New Shun 1730

"Since the Marquis has said so, I can also tell the Marquis clearly."

"Free trade and tariff agreements have seriously damaged the interests of the United Provinces Republic, and we absolutely cannot accept them."

The implication is that you want to go to Friesland? Go ahead, we are not afraid.

Liu Yu didn't say anything nice, and cursed directly.

"Fuck you, when Spain and Portugal monopolized trade, you Dutch shouted free trade and tariff agreements every day. Every word I said is what you Dutch said back then. Didn't Grotius and Spinoza shout freedom of navigation on the high seas, free trade, and tariff agreements all day long?"

"What the fuck is the old religion, the new religion, mercantilism, and free trade, they are all the same!"

He turned away cursing, and the translator was still there tirelessly translating every curse word as much as possible.

The Great Speaker Anthony swallowed his spit and smiled without saying a word. He didn't want to debate with Liu Yu at all. He had debated several times before and found that he couldn't win at all. This man has received Latin education since childhood, and he speaks professional debate language very fluently, and he is rich in theory, so he can't win the debate at all.

Now that Liu Yu has scolded him, the Grand Speaker is complacent. He thinks that forcing diplomats to this extent proves that there is nothing he can do.

Although Liu Yu is good at coups, it is useless in the Netherlands.

After watching Liu Yu leave and making sure that there are no people from the Dashun side around him, Grand Speaker Anthony and the people around him smiled and said: "He will be back soon. Russia is a barbaric oriental country. The tricks that this Marquis is good at are useful in Russia, but they are useless in the Netherlands."

"Wait, when he comes back, he will definitely restrain his arrogance, and the initiative of the negotiation will be in our hands."

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After returning to his residence, Liu Yu immediately asked people to pack up and prepare carriages and horses, and sent someone to Friesland, a hundred miles away, to send a letter to explain that he was going to visit.

Kang Budai looked at the busy followers and couldn't help laughing: "Sir, are you going to pretend to be forced to accept the 'Kanhe Trade'?"

Liu Yu laughed and said: "These Dutch idiots really think I am trying to find a sword by carving a mark on the boat. The economic foundation of the Netherlands determines that no one who comes to power dares to loosen the loophole of free trade and tariff agreements. William will certainly not agree."

"But I don't have time to drag it on. The problem is that if I don't go on this trip and come back with a 'disgraceful face', how can I accept the Kanhe Trade so easily? After all, that is only the second option. If I have just completed the coup in Russia and take the initiative to make concessions when I have the advantage, it will make the Dutch feel strange."

Kang Budai is already familiar with the rhetoric of economic foundation, and he is also sure that William will not agree to the so-called free trade agreement.

Although Liu Yu staged a coup in Russia, Russia is really different from the Netherlands. The coup in Russia was at best a Xuanwu Gate Incident or a Duomen Incident, which had no impact on Russia: serfdom was still serfdom, and at most the masters changed from Germans to Russians who had served as their successors.

But it was different in the Netherlands. If free trade was allowed, the economic foundation of the Netherlands would collapse directly. If William really had this ability, he would have done it long ago if he thought he could deal with the big merchants, merchant groups, and oligarchs. It was precisely because he did not have this ability to centralize power that he shrank there without saying a word and did not dare to take responsibility. How could he agree to free trade with Dashun?

The coup in the Netherlands was not as proactive as that in Russia, but the Dutch people, driven by their strong patriotic feelings and years of dissatisfaction with the regent oligarchs, passively pushed the Orange family up.

This requires some skills.

"By the way, Brother Zhongxian, these are some of my "gossips" in Russia. Find someone to polish them, especially to reveal the relationship between the French ambassador and the empress."

"It would be best to add something like Razumovsky clenched his fists firmly outside the door, silently crying, but firmly supporting the princess's actions... Write out that feeling, so that more people will read it and exaggerate the chances of a French-Russian alliance."

"It's different here from the Celestial Empire, they especially like this kind of flavor. But the point is not these, the point is that the tsarine has a close relationship with the French ambassador, and it is very likely that a French-Russian alliance will be reached."

Kang Budai smiled and said, "I understand. I have recruited many experts who write such vulgar articles, and our newspaper sales are also very good. People pass on these stories every day."

"The more subsidies you get, the happier you will be, I think."

Liu Yu smiled and nodded.

"The subsidy money can be earned back by just half a ship of spices. How much is this subsidy? Brother Zhongxian understands me, I will just give you some general ideas."

"Only the Russian-French alliance can make the Dutch panic. The Dutch Parliament is submissive and fickle, and has been put on the fire, and it doesn't know what it is."

While complaining about the Dutch's overall view, he roughly glanced at the intelligence he had collected during his absence from Amsterdam.

The current situation is estimated to be quite scary for the Dutch.

Austria is now surrounded by enemies. The French Netherlands Corps has camped on the border. Although it has declared to the outside world that it wants to capture Hanover, the king of England, some people in the southern provinces of the Netherlands have fallen into panic.

