New Shun 1730

"You small countries risk your life and death and fight across the ocean just for some goods from China. China can collect money just sitting here, which is different from small countries like you."

"Many people in the DPRK are against diplomacy and think that small countries like you just need to pay tribute. It's just out of consideration for the Rakshasa. The Rakshasa is in the north. The history of the Celestial Dynasty tells us that the north is the real threat. So we have to conclude Good Frenchmen, this is called distant friendship and close attack, you don’t understand.”

"The French are disgustingly arrogant and do not recognize that they are a tributary country. Alas! But even if they agree to diplomacy with France, Britain will not pay tribute. They think they have the crown of France..."

"Suddenly, everything was in chaos."

With a sigh, Phillips smiled secretly in his heart, thinking that you have finally seen the disgusting arrogance of the French. Considering the troubles between Britain and France, it is obvious that Britain can definitely do this.

I also thought that although you may have strategies such as establishing distant relations and attacking close quarters, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs is naive. Maybe your history has given you strategies, but you don’t understand the intrigues of diplomacy at all. For someone like you who can tell all the trump cards to be in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it shows that you don’t understand the essence of diplomacy at all.

He was sarcastic in his heart and said quickly: "Yes, Your Majesty the Duke, the French are always disgustingly arrogant, and the British will never allow themselves to be under France. But neither Britain nor France can With the financial resources of the Netherlands, the French cannot take advantage of your country’s export trade.”

"If your country is influenced by those fanatical young people, hundreds of thousands of tea-picking, silk reeling, weaving, and porcelain-making workers will not be able to make a living, and your country's treasury silver will definitely be affected. The Netherlands will definitely not The idea of ​​being an enemy of China.”

"In fact, even if those people in Batavia stole, robbed, and were idle, if your country really wants to protect them, the Netherlands is willing to acquit them and send them back to Fujian."

Qi Guogong waved his hands in a hurry and said: "No! After these people come back, they will have no jobs, no land, and it will be difficult to make a living. This will trigger a rebellion!"

"If I agree, if a rebellion occurs in the future, I will bear the responsibility!"

"But..." Seeing Duke Qi's reaction so strong, Phillips was even more convinced that he had grasped Dashun's Achilles' heel, and thought that maybe I could teach you what diplomatic negotiation is.

The Foreign Secretary cannot show his attitude easily. If he shows his attitude, his opponents will seize the opportunity.

Phillips thought to himself, since you are afraid that we will send them back to Fujian, then I will stick to this matter and achieve the result I want.

However, as soon as he said the word "but", Qi Guogong slapped the table and said: "There is no but, this thing will never work! If this thing is done, and there is a rebellion in the future, I will definitely be responsible."

"If the Netherlands must do this, I would rather support Liu Yu's plan to go to war and cut off trade, so that I can gain a patriotic reputation!"

Phillips thought to himself, Your Majesty the Duke, your stupid diplomatic skills have prematurely exposed your bottom line, and you have no initiative.

"Your Majesty, please think carefully. If your country goes to war with the Netherlands, what will it mean? Export trade will be greatly affected. Tens of thousands of tea-picking, silk reeling, and weaving craftsmen may not be able to make a living, and they