New Shun 1730

In Amsterdam, Liu Yu stood on the roof.

With his arms crossed and clasped in front of his chest, he quietly watched the Orange flag flying in the streets in the distance, watched the street orators preaching the sanctity of the Orange family, and watched the Grand Speaker waiting anxiously for the Orange family to enter the city.

In his eyes, all this was like watching a farce. It was not even a comedy, because the Dutch had hanged the Grand Speaker once.

Grand Speaker Anthony's acting skills were not bad, but unfortunately, Anthony did not have a good wife like the British princess, so he did not know the news of the British mediation.

By the time he knew it, it was too late.

And just when William was about to arrive in Amsterdam, another piece of news came from the far north, adding a sense of sacredness to the Orange family.

Russia, which was thought to be pro-French; Russia where the French ambassador and the Chinese ambassador tried to coup; Russia where the empress and the French ambassador were lovers... signed the Anglo-Russian Treaty with Britain.

The content of the treaty was aimed at Prussia. Russia did not stand on the side of France to form a grand alliance between France, Prussia and Russia as people imagined, but was firmly against Prussia.

If we add the news that Prussia withdrew from the anti-Austrian alliance, it would be as if the Orange family was the savior of the Netherlands and the destiny of the country.

Everything seemed to be a replay of the story of the disaster year of 1672. In the darkest moment of despair, the Orange family came to power, and it was all good news in an instant.

Can this not have a sacred aura?

The mastermind behind today's incident did not believe in any sacredness at all, so the "bad" news kept coming, and he had a very pleasant life these days. Although he looked very embarrassed, he was actually very happy.

A few days ago, angry Dutch citizens destroyed the printing factory that published newspapers and periodicals on the Dashun side, smashed the machines, and beat the printing workers.

Thousands of angry Dutch citizens held up wooden boards and banners at the residence of the Dashun envoys and held a parade, asking the Chinese to get out of the Netherlands with their arrogance of the Celestial Empire.

The main force of this march was the members of the textile, pottery, furniture and carpentry industries, which were severely impacted and suppressed by trade.

Some people even took to the streets to smash porcelain, and some even began to besiege the headquarters of the East India Company. Obviously, the East India Company and the Federal Parliament taught these Dutch people what the power of capital is. The company employees holding sticks beat the people who smashed the headquarters of the East India Company.

The riots gradually subsided in the past few days, and the Dashun envoys certainly did not dare to shoot. If they fired, the matter would be a big deal.

Fortunately, the Federal Parliament was still sober and sent people to protect the Dashun envoys, and organized a limited fleet to protect the Dashun ships docked in Amsterdam.

Dare not be unconscious. If you really act impulsively, the imperial envoys of the Dashun side will be beaten up, and then war will start.

The East India Company has been operating in Southeast Asia for more than a hundred years with a mortality rate of 50%. Nearly 30,000 employees of the company have died in Java in the past hundred years. If a war really breaks out, there will be no place to cry.

Fortunately, the emotions of the people have gradually calmed down. The yellow tabloid that has been running for so long has also completed its mission. Let's smash it.

Downstairs, the guards are on full alert, and four cannons are blocking the street at the door. In the distance, there are Dutch soldiers protecting the Dashun envoys.

After the passion, the angry people no longer gathered. After all, they still have their own miserable lives to live. If they don't work, they have no food to eat.

If they really rely on stocks and dividends from the East India Company, they will not come to smash the East India Company building and the residence of the Dashun envoys.

Liu Yu, who was watching the show with his arms folded, had a smile on his face for three or five days, as if someone had stuffed a clothes hanger in his mouth to fix the corners of his mouth.

On the street downstairs, William of Orange rode in a carriage, escorted by soldiers and cheered by citizens, and drove slowly through the street.

When approaching the Dashun envoys' residence, William couldn't help but stick his head out and looked over here, and saw Liu Yu on the roof.

The eyes of the two people met instantly, and then separated.

William turned his head and continued to wave to the fanatical citizens, and kept promising that he would devote his last drop of blood to the United Provinces, and would resolutely declare war on France, defend the Netherlands, and defend Protestantism.

This was his only political promise.

The tribute incident was just a fuse.

The resentment that had been accumulated for more than a hundred years and the fear of French attack were the real explosive powder. And after this fuse completed its mission, people actually didn't care much.

Kang Budai slowly walked to Liu Yu's side, looked at the long team below, shook his head and said, "This person said a lot of nonsense, and the people of the Netherlands will soon be disappointed."

Liu Yu nodded and shook his head.

"It is true that he will be disappointed very quickly, but this fast, in politics, at least ten or eight years is considered fast. I can't wait for him for ten or eight years."

"This is the last sacredness, I want to smash this sacredness of their family to pieces. The god of war can be ugly, uneducated, and deformed, but he can definitely fight. But if a god of war loses, is he still a god?"

"Holland, it's over."

Kang Busha knew Liu Yu's evil plan, and said with a smile: "In the six months I have been in Sakabang, I have also seen the power of Dutch businessmen, and I also know that commercial finance is powerful. If the Celestial Empire wakes up, it will save money for Southeast Asia." I think the collapse of the Netherlands is inevitable. The East India Company's business is too big, and the more debts it owes and the more loans it lends, the more it will collapse, the Netherlands will be doomed."

