Xinshun 1730

Chapter 279 The embarrassing position of the transit port
Regarding the arrival of Lian Huai Guan, Liu Yu has his own ideas.If this person dares to come, it shows his courage and ability.

It's just that courage and ability alone are not enough for Batavia's affairs.If it is not handled well, it is very likely that the tens of thousands of bottom-level Chinese who will be the foundation of Dashun's rule in the future will sacrifice in vain.

Now he is not worried that the overseas Chinese do not have the courage to resist, but he is worried that the courage will lead to putschism.

In order to frighten Lian Huaiguan, Liu Yu put out a score that he hadn't put up for a long time.

The authentic Whale Sea Jiedushi, the official body is here, the rank is here, and the etiquette is naturally here.

Green flags, blue fans, apricot umbrellas, copper sticks, beast swords, flag guns, evasion and silence cards... basically a large series of ceremonial guards that have not been used much are laid out.

This is not to give Lian Huaiguan another blow, but to remind Lian Huaiguan that the Celestial Dynasty system is like this, allowing him to make a choice in front of the real Celestial Dynasty and the real Netherlands.

The only reason why Emperor Dashun would send troops to Batavia was not because there were many overseas Chinese in Batavia, but because Liu Yu said that Batavia could make money.

Liu Yu knew very well what the emperor was, and counting on a few words about the interests of the nation would not be able to convince the emperor, no matter what the emperor's surname was.

The situation in Batavia must be different in the hands of Dashun and in the hands of the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is following commercial capitalism, which is too deeply poisoned. In addition, the country has a population of 10, half of whom are speculating in stocks and half of them are in business. Except for the shipbuilding industry, the Netherlands has no handicraft industry with a table.

Only violent means can be used to maintain the interests in it.In order to maintain the cost of violent rule, they have to pursue huge profits.

Whether it is cutting down spice trees frantically in Indonesia to maintain the high price of "supply is less than demand"; or pressing cane sugar prices to strictly check smuggling and prohibit private sales, it is because the Netherlands cannot treat Indonesia as a dumping ground, but can only engage in this lowest-level product colonial policy.

Dashun is different. The handicraft industry at this time, if Britain and France did not have an extremely mercantilist trade protection policy, it would really be able to completely destroy the handicraft industry of Britain and France.

What the emperor needed was to monopolize lac, spices, and sumac, which required the continuation of the way the Dutch ruled the Javanese.

What the Chinese need is land reform, land distribution, free operation, and the abolition of the tax system.

The interests of Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan are not the majority interests of the Chinese.

Even if Batavia is taken back, Liu Yu's attitude towards Batavia is also very firm: Batavia's local snakes are not allowed to still control Batavia, whether it is Jiapitan or Lei Zhenlan, they all have to eliminate.

Fortunately, the vast majority of Chinese in Batavia are engaged in the sugar industry, not the planting and cultivation of a series of tropical specialties such as spices and shellac.

The interests of the poor hired workers who accounted for the vast majority of the Chinese did not conflict with the interests of the emperor, and this created an environment for mediating policy adjustments.

Liu Yu can only be sure now that Lian Huaiguan has the heart to resist the Dutch, but he doesn't know whose interests he is resisting the Dutch?

Overseas Chinese are not an indivisible whole, but groups of distinct classes separated by different economic bases.

Which part of the interests does this connection represent?
There is no policy that can benefit all Chinese in Batavia.

Finally arrived at Lianhuai Temple in Weihai, this was the first time I saw the formation of high-ranking officials of the Celestial Dynasty.

He often hears it in plays and novels, but he really has no chance to see it in Batavia.

The influence of the play was still there, amidst the yelling and scaring of the guard of honor, Lian Huaiguan involuntarily knelt on the ground.

He is not Xu You who defected to Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu, and Liu Yu doesn't understand the real purpose of this person, so he can't greet him with a backward attitude.

After some official talk, Liu Yu still made a gentle enough attitude, Lian Huaiguan went to the back hall to wait, and after a while Liu Yu came to the place to meet the guests slowly.

Even Huaiguan felt a little timid when he thought about relying on his majesty just now.

When the attendant served the tea, he didn't dare to drink it, so he could only sit there and wait for Liu Yu to ask questions.

