New Shun 1730

In addition, there is another problem, that is, the death date of Queen Elizabeth.

This is an accidental factor that determines the direction of the "First World War".

Liu Yu does not have the ability to ask others to extend the war for a few more years, so he can only let the "First World War" break out earlier.

He dug a hole here, allowing the British and Russian conflicts to accumulate and eventually "break up", which is actually facilitating the early outbreak of World War I.

Frederick of Prussia is an extremely shrewd monarch.

If he saw the Franco-Austrian-Russian alliance, he could see at a glance: Damn, the Austro-Russian alliance, isn't it obvious that it is just to mess with me?

Wait until they are all ready, does Prussia still have a way to survive?

The way to survive from death is naturally to take the initiative, turn passivity into initiative, and disrupt the opponent's deployment and development.

Once the desperate Prussia sees that the relationship between Britain and Russia has broken down and there is a trend of alliance between France, Austria and Russia, it will definitely choose to fight without declaration.

Prussia is too small, and it can only rely on a quick victory. Waiting for the alliance to be fully prepared, there is no chance of winning at all.

As long as Prussia started the war, Britain had no choice.

Would they just sit on the British Isles and watch France bring in a bunch of allies while they did nothing and watched France destroy Prussia and eat up Hanover?

There was no choice but to follow up, provide money, guns and navy.

By then, the First World War, which stretched from the east coast of North America to the Philippines, would be fought even if they didn't want to.

In the early stage of Dashun, they could take advantage of the outbreak of World War I to form an armed neutral alliance, sell goods, make money, and improve the domestic export economy, thereby promoting the domestic urgent desire for India's raw material production areas.

When France could not hold on in India, Shangdang returned to Zhao and took over France's stronghold in India. When both sides were exhausted, they pulled the Netherlands to "gamble on national destiny" and destroyed the British navy.

This is similar to the rhythm of World War I in later generations.

In World War I, the contradiction between Britain, France and Germany was the main contradiction, but the fuse of the outbreak of the war was Austria-Hungary, which had a relatively weak sense of existence.

In this "First World War", the conflict between Britain, France, Prussia and Austria was the focus, but the fuse for the outbreak of the war was Russia, which had a weak presence before.

Originally in history, it was Britain that pulled Russia to scare Prussia, forced Prussia to submit to Britain, and thus forced Prussia to go to war.

The current situation is that Dashun is harming the relationship between Britain and Russia. Once Britain and Russia break up, Prussia will have to take the initiative to go to war. As long as the news of the British and Russian discord comes from Petersburg, Prussia will have no choice.

So once the peace treaty with the Netherlands is reached, Dashun's diplomatic focus in Europe will be to instigate the relationship between Britain and Russia.

Dashun cannot mediate the relationship between France and Austria, and has no right to intervene.

The alliance with France is very stable and does not need to worry too much.

It can only use all its power to make a fuss about the Russian issue.

It is impossible to rely on the understanding of the future and the world situation of the bureaucrats of Dashun to do this. It is not that they are not smart, but that they don’t know where the future is at all, so they can’t find the right way.

Moreover, Liu Yu was not very reassured about the future direction of Dashun after experiencing the "Eunuch Party" incident. Therefore, he had to take advantage of the current power to create an established fact as soon as possible. The sooner the war was fought, the better, especially when he was still trusted by the emperor, or when the emperor was not dead or had not yet reached the age of preparing for his funeral.

If the war was delayed for more than ten years according to the historical trend, Liu Yu was afraid that he could not wait, and he was also afraid that the emperor could not wait.

Kang Budai could actually understand Liu Yu's anxiety.

The ancients said: Feng Tang is easy to grow old.

Time passes, and the great cause is not completed, how can we not be anxious?

From the current point of view, this incident certainly increased the sincerity of cooperation with the Dutch. But more, Kang Budai felt that it was Liu Yu's trust in his work.

At such a long distance, he could only give a rough idea, and the rest of the details were handled by him. And Liu Yu was even more convinced that Kang Budai could do it, so he did not point out the details of the Dutch issue at all, but directly said what to do after dealing with the Dutch issue.

On the one hand, this kind of friendship of trust, on the other hand, this feeling of controlling the world like a strategist in the Warring States Period also satisfied Kang Budai's need to reflect his personal value.

After the messenger finished talking about the general situation, he took out a sealed letter and said, "This is a private letter from the Whale Marquis to the Rakshasa Queen."

"The Whale Marquis said that when the matter is done, you will go to St. Petersburg from Denmark. Stay in St. Petersburg for a while. Some industrial and commercial matters still need your help. You also managed Weihai for a period of time, and you are probably familiar with it."

"The Whale Marquis said that St. Petersburg is cold, but as long as you have money, you can buy good leather. In this case, there is no need to send a fur coat thousands of miles away, which seems artificial. Just say that you are in charge of the general situation in St. Petersburg, and you don't have to worry about domestic affairs."

