New Shun 1730

Therefore, the emperor also murmured in his heart about the group of rebels in Batavia who "have no king and father".

Now that the purpose of immigrating to Ceylon has been achieved, the group of rebels has lost their "use value".

Two use values.

Take away those who are most willing to resist and leave behind those who can endure the hardship of immigrating to Ceylon.

Pulling the pole to revolt, frightened the Dutch, forcing them to hold their noses and admit it, and pay to immigrate the remaining Chinese to Ceylon to avoid another uprising.

Since there is no use value, it is better to call back the undercover people sent by the court and use the hands of the Dutch to wipe out this group of resisters.

In the future of the province, after Dashun takes over Nanyang, this group of rebels may also affect Dashun's rule in Nanyang.

Now Liu Yu directly asks for money, which can be regarded as expressing an attitude that he supports the uprising in Nanyang.

The emperor hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but look back at a piece of writing in the room, which was inscribed by Emperor Gaozong when he returned to the capital at the beginning of the founding of Dashun. Thinking of Dashun's courage to slay the dragon and his ambition to help the world when he founded the country, he finally sighed.

After sighing, he still didn't give the money directly, but asked Liu Yu something that required Liu Yu's guarantee.

"Is Marquis Jing confident that when the heavenly troops come to Nanyang, those people will turn to the imperial court and recruit them directly?"

Liu Yu knew that this was a military order, so he avoided the matter and did not answer directly.

"Your Majesty, whether I am sure or not depends on the policy of the Chinese Empire after its expedition to Southeast Asia. I always ask myself, is the Dutch method of forcing cultivation and monopolizing trade good?"

This rhetorical question made Li Gan laugh out loud and did not answer. It was also a rhetorical question.

"Aiqing Whale Sea Immigration monopolizes grain purchases and lowers prices, thereby hoarding food for future immigrants and attacking Ezo; controlling cargo ships to Whale Sea, forcing those who grow grain in Whale Sea to sell grain at extremely low prices. In order to purchase Cloth and ironware. Is this any different from the Dutch relying on monopoly to lower the purchase price of sugar?”

The emperor asked with a smile, but Liu Yu was serious and talking nonsense.

"Your Majesty, I think there is a difference. The Whale Sea place is going against the will of heaven. Without official promoters, no one would go there, and no one would buy the food."

"In Nanyang, if the Dutch don't have a monopoly, they can still sell cane sugar; if the Dutch don't lower prices, they can still sell spices."

"The Dutchman and the minister are both acting against the laws of heaven."

"Danjing Haishi, in fifty years' time, will be no different from Lu and Henan, and will be a loyal land of the Celestial Empire."

"After the Nanyang incident, decades later, the Dutch will be angry and resentful, and it will definitely be difficult to gain a foothold."

"After all, Nanyang is the first to solve the problem of making a living for the landless and jobless people in Fujian and Guangdong."

"Replenishing the national treasury and internal funds are the next best thing."

"The imperial court is not the East India Company, and the imperial court does not have shareholders. There is no need to only look at the profit statement. Everything is for profit. The imperial court is ultimately a imperial court, and the Netherlands is a company after all. The two are different."

"What the Batavia rebels want is not difficult, has no impact on the court, and can demonstrate the court's benevolent government. If it is done, it will only reduce the income by one or two million taels per year. But if the garrison and surveillance are added, , squeezing the money that leads to the expansion of the wealthy family, etc., there is actually no profit.”

"Therefore, if the imperial court can grant their demands, it will be easy to recruit them."

"Furthermore, the southern ocean is hot and the climate is unbearable for northerners. The locals have long been accustomed to it and can just be incorporated into the army. As for the leaders, just give them the title of Bi Ma Wen."

"What they can do is just benevolent government in this dynasty. If they follow their path and leave them with nowhere to go, how many people are really willing to rebel?"

"The imperial court is still the imperial court, and everything is not aligned with profit, so I have confidence."

