Xinshun 1730

Chapter 812
This news is absolutely bad news for Dashun's "loyal, reliable and very important ally" France.

But this news is great news for Dashun, France's "loyal, reliable and very important ally".

It's a pity that it's inconvenient for the news to spread at this time, otherwise, even Liu Yu, who is already a little drunk today, can drink another half catty of Xifeng to sweep away the depression in his heart about the difficulty of Dashun's reform.

This means that it is impossible for France, which managed to conquer the Austrian Netherlands with great difficulty and seems to want to complete the unfinished business of Louis XIV, to bite the Netherlands hard, so that the Netherlands as envisioned by Dashun can be neutralized and driven away. Conditions such as the Orange faction and the severance of the Anglo-Dutch alliance have become one of the options available to France.

Otherwise, in the context of the victory of France and the Netherlands against the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces, the French would not agree to such generous conditions for the Netherlands.

It also means that the contradiction between France and Austria will not reach the point of irreconcilability.If France really wants to occupy the Austrian Netherlands, the contradiction between France and Austria is too great, and Liu Yu's four-nation alliance of China, France, Austria, and Russia will have no chance.If the contradictions between Austria and France are irreconcilable, in the future there will be a situation where Britain, Austria, Russia, Portugal, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, France and Prussia will face each other, and Dashun will participate in the war again, then it will really be a wedding dress for France.

All in all, Liu Yu cheated France in India and provoked the ginseng war in North America. His purpose was to let France, which has an advantage in Europe, exchange its European advantages for colonies.

Let the Netherlands not fully fall under the control of France, so as to lay a good diplomatic foundation for the Dutch financial capital to rely on Dashun handicraft industry.

The mutual defense treaty between Russia and Britain made it impossible for France to imagine occupying the Austrian Netherlands.This also allowed the Dashun Mission, which has been dormant in the Netherlands, waiting for changes in the world, to finally have room to move and make a comprehensive mediation to end the long war in Europe.

It seems that Russia and the United Kingdom are so close that even the Deputy Prime Minister of the Privy Council who is in charge of foreign affairs is an openly pro-British and anti-French faction.

But in fact, for Russia, the real third-party imaginary enemy of this treaty is not France, but Prussia.

The third imaginary enemy conceived by the British is France.

This treaty was not secure from the very beginning.

Since Elizabeth regarded herself as Peter's orthodox heir, the westward policy must continue, and Prussia was the one blocking the way for Russia's westward expansion.

After all, Bestuyev is a "remnant of the previous dynasty" and does not have much influence in the court.The queen came to power in a coup, and among the cronies, there are also a lot of pro-French factions.He is used only to check and balance the forces of the DPRK and China and the excessive pro-French tendency.

For the female czar, it doesn't matter if she is pro-British or pro-French.The point is, anti-pop.

France is poor, but England is rich.

France's diplomacy still relies on feelings, and hopes that the Marquis de La Chettadi's skin-to-skin relationship with the Queen can be used; while the United Kingdom believes that the romance of France is not as real as the pound in Needlework Street, so just pay directly.

The queen looked at the white British silver, and she forgot to share the same bed every day.

As for the Anglo-Russian relationship, Liu Yu had already dug a big hole when he "mediated" Denmark not to interfere with the Swedish crown prince: Sino-Swiss-Russian joint trade, suppressing pro-British Denmark, expanding smuggling to North America, reducing Russia's The demand for British handicraft products is high, and at the same time, some new handicraft industries that will not affect the export of Dashun have been invested in Russia.

Within five years at the most, some emerging handicraft industries in Russia that have undertaken the technology transfer from Dashun will have a huge conflict with Britain's traditionally superior glass industry.Anyway, that thing is not sold across the ocean from Asia to Europe.

Just after the signing of the "British-Russian Mutual Defense Treaty" and the "British-Russian Subsidy Secret Treaty", under the Queen's instruction, Bestuyev signed the "Russian-British Customs Agreement" with the British ambassador, and both sides will reduce tariffs.

