Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Unlike Chinese people who like to drink clear tea, the original flavor of green tea and black tea brewed directly with boiling water is very popular.

Westerners like to add milk, sugar cubes and other ingredients to their tea.

Although the taste is not bad, it tastes very sweet.

It is difficult for the Chinese to accept it.

But foreigners like it more.

It can be said that everyone has their own preferences for radish and green vegetables.

Ciel picked up the teacup and took a sip, savoring the sweet taste of the black tea, and asked.

"Anthony, I heard that the Netherlands suffered a big loss at the hands of the British recently. How is the war going now?"

Since the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1775, as France and the Netherlands have continued to intervene in the North American war, the British war situation in North America has been in decline.

However, in 1780, the anxious Britain directly used the Netherlands' intervention in the North American war as an excuse to declare war on the Netherlands, and then took advantage of the situation and paid off the national debt they owed the Netherlands for more than a hundred years.

Since then, the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War broke out!

This year is already 1783. The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War has been fought for three years, and the Netherlands has already shown its exhaustion.

Now the war is getting more intense.

Even if it is just to create trouble for Britain, France is always paying attention to the Anglo-Dutch war and is always ready to provide reinforcements to the Netherlands.

When Anthony heard this, he smiled helplessly and said.

"The war situation is very bad. The navy of the United Provinces is no match for the British. In addition, the pirates funded by the Angsa people frequently rob the fleets of the United Provinces, and the losses of the United Provinces are getting bigger and bigger."

"Different voices are starting to emerge within the United Provinces."

"We're almost backed into a corner!"

If we talk about the navy alone, although the Netherlands was suppressed by the British, their foundation as sea coachmen was still there, and they would not lose too badly.

But the British's support of pirates to rob the merchant fleet was a real blow to the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is a merchant country. The British support pirates to attack their caravans, which is undoubtedly cutting off the lifeblood of the Netherlands.

Supporting pirates to rob the opponent's fleet and conduct so-called break-up battles is a common method used by the British.

Britain also used it in the previous Anglo-Dutch wars.

The Netherlands has suffered from this every time, but there is no good way to deal with it.

When Charles heard this, his expression became serious.

Because now France and the Netherlands stand together.

Especially now that the North American War of Independence is not over yet, France and the Netherlands are still comrades in the anti-British alliance.

The Netherlands was beaten badly by the British, which also had a great impact on France.

The North American War of Independence, to put it bluntly, was actually France and the Netherlands. One contributed money and the other contributed strength, and they worked together to create obstacles for Britain.

Now that the Netherlands seems to be unable to withstand it, France will naturally feel the pressure.

It is worth mentioning that it was precisely after this war in history that the Netherlands became a vassal of the United Kingdom and Amsterdam lost its status as the world's financial center.

London has naturally become the new world financial center.

The time is 1784, which is next year.

Coincidentally, just this year, Britain and the United States completed peace talks in Paris under the mediation of France.

The North American Revolutionary War is over!

This makes people have to ponder whether the result of the Anglo-Dutch War was that France and the United States burned bridges against the Netherlands.

While the North American War of Independence was still being fought, France most likely participated in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War because it needed financial support from the Netherlands.

It is precisely because of the support of France that the Netherlands can fight back and forth with the United Kingdom under the premise of imbalance in strength.

However, with the armistice of the North American Revolutionary War, the Netherlands was betrayed.

Then, the Netherlands naturally rushed to the street in the second year.

Amsterdam also lost its status as the world's financial center.

In fact, France's back-stabbing of the Netherlands this time can be regarded as Louis XVI's own trick.

Historically, the trigger for the outbreak of the French Revolution was the financial collapse of the Bourbon dynasty.

If France and the Netherlands were still allies, Amsterdam would still be the world's financial center.

At that critical moment, maybe the Netherlands can survive for France!
If the French Revolution had not broken out, Louis XVI would not have had to go to the guillotine.

Wasn't it just Louis XVI who tricked him?
However, the Netherlands had just been stabbed in the back by France and forced to become a vassal of Britain. How could they milk France at the critical moment?

If they don't add trouble to France at a critical moment and make France worse, they can be considered conscientious.

Louis XVI's saucy operation is really similar to my iron-blooded alliance with the Jin Dynasty to resist the Liao Dynasty, and the alliance with Mongolia to resist the Jin Dynasty...

This operation can only say that he is really 6!

Anthony took a deep breath and continued with a solemn expression.

"It is precisely because the current war situation is not good, so I came to see Mr. Charles."

Hearing this, Charles had a puzzled expression on his face, but he still asked.

"Anthony, if you need help with anything, for God's sake I'll do my best."

Charles, who is far away in the Far East, does not know the current plans of the French high-level officials. In his opinion, France and the Netherlands are natural allies.

If the Dutch ambassador in front of him needs help, even for the sake of relations between the two countries, he will definitely not be able to refuse.

Hearing this, Anthony took a deep breath and said.

"The United Provinces have made a decision to purchase a batch of advanced arms from Ming Dynasty to change the battlefield situation."

Today, the Ming Dynasty’s arms and weapons are relatively famous. Whether they are rockets, rifled cannons, or explosive shells, they are all good things that Western countries cannot afford to copy and produce on a large scale.

