Xinshun 1730

Chapter 717 The buttocks and the brain
"As for the rest. Those at the grassroots level will be promoted to a higher level and go to Ceylon for training."

"The above ones have made a lot of contributions, so let's arrange Nanyang to preside over Nanyang's future affairs. Let's open up the situation and make achievements."

"Your Majesty means that Nanyang will not be under the jurisdiction of the six governments in the next few years, and will still be presided over by the Privy Council. After a few years to stabilize, the court will choose according to the situation."

This means that there is a general direction, and the specific personnel arrangements must not be directly arranged by Liu Yu.

The emperor asked Nanyang not to be under the control of the six governments for the time being, so the personnel arrangements must be arranged by the emperor himself, and the rewards belong to the emperor, not the Privy Council.

The soldiers should be satisfied with the arrangement of the Guiyi Army, and Niu Er and the others are also quite satisfied with the result.

What Liu Yu said is very clear, the Guiyi Army will expand to 5000 people, but Niu Er and others can no longer be the main generals of the Guiyi Army.

One is to separate the soldiers and generals, and the other is that the qualifications of the second-class Niu are not enough.

There are few pits and many radishes, and Ceylon has tens of thousands of Chinese, and it is the front line of the war against India. Du Feng is quite old and can be the governor of Ceylon.

If the leader of the [-] field troops under him is someone else, he may have differences in the future, or fight for merit.

In Java, the number of Chinese has been greatly reduced, and the status of a transit port has been lost, and the relationship on the island is complicated, so it is not as important as Ceylon.

In the Dutch era, Batavia's status was much higher than that of Colombo.

But in the era of Dashun, it was reversed.

It can be said that whoever is the governor of Ceylon is the second in command of the Nanyang military.

The governor of Java is a little bit worse.

Moreover, Dashun chose Malacca, not Batavia, as the center of the military town in Nanyang and the garrison of Nanyang Governor.

They will be separated from the Guiyi Army, as compensation, and also as a performance of the court's trust, they will be arranged in various places in Java.

Such as Batavia, Cirebon, Semarang, Surabaya and other places, as the governor or garrison commander after replacing the Dutch.

In charge of military and civilian affairs, as well as the deterrence and infiltration of neighboring small countries.After all, they have been here for many years and know the situation in Java very well.

However, despite being happy, Liu Yu still warned Niu Er and the others.

"But don't be too happy too soon."

"The imperial court takes history as a mirror, especially many things in the previous dynasty, which are vivid and must be observed. In the previous dynasty, the so-called Liao people guarded the land of Liao. There are some things that you should pay more attention to in Java."

"In the old days when Li Chengliang was in Liao, every time the army came, the castle was in a commotion, all the food and drink came from the people's houses, and the women were often humiliated... There was a folk song at that time: If you are captured by the Tartars, you will still live, if you are captured by the servants, there will be nothing left."

"Miscellaneous taxes are collected from time to time, and the Liao people say: I have no way to go to heaven, and no way to go to earth. Let's see how long I don't give up the bad government. I will also go to barbarians and live freely."

"It's not that the Liao people are not good at guarding the land of Liao, but that some policies have forced people to live in barbarians. If it wasn't for the slave chieftains who lost their minds and killed Yingye, they would have known that it would be worse than before. It rots."

"Now the Dutch have left a pile of mess, and the foundation is very good. As long as you do better than the Dutch, you can make this place stable. But if you collect money here, so that the people are dissatisfied with the uprising, you may ruin the imperial plan .”

"You guys did a good job in Bandung. But back then it was all about the war. Now the situation has changed and so have the heads."

"The situation in Java, the contradictions, and what the people want, you must know better than me. You also know better than most people in the court about the relationship and trade with Westerners."

"After the battle here is over, you should look around, think about it, and come up with a charter, and I will review it. If it is feasible, I will play the role of emperor. If you can't grasp the key points..."

Niu Er laughed and said: "This is like implementing the policy of the Privy Council. The key point is to attract the Dutch navy first. If this key point is not grasped, the rest will be disqualified no matter how well they fight. Conversely, as long as you catch If this important point is met, even if the Guiyi Army is defeated, it is still the completion of the mission of the imperial court. Rewards are based on merit, not success or failure on the battlefield."

"Marquis Jing still wants to test us and see our understanding of the imperial court's Nanyang policy."

Liu Yu nodded his head with a smile and said: "It's good if you can understand this. When I was in Weihai, I told you a lot about Nanyang issues, and you are also one of the few in the court who can understand the new policy. It is also one of the few who can truly understand the value of Nanyang.”

"In short, find out the general direction. If the details are not done well, they can be changed. But if the general direction is not accurate, then I really can't pretend to be the emperor and let Java and other places be supervised by you."

"What you're doing is a test, then it's a test."

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That night, Niu Er and others got together.

Tomorrow there will be a war, and the rebel army in Cirebon will gather and march lightly to chase the Dutch troops.

Dashun has mastered the control of the sea, gunpowder supply cannons, etc., and will be transported through the auxiliary ships recruited by the Sino-Japanese Trading Company, thereby greatly increasing the speed of the troops' march.

