New Shun 1730

This programmatic document has played a decisive role.

From this, Fazaklai can conclude that this group of people really want to do big things, and it is possible to do it. After it is done, it will be extremely beneficial to the British East India Company and can break the Dutch monopoly in Southeast Asia.

Britain has cooperated with those local states or feudal princes, especially now that Britain is not the sun that never sets and is not the Celestial Empire. It needs to cooperate with various forces to contain the Netherlands, France, Spain and other countries.

But the ability of those feudal princes is really hard to describe.

Just like the Kandy Dynasty in Ceylon, it has taken guns and cannons from Britain for almost a hundred years, but it was easily defeated by the Netherlands in field battles, and the governance of the country is even more tearful.

Fazaklai is very clear that politics is far more responsible than military affairs. This group of people can put forward such a program, which shows that they have some very capable core figures.

This group of people has a high chance of success, and the situation in Southeast Asia also determines that even if they succeed, they can only be an exporter of tropical agricultural products.

The army can be trained quickly, but the navy is not built overnight. As long as they don't have a navy, they can't threaten the British East India Company.

Fazakley thought that they could wait and see the situation here for the time being. If they are really able to gain a foothold, the company headquarters should quickly follow up, no longer buying and selling arms, but providing some more substantial help.

In the hope that after the secession, they can rely on Britain and become Britain's reliable ally in Southeast Asia.

But now, it's not the time, and this kind of thing is not something he can decide on his own.

With the idea of ​​making friends in advance, maybe it will be useful in the future, Fazakley discussed various issues in Java with Wang Wu again.

At the end, when asked whether Wang Wu wanted to come to Macau to hire people, Fazakley was a little cautious about this matter.

Southeast Asia is not just about the Dutch and British forces, there is also Spain.

If there are too many Catholics among the rebels, this may also affect the future diplomatic attitude. After all, Britain is not a Catholic country.

Wang Wu heard Fazakley's concerns and answered Fazakley with the words that Liu Yu used to fool Hannibal between the white mountains and black waters more than ten years ago.

"Many of us grew up in Batavia, and even though we believe in God, we don't eat fish on Fridays."

The meaning of not eating fish on Fridays is of course very familiar to a British person. In Britain, it means infinite loyalty to the motherland, and it also means that even if there are Christians among them, they are not Catholics.

Batavia was the Dutch East India Company, and the Netherlands is not a Catholic country, which makes sense.

Hearing the very British answer of "I don't eat fish", Fazaklay laughed, stretched out his hand and shook it, and said: "Well, I wish you success and a happy cooperation. How should we contact Mr. Wang?"

"I will go to Bengkulu. If your guns arrive, I will contact the channel to transport them. We will pay Dutch guilders or Spanish silver coins for silver, and we will give it directly to you."

Speaking of this, Wang Wu smiled and said: "How much your company's public account should record depends on Mr. Fazaklay's ability. The price we have agreed internally is 35,000 taels of silver. If we can close the deal at this price of 30,000 taels, we will give Mr. Fazaklay 10% of the hard work fee. This is the rule, we understand."

"If Mr. Fazaklay has the ability and the ability to negotiate a lower price with the company. Then, congratulations, sir, you can get a kickback of about one or two thousand pounds. So, we hope to contact Bengkulu as soon as possible, and hope to give me a pass from the East India Company to avoid my ship being attacked by your company."

Fazaklay also smiled, thinking that this is indeed a sincere partner.

Ten percent of the hard work fee is about 800 pounds. When Newton was the director of the mint, his annual salary was only 2,000 pounds.

Moreover, the key is that there are kickbacks.

As long as he can convince the higher-ups that there are huge benefits to supporting these people that can be seen in the not-too-long-term, the higher-ups will lower the price or even give away part of it.

Then the other party will give him the money, and no matter how much the company reports, the rest will be his, right?

Thinking of this, he suddenly got motivated.

He negotiated such a big deal. If it really works in the future, his position in the company will also rise.

Even if they don't succeed, this hard work fee and kickbacks are also a considerable income, enough for his future life and investment.

