Xinshun 1730

Chapter 827 The Hague Tragedy ([-])

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

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

Liu Yu didn't have the ability to ask people to continue for a few more years, so he could only let the "First World War" break out earlier.

He dug a hole here to allow the accumulation of conflicts between Britain and Russia, and finally "break up", which is actually contributing to the early outbreak of World War I.

Frederick of Prussia was a most shrewd monarch.

If he just watched the formation of the French-Austrian-Russian alliance, he would be able to see it at a glance: Fuck, the Austrian-Russian alliance, isn't it obvious that this is just to fuck me?
Waiting for them to be ready, is there still a way for Prussia to survive?

The way to survive in death is naturally to take the initiative to attack, turn passivity into initiative, and disrupt the deployment and development of the opponent.

Prussia, who is impatient, will definitely choose to fight without declaring war once it sees the breakdown of relations between Britain and Russia and the trend of alliance between France, Austria and Russia.

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

As long as Prussia goes to war, Britain has no choice.

Could it be that I watched France recruit a bunch of allies, but I sat in the British Isles without asking, and watched France get rid of Prussia and eat Hanover?
There is no choice but to follow up and pay money and guns to get the navy.

At that time, the First World War will be fought from the east coast of North America to the Philippines, even if you don't want to fight.

In the early stage, Dashun can take advantage of the outbreak of the First World War to form an armed neutral alliance, sell goods, make money, and improve the domestic export economy, thereby contributing to the urgent domestic desire for raw materials produced in India.

Waiting for France to fail in India, the Shangdang will return to Zhao, and take over the French stronghold in India. Waiting for both sides to be exhausted, pull the Netherlands to "gamble on national luck" and kill 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 "World War I", the conflict between Britain, France, Prussia and Austria was the focus, but the fuse that broke out the war was Russia, which had a weak sense of existence before.

Originally, in history, it was Britain who pulled Russia to frighten Prussia and force Prussia to surrender to Britain, thus forcing Prussia to go to war.

The current situation is that Dashun harms the relationship between Britain and Russia. Once Britain and Russia break up, Prussia must take the initiative to go to war.As long as there is news of discord between Britain and Russia from Petersburg, Prussia has no choice.

So once the peace treaty with the Netherlands is reached, Dashun's diplomatic focus in Europe will be to instigate Anglo-Russian relations.

Dashun could not mediate the relationship between France and Austria, nor was he qualified to intervene.

The alliance with France is very solid, and there is no 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 bureaucrats of Dashun to understand the future and the general trend of the world.It's not that they are not smart, but that they don't know where the future lies, so they can't find the right way.

Moreover, Liu Yu was not very relieved about Dashun's future direction after experiencing the "eunuch party" incident.Therefore, while still in power, we must create an established fact as soon as possible. The sooner the war is fought, the better, especially when he is still trusted by the emperor, or the emperor is not dead or old and ready to die When something happens, we must fight.

If it really follows the trend of history and the war is delayed for more than ten years, Liu Yu is afraid that he will not be able to wait, and the emperor will not be able to wait.

Kang Bushao could actually understand Liu Yu's anxiety.

The ancients said: Feng Tangyi is old.

Time goes by, the great cause is not yet accomplished, why not rush?
From the current point of view, this matter certainly increased the sincerity of cooperation with the Dutch.But more, Kang Bushao felt that it was Liu Yu's trust in his work.

With such a long distance, he can only give a rough idea, and he handles the rest of the details by himself.And Liu Yu is even more convinced that Kang Bushao can definitely make it, so he didn't point out the details of the Dutch issue at all, but directly said what to do after dealing with the Dutch issue.

This kind of trusting friendship is on the one hand, and on the other hand, this feeling of manipulating the general situation of the world like a warring statesman also makes Kang Bushao satisfy his great personal value expression needs.

After the messenger finished his brief introduction, he took out another sealed letter and said, "This is a private letter from Marquis Whale to Queen Rakshasa."

