The wind blows from the South Sea

Chapter 88 Lin Zongguang’s choice of interests

No matter what Governor Charles thought in his heart, the vigorous and resolute attitude he showed put great pressure on all the senior officials in the Governor's Mansion.

The specific plan for military expansion must be drawn up by the military, and white soldiers need to be recruited from Europe. Implementation is cumbersome, costly, time-consuming and labor-intensive.

The specific plans for relevant financial allocations will require the financial department to have a headache.

Such a large sum of money, often worth millions of silver coins, is not something that can be obtained by squeezing it out, and this will inevitably involve the interception of tax revenue that is turned over to the kingdom's finances.

This is a big matter

It is too late to arrange it until the third quarter, and it can only be implemented in the fourth quarter or the next fiscal year.

The specific amount to be intercepted and the amount to be raised by the Governor's Office will require further meetings to unify the opinions of all parties and finally be submitted to the Governor's case.

If you are not satisfied, you will have to call back and redo the plan again, which will be a frustrating process.

The so-called self-funding of the Governor's Office, that is, the temporary increase of war taxes, Batavia Kapitan, Chinese tax collectors from various places, colonial indigenous princes, regents, auxiliary officers, county chiefs and deputy county chiefs, white planters None of the garden owners or others can escape.

Three thousand or five thousand for the poor, ten thousand, twenty thousand or even more for the rich, this is a temporarily allocated war tax and is the obligation of every subject in the colony.

As for whether this money was squeezed from the poor, middle- and lower-class people, the high-ranking Governor-General's Office does not pay attention to these trivial matters.

At present, there are mainly two destinations: Singapore and Hong Kong, where branches of the Lin family have been established respectively, and properties have been transferred to purchase local real estate properties, set up commercial firms, and invest in plantations in Penang and Malaysia.

In the Lin family mansion in the old city not far from the Governor's Palace, the people of Kapitan Lin Zongguang also had a splitting headache and looked uneasy.

All the high-ranking white officials who can serve in the Governor's Palace can be said to be the political elite of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. They have sufficient international vision and knowledge and know that the muddy waters of Surabaya City are not easy to mix with.

As for saying that the Lin family in Surabaya has no relationship with the Lin family in Batavia, just say this to comfort yourself, but don't take it seriously.

Many people know through their own channels that the Nanyang Company's gang is a group of long-haired remnants from the mainland of China. They are really fierce dragons crossing the river.

Lin Zongguang is well versed in the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and he will not be frivolous enough to think that with his little face, the Dutch ghost will let the Lin family go free of the charge of rebellion and collaboration with the enemy.

Regardless of the current hectic situation in the Governor's Mansion, it no longer has the peaceful and lazy rhythm of the previous years...

Once this matter reaches the ears of the white colonists in the Governor's Mansion, the main branch of the Batavia Lin family will suffer. It is really a flying disaster that makes people vomit three liters of blood.

His main concern was the rebellion by thieves from the Lin family branch in Surabaya City.

And this task

Unsurprisingly, it fell on the Internal Affairs Bureau, because they were the administrative department of the colony and originally belonged to the internal affairs of the department.

Listen, is it scary or not?

Of course, these actions are done quietly.

The problem is that this job is not easy to handle. It is a real hot potato.

These people wreaked havoc on more than a dozen provinces of China, and the war lasted for tens of millions of people, killing and injuring tens of millions of people. The Heavenly Kingdom regime now established is just across the river from the Qing court.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

When the situation really deteriorates irreversibly, if the red ghost guy pursues the case, he won't involve the entire Batavia Lin clan. At least he will leave a legacy of incense.

When there were sacrifices at Lin's ancestral hall, when did Lin from Surabaya not come to participate?

So after learning about the rebellion in Surabaya City and that the Lin family branch was involved, Lin Zongguang made a bold and decisive decision;

Those matters can be discussed later. The most urgent thing now is to form a mission representing the Governor-General's Palace and go to the Surabaya area for serious negotiations.

However, the matter has come to this, and it is too late to say anything.

for today

We can only try our best to remedy the situation, and secretly relocate important family members and part of their property.

Since the Qing Dynasty hired foreign musketeers to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Changmao Rebellion, the slogan now shouted by Northern China is "Kill the demons, kill the ghosts, expel the Tartars, and restore the mountains and rivers of China"...

On the one hand, he sent people to express his goodwill to Feng Guohui, the big boss of Nanyang Company in Surabaya City. On the other hand, he used the huge influence of the Lin family to block news, shield and imprison some dangerous people.

Including but not limited to Qiao Zhongyuan, the eldest son of the Qiao family, "Big Brother Qiao" from the Anxi Guild Hall who absconded from Surabaya City and his family, and even some white manor owners in the Surabaya area who slipped through the net.

Today, the Batavia Pier has been blocked by the Lin family's huge forces. Any suspicious person from East Java will be detained, and the number has reached more than a hundred people.

Lin Zongguang plans to secretly send these people back to Surabaya by boat today and hand them over to Nanyang Company for disposal.

There was no way, the big ship he was in now was leaking, and he had to find a place for himself to retreat.

Singapore and Hong Kong are one choice, and the city of Surabaya in East Java is another choice. All of these are for the fundamental interest of the family's survival.

With the huge network of power he had woven over the years, Lin Zongguang was confident that he could continue to hide the truth from the red ghost guy, but the anxiety in his heart was unavoidable.

