was able to put forward such a program, which shows that they have some very capable core figures.

This group of people has a high chance of success, and the situation in Southeast Asia is doomed that even if they succeed, they can only be an exporter of tropical agricultural products.

The army can train quickly, but the navy does not happen overnight.As long as they don't have a navy, they cannot threaten the British East India Company.

Fazaklei thought that he could take a look at the situation here for the time being. If they really have the ability to gain a foothold, the company headquarters should follow up quickly, no longer buy and sell arms, but give some more substantive help.

It is hoped that after its separatist regime, it will be able to rely on the United Kingdom and become a reliable ally of the United Kingdom in Southeast Asia.

But now, it's not the time, and he can't make a decision on this kind of thing.

With the idea of ​​making friends in advance, which might be useful in the future, Fazaklei and Wang Wu discussed various problems in Java.

In the end, when asked whether Wang Wu would come to Macau to hire people, Fazakley was a little cautious about this matter.

Southeast Asia is not only the Dutch and British forces, but also Spain.

If there are too many Catholics among the rebels, this may also affect future diplomatic attitudes, after all, Britain is not a Catholic country.

Wang Wu heard Fazaklei's worry, and answered Fazaklei with the words of Liu Yu fooling Hannibal between the white mountains and black waters more than ten years ago.

"Many of us grew up in Batavia and even though we believed in God, we didn't eat fish on Friday."

The meaning of not eating fish on Friday is of course familiar to a British person, which means infinite loyalty to the motherland in the UK, and it also means that even if there are Christians among them, they are not Catholics.

Batavia is owned by the Dutch East India Company, and the Netherlands is not a Catholic country, which makes sense.

Hearing the very British answer of "I don't eat fish", Fazaklei laughed, reached out and shook his hand, and said, "Then, I wish you success and wish us a happy cooperation. How should we contact Mr. Wang?" Woolen cloth?"

"I will go to Bengkulu. If your firearms arrive, I will contact the channel to transport them away. We will pay for Dutch guilders or Spanish silver coins, and we will deliver them directly to you."

Speaking of this, Wang Wu smiled and said: "How much your company's public accounts should be kept depends on the ability of Mr. Zackley. The price we negotiated internally is 5000 taels of silver. If you can use this 3 We will give Mr. Fazakle [-]% of the hard work fee if the price is two. This is the rule, and we understand it."

"If Mr. Fazaklei has the ability and ability to negotiate a lower price with the company. Then, congratulations, sir, you can get a rebate of about one or two thousand pounds. Therefore, we hope to contact Bengkulu as soon as possible. , and also wish to give me a pass from the East India Company to prevent my ship from being attacked by your company."

Fazaklei also smiled, thinking that this is indeed a sincere partner.

800% hard work fee, that's about £2000.And when Newton was director of the mint, his annual salary was only [-] pounds.

Moreover, the key is that there are kickbacks in it.

As long as I can convince the higher-ups that there are huge benefits that can be seen in the long run from supporting these people, the higher-ups will also lower the price or even give away some of it.

Then the other party gave me the money again, and how much the company reported, wouldn't the rest be my own?

Thinking of this, I suddenly became motivated.

I have negotiated such a big business, if it really happens in the future, my status in the company will also rise.

Even if they didn't succeed, the hard work and kickbacks would still be a considerable amount of income, enough for his future life and investment.

For the sake of money, Fazaklei stayed in Macau for a few days, and soon passed through Guangzhou to apply for a pass for Wang Wu.

At the same time, they immediately sent people to Bengkulu and India to urge them to prepare for the delivery of arms to Bengkulu as soon as possible.

When the time comes, he will go to Bengkulu to complete the deal.

After negotiating this matter, Wang Wu did not leave Macau directly.

Macau, which was in chaos at this time, was a suitable place for information transfer, and the personnel sent by the Privy Council quickly launched an intelligence network in Macau.

As long as you have money, many things are easy to do.

Wang Wu and others did not recruit mercenaries in Macau. Although they actually ate fish whether it was Friday or not, they were still members of the court after all.

Under the background of the court's ban on religion, it is impossible for them to have anything to do with Catholics, and the court will not allow a large number of Christians to appear in Batavia's "returning army".

Soon, more than 60 military officers recruited from Fujian and Guangdong entered Macau.

The Nanyang Naval Base across the sea also mobilized some low-level officers who graduated from practical studies in order to have enough backbone forces in the Java area to facilitate governance and complete reforms, and to form a military force capable of resisting the encirclement and suppression of the Dutch within a year. troops.

Now is not the time to go to Java. The Dutch are now very tight in investigations. On the one hand, they have to collect poll taxes, and on the other hand, they are also worried about the connection between the Chinese and the rebels. It is very difficult to travel by land and sea.

Only when Liu Yu comforts Nanyang and mobilizes the Dutch to focus on him, will there be a chance.

Now these people are here mainly to get familiar with the situation in Macau, and then they will fabricate the name of a "hero" recruited from Macau.

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Batavia.

Governor Valkenier looked at the documents just sent by the Dashun court, feeling mixed feelings.

It is clearly stated in the document that before August, the imperial court will send imperial envoys to comfort the Nanyang Chinese.

At that time, the number of head counts will be reviewed, the Netherlands will be asked whether there is any definite unfair treatment of the Chinese, the head tax will be transferred, and supervisors will be placed.

The document also clearly stated the itinerary, not only to Batavia, but also to Ambon, Surabaya, Semarang and other Chinese gathering places.

The good news is that the imperial envoy who came this time was none other than Liu Yu, whom Valkner had been worried about for a long time. He believed that he was hostile to the Netherlands, might be a secret Catholic, and was a great threat to the Dutch rule in Southeast Asia.