Liu Yu looked at Lian Huaiguan. He was 25 and [-] years old. His skin color might be a little dark because he was exposed to the sun in the tropics.

The physique is very strong, but the back is straight, and it can be seen that he has not done much tiring work since he was a child.

"The warrior Lian came from Batavia, what advice do you have? If you have something to say, you can just say it. I have to go to training in a while. I'm really in a hurry."

Lian Huaiguan originally wanted to see it before talking, but when he heard this, he had no choice but to go straight to the point.

After giving a general overview of Batavia's situation, he added: "My lord, the Chinese government guessed that the Dutch might migrate the Chinese people who went to sea to Ceylon, but they didn't know that the sea is difficult and Ceylon is hot. Half of them will die on the road."

"Many people in Fujian have no land, let alone half a cent of gold and silver. Even if they return to Fujian, it will be difficult to survive. Batavia has grown from nothing, whether it is canals, city walls, or those bastions, as well as sugar cane gardens outside the city, land , are poured out with the blood and sweat of our overseas Chinese people."

"When Batavia was first built, my ancestors were plundered from Penghu. At that time, Batavia was still a swamp, and the Javanese did not know carpenters and bricklayers. If there were no Chinese like us, where would we be today? Batavia?"

"Now that the Dutch see that we are 'useless', they want to eliminate them. How reasonable is this?"

"Yes, I hope that the Celestial Dynasty will come forward to protect the overseas citizens of the Celestial Dynasty."

Liu Yu thought to himself that only when the gun is on the ground is it reasonable. The Dutch have guns, cannons and money, so naturally they can do whatever they want.

Of course, this matter needs to be solved and maintained, but my solution may be very different from the solution you think of.

"Lian Zhuangshi's words are very reasonable. But, how do you want to solve it?"

"My lord, the overseas people all miss their homeland. If the Dutch really want to expel us, tens of thousands of people will not be able to make a living, and they will definitely revolt. If the Chinese government can support some guns during the rebellion, or If you send a ship to attack the Dutch, Batavia's overseas people will definitely welcome you with a crock of milk."

Liu Yu hummed, even Huai Guan didn't dare to look at his face, after waiting for a long time, Liu Yu finally managed to say a few words slowly.

"If the Dutch really do such a thing, they will naturally be in charge. Since you have such thoughts, how can the court ignore your life and death? But I don't know how far you want the court to control you?"

Lian Huaiguan hurriedly said: "The Dutch are cruel and tyrannical. They occupy Bacheng and don't pay tribute. If we succeed in the future, we will pay tribute to the emperor. The four seasons, I dare not forget. If it is like the previous dynasty's three announcements and six comforts, we will You must be loyal."

"The Celestial Dynasty doesn't need many soldiers and horses. As long as we provide some military equipment, we can protect ourselves. In this way, we can get a loyal land in Nanyang without wasting the imperial court's money, which is a big deal."

The Celestial Dynasty has rarely had any official activities in Nanyang in recent years. Lian Huaiguan thought that even if the Celestial Dynasty wanted to take care of this matter, it would still be the same thing as the kings and lands under the whole world.

He looked down on the Dutch, because he only saw a few Dutch in the city of Batavia, but a lot of Chinese.

As soon as Liu Yu heard this, he knew that Lian Huaiguan was absolutely underestimating the enemy, and it was impossible to do it with only the locals.

Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for Liu Yu to accept such a condition.

Fighting against the Dutch requires the court to go all out, so that it is possible to uproot the Dutch power in Nanyang.

Even now, Dashun's national strength cannot win.It will take at least three years for the fleet to be formed, otherwise, even if the army after the reformation of the army can fight, it is impossible to paddle to Batavia with a wooden basin.

After the battle, if there is no real benefit, the imperial court will not be able to continue to support the sailing, even if there is support, the resistance will inevitably be great.

The Celestial Dynasty is different from the Netherlands and Britain. It is impossible to allow businessmen to form a trading company with strong arms, and the Dutch have been operating in Southeast Asia for a long time. If you want to kill the Dutch, it is not enough to rely on the local Chinese.

In order to wake up Lian Huaiguan, Liu Yu asked a few questions.

