New Shun 1730

There was serious suspicion that the Chinese rebels in the mountains south of Batavia were funded by the British.

Now that Liu Yu mentioned this matter again, his previous judgment was confirmed, and he couldn't help but become even more panicked.

Originally, the reputation of the Dutch in China was quite bad, not only due to the past grievances of invasion and occupation, but also the anti-Dutch propaganda by Catholic missionaries in the Forbidden City after the Dinaka and Eclipse Incidents. Now the British actually followed the DPRK's lead. Picking up flowers at dusk...

Valkenir thought to himself, is your British ass clean?

"Lord Marquis, there is another hidden story in this matter. Your country often says that if you listen to both, you will be enlightened, but if you believe only, you will be concealed. It was the British who betrayed their trust first and hired Japanese wandering samurai in Southeast Asia to assassinate our governor in Ambon. We just Just quelling the riot.”

"Furthermore, the previous dynasty's hijacking of your country's merchant ships in the first year of Tianqi was also the British idea. Our combined fleet had a total of ten ships, five of which were British. Moreover, the commander of the combined fleet was still an Englishman, Robert Adams."

"We have evidence. The meeting was held in Batavia, and Batavia has copies of the original documents."

"In fact, it was the British who had been inciting war against China to break Macau's trade monopoly. If the alliance had not collapsed after the Ambon incident in the third year of the Apocalypse, the British would have directly captured Zhoushan."

"We have here a detailed copy of the "Anglo-Dutch East Indies Mutual Defense Treaty" dating from the 48th year of Wanli, as well as the "Mutual Defense Plan" formulated in the first year of Taichang. Who proposed the plan to hijack your merchant ships and attack Macau? , clear at a glance.”

"Please do not listen to the British's words. In fact, they are the most vicious pirates and shameless betrayers on this sea."

Dog bites dog, a mouth full of hair.

Liu Yu felt quite satisfied with this answer. At least Dashun's development path in recent years was correct. Otherwise, in today's incident, the Dutch would justifiably say: You are closed to the outside world, and beating you is to bring civilization and free trade to you.

I don't dare to say that now, so naturally they bite each other, biting each other's hair.

Liu Yu was afraid that not enough hair would be bitten off, so he pretended to say: "Do you have a copy of this document?"

"Yes! Yes! Quickly, go and find the archived copy of that year's meeting. Go quickly!"

He quickly asked someone to look up the old documents from a hundred years ago, and Liu Yu nodded and said: "If this is true, the British are not very trustworthy. Their attitude in Lingdingyang is quite arrogant, and I feel very sorry for it. Not happy. Is it possible that you are all the same? The reason why France, Prussia and other countries have not invaded now is because they are unwilling to do so and have no strength to stop them?"

Valkenir really couldn't answer these words.

To say no is to speak favorably for France. Although the British are hateful, France is not a good bird either.

To say yes is to say that indeed, we are all a bunch of barbarians.

After a long while, Liu Yu just snorted and said: "My colleagues in the capital have really heard a lot about what you Dutch people have done this year. I hate it myself, so there is no need to mention it. Nowadays, the household government People also hate you a lot."

"Someone... Of course, I want to protect the safety and privacy of the speaker, but I cannot tell you who he is. Someone told us that when the Dutch like to pretend trade and alliance, they suddenly raid the port, enter the port, and exterminate The country’s navy may even directly attack the port near the capital.”

"This forced the household government to allocate millions of taels of treasury money to build forts, chains, and cast heavy coastal defense guns for the naval base."

"I think you should know how the household government, or rather the Ministry of Finance, feels about spending money."

"Some people in the court also suggested that the Dutch are so shameless. Songjiang is an important tax area for the court. The Dutch must not be allowed to trade here to prevent sneak attacks and corrupt the south of the Yangtze River, which will put the world in danger."

"That's why someone proposed to form a Spanish-style official fleet trade, drive away the Dutch, let the imperial court dominate the trade rights, and conduct [exploration trade] in Batavia."

All the Dutch people present were about to dig up the ancestral graves of the British people in their hearts. Even if they did not understand the political rules of Dashun, they also knew that for the governments of various countries, there were two departments that they must not mess with.

One is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

One is the Ministry of Finance.

In their eyes, Liu Yu was almost the gray bishop behind the scenes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and their impression was already quite bad.

Now even Dashun's Ministry of Finance has been offended. This matter is really big.

What is the Treasury Department's attitude toward spending money? How could these people not know?

Just because the Dutch had a reputation for being fond of sneak attacks, Dashun's Ministry of Finance spent an extra million taels of silver to build forts and military port defenses. It was a disaster if they had a good impression.

So, who would say these things?

It couldn't have been anyone but the British guy.

