Xinshun 1730

Chapter 574 Leadership

Bangka is sandwiched in the middle of the imagined three towns in Nanyang, and it also produces tin mines. Liu Yu does not want to fall into the hands of the Catholic Church.

It's not that Liu Yu has great prejudices, but because if the miners revolt under the banner of Catholicism, if the imperial court goes to Nanyang, they will inevitably choose to have a "Shimabara counter-insurgency" and kill them all.

Even if the imperial court is very clear that the Catholicism of Bangka Island is just a cover, similar to Taipingdao, Bailianzong, and Mingjiao, it is just an organizational form, and the core is the miners' resistance.

But the imperial court will definitely slaughter them.

Bangka is different from the weavers in Suzhou who work together to call a rest. In Suzhou, a group of weavers call a rest. It is a strike of skilled workers and can be resolved through compromise.Not everyone can weave silk.

Once Banga revolts and kills all the people, just change a group of people to work without any scruples.

But with such a good opportunity, the imperial court really couldn't come up with anything that could replace God or Islam in Bangka, and could organize the bottom who had left the clan.

I have never heard of any rebellion under the banner of Confucianism, and they have almost no penetration into the grassroots of Nanyang. The only thing they can do is to send people to organize an uprising like Batavia did.

But the situation in Banga is different from that in Batavia. Here... it is too easy to rebel here. This is not the territory of the Dutch. Liu Yu really wants to get Banga right now. Twenty officers will send a batch of guns and they will succeed. .

But if we do it now, it will surely arouse the vigilance of the Netherlands, and the entire Ceylon military town and the subsequent Shangdang's plan to enter Zhao will be completely ruined.

But if he doesn't do anything now, Liu Yu feels that in the current situation, the cheap slave labor trafficked from Macau and the Catholics are about to get the leadership of the uprising.

Once the Catholic Church took the leadership of the uprising, the nature of the matter changed.

If the imperial court kills all the miners in Banga, it means that the imperial court has gone to Nanyang, and it depends on the Chinese gentry in Nanyang, let alone win the bottom.

And if the bottom cannot be won, the imperial court will be untenable in Nanyang.

The imperial court has no shortage of officials, tax collectors, or mines to make money. If a batch dies and a batch is caught, a bunch of willing ones can be found casually.

What is lacking is a large number of low-level Chinese "guiyi army" who support the imperial court, can serve as soldiers, can fight, can settle down, and can work.

And if the Catholic Church takes the leadership of the Bangka uprising, it will undoubtedly die, and the court will not be soft.

The meal was alcohol-free and pork-free, so it was tasteless.Thinking about this now, I always feel that this meal is like drinking the blood of thousands of miners and eating the meat of tens of thousands of miners in advance, and I can't help but lose my appetite.

Putting down his chopsticks, Liu Yu asked the mine owner who said he wanted to get rid of the unruly people just now, and said, "As the saying goes, snakes have snake heads, and rats have rat kings. Since you said that there are many unruly people here, do you want to come among those miners?" It is also quite prestigious.”

"This kind of person, if you stay here, you may find it troublesome. You don't dare to kill them. Don't be impatient. If you dare to touch these prestigious people, the rest of the miners might fight with you. Right?"

The mine owner was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said repeatedly: "My lord's opinion! My lord's opinion. I think my lord is leading the army, so I must have seen many such unruly people. That's exactly the case. I dare not kill if I don't dare to kill. It’s really not easy to touch them. If you touch them, the miners will definitely make trouble.”

Liu Yu smiled and said: "That's easy. The military specializes in dealing with all kinds of dissatisfied people, and they like to have this kind of unruly and courageous people. The imperial court has never gone to Nanyang, and now it is comforting Nanyang. Your attitude is commendable, which is also considered I, the consolation envoy, will do you a favor. You guys count and make a list of the thorns in your respective mines, and I will bring someone to catch them in the army and teach them a lesson."

Immediately, more than a dozen mine owners thanked them repeatedly, only thinking that the gates of the yamen opened to the south, and they had no reason to come in without money.After all, the imperial court is still facing us.

Who doesn't have a few prestigious troublemakers in the mine?Either they have high prestige, or they have some means, or they can persuade others. This kind of person is extremely difficult to deal with. They can only find ways to make bad people die, but they cannot kill them with open flames.

