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Chapter 507 Sign another treaty
  As the world's first joint-stock limited company, the Dutch East India Company had astonishing power.

Including but not limited to forming mercenaries, issuing currency, signing formal treaties with other countries, launching colonial wars, and even implementing colonial rule over a certain place, etc. Such power functions are only possessed by government agencies.

Anyway, Tang Tongjiang was quite confused now. He was still preparing how to capture the last few Dutch castles as quickly as possible and with the least casualties. As a result, the Dutch surrendered directly. Not only did they surrender, but they also captured the governor.

Is that okay?

Tang Tongjiang can't understand the brain circuits of these Dutch people, or is this the case for all European barbarians?
  The concept of Europe has been popularized in the Ming Dynasty, and it was specifically proposed by the emperor to distinguish the natives of Southeast Asia from those Western barbarians.

The Dutch Parliament colluded with the army, placed the governor directly under house arrest, and contacted the Ming army to request surrender.

Although Tang Tongjiang was surprised, he still sent troops to take over the castle. Anyway, we have already reached this point. The Dutch city has been captured, and only a few castles are left. It is impossible to cause any more trouble.

Moreover, even if the Dutch were really bold and dared to fake a surrender, the Ming army was fully capable of turning them from a fake surrender to a real surrender. Not to mention anything else, there are at least ten squatting tiger cannons set up outside each Dutch castle alone, as well as an equal number of mortars.

Dutch castle, conference hall.

The Ming army has completely controlled this place, but the weapons of the Dutch Army have not been confiscated, not out of respect, but simply out of need.

Just poor bandits.

Under the escort of his own soldiers, Tang Tongjiang came to the negotiation table in the castle with his staff officers, followed by a Dutch delegation and several civilian personnel.

The Dutch representative was the middle-aged member who had spearheaded the coup in the previous parliament. As soon as he sat down, he spoke impatiently: "General of Ming China, the Dutch East India Company can surrender to Ming China and abandon Badawi." All colonies including Asia, Banten, Palembang, and Malacca. But we demand that the Ming Dynasty must protect the safety of our lives and property. The Ming Dynasty’s fleet must evacuate the Batavia port for three days and allow us to take away all the colonies in Batavia. Via’s personal property.”

Tang Tongjiang sneered and said: "Our army has already captured Batavia, Old Port, and Malacca City, so why do you Dutch need to give up on your own initiative? Moreover, now that Batavia City has been defeated, your navy has also been defeated by our Ming Fujian Navy. Expulsion. Even if your castle can hold on for a while, it won't last long. What qualifications do you have to ask our fleet to stay away from the port and take away your property?"

Hearing Tang Tongjiang's words, the middle-aged congressman's heart sank. Sure enough, Palembang and Malacca had been captured. After pondering for a moment, he said: "The Ming Dynasty took the initiative to provoke the war. The Ming Dynasty and the Netherlands are allies. By doing this, you are betraying the alliance."

Tang Tongjiang smiled: "You are saying that you, the Netherlands, betrayed the alliance first and smuggled cigars and porcelain from our Ming Dynasty without permission. Moreover, your so-called Palembang City is actually my Ming Dynasty's old port of Xuanwei Division, and Malacca is also mine. The Ming Dynasty's Nanyang vassal country is Mancajia. We, the Ming Dynasty, are just recovering lost territory now, so how can we take the initiative to provoke a war. If you really say this, you, the Netherlands, have invaded my Ming Dynasty territory for more than a hundred years without any reason. Don't you deserve an explanation?"

"..."

The middle-aged congressman was silent for a moment: "Batavia has been captured by the Ming Dynasty. We are willing to surrender on behalf of the company and recognize that this is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. I only hope that the Ming Dynasty can also follow the usual practice and allow us to take away our personal property and leave Batavia Ya.”

Tang Tongjiang shook his head: "Impossible. I told you before the war that as long as you donate Batavia, I can allow you to take away your private property. But now that Batavia has been recovered by the Ming Dynasty, your property is now They are all spoils of war for our country, the Ming Dynasty. However, if you can take the initiative to ask for surrender, our country, the Ming Dynasty, is still an ally with the Netherlands, so we can consider it at our discretion, return some of your property, and let you return home safely."

The middle-aged congressman pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay! But I require that each of us must retain 50000 guilders in property, and our lovers and children in the city must also be returned to us."