"Jing Hou said that when the matter is completed, the husband will go to Petersburg from Denmark. For the time being, he will be stationed in Petersburg for a while. Some industrial and commercial matters need the help of the husband. The husband also managed a period of time in Weihai. It is expected that It’s also easy to get used to.”

"Jing Hou said that it is cold in Petersburg, but as long as you have money, where can you not buy good leather? If so, then there is no need to send a leather robe thousands of miles away, which seems pretentious. It is only said that Mr. Don't worry about it, sir."

"Your Majesty already intends to make a southern tour, and the Marquis of Whale will also go with him, and Madam will also follow him. He also has people to ask about domestic affairs."

Hearing this, Kang Buxi felt relieved.He is Liu Yu's confidant, so he knows Tian Zhenyi's methods.

The so-called matters outside the territory, Liu Yu himself can decide arbitrarily; matters within the territory, if there is a wife to ask, it is not in the way.

When I was in Weihai back then, I had been in charge of Weihai's industry, commerce and manufacturing for a long time, and I was really familiar with it.

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

The logic here is also clear to Kang Bushao, replacing the complementary trade between Britain and Russia with competitive trade.

In the early days, ships from the Netherlands and goods from France replaced Britain's influence on Russia's trade.

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 Buxin said, it seems that it will not be long before he goes to Russia.

Since the former Great Speaker Anthony has returned, with his son and his wrist, he must have hinted something to him.When he came back, the Regency had a backbone,
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After the former Great 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 Inter-Provincial Assembly, his connections and prestige are still there.

Now the regents and parliamentarians in various provinces are very conflicted in their hearts and don't know what to do.

On the one hand, they were delighted to see that William IV of the Orange family had been deflated since he came to power.

France, on the other hand, is not the same as England.The centralized system of the French is what they fear.If the French invaded, they would of course be affected.

Since Dashun's voyage to Southeast Asia last year triggered the second disaster in the Netherlands, a financial crisis that swept across the Netherlands broke out.

A large number of bad debts, bad debts, invalid bonds, and mortgages on East India Company stocks became waste paper overnight.

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

A large number of private banks closed down, causing more financial problems.

The assets of the East India Company are completely insolvent.In history, the East India Company went bankrupt, and the Dutch government took over the premise that the East India was still there.Therefore, the Dutch government assumed a debt of close to [-] million guilders. At that time, the Netherlands was already a puppet state under the control of France, a republic of Batavia.

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

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

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

Consistent with the expectations of Liu Yu, Kang Bushao, Qi Guogong and others, the position of the Speaker of the Inter-Provincial Assembly is a stinky piece of shit. all over.

There is a saying in China, which is to destroy the family and relieve difficulties.

It is not really impossible to resist France now.

These regency oligarchs don't need to destroy their families to relieve their difficulties. They spend part of the money to recruit soldiers. As long as they resist for a year, there will be a turning point.

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

However, this is the same as at the end of Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible to save a home by destroying it, but who is willing to do it if there is a home to be destroyed?

In this mentality, the financial crisis in the Netherlands was even deeper.

Because, things like industries, real estate, and stocks, after the French invaded, either may be invalidated, or there is no way to take them away.

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

As long as the French navy cannot pass through the straits, Britain is safe.

This is exactly what Liu Yu is worried about if the fight continues, the status of Amsterdam's financial center will not be guaranteed, and the UK will be full.

And under this mentality, rich people prefer to exchange their assets for gold coins and silver coins, rather than a bunch of bills, real estate, real estate and the like.

As a result, the financial order became more chaotic.

And the more chaos, the more panic the wealthy Dutch want to exchange for cash.

Complementing each other and interacting with each other, the second disaster year that started in 45 was brewing until the summer of 46. Not only did it not stop, but it intensified.

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

Anthony did not lie, and many former company officers who were captured and released testified, and they soon came to a common conclusion.

That is: at least in the 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 dozens or even hundreds of times the Chinese population, Dashun's control over the captured Southeast Asian colonies is very stable.

