Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1130 A New World

Since no one wants to bear the name of "Zhao Gou", they can only talk about it.

France wanted to extradite Washington for trial because the French confession was clearly written and signed by Washington.

Then Britain can only upgrade, saying that the French are sneaky, like spies, otherwise why would they kill you?
As soon as the public opinion on both sides escalated, the news followed Dashun's merchant ships across the ocean.

The staff of the Privy Council is not a fool, and they can understand what's going on at a glance: the French don't want to fight, but the British want to fight.

War can only happen if neither side wants to fight.

The reason why the French don't want to fight is very simple.

Now that they have obtained the advantage in trade, the French just pursue the Ohio Valley as a buffer zone to ensure their trade in ginseng, mink, and "East Pearl" in the north.

The French are taking advantage at this time, and of course they don't want to fight.

The British capital is obviously jealous, of course they want to fight.

According to the situation of the last ginseng war, it is conceivable that the initiative of the war is in the hands of the British, because the British hold the command of the sea and have a larger population.

Only those who have the initiative are qualified to decide whether to fight or not.

Since the side that holds the initiative is very interested in fighting, it is more and more high-profile to mobilize public opinion-Dashun is still very familiar with this, and the princes of the previous dynasty can indeed make some weak emperors feel bad Respond to public opinion.

When Emperor Chongzhen first came to power and was not quite used to being an emperor, he couldn't get his mouth in the face of court disputes for a while, and left a famous line like "you can talk after you finish talking, little brother Rong".

People who can speak are still powerful. Although they are not the same, Dashun can understand the general situation.

Moreover, at this time, the King of England was still a "foreign race", and the foreign race was the king. Generally speaking, he was more afraid of the public opinion that started the war, thinking that he could only avoid being scolded by being more radical than the British.

Dashun saw the escalation of this kind of talk, and Liu Yu had always said that he wanted to reproduce the story of King Ao's succession war and Dashun went to Nanyang. He was sure that Europe would definitely fight.

Now, the "dawn" is beginning to emerge.

As long as Britain and France go to war, it is estimated that there will be chaos soon.

Once there is chaos in Europe, it will be an opportunity for Dashun to seize India, which is also an opportunity for the emperor's dream of the three major Indian taxes of land tax, population tax, and salt tax as internal money to comprehensively strengthen the power of imperial power.

The emperor is old, and he wants to leave enough silver and stable financial resources for his son.

Having money, having a lot of money, may not necessarily rule well.

But at least, it is safer to hang yourself than those who have no money and are poor.

Therefore, the emperor used this brand-new "world" perspective, which mixed the perspective of the old world and contained the perspective of the new world, to conduct this southern tour.

The chosen time is also very subtle.

Selected in mid-June.

Ordinarily, it would be abnormal to go to Jiangnan in mid-June.Normally, in mid-June, you should stay in the north to escape the summer heat. What are you going to do in the south of the Yangtze River?

But mid-June is the day when almost all cargo ships from Western countries arrive at the port.

French, British, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch, Rakshasa...

For a grand performance, the fear is that there will be no audience.

And a performance with a clear political meaning is afraid that the people who want to see it will not come.

Therefore, the emperor, uncharacteristically, chose mid-June, which was not very suitable for going to the south of the Yangtze River, to tour Songsu in the south.

Hold a ship review.

Obviously, the most suitable places for a ship review are Weihaiwei and Lushunwei.

But, read it there, people can't see it.

The strategy of Dashun's decision-making circle was formulated by Liu Yu, which is very standard "wait for both of them to lose, and then the Celestial Dynasty will send troops to pick the fruit, lure France to sell India to 'return the Shangdang to Zhao', and delay until the British national debt collapses."

Dashun organized an armed and neutral trade alliance in Europe.

So, how to ensure that this alliance can make a fortune during the war and let the other party "temporarily endure"?

Ship review.

Move out all the properties of the Dashun Navy and hold a large-scale ship review at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

In this way, to warn all countries, it is best not to involve Dashun.

If Dashun's merchant ships are smuggling or something during the war, you'd better turn a blind eye and close your eyes, because one thing more is worse than one thing less.

If Dashun ends up in the game, it would be too bad.

As for whether it can scare the European countries into peace?Obviously, it is impossible. The current situation has reached the point where fighting is impossible. The last few major conflicts were not resolved, and sooner or later they will fight.

Dashun's strategic calculations have been set, and they will try their best to make a fortune in the early stage of the war.

You rob each other's ship, Dashun doesn't have any objection, even happy to see it.Hijacking each other's ships means that Dashun will soon dominate the east-west trade market in Europe during the European war.

But the smuggling is too much, and the so-called frequent walks along the river will never get your shoes wet, so it is necessary to consider that when the opponent is annoyed by the armed neutral alliance, he can suppress his anger and continue to overcome the annoyance.

At the same time, it also sends some signals to some countries in the future.

France, under the guidance of Liu Yu, is actually very easy to make a decision at this time: should the mother continue to toss in India, which basically has no results and loses money all day long?Or in North America, where a large number of ginseng and mink are exchanged for silver every year, to maintain an advantage?

