New Shun 1730

"You have to know that Russia's court struggles are first-class in Europe. The Marquis is able to seize opportunities in the chaotic political situation in Russia. He is well versed in the diplomatic art of division and disintegration."

"He can engage in court conspiracies, so he can also engage in diplomatic conspiracies. So I feel panic."

Court struggles are sometimes very similar to diplomacy, both of which require division and disintegration, and alliances.

This time Liu Yu staged a coup in Russia. In addition to being shocked by the impact that the Russian coup might have on the ongoing War of the Austrian Succession, the whole of Europe was also amazed by the court's art of court struggle on the Dashun side.

There is a saying in Europe, called Byzantine conspiracy.

Russia may give Europe a sense of barbarity and savagery, but in terms of court struggles, it is first-class.

Because the last princess of Byzantium, Sophia Paleolog, married to Russia and brought the Byzantine's best things to the barbaric Russia by her own strength.

I dare not say anything else, but at least the level of court struggles has really risen by leaps and bounds, and has jumped to the level of "not barbaric" in one step. The coup of the Guards is also a Roman tradition. It seems rough, but it is not barbaric.

But Liu Yu was too amazing in Russia, giving the whole of Europe a feeling of ease and victory. This seems to prove in turn that the level of court struggle accumulated by Dashun is definitely higher than that of European countries.

One thing that cannot be avoided in court struggle is the distribution of interests. And this is similar to diplomacy and trade.

As long as Dashun wakes up and uses the experience of court conspiracy in diplomacy and trade, Anthony is full of anxiety and even has no confidence in the future of the Dutch East India Company.

But now, the directors of the East India Company are still thinking about reaching out for negotiations.

They even thought about rejecting some of Dashun’s conditions.

They actually thought that they could not agree to Liu Yu’s dispatch of anti-smuggling patrols. So that they can use smuggling to ensure the supply of goods in the future.

Speaker Anthony thinks that the directors of the East India Company are really crazy.

It seems that Liu Yu was defeated by the Orange faction and his arrogance was suppressed, but he really didn't want to drag it out. He just hoped to follow Liu Yu's wishes as soon as possible and reach a trade agreement, so as to avoid more trouble.

Trade agreement is also trade.

Whatever Dashun wants, it will be given. Since it is impossible to force the East India Company of other countries to dissolve by force, and it is impossible to threaten Dashun to trade only with the Netherlands by force, then it can only learn to obey and learn to be respectful.

This is different from the late Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands could dominate the market and support Zheng Zhilong to rob merchant ships going to Manila, forcing the Ming Dynasty merchants to go to Batavia for trade - going to Manila is profitable, Batavia does offer a low price, but going to Manila is a life-threatening situation, and going to Batavia can make less money.

That's because except Portugal, all countries are not qualified to trade on the shore. Manila also needs Ming Dynasty merchants to transport goods from Fujian to Manila.

The Ming Dynasty did not have any ocean-going fleets, and could not counterattack when merchant ships were hijacked, and perhaps they did not care much at all. The tactic of attacking ships with fire is effective in the near sea, but not in the ocean.

What about now? Now the East India Companies of various countries trade directly on the shore, how can they rob?

The opening and closing of the trading house trade eliminated the Chinese merchants as a group of middlemen.

Without the Chinese merchants as middlemen, Britain, France, Sweden, and Denmark directly load goods at the customs for trade, how can they monopolize it?

Hijack British ships? Hijack French ships?

Britain and France may not be able to beat the Netherlands in Southeast Asia, but Amsterdam cannot fly away, so the tactics of the late Ming Dynasty cannot be used now.

Moreover, the Dashun war against Japan also showed the muscles of the fleet.

If they dare to do this now, they will wait for the Dashun to unite with those countries that have long been unhappy with the Dutch East India Company eating meat, and unite to beat the Dutch forces in Southeast Asia.

The muscles shown by the Dashun war against Japan made the Dutch learn to be respectful and respectful.

But they have not yet learned to correctly understand how big the ambition of a huge empire should be. Dashun had no intention of joining forces with other countries, but was prepared to eat alone.

Anthony always felt that since Dashun wanted to talk, it meant that Dashun had never thought of going to war.

Even if the possibility of Dashun going to war was not considered, when Liu Yu made Dashun appear stunningly in Europe in Petersburg, the initiative on the Dutch side was completely lost.

The previous mysterious confidence came from the belief that Dashun was different from them, and even suspected that Dashun did not understand the diplomatic alliances and did not understand the situation in Europe.

It was like an existence in a myth, powerful but illusory, and would not appear in reality, so there was no need to consider Dashun's initiative and the series of changes brought about by Dashun's initiative.

And Liu Yu did a great thing in Petersburg, which was to pull Dashun, which seemed to exist only in the story in Europe, to the real plane.

No matter how wonderful the story of Dashun was, it was tens of thousands of miles away, and it could only be an illusory legend in Europe.

No matter how crude and naive the story of Petersburg was, after all, it was close at hand in Europe, shocking and stunned.

Not only that, but this stunning appearance also made European countries understand one thing: the Celestial Empire not only understands your Western tricks, but also understands them very well.

Once this window is broken, the Dutch should understand that they have completely lost the initiative in trade negotiations.

In fact, to be precise, the ability to continue trading with Dashun is due to the grace of the emperor.

