Xinshun 1730

Chapter 825 The Hague Tragedy ([-])

Liu Yu noticed this a few years ago when he staged a coup in Amsterdam.

His judgment was simple: when the people were extremely dissatisfied with the Regency, and under the influence of the Orange family, which was as appealing as the prestige of the Yanhan Liu family thousands of years ago, William IV really had political ambitions, great talents, and courage. He really took responsibility, and it was not his turn to promote the coup d'état.

Want money and have money.The offshoots of the Orange family are basically extinct, with a large number of the estates of the Earl of Shinra, the stocks of the East and West India Company, and the richest man in the Netherlands.

There are important people, and before the coup, they were in power in the provinces of Friesland, Groningen, and Gelderland. Although they are not as rich as a Dutch province together, there are only seven provinces in total, and the Dutch provincial councils are based on cities. A bunch of congressmen with a veto came out.There are still a bunch of followers in his own family.

You need fame and reputation, you need connections, you need people's favorability.

As a result, with such a good foundation, he didn't dare to take the initiative to attack, so Liu Yu could figure out what kind of person he was.

If this is in Dashun, the power is better than Huo Guang, the name is better than Wang Mang, and the power is like Cao Cao, and it is someone else's turn to work on the yellow robe?
In the end, it was Liu Yu who stoked emotions and tricked him into taking advantage of the fact that the Prussians withdrew from the war and it seemed that the Netherlands had a lot to gain.

Since it was a lie, then Liu Yu had already anticipated the future situation.

From the very beginning, he came with the idea of ​​"up first, then down".

William IV was brought up by Liu Yu instigated a coup d'état, to bear all the dissatisfaction of the Dutch people, and also to crush the last bit of patriotic enthusiasm and great country feelings of the Dutch people.

A country that has the feeling of a big country is not willing to be a comprador with peace of mind.

Only a former "worldwide" power whose backbone has been completely broken and has forgotten its past glory can feel at ease as a comprador.

This is different from his way of thinking about dealing with the Japanese issue. He doesn't need to think about these things to get out of Japan, and he can make the shogunate happy with the increasing tariffs.

But in the Netherlands, it's different.The ancestors are really rich, and the people really have the feelings of a big country.

This requires breaking the spine first.

It can be said that William IV perfectly completed the task "entrusted" by Liu Yu.

In fact, from the very beginning, the ending was already doomed.

Upper decision decided by the economic background.

Those who really have a vision can see the decline of the Netherlands, which is the inevitable result of the subordination of financial capital to industrial capital.

But now, neither William IV nor Earl Bentinck, whom he relied on, could have such a vision.

Moreover, even if there is, upper-level reforms are unlikely to succeed.

What else could William IV do if he did not invite the deposed regents to dinner?
It's like Dashun abandoned the slogan of equalizing land and exempting grain after Jiugong Mountain and used the slogan of protecting the world, what else can we do?
In the Netherlands, success is also business, and failure is also business.

The small peasant economy in my own country has long been destroyed; the guilds are something that is completely against the times; the handicraft industry in my country has also been destroyed by the financial industry in my country.

After looking around, there are two choices.

Or, work with the interest groups represented by the Regency.

Or, give up everything, organize the people, have a revolution at the bottom, and take over the financial capital of the Netherlands in an all-round way.Then smash all the enemies that curb the development of the Dutch handicraft industry, such as France, Britain, Denmark, and the Shenluo countries; destroy their handicraft industry foundation, and the Netherlands will regain the glory of the golden age.

There is no third way to go.

The second way, unless the one with the five loaves and two fish personally ends up, it is not something that people in the world can walk through anyway.

Because, this era is different from the later generations. Financial capital has long legs, and they can run away. So in the end, they still have to develop their own handicraft industry. Given the population and size of the Netherlands, the difficulty is absolutely against the sky.

If Dashun is forced to this point, it can still close its doors to engage in the internal market and promote industrial development, but the Netherlands cannot take this path.

The choice of William IV, although it is a historical necessity.

However, from the perspective of Kang Bushao, I have to say that this operation is really eye-catching: what kind of political level can do it, have dinner with the deposed city regents, and express that he is out of helplessness during the dinner something?

