Dominate the Country

Batavia is a famous city. It and Manila are two representatives of Europeans in the Southeast Asia region. There was also a Macau in the Far East before, but it has become a thing of the past now.

The family of Lin Chu, a Chinese traitor who made a fortune in the Hongxi Massacre, lived in Batavia.

Lin Chu's informant directly ignited the Dutch massacre, and the blood of 20,000 Chinese victims paved the way for the Lin family. Lin Chu, who was deeply trusted by the Dutch, soon changed from an ordinary Chinese leader to a Kapitan appointed by the Dutch.

Kapitan is the transliteration of the Dutch word kapitein, which originally means "leader". It is the overseas Chinese leader system promoted by the Dutch in the Southeast Asian colonies, that is, to appoint overseas Chinese leaders who come to do business, make a living, and settle down as the leaders of the overseas Chinese to assist the colonial government in handling overseas Chinese affairs.

With the support of the Dutch, the Lin family enjoyed 30 years of wealth. Until the emergence of the Fu Han Army.

The Lin family never thought that one day China would be able to challenge the Dutch rule in Southeast Asia. The intervention of the Fu Han Army in Southeast Asia caused a great split among the Chinese in Southeast Asia - either they would support Han or support Yi. The neutrals disappeared quickly in the one or two years after the implementation of the nationality system. And for a family like the Lin family, which has an absolutely dark history, it is impossible for them to join the "Han".

The Lin family never planned to turn away from the Netherlands from the beginning, because they had gained too much benefit from the Netherlands and also gained a high status. Even if they joined the Fu Han Army, what would happen? China could not give the Lin family better treatment.

As a result, who would have thought that the Fu Han Army did not want him at all. Moreover, in the past few years, no Chinese businessmen from China did business with the Lin family. The Lin family really realized that their family had really been separated by the court in the north.

To say that their family was regarded as an enemy by Chen Han was too much of a compliment to the Lin family. In a word, they were people who would be wiped out in the future.

When the Sulu incident was settled, the number of people who were hesitant before was getting smaller and smaller. The classification and grouping of Chinese in Southeast Asia has become clearer and clearer.

This put a lot of pressure on the Lin family.

But the Lin family knew that the Dutch and Spanish were under greater pressure during this period. A large number of Chinese people left Luzon, Java and Sumatra and flocked to Borneo, Singapore, Belitung Island and other places. This itself has greatly affected the economy of Batavia and Manila, not just the military threat.

Fortunately, in the past two years, some of those Chinese have returned, and more importantly, more and more Chinese businessmen have appeared in various parts of Southeast Asia. The Dutch and Spanish can only be happy to see the increase in income on one hand, and watch the rapid increase in China's influence on the other hand.

However, Batavia is still the most important trading city in Southeast Asia, and its influence is much greater than that of Manila, which relies on the treasure ship trade. The latter has now become even worse than Singapore. Pontianak's trade radiation capacity is catching up with Manila.

After the setback in Sulu, the Spanish had a sense of closing the country. And the attacks by the indigenous people on Mindanao Island also greatly tied down their energy and strength.

Relatively few Chinese who came to Nanyang went to Manila. The Dutch paid more attention to the policy of trade, which made more Chinese concentrate more on the East Indies while developing the Indochina Peninsula and Malay.

The Lin family has felt a deep impact in recent years.

Many Chinese who went to Nanyang looked at the dead eyes of the Lin family, which made them shudder when they thought of it.

Two years ago, Lin Chu, who was 68 years old, took his last breath in a state of worry, and his eldest son Lin Chunguang inherited the title of Lin Chu Kapitan. But Lin Chunguang's Kapitan was not stable at all. He had few people under him. When those Chinese with Chinese nationality returned to Batavia, they formed the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and did not recognize Lin Chunguang's leadership at all. The Kapitan without real power was just a "bridge" for the Dutch to communicate with the Chinese. He was not even as good as the chairman of the maintenance association during the Anti-Japanese War, and was infinitely equivalent to a translator.

The arrival of a Dutch navy from Europe, coupled with the massive expansion of the Dutch colonial army, has also greatly increased Batavia's military expenditure in recent years. These expenses have to be borne by the locals, and part of the pressure has been transferred to Kapitan such as Lin Chunguang.