This is a military order with preconditions. As long as the imperial court does not learn from the Dutch policy in the future, Liu Yu dares to guarantee his recruitment.

The emperor sighed again, knowing that Liu Yu had always thought like this. After all, this matter was not a big deal. As for the idea of ​​raising the bandits to respect themselves, the emperor didn't even bother to think about it. How could this be considered raising the bandits to respect themselves? It's just that the emperor naturally doesn't like these rebels.

Thinking about Dashun's original intention when he started his business, and then thinking about it now, after a long period of hesitation, Li Gan finally nodded and said: "Okay. Give me the money. Either don't do it, or do it well. You can do it, The limit is 50,000 taels, is that enough?”

"That's enough."

The emperor smiled and said: "If it's enough, that's it. If it's not enough, you can pay for it yourself. Anyway, if you fail to recruit people in the future, you will be raising trouble. You can choose the people sent to support. You have full authority to handle this matter." , There is no need to report back to me. I only want one thing. When the Heavenly Soldiers arrive in Nanyang, I will not bother to ask about the process of recruiting these people."

They say they are giving money, but actually they are giving attitude. No one is short of this amount of money. To put it bluntly, even those undercover classmates can scrape together tens of thousands of taels of silver, thousands of guns, and three to five cannons.

Moreover, as far as the court was concerned, this was indeed a small matter. Before the uprising, it was related to the imperial court's plan to immigrate to Ceylon with the help of the Dutch, which was a major event. Now that everything has been resolved, these people are abandoned.

It is no big deal to abandon a son.

The emperor now has a lot of money, so he doesn't care about the three to fifty thousand taels. He just thinks of spending the money in Liu Yu's heart to buy the reputation of a wise king.

There had always been a tacit understanding between the emperor and his ministers before, but now this small matter finally made the emperor feel that there were some differences between the two on some matters.

Thinking about it, there have been arguments with Liu Yu before.

But the basis of the argument is that the two people have a common understanding of their views on a matter, right or wrong, justice or evil, but they have differences on the issue of "what to do".

But today's trivial matter is not a disagreement on what to do, but "how to look at it". Is it praise? Is it criticism?

Thinking of the change of "lian" in "upper link and lower force" to "shi" that day, the emperor thought that Jinghou was undoubtedly finally in Dashun. But Dashun was divided by Jingxiang abandoning equal land and exempting grain and calling for the protection of the world. There are old Shun and new Shun. Which one does Jinghou really love?

It seems the same, both surnamed Li. But it seems, not quite the same.

This thought was just a flash, and the emperor did not remember it too deliberately, as if he had forgotten it. Just like Tokugawa Yoshimune's letter or Valkner's "warning".

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After the summons to discuss the Nanyang plan ended, Liu Yu did not go home directly, but went to the Privy Council. As a deputy envoy, he doesn't have much to do, but he manages everything. He manages all kinds of messy things. Things that have already been systemized and have been managed by the envoy.

The spy who followed Shi Shiyong back from Nanyang has been waiting here for a long time. After meeting Liu Yu, he was about to blurt out "Ying Suo Bo" as he did in Weihai, but he remembered that Liu Yu had been made a marquis, so he hurriedly changed his words.

"Jing Hou!"

After saying that, he took out a big package, which contained the gifts given to Liu Yu by those people in Nanyang. It was a mess, with illustrated plant illustrations, a map of Batavia, and some local customs records, all of which were things that he liked.

Liu Yu never hesitated to accept gifts, and accepted them with a smile, while asking someone to pour tea and directly called out the other party's name.

"It seems that Batavia is really hot. You are so tanned... you are thrown into the coal pile next to the steam engine in the dock. You can't tell whether you are a person or coal. I remember when we first got the Newcomen engine, you said that if there were more of these things in the future, you would smoke people black. But you got black before there were more steam engines. It's hard for you. Life over there is not easy."

The spy felt warm in his heart after casually mentioning the old things of the past, thinking that the Whale Lord really still remembered me.

