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Chapter 1413 East India Company Reorganization
"This is the spring report submitted by the East India Company and the Nanyang Provincial Government. They were attacked by the Mughal Empire and the Mataram Kingdom in two places, and successfully repelled the enemy and took corresponding measures. ——The East India Company successfully instigated the Governor of Bengal, and now the Bengal region has signed a trade treaty with the East India Company independently of the Mughal Empire.”

"The Nanyang Province destroyed the main force of the Mataram Kingdom, proposed a divide-and-rule strategy, and planned to buy the elders of the Mataram Kingdom to split the Mataram Kingdom. Theoretically, none of the six departments has the power to involve it... We think the transfer It would be more appropriate for the military or intelligence to handle the matter."

What happened in the Indian Peninsula and Java Island in winter and spring were reported to the capital from the telegraph station in Bangkok, and the report soon appeared in the six parliaments.

To be honest, Chu Yun did not expect such a thing to happen in the southern border of the empire.In particular, the operation of the East India Company and the East India Expeditionary Force directly made Bangladesh out of the control of the Mughal Empire, forcibly expanding the trading privileges of the East India Company to the entire Bengal region.This is much earlier than planned.

"However, these two actions caused a huge financial burden. The number of mercenaries in the East India Company increased from 500 to 2500. The eighth infantry battalion was temporarily transferred from Malacca to Calcutta. During this period, a large amount of muskets, gunpowder, Cannonballs and food. The East India Company’s trading stations in Surat and other places in the Mughal Empire were all withdrawn to Mumbai, Goa, Madras, and Calcutta, and they regarded Calcutta as their new headquarters. Our local or Nanyang goods can enter the Indian market through the new base with lower tariffs. It is expected that the number of mercenaries in the country will continue to rise in the next three years, and the military salaries, guns and ammunition used to pay these mercenaries will also increase. "

"It took a month from the siege of Batavia to the complete removal of the threat. Several merchant ships were attacked by Matalan pirate ships on the periphery, and several small vassal ports and fishing villages were attacked by Matalan people from land. In the attack of the Mata Lan people, the direct and indirect losses of cities, merchant ships, and rubber plantations, plus the cost of mobilizing our troops, totaled more than 10 taels, which is not insignificant.”

Officials of the household department complained about the expenses as usual, and the sudden huge expenses in winter and spring caught the household department by surprise.

"I see in this report that the spoils obtained by the Nanyang Fleet from Surat are enough to cover a considerable part of the expenses," Chu Yun said.

"That's true, but the East India Company hasn't made much profit since we took over. If the cost of the East India Expedition is included in the East India Company's books, the East India Company's financial report will actually be a continuous loss. Not to mention that according to the ten-year plan, the East India Company will continue to expand on a larger scale in the Indian Peninsula in the future. In the future, it will need to maintain more than 30000 state mercenaries. It is impossible to maintain such a large scale of trade only by controlling tariffs and the current scale of trade. The large-scale native mercenaries. Coupled with the war that may break out at any time, this kind of finance is full of uncertainties." The official of the Ministry of Household Affairs said.

In essence, the East India Company was controlled by the government and was directly managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs, while the military expenditure of the Far West Expedition was indirectly borne by the Ministry of Household Affairs.That is to say, the profits of the East India Company in India need to make up for the expenses of the East India Company's own employees and factories, as well as the military pay of the Far West dispatched troops and native mercenaries.

With the current financial resources of the East India Company, it is difficult to bear such a large-scale expenditure.

"The East India Company needs to be changed so that it can make greater profits." Chu Yun realized that the East India Company's expansion has accelerated, and the current organizational structure is difficult to adapt to its faster and faster expansion speed.

When the British established the East India Company, they did not expect that the East India Company could greatly interfere with the affairs of the Indian princes, so they mainly set up commercial stations in India.After the acquisition of the East India Company, it was clear that the original company structure was not suitable for the current situation.

"There is also the East India Company complaining that the armed fleet is not enough to control India's too long coastline. They need to have an armed fleet that can patrol between Calcutta, Madras, Goa, and Mumbai to force merchant ships from various countries to The strongholds we occupy trade and collect their tariffs. In addition, this armed merchant ship also needs to protect our strongholds from being besieged by Indian princes, such as Kolkata is a good example. On the premise that we have command of the sea, their siege is very harmful to us. However, this armed fleet still needs to take on the important task of destroying the fleet of the Mughal Mughal Empire. After this failure, the Mughal Empire may find a way to build a navy. Although their navy should have nothing It is a huge threat, but we still need to beware of them causing us some unnecessary trouble." The official of the Ministry of Households said another proposition of the East India Company.

One is to reorganize, and the other is to establish a special armed fleet to maintain the monopoly position of the East India Company on the sea!

Of course, Chu Yun had thought about these things, but he didn't expect the speed of expansion to be too fast, and the armed fleet in the Indian Ocean would be organized so soon.

At present, the Admiralty has four fleets. It would be fine if a fifth fleet is formed to govern the Indian Ocean. The problem is that the number of warships is not enough.

The Ministry of the Navy has already overdrawn its budget to build two main armored ships of the Daqin class. It is really impossible to spend the money to build the fifth fleet on the same scale as the other four fleets within three years.

A fleet needs at least two to three sailing battleships, supporting several frigates, supply ships, troop carriers, shallow water gunboats, and more than 5000 sailors, crews, and logistics personnel.

If the Fifth Fleet is not established according to the regular fleet, it is better to let the East India Company build an armed fleet that is inferior to the regular navy but can barely control the Indian coastline, so as to reduce the pressure on the Ministry of the Navy. Malacca's Nanyang Fleet echoed each other.

"The reorganization of the East India Company requires a detailed report from the East India Company, and the East India Company Reorganization Committee shall be established separately. The framework of the company." Chu Yun finally decided that the East India Company, as an important tool for him to conquer the Indian peninsula, was time for reorganization.

"How long does it take to submit the first draft of the reorganization plan?"

"Within half a month."

"We try our best..." The official of the household department wiped the sweat from his forehead. His boss has always been vigorous and decisive, and he has to work overtime to produce reports during this time.

(End of this chapter)