But the pressure is just pressure, grit your teeth, and spend a little more money to get through it. The Lin family still hopes that the Dutch can live a long life in Nanyang. But today, a bolt from the blue suddenly hit, and Lin Chunxin, the second son of the Lin family in Surabaya, was arrested.

He was arrested by the order of Jacob von Luylen, the current governor of Batavia.

Lin Chunguang had just finished lunch and was stunned when he heard the news. The whole Lin family was in chaos.

Lin Chunguang immediately ran out to inquire about the news. Lin Chunxiao, the fourth son of the Lin family who lived in Batavia, and a son-in-law of the Lin family, also rushed to Lin Chunguang's house as quickly as possible. Without getting accurate information, they couldn't find a precise time to move. The Lin family used their connections to inquire, but could not get any news. They could only wait for Lin Chunguang to come back.

The atmosphere of the entire Lin family became very depressed, as if a layer of dark clouds was hanging over the mansion. The servants in the mansion did not dare to speak loudly, walked carefully, and were afraid to make the slightest sound when serving tea and water.

The four maids in the hall held their breath and dared not breathe, as if they could become invisible.

A group of old and young men were in the front hall. The second and third generations of the Lin family were all there. There was also a group of ladies in the backyard. The eldest lady, the young lady, the fourth grandmother, and the aunt were all there. There was no more laughter and chatter as in the past. Everyone's face was so gloomy that water could drip out.

What crime did Lin Chunxin's family commit against the Dutch that Jacob could arrest them without saying a word?

Endless fear swept everyone's heart. The eldest lady of the Lin family, Zhou, who was nearly fifty years old, had no trace of blood on her face. The eldest daughter-in-law Ye beside her was holding a handkerchief tightly with both hands, and she was afraid that she had already torn the handkerchief.

Ye, who was nearly thirty years old, was born in a large Chinese family in Java. The family's roots were originally in Semarang. However, after the Red River Massacre that year, the power of the Chinese in Batavia plummeted, and a large area of ​​interest was left there. Ye's grandfather was the first Chinese to rush to seize the "territory".

People die for money and birds die for food. This is the truth.

It has been nearly 40 years since the Hongxi Massacre. The Chinese community in Batavia has long since returned to its previous level, and has made further progress in the tide of business development in recent years.

After a long time, the sun had set. Lin Chunguang, who was exhausted, returned to the mansion. The family, regardless of gender, gathered together in the front hall and back yard.

"Master. What's going on with my second brother?"

Zhou immediately asked the servant to bring a cup of ginseng tea for Lin Chunguang to drink.

The family looked at Lin Chunguang with shining eyes and hope, hoping to hear good news. Although the latter had a dark face, it did not look a good sign. Lin Chunguang took two sips of tea, put the teacup on the table, and said dejectedly: "Old Second, you are in big trouble this time."

"Among the dirty goods he collected in a shop in Surabaya, some are the royal collection of the Sultan of Yogyakarta."

"Among them, there is a Malay sword that is the ancestral sword of the Sultan of Yogyakarta. It was bought by a Chinese businessman from Qiongzhou for fifty eagle dollars. Somehow the news got out. The Sultan of Yogyakarta was angry about the loss of his ancestral sword. Upon hearing the news, he immediately sent people to arrest the Chinese businessman and searched for the sword. He immediately beat the man up and killed several people. The Dutch in Surabaya followed the clues and found the shop of Old Second again, and found a lot of dirty goods in the cellar.

Not only the Sultan of Yogyakarta, but also a lot of Western jewelry. Among them is a gem-encrusted pocket watch, which is the relic of Bandung Sheriff Bruggen who was killed last year..."

Lin Chunguang's head was about to explode when he heard the news.

He grew up in Batavia, how could he not know the power of the Yogyakarta Sultan? He was the highest person among all the natives in Java.

Although Mataram was divided, the Yogyakarta Sultan, who inherited most of the power of the Mataram Sultanate, was still one of the most powerful people in Java.

Moreover, the Dutch themselves were involved in Lin Chunxin's affairs.

Lin Chunguang's eyebrows, eyes and mouth were all wrinkled in distress.

"The Dutch are very concerned about this matter now."

