Xinshun 1730

Chapter 582 Mismatch

The water here is very deep, and the deepest part is the word "天朝".

These things in Batavia are placed in Dashun, and if there is a collusion between government and businessmen, they will just pretend that nothing happened, and even sit on the ground and share the money.

But when you meet an upright official, out of your interpretation of "benevolence and righteousness" and your understanding of the righteousness of "Spring and Autumn", you must take care of it.

The reason why Lei Zhenlan repeatedly talked about Batavia's policy towards the Chinese is that she hopes to solve this hidden danger by "treating the symptoms and root causes".

What happened today is just a symptom.

The slave labor in the sugar factory was paid poll tax by Dashun, and immigrated to Ceylon.

The Dutch wanted them to go too.

Both parties can accept this result, so the matter is settled.

What about tomorrow?
Will sugar be expensive again tomorrow?Tomorrow, instead of growing sugar, we will grow coffee and cocoa to make money again. Is there an urgent need for Chinese labor?
At that time, such and such problems will arise again.

When the time comes, will the imperial court care?
Anyway, what if the imperial court fights with the Netherlands?After the fight, what will happen to these people afterwards?
No matter, is it necessary to clarify the legal principles and make a treaty so that the Chinese in Batavia will not be under the control of the Celestial Dynasty in the future?But this matter is not something they can talk about, it has to be discussed by the governor.

Of course Lian Fuguang is aware of the problem. As Kapitan, he has actually discussed this matter with the governor.

However, the Governor's answer was ambiguous - if the imperial envoy of the Celestial Dynasty took the initiative to mention this matter, he would talk about it;

Even Fu Guang understands the logic behind it.

The Governor is leaving.

The governor has only worked here for a few years, and whether he does well or not is reflected in whether Batavia is in chaos.

In this situation, especially when Dashun is aggressive, it is better to have one thing less than one thing more.

Moreover, this in itself is a thankless thing.

Can Dashun manage the Chinese in Batavia?
Thinking from the side of the Netherlands, isn't that nonsense?Of course not.

Those missionaries in the capital committed crimes, and Dashun's side would kill them directly, but they didn't say hello to the Pope.

But the problem is that Dashun's "diplomacy" is fake diplomacy.

There are some things that you know and I know, and you know it well, so there is no need to explain it clearly.

To be clear, that is tantamount to slapping the emperor in the face and telling the emperor that you are not a celestial dynasty, and overseas Chinese don't recognize you as an emperor, and you, an emperor, don't care about overseas Chinese.

This kind of thinking of "Is there any king in the world" collides with the thinking under the Westphalian system, and it is easy to misfire.

Originally, Valkner was worried that Liu Yu would find trouble for nothing, so he went to fight alone.

To do this at this time, isn't that smoking next to the gunpowder magazine?

Dashun is allowed to have the right to govern the Chinese.Or to take a step back, the judge of the Chinese court must be nominated by the Netherlands and approved by Dashun, and the company will definitely dismiss him.

Just tell the Chinese here in Dashun that you can't control it, that Liu Yu might go to war, and the company will still dismiss him.

It's not good to do your best, what are you trying to figure out?
Therefore, when even Fuguang and Governor Valknir talked about this, they got a reply that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

If Liu Yu asked, he had no choice but to talk.

Don't ask, don't talk.

Valknir thought clearly.

The company sent him as the governor to solve one thing: to solve the "excess" Chinese population in Batavia without affecting the trade with China.

This "redundancy" is dynamic. What is redundant today may be a labor force that is in short supply tomorrow.

The price of sugar is related to the war in Europe, the natural disasters in the West Indies, the situation in the Persian war, the situation in India, etc.It is difficult to ensure whether the price will rise in the future, and it is also difficult to determine that it will definitely plummet in the future.

But for now, at this moment.

The "excess" Chinese population in Batavia, this matter, can I, Valknir, solve it?
Has my Valkner affected the trade with China?
It can be said that it is almost a perfect solution.

Then, the policy towards the Chinese, and whether or not to bring in a large number of Chinese labor force in the future is a problem for the next, next, and next governor to solve, and it has nothing to do with me, Valkenier.

I did it, but I couldn't catch it.

Instead of doing it, I perfectly fulfilled the company's requirements and got a promotion and salary increase.

So why do it?Brain sick?
After cleaning up the "excess" population this time, the remaining Chinese in Batavia are all "useful" population, and there is no such violent conflict as before.

In a short period of time, there will be no more big disturbances that force Dashun to come forward to solve them.How short is it?At least he should be fine until Valknir leaves office.

But the problem is that the governor of Valknir is not hereditary, but these Chinese Kapitan Lei Zhenlan are almost hereditary-theoretically not hereditary, but whether they can be appointed depends on the amount of property, and the property is Hereditary.

In this case, there was a conflict between the demands of Kapitan Lei Zhenlan and the governor.

They hope that Dashun will make one point clear: Dashun has nothing to do with Batavia's affairs, and Dashun will not send officials to go deep into the Chinese community.

It's also quite darkly humorous.

If the Hongxi massacre in history happened, these people must be looking forward to the dispatch of officials from Dashun.But if it happens, they are all dead, even Fuguang himself is not dead but all his property will be swallowed up, and the dead cannot speak or ask for it.

However, the reality is that the Hongxi massacre did not happen, and these people are alive, so they don't want Dashun to send officials.

