Xinshun 1730

Chapter 659 Friends and Enemies

In Amsterdam, Liu Yu stood on the roof.

With arms folded and folded on his chest, he quietly watched the Orange flag flying in the streets in the distance, watched the orators on the street proclaiming the sanctity of the Orange family, and watched the Grand Speaker waiting in fear. Leading the Orange family into the city.

In his eyes, all this was like watching a farce.Not even a comedy, since the Dutch have already hanged the Grand Chancellor once.

Great Speaker Anthony's acting skills are not bad, but unfortunately, Anthony does not have a good wife like the princess of England, so he doesn't know the news of the mediation from the UK.

By the time he knew it, it was too late.

And just when William was about to arrive in Amsterdam, another news came from the far north, which added a sense of sanctity to the Orange family.

Russia, who thought it was bound to be pro-French; Russia, where the French ambassador and the Chinese ambassador worked hard for a coup; Russia, where the empress and the French ambassador were lovers... signed the "British-Russian Treaty" with Britain.

The content of the treaty is aimed at Prussia.It was not as people imagined that Russia would stand on the side of France and form a three-nation alliance of France, Prussia, and Russia. On the contrary, it was firmly anti-Prussia.

If you add the news of Prussia's withdrawal from the anti-Austrian alliance, it is as if the Orange family is the savior of the Netherlands and their destiny belongs to them.

Everything seems to be a repeat of the story of the disaster year in 1672. In the darkest moment of despair, when the Orange family came to power, it was all good news in an instant.

Can this be without a sacred halo?
The man behind today's incident doesn't believe in any sacredness at all, so the "bad" news keeps coming, and the past few days have been quite pleasant.Although she looked embarrassed, she was actually very happy in her heart.

A few days ago, angry Dutch citizens smashed up the Dashun printing factory, smashed the machines, and beat the printing workers.

Thousands of angry Dutch citizens held a parade at the residence of the Dashun Mission, holding up wooden boards and banners, telling the Chinese to get out of the Netherlands with their arrogance.

Members of the guilds of the textile industry, pottery industry, and furniture carpentry industry, which have been severely impacted and suppressed by trade, are the main force in this parade.

Some people even started to take to the streets, smashing porcelain, and some even started besieging the headquarters of the East India Company.Obviously, the East India Company and the Federal Parliament taught these Dutch people what the power of capital is.The employees of the company with sticks beat up the people who smashed the headquarters building of the East India Company.

The riots gradually subsided in the past few days, and of course the Dashun Mission did not dare to shoot.If a shot is fired, things will go wrong.

Fortunately, the Inter-Provincial Council was still sober and sent people to protect the Dashun Mission, and organized a limited fleet to protect the Dashun ships berthing in Amsterdam.

Don't dare not be sober, if the imperial envoys on Dashun's side were besieged and beaten on the spur of the moment, it would be a war.

With a mortality rate of 50.00%, the East India Company has worked hard in Southeast Asia for more than a hundred years. In Java alone, nearly [-] company employees died in the past hundred years. If there is a war, there is no place to cry cry.

Fortunately, the mood of the people has gradually calmed down. After running the pornographic tabloid for so long, it can be regarded as fulfilling its mission. If it is smashed, it will be smashed.

Downstairs, the guards were in full battle, and four cannons blocked the street at the entrance.In the distance, there are Dutch soldiers protecting the Dashun Mission.

After the passion, those angry people no longer gather. After all, they still have their own miserable life to live, no work, no food to eat.

If it is really a person who relies on stocks and dividends from the East India Company, it is impossible to smash the East India Company building and the residence of the Dashun Mission.

Liu Yu, who was watching the play with his arms folded, had been smiling for three to five days, as if someone had stuffed a drying rack in his mouth, making the corners of his mouth fixed.

On the street downstairs, William of Orange drove slowly through the street in a carriage, guarded by soldiers and amidst the cheers of the citizens.

When approaching the station of the Dashun Mission, William couldn't help poking his head out, looked this way, and saw Liu Yu on the top of the building.

The eyes of the two met for an instant, and then they separated.

William turned his head, continued to wave to the fanatical citizens, and kept promising that he would dedicate his last drop of blood to the United Provinces, and would resolutely declare war on France, defend the Netherlands, and defend Protestantism.

This is his only political commitment.

The tribute incident was just a trigger.

The grievances that have accumulated for more than a hundred years and the fear of French attack are the real gunpowder that explodes.And after this fuse has completed its mission, people actually don't care much about it anymore.

Kang Bushao slowly walked to Liu Yu's side, looked at the long line below, shook his head and said, "This man has said a lot of nonsense, and the Dutch people will be disappointed soon."

Liu Yu nodded, then shook his head again.

"It is true that he will be disappointed soon, but this is very soon. In politics, it will take at least ten or eight years, even if it is very soon. I can't wait for him for ten or eight years."

"This is the last sanctity. I want to smash the sanctity of their family to pieces. The god of war can be ugly, uneducated, or deformed, but he can definitely fight. But if a god of war loses, is he still a god?"

"Holland, it's over."

Kang Buxi knew Liu Yu's vicious plan, and said with a smile, "I have seen the influence of Dutch businessmen in the past six months in Shajiabang, and I know the power of business and finance. Thinking, the collapse of the Netherlands is inevitable. The stalls of the East India Company are too large, with more debts and more loans. Once it collapses, the Netherlands will definitely be destroyed."