"If things happen in the future, you only need to guard Batavia? I heard that the Javanese have been rebelling against the rule of the Dutch in the past few years. If things happen in the future, you only guard Batavia. You may be able to guard those Javanese? Besides, Batavia, what will survive in the future?"

Lian Huaiguan was slightly taken aback, not quite understanding what Liu Yu meant, it was hard for him to understand the problem.

According to his thinking, if he drives away the Dutch, he will accomplish a great event and become the lord of Bacheng.

As for what will happen to Bacheng in the future, he really hasn't thought about it.

Speaking of which, he is actually a strong man, a real strong man.

It was just an instinctive feeling of the brutality of the Dutch rule, and he wanted to overthrow the Dutch, but he never thought about what would happen to Batavia after the Dutch left.

Liu Yu saw that he was at a loss, so he simply spoke more clearly.

"Do you understand the source of Batavia's prosperity?"

Lian Huaiguan pondered for a moment, then nodded, "From a merchant ship?"

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Yes, it originated from merchant ships. Without merchant ships, Batavia would not be prosperous. Do you know why Batavia has declined in recent years?"

Lian Huaiguan still shook his head. He probably understood that he had thought about it in his heart, but it was very difficult to organize it into words.

"If the Celestial Dynasty retreats, the city of Ba will prosper."

"If the Celestial Dynasty opens up, Bacheng will inevitably decline."

"You want to go back to the good old days, I'm afraid it will be difficult. Even if the Dutch leave, the decline of Bacheng is inevitable. The Dutch can go directly to Guangdong to buy goods, why should they go to Batavia? Go to The only reason for Batavia is to save some silver and exchange it with various spices from Batavia, and also to appease a series of officials in Batavia."

"Batavia, which is not closed to the heavens, will inevitably decline; Batavia, which cannot control Java and the Spice Islands, is nothing. Ask yourself, can you control the entire Java and the Spice Islands?"

"It is true that the Dutch kept the price of sugar low, but China produces sugar itself, India now produces sugar, and the Caribbean west of Europa also produces sugar. There are tens of thousands of Chinese hired workers who live on sugar. Have you thought about what they will do in the future? ?"

"You can't let the Chinese government refuse sugar from Fujian and Taiwan for you, but charge sugar from Batavia at a high price?"

Lian Huaiguan obviously didn't think about these problems, and Liu Yu was sure that Lian Huaiguan couldn't think of them.

The matter of Batavia is not enough to be captured, the follow-up disposal of the capture is the most important thing.

If the Dutch were driven away, Malacca would be the most prosperous port. As long as Dashun continued to open and close, no fool would go around to Batavia for European trade.

Batavia is very important militarily, it can radiate Java, Malay, and Brunei, and it is in the Southeast Asia.

But in terms of trade with Europe, it is not even a tasteless one.

This kind of place is similar to the Western Regions and the Northeast. At this time, it is an economic loser and a political and military place that must be contested.

In this kind of place, it is impossible to set up a propaganda department.

For the local Chinese, Liu Yu relied on local Chinese hired workers and handicraftsmen engaged in small businesses.

As for the local land snakes, he didn't want any of them.

Lian Huaiguan has the guts to come here, which shows that he has something big to do in his heart. This kind of person can be used and cooperated, but at the beginning of the cooperation, he must have an accurate judgment on his own position.

The Dutch relied on the East India Company, supported by the power of the whole country, and relied on the smuggling of Persia, India, Holland, and Europe and North America to rule Java.

Lian Huaiguan's idea of ​​establishing a country based on one Batavia is extremely immature, because he can't afford the cost and money to maintain violent rule.

Once the Dutch are driven away, the role of the transit port of Batavia will cease to exist.A city that relies on transit ports to prosper, without the advantages of transit ports, will only decline more than it is now.

Liu Yu was afraid that after recapturing Batavia, the local wealthy households and tyrants would all miss the rule of Greater Holland.

This kind of thing can't be explained clearly by reasoning, so Liu Yu doesn't want to reason with these people at all. Where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, he will firmly stand at the bottom of the poor, who account for the vast majority of the Chinese population. Side, fee gets rid of any existing indirect rule.

Even if those Jiapitan, Lei Zhenlan and taxpayers are all Chinese, it will not work.

(End of this chapter)