Xinshun 1730

Chapter 750

Then Liu Yu took Niu Er to the envoys of the Banten Sultanate, introduced Niu Er, and said that he was the garrison officer of Java and Yecheng.

Now that the imperial court's order to appoint him as the governor of Java has not come down, it is hard for Liu Yu to say that he is the governor of Java.

There are many Muslim Chinese in the Banten Sultanate, who have been doing business in Banten for a long time, and the Banten Mission has its own interpreter who can speak Chinese.

It is really the name of a person and the shadow of a tree.Liu Yu's reputation in Southeast Asia is not obvious, but Niu Er is famous, especially the Banten Sultanate is very close to Bandung and Batavia, gathered in the Burianan Volcano area, and defeated the Dutch encirclement and suppression twice Niu Er, although I have never seen anyone from Wan Dan's side, but after hearing the name, they also hurriedly saluted.

Historically, after the Hongxi massacre, the uprising of the Chinese Wushan Party failed and moved to Central Java. A few years later, the anti-Dutch uprising broke out in Banten.After the uprising failed, they moved to Central Java. Many Banten people fought side by side with the Chinese and fought to the end.

But now, Dashun has replaced the Netherlands, and the Chinese are no longer oppressed by the Dutch along with the Sundanese. This change of identity, that is, a lot of blood has sprouted between Dashun and Banten.

The uprisings in Southeast Asia are basically a routine.

The strongmen raised their arms and shouted, resisting the Dutch and the Dutch, and they must also oppose the sultans and nobles of their own country by the way.Then the sultan of his own country signed a more traitorous treaty with the Dutch on the basis of Yang Pingkou, and together they suppressed the uprising.

However, Liu Yu doesn't want to cooperate with the Sudan of Bandan at all now, because they are too close to Yecheng, and there is no value for cooperation at all.

It would be best if an uprising broke out first. Dashun, together with the rebel army, killed all the sultans, mullahs, priests, and nobles in Banten in the "Hong Kong tragedy".

In order to lay a solid foundation for Niu Er before leaving Java, Liu Yu, after introducing the people from Dashun, raised the idea of ​​building a naval fortress in Meiwen Bay in Banten in front of envoys from many small countries, so that Capable of blocking the Sunda Strait.

The reason is also high-sounding.

Dashun liberated Southeast Asian countries from the rule of the Dutch, but in retrospect, the Spaniards, Portuguese, British, and Dutch alternated in Southeast Asia like a revolving lantern.

Therefore, in order to prevent these Westerners from threatening Southeast Asian countries, the Chinese government had no choice but to build a fortress in Meiwen Bay in the Sunda Strait in view of the mission management and responsibilities of the Chinese government.In case the Westerners make a comeback.

The reason was high-sounding enough, and Wan Dan had no objection at all.

Small countries in Southeast Asia cannot control their own destiny.Many things cannot be decided by themselves, but depend on the needs of the Southeast Asian hegemon.

And for Banten, Dashun looks stronger than the Dutchman.

Because the Dutch allowed missionaries to preach everywhere, which seriously damaged the interests of the Banten priests, the thousand-year conflict between Christianity and Islam could easily arouse local religion's resentment towards the Netherlands.But Dashun didn't like preaching, and he had nothing to teach.

As for building a fortress in Meiwen Bay, it was very close to Banten's capital, and Banten could not refuse.

If you can't be beaten again and again, if you object, you're just looking for trouble, and when the time comes, you'll get a beating before you accept it, so why bother?

Moreover, when the Dutch occupied Jakarta and squeezed Banten, it was because of internal fighting in Banten.The pro-Dutch and anti-Dutch faction fought for power. The Dutch took the opportunity to send troops and completely destroyed the anti-Dutch faction.

In the current situation, if the Wandan court heard that Dashun was going to build a fort in the Sunda Strait, there must be two factions.

If the sultan objected, there would definitely be nobles who would stand up and collude with Dashun, that's for sure.

Moreover, it is very likely that the person who came out to hook up with Dashun may be the son of the current Sudan, or a direct blood relative within three generations.

However, regarding Dashun's need to build a fort, the envoy of Wandan still asked a key question.

How much labor does Banten need to pay to build this fortress?

In the era of Dutch rule, Banten, as a small country so close to Batavia, had to fulfill many vassal state obligations.

To build a fortress, they need to send out people.

If there are people, accidents are easy to happen.

The nobles don't oppose the colonists very much, unless they go too far.

The slaves of the aristocrats must not be released. Generally, peasants from the village community are recruited to perform labor in the form of fulfilling feudal obligations.

The Dutch don't give money, and building fortresses is hard work, and people often die.And building the fortress and organizing the originally scattered farmers together, it is easy to cause accidents.

Ordinarily, Dashun had just arrived at this time, so he shouldn't immediately recruit civilians to build the fortress, at least he had to wait until he stabilized.

But Liu Yu did the opposite.

When the envoy of Wandan asked how much labor was needed, Liu Yu said two thousand.

The Wandan envoy only said that he would report this matter to the Sultan, and Liu Yu was not in a hurry, saying that he would wait until after the attack on Malacca.

After this matter was finished, Niu Er didn't quite understand.

