Xinshun 1730

Chapter 646 Changes in thinking brought about by the appearance
"You have to know that Russia's court struggles are top-notch in Europe. Being able to grasp opportunities keenly in Russia's chaotic political situation, this Lord Marquis is well versed in the diplomacy of division and disintegration."

"He can do court intrigues, but he can also do diplomatic intrigues. So I panicked."

Court struggles, sometimes very similar to diplomacy, need to be divided and disintegrated, and combined vertically and horizontally.

This time Liu Yu staged a coup in Russia. The whole of Europe was not only shocked by the possible impact of the Russian coup on the ongoing Austrian succession war, but also the court marveled at Dashun's art of court struggle.

There is a saying in Europe called Byzantine conspiracy.

Russia may have a savage, savage feel to Europe, but as far as court struggles are concerned, it is first-rate.

Because Sophia Paleorog, the last princess of Byzantium, married to Russia, and brought the set of things that Byzantium was best at to the wild Russia by herself.

I dare not say anything else, but at least the level of court struggles has really risen by leaps and bounds, jumping to the level of "not barbaric" in one step.The Praetorian Guard's coup was also a Roman tradition. It seemed rough, but it was not barbaric.

But Liu Yu was too amazing in Russia, which created a feeling of ease and victory in the whole of Europe.This in turn seems to prove that the level of court struggles accumulated in Dashun is definitely higher than that of European countries.

One point that cannot be bypassed in court struggles is the distribution of benefits.And this is similar to diplomacy and trade.

As long as Dashun wakes up and applies the experience of palace intrigue to diplomacy and trade, Anthony will be full of anxiety and even have no confidence in the future of the Dutch East India Company.

But now, the director of the East India Company is still thinking about negotiating.

He even thought about rejecting some of Dashun's conditions.

He actually thought that Liu Yu could not agree to the matter of stationing anti-smuggling patrols.So that in the future, smuggling can be used to ensure the supply of goods.

Great Speaker Anthony felt that the directors of the East India Company were really crazy.

It seems that Liu Yu has suffered from the failure of the Orange faction and his arrogance has been suppressed, but he really doesn't want to procrastinate any longer. He just hopes to follow Liu Yu's wishes and reach a prospecting and cooperation trade as soon as possible, so as to avoid long nights and dreams.

Exploration and cooperation trade is also trade.

Dashun gave whatever he wanted. Since he couldn’t use force to force the East India Company to disband, and he couldn’t use force to threaten Dashun to only trade with the Netherlands, then he could only learn to obey and respect.

This is not the same as at the end of the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands could dominate the whole family and support Zheng Zhilong to rob merchant ships going to Manila, forcing the Ming maritime merchants to go to Batavia for trade. Running in Manila is to make money, and Batavia is indeed It’s because the price is low, but if you go to Manila, you’re close to death, and you can earn less money if you go to Batavia.

That's because, except for Portugal, no country is eligible for onshore transactions.Manila also needs maritime merchants from Ming Dynasty to transport goods from Fujian to Manila.

Daming also didn't have any ocean-going fleet, and there was no way to counteract the robbery of a merchant ship, and perhaps it didn't care much at all.The tactics of attacking ships with fire are effective in offshore waters, but not in ocean operations.

now what?Now the East India companies of various countries trade directly on the shore, how can they be robbed?
The opening and closing of commercial halls put an end to the group of second-hand merchants who are Chinese maritime merchants.

There is no such second-hand trafficker as Chinese maritime merchants, and Britain, France, Ruidan, etc. directly load trade at the customs. How can this be a monopoly?

Hijacking a British ship?Hijacking a French ship?
Britain and France may not be able to defeat the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, but Amsterdam cannot fly away, so the tactics of the late Ming Dynasty cannot be used now.

Moreover, Dashun's war against Japan also showed the muscles of the fleet.

If they dare to do this now, they will wait for Dashun to unite with those countries that have long been unhappy with the Dutch East India Company's eating of meat, and unite to beat the Dutch power in Southeast Asia.

The muscles that Dashun showed in the war against Japan taught Holland to be respectful and respectful.

But I haven't learned how to correctly understand the ambition of a huge empire.Dashun didn't think about uniting with other countries at all, but planned to eat alone.

Anthony always felt that since Dashun wanted to talk, it meant that Dashun had never thought of going to war.

Even without considering the possibility of Dashun going to war, after Liu Yu made Dashun's stunning appearance in Europe in Petersburg, the initiative of the Dutch side was completely lost.

The self-confidence of the fans before came from thinking that Dashun was different from them, and even suspected that Dashun didn't understand diplomacy at all, and he didn't understand the situation in Europe.

It is like an existence in a fairy tale, powerful but illusory, it will not appear in reality, and there is no need to consider Dashun's initiative and the series of changes brought about by Dashun's initiative.

And Liu Yu did a great thing in Petersburg, that is, he brought Dashun, who seemed to exist in Europe only in the story, to the real world.

No matter how wonderful the story of Dashun is, it is tens of thousands of miles away, but it can only be an illusory legend in Europe.

No matter how crude and childish the story of Petersburg is, after all, it is in Europe, close at hand, shocking and astonished.

Not only that, but through this amazing appearance, let European countries understand one thing: China not only understands what you do in the West, but also understands it very well.

Once this window is punctured, the Dutch should understand that they have completely lost the initiative in trade negotiations.

Even, to be precise, the ability to continue to trade with Dashun is due to the gift of the emperor.