"Although today's situation is unfavorable to the law, it is unknown what will happen in the future. The Dutch still haven't read "Three Kingdoms". Wu Guo has resigned from the alliance today, and Cao Wei will become powerful tomorrow, so it may not be the same. The Prussians ate Siri West Asia, don't the Austrians hold grudges?"

"It's just that all the cavalry is lost on one side, and they are unable to fight anymore; on the other hand, they are enemies on all sides and have to cut their flesh. This is not peace, but a truce of no more than two years. The Prussians have trained their cavalry in two years. If France is disadvantaged, I think we still have to Fight. Otherwise, if France is defeated, don't these countries take the opportunity to divide Prussia?"

"It's just that my son made such a move. Going to Nanyang is a matter of the Chinese government, but France has accepted it very much. If we hadn't gone to Nanyang and destroyed the Netherlands, I am afraid that the life of the French would be difficult. My son created something out of nothing and added favor. The skill is indeed learned."

Kang Bushao also knows that there are intrigues and deceptions between countries.It's not much use to owe favors or something.

But sometimes, national reputation is still useful.Kang Bushi likes countries like France, because the degree of centralization is the most like a celestial dynasty in Europe.

Like Russia, if you understand the king and emperor, everything is easy to talk about.In this regard, a person like Liu Yu who has been in court for so long is really at ease.

It's much easier to please the king, find the right courtiers, stand up to the courtiers, and make good friends with the pillow.

On the contrary, in countries like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, it is not very useful sometimes to settle the king.

As early as a few years ago, Weihai sent a group of people to study in France.There are also some people from the orphans' free school, just to set up an outpost and figure out who to give gifts to when they go to France.

There are also tricks in giving gifts. For example, when Eunuch Wei was in power, if he wanted to do something without giving gifts to Eunuch Wei, but to give it to someone else, that would be half the effort.

Those people have been serving as outposts in France for so long, and Qi Guogong also went to France to stay for a long time last time, so he basically figured out who to give gifts to.

What Kang Buxiu didn't know was that Liu Yu knew French...diplomacy better than anyone else.

Just like the "three-skirt alliance" that Frederick complained about later, was humiliated by later generations as "the king under the petticoat", and later historians joked that "France doesn't know what it is going to do. Is it North America? India? Or the Netherlands? This Not by the interests and rational analysis of France, but by the pillow wind of the king's mistress".

This Mrs. Pompadour has just married her husband, whose head is not green yet.

As early as when Weihai was sent to study in France, Liu Yu was already ready to set up an outpost.They gave gifts and recited poems. Although they didn't meet each other, the people sent by Dashun had a good relationship with this lady, especially this lady liked porcelain and Chinese architecture.

One side is the king who was born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women.

On one side was the beautiful woman who kept talking and laughing with Voltaire, Montesquieu, Quesnay and others in salons and seminars at home.

If this is done together, when talking about political affairs in the sage mode, it is naturally a female Zhuge and a female military adviser. With the king's little knowledge, how can it compare to this woman who talks all day with enlightenment scholars and sells what she learns and sells?
In the Seven Years War, the anti-British alliance was really miserable.

France thinks it is the harem of Lu Zhiwu and Xiao Yanyan, Austria is in charge of the army with foreign relatives who don't even know how to concentrate troops to break through, and Russia is the strange flower that the prince can make Qin Huiying and the three of them be good emperors.

It really makes people wonder, it was really "the emperor's shock", this destiny, shook all the way through the Pacific Ocean and North America, and floated to the sky over England.

However, it is also a good thing for Dashun.Since France, which has the closest relationship, wants the harem to intervene in politics, wouldn't it be possible to influence the diplomatic situation in France by currying favor with the harem before the harem intervenes?Queen Elizabeth is a hero, which makes Liu Yu feel a headache and cannot be controlled; Austria and Dashun have no intersection; it happens to start from France, and it is the easiest to do so.

On the French side, it is related to how much blood Britain will shed in North America, and it is also related to whether India can follow the example of the party's return to Zhao.

The only reason why Liu Yu and others stay in Amsterdam now is to witness the Orange faction formally come to power, and then "under the opposition of the proud Dutch people, they left Amsterdam in despair, leaving only a ridiculous back."

Downstairs on the street, the crowd cheered again. Liu Yu held a telescope to watch William IV who was waving frequently in the distance, with a smile on his face.

Putting away the binoculars, he turned around and said so to the people around him.

"Who is our friend and who is our enemy is the primary issue of diplomacy and interference in the internal affairs of other countries. The big businessmen, bankers, financiers, and securities dealers in the Netherlands are our friends and can strive for cooperation. Interrupt After the backbone of their industry, they can easily change their name to compradors. They may even parasitize directly on us and integrate into one."

"And the weavers, the farmers, the factory owners, the industrial capitalists, the guild artisans, those who try to make Holland great again, to bring back the golden age ... this is our enemy."

"Our enemies have elected someone who is unlikely to represent their interests. Interesting."

"If you want an analogy, how is it different from the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River welcoming the Emperor Taizu who equalized the land and freed grain?"

(End of this chapter)