Singing praises repeatedly, flattering like a tide, Liu Yu accepted it calmly, without twitching, and asked again: "The reason why the imperial court sent me to Nanyang this time is because I have heard a lot about the cunning and cruelty of the Dutch, and how many overseas adherents of the Celestial Dynasty have been bullied by them. That’s why I’m here to express comfort and also to inspect.”

"You said just now, the Dutch are not bad?"

The mine owners were indeed worried that the imperial court would go to Nanyang or start a war with the Netherlands. Seeing Liu Yu’s question, they hurriedly said, “We don’t know about other places. But as far as Bangka is concerned, the Dutch are fair. It has the legacy of the ancient gentleman country."

What they said... From their point of view, it's not all lies.

Historically, until Britain and the Netherlands firmly controlled Nanyang and began to fully control Nanyang, these people realized how sad it is that "there is no strong motherland behind it".

In terms of money, can you beat the East India Company?Even if you can fight for money, can you fight for the 20 Indian soldiers of the East India Company?The little thugs you raised, bullying and mining are okay, dare to fight with the armed forces of the East India Company?Isn't crushing you like crushing an ant?
During the Second World War, the British briefly occupied Banga, and with one order, the private contracting system of mines was banned. Who would dare to resist?

When the Dutch's ruling ability strengthened in the future, they realized that the Westerners were not good birds, so they hoped that the imperial court could see that they were all of the same race and restore their old appearance.

But now, "with a powerful imperial court by my side" is a rather terrifying thing.

Because the British East India Company can only gather three to five thousand soldiers and horses even in India, and it is a role that does not fart in Nanyang; the Netherlands also manages Batavia and some cities along the northern coast. Smuggling and piracy can curb the British coming here to trade, but they can't even control the Chinese issuing their own currency.

This kind of anarchy is the favorite of merchants and bourgeoisie.

Some people may imagine that as long as the imperial court goes to Nanyang, all the local Chinese will win food, food, and rice.

However, this is not reality.

just imagine.

The Dutch are not fully controlling Banga now, not because the Dutch are good people, but because the Dutch don't even understand the surrounding areas of Batavia and are unable to fully control Banga.

The poll tax that made the Batavian Chinese miserable was not received by them.

The economic control of the Batavian Chinese did not reach them either.

On the contrary, the Dutch East India Company comes to buy tin every year and is their big customer.And sometimes pirates come to harass them, and the ships of the Dutch East India Company drive them away.

Now the Dutch are not yet able to fully control Bangka, and the Netherlands is also an important direction for Bangka tin block exports. Naturally, the local mine owners want to say a few good words for the Netherlands, fearing that the court will go to war with the Netherlands, which will affect their business.

Thinking deeper, the Netherlands is now unable to control the entire Southeast Asia.

But Dashun is different from the Netherlands. Guangzhou to Nanyang, and Amsterdam to Batavia are not the same concept in space.

If the Dutch were driven away, the court would come. What if they took a fancy to Banga's tin mine?
The reputation of the imperial court... In the minds of businessmen, it has never been very good.

Extorting bribes and money, forcing filial piety, giving shares to officials... these are not mentioned.

If the miner really went to file a complaint against an upright official, maybe he really didn't care.

The mine owner thought to himself, if he met an official like Qingtian and Haigangfeng in the playbook, and heard what happened to the miners, wouldn't he want to make a case and investigate quickly?
Then, if you meet a greedy person who hears that the tin mine here is making money, wouldn't you want to ask for bribes immediately, first for a [-]% stake, and then for Dongtan Xiabing?

The country is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions, and the word reconciliation is the key.

The main contradiction in the feudal dynasty was the land conflict, and the court naturally knew how to reconcile it; but how to reconcile the new contradictions in the new era, even if Bao Qingtian and Hai Gangfeng were resurrected, he would not know how to "reconcile" the bourgeois and the proletarian for a while. On the contrary, good officials may not know how to reconcile, and if they do not reconcile well, they will easily lead to suppression.

Thinking about it in another way, Liu Yu felt that if he was a mine owner in this industry and had an independent company here, he would certainly not expect the court to come. How could he match the current freedom of no matter what?
I am also afraid that the imperial court will go to war with the Netherlands, so I want to take the initiative to speak well for the Netherlands.

