Xinshun 1730

Chapter 682 Printing
It was impossible for Liu Yu to think of this level of metaphor. The emperor buried it too deeply, and he didn't want Liu Yu to think of it at all.It's just that there is a mentality that seems to be superstition or fate, and it is deliberately used as a comparison.

The emperor had no doubts about Liu Yu.

This stems from Li Gan's arrogance.

When he named Liu Yu's army the Qingzhou Army before, he said that if Cao Mengde was under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he would at least be a loyal minister, not to mention a capable minister in governing the world.

As for the reason why he may not be able to govern the world, if he was in the era of Emperor Wu, the biggest possibility is that he would not be able to stand out when Wei Qinghuo Qubing, Sang Hongyang, and his father Yan were full of talents. At most, he would be Zhang Tang...

The arrogant or self-confident emperor has always felt that he is very stable, and has always looked down on his successors, thinking that his successors are far behind him.

Therefore, in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, everyone was a loyal minister, and the relatives in charge of the army and the relatives' dictatorship were basically two sides of the same body.However, in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was no monopoly of foreign relatives, only foreign relatives were exiled to the desert and sealed off as wolves.

This kind of self-confidence or arrogance, coupled with Liu Yu's act of not deliberately grabbing power at all, made the emperor not have much suspicion of Liu Yu when he was sure that he would not die suddenly.

This time Liu Yu did a few things in Europe. Half of the emperors knew that if the Russian coup was not announced in advance, the emperor would not let go of Hannibal, the "subtlety of the barbarians". ——Hannibal There are too many BUFFs stacked on the body, Peter's adopted son, the godson of the Queen of Poland, and black people, these BUFFs are stacked together, and one person can at least symbolize the "Two Barbarians".

But about the Netherlands, I really didn't say hello to the emperor before.In the report, Liu Yu only said that the opportunity came suddenly and he dealt with it on the fly.

The emperor didn't say anything.

However, the incident in the Netherlands showed the emperor Liu Yu's intentions. He was obviously planning to continue expanding westward, and Nanyang didn't seem to be able to satisfy him.

If it is just to go to Nanyang and gain the benefits of Nanyang, there is really no need to do such a big thing in the Netherlands.

According to the emperor's thinking, monopolizing the spice trade does not need to be sold to Europe.Just ask the Europeans to buy it themselves, as long as they can ensure that smuggling and private trade are prevented, they can still make millions every year.

The long coastline is not easy to control smuggling, so if the Straits of Malacca and Sunda Straits are blocked, wouldn't the situation of smuggling be greatly alleviated?

Now that Liu Yu has already done something in the Netherlands, there will be a lot to say about the candidate for the Nanyang Protectorate in the future.At least, it is said that Liu Yu has to ensure a person who can continue to implement the policy.

In the management of Southeast Asia, under the premise that the ability can be guaranteed, there are stable and radical ones.If you want to continue to expand westward, you must at least be a radical. Once you go south to Ceylon, you will go west to India. This will really start a war with the powerful country of Europe and India, which is quite wealthy in the eyes of the emperor.

It's not that the emperor said he didn't support it. Although he was satisfied with taking Malacca in his heart, it was like the westward expansion of the Tang Dynasty. He had to hit a snag before he could know where the border was.

If all goes well, and there is no serious impact on the country, it doesn't hurt to let them try it.

Liu Yu is not that kind of pedantic person, nor is he that kind of fanatical person. He doesn't expand for the sake of expansion. He is a standard mercenary.The emperor felt that Liu Yu's desire to continue expanding westward should be of great benefit.

But at this time, the emperor has not yet seen where the huge benefits lie.

However, Liu Yu's attitude satisfied the emperor.

The emperor beat Liu Yu before, and told Liu Yu not to kill first and then play later, and not to force the imperial court's policy.

This time, Liu Yu clearly wanted to continue to expand westward, and obviously wanted to expand westward. The candidate for the Nanyang Protectorate was very important, but Liu Yu continued to decline and refused to provide a list of candidates.

Instead, let the emperor choose people himself.

Obviously, from the emperor's point of view, Liu Yu was following a formal procedure, writing a letter to the emperor, persuading the emperor, and then the emperor approved the policy, and then the emperor selected people.