Today the emperor bestows favors on the Netherlands and suppresses Portugal; tomorrow he bestows favors on Portugal and suppresses the Netherlands; the day after tomorrow he bestows favors on France and suppresses Britain... As long as the door is not completely closed, there will be plenty of opportunities for such favors: the East India companies of various countries that compete with each other are the basis for the emperor to be qualified to talk about favors.

Although it sounds bad, it is reality.

Without the trade of the Netherlands, can Britain, Sweden, Denmark and France not eat it? It's still the same gold and silver. What impact will it have on the export trade of Dashun?

The reality is that Dashun wants to go to Europe to trade on its own, but the tariff barriers of European countries are high and mercantilism is rampant, making it impossible for the Netherlands to counter Dashun.

If the Netherlands opens up trade, regardless of the fragile Dutch handicraft industry and the monopoly of the East India Company, then if Dashun imposes an embargo on the Netherlands, the Netherlands can also hijack Dashun merchant ships in the Atlantic to counter it.

However, Europe is not open, and Dashun ships cannot come to Europe to sell goods.

How to counter it?

Hijacking ships? That was not a counterattack against Dashun. It was looking for trouble to go to war with Britain, France, Sweden and Denmark. It was because they were afraid that the Netherlands had not been baptized by war for so many years.

Because of Europe's closed-door policy and high tariffs, Dashun completely took the initiative in trade negotiations.

As long as Dashun did not go to war with the whole of Europe, it could be divided and disintegrated and sanctioned separately.

If the Netherlands was sanctioned or traded under a embargo, Britain, France, Sweden and Denmark would cheer three times; the same is true in reverse.

And all this was because of the stunning appearance in Petersburg, which made the Dutch Speaker figure it out.

When the foreign country in the seemingly unreal story walked out of the story and entered reality, it should be treated with normal thinking.

Once the unreal empire entered reality, European diplomats regarded Dashun as a real country, so that when they had to consider it, even if they had a little bit of rationality and logical analysis ability, they would come to the conclusion that Dashun had taken the initiative in trade negotiations.

Anthony was even glad that he had figured it out first. Otherwise, if he still used the old way of thinking, he would not understand the difference between now and the past, and he would not grasp the similarities and differences between now and a hundred years ago. If the negotiation continued, the consequences would be serious.

He thought that if the talks really broke down, Liu Yu would never let the Netherlands go, and the East India Companies of various countries would be excited to snatch the Dutch share of Chinese goods, and happily divide up the Chinese goods market that the Netherlands had operated for more than a hundred years.

Tribute... just pay tribute.

It's better than not even having the opportunity to pay tribute.

The idiots of the East India Company directors are still thinking about everything with that old-fashioned thinking, and they are still thinking about bargaining with Dashun under such circumstances.

Anthony thought, what are you bargaining for?

A monopoly of goods, seven or eight sellers waiting to buy goods, and these sellers will never unite, and a seller actually wants to bargain with the monopoly of goods?

This is not crazy.

This is the standard stinginess of Dutch merchants, seeking small profits and giving up big profits.

Looking at the East India Company directors in front of him, Grand Speaker Anthony also had a hard time. The stupidity and short-sightedness of these people will eventually bring a painful price.

The East India Company directors were quite dissatisfied at this time. They felt that they could not swallow their pride if they fully agreed to Dashun's conditions.

Seeing that the Grand Speaker was determined to reach an agreement with Dashun as soon as possible, the East India Company directors could only ask: "Mr. Grand Speaker, even if we want to sign an agreement with Dashun as soon as possible, should the company come forward to negotiate?"

Grand Speaker Anthony shook his head very clearly.

"The company can only participate and have the right to make suggestions behind the scenes, but Liu Yu will never allow you to be the signing representative."

"Dashun does not recognize the East India Company as a political entity. As the plenipotentiary envoy of the Chinese emperor, Liu Yu will never allow the board of directors of the company under the Seven Provinces Republic to sit across the negotiation table and negotiate with him on an equal footing. He will think that this is a diplomatic insult."

"I'm sorry, this is not something I can change. This is their request, and now the initiative of the negotiation is in their hands."

After firmly expressing the intention that the East India Company is not qualified to negotiate with Dashun, the directors of the East India Company looked a little unhappy.

In the eyes of the East India Company, this is the Federal Parliament taking the opportunity to deprive the East India Company of some power.

This is colluding with external forces to take the opportunity to suppress the company of their own country!

According to regulations, the East India Company is required to disclose its financial statements once a year. But the East India Company has always regarded the resolution of the parliament as shit. It only gives the Federal Parliament a face every ten years and discloses the company's financial statements that have perfectly completed the false accounts once.

The only thing the United Provinces Parliament can control is the selection of the Governor of Batavia in Southeast Asia.

But it is just that the East India Company will come up with a list, and the United Provinces Parliament will choose from this list, just for show.

But now Dashun wants to engage in trade, and may even form a Sino-Dutch joint anti-smuggling fleet, which gives the United Provinces Parliament an opportunity to strengthen its control over Batavia.

If they bypass the East India Company and talk to Dashun, then who is responsible for the trade with China, the United Provinces Parliament or the centralized cabinet of the governor? Or the East India Company?

The government is stretching its hands too far, which is a situation that no company would ever want to see.

The director of the East India Company thought that trade with China is OK.

But the point-to-point connection should be between the East India Company and the Dashun Empire, not the Seven Provinces Republic and the Dashun Empire.

Bypassing the company, Dashun connected with the Federal Parliament and traded in Batavia. So the Governor of Batavia, is it the Governor of Batavia of the Seven Provinces Republic? Or the Governor of Batavia of the East India Company?