"Coward, despicable bastard!"

He scolded the British dozens of times in his heart, and a blueprint for a "British despicable plan" that was more imaginative than Liu Yu's deliberate instigation emerged in Valkenir's mind.

Thinking to myself, yes, the British sent battleships to Southeast Asia with the intention of occupying the Philippines. At the same time, it denigrates our image in China, thereby turning Sino-Dutch trade into a model of joint trade, while Britain is trying to gain a foothold in the Philippines and monopolize direct trade with China.

Obviously, Britain would not declare war on the Netherlands directly due to the situation in Europe, and would definitely use such shameless tricks. The thugs who supported the Chinese in Batavia tried to overthrow our rule with the help of the locals. This is the usual practice of the British.

And according to Liu Yu, the slander of the "British" hit the point that Dashun was most worried about. Jiangnan is the financial center of Dashun, the starting point of the canal, and an important channel connecting the north and the south.

If the Netherlands, which "likes to sneak attack, has a history of betraying alliances, massacres, and invading Chinese territory", is allowed to enter and exit the port freely and trade on the shore, what if the Netherlands "relapses" and directly attacks Jiangnan?

There is not so much political correctness at this time, and there has always been a discriminatory view of "criminal record".

The problem is that the Dutch developed too early, so that the only one with a "criminal record" that cannot be cleansed at this time is the Netherlands. Zhoushan, Penghu, Taiwan, this matter is really unforgettable.

The Portuguese criminal record in Macau has been basically wiped out through admitting mistakes, kneeling, burning wild cassia incense, and subsequent solar eclipse astronomical calendar events, lion tribute, and tacit acceptance of the governor as the top subordinate of the county government.

The Dutch criminal record is still vivid, and there was almost a large-scale Chinese uprising, and even forced Dashun to "accept Chinese immigrants to return to Fujian, if you don't accept them, then we will massacre, the fault is on you." Now the Dutch think that this did not take into account the loss of the emperor's face, forcing the emperor to pay the head tax from the treasury.

The trade initiative was indeed completely in the hands of Dashun.

At that time, Dashun proposed some "unreasonable" conditions, such as allowing Chinese people to have equal rights, etc., and they might have to accept it.

This broke the local Dutch's good vision of Batavia transit trade. What if... What if Dashun forced the Netherlands not to collect the head tax from the Chinese?

Moreover, if the official ships of Dashun come every year, the local Chinese will watch the ships of Dashun all day long, and I am afraid that their fear and identification with Batavia will decrease, which is unacceptable in any case.

Now it is useless to scold the British, and we can only refuse this matter as much as possible.

The matter was complicated enough. Dashun's war with Japan led to the cessation of Japan-Dutch trade, and Batavia's cash was in serious crisis. If Dashun took the initiative in trade again, it would be even more embarrassing.

The people of the Council were ecstatic at first, and the pattern they thought was this: Dashun was not an official trade, but private ships came to Batavia. In this way, Batavia's status as a transit port can be guaranteed, and at the same time, it can force Dashun merchants to lower prices by means of ship seizure and inspection as before.

Private small capital has no way to fight against the East India Company. It can only be broken and swallowed.

But if Dashun officially organizes the trade and directly ends it, it will be completely different.

Seizing Dashun's official ships in the name of inspection to delay the payment time? Force the official ships of Dashun to lower their prices? Do you think the compensation for the Ostend Tea Incident is not enough? Or do you think the martial spirit of the Netherlands can allow armed merchant ships to challenge the fleets alone?

"My Lord Marquis, is there no other solution to this problem?"

"Yes, didn't I say it before? Diplomacy is equal. If you don't want to be granted a trade license by the emperor, then you can have equal diplomacy and agree on tariffs. Sign a memorandum of understanding and write off the previous affairs. Dashun's merchant ships will go to Amsterdam for trade and enjoy the same tariffs as Dutch ships in Songjiang. Isn't this too much?"

Walkenir thought, isn't this nonsense? Of course it's impossible.

Why should your cargo ships be allowed to sell goods in Amsterdam? Why should you enjoy the same tariff treatment as Dutch ships at Songjiang Customs?

"My Lord Marquis, I think your idea lacks sincerity. You mean, either we implement the Kanhe trade in Batavia, or the merchant ships of Dashun can also sell goods in Amsterdam. There is no third choice, right?"

Liu Yu asked back: "Why do you say that my idea lacks sincerity? Your ships can come to Songjiang to sell goods, but our ships cannot go to Amsterdam to sell goods?"

"My Lord Marquis, please don't be unreasonable. You must know that the East India Company has a monopoly from the east of the Cape of Good Hope. In other words, all trade goods sold in the Netherlands and east of the Cape of Good Hope can only be monopolized by the East India Company."