"Jinghou, if you go to Banten to investigate and patrol, there are some reasons. It is indeed useful to be a fortress in the Sunda Strait. But don't rush it for a while. Since you have the intention of destroying Banten, why don't you conscript the people to do hard labor at this time? Didn't it cause the people to resent it?"

"Sultans, priests, and nobles were going to be killed. If the people resented them, how could they stand in Banten?"

Liu Yu said with a smile: "This is called a thousand gold plan. At that time, when the people are recruited to do hard labor, I will pay more money to eat and drink. I will give three or four taels of silver every month, and I will distribute some sugar, cotton cloth, etc. .”

"First, let the people of Banten know that we are very different from the Dutchman. A teacher of true benevolence and righteousness, the virtue of a king."

"The recruited people come from all directions, from different villages and communities. When they go back, why don't they sing the benevolence of the Celestial Dynasty?"

"Secondly, so much gold and silver were sent directly to those common people. But I don't know if those princes and nobles will let these common people hand over the gold and silver?"

"The people are the same everywhere. They can endure not having it all the time, but they can't bear to be taken away after giving it."

"From my point of view, these native princes can steal and rob children and raise them as slaves like pigs for money. Do you think these people will take the money away?"

Niu Er's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Wonderful! Originally, when I replaced the Netherlands, the people here felt that the Zhao family had replaced the Sun family, and they had no idea about the Celestial Dynasty."

"The former has the opportunity to promote the benevolence of the heavens; the latter just needs to find some escaped slaves from Wandan in the rebel army, mix among the common people, and talk more about rebellion."

"Even if they don't confiscate the gold and silver and wait for us to kill the sultan and priests, the people will support us on this basis."

"With the support of the people first, if you can get the whole Wandan into your bag, it will be just a land tax, and it will be more than the little money spent on building the fortress."

Niu Er drew inferences from one example, and immediately thought of a way to instigate people into the crowd who built the fortress.

This is also the advantage of the Guiyi Army. It operates in the volcanic area and is very close to Banten. Banten also uses slaves. Many slaves fled to the Burian'an area and joined the Guiyi Army.

Liu Yu said with a smile: "It doesn't take much money to build the fortress. If the goods in the warehouse of the Dutch East India Company in Yecheng are auctioned off, a penny is enough."

"The key is that within the past two years, the trade has been stagnant, the slave trade has been banned, and the spice trade has stagnated. The life of the nobles in Banten will be difficult, and they will definitely increase their efforts to squeeze the people. You must seize such opportunities. .”

"Actually, three or four taels of silver a month, how can there be such a good thing? It is more than one tael a month for the imperial court to repair the Yellow River embankment. But since it is to catch people's hearts, don't care about being unreasonable."

"If you don't have opportunities, you have to learn to create opportunities yourself."

"The best thing is that when an uprising breaks out within Banten himself, you can take the opportunity to intervene, and then take a heavy hand. You need to supervise this matter more strictly. The money must be paid in place, and food and drink must be managed well. This is called spending money to buy the reputation of a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, the so-called money is worth money."

Niu Er nodded, thinking that this should be very feasible.

Indeed, trade will decline severely in the past few years. At least this year, trade is definitely over.The whole of Southeast Asia has long been tied into the economic system of Western Europe, almost economically colonized.

Relying on the trade system in China and Southeast Asia is not enough to support the trade volume of each country to the European market.

In the past, many princes and nobles made their fortunes from trade, but now that they lack this income, they must increase the pressure on the common people.

This is almost inevitable.

Once the oppression intensifies, and some people secretly instigate, instigate, and even directly transfer some of the original Wandan escaped slaves from the Guiyi Army to raise their arms and shout, things will become easier.

Thinking of this, Niu Er said again: "Marquis Jing, why not do this? For the first three months, we handed over the money to the people who came to do hard labor on time. After three months, we handed over the money directly to their leaders and chiefs. It is only said that they will distribute it. In this way, the public anger is even greater."

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Okay, it seems that you have really experienced yourself in the Boliang'an Mountains. You are afraid that they will not collect the money, so you insist on giving them a chance to collect the corruption. Excellent."

Niu Er chuckled and said, "Actually, this is also a skill I learned from the Dutch."

"The hardships in Java are all caused by the Dutch. You told us to see the essence through the appearance."

"But the Dutch are very smart. They chose us Chinese as middlemen. Whether it is tax collection, spice collection, or shopping, they often use Chinese. So much so that the locals feel that the Chinese are the source of their hardships, and everyone hates them. But in fact, the essence is still squeezed by the Dutch.”

"We can also draw gourds in the same way, using such means. Borrowing middlemen, creating hatred, and instigating the people to kill all these middlemen. Middlemen are greedy, it is human nature, and it is not just the Chinese who are middlemen. I I don't believe it, they are all saints, but they didn't swallow up the money?"

"Once they swallow the money, if they provoke them a little, big things will happen. If they don't swallow the money, I don't think there is any need to fight Wandan. Noble priests are saints who don't love money, so how can they fight?"

After all, the two looked at each other and laughed, both thinking that in order to compete for the position of sultan, they competed to offer various conditions to the Dutch, how can there be any saints?Muslims still don't allow loan sharks. There are loan sharks everywhere in Java. How can there be any saints?
This Wandan is destined to be destroyed, and it will be the first country to be destroyed after Dashun occupies Java.

(End of this chapter)