It is true that the ass decides the head.

Liu Yu doesn't mind if they say good things to the Netherlands now, thinking that the emperor is now eyeing Nanyang, for the spices and trade in Nanyang, to prevent the risk of changing water transportation to sea transportation, and to treat the cancer that has been seized for thousands of years since the Song Dynasty...

Don't say that the Netherlands has the legacy of ancient gentlemen, but the king of the Netherlands is the reincarnation of King Wen of Zhou, and the emperor must fight Nanyang.

Arching his hands towards the north, Liu Yu followed the words of these mine owners: "People often say that seeing is believing, and hearing is believing. It seems that many rumors about Nanyang are not the truth? I want to take a closer look, in case Don't let some people's one-sided words blind the Holy One."

A group of mine owners hurriedly said: "Your Excellency has worked hard, you really need to take a closer look. What you hear is not what you hear. Sometimes some cunning and unruly people do more illegal things, but they bite back. This is also true."

"Well... this officer will know clearly. That being the case, after a meeting, you can discuss among yourself and report the troublesome leaders in each mine, and I will send someone to meet for a while. If you are really brave , or find a way out in the army."

After the banquet was over, the officers following Liu Yu maintained due courtesy, and after they left, they cursed that the meal was boring.

Liu Yu rested in one of the best houses in the port, and the owner of the house gave up this place for Liu Yu to live in.

The mine owner was quick to do things here, and when he came to visit Liu Yu early the next morning, the list of "troublemakers" from various mines was also sent over.

Liu Yu glanced at it casually, asked whose mine was the closest, and twisted out the one that said "Cai Shiwu, a native of Lu Feng, good at fists and feet, most of whom killed people, and went to Nanyang to escape the legal sanction of the court." , who has always been disobedient to discipline", said with a smile: "That's him. Come! Gather the team."

Soon, the marines of a company were assembled, Liu Yu asked for a horse, and led the team into the mine.

As soon as I arrived at the mine, I saw a group of dark miners waiting here. They probably got the news a long time ago and they don't need to go to work today.

Although Liu Yu didn't have a guard of honor, the mine owner and company manager still ordered these people to kneel down to welcome the imperial envoy.

A group of disheveled miners didn't know what was going on, but the director had read the play, and when he heard the name of the imperial envoy, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak, just kowtowed.

After everyone kowtowed, Liu Yu glanced around the miners with narrowed eyes, and asked, "Who is Cai Shiwu?"

No one stood up, but the mine owner at the side pointed quietly beside Liu Yu. At a glance, Liu Yu saw that he was a strong man, not tall, but very strong.

With a wave of his hand, several soldiers rushed over and dragged Cai Shiwu out.

Liu Yu did this on purpose to see the miners' reaction.Sure enough, Cai Shiwuyi was dragged out, and the miners immediately became noisy.

Some thought that the imperial envoy was probably a good person, and shouted: "My lord, I am wronged!"

And those who were a little stunned shouted directly: "Why arrest people?"

Seeing the miner's reaction like this, Liu Yu was convinced that this man was indeed the eldest brother among the miners, and immediately shouted: "Be alert!"

The Marine Corps, who had actually been on the battlefield and set fire to Kyoto, Japan, immediately lined up, and their awe-inspiring murderous look and dark bayonets immediately suppressed the noise of these miners.

The two carried Cai Shiwu to Liu Yu's side, Liu Yu didn't dismount, but pointed at him with the whip and asked, "Are you Cai Shiwu?"

Cai Shiwu glanced at the mine owner next to him and spat on the ground, knowing that it was the mine owner who killed him.

So he raised his voice and replied in some difficult official language: "If you don't change your name when you are going, or if you don't change your surname when you sit down, I am Cai Shiwu. If you want to kill me, I will kill you. If I ask for mercy, you will raise me."

"Hey! It's interesting." Immediately, Liu Yu couldn't help laughing, and those Marine Corps officers who had always admired Liu Yu were about to slap Cai Shiwu and shouted: "Damn you, what are you? Whale talking?"

Liu Yu waved his hand, pointed to a house in the distance, and said, "Go there, I want to talk to him. Guard the door, and no outsiders are allowed to enter."

(End of this chapter)