Dashun's army is well-equipped and well-trained. It is placed in Europe. Excluding the navy with insufficient tonnage, if you only look at the army, it is definitely a strong army that can compete with France and Prussia.

As for the navy, Dashun's navy is really not very good, it is comparable to Britain, France, and Spain, but it is more than enough to fight the Netherlands.How many years has the Netherlands not started building new warships?

There is a saying that laymen watch the excitement, and experts watch the way.

Before Anthony returned from Dashun, the people of Dashun took him to the original city of Batavia, allowing him to see Dashun's rule in the original city of Batavia.

Anthony found a problem.

That is, Dashun is implementing a land reform policy in the Batavia area, and encouraging the people to grow crops such as cotton, indigo, and coffee.

If cotton, indigo, etc. are also in demand in Dashun, if you can use them yourself.

There was something wrong with the coffee.

At least, based on Anthony's experience in Dashun, he found that officials and ordinary people in Dashun did not drink coffee.

Including cocoa, coffee and other things, the imperial palace in the capital and some officials he contacted have them in their homes, but they are either used as medicine supplements or tribute rewards. They prefer to drink tea, and think the aroma of coffee is quite vulgar, in terms of elegance Difficult to enter the court.

Obviously, the purpose of Dashun's trip to Nanyang is still to continue to trade with the Christian world, and even to expand trade, otherwise there is no need to promote coffee planting.

However, Dashun's rule in Southeast Asia is not at all the "free trade" that Liu Yu mentioned.

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

Especially in the grand event of the coming of all nations to the DPRK where the Southeast Asian countries went to the capital to pay tribute, Dashun's requirements for the Southeast Asian countries were also not allowed by the suzerain country, and they were not allowed to trade with other countries.

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

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

Open your mouth, your Dutch Grotius, shut your mouth, your Dutch Spinoza, will you not know what is meant by "The sea is inexhaustible, inexhaustible, and unoccupiable; to all nations and all nations open to the people for their free use"?
Before returning to the Netherlands and passing through the original Batavia, the competition for the future trade share of Southeast Asia has already been staged in the capital.

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

Dashun is a tiger that kills cattle and sheep, and countries such as Anglo-Portuguese Ruidan are vultures, crows, and flies that follow beside them hoping to share some internal organs and bones.

According to Liu Yu, it means that a share system should be implemented.

Dashun is the allocator, cutting with a knife: you are in charge of the thirteen states and England in the UK, and you get so much; you are in charge of Eastern Europe and Northern Europe in Sweden, you get this piece; you are in charge of South America in Portugal, you get that piece...

Make sure that everyone can get enough shares without affecting the rest, so as to control trade disputes, maintain world peace, and extend the obligations of the Kingdom of Heaven from Asia to the world...

Said so.

But obviously, in Anthony's view, this is the same as the free trade advocated by Liu Yu in Amsterdam, pure fart.

At least, not a preference.

Because, Anthony learned about Dashun’s preparations for going to Southeast Asia. He started building ships, training sailors, and learning navigation skills more than ten years ago; Encircle and suppress pirates in the name of being familiar with hydrology, fostering volcanic rebels, 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 be a matter of haggling until he left before the results came out.

If you talk about it for a year, you will lose several million taels of trade.For things like spices, not to mention whether the second-hand goods are good or not, just the annual interest rate of storage, storage, and acquisition funds. How much is this?The collected things do not mean that you lose money only if you burn them. The cash you harvest can earn interest.

Does Dashun have so much money that it doesn't care about the "small money" of several million taels?Otherwise, why did you have to talk for so long with the envoys from European countries who came to divide the corpses?
A good politician should think of how to end a war before it starts.

Since even the start of the war itself, Dashun has been planning for more than ten years.Then, if the purpose of the war is really the so-called "share market monopoly distribution system", there is already a complete set of plans, how can there be no substantive progress until now?

Therefore, there is only one possibility: the free trade advocated by Liu Yu is farting, and the kindness of helping the Ceylon immigrant Chinese who lacks labor has another purpose.

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

Dashun has another purpose.

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

(End of this chapter)