Xinshun 1730

Chapter 727
"Of course the company believes in your loyalty. And the company also believes that your interests are bound to the company."

"The system implemented by the Great Emperor of China does not include the tax package system, and their bureaucrats are also selected through the imperial examination system."

"In any case, once the Chinese occupy Batavia, it will be a loss to you."

"Gentlemen, now please go back to the Tangren community and ask your messengers to inform the Tangren not to leave their houses, lest they be arrested as spies; all Tangren should not go to the streets until the battle is over."

"Gentlemen, you must have full confidence in the company. The Governor has rushed back to Batavia, and the company headquarters will soon dispatch the fleet."

"You should know that Europe is at war right now. We Dutch are not alone."

"The English, the Scots, the Irish, the Austrians, the Hungarians, the Bohemians, the Hanoverians, the Holy Roman Empire, the Russians, they're all on our side."

"The Russians will attack in the north, the British will send their fleet from Bengkulu, and the Austrians will send their army to fight China."

"As long as we can hold Batavia, we can win the final victory. You should have watched the company's fleet in your childhood. I want to say that the Dutch fleet is the largest fleet you have ever seen, It's going to be a hundred times bigger!"

"The Netherlands will win. As long as we hold on to Batavia."

There are both threats and encouragement. Anyway, these people don’t know much about the situation in Europe. They reported a lot of kingdoms and duchies in general, wishing to dismantle the Shenluo countries into Voltaire nightmare.

It sounds bluffing, but the Chinese people present at least know the name of Britain, after all, Bengkulu is nearby.But after all, they also rely on the sea for food, and they still have some basic knowledge, knowing that Europe is far away, thinking that even if they get support from Europe, it will take two years?
Look at the posture, Batavia, can you hold it for two years?
A group of people had their own thoughts and waited in fear and fear until the Dutchman let them go.

As soon as they left the governor's mansion, these people spontaneously surrounded Lian Fuguang.

Lian Fuguang shook his head and said, "This is not a place to talk, follow me back to the humble house first."

After all, he got into the carriage first.The rest of Lei Zhenlan also got into the carriage, and the Chinese community gathered in one place, not far away.

When they arrived at Lian Fuguang's residence, the servants were dismissed, and these people sighed in unison.

"It's hard! It's hard! If the Dutch say that, it's because the imperial court really sent a large army to Nanyang. Brother Lian, what should we do?"

"Are you really going to help the Dutch defend the city? I'm afraid I won't be able to. The Dutch say it nicely, how can they deploy troops from a distance, but even if they can, those allies will send troops, and the distance can't quench their thirst. what."

Lei Zhenlan and Chen Zhongshi were the first to sigh, although the Dutch had already named him just now, saying that he had reported Lian Fuguang's younger brother to the Governor's Mansion.

But now, Chen Zhongshi is not afraid, he feels that even Fuguang and himself are grasshoppers on the same rope.Although I have feces on my body, you don't even clean Fuguang. Just now when the Dutch called "praise" by name, your Jiapidan is the number one in Jiazi.

Even Fu Guang took a look at Chen Zhongshi. He also knew that Chen Zhongshi had reported his younger brother, but it was inconvenient to dwell on it at this time.

If he doesn't handle it well, he will become a stinky fish when the imperial army arrives, and he may not be the first to catch maggots before Chen Zhongshi, so why talk about revenge?

"There are no outsiders here, what do you think of this?"

Lian Fuguang didn't intend to tell these people about Wang Wu's situation in advance, but wanted to see their attitude first.In the current situation, the Dutch are obviously out of confidence when they make such a move.Lian Fuguang felt that as long as these people were afraid that the imperial court would capture Batavia, it would be safe to discuss it in secret anyway, and no one would report to the Dutch.

There are indeed no outsiders here, they are all big Batavian families, people who stomp their feet on weekdays and shake the Nanyang Chinese circle.

At this time, one by one lost their calculations.

"Brother Lian, we still ask you to come up with an idea. The company obviously can't hold on anymore. Do you think if we mobilize all the Tang people in the city to defend the city, can we hold it?"

As soon as Lei Zhenlan finished speaking, Chen Zhongshi scolded: "Stupid. Even if we want to help the company defend the city, the company is still worried about the secret work of the Tang people in the city. How can we use it?"

"If the people who come to besiege are Bugis, Javanese, or Matalan people, the company can still use us. But since the imperial court's army is here, how can the company trust us Tang people?"

Lian Fuguang nodded and said: "My loyal brother is right. Even if we raise it, the company will not use Tang people to help defend the city."

"I'm afraid that not only will you not be able to use it, but you will also feel that you are a secret agent of the imperial court. They want the people of Tang to pretend to defend the city and take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. When the time comes, I will arrest you first..."

When the two of them said this, the rest of the people immediately understood that they really couldn't do it.

But if the Chinese in the city did not help to defend the city, it would be difficult to defend the city with the soldiers brought back by the governor.

If only the Dutch could trust the Chinese in the city.There are thousands of people, many of whom are skilled in martial arts and have muskets in their hands.

With the defense of Batavia, which they regarded as impregnable, they might be able to defend it.

however……

At this time, another human said: "If they really can't hold on, most of the Dutch will withdraw. They have ships, but they can't do it on land. Who are the maritime Dutch afraid of?"

"How about we just wait for the governor to come back, tell us something, load all our property on board, and go to Holland with us?"