Lin Chunguang's attention was focused on the remains of the Dutch who were killed, and he threw the Yogyakarta Sultan aside. As for the Chinese businessman who was caught and beaten by the Yogyakarta Sultan, and the people who died in the meantime, he subconsciously ignored them.

The Lin family was the same, no one cared about the life and death of a Chinese businessman, and no one cared about the death of several Chinese.

Ye's face suddenly changed, and she was about to tell the Lin family not to confuse the key points. However, looking at the current situation of the Lin family, thinking about the many differences between the Lin family and the Ye family, and her position in the Lin family in the past two years, she bit her lip and closed her mouth.

"The Governor's Office and the Church need money, and the Sultan also needs money. No matter how much money it costs, we have to rescue my second brother first!" Lin Chunxiao looked anxious.

And the son-in-law of the Lin family also had a voice full of exasperation, "I told my second brother a long time ago that you should be careful and cautious when taking dirty goods, and don't just want money. How can he be so bold that he dares to take the Dutch's things? And put them in the cellar? Can't you just pry the gemstone off the pocket watch?"

The Chinese families in Southeast Asia are all in the same boat.

No matter how big Lin Chunxin's crime is, they all want to help him.

"Mingsheng, you are familiar with Father Yali, so don't wait until tomorrow, go now. Take two thousand guilders and beg him. Tell him that this is just a courtesy. If this matter is done, the Lin family will reward him handsomely. The Lin family will be grateful to him for the rest of their lives." The Chinese in Southeast Asia only have money.

In the time and space without Chen Han, whether it is Batavia or Manila, most of the Chinese people's reactions after encountering hardships are to spend money to avoid disasters. But they don't know that if they do this, they will only be regarded as weak and bullied, and as a fat pig that can be slaughtered at will.

No one in the world will think that silver is hot! But it is common to not do anything after taking silver.

"Brother-in-law, go to Speaker Isaac's house..."

"Fourth brother, go to Chief Julius's house."

The Lin family fully opened their own "national salvation" road.

Ye returned to her residence like an outsider, and her face was full of worry.

The Lin family focused on the stolen goods, on clearing Lin Chunxin of guilt, and on calming the anger of the Yogyakarta Sultan and the Dutch.

But the Lin family forgot when the Dutch really took the Yogyakarta Sultan's feelings into consideration? The power of the Yogyakarta Sultan only corresponded to the indigenous people and the Chinese, not the Dutch colonists.

Before the Chinese entered Southeast Asia, it was the Dutch who used means to split the Mataram Sultanate into two. In recent years, the Dutch have suddenly become interested in the Yogyakarta Sultan because there are Chinese outside who are pressuring them. They must win over the Yogyakarta Sultan to counter the threat from China.

The more important part of this matter is the Chinese businessman who was beaten after being caught, and the Chinese who died in the process. But not only did the Lin family not take this matter seriously, the strangest thing was the reaction of the Dutch. In the past, when Chinese merchants in Batavia were robbed, they would be treated with caution. Why did the matter in Surabaya...

It's a pity that the Ye family is not the Zhou family. Since three years ago, the Zhou family finally went through hardships to obtain the true scriptures and got the lovely little book, the status of the Ye family in the Lin family has plummeted. Because after getting the little book, the Ye family and the Lin family are no longer on the same road.

This is the harm to a woman in the backyard after the boundaries between her natal family and her husband's family are drawn.

"Go find the doorman Xiaoliu and ask him to give this letter to the Ye family tonight." Ye sat on the bed and watched the figure of her personal maid disappear, her face gloomy. For some reason, she had a bad feeling in her heart.

...

Just when the Lin family in Batavia convened a meeting, in a high-end hotel in Surabaya, a middle-aged man with gauze wrapped on his head and legs was struggling on the couch and shouting: "Come, I want to get up, come, help me up!" The bright red blood was still seeping on the gauze, but there was no pain on the middle-aged man's face, only endless hatred.

"Master, you lie down and drink the medicine first."

The man pushed the bowl away: "I don't want to drink it, I want to get up! I want to go to the dock." The warships of the Nanyang Navy have arrived, the warships that support them, the Chinese and Chinese businessmen have arrived, and he must go to the dock to welcome them.