If the Netherlands could obtain a batch of advanced arms from the Ming Dynasty, it would really be possible to change the war situation between Britain and the Netherlands.

Anthony continued.

"I have already made representations to the Ming court on this issue, but there has been no official response from the Ming Dynasty." "I think Mr. Charles can help..."

Unlike Antony, who had just assumed the role of Dutch ambassador to the Ming Dynasty not long ago, Charles had been in the East for seven or eight years.

It was his decision to attack Britain and Portugal together with Ming Dynasty and help Ming Dynasty regain Macau.

After that incident, Charles gained Zhu Jing'an's friendship and began to represent the French East India Company, handling all trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Under his leadership, the trade volume between Ming Dynasty and France increased several times in just a few years, and this trade volume is still rising.

In this process, the French East India Company made a lot of money!
Then, through the operation of the French East India Company and his personal relationship with Zhu Jing'an, the heir to the Ming Empire, he became the French ambassador to the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, Ciel was able to speak in the Ming Dynasty.

Just relying on his personal relationship with the Ming Prince, the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to neglect him.

But Anthony's position on Daming's side was a bit embarrassing.

It is true that he is the Dutch ambassador, but Ming officials and people in this era generally looked down on foreigners.

From top to bottom, 99% of people are generally racist against foreigners.

Even a ninth-grade official dared to show off to him and not take him seriously.

This makes Anthony's job difficult.

That's why Anthony came to Ciel for help, hoping to use Ciel's favor to get Ming to respond to his request.

Hearing this, Charles looked thoughtful, and after a moment he spoke again.

"Okay Anthony, I'm willing to help you in any way I can."

"I can write a letter of introduction to introduce you to President Huang of the Royal Chamber of Commerce in Ming Dynasty."

"But whether Ming Dynasty will agree to this arms trade, I can't give an accurate answer."

The Chairman Huang in Anthony’s mouth refers to Huang Yingying’s father, Huang Quan.

After Huang Quan defected to the Ming Dynasty, he was appointed to prepare for the establishment of the Royal Chamber of Commerce.

He became an imperial merchant of the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of his status as an imperial merchant that Huang Quan frequently interacts with Charles.

The two old foxes both know the value of the other and are determined to make friends with the other.

After running in both directions, the relationship between the two has been very good over the years.

If Charles only had a conversational relationship with Zhu Jing'an, then he and Huang Quan were the kind of fair-weather friends who could get together and drink together when nothing happened.

With Charles's reputation, it is impossible to get Huang Quan to agree to arms trade with the Netherlands.

But if he is just asked to meet with Anthony and seriously consider the transaction proposed by Anthony, then there will definitely be no problem.

Well, who says fair-weather friends can’t be friends?

When Anthony heard this, he couldn't help but show excitement and excitement, and nodded vigorously.

"That's enough, that's enough!"

……

On the same street, an adjacent building.

It is the British Embassy.

However, unlike the gloomy atmosphere in the French embassy at this time, the atmosphere in the British embassy is now more cheerful.

A banquet reached its climax, with well-dressed businessmen, gentlemen, and beautiful ladies walking among them.

The music sounded sweet, and couples of men and women danced in the hall.

The British Ambassador to Ming Dynasty, Charles, clapped his hands, and after attracting everyone's attention to look at him, he raised his glass for a drink and spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us drink this cup together for the victory of Ming Dynasty!"

"Congratulations to our friends in the East for cutting off the claws of the greedy polar bear reaching towards the East."

"The greedy polar bear will eventually pay the price for his greed."

When the thirteen North American states fought for independence, the entire Europe basically stood against Britain.

France, the Netherlands, and Spain directly formed a war alliance with the new North American regime, and ended up fighting openly and openly with the British.

Even Tsarist Russia, which has always been at odds with Western Europe, chose armed neutrality.

Well, neutral on the surface but secretly supporting North American independence, proper Swiss behavior.

This time the actions of European countries can actually be seen as a premeditated counter-hegemonic action.

But unfortunately, due to internal disunity, this counter-hegemonic action can be regarded as a successful failure to a certain extent.

It is true that North America has indeed achieved independence. From this point of view, the operation is considered a success.

But as a price, the Netherlands was eaten by Britain, London replaced Amsterdam as the world's financial center, and Britain had to pay off the national debt it owed the Netherlands for more than a hundred years.

After France stabbed the Netherlands in the back, it laid the hidden danger of "Louis XVI going to the guillotine."

Spain completely suppressed it.

The continent is in chaos, and the conflicts between countries are becoming more and more acute, giving the British room to stir things up and play with the continent's balance.

It can be said that France, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries sacrificed themselves in exchange for the independence of the United States.

In this war, it can be said that only the Americans benefited...

This result can be said to be more gain than loss!
But it is undeniable that this anti-British alliance's actions still caused a lot of trouble for Britain.

The UK hates these countries that are causing trouble for itself.

Now we are watching Tsarist Russia suffer a big loss in the east, and may soon lose the entire Far East and Siberia, not to mention how happy the British are.

After learning the news, Charles immediately summoned the British in Ming Dynasty and held a party.

Don't ask for anything else, just to be happy. (End of chapter)