Xinshun 1730

Chapter 591 It's Better To Go Back
"I'm actually terrified of him. He's a poisonous snake."

Thinking of the evaluation of the "Wu Zhi Fan" poverty relief system a few days ago, Valkneer also felt a little flustered. This kind of person seems to focus on things under the surface, and it is indeed very possible to take the opportunity to cause some troubles.

Moreover, in the previous talks, the other party also bluntly expressed their prejudice against the Netherlands.If he goes to Amsterdam to do things, there are good conditions.

Some Enlightenmentists in the Netherlands were either killed, captured, or exiled, and there was always a way to deal with them.

But Liu Yu, as Dashun's imperial envoy and emperor's special envoy, if he spoke in Amsterdam, it would be impossible to directly send troops to arrest him, right?

You can't keep his mouth shut. Besides, Europe is at a time when China is hot. If the imperial envoys of the "Utopia" come to speak, there will be a lot of people. If they speak a few words at that time, it will be lively.

Furthermore, it is not once or twice that the board of directors finds someone to take the blame.

The "excess" Chinese in Batavia before, in essence, was a decision-making error by the board of directors, which caused the sugar industry to over-expand, which led to the sugar factory crisis and a large number of "excess" population.

However, no one on the board of directors was in charge. Instead, the previous governor was arrested and blamed for selling the residence permit privately and collecting money privately to allow the Chinese to land.

This is no longer the brave East India Company, but has degenerated into a huge old thing with deception, shirk responsibility, internal intrigue, seven provinces around 17 board candidates to stumbling each other.

Phillips' worries made Valknier feel very reasonable.

"But I just said that I support the joint venture trade. Can it be written that from the perspective of interests, I support the joint venture trade; but from the perspective of sovereignty, I oppose the joint venture trade?"

"Is it for the benefit or the dignity of sovereignty, let the board of directors choose?"

Phillips felt that this approach seemed to be a compromise, but in fact it was setting the board of directors on fire.

"Mr. Governor, do you think the board of directors will choose sovereign dignity? Or interests?"

Valknir remained silent, this was a question that did not need to be answered.

If you say that, isn't it tantamount to criticizing the people on the board of directors for not talking about the dignity of sovereignty?

Even if the letter was not made public, the letter itself would make the board sick.

"Mr. Governor, if we remind the board of directors that Liu Yu may use this possible conspiracy. Then, the board of directors is likely to directly reject the exploration and cooperation trade. At the same time, the board of directors will inevitably reject the request for equal diplomacy and customs agreements. Then, it will inevitably lead to Dashun imposed economic sanctions on us, and even expelled the staff of the business hall. Right?"

This is also inevitable. It is impossible for the board of directors to agree to the requirements of equal diplomacy and tariff agreements, which would cut the root of the company.

"So, Mr. Governor, if our speculation about Liu Yu's actions has led to an impact on trade with China. Then, after the fact, will the board of directors think that Liu Yu may not do that? What if the exploration and cooperation trade is only the second choice? Wan The survey and cooperation trade is also Liu Yu's sincere request, and it is not used as a cover-up trick?"

"Then, are our predictions and warnings the credit? Or are we responsible for Dashun's expulsion of our shop, which led to a sharp drop in the company's trade with China?"

"At that time, shareholders will find that the dividends have dropped sharply, the profits of trade with China have decreased, and the stock price has decreased. Someone must be responsible."

"At that time, we who suggested that Liu Yu might be cheating will have to bear the responsibility."

Valknir pondered for a while, then nodded vigorously with his somewhat heavy head.

Yes, if Liu Yu cheats, they will take the blame and use the heads of the two to appease the anger of the patriotic Dutch people.

If the board of directors were told in advance, they would still have to take the blame, and they would still have to borrow the heads of the two to appease the anger of the shareholders of the East India Company.

Phillips uses a metaphor.

"Mr. Governor, a doctor saw a seemingly healthy person and said that you are sick and you must cut off your arm, otherwise you will die. But this patient is very healthy at this time, without any pain or symptoms."

"The patient was scared and cut off his arm, but he didn't die. Then, for the rest of his life, will he be grateful to the doctor? Or will he hate the doctor for cutting off his arm?"

This metaphor is about human nature. Obviously, after the patient feels the inconvenience of being alone for a long time in the future, he will definitely complain about the doctor who asked him to cut off his arm.

These sinister words about human nature made Valknir make up his mind.

"You mean, we know that Liu Yu may be cheating, but we can't tell the board of directors about it."

"We know that the board of directors will choose the exploration and cooperation trade in their hearts, but we must clearly oppose the exploration and cooperation trade."

Phillips nodded solemnly.

"Yes. This is the only way we can get out unscathed."

"If Liu Yu is really cheating, then we are unequivocally opposed to the joint venture trade. Once the letter is exposed, then we will be the heroes of the motherland and the patriots who maintain the sovereignty and dignity. The board of directors will not deal with us because of the sentiment of the people. We continue to hold our positions so that we can give an account to the people."

"If Liu Yu hadn't cheated and accepted the survey and cooperation trade, and at the same time didn't expose the tribute as the emperor's new clothes whose sovereignty has been insulted, at most we would be distrusted by the board of directors and transferred back to take up some idle positions."

Leisure work doesn't sound like a good thing.

But Phillips' tone gradually became serious.