Today the Son of Heaven bestows on the Netherlands and suppresses Portugal; tomorrow bestows on Portugal and suppresses the Netherlands; the next day bestows on France and suppresses the United Kingdom... As long as the door is not completely closed, there will be opportunities to engage in such gifts: the East India Companies of various countries that compete with each other are the Son of Heaven Qualified to talk about the basis of gifts.

It doesn't sound good, but it's reality.

Without the trade of the Netherlands, can Britain, Sweden, Denmark and France not be able to eat?Still those gold and silver, what impact will it have on Dashun's export trade?
The reality is that Dashun wants to go to Europe to trade on its own, but European countries have high tariff barriers and rampant mercantilism, making it impossible for the Netherlands to counter Dashun.

If the Netherlands opened up trade, regardless of the fragile handicraft industry of the Netherlands and the monopoly of the East India Company, then if Dashun embargoed the Netherlands, the Netherlands could also rob the Dashun merchant ships in the Atlantic Ocean to counter it.

However, Europe is not open, and Dashun's ships cannot come to Europe to sell goods.

Then how to counter it?

Hijacking a ship?That was not countering Dashun, it was looking for trouble to start a war with Britain, France, and Ruidan, for fear that the Netherlands had not been baptized by war for so many years.

Because of Europe's non-openness and high-tariff lock-in policy, Dashun has completely gained the initiative in trade negotiations.

As long as Dashun doesn't start a war against the whole of Europe, it can be disintegrated and punished separately.

Sanctions or a trade embargo against the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Ruidan, and other countries will all shout long live; and vice versa.

And all of this, because of Petersburg's amazing appearance, made the speaker of the Netherlands figure it out.

When the foreign country in the seemingly illusory story has stepped out of the story and entered reality, it must be treated with normal thinking.

Once the illusory empire comes into reality, European diplomats regard Dashun as a real country, so that when they have to think about it, even a little bit of rationality and logical analysis ability will conclude that Dashun has got it The conclusion of the trade negotiation initiative.

Anthony was even thankful that he figured it out first, otherwise he would still be thinking in the past, without understanding the difference between the present and the past, and not grasping the similarities and differences between the present and a hundred years ago. If this negotiation continues, the consequences will be serious.

He thought, if the talks really collapsed, Liu Yu would never let the Netherlands go, and the East India Companies of various countries would happily snatch away the Netherlands' share of Chinese goods, and happily carve up the Chinese goods market that the Netherlands has operated for more than a hundred years.

Tribute...just pay tribute.

It's better than not even having a chance to pay tribute.

The idiots of the directors of the East India Company are still thinking about everything with that old way of thinking, even thinking of bargaining with Dashun under such circumstances.

Anthony thought, why do you bargain?

A supply monopoly, seven or eight sellers waiting to buy goods, and these sellers are absolutely impossible to unite, a seller actually wants to bargain with the supply monopoly?
It's not crazy.

This is the standard Dutch businessman's stinginess, tending to small profits at the expense of big profits.

Looking at the director of the East India Company in front of him, the Great Speaker Anthony also had misery. The stupidity and short-sightedness of these people will eventually bring a painful price.

The directors of the East India Company felt a lot of dissatisfaction at this time, and felt that they could not swallow their pride in fully agreeing to Dashun's conditions.

Seeing that the Great Speaker is determined to reach an agreement with Dashun as soon as possible, the director of the East India Company can only follow the trend and ask: "Your Excellency, even if we want to sign an agreement with Dashun as soon as possible, is it up to the company?" Come out to talk?"

Grand Speaker Anthony shook his head very clearly.

"The company can only participate and has the right to make suggestions behind the scenes, but it is impossible for Liu Yu to allow you to be the signing representatives."

"Dashun does not recognize the East India Company as a political entity, and Liu Yu, as the special envoy of the Great Emperor of China, will never allow him to sit across the negotiating table and negotiate with him on an equal basis. It is a subsidiary company of the Republic of Seven Provinces. Board of Directors. He would think it was a diplomatic insult."

"Sorry, this is not something I can change. This is their request, and the initiative to negotiate is now in their hands."

After expressing very firmly that the East India Company was not qualified to negotiate with Dashun, the directors of the East India Company felt a little unhappy.

From the perspective of the East India Company, this is an opportunity for the Federal Provincial Assembly to deprive the East India Company of some of its powers.

This is colluding with external forces to take the opportunity to suppress domestic companies!
According to regulations, the East India Company is required to publish its financial statements once a year.But the East India Company has always regarded the resolutions of the parliament as farts. It took ten years to give face to the inter-provincial parliament and publish the financial statements of the company that had perfectly done the fake accounts.

The only thing that the Inter-Provincial Assembly can control is that it has a certain right to choose in the selection of the governor of Batavia in Nanyang.

But it is nothing more than a list made by the East India Company, and the Federal Provincial Assembly chooses from this list as a show.

But now Dashun wants to engage in exploration and cooperation trade, and may even form a Sino-Dutch joint anti-smuggling fleet, which gives the inter-provincial council a chance to strengthen its control over Batavia.

Bypassing the East India Company and Dashun to discuss the trade with China, is the inter-provincial parliament or the centralized cabinet of the consul responsible?Or was the East India Company in charge?
The government stretches its hand too far, which is absolutely unwilling to see any company.

The director of the East India Company thought to himself, exploration and cooperation trade, yes.

But the point-to-point connection should be between the East India Company and the Dashun Empire, not the Republic of Seven Provinces and the Dashun Empire.

Bypassing the company, Dashun and the Inter-Provincial Parliament are docked and trade in Batavia.The Governor of Batavia is the Governor of Batavia of the Republic of Seven Provinces?Or the Batavian Governor of the East India Company?

(End of this chapter)