The Dutch's control at this time requires the Chinese to make lines to connect scattered points in Java to Batavia to continuously suck blood for the company.

The high-level Chinese are also needed as a tool to rule the middle and lower Chinese.

The poll tax is also a tax package, so the tax packager does not have to pay the poll tax.In other words, before the Europeans occupied India, the Industrial Revolution and the Revolution of the Naval Logistics Bureau so that they had enough dominance to rule Nanyang, they had a cooperative relationship with the Chinese at the top of the pyramid.

Cooperation until the history of Dutch businessmen went to the headquarters of the company in Amsterdam to file a complaint, saying that the governor had treated high-ranking Chinese too favorably.

Is there any oppression against middle-level Chinese craftsmen, businessmen, restaurant owners, and hotel owners?Have.And it's deep.

Is there any oppression of Chinese people such as slave labor, indentured labor, and debt slaves at the bottom?Have.And very deep.

However, there are almost no Chinese families at the top of the pyramid at this time.

In Dashun, there was a huge monster like the imperial court pressing on their heads.

Moreover, the characters do not match.

The main contradiction in Dashun is the land issue, so the contradictions that Dashun is best at reconciling are also the contradictions between mergers and small farmers. Using the same logic to deal with industrial and commercial conflicts, there will often be a situation of "cutting for permanent governance": I put all the sprouts Get rid of it, so you don't have to deal with industrial and commercial conflicts that I don't know how to deal with?

The simplest mining, why do dynasties often ban mining?Because the conflict between the mine owners and the miners cannot be resolved by the same means used to deal with the landlords and farmers.

The land of the landlord is in a hurry. If you encounter an upright official, check it out, return the land, and everyone will sing.

No matter how bad it is, the poles will rise up, and the land will be free of grain.

mine?What about the factory?Break it down into small pieces?
A feudal dynasty with centralized power, is it afraid of those few mine owners and machine owners?Just kill it.

What they are afraid of are miners and weavers who are born in opposition to mine owners and machine owners.

It is not so much that the feudal dynasties are afraid of the germ of capitalism, it is better to say that they are afraid of the proletarians brought by the germ.

The situation in Batavia is similar.

Is the conflict between sugar factory workers and sugar factory owners the same as that between landlords and farmers?Can it be solved in the same way?Break down the sugar-pressing machine into smaller pieces?Divide sugar cane plantations into small pieces?
The "Da Shun Law" is the law of the traditional feudal dynasty, and it cannot resolve the matter between the Batavian bourgeoisie and Rachaloni.Just tend to choose to erase both together.

Dashun is the product of standard, irreconcilable contradictions between landlords and peasants.

It is powerless to reconcile the contradictions between hired workers and bourgeois.

Unless the contradiction of the latter reaches a certain level, when the old ruling class and means of governance cannot continue to rule, a country that can reconcile this contradiction will be born:

This country may or may not be called Dashun, but it is definitely not the current Dashun.

It's not just the dark side of "slave labor" and "squeeze".

The "Da Shun Law" also cannot solve a series of new problems on Batavia's shareholding system, employment contracts, ownership of property rights, and protection of private property.

Therefore, whether it is the dark side or the bright side, the high-level Chinese in Batavia do not want Dashun's rule to extend to Batavia.

In Dashun's homeland, the old ruling class was so powerful that they were powerless to resist, and they were also powerless to hold down the emperor's head like their European counterparts and demand that their conditions be agreed to.

Therefore, in overseas countries far away from Dashun, they do not want Dashun's hand to be completely extended.

Unless Dashun clearly gave the conditions for how to rule Nanyang and how to protect their interests in the future.

First, the Hongxi tragedy did not happen, and these people did not know the danger of the Dutch; second, if the massacre had not happened, the laws of the Seven Provinces Republic were indeed more suitable for those at the top of the pyramid than the laws of the feudal Dashun. Chinese.

Due to various factors, Lian Fuguang felt that he had to do something.

At the very least, take the initiative to bring this matter up.

It's not that I want to say that I don't want the jurisdiction of the Celestial Dynasty, but I just need to make it clear that this matter needs to be resolved. As for how to solve it, I leave it to Dashun and the Netherlands.

For himself, he judged how to stand in line and how to stand in line based on Dashun's attitude.

At this time, the battleship of Dashun was already very close. Lian Fuguang, who was frightened by the Dutch dismemberment since he was a child, thought that the Netherlands was invincible, his inner balance had already tilted towards Dashun's invincibility.

In this case, the desire of him, or the high-ranking Chinese in Batavia, is clearly and clearly distinguished.

It's best that Dashun doesn't care about Batavia's business, and it's business as usual.

Secondly, Dashun conquered Nanyang, but the law remained the same, and all the means of governance were restored to the Dutch law.

Secondly, Shunhe went to war, regardless of the outcome, and the business hadn't been done for several years.

The last time, Dashun captured Nanyang and used the old system of Dashun to rule Nanyang, which has a completely different economic foundation.

If it is really possible that the worst outcome is possible, then it is time to consider cutting off the tail to survive and prepare for transformation: for example, sell your property, run back to Dashun, buy a house and land, donate a supervisor, hire a teacher to teach your son to read ten Three classics, preparing grandchildren for imperial examinations, and great-grandsons as officials.

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