"Reporting to the master, the fifth master Lin Zongxin has returned. He is waiting outside the foyer. Please let the master know clearly."

"Oh, fifth brother is back, tell him to come in quickly."

"As you command, sir."

After a while

Lin Zongxin walked in quickly and saw the patriarch Lin Zongguang sitting on the chair at the top. He clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "Uncle, this boss Qiao knows a lot about the situation, and we must not allow such a dangerous person to enter Baja." Davia. My opinion is..."

Fifth Master Lin Zongxin stretched out his hand and made a cutting motion, the fierce look in his eyes was self-explanatory. Lin Zongguang frowned, raised his hand and said without moving;

"Fifth brother, calm down for a moment. Please sit down and have a cup of tea. Please tell me in detail what he knows?"

"We know a lot. Basically, the past and present life of the man surnamed Feng from Nanyang Company, how he hired people from Surabaya several times, how he rose from obscurity, basically includes it. It's scary to hear."

Later, Fifth Master Lin Zongxin explained in detail, many of which they had never heard of, including how to open up a new trade route on the southern route and decisively massacre the Yusuf family in Yanwang City and the Tian family in Tianjia Town, one by one. The establishment of Nanyang daily necessities store system, several military expansions and construction, etc.

I kept talking for a long time, and my mouth was really dry.

Over there

Lin Zongguang's heart was ups and downs when he heard this. While he admired Feng Guohui for his evil intentions, he was also shocked by his bold and reckless actions.

In particular, he decisively countered the move of Link von Biedrins, the chairman of the Surabaya Official Council, and massacred more than a thousand white colonists.

Is this more than just breaking the news?

This is like trampling the face of the red ghost guy on the ground and trampling it, trampling the dignity of the Governor's Mansion completely, leaving no room for it.

I wonder if you are brave enough to be so brave?

Lin Zongguang controlled a huge power in Batavia, but after encountering trouble, he could only think about escaping and preparing a way out, and he could not even think about rising up to resist.

Even if you give him the courage, he won't dare to raise an army to rebel.

This is the difference between the thinking of businessmen and rebels. If Lin Zongguang is a typical former, then Feng Guohui is a typical latter.

Rebels despise all authority. If you want me to die, then I will kill you first. If not, I will bite off a piece of your flesh.

Thinking about it carefully, if Feng Guohui did not resist, there would be only death.

"Uncle, this big brother Qiao must not do this. Staying here will always be a disaster. He knows very well the details of my Lin family branch's thieves in Surabaya City. That day, more than 110 Chaoshan children joined in the siege of the white-dominated parliament. This is all It’s Heantang’s manpower.”

Uncle means "eldest brother" or "big brother", which is just an honorific.

Lin Zongguang's eyelids twitched sharply after hearing these words, and he could no longer calm down.

The headquarters of He'an Tang is in Batavia, and it is also the largest political power controlled by the Lin clan. With more than 8400 members in Batavia and Bandung, it is the undisputed largest gang.

How many people are there in the whole of Batavia?

According to last year's statistics, Batavia has a permanent population of more than 374 people. It is the largest city in the entire Dutch East Indies colony and is also a top-ranked regional central city in the entire Southeast Asia region.

The colonies in the East Indies were a typical agricultural society, and the cities were not too large. Because there was no population demand for industrial enterprises in the cities, they could not provide many jobs.

Lin Zongguang hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said;

"It doesn't matter, people will be punished by heaven and earth if they don't do it for themselves.

This matter must not be known to the red ghost guy. Since we have to do it, we should do it thoroughly, or not leave any future troubles?

The eldest son of the Qiao family, Qiao Zhongyuan, and the boss Qiao, these dangerous people, should be dealt with together with their families.

Afterwards, you go there in person and meet with Feng Guohui and Lin Zongyi, and do as we agreed in advance. Don't miss Xing Zang.

Ask Lin Zhongyi to keep a low profile. We are working very hard to maintain it in Batavia. If anything goes wrong, tell him not to be buried in the ancestral grave after his death.

No matter how you say it

They want to die, even if they do it well, I, the direct descendant of the Lin family in Batavia, cannot be stained with the blood of the white ghosts, and hand over all the troublesome white people to the Nanyang Company.

I don't feel comfortable leaving this matter to anyone else, so I can only do it myself. "

"Uncle, I know the severity. I will deal with the situation immediately and set off overnight."

"Well, you should take a hard trip."

Fifth Master Lin Zongxin nodded and said nothing more. He just cupped his fists solemnly and turned around to leave.

Behind him, Lin Zongguang sighed slightly with a solemn expression, and then frowned and began to think carefully about any mistakes and omissions. It was still too late to find someone to make up for it now.

The ultimate goal is to maintain the current authoritative position of the Lin family in Batavia.

Others can leave and take a step back, but Lin Zongguang cannot. Even if he guards the old house in Basavia until his death, he cannot take a step back because this is the inheritance of his ancestors.

Even if I die, I will die here.

All the actions he took to deceive superiors and subordinates were based on this purpose, rather than actually standing together with Nanyang Company. There was a huge difference between the two.

precisely because of this

The white leaders of the Batavia Governor's Mansion received a variety of information, but it was only in fragments and it was difficult to get a full picture of it, which also resulted in a relatively slow decision-making process.

This is really a fight against a wolf with a weak stick~there are two sides to fear.

(End of this chapter)