"Although today's situation is unfavorable to France, we still don't know what will happen in the future. The Dutch still haven't watched "Three Kingdoms". Wu will betray the alliance today, and tomorrow Cao Wei will be powerful, so it may not break the alliance. The Prussians ate Sili West Asia, don’t the Austrians hold a grudge?”

"It's just that one side has lost all its cavalry and is unable to fight again; the other side is surrounded by enemies on all sides and has to cut its flesh. This is not peace at all, it is just a truce of no more than two years. The Prussians trained their cavalry in two years. If France is unfavorable, I think it will still be Fight. Otherwise, if France is defeated, why don’t these countries take the opportunity to divide Prussia?”

"But Young Master did this. Going to Nanyang was an internal affair of the Celestial Empire, but it made France feel very generous. If we hadn't gone to Nanyang and ruined the Netherlands, life would have been difficult for the French. Young Master made things out of nothing and added favors. He’s really learned this skill.”

Kang Busha also knows that there are intrigues and deceptions between countries. Owing a favor or something like that is of no great use.

But sometimes, national credibility is of some use. Kang Busao liked countries like France very much because the degree of centralization was the most like the Celestial Empire in Europe.

Just like Russia, once the king and emperor are understood, everything will be easier to talk about. At this point, someone like Liu Yu, who has been in the court for so long, is really at home.

It's much easier to please the king, find the right ministers, be close to the ministers, and make good friends.

On the contrary, countries like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have conquered the king, but sometimes it is not of much use.

As early as a few years ago, Weihai sent a group of people to study in France. There are also some people who are in the orphans' free school, just to set up an outpost and figure out who to give gifts to when they go to France.

There are also tips for giving gifts. For example, when Eunuch Wei is in power, if you have to do something, instead of giving gifts to Eunuch Wei, and give them to others, it will be half the result with twice the effort.

Those people have been outposts in France for so long. The Duke of Qi also went to France to stay for a long time last time. It was basically clear who to give gifts to.

What Kang Buyao didn't know was that Liu Yu understood French... diplomacy better than anyone else.

Just like the "Three Skirts Alliance" that Frederick later complained about, and was humiliated as the "King under the Petticoat" by later generations, and as later historians jokingly called "France doesn't know what it wants to do. North America? India? Or the Netherlands? This It depends not on French interests and rational analysis, but on the pillow style of the King’s mistress”.

This Madame Pompadour has just married her husband, and her husband’s head is not green yet.

As early as when Weihai was sent to study in France, Liu Yu was already ready to set up an outpost. They both gave gifts and recited poems. Although they had not met each other, the people sent by Dashun had a good relationship with this lady, especially since this lady liked porcelain and Chinese architecture.

On the one side is a king who was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of women.

On one side was a beautiful woman who had constant salons and seminars at home, chatting and laughing with Voltaire, Montesquieu, Quesnay and others.

If we put this together, in the sage mode, when talking about political affairs, she is a female Zhuge and a female military advisor. With her little knowledge as a king, how can she compare to this woman who talks eloquently with enlightenment scholars all day long and sells what she has learned?

During the Seven Years' War, the anti-British alliance was really miserable.

France is a harem intervening in the political affairs of Lu Zhiwu and Xiao Yanyan, Austria is a foreign relative who doesn't know how to concentrate its forces to break through, and Russia is a weirdo where the prince can make Qin Huiying and three others good emperors.

One can't help but doubt that it is really "the emperor was shocked". This destiny has shaken all the way across the Pacific and North America, and has floated over England.

However, it is also a good thing for Dashun. Since France, which has the closest relationship, wants the harem to interfere in politics, wouldn't it be possible to influence France's diplomatic situation by trying to please the harem before it interferes with politics? Queen Elizabeth was a hero, which gave Liu Yu a headache and was beyond his control; Austria and Dashun had no intersection; France happened to be the easiest place to start.

On the French side, it is related to how much blood Britain will shed in North America, and whether India can follow the old example of the party returning to Zhao.

The only reason why Liu Yu and others stay in Amsterdam now is to witness the Orangemen officially come to power, and then "left Amsterdam in disgrace under the opposition of the proud Dutch people, leaving only a ridiculous figure behind."

On the street downstairs, the crowd cheered again. Liu Yu held a telescope and observed William IV in the distance who was waving frequently, smiling broadly.

Putting away the telescope, he turned back and said this to the people around him.

"Who is our friend and who is our enemy is the primary issue in diplomacy and interference in other countries' internal affairs. The big Dutch businessmen, bankers, financiers, and securities dealers are our friends and can strive for cooperation. Interruption After becoming the backbone of their industry, they can easily change their name to comprador, and may even directly become a parasite on us and merge into one."

"And the textile workers, the farmers, the factory owners, the industrial capitalists, the guild artisans, the people who are trying to make the Netherlands great again, to bring back the golden age... these are our enemies."

"Our enemies elected someone to power who has no chance of representing their interests. Funny."

"If we want to make an analogy, how is it different from the landowners in the south of the Yangtze River who lined the streets to welcome Emperor Taizu who was equalizing the land and exempting him from grain?"