"Your Majesty has the intention of a southern tour, and the Whale Marquis will also go with him, and his wife will follow him, and he will also have people to ask about domestic affairs."

Kang Budai was relieved when he heard this. He was Liu Yu's confidant, so he knew Tian Zhenyi's methods.

As for matters outside the territory, Liu Yu can make his own decisions; as for matters within the territory, he can ask his wife, and it won't be a problem.

When I was in Weihai, I managed Weihai's industry, commerce and manufacturing for a long time, so I am really familiar with it.

According to the meaning conveyed by the messenger, it seems that Liu Yu wants to seize the opportunity to invest and transfer technology to Russia.

Kang Buluo also understood the logic here, which was to replace complementary trade between Britain and Russia with competitive trade.

In the early stage, Dutch ships and French goods replaced Britain's trade influence on Russia.

There is no need for the messenger to say this. Since he understands it in his heart, he also knows the direction.

Putting away the thick private letter with the Russian Empress, Kang Bucha said with a heart, it seems that it won't take long to go to Russia.

Now that the former Grand Speaker Anthony is back, with his mastery and skill, he must have hinted something to him. Now that he was back, the Regency had a backbone.

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After the former Grand Speaker Anthony arrived in Hong Kong, he did not go to The Hague, but stayed in Amsterdam.

Although he is no longer the Speaker of the Federal Provincial Council, his connections and prestige are still there.

Now the regents and parliamentarians in various provinces are very conflicted and don't know where to go.

On the one hand, they felt so happy when they saw that William IV of the Orange family was always feeling deflated after he came to power.

France and England, on the other hand, are not the same. The French's centralized system is what they fear. If the French really attack, they will certainly be affected.

Ever since Dashun's voyage to Southeast Asia last year triggered the second disaster year in the Netherlands, a financial crisis broke out across the entire Netherlands.

A large number of bad debts, bad debts, invalid bonds, and mortgage loans on East India Company stocks turned into waste paper overnight.

Due to the financial turmoil, a large number of private banks had to stop making payments, and even chose to close down to prevent being blocked.

The closure of a large number of private banks has caused more financial problems.

The few assets of the East India Company were completely insolvent. Historically, when the East India Company went bankrupt, the prerequisite for the Dutch government to take over was that the East India Company was still there. Therefore, the Dutch government assumed a debt of nearly 100 million guilders. At that time, the Netherlands was already a puppet state under French control, the Republic of Batavia.

The current situation is completely different from the collapse of later generations.

Many people in the Regency were engaged in business and finance, and their industries were severely affected.

But compared with the aftermath of the voyage to Nanyang, if France really occupied the Netherlands, it would definitely be even worse than it is now.

In line with what Liu Yu, Kang Buzai, Qi Guogong and others expected, the current position of Speaker of the United Provincial Council is just a stinky piece of shit, not a piece of meat and potatoes. Not only does he not want to eat it, but he has to stay away for fear of getting it. All in one.

There is a Chinese word called "Destroying the Home to Relieve Difficulties".

There is really no way to resist France now.

These regency oligarchs don't need to destroy their families to relieve the crisis. They spend some of their money to recruit soldiers. As long as they resist for a year, things will turn around.

The Russian and British troops will not ignore it, and since they have held back the main force of the French army here, Britain and Russia will have the opportunity to surround the French army.

However, this is the same as in the late Ming Dynasty.

It's hard to save a house by destroying it, but if there is a house to destroy, who is willing to do it?

In this mentality, the financial crisis in the Netherlands became even more profound.

Because industries, real estate, stocks and other things may be invalidated or cannot be taken away after France invades.

If the French really invaded and used brutal Vandalism to deal with the Netherlands, or directly supported some puppets to implement French policies, the rich could escape to the safer UK.

As long as the French navy cannot cross the Channel, Britain is safe.

This is exactly what Liu Yu is worried about: if the war continues, the status of Amsterdam's financial center will not be guaranteed, but Britain will be full.

In this kind of mentality, rich people would rather exchange their assets into gold coins and silver coins instead of a bunch of bills, real estate, real estate and the like.

As a result, the financial order became even more chaotic.

The greater the chaos, the more panic among wealthy Dutch people who want to exchange cash.

Due to the mutual complementation and interaction, the second disaster year that began in 1945 was brewing in the summer of 1946. Not only did it not stop, but it intensified.

As soon as the former Grand Speaker Anthony returned from Dashun, a large number of regent oligarchs came to visit.

Anthony didn't lie either, and many former company officers who were captured and released testified, and they soon came to a common conclusion.

That is: at least east of Persia, the Dashun Empire cannot be shaken by Poland. In view of China's continuous influence on Southeast Asia for thousands of years, and the Chinese population that is dozens or even a hundred times larger, Dashun's control over the Southeast Asian colonies it captured is very stable.