It is no longer like attacking Luosha and Pingzhunbu, cutting first and then playing.The matter has been done, and the court has benefited greatly by taking advantage of the trend. If he doesn't do what he expected, he will lose a lot of money.

Although the emperor was satisfied with the result and benefited from it before, he was dissatisfied with this process.

But Liu Yu felt young before, but now Liu Yu is much more mature.Is the so-called lack of arrogance called young people?When I was young, I did it for the sake of Chaoyang, as long as I don't do it now.

As expected, the emperor was satisfied with the fact that he didn’t start first and then play later. He finally asked about Nanyang’s policies, but he didn’t ask about trade and trade control. Instead, he asked Liu Yu directly about India.

"Ai Qing said that in the future the Celestial Dynasty should do something in India. It even plans to trick France, and let France follow the example of the Shangdang returning to Zhao. From the current situation, there is no problem with Ai Qing's vertical and horizontal skills.

"However, how much is the benefit? You try to say what I say."

Liu Yu's answer to this question was also very simple.

"Your Majesty. The ancients said that those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be princes. If you can collect taxes on the small and the mu in India, wouldn't it be more profitable than doing trade?"

He wants to take India to open the way for industrialization.The market and raw material origin should minimize the impact of initial industrialization on Dashun itself.

But he didn't say it, but said along what the emperor was most interested in.

After a while, the emperor was stunned and said: "You mean... you mean... this, this... India has been a big country since ancient times. Its country is rich and rich, with millions of soldiers. It is estimated that there are 50 million people with armor, right?"

The emperor never thought about this possibility, and it was also because the Celestial Dynasty and India have been known for their names since ancient times, but they have never conquered.

Now there are maps again, and the maps were drawn by missionaries. When the missionaries drew maps, they caught up with Aurangzeb's heyday.

In an empire with a population of over [-] million and rich since ancient times, the emperor never thought of conquering it, or even thinking of being conquered by others.

This is also the first time that Liu Yu has revealed that he wants to seize India. He has never mentioned it before, and the emperor was stunned for a while.

The emperor knew that Liu Yu had thoughts about India, but he never thought that Liu Yu wanted to go to India to collect taxes!
But if you don't consider whether you can succeed, the saying that those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be marquis is really true.

Especially in China, you ask, are the merchants rich, or the emperor rich?In other words, is it easier to make money doing trade, or is it easier to make money as an emperor?
It's almost a no-brainer to get the right answer.

It's just that due to political correctness, the emperor cannot say that he wants to make money.But if you really want to make money, it must be easier to be an emperor.

Take Dashun as an example, if the emperor wants to make money, he can easily earn millions of dollars a year.This is much simpler than doing business, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood.

These words have already made India attractive enough. If a land that has been rich and prosperous since ancient times can really collect a small tax and a mu tax, if it is done well, it will not be ten million taels a year?

These days, what business can make more money than tax collection?With so many tax contractors in France and the Netherlands, it is much easier than doing business. How many people want to pay tax but have no way out.

The goal of collecting taxes to get rich is tempting, and the emperor is tempted enough, but the question is, is this possible?

Seeing the emperor's astonishment, Liu Yu only used three sentences to dispel the emperor's doubts.

"First, in India, there was no Emperor Shihuang who made books with the same text and cars with the same track."

This is a fundamental problem, and it is also the key for the emperor to understand: don’t use China’s situation to think about India. If you don’t jump out of this box, you won’t be able to figure it out.

"Secondly, the unlimited power of the Mughal emperor was overthrown by his governors, the power of the governors was overthrown by the Marathas, and the power of the Marathas was overthrown by the Afghans. When everyone was fighting like this, Dashun If you can break in, you can knock them all down."

"Thirdly, the Jurchen government in the Ming Dynasty said: divide its branches, separate from its power, and fight each other for strength and hatred. The strategy is correct, but after the death of Li Chengliang, Liaodong did not have a strong field army, so the strategy failed. If there is a strong field army, what is wrong with this policy?"

"I think that His Majesty is only worried about the third one."

"However, this moment, that moment; this moment, that moment."

"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen was close at hand, and the emperor was already near the gate of the country. If it happened, it would be feared to enter the gate."

"India is far away from Malacca. If it doesn't play well, just leave."

"Could it be possible that the Indians can still rush through Ceylon, capture Malacca, occupy Java, capture Fujian and Guangdong, and then drive into Tianjin?"