"As a matter of fact, Mr. Governor, I don't want to be in Batavia anymore."

"Competitive pressure on trade with China is increasing. The British are slandering and the Swedes are cooperating to ship goods. The China Trade Commission will be responsible for the sharp drop in trade with China within a few years. I can foresee that in the next few years , the trade volume with China will drop sharply.”

"Mr. Governor, after disposing of the 'excess' Chinese population, they are about to face the Chinese rebel army in the south of the city. They have the support of the British, and they have the combat power to ambush our company at one time. They also have extremely professional mercenaries. Weaker than the Ottoman mercenaries who besieged the old port back then, even stronger than them..."

Lifting his head and looking towards the direction of the pier through the window, Phillips sighed: "In addition, Liu Yu is cruising Southeast Asia with a warship, which will lead to a series of chain reactions."

"When I was in Dashun Capital, I heard him say something like this: Things are universally connected."

"Once the encirclement and suppression of the Chinese uprising army is unsuccessful, along with the Dashun Navy's cruise, the chieftains and sultans in Mataram, Aceh, Sulawesi and other places will immediately change their attitude towards us."

"Your Excellency, perhaps, this is an excellent opportunity, and it's time to give up this mess to others."

Things are universally connected.Valkner had never heard this before, and this was the first time he heard Phillips recount it today.

Thinking back on how my ambitions when I came here were wiped out by the reality, Dashun woke up, the Persian civil strife, the Sino-Japanese war, the Caribbean sugar harvest... and so on, and so on, as expected.

Phillips' words made him feel the same way from the crab who was like a rampant crab at the beginning to the bastard who is now like a shy one.

Yes, the life of the China Trade Commission must be getting more and more difficult.

Why isn't he the governor of Batavia himself?
When he came to be the governor, the board of directors did not tell him that there were fanatical patriots in Dashun, nor did they tell him that Dashun had battleships.

Before coming, I thought it was simple, either kill them all, or throw them to Ceylon as debt slaves.

But now, to kill a few Chinese depends on Da Shun's face, hands and feet are bound, and no matter how great the ambition is, it will be smoothed out.

What's more, Britain has already begun to set foot in Southeast Asia, and the situation here will only become more complicated.

Ceylon immigration is completed, and he is considered a great success. He has successfully completed the tasks assigned to him by the board of directors.

If the Chinese uprising army in the Bandung area is really British standing behind them, it will not be easy to wipe them out overnight.In the Surabadi Uprising that year, the rest of the rebel army fought guerrillas in the mountains and persisted for 30 to [-] years.The combat effectiveness of the core forces of these Chinese rebels is not weaker than those soldiers taken away by Surabadi back then.

As Phillips said, their combat effectiveness was even better than the Turkish mercenaries who besieged the Old Port Proclamation Division.And the Turks are not the sick men of West Asia yet, and they even fought against the Holy Roman Empire and the Third Rome with one enemy and two, and even beat Shinra violently, and withdrew from the war early.

But now he has no time to suppress the uprising, because these Chinese who are about to be relocated to Ceylon are just a pile of dry wood.

Go suppress now, this pile of dry wood may catch fire.

As for the variable of Liu Yu's arrival, is Liu Yu here to help him put out the fire?Or a barrel of oil ready to be poured on the fire?It's hard to say.

Therefore, the Dutch army in Java can only defend in various port cities first, and cannot gather for battle.

After all this pile of "dry firewood" was thrown to Ceylon, the Chinese rebel army in Bandung would be like a fish without water and a fire without firewood, and it would be possible to extinguish it.

However, the core forces in the rebel army are very effective and backed by the British support. They missed the best opportunity for encirclement and suppression in the initial stage, and it is unknown whether they can be completely eliminated in the future.

Go now, that is to retire after success.

The Chinese uprising is just a slight flaw under the great achievements:

Governor Valknier used admirable governance methods, and Phillips, the head of trade with China, used admirable diplomatic methods to perfectly solve Batavia's "redundancy" without affecting trade with China. The population has laid the foundation for Batavia's industrial transformation.Although some rioters among the Chinese conspired to subvert the Batavia regime, these people did not start a wildfire under the governor's rule and the mediation of the person in charge of trade with China, making more Chinese participate in the In riots.

But if you leave after a few years, once the siege fails, then the previous credits will not be worth mentioning, and it will be another rhetoric when the coffin is finalized:

The short-sighted governor of Valknir gave the rebels a long rest time, and did not try his best to wipe them out at the first time, which laid a hidden danger for future chaos in the Brian'an area.As a result, the interests of all shareholders have been seriously damaged, and it is even necessary to investigate whether the governor accepted bribes from the Chinese insurgents during his tenure, thus missing the best time for suppression.The rebels were hard to suppress, and the surrounding Matalan Sultanate saw the weakness of Batavia's rule, and had the idea of ​​​​resisting the company's protection...

Very different.

After a long time, Valkner seemed to have made up his mind, and stared at Phillips who was waiting for him to express his opinion.

Slowly, borrowing Octavian's last words, he expressed his attitude.

"Am I playing my part? If so, give me a round of applause as I step down."

Then, laugh at yourself.

"When I step off the stage now, there will be applause. My role is just right. But in the future, it may be a rotten egg thrown on the stage."

"It's better to go back. Go back to Holland and be a rich man."

(End of this chapter)