In the past, this is of course a tariff agreement that is beneficial to both parties.

The trade between Britain and Russia is complementary.

Russia exported grain, metal, and timber for shipbuilding to Britain.

Britain exported textiles and handicrafts to Russia.

However, under Dashun's advance layout and covert intervention, in fact, the customs agreement between Britain and Russia has completely changed.

It is not only the fuse of future trade conflicts between Britain and Russia; it is also the skylight for Sweden and Russia to do entrepot trade and invade Britain with oriental goods.

Where conflicts arise, relationships are bound to last.

Britain would certainly want a thug on the Continent.

The only options are Prussia and Russia.

Is it to choose Prussia as a thug?Or choose Russia as the thug?No matter how you look at it, it is better to choose Prussia as a thug.

One thing that Prussia has proved before is that it has the strength to be a thug, and Prussia under the rule of Frederick can really fight.Today's Prussia is not the Prussia that was complained by later generations that "the Russian army has always relied on numbers to win by fighting more and fighting less. Only when facing Prussia, the Russian army actually has a quality advantage".

The second is that Russia is too far away, and there is no great conflict with France. Will Russia go thousands of miles away and shed hundreds of thousands of blood for the benefit of Britain?Could Britain afford Russia's expedition to the Rhine from Petersburg?Is the conflict between Russia and France the same as the conflict between Germany and France?It's hard to say.

For Austria, another powerful country, "Germany" can only have one speaker.Either me or Prussia.And Britain's "appeasement" and "mediation" twice and three times, and the recognition of Prussia's occupation of Silesia behind Austria's back, all made Austria lose trust in Britain.

It seems that the diplomatic situation after the War of Austrian Succession has undergone a great reversal, and it seems that there are many accidents.But in fact, as long as Russia now takes money from the British and France is unable to take over the Austrian Netherlands, a diplomatic reversal is almost inevitable.

Now that Russia has signed a contract with Britain, the general situation is half set.This treaty will have to be torn up sooner or later.

Since Russia is a new party that came to power and wants to continue Peter's westward policy, the contradiction between Russia and Prussia is so great that Britain can only choose one of the two biting dogs, Russia and Prussia.

These circumstances, these speculations, before Qi Guogong came to Europe, Liu Yu discussed with him.

Therefore, when the news of the signing of the subsidy treaty between Britain and Russia reached the Netherlands, Duke Qi, who had been waiting in Amsterdam for a long time, was overjoyed.

"Hey! Eighty percent of what Shou Chang asked for has been accomplished! What does Zhong Xian think?"

As Qi Guogong's temporary and borrowed personal staff member who Dashun participated in the signing of the European post-war treaty this time, Kang Bushao certainly had a better understanding of Liu Yu's conception.

He was sent to follow Qi Guogong this time to find a chance for Dashun to squeeze into Europe amidst the chaos in Europe, and to implement Liu Yu's will and strategic conception.

Seeing Duke Qi was overjoyed, Kang Buxie also smiled and said: "The Duke's expectations are not bad. In this way, France will not last long in this southern Netherlands region. Really, it is all for the sake of who is working hard for whom in the end. China and Prussia make wedding clothes."

"France has been fighting for four or five years, but nothing has been achieved. It is a waste of national power and financial resources. The level of the king of France is really average."

"It's just that the law of war says: A well-regulated soldier and an incompetent general should not be defeated lightly. The ruler of the French country is so incompetent, but still stands tall. It can be seen that its wealth, culture, population, and military system are all superior."

"Now this country of France, what is missing is the only hero, Genius."

"Then Louis XV is not a hero. He must be at a loss when he hears this news. Prussia has withdrawn and ceased fighting. Now the Anglo-Austrian side has added Rakshasa's life force. Although the imperial court has destroyed the finances of the Netherlands, it can't let France Big win."

"In my opinion, this is the right time. On the one hand, go to France, talk to the King of France about the future, and give suggestions on the mediation of the country; It is estimated that even if the Raksha Kingdom is going to send troops, it will be next summer. The British and barbarians have already retreated and returned to the country, and they are on guard against the restoration of the previous dynasty, how can the Netherlands defend themselves?"