Although, Liu Yu said, in the temple calculation, Britain should throw away India and replace the Dutch position, use India to disintegrate the Sino-French alliance, use the East-West trade liaison Dashun instead of the Dutch position to form an alliance, and draw a line in the Persian Gulf to carve up world.

However, the current situation is that Britain has great interests in India, and Liu Yu has already used trade sanctions to force the British East India Company to go all out to India.

North America, on the other hand, does not pay taxes, and smuggling is heavy. In fact, it is not as valuable as a Caribbean sugar island.

On the contrary, the East India Company, which is the main creditor, is called the East India Company, and its core interests are in the east.

When France is faced with a choice, France can choose to abandon India and pull Dashun into the water, so as to keep the increasingly valuable North America and at the same time draw an ally.

But it was impossible for Britain to make such a "mentally retarded" decision at this time. All the investments of the East India Company were in vain, and the shareholders went bankrupt to abandon India.

The French East India Company has gone bankrupt several times, and the King of France can directly recall the people of the East India Company, because France has a heavy centralization.

The ship review style is precisely to allow the French to make the necessary concessions when necessary, thereby reversing the outcome of the entire battle.

Of course, in the eyes of Confucian scholars in the traditional view of the world, this time the ship review or military review is only for the increasingly important Jiangsu to see.

Let the reformed Jiangsu, which is already extremely important and plays an important role in fiscal and taxation, understand how powerful the imperial court is.

Even if it is further expanded, it is said that North Korea, Ryukyu, Japan, Vietnam, and Southeast Asian countries must fulfill the obligations of "vassal princes".

The emperor read it.

What are the princes going to do?
The princes should lead their troops to participate, and have a deep understanding of what is called the emperor and what is called a prince.

This in itself is also in line with etiquette.

The emperor's military parade will be an alliance, and the princes will send troops to participate in the alliance according to their titles. This is an ancient ritual in itself.

Deterrence and deterrence need not be mentioned.

But the understanding under the old world view ends here.

In fact, there are very few people who can think of this step.

However, in fact, for Dashun's decision-making circle, this time certainly has the meaning of intimidating the local merchants and gentry in Jiangsu.

But more, I still hope to obtain alternative support from merchants.

This support is based on the unissued treasury bonds of Dashun.

Once Dashun goes to war, to what extent can merchants support it?
As long as you feel that Dashun can win, you can continue to support, especially many industries that are closely related to Western trade.

If you can press down to 7% or 8% interest.

Dashun used such things as salt tax, monopoly trade annual fee, fur trade annual fee, etc. as interest mortgages. It shouldn't be a problem to get [-] million taels.

For Dashun, if you persevere, you will win.

Dashun can declare victory until the British national debt collapses.The United Kingdom still has nearly [-] million taels of national debt, and most of its fiscal revenue has to pay interest on the national debt.

Won the meat.

Lose and eat shit.

So, how to make merchants have enough confidence in the court to go to war, and actively accept relatively low interest to buy national debt?

Naturally, it was for merchants to intuitively see how powerful Dashun's own military power was.

Not only can you win.

And it can be won.

The more intuitive the better.

The simpler the better.

And the most intuitive and simplest display method is to read by land and sea, come to the DPRK from around, and fire all kinds of guns.

The merchants and emerging classes in Songsu know that Dashun has a navy, and there are huge ships like Europa, and they can even see them from time to time.

But how many are there?
In fact, the tonnage of Dashun's warships may not be too scary.

But once gathered together, they can sail like a forest.

Those merchants who are laymen, do not know the concept of delivery distance, and have difficulty understanding the logic of war will have sufficient confidence when necessary.

As for being wary of merchants, it's not impossible for the imperial power, but that's all there is to it.

The emperor has always been sure of one thing in his heart.

Whether it is the salt industry or the sea trade, the bigger the business, the easier it is to manage.

Decentralized management depends on high-end governance.

Large and gathered, as long as the court does not collapse, three jailers and five factory guards can directly solve the problem.

In a place like Dashun, the emperor never considered the possibility of the so-called chaebol seizing power.

Don't look at the so-called chaebol giants in Dashun's textile industry, salt industry, and overseas trade industry. Their power may be enough to control the wind and rain in a small European country. However, in the eyes of the emperor of Dashun, two factory guards can solve the problem. ——Of course, according to the correct name, there is no factory guard in Dashun, which is called the Boyer Army.

Dashun has the tradition and historical logic inherited by Dashun, at least in the eyes of the emperor.

Liu Yu also agreed, but he didn't feel that it was these big businessmen who contained the violent power, but another force opposite them - taking history as a mirror, naturally touched the emperor's blind spot.

However, the emperor's views on these big merchants were correct.They are nothing but people who can be dealt with by a few factory guards.

On the contrary, if it does not become the model of such a large monopoly company, it will require extremely strong control and governance.

Like salt.

After the reform of the salt administration, in the eyes of the emperor, it was much easier to manage than before.

With the control and dominance of Dashun, it is true that the small but comprehensively developed and vigorous industry and commerce do not understand.

It is self-evident which is easier to manage a hundred thousand scattered small ones or a few aggregated large ones.

Therefore, there is indeed deterrence, but the deterrence to Jiangsu merchants and emerging classes is really not at the top.

(End of this chapter)