Xinshun 1730

Chapter 713
It is indeed the guns of the British, the cannons of the British, but the one standing behind them is definitely not the British.

The British themselves did not have such battalion tactics.If you don't know it yourself, how can you teach others?

For a moment, everything seemed to be clear in my mind.

Looking back at the whole of Europe, no powerful country has this style of army tactics, and none at this time.

Valknir had never fought against Dashun's army, but this completely different tactical style obviously couldn't have been figured out by these rebels themselves.

If Dashun was behind this rebel army, the consequences would be serious.

The appearance of the Dashun fleet at sea at most proves that this rebel army is cooperating with Dashun.

But if this rebel army itself is supported by Dashun, then there will be a big problem.

The tens of thousands of Chinese in Ceylon, the Chinese in Java who can pay the poll tax, and the scattered Chinese in Southeast Asia... If this is the case, I am afraid that the big country in the north has been planning things in Southeast Asia many years ago.

Even the Ceylon immigration plan is probably a strategic layout completed by Dashun with the help of the Netherlands.

If that's the case, are you still fighting?
Is there any point in resisting?
If this rebel army was supported by Dashun, then Dashun's regular army must be stronger than this rebel army.

Even the navy that the Dutch have always relied on is not as good as others.

In Southeast Asia, how to fight in this place, which is a week's flight away from the big tailwind and at least seven months' sail away from the Netherlands?
The Ceylon migration plan was after the rebellion of this rebel army, so Ceylon will definitely be lost.

Ceylon is lost, Java is lost, will the Chinese in Malacca leave it to the company?

Ceylon, Java, and Malacca are all under the control of Dashun. Why should they hold the Spice Islands, Ambon, and Sulawesi in the east?

If these places cannot be defended, why does the company exist?

At this moment, facing the offensive of the "rebels", the only thing Valknir thought about was to bring the troops back to Batavia as capital for negotiations.

Although it was said just now that it should be used as capital for negotiations, the thinking at this time is completely different from the thinking before seeing the "rebels" counterattack.

What he wanted to talk about was different from what he had just said.Just after seeing the tactical moves of the "insurgents".

Although as early as Liu Yu forced him to change his trade policy and put pressure on him, he had the idea of ​​"it's better to go back".

But now, he doesn't regret why he didn't resign from the post of governor earlier and return to the Netherlands to retire.

In theory, each viceroy would receive a large sum of money before leaving Batavia.

Normally, the governor has [-] "legal extra income" every year.

Usually auction the tax package right, and you can get a lot of money.

When he leaves, he will auction off his personal belongings.Even a broken bottle can fetch thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars at auction.This is the unspoken rule of Batavia. As long as the previous governor was not raped for a crime, he would basically make some arrangements with the next governor during the handover.

From this point of view, it seems that Valknier returned to the Netherlands to retire when he had the idea of ​​"better to go back", which is an excellent choice for him personally.

But in fact, on closer inspection, it is not.

After seeing clearly who the supporters behind this "rebel" team were, it was impossible for Valknir to regret not returning earlier.

Dashun has been planning for so long, and the immigration of Ceylon is also within the plan.

If he had returned to the Netherlands when he had the intention of going back, then he would have been blamed for losing Southeast Asia.

The 17-member gentleman group is the real decision-maker. How can their family power be compared with their own?Will they take this big blame?

Just because the company goes bankrupt doesn't mean the directors are bankrupt.Just force the government to stop paying.

Once a company goes bankrupt, tens of thousands of shareholders, shareholders, and investors will always need to find an explanation and need someone to come forward to accept the blame.

Who is coming?

He must have come to take the blame, to dispel the anger of tens of thousands of people involved in the company's bankruptcy.

During the tulip incident, how many people committed suicide overnight?

Now that the East India Company is about to collapse, the turmoil caused is much more serious than the Tulip Incident, the South Sea Bubble, and the Mississippi Bubble.

Immigration to Ceylon was initiated during his tenure.

Although the board of directors agrees in principle, the board of directors will never hold this shit pot on itself, otherwise the 17 gentlemen will be torn to pieces by angry shareholders and investors.

When the board of directors sent him in the first place, they said they wanted him to solve the problem of "excess population" in Batavia, but they could not affect the trade with China.

Dashun again exerted pressure and reacted very quickly, even if they were killed, Dashun refused to accept them when they were repatriated to Fujian. Is there a better way besides immigrating to Ceylon?
The truth is this, but angry investors and citizens who have exchanged their wealth for East India Company stocks all their lives, will they rationally consider whose responsibility it is?
In the Netherlands, there is a habit of attacking and killing people who are responsible for their crimes, and eating meat alive.

Those investors who went bankrupt overnight and their stocks turned into waste paper overnight will let go of their anger, analyze rationally and calmly, who is responsible behind this?

is it possible?
When Van de Witt was cut alive, the meat cost ten copper coins a piece, and the citizens of Amsterdam bought his meat like crazy, did anyone rationally think about where the problem in the Netherlands lies?

And no one.

Angry crowds need a catharsis, and no one cares about the truth.

Moreover, at that time, can't the board of directors take the initiative to sue him, saying that he has collected money from the Chinese and helped China send tens of thousands of Chinese to Ceylon?
Will the public believe it?Self-explanatory.

As for the specific situation in Southeast Asia, the board of directors can say that they were blinded by the governor, so they made a wrong judgment.

This can not only remove the responsibility of the board of directors, but also find a perfect backer.

At that time, I will definitely die!
Even Valknir had thought long ago that when he took over the position of governor, the 17 gentlemen gave him some secret verbal guidelines, of course there is no written evidence: Encourage him to cut the mess quickly and directly kill Batavia The excess population was slaughtered.

If he had done this in the first place, the board of directors would throw him out as soon as possible based on Dashun's perception and reaction to the outside world.

If he dared to bite back and talk about the verbal advice given to him by the board of directors, then his life would be worse than death.

For one thing, there is no written evidence.Holland is about the law.

Secondly, if he dared to fight back, his family, wife and children would all die.

William of the Orange family has such a high prestige and also serves as the King of England, but what's the use?If you are forced to work in the Netherlands by the business oligarchs, you have to look at the face of the financial capitalists, or you will go away.

He was nothing more than a Batavian governor.

Fortunately, Dashun took precautions and did not seek trouble after the massacre.Instead, before the massacre, direct gunboat diplomacy, demanding no massacre and no repatriation. As for what to do, you can figure out your own way.

Otherwise, when I was like an unscrupulous crab, I really cleared up the "excess" population of Batavia, and I might not even live today.

Since he didn't kill him, Valknir saw a glimmer of life.

He doesn't want to die.

The only chance of survival is on Dashun's side.

At the first thought of obedience, the world widens in an instant.

The nearly 2000 troops under his command are his vitality.

It is impossible to defend Batavia. After he confirmed that the supporter behind the rebel army who was proficient in civil engineering was Dashun, he figured it out.

The bastion of the Netherlands is much stronger than that of Batavia. Wouldn't it still be unable to withstand the French attacking in this way?
The technology of these "rebels" had already captured the essence of the offensive and defensive battle of the bastion, so the regular army of Dashun standing behind them must be stronger than this.

Of course Batavia couldn't keep it.

However, if he could withdraw these troops, put on a staunch stance, and at the same time take the Chinese in Batavia as hostages, turn around and surrender to Dashun, then his own life would be won.

His wife and children are all in Batavia, the Netherlands is not Spain, and there is no requirement that the governor not take his wife to take office.

Because of Spain's wonderful trade policy and colonial policy, the colony can stand on its own.

The foundation of Dutch rule in Southeast Asia lies in the market, warehouses, merchant ships, and sales channels of the Dutch East India Company.

Spain, the Philippines, and South America, with their agricultural and mineral resources, are all capable of becoming kings on their own.In the Pizarro era, a similar idea had already been born, and he was quite dissatisfied with the subsequent immigrants.And after becoming self-reliant, life may be more nourishing than being a Spanish colony.

Coupled with a large enough population and mixed races, these are the factors that Spain is extremely wary of the governors and governors of the colonies.

However, places like Java would not hold water without the Dutch East India Company.Moreover, the value will be greatly reduced, and there is no way to guard against the coveting of other countries, and there are not many local Dutch or mixed races.

Therefore, the governor of the Netherlands can take his wife and children to take office, and the company is never afraid of them being self-reliant.The dream of every governor is to make a fortune in Batavia, and then return to Holland to become a member of the real upper class.

And this also became the basis for Valknir's search for vitality.

His wife and children are all there. If he can sacrifice Batavia, he will use the [-] defenders under him as bargaining chips and the Chinese in Batavia as hostages, so that Dashun can guarantee his property and guarantee that he will not be killed. Sending him back to the Netherlands and giving him an idle official position where he can retire in Dashun, isn't that just finding a way out in a dead end?

Moreover, Ceylon immigration was promoted by himself.

Although I really wanted to slaughter the excess population of Batavia at the beginning.

But in the end it didn't work.

Therefore, I can be considered to have contributed to Dashun.

Otherwise, how could Dashun gain a firm foothold in Ceylon so easily?
It is not difficult to conquer Ceylon, but the difficulty is that if there are not enough Chinese, Dashun will have to spend a lot of money to stand firm.

I can be regarded as going to Nanyang for Dashun, generous to the shareholders of the East India Company, and doing Dashun a big favor.

As long as you have money, where can you live without nourishment?

It's not that Dutch money cannot be spent elsewhere.

In the whole world, where gold, silver and copper coins are not recognized?

At that time, go to Songjiang Mansion in Dashun for the elderly, which is said to be very prosperous.It’s okay, just write a memoir, and recall the years I have been in the company, and have personally experienced the rise of Dashun to Nanyang. Isn’t this all good?
As for fighting to the end, Valknir thought it was a bit ridiculous.

If it was for the motherland, maybe he could choose to fight on.

Although the seven provinces of the Republic of the Netherlands are independent, although they have not centralized into a truly unified country, although the bloodletting of the French has basically lost their patriotic fanaticism, although the real ruling class has been busy reducing inheritance tax and progressive tax for 40 years , Although financial capital also provided France with a loan of 500 million guilders under the background of the war between Holland and France...

However, after all, there is still a little emotion.

But Batavia is the property of the company, not the Republic of Seven Provinces.

Batavia does not even welcome Dutch people who are not company employees. It is very clear who the sovereignty belongs to.

To die for the company?

I have only heard of martyrdom and martyrdom, but I have never heard of martyrdom.

Besides, even if I really died, and the company lost the shit pots of Southeast Asia and Ceylon, wouldn't I still have to blame myself?

Someone has to take the blame.

At that time, I will be dead, and I will not even have a chance to defend myself, and I will recite it more thoroughly.

Wife remarries, children beg?
It may be difficult for a wife to remarry. Who would dare to accept this offer and be humiliated by those bankrupt investors every day?The board of directors will definitely not give an annuity, and the family property has also been confiscated. If you are used to pampering and don't know how to work, can't you just lie down and earn some sailor's money?
My children are begging, and those angry investors have nowhere to vent. Wouldn't my children have to be beaten every day?Even made to lick shit from the street?

Valknell has never heard of the Tulip incident, but after experiencing the explosion of the South Sea bubble and the Mississippi bubble, how crazy are those failed investors--attacking children for no reason, and then committing suicide; bombing churches with gunpowder bombs ; Take a musket to attack the stock exchange and kill the strangers you see. Although the bubble exploded in Britain and France, Amsterdam is the world's financial center at this time. There is no one. A large number of investors are from the Netherlands. It's crazy Valkner was impressed.

After considering his own interests thoroughly, Valknir made a decisive decision.

"Order the artillery, drop the cannon, and retreat."

"The ministries do not engage in battle, retreat, and withdraw to Batavia."

(End of this chapter)