Liu Yu stood up with a stern look.

"That is to say, Dutch law can control Chinese ships. Right?"

"The Netherlands can sell goods in China, but China cannot sell goods in the Netherlands. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable. Right?"

"The Dutch Parliament's monopoly law is higher than the Chinese emperor's edict to open the sea and encourage maritime trade. Is that what you mean?"

Valkniel also knew about this matter. If it was said in a big way, it would be a serious diplomatic insult. He hurriedly said, "No, no, no! Lord Marquis, I don't mean that. I mean, it's useless for you to tell me here. This requires the permission of Congress. We are just a company authorized by Congress. If Congress allows your country's ships to sell goods in the Netherlands... we can only abide by the regulations."

"Whether it is a trade agreement or a free trade tariff agreement, it is not something we in Batavia can decide. Aren't you going to Europe? You can go there to talk."

As he said this, he was thinking about sending this plague god away quickly.

Allow Chinese ships to trade in Amsterdam? Ha, what about the East India Company? The monopoly is in name only? How traitorous would the Congress have to be to agree?

Perhaps there will be many conflicts between Europe, but on this matter, at least Britain and the Netherlands will not give in and will be united. If you go around Europe, you will find that you have no way out. Everyone is against it, so what can you do? You can't choose to close the country and cut off trade for the sake of free and equal trade, right?

However, Liu Yu's subsequent words gave Valkner a blow.

"Of course I know you can't make such a decision, and you have no right to make it. I also know that this matter needs to be discussed in Europe with your Congress and board of directors."

"But this matter requires your cooperation. The people on the board are all a bunch of idiots. If they were not idiots, there would not be the stupid fantasy of occupying Penghu and trying to trade during the Tianqi period of the previous dynasty; there would not be the situation of disorderly expansion of sugar trade leading to a sugar crisis."

"These idiots don't understand the situation of Dashun at all, nor do they understand what the situation in Nanyang is like. They are squatting 80,000 miles away and making policies through speculation."

"So, I need you to write a detailed situation and attach your opinions, so that the idiots on the board of directors don't use the excuse of 'needing feedback from Batavia' to play a delaying tactic with me. I can't wait in Europe for two years."

"My request is very simple."

"Reorganize the East India Company, divest the China business, and establish a China trade company. Re-list, Dashun must control 50% of the shares. The 18 types of China trade Products, added to the monopoly privileges of this company. "

"The East India Company's trade business in India and Southeast Asia, such as spices, remains unchanged. Dashun will not get involved in this trade item. "

"And 18 kinds of trade products such as tea, rhubarb, porcelain, silk, etc., belong to the exclusive franchise of the China Trade Company. Otherwise, I will contact those who oppose the East India Company's monopoly in Amsterdam and reach a cooperation with them. You know, many Dutch people do not oppose monopoly, but they oppose that they are not the major shareholders of the monopoly company. "

"Of course, I can guarantee that I will take out 5% of the equity income and let you hold shares privately. You just need to... write a clear-headed report that can make those idiots on the company's board of directors understand the situation. "

"Or, for your honor and loyalty to the motherland, you can choose to give up this 5% equity income annuity and write this report based on your conscience. "

Liu Yu smiled, and knew clearly that the Netherlands would never agree to divest the trade with China.

However, he will take this opportunity to create momentum in Amsterdam and contact those Dutch anti-monopoly factions who were not on the train and were dissatisfied with the East India Company.

When he comes back, the Dutch who are against the East India Company and the Orange family will soon witness the defeat of the Netherlands and the bankruptcy of the East India Company.

Then they will denounce why they did not agree to Dashun's conditions in the first place. A massive anti-Orange and anti-old system movement should be inevitable.

A large amount of funds that had nowhere to go with the bankruptcy of the old East India Company became a new hope for Liu Yu's deliberate momentum this time.

And this will be the foundation for the conclusion of a treaty with the Netherlands after going to Nanyang.

The Dutch East India Company was destroyed, but its market, connections, and smuggling channels are still there.

Or, nothing, vow to avenge this. The Dutch youth donated all his property, let his wife go to Britain and France as a chicken, and made money to build ships with his mouth and legs. He fought into the mouth of the Dagu River and bloodstained the Bohai Bay at the time when the fleet's long-distance mortality rate was 70%.

Or, you can still have half of it, and everyone can earn pounds and Mexican silver dollars together.

It is not clear who will choose the former, but capital will definitely choose the latter.

The old company should die, and the new company should be established, becoming another leg of Dashun's smuggling in Europe.

A leg that is completely scared and neutral, and can only do its best to cooperate with Dashun and engage in smuggling. The Swedish leg is still a little thin.