Li Yan will move with the fleet, while Liu Yu will lead an elite marine corps of 300 people to follow the Guiyi Army in Cirebon.

Trying to arrive at the battlefield when another part of the rebels confronted the Dutch and complete Niu Er's plan can be regarded as preparing some credit for him to be the governor of Java in the future.

It's just that even though they know that there will be a war tomorrow and a hasty march, the upper echelons of the Guiyi Army can't sleep.

Liu Yu gave them a bunch of good cigarettes from Luzon, and the house was full of smog, even with the oil lamps on, it was still dark.

During the meeting during the day, all the upper echelons of the Guiyi Army participated.I also know that Liu Yu is trying his best to fight for a future for them, but the premise is that he must understand the imperial court's rule of Nanyang.

In other words, we must first understand why the imperial court went to Nanyang first, so as to know the direction of the answer to the exam.Otherwise, if the opposite is true, the faster you run, the more mistakes you will make.

As for why the imperial court wanted to go to Nanyang, they had heard a lot about it when they were in Weihai, so it is not difficult.

"According to what the Marquis of Jing said back then, the imperial court's trip to Nanyang is nothing more than two things."

"In the distance, the population increases but the land does not increase, and there is no travel to Nanyang. There are more people and less land, and the people suffer without mentioning it. The court is not stable and turbulent."

"The nearest one is nothing more than money."

"But money, there is taxation and trade. The money in Nanyang, I think, is still in trade. When it comes to trade, we must grasp the tastes of Westerners. They have gold and silver. According to Westerners, this It’s called mercantilism, gold and silver are wealth, more exports, less imports.”

They had heard these questions countless times when they were in Weihai.It's not bad to talk about it in general now.

However, when Niu Er mentioned this, he couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Marquis Jing once made a joke before, saying that where the buttocks sit determines what the head thinks. It's not how the head thinks that decides where the buttocks sit."

"This joke used to be funny, but now it's bitter."

"When we rebelled, we talked about the abolition of the poll tax and the abolition of the forced plantation system."

"But if we are allowed to be the governors of Java, we want to make money and achieve the short-term goals of the court... I really think that the forced planting system of the Dutch is good."

When he said this, several people around him also agreed.

"That's right. The forced planting system of the Dutch can indeed make money."

"Really, and it's also easy to rule. You said that the village head should collect it on his behalf. If the overcharge is completed after the standard is met, the dividends will be returned. Then the village head in Java will stand with us, scrape the villagers' money, and force the villagers to plant more. If there are a lot of things that can be sold for money, we will take them back at a low price. If you resell them, isn’t it all money?”

There were also one or two who still had some conscience, bowed their heads and said, "Then the slogan we shouted when we started the riot, isn't it talking like farting?"

"This system is not good, as you have seen in the Brianan area. The village chief oppressed the villagers, cut off their hands and feet, forced them to grow indigo and coffee, and sold them to the Dutch at a very low price. It made us shout After the slogan of abolishing the forced planting system was issued, the common people won the food scene."

"This matter... I feel that if I really do it, my conscience will really be hard to bear."

The rural areas in Java and other places are different from Dashun.They still take the village community as the main body, and the village chief is similar to the clan patriarch in Dashun, but only similar.

It can be said that without the use of a knife, the village chief and the land issue cannot be resolved.

When there was an uprising in the Bandung area, it was simple.With a knife in hand, the rebels are all outsiders, and have no interest in the local area at all.

If the village chief dares to object, and the local feudal nobles dare to object, first ask whether the knives of the Guiyi army are sharp?

But when the rebel army recruited An to the Guiyi Army, and then changed from the leader of the Guiyi Army to the governor of Java, he had to consider the stability of Java and cooperate with the village chiefs and local nobles, otherwise, there would be wars everywhere.

Just by killing, it's not that you can't kill, but how much money do you have to invest in the early stage?How much manpower and material resources?
Niu Er clicked his tongue, and said helplessly: "The difficulty of this matter is not here. It's about how the court thinks about our contribution?"

"Jinghou made it clear that now Nanyang is not under the jurisdiction of the six governments, and the emperor himself manages it. It will be the emperor's internal treasury. After a long time, we can't stay here for too long. According to the imperial court system, we will definitely have to be here in the future. was transferred."

"The problem is that the forced planting system of the Dutch is definitely the most successful in the short term. The emperor sees millions of taels of coffee, indigo, and cotton a year. This is why we the ability."

"As for the long-term policy, the effect is slow. It may take ten or eight years to see the achievements. But I'm afraid that before that time, we will be labeled as incompetent and thrown elsewhere."

"Besides, many people in the imperial court opposed going to Nanyang. The short-term benefits are easy to say, and they can stop the opponents' mouths; if they don't see short-term benefits, they have to spend money in it, even if there is no short-term benefit, so what? How long can it last?"

"A policy that is beneficial in the long term may not be beneficial in the short term. If it is not beneficial in the short term, how can we talk about the long term."

"This matter is difficult."

"Perhaps there is a policy that has the best of both worlds, but as far as I can see, if I am the governor of Java, the Dutch forced plantation system and monopoly acquisition system are the most suitable, the most profitable, and the easiest to make short-term achievements."

(End of this chapter)