The Federal Parliament has always declared that France will not attack the Netherlands to stabilize the people's hearts. However, to date, the Dutch plan to increase taxes and recruit soldiers has not been implemented.

The ruling party is the big merchants and city oligarchs, and the rulers will not raise taxes on themselves. It is more difficult to implement taxation on the people, and the provinces are now wrangling over the tax ratio.

Many provinces feel that they have lost. Can the situation in 1616 be the same as it is now? More than 100 years have passed, and the tax sharing ratio is still the same as it was 100 years ago. Some provinces are quite dissatisfied. Now the Federal Parliament has proposed to increase the "legal pay" according to the number of people, and some provinces are immediately unhappy.

Usually, taxes are paid according to the ratio set by each province, but when the head tax is paid, it will change? Why?

The Federal Parliament was convened after Liu Yu came to Amsterdam.

Before Liu Yu went to St. Petersburg, he was in a meeting.

Liu Yu staged a coup in St. Petersburg, and when he came back, he was still in a meeting.

Moreover, the content of the discussion was unexpectedly the same as before he went to St. Petersburg...

This unique efficiency created a general panic in the southern provinces of the Netherlands.

Not to mention the contradiction that the French are Catholics and the Dutch are Protestants; not to mention the painful memory of using water instead of soldiers, which the Netherlands has not recovered from for many years; just the move of "the army raising food locally" in this era can make the Dutch people uneasy.

The saying that soldiers pass through is as effective as combing, which is equally effective in the East and the West.

Many Dutch people think that the Federal Parliament is too weak. And the people also think, is the Netherlands short of money? The wealth of the Netherlands is the first in the world, and the whole of Europe owes the Netherlands money, so how can it not even afford a field army of 20,000 people?

The huge resentment made the Dutch people extremely disappointed with the regents. People began to miss the Prince of Orange who tried to centralize power at the beginning - many Dutch people at this time would rather have a centralized, strong, hereditary duke or king, and no longer pin their hopes on those regent oligarchs who exploited the people all day long.

The conditions for panic, disappointment, nostalgia for past glory, and worry about possible wars in the future are already ripe.

Now, with the news of the Russian coup, as long as the newspapers and pamphlets are handled properly, the voices of "Franco-Russia alliance, if the Netherlands does not prepare for war, it will be finished" will soon be heard in the streets and alleys.

If there is no such voice, then hire someone to spread such a voice in the streets and alleys. A matter of a hundred or ten taels of silver.

Moreover, with the changes in the battlefield situation, Britain will soon put pressure on the Netherlands, and even directly support William, the son-in-law of the King of England and the ruling Orange family of the Northern Three Voices.

This is almost inevitable.

The King of England is worried about his beloved Hanover, and he is more worried about the Netherlands being captured by France. It's not that the British love the Netherlands so much and want to take responsibility, but because the Netherlands and the Austrian Netherlands are across from London.

Britain is afraid that France will use the ports of the Netherlands to directly land in Britain or Scotland, which will destroy Britain's maritime defense system.

Now everything is ready, and the best time is before Prussia breaks the alliance and before the news that the Russian empress has not signed the Franco-Russian alliance comes back.

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The Netherlands is not big, and Liu Yu's letter to visit William was quickly delivered to William's manor. It didn't need to be rushed for 800 miles, and it could arrive in one day.

William, who received the letter, summoned his confidants, showed the letter, and asked Earl Bentinck, who he trusted and was recognized as the chief adviser of the Orange Party.

"Dear Earl, what does it mean that the Marquis of Dashun came to visit us at this time? He is a terrible person. You should all know the news of the Russian coup. From going to St. Petersburg to completing the coup, everything was in order, as smooth as a stage play."

"He won't want to repeat the same trick? Or, he tried to support our coup and get some benefits from us?"

William is not smart, which is the biggest disadvantage of hereditary succession. It's just that he has received some high-level education since childhood, and he is not like a farmer who doesn't know these things at all.

But at this time, his guess made many people present feel very reasonable.

Liu Yu has a criminal record in St. Petersburg.

The struggle between the oligarchs and the Orange faction in the Netherlands is known to all of Europe. It is not a secret at all. Before the coup, few people thought that Russian Queen Elizabeth would seize power through a coup; while the Orange faction was always thinking about regaining the ruling position and even transforming the Netherlands into a hereditary ruling kingdom.

At this sensitive time, Liu Yu came to visit William as soon as he returned to Amsterdam from Petersburg. This really makes people think more.

Count Bentinck set the tone of this meeting with one word.

"Your Highness, due to court etiquette, we cannot refuse a visit from an imperial marquis."

"But, Your Highness must remember that you cannot agree to any of Liu Yu's conditions. Moreover, this is definitely not the time to take office - this is a mess, and no one can clean it up."