"The people of the Netherlands used to be warlike and patriotic. They thought it was the Orange family who wanted to fight to the death. Now that the economy is collapsing, business is down, the people are struggling to live, and food prices are high, the previous thoughts have long since disappeared. If there is me again With such instigation, the Dutch people all think that the current situation is all the fault of the Orange family."

"If this regent can keep the Netherlands neutral and make France retreat, the people will accept it. I thought that in exchange for the Orange family, they would be able to restore the guild, suppress the powerful, and ban tax collection. But after replacing it, I found that It’s business as usual, and if that’s the case, what’s the difference with the Regents in power?”

"On the contrary, if the Regents can come to power, they can also conclude a contract with the law to guarantee the neutrality of the Netherlands in the future. There are two pieces of shit, but this one has a cherry on it, so I chose the one with the cherry."

"Whale Marquis was able to promote the Orange family in the past, but he can still bring them down today."

"Up and down, what is disillusioned is only the hope of the Dutch people."

"It's time for them to straighten out their identities. Dominating a small country may last for a while, but it won't last long."

The Duke of Qi deeply believed that the art of keeping one's mind and way of keeping one's mind really must have an insight into the Western countries.Without this insight, one would have the ability of Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and it would be difficult to accomplish anything without knowing the allusions of the current situation.

Now is the right time to use Guochao as an intermediary to mediate the relationship between France and the Netherlands.

In the future, as usual, we will take three to five thousand taels, seven to eighty thousand taels of silver to buy some grain, and only sell it at a low price in various big cities in the Netherlands, which wins the favor of the Dutch people.

Even 10 taels of grain is not enough to stabilize grain prices in the Netherlands.But if the purpose is just to gain fame and goodwill, that's enough.

As it turned out, the 8 to [-] taels of grain money would be earned back as long as one more shipment was smuggled.

After thinking about it, Qi Guogong said: "In this way, I have an official status and represent the heavenly dynasty, so it is inconvenient to do some dirty things. Moreover, the regents in the Netherlands are not orthodox now. It is not good for me to have secret talks with them."

"France, it is best to be polite and face-saving. I am the Duke, and it is appropriate to go to France. Zhongxian will take care of the affairs of the Netherlands."

"Talk first, but don't talk about death. After I finish the negotiation in France, I will talk to death. If the country does not nod, this matter will be difficult. After all, there is no soldier, ship or ship in the Celestial Dynasty in Europe. To create something out of nothing, to lay an egg with a chicken.”

After finishing speaking, Qi Guogong laughed.

Kang Buxiu also smiled and said: "I once heard a story told by a Frenchman. It is said that there was a rich family in France who raised a monkey and a cat. One day, the monkey secretly roasted chestnuts, just like the cat. Said: Brother, you have great skills and fast hands, brother is not as good as you. Today is the time for you to show your skills. Just take the chestnuts out of the fire and open my eyes."

"When the cat heard it, it was quite useful. I thought I will let you know my trick today. Then I stretched out my hand to grab chestnuts from the fire, and even the hair on its paws were burnt. The cat scratched, and the monkey ate it. The monkey ate it." At about the same time, the maid happened to pass by, so the monkey and the cat couldn’t eat it. The cat never ate chestnuts, but it didn’t blame the monkey in its heart, it only hated the maid, why the hell was it wandering around?”

"This French story, if it is written in the pre-Qin Jian language, I think it can be said that it is a chestnut from the fire."

"Today, France can be said to be trying to catch chestnuts out of the fire. It has spent years of fighting with its people and money, and I am afraid that it will not get a little bit of benefits. The one who eats chestnuts is actually the Chinese government. It is a pity that it went to catch chestnuts from the fire, but it was not instigated by the Chinese government. Only in the end, France This 'cat' will not hate the 'monkey' who ate the chestnuts, but will complain about the 'maids' who ruined his good deeds."

(End of this chapter)