"We have done a lot for the company, and we are familiar with the governor. There are a lot of tribute gifts during the holidays, and we can also speak Dutch. When we come to the Netherlands, as long as we have money, we will be happy, too?"

Someone sighed and said: "You are so stupid! We are here, because there are thousands of Tang people, we need us to make Jiapidan."

"If we really went to Holland, wouldn't you and I be useless big fat sheep? We don't need you and me to be Jiapitan and Lei Zhenlan to govern the people of Tang; we have countless gold and silver in our hands. This is not the past Send it in the tiger's mouth?"

The person who proposed to run to the Netherlands retorted: "Could it be that if we stay here, we will not be eaten by sheep? What will the imperial court do with us? Isn't it a dead end? Could it be that the Dutch cannibalize people, and the court people don't eat people?" At that time, you and I will be charged with being an official, and all the family property will be confiscated."

"Going to the Netherlands, at least there is still a way to survive."

When it comes to the court, these people are a little scared.

They have a vague impression of what the imperial court is like. When dealing with rich households like them, even if they are not charged with crimes, they will think of crimes, donations and the like to extract money.What's more, they have long been charged with indelible crimes.

At this time, no one lamented why I knew I would regret it today.After all, no one thought that the imperial court could go to Nanyang.

The biggest difference between the imperial court and the Dutch is that the imperial court is the court of the Chinese.

The imperial court did not need to find Jiapitan and Lei Zhenlan from the local Chinese in Batavia.Not to mention that the imperial court is unlikely to continue to use the tax package system, but it is said that it governs the people. When did the imperial court lack officials?
At that time, for the sake of stability, the imperial court may treat some local nobles and chiefs better, and stabilize their status in order to rule.

But Jiabidan and Lei Zhenlan are really useless to the court.Not even as good as Lei Zhenlan, a Javanese native they looked down upon before.

There are so many scholars in Dashun, and those who want to be officials but have no vacancies, it is estimated that they can queue up from Batavia to Guangzhou.

If they can hold it, they are of course willing to do their best to assist the Dutch in defending the city.

But what the Dutchman said before, in the ears of these old foxes, it was clear that the company could no longer handle it and was in danger, so they even used methods such as voting for a certificate.

At this time, someone who remembered it suddenly said, "Brother Lian, didn't Linger make friends with those people? Why don't you let Linger come forward and wait for a way out for me? It is to donate part of the family property in the future, as long as you don't Just do our crimes."

As soon as he reminded him, the people around him realized that it was really like a straw floating in front of the eyes of a drowning person.

"That's right, that's right. Didn't Brother Ling have great ambitions and have contacts with the hero of Juyi Volcano?"

"Now that they have captured Cirebon, the imperial court has also sent troops. How can there be such a coincidence in the world? I think they must have contact with the imperial court."

"Brother Lian, at this moment, everyone is like grasshoppers on the same rope, so don't ignore us."

When everyone was chattering, Chen Zhongshi plopped down to Lian Fuguang and knelt down and said, "Brother Lian, I was deceived by eating lard that day, and I would like to give half of my family property to Ling brother as an apology. And please brother Lian don't remember the villain's mistakes."

Lian Fuguang glanced at Chen Zhongshi, and then looked at the expectant eyes of the people next to him. Obviously, what the Dutchman said just now was counterproductive. These people felt that the Dutchman was going to die, and they no longer had the slightest confidence in the Netherlands.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Lian Fuguang went over to help Chen Zhongshi up, and said, "There are no outsiders here, so I'll just say it straight. There are many things before, if you don't go into it, just laugh it off; if you really want to go into it, it's It weighs a thousand pounds. We are all grasshoppers on the same rope now."

"Even if my younger brother really makes good friends with those people, how can he lead to the big tree of the imperial court?"

"There is actually only one way to do it now."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and Lian Fuguang said in a low voice: "Destroy the corpse! Destroy the trace!"

"Destroy corpses and eliminate traces?" Everyone was stunned, Lian Fuguang nodded solemnly, and repeated: "Yes, destroy corpses and eliminate traces!"

"Many documents of the company are kept in the governor's office. Including the taxes we collected for them, the loyalty we expressed, and our family property registration! Looking at the situation now, the Dutch are also mud bodhisattvas who can't protect themselves when crossing the river."

"If the imperial court really came, the things we did to the Dutch, if we get to the bottom of it, at least we should be punished for three thousand miles, right? If the adults who preside over Nanyang want to spend more money, it's hard not to use you and me. Scrape the poor man's money?"

"But it's all about scraping money, so there are different opinions."

"If we break into the Governor's Mansion and burn the company's documents, will you and I still be charged?"

"If you and I are charged with crimes, the adults in charge of Nanyang will arrest us and swallow our family property. That's called 'removing traitors and collecting adverse property'. It's justified, and you and I can't even fart."

"And if you and I are not only not charged with crimes, but have done something anyway, we are in the Cao camp and our hearts are in the Han. At that time, we will each take out some of our family wealth and give it to the governor of Batavia in the court, in the name of helping the army. "

"Make two accounts, one public account to help the army; one private account, and give it to the Batavia governor of the imperial court. The public account is small and the private account is large. The few of us put together a total of almost 10 taels. It is related to our number. The lives of the whole family are less than 10 taels, so I really can't afford it."

"Although it's all about our blood, it's completely different. What do you guys think?"

(End of this chapter)