"If you make money, garrison troops and collect taxes. If you lose money, run away. What's the loss for the country?"

"Secondly, Li Chengliang's generation may have the heart to support the bandits; the Guanning army may have the benefit of land."

"However, the Celestial Dynasty only wants India's money and food. If it does not reward land or raise food on the spot, everything will be provided by the court. If there are meritorious soldiers, the rewards can be distributed to Nanyang or bitter."

"Anlu Mountain can rebel, and Yuyang is a drum, intending to become emperor, because it can reward the soldiers and soldiers for the merits of the dragon. But Anlu Mountain can make hundreds of thousands of soldiers abandon their families, leave their homes, and go to the Western Regions with him. King?"

"Thirdly, the countries of Britain and France, if they want to acquire India, they must train their soldiers. The country is far away, and transportation is not easy. And the Celestial Dynasty has [-] refugees every year, who are recruited as troops. It can be used to take away the young and strong to prevent rebellion; They were sent to serve in India as an army, and made money for the treasury."

"And the rise of local forces has made it even more difficult for the commanding generals to cultivate their own local forces."

"Fourth, is there anything better than the Celestial Dynasty for those who collect this wealth, such as the small tax, the mu tax, and even the monopoly of salt and iron?"

"Fifth, even if it fails, what harm will it do to the country? Once it succeeds, the profit will be a hundredfold."

"Yes, I think, yes!"

His answer seemed to be wrong with the lips of the donkey.

What the emperor asked was, how sure is this matter?What should I do?
What Liu Yu replied was that you can do this without worrying about treason, self-reliance, or getting stuck in the quagmire.

As for how to do it and how sure it is, I didn't say anything.

But if you don’t say it, it’s like saying it. This can be completely understood as: 100% sure of success, so there is no need to discuss how to do it, just consider whether you want to do it or not.

The occupation of the emperor is the emperor, not the marking teacher, and points will not be deducted for answering wrong questions.Moreover, in view of the particularity of the profession, some questions cannot be asked by the emperor himself.

Whether the courtier answered well or not did not depend on the appearance of the question, but on hearing the subtext of the emperor.And there are some subtexts, even if the understanding is wrong, the emperor will not think there is a problem.

Now that Liu Yu talked about the situation in India, the emperor was relatively satisfied with what he heard. After thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but think of the story Liu Yu often said about "carving a boat and seeking a sword".

It is completely wrong to use the seemingly similar experience in the past to apply the Nanyang or even India's affairs.

Because... the navy is a technical arm and a gold swallowing beast.

Barbarians, barbarians, and small countries can train cavalry and fight with strong infantry, and there is always the possibility of winning more with less.

But the Navy, is different.No money, no technology accumulation, just can't fight.

The price is clearly marked, and a regular battleship costs 40 million taels of silver.Even if you are a genius, in the open sea, it is impossible for a frigate to destroy a second-tier battleship. In the ocean battles of the 18th century, there was no story of eight million breaking one hundred thousand, and it is impossible for a story of eight million breaking one hundred thousand to occur.

If you can't beat the attacker's navy and swim the sea, you won't see the chieftain besieging Chengdu and Chongqing in disorder, nor the vassal rebels coming to Nanning, and of course the barbarians will not succeed in militarizing and centralizing their power.

And this, there is no possibility of raising the bandits' self-respect.

The root of the self-respect of raising bandits is that bandits can come to grab your things, beat you, and even occupy your house.

But after having a navy, there is only the role of fighting bandits, not the role of bandits, so what's the use of raising bandits?

When bandits can't come to grab the heavenly dynasty, and when raising bandits affects everyone's fortune, raising bandits is just waste occupying the latrines and not shitting. You don't want military merits, but you want some.

Even if India is defeated, it will still be different from the previous situation.Northwest, northeast and even southwest, the bandits have to fight, otherwise they may take over the world; India, far away from the sea, if it is really chaotic, just run away, if you want to be the governor to collect money, it is best not to let it mess up, and don't let the bandits appear.

What Dashun really needs to guard against is that Ruhan will go to war at will to make military exploits and seek titles, rather than guarding against the Anshi Rebellion.

At this point, in terms of mentality, it can be regarded as having a little bit of Han glory.

(End of this chapter)