Dashun's army is well-equipped and well-trained. If placed in Europe, excluding the navy with insufficient tonnage, and looking only at the army, it is definitely a strong army that can compete with France and Prussia.

As for the navy, Dashun's navy is indeed not very good. It is compared with Britain, France, and Spain, but it is more than enough to defeat the Netherlands. How many years has it been since the Netherlands started building new warships?

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the door.

Before Anthony returned from Dashun, he was taken to the original Batavia city by Dashun's people, so that he could see Dashun's rule in the original Batavia city.

Anthony discovered a problem.

That is, Dashun is promoting land reform policies in the Batavia area and encouraging people to diversify crops such as cotton, indigo, and coffee.

If Dashun also has demand for cotton, indigo and the like, he can use it himself.

There's something wrong with that coffee.

At least, based on what Anthony saw in Dashun, he found that none of the officials or people in Dashun drank coffee.

Including cocoa, coffee and other things, the palace of the capital and some officials he met had them at home, but they were either used as medicine or tribute. They preferred to drink tea, thinking that the aroma of coffee was vulgar and not suitable for the main hall.

Obviously, the purpose of Dashun's going to Southeast Asia was still to continue to trade with the Christian world, and even to expand trade, otherwise there was no need to promote coffee planting.

However, Dashun's rule in Southeast Asia was not the kind of "free trade" that Liu Yu said.

In business, it can be said that some of the methods of the Netherlands were completely continued to a certain extent.

Especially in the grand event of the tribute of all nations to the capital by the Southeast Asian countries, Dashun's requirement for the Southeast Asian countries was that they could not trade with other countries without the permission of the suzerain country.

Anthony felt that Liu Yu's words were pure fart.

A person who ran to Amsterdam and shouted for free trade, would not know what real free trade is? Wouldn't he know that controlling Southeast Asian countries to prohibit private transactions with third parties and even sending fleets to patrol important straits in Southeast Asia regularly is the attitude of free trade?

If you open your mouth to Grotius of the Netherlands, or close your mouth to Spinoza of the Netherlands, will you not know what "the ocean is inexhaustible, inexhaustible, and cannot be occupied; it should be open to all countries and peoples of all countries for their free use"?

Before returning to the Netherlands and passing through the former Batavia, the drama of scrambling for the future trade share in Southeast Asia had already been staged in the capital.

The Dutch East India Company is like a corpse of cattle and sheep.

Dashun is a tiger that bites cattle and sheep to death, and Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark and other countries are vultures, crows, and flies that follow and hope to share some internal organs and bones.

According to Liu Yu, it means to implement a quota system.

Dashun was the distributor, cutting with a knife: you, Britain, were responsible for the Thirteen States and England, and got so much; you, Sweden, were responsible for Eastern Europe and Northern Europe, and got this; you, Portugal, were responsible for South America, and got that...

Ensure that everyone gets enough shares without affecting others, so as to control trade disputes, maintain world peace, and expand the obligations of the Celestial Empire from Asia to the world...

That's what they said.

But obviously, in Anthony's view, this was just like the free trade advocated by Liu Yu in Amsterdam, pure bullshit.

At least, it was not the first choice.

Because Anthony learned about Dashun's preparations for going to Southeast Asia, starting from building ships, training sailors, and learning navigation more than ten years ago; then the Trojan Horse Plan to enrich Ceylon, visiting Europe before the war to inspect the topographic map of Southeast Asia, familiarizing with hydrology in the name of suppressing pirates, supporting the Volcano Volcano Army, and attracting the Dutch fleet to concentrate in Cirebon.

One by one, one by one, in order.

If Dashun really wanted to use the new monopoly model of the share market distribution system, it would definitely not drag it out until he left and didn't get any results.

One year of arguing would result in the loss of millions of taels of trade. For things like spices, let alone whether the old goods are good or not, just the annual interest rate of the custody, storage, and acquisition funds, how much is that? The things collected are not lost only when they are burned, and the cash collected can earn interest.

Would Dashun have so much money that it doesn't care about these millions of taels of "small money"? Otherwise, why would it have to argue for so long with the envoys from European countries who came to divide the corpses?

A good politician should think about how to end the war before it starts.

Since Dashun has been planning the war for more than ten years. So, if the purpose of the war is really the so-called "share market monopoly distribution system", there would have been a complete set of plans long ago. How could it be that there is no substantial progress until now?

Therefore, there is only one possibility: just like Liu Yu's advocacy of free trade is bullshit, and the good intentions of helping the Chinese immigrants in Ceylon who lack labor are for other purposes.

This so-called "share market monopoly distribution system" is also fake!

Dashun has other purposes.

"Share market monopoly distribution system" is just a deterrent to ensure that this goal is achieved.