"It's a bit hard. But I'll endure it for the sake of promotion. Didn't the Whale Marquis say that in the past, in order to become an official, everyone had their own palace. As long as I can get promoted, what's the hardship in Batavia?"

"Whale Marquis, you know what happened. What does His Majesty mean?"

Liu Yu held up five fingers and said, "After hearing about it, His Majesty immediately gave 50,000 taels. I have already contacted someone to make the connection. Since it was the brown bass that was issued to you, how can there be no backup? Things are urgent, let's have dinner together tonight, and you will set off tomorrow."

"Go to Guangdong first, find Mi Ziming there, he will arrange for you to meet with the people of the British East India Company."

"It's hard to tell whether the gunpowder is British or Chinese, so they will send people to smuggle it over. When you go to the British, there's no need to waste words, just tell them directly. , you are the one who started the rebellion in the Netherlands. You need to buy guns and cannons. "

The spy was unaware of the emperor's hesitation to give money. Seeing Liu Yu's straightforward words, he thought the emperor must be very pleased, and hurriedly said: "With these 50,000 taels of guns, the brothers will definitely be able to take Batavia. But, if we tell the British like this, will they have any doubts? "

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Don't worry. The British envoys just left. I have communicated with Fazaklai, the head of the East India Company in Guangdong, in Beijing. He speaks ill of the Netherlands all day long and even gave me gifts to speak ill of the Dutch. We definitely hit it off. "

"Bengkulu is so close to the volcanic area where you are active. Isn't it easy to transport goods?"

The spy was convinced by Liu Yu. Seeing Liu Yu said there was no problem, he had no doubts and just asked about the details of the delivery.

"The Dutch are patrolling in the south, doesn't it seem to be easy?"

"Hey, this is easy. I will cooperate with you. I am going to Batavia, not alone. The fleet in the south must go with me, and I will look down on the Dutch. I guarantee that the Dutch will bring all the warships in the South China Sea to Batavia to suppress me and show their strength. At that time, I will take advantage of this time period. At least one month, isn't it enough?"

The spy thought about it and couldn't help saying: "Great! The Dutch rule in the South China Sea depends on their military force. The last time Lord Shi went there, he brought a team of elite soldiers, and the Dutch were already uncomfortable. If the Whale Marquis takes the fleet again this time, the Dutch will definitely collect the fleet, even if it is for others to see, to let them know The Netherlands is stronger. "

"I heard that the Javanese defeated the Mongols and their military power was greatly boosted. Since then, all the countries in Southeast Asia have been vassal states paying tribute. When the eunuch Sanbao sailed to the West, the vassal states of Java abandoned Java and paid tribute to the Celestial Empire after seeing the fleet of the eunuch Sanbao. Now the Dutch have many vassal states in Southeast Asia, and they are very oppressive. Even if the Dutch think that the Celestial Empire has no intention of going to Southeast Asia, they are afraid that those vassal states will abandon the Netherlands and return to China after seeing the Celestial Empire's fleet. This must be to gather the fleet to let the surrounding areas know that the Netherlands is the first navy in Southeast Asia. "

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Yes. You haven't forgotten everything you learned in Weihai. That's the reason. He is not guarding against me, but guarding against those vassal states having other ideas. At that time, if I toss around in Southeast Asia for a month, the Dutch will have to transfer all the fleets to my side to accompany me for a month. "

"Not counting Ceylon, there are Chinese people in Ambon, Banda, Semarang, Cirebon, Surabaya and other places. I will go there to comfort them. The Dutch along the way will certainly use the name of "escort" to suppress me in terms of fleet size. Isn't this more than a month enough for you to receive the goods?"

The spy laughed and said, "Enough! Enough. As long as there is a month's gap, if the British are really willing, they will rush to deliver the firearms even if they divert the garrison's firearms."

Liu Yu also said, "If the British really hesitate, the court also has a batch of British guns, and will find an opportunity to deliver them. But it is better for the British to agree, which will save some trouble. Don't feel pressured when you go this time. Try your best to get it done. If you can't get it done, there are still tricks."