"Take the Li family's followers, bodyguards, and the bodies of Ahai and Achang. I want to show the officials how miserable we are..."

What a disaster. That day, after a group of people decided to invest in Zhu's textile factory, he took people to Li Kun's house the next day to discuss things. The business was settled, but the specific share ratio was still to be discussed.

As a result, a group of natives suddenly rushed in.

If the natives' main target was not Li Kun, and they were still looking for something, and some of Li Kun's bodyguards happened to be hit by the natives and mixed with the middle-aged man's bodyguards, and together they protected the middle-aged man and killed him out of the siege. Otherwise, he would have to explain where he died!

But even so, he was hit on the head and legs with sticks and knives. At the same time, a bodyguard and a follower died.

"I swear not to be a human if I don't take revenge!" The middle-aged man had never been so close to death in his life. Moreover, the natives arrogantly dragged Li Kun and his five captured servants and bodyguards from Li Kun's residence to the dock. According to the Chinese who saw the scene, the clothes and skin on Li Kun's back were all cut. Without interrogation, those people directly declared Li Kun guilty of theft and harboring stolen goods, and beat him severely. The sound of the sticks breaking bones was like a mark carved into the heart by a knife, which could never be erased.

Then they used stones to smash the other four people to death.

Finally, it was announced that Li Kun would be dragged to the royal cemetery in Yogyakarta and burned at the stake to eliminate Li Kun's insult to his royal family.

Fuck your mother's sows!

The middle-aged man was so angry that his lungs were about to explode!

…

Suddenly the middle-aged man stopped moving, and his ears seemed to suddenly hear a faint sound of joy and noise.

"Boom boom boom..." The salute sounded.

"Our navy has arrived, it has arrived..." The middle-aged man's neck was red with excitement. Even the housekeeper who advised him to rest in bed had a touch of excitement.

Damn, this is too aggrieved.

The most important thing is that with the outbreak of this incident, the whole crime seems to be put on the Chinese. Those monkey-like natives wandered in groups in front of the Chinese streets and residential areas, with knives on their bodies, looking at every Chinese with a very unfriendly look.

The Dutch did not care about this obviously wrong trend. Instead, they withdrew the army and police.

Now that the Chinese navy has arrived, the housekeeper also feels excited and proud.

On the sea, four destroyers accompanied by two medium-sized clipper sailing ships came in through the wind and waves.

Ye Tingyang looked at the city of Surabaya from afar.

This city is the largest and most prosperous city in the Dutch East Indies colony except Batavia. It is also the city with the strongest Chinese power.

If the Chinese in Surabaya were not stupid at this time, they should have assembled a paramilitary team of 2,000 people.

It will be divided into six to eight teams, and the leaders and backbones of each team are people who have been trained in West Borneo or have been on the battlefield.

This Surabaya Chinese Self-Defense Force, which has been lurking in the dark, has no less than a thousand long and short guns, as well as multiple mortars. Once the energy explodes, it cannot be underestimated.

Surabaya is a prosperous place that the Chinese opened up in a swamp hundreds of years ago, but the Chinese failed to keep the city. The arrival of the Dutch not only changed the history of the indigenous people of Nanyang, but also changed the fate of the Chinese in Nanyang.

Unlike the Spaniards who massacred the Chinese many times, the Dutch did not have too many blatant rejections of the Chinese except for the Red River Massacre. But anyone who thinks that such Dutch people are friendly to the Chinese is too naive. They just made their actions more secretive.

When Sulu was naturalized and the situation in Southeast Asia changed, the situation in the entire East Indies became somewhat unstable. The Dutch also tried to win over the local natives.

The Chinese were cautious, and the natives were happy.

Many people with discerning eyes had a premonition of the coming of a big change.

If Chen Han had not emerged, their reaction at this moment would have been to send a large sum of money to the Dutch officials in Surabaya. And no one thought of using this money to buy arms and build their own armed forces.

It’s still the same sentence as before. The sharpness and blood of the Chinese in Southeast Asia have long been worn out by the Westerners. Whenever there is a change, the Chinese in Southeast Asia are a group of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Their only "self-help" is to send money to the Dutch authorities and the church. Pray that the authorities can suppress the unrest of the natives, and at the very least, they are in the process of change, and their families can be protected by the Dutch officials and the church...