For the sake of money, Fazakle stayed in Macau for a few days, and soon issued a pass to Wang Wu through Guangzhou.

At the same time, he immediately sent someone to Bengkulu and India to send a message, urging them to prepare the arms and transport them to Bengkulu as soon as possible.

At that time, he would go to Bengkulu to complete the deal.

After the deal was done, Wang Wu did not leave Macau directly.

Macau, which was in chaos at the time, was a suitable intelligence transit point. The people sent by the Privy Council quickly set up an intelligence network in Macau.

As long as there is money, many things can be done easily.

Wang Wu and others did not recruit mercenaries in Macau. Although they actually ate fish regardless of whether it was Friday or not, they were still people of the court after all.

Under the background of the court's ban on religion, they could not have anything to do with Catholics, and the court would not allow a large number of Christians to appear in the "Returning Army" in Batavia.

Soon, more than 60 officers recruited from Fujian and Guangdong entered Macau.

The Nanyang Naval Base across the sea also transferred some low-ranking officers who graduated from practical studies in order to have enough backbone forces in the Java region, facilitate governance and reform, and form a force that can resist the Dutch encirclement within a year.

It is not the time to go to Java yet. The Dutch are now checking very tightly. On the one hand, they have to count the head tax, and on the other hand, they are also worried that the Chinese will collude with the rebels. Both land and sea routes are difficult to travel.

Only when Liu Yu comforts Nanyang and mobilizes the Dutch to focus on him, there will be a chance.

Now these people are here, mainly to familiarize themselves with the situation in Macau, and then make up the name of a "hero" recruited from Macau.

…………

Batavia.

Governor Valkenir looked at the document just sent by the Dashun court, with mixed feelings.

The document clearly stated that before August, the court would send an imperial envoy to comfort the Chinese in Nanyang.

At that time, the number of heads will be reviewed, whether the Netherlands has treated the Chinese unfairly, and the head tax will be transferred and supervisors will be placed.

The document also clearly stated the itinerary. Not only will they come to Batavia, but they will also go to Ambon, Surabaya, Semarang and other places where Chinese gather.

The good news is that the imperial envoy who came this time was none other than Liu Yu, who Valkenir had always been worried about, and believed that he was hostile to the Netherlands, might be a secret Catholic, and was extremely threatening to the Netherlands' rule in Southeast Asia.

Not only will they come to Nanyang, but they will be sent by the court to the West for "inspection". After finishing the things in Batavia, they will go to Europe during the monsoon season.

A series of contracts will be signed with European countries to ensure normal trade.

This almost confirms the judgment of the company clerk who followed him to the capital at the beginning. Liu Yu fell out of favor and left the power center of the Shun Empire. It was a promotion in name but a demotion in reality.

This means that the emperor of the Great Shun Empire and him had differences in policy, so they had to be transferred away from the center.

The intrigues within the company are sometimes similar to those within the imperial court. If this was an assignment as a governor, it could be understood as a reuse; but it was thrown to Europe, and Europe may not be as important to Dashun as Japan.

In Valkner's view, this is an obvious promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

Seeing this at this time, how can I not be happy?

I thought it was fortunate that the Chinese were not massacred at the beginning. Perhaps the beating of Dutch sailors in Tianjin was really the idea of ​​"raising the enemy for self-respect" by this former "Minister of the Navy" to provoke the Netherlands, so as to start a war and consolidate its position.

But obviously, the emperor of the Shun Empire was not interested in this, but kicked him out of the center.

After the joy, the worry was even deeper.

This person was labeled as opposing the Netherlands, and he was an expansionist.

This person came this time and had to escort the fleet to Malacca, patrol and comfort along the way, and the fleet of Dashun would follow.

Valkner couldn't help but think of the story of "William the Conqueror" and Zheng Chenggong, who impressed the Dutch many years ago.

I am afraid that Liu Yu, because he was kicked out of the center by the emperor, does not want to lose power at all, so he will lead the fleet to land in Batavia, occupy Batavia and proclaim himself king.