50000 Dutch guilders is almost ten thousand taels of silver.

Tang Tongjiang said: "Don't even think about it. I can only keep 5000 Dutch guilders for you at most. As for your lover's children, if they are still alive, you can take them away by yourself."

The middle-aged congressman knew that he could only accept it, and then said: "Okay, let's start signing the treaty!"

Tang Tongjiang waved to his side, and the staff officer handed over a treaty that had been drafted long ago. The content of the treaty was very simple, with a total of three articles:
  First, the war was caused by the Dutch breaking their treaty and smuggling monopolized goods, including cigars, porcelain, and cinchona trees, into other countries without authorization. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty launched a war against the Netherlands. Second, Batavia, Palembang, and Malacca in the Netherlands were all under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty's old port, Xuanwei. In order to regain the lost territory in this war, the Netherlands not only had to not condemn them, but also had to pay compensation for the Ming army's departure.

Third, the Netherlands must unconditionally recognize that Batavia, Palembang, and Malacca are all Ming territories.

The middle-aged congressman read it quickly, but it was not much different from what he expected. After making the decision, he signed his name directly without any further hesitation, and then the remaining sixteen members signed their names one by one.

After everything was signed, Tang Tongjiang smiled, and then arranged for someone to take these Dutch people out of the castle first. As agreed, he brought them 5000 guilders of property and their respective lovers and children, and left Batavia by boat.

As for whether they will return to China or go directly to the South Philippines, that is none of Tang Tongjiang's business.

After Tang Tongjiang got rid of these Dutch parliamentarians, he then went to find the Dutch Governor Van Kroon who was under house arrest. This treaty between the two countries not only required the signature of the Dutch East India Company's Parliament, but also the seal of the East India Company's Governor. This was a necessary procedure, otherwise the Dutch government would have reason not to recognize the treaty.

It is quite strange that the colonial governors, parliament, and officials were all under the jurisdiction of the East India Company.

Van Kroon read the contents of the treaty and couldn't help but said: "If I just sign like this, the Dutch headquarters will not spare me when I return to China."

Tang Tongjiang sneered and said, "You don't have to sign it. I can chop off your head right now and send it to Nanjing by speedboat to present it to our Majesty for appreciation."

A naked threat!

Fan Kroon was silent for a moment, and finally signed and sealed the treaty sincerely.

There is a saying that the Ming army saved the life of the Dutch governor this time. In Batavia in another time and space, Governor Van Klon would die of the plague three years later, and thus detonated The Hongxi Massacre behind.

Because the Dutch Parliament believed that it was the plague brought by the Chinese that killed their governor and a large number of Dutch people, and then based on the crazy request, all Chinese on Java Island were massacred.

After Fan Kroon signed the treaty, he was released by Tang Tongjiang and was also given 5000 Dutch guilders as travel expenses.

However, in order to prevent the Dutch Governor and the Dutch Parliament from blaming each other and assassinating each other on the road, Ming Dynasty thoughtfully divided the two groups into two groups and left.

The next step is to wait for the two groups to either return to the country together or go to the South Philippines together. Anyway, they will definitely not go to different places, because they will definitely shirk responsibility from each other, and the dog bites the dog.

In this way, the already weak Netherlands will have less energy to retaliate against the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty is not afraid of the Dutch, if the Netherlands is desperate, it will still cause certain losses to the Ming Dynasty.

In particular, the Dutch are a bunch of lunatics. If this mad dog hadn't been needed to involve the Spanish and the British, and the South Philippines would have relied on the Dutch to massacre and govern, they would have been kicked out of the Far East by tomorrow morning.

However, once this unequal treaty was signed, although the Netherlands still had Ambon Island and a large area of ​​surrounding islands, it was also the main source of goods for the Dutch Spice Islands. But without the core colony of Batavia, the Netherlands' control over the Spice Islands would be greatly weakened.

If the previous governor had not joined forces with the Ming Dynasty to capture the South Philippine Islands and open up the waterway to the Americas, I am afraid that the Dutch influence in the Far East would have been completely wiped out.

But even so, the Netherlands, at least in Southeast Asia, has been completely kicked out. From now on, it can only focus on developing the colonies in the South Philippines and defending Ambon Island as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)