Not only to come to Nanyang, but to be sent by the imperial court to the Western Ocean for "investigation". After the matter in Batavia is settled, he will go to Europe during the monsoon season.

It is necessary to sign a series of contracts with European countries to ensure normal trade.

This almost confirmed the judgment of the company staff who followed him to the capital at the beginning. Liu Yu fell out of favor and left the power center of the Shun Empire.

This means that the emperor of the Dashun Empire had a disagreement with him on policy, so he had to be transferred from the center.

The intrigue within the company is sometimes similar to that within the imperial court.If it was sent abroad as the governor, it could be understood as reuse; but it was thrown to Europe, and Europe may not be as important as Japan to Dashun.

In Valknir's view, this is the most obvious ups and downs.

Seeing this at this time, how can you not be happy?
Thinking that fortunately the Chinese were not massacred at the time, perhaps the beating of the Dutch sailors in Tianjin was really because the former "Minister of the Navy" had the idea of ​​"raising the bandits' self-respect" and wanted to anger the Netherlands, so as to start a war and stabilize its position.

But obviously, the emperor of the Shun Empire was not interested in this, but kicked him out of the center.

After the gratification, the worry is also deeper.

This person is labeled anti-Holland and is an expansionist.

When this person comes this time, he will escort the fleet to Malacca, inspect and comfort along the way, and Dashun's fleet will also follow.

Valknier couldn't help thinking of the story of "William the Conqueror" and Zheng Chenggong, who impressed the Dutch many years ago.

I was afraid that Liu Yu would not want to lose power because he was kicked out of the center by the emperor, so he would lead the fleet to land in Batavia, occupy Batavia and become king himself.

Everyone knows that Dashun's navy was built by him alone. Now even if Dashun has changed the commander of the navy and decentralized the minister of the navy, I am afraid that these officers will trust him.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

This is especially possible for a person who once held power but was kicked out of the center overnight.

Valkner knew that this man was an excellent commander. He not only presided over the establishment of the navy, but also fought against the Russians and Mongols in the north.

Valknir knew his level, and when it came to land warfare, he was definitely not that good.

And there are a large number of Chinese in Batavia. If this person really wants to follow the example of William the Conqueror and establish himself as king, or follow Zheng Chenggong's "stealing Taiwan", he has this basis.

Those navies are all his subordinates. Batavia has no shortage of Chinese, but some strong men who can organize these Chinese.

Although this is only possible, it must be avoided.

Although he doesn't care too much about the quality of Dashun's navy, he thinks that Dashun has only built a navy for more than ten years. Even though the tonnage is enough to threaten Batavia, he has no actual combat experience and is far behind the Netherlands.

However, the army troops brought by the emperor's special envoy last time impressed Valknir deeply.

Tall, well-trained, and strictly disciplined, although it can be known that it is a hand-picked guard of honor, the actual combat of the Dashun Land War is not bad.

And I heard that this person is very good at attacking the city and using artillery. Batavia's city defense is more than enough to deal with the Chinese rebels, but if it is dealing with a commander who has commanded tens of thousands of battles, I am afraid it is far inferior.

What's more terrible is that the field strength in Java is seriously insufficient now.

Just a while ago, Chinese rebels gathered in the volcano area attacked Cirebon.

Although it didn't break through, Valkenier had to change his strategy. Under the background of Dashun's upcoming inspection and consolation, he could only order the Dutch troops in various regions to strictly guard the city.

Because these Chinese insurgents are very good at using ambushes and lure the enemy deep into the strategy, they have suffered two losses before, and Valknell is afraid to leave the city.

There are fewer out, for fear of being ambushed again.

If there are too many, I am afraid that the bottom Chinese who may participate in the rebellion will launch an uprising and occupy the city.

Only after those bottom Chinese who may rebel are transported to Ceylon can troops be assembled for encirclement and suppression.

So now the Javanese garrison is scattered in various strongholds and cities, and Batavia does not have a strong field force.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens.

What if Liu Yu felt that he had lost his power and had other thoughts?
What if Liu Yu wants to learn from Zheng Chenggong, or William the Conqueror becomes king himself?
Even, what if they want to take the initiative to go to war to support the bandits and drag Dashun to join the war against the Netherlands?
Moreover, even if their navy can't fight, it's just a show, but what do those small parliaments that surrendered to the Netherlands think?Do you think that in Southeast Asia, is there only one Netherlands that can surrender?Whether it is possible to return to a tributary country and have the rights of a vassal without the obligations of a vassal, it is better than being under the Dutch.

When the Netherlands treats those small countries as a tributary country with these effects, which one is more in line with those small countries?

This point, Valkner still knew it in his heart.

In Chinese idioms.

A hegemony who uses power to pretend to be benevolent will lead to a great power.The king of virtue and benevolence.Those who use power to convince others are not convinced by the heart, and strength is not enough; those who use virtue to convince others are sincerely convinced with joy in the heart.

However, even if this sentence criticizes, it is "false benevolence with strength", at least there is "false benevolence".

The rule of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia is really too lazy to fake "fake benevolence".

Domineering means false benevolence with force.The key is not force, but hypocrisy.

Pseudo-benevolence means recognizing "benevolence" as the standard of right and wrong, so overbearing is still a part of Zhuxia, and it only belongs to the "own people" who "made mistakes in the line".

Taking it purely by force is not domineering, that is barbarism.

If you are not convinced, you will not be able to support yourself.

This is the true portrayal of countries such as Mataram at this time.

Valknir was even sure that if those rebels were powerful, countries such as Matalan, who are now surrendered, would definitely jump back and form an alliance with them, not to mention this seemingly powerful Chinese dynasty with its fleet?
(End of this chapter)