Everyone knows that he built the navy of Dashun. Now even if Dashun replaces the commander of the navy and decentralizes the power of the minister of the navy, I am afraid that these officers will be convinced by him.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

Especially for a person who has held power but was kicked out of the center overnight, this is very likely.

Valknier knows that this person is an excellent commander. Not only did he preside over the creation of the navy, but he also fought against the Russians and Mongols in the north.

Valknier knows his level. In terms of land warfare, he is definitely not as good as this person.

And there are a large number of Chinese in Batavia. If this person really wants to learn from William the Conqueror to become king, or learn from Zheng Chenggong to "take Taiwan", he has this foundation.

Those navy are his subordinates. Batavia does not lack Chinese, but only lacks some strong people who can organize these Chinese.

Although this matter is only possible, it must be prevented.

Although he was not too concerned about the quality of Dashun's navy, he thought that Dashun had only built its navy for more than ten years. Even if the tonnage was enough to threaten Batavia, it had no actual combat experience and was far behind the Netherlands.

However, the land force brought by the emperor's special envoy last time impressed Valkner.

Tall, well-trained, and disciplined, although it can be known that it was a selected ceremonial guard, Dashun's actual combat on land was not bad.

And it was heard that this person was very good at siege and artillery. Batavia's city defense was more than enough to deal with those Chinese rebels, but if it dealt with a commander who had commanded tens of thousands of people in battle, it would probably be far inferior.

What's more fatal is that Java's field force is seriously insufficient now.

Just a while ago, Chinese rebels gathered in the volcanic area attacked Jingliwen.

Although it did not break through, Valkner had to change his strategy. Under the background that Dashun was about to come to inspect and comfort, he could only order the Dutch troops in various regions to strictly guard the city.

Because these Chinese insurgents are very good at using ambushes and luring the enemy deep into their territory, Valknir was still afraid after suffering two losses before, and strictly prohibited people from leaving the city.

If they went out less, they were afraid of being ambushed again.

If they went out more, they were afraid that the lower-class Chinese who might participate in the rebellion would launch an uprising and occupy the city.

Only after all the Chinese who might rebel are transported to Ceylon can we gather troops to encircle and suppress them.

So now the Javanese garrisons are scattered in various strongholds and cities, and Batavia does not have a strong field force.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one.

What if Liu Yu feels that he has lost power and has other ideas?

What if Liu Yu wants to learn from Zheng Chenggong or William the Conqueror and establish himself as king?

Even if he wants to take the initiative to start a war and keep the enemy in check, and drag Dashun to join the war against the Netherlands, what should he do?

Moreover, even if their navy cannot fight and is just a show, what will those small countries who surrender to the Netherlands think? Do you think that in Southeast Asia, only the Netherlands can surrender? Is it better to be a tributary state, with the rights of a vassal, but without the obligations of a vassal, than to be under the Dutch.

Which one is more in line with the wishes of those small countries, when the Netherlands treats those small countries or when these small countries are tributary states?

Valknier still has a clear idea of ​​this.

There is an old Chinese saying.

He who uses force to pretend to be kind is a hegemon, and hegemons must be great. He who practices virtue and benevolence is a king. He who conquers others by force is not convinced by the heart, and the force is not sufficient; he who conquers others by virtue is satisfied and sincerely convinced.

However, even if this sentence is criticized, it is "using force to pretend to be kind", at least there is a "fake benevolence".

The Dutch rule in Southeast Asia is really too lazy to even pretend "fake benevolence".

Hegemony is to pretend to be benevolent by force. The key is not force, but fake benevolence.

Fake benevolence means recognizing "benevolence" as a standard of right and wrong, so hegemony is still a part of the Xia Dynasty, just belonging to "our own people" who "made mistakes in the route".

Purely taking by force is not hegemony, that is barbarism.

Not convinced by the heart, and the force is not sufficient.

This is the true portrayal of countries such as Matalan at this time.

Valknir is even sure that if the rebels are powerful, Matalan and other countries that are now surrendered will definitely defect and ally with them, not to mention the Celestial Empire with a fleet and a seemingly powerful one?