New Shun 1730

At the end of the speech on integrity, citizens near the pier burst into warm applause.

Only completely correct nonsense can get so much applause. The so-called correct nonsense is such as honesty is good and dishonesty is bad; we should be good people and we should not be bad people... and so on.

No one can say these words are wrong.

But if we talk about it, people who are really thoughtful will still hear something substantial from this lot of correct nonsense.

Such as that sentence that is pure nonsense, "Trade reallocation quotas, tea, silk and porcelain exports to Europe may be subject to royal control."

On the boat, Kang Buyao looked at the Chinese manuscript of Liu Yu's speech, stared at the pile of correct nonsense on it, and couldn't help laughing.

Mr. Xindao used this move to kill three soldiers with two peaches, but he used it skillfully.

It is said that in the future, the trade volume of tea silk, etc. may need to be redistributed. Both Spain and Portugal are Catholic, and France cannot do business. This is instigating He Ying.

However, although the Netherlands is small, the young master has always been wary of it. It is also said that he once conquered the seven seas and was invincible in the world.

With such a foundation, how could there be no unparalleled national warriors?

After Liu Yu's speech ended, the lottery resumed on the pier. Kang Buzai waited until Liu Yu returned and expressed his worries.

When Liu Yu heard this, he was also very emotional, but although he was emotional, he couldn't say he was worried.

"The ancestors of the Han Dynasty started with Peifeng; the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty started in Fengyang; and this dynasty started in Yan'an Prefecture. Each prefecture and one state, even though the land is hundreds of miles away, still has scholars."

"But isn't Yue Wumu an unparalleled warrior? Are those people on the stall useless?"

Having said that, I couldn’t help but complain about the Dutch system.

"The seven provinces are united. When discussing political affairs, each province and even some cities that have joined have a veto. All state affairs cannot be passed as long as the governor of one province in the parliament disagrees. You have also heard about the affairs of the court. Can you imagine that when the six governments are discussing, it will be difficult for the Netherlands to get things done as long as one person objects?

"As far as I'm concerned, if the Orange family wants to truly unify the Netherlands, do you know what they have to do first? They must first become the provincial governor of each province before they can truly become the ruler of the Republic who can speak their language well."

"With this system, it's difficult to get things done. It's easy to get things done wrong."

"Even if there is an unparalleled national scholar, he must first obtain the ruling status of seven provinces respectively. Then he can become the ruler of the Republic. This first step is the most difficult. If you can't get out of the first step, no matter how big the situation is, What’s the use of all your abilities, all your ideas, all your cleverness?”

"I look at the Netherlands as if the Apocalypse Chongzhen was wise. The provinces have been arguing about increasing taxes and building ships for forty years, and so far not a single new ship has been added. The provinces have also been arguing about changing the tax ratio for forty years. Yes, it remains unchanged so far.”

"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, were there no scholars? But even if there were, what's the use?"

Using an analogy from the late Ming Dynasty, and talking about the weird one-vote veto power, Kang Buyao was also very relieved and said with a smile: "If this is true, only William, who has the ability of Hongwu and Zhenguan, can mount a horse and fight. If the four parties are invincible and dismounted, it will be difficult to centralize power and eliminate dissidents.”

After thinking for a while, he added: "Well, William really needs to be at the level of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in battle, so that his prestige can be greatly shaken, and only then can it be possible to centralize power and achieve success. But I don't know if this person is a hero?"

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"William is a coward, has no sense of responsibility, lacks courage, has chicken breast asthma and cannot ride a horse. He is not even suitable to be a general. He poses no threat to the republican system of the Netherlands."

"Gentlemen, William now only governs the three provinces of Friesland, Gelderland, and Drenthe. However, these four provinces of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and Overijssel are still in our hands. "

"The Dutch provinces provide more than 58% of the republic's tax revenue in proportional taxes, while Friesland, which ranks second, only provides a little more than 10%."

“In the Republic of the Seven Provinces, without the recognition of the Province of Holland, nothing can be accomplished!”

At this time, Anthony van der Heim, the real leader of the United Provincial Republic, was mercilessly giving William of Orange a very low evaluation.

Anthony van der Heim's real title is Speaker of the Province of Holland. But since the Netherlands has to collect more than 50% of the taxes in the Seven Provinces Republic, and there is no consul at this time, he, the Speaker of the Netherlands Province, is actually the helmsman of the Seven Provinces Republic.

After evaluating William so mercilessly, Anthony still expressed his fear.

"William's personal abilities are not a threat."

"But, gentlemen, we must know that it is not that the people do not oppose us, it is just that given that everything is normal, they are too lazy to oppose us and there is no one to organize them."

"It was the House of Orange who shaped the Seven Provinces in their rebellion against Spain, and their legitimacy is sacred. Victory or defeat, people will always think of them when they are disappointed with us."

"And we can only rely on continuous victory; or at least maintain the status quo. But now, the situation is very bad."

He took out a letter, which until recently had been in a glass bottle with a strong oak stopper and wax seals around it. This was the standard "packaging" for sending letters on long voyages at this time, and there was concern about getting wet on the ship.

"This letter comes from distant Batavia. It was forwarded to me by the East India Company. Of course you should know that several Chinese ships suddenly appeared at the port. The Chinese on board brought great consequences to our republic and ourselves. There’s a huge threat coming.”

"The letter said that near Guangzhou, the Marquis of the Chinese Empire who was visiting Europe had a conflict with the stupid British captain. Captain George Anson broke into Guangzhou Bay, which led to the revenge of the Marquis."

"He provided a donation to the old usurper king of Britain. The Stuart family was deprived of the right of inheritance because of their Catholicism, but there are still many people in Britain who support them."

"The Chinese Marquis provided a huge amount of assistance in his private name and out of revenge for George Anson's rudeness, asking the French to help build a battleship as a private gift to the old usurper king. And it is likely that private assistance will continue."

After reading the news in the letter, Anthony Heim sighed helplessly.

The people present also looked uneasy, and it was obvious that they understood the seriousness of the matter.

"Yes, gentlemen, we now have two treaties that must be fulfilled."

"One is the Decree of the Basic Law of the Succession to the Austrian Throne."

"The other is the Anglo-Dutch Mutual Defense Treaty."

"According to the second treaty, if the British mainland is invaded or Catholicism attempts to restore, we must support Britain with an armed force of no less than 6,000 people and six warships, and the military expenses must be paid by us."

The Austrian matter can continue to go around in circles and talk nonsense, and delay it for now. After all, Britain is still trying to continue to mediate.

The King of England is the Elector of Hanover, and by the way, the King of England.

The Prussian Navy is useless and can't go to London, but can the Hanoverian Army beat Prussia?

So the King of England was thinking about mediation: let Austria cede Silesia to Prussia, and then the King of England would collect taxes from the British and give Queen Theresa 900,000 taels of silver as a little compensation, so that he would not have to offend Prussia and prevent Prussia from occupying the "dragon's rise" of the King of England, anyway, it was the British who spent the money.

There was good news before, it seemed that Frederick II was very happy, and said that as long as Silesia was given to me, I would support my cousin to be the queen.

However, Queen Theresa disagreed, not wanting 900,000 taels of silver, but Silesia.

The British Parliament did not agree with the King's approach, because Britain was at war with Spain because of Jenkins' ears before, and needed a force to contain France.

France and Austria had a grudge, and they always thought about dismembering Austria. Moreover, Russia and Austria were allies. At this time, Prussia had not yet shown its strong potential, and Britain finally stood on the side of Austria.

Frederick II really wanted Silesia, and he knew that France was not a good thing, and France was too powerful. He really hoped that his cousin would agree, but Queen Theresa refused Britain's mediation.

Since there was no other way, Prussia had to ally with France.

But now there is still a chance for this matter. If Britain continues to mediate, it may be possible for Theresa to give up Silesia to Prussia.

What worries Anthony Heim is the second treaty.

Liu Yu funded the old usurper king in his personal name. If France does not help the old usurper king to land in Britain, it will be a disaster!

There is the Jacobite Party in Britain, which supports the Stuart dynasty as orthodoxy. The nobles in various parts of Scotland recognize the Stuarts instead of Hanover. After all, the Stuart family is also our Scottish people, and they are more orthodox than the Hanoverian barbarians, right?

Now with an additional battleship and some financial support, the old usurper will definitely be ambitious, and France will also play this card.

Once landing in Scotland, the Netherlands must fulfill the treaty.

Can the treaty not be fulfilled?

No.

Because... if you give up the British ally today, what if France attacks tomorrow?

If you are pro-French, the Netherlands will be a vassal of France.

France is really in its heyday now. The key is culture, etiquette, customs, and military. Except for the economy, it almost completely crushes Europe. The upper class of the whole Europe is Frenchified. The Netherlands is so close that it has been greatly impacted. Pro-French factions have already appeared in the country.

Moreover, France has been eyeing the Austrian Netherlands. Once France occupies the lowlands, there will be no buffer between France and the Netherlands.

If France occupies the Austrian Netherlands, the core areas of the Netherlands, Zeeland, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam, are all within 100 kilometers. And Marshal Vauban has already declared one thing a long time ago using the civil engineering method: the Dutch bastions are shit!

Cultural invasion, coupled with military threats, what else can be done if it is not a vassal state?

The Netherlands is now supported by diplomatic credibility, and in order to maintain a balance between European countries, they basically attach great importance to treaties.

Once the old usurper king really lands in Scotland, the Netherlands must fulfill the treaty and send 6,000 troops and a fleet - because Britain also promised that if the Netherlands is threatened with invasion, Britain will definitely send troops.

The money Liu Yu funded is really not much.

But this is not a matter of how much money, but how a Chinese who is tens of thousands of miles away knows these things?

Obviously, it was the French who said it. This means that France has never forgotten this card and may play it at any time.

This letter sent from Batavia reminded the regents of the Netherlands: there is another treaty to fulfill. Even if Britain's mediation is successful and Austria gives up Silesia, the Netherlands does not have to fulfill its promise of the Austrian Succession Law, but can France miss this opportunity to support the restoration of the Stuart dynasty?

In the end, won't it still have to fight with France?

Today's meeting was originally to discuss how to receive the Chinese delegation. No one present expected that the Marquis, who was polite and talked about morality and humanity during his speech, turned out to be such a... shameless diplomat.

Of course, they could not know that this shameless diplomat had always wanted to go to war with France and the Netherlands.

After Anthony Heim finished talking about this terrible reality, he finally revealed his real purpose.

"Gentlemen... we need to increase taxes and increase the army."