This made it extremely easy for Kang Bushi to carry out Liu Yu's arrangement.

He followed Liu Yu for a long time, and he also knew more about what happened in European countries. Now that he knew the origin of the Anglo-Spanish War, he followed the same pattern and found a very suitable fuse.

Herring problem.

When people in later generations talk about the rise of the Netherlands, they will always talk about a fisherman named William and the story that he used a knife to remove the guts of herring for easy storage.

Whether the pickled herring is delicious or not, the status of herring as a symbol of the rise of the Netherlands is unshakable.

Starting from this problem, Kang Bushao's choice can be described as very tricky.

He knew the "Jenkins Ear Incident" that broke out in the Anglo-Spanish War, so he wanted to follow suit, so he spent money to find a former fishing boat owner.

The decline of the Dutch fishing industry is certainly not just a British problem.

In fact, the Danes also captured the Dutch fishing boats, as did the Swedes.The French even issued a decree. In the case of far insufficient French shipping capacity, they also issued a decree specifically targeting the Dutch fishing industry: Salted fish cannot be loaded on Dutch ships, and they will be confiscated if caught.

However, the key to guiding public opinion lies in the entry point and the choice of public opinion leaders.

You said that the Danes, French, Prussians, and Swedes are all catching Dutch fishing boats. Does it have anything to do with me finding a fishing boat captain who was bullied by the British to stir up public opinion?

In February 46, Kang Bushao found a former Dutch fishing boat captain who perfectly fit the status of a "perfect victim" through Liu Yu's intelligence network in the Netherlands.

Life experience is also very simple.

Condensed, just one sentence.

When fishing, the British snatched the fish away, and he was beaten. His eyes were smashed by the people on the British patrol boat a few times, and he was blind when he came back.

These days, there is no generally accepted international law.

The warm current of the North Atlantic and the cold current of the Arctic Ocean meet, and herring is born to support people.Now that there are no international legal conventions such as twelve nautical miles, exclusive economic zone, and territorial sea, there is naturally only one truth left: the range of gunboats.

The Netherlands started its business by catching herrings, and it has almost become a symbol of the rise of the Netherlands.

Who owns the Beihai fishing ground?
The Dutch felt that of course it belonged to them. Their grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather was fishing there. How could they say it was British?

Although France also restricts the Netherlands on the issue of salted fish.However, it is impossible for France's naval strength to "enforce law" in the North Sea fishing grounds.

Therefore, the direction Kang Bushi chose was a perfect entry point to avoid the French problem and lead the hatred to the UK.

After finding this entry point, the next step is also very simple.

Go to the streets and cry, so that the people will respond with sympathy, and the former fishery practitioners who have been restricted by the decline of the Dutch fishery have sympathy.

Inflame public opinion.

Spend money and secretly organize these people.

Fees for meals, drinks and petitions will be provided along the way.

Then hire some unemployed beggars—it is said that in the golden age, even the beggars on the streets of Amsterdam could find a job as a model for painters—after the golden age ended, these beggars or vagrants, after Liu Yu came to Amsterdam, I also enjoyed the treatment of the golden age. At that time, Liu Yu paid them to spread rumors, distribute tabloids, spread prophecy nursery rhymes, and create dissatisfaction.

These beggars are all old professional households. Since Liu Yu left Amsterdam, their life has been difficult and they have no money.

Now that someone is looking for them to do something again, isn't that familiar?
25 coppers a day, including food, isn't this just a few hundred people organized casually?

After being organized, together with those real fishermen and former practitioners of the fishing industry, they headed towards The Hague.

Of course they have demands.

The request is, I hope that the Consul, as the son-in-law of the King of England, or use our "queen" of the Dutch, the eldest princess of Great Britain, to tell the British, can we stop oppressing the Dutch fishing industry?
From the beginning of the organization, Kang Bushao knew the result.

Therefore, the price was also offered early:

A broken arm, 30 taels; a broken leg, 15 taels; a broken rib, [-] taels; shot to death, [-] taels.

Because, apart from beggars and real fishermen, there are also a bunch of professionals in the crowd.They were responsible for fanning the flames, and at the right time, inciting the crowd to attack the court in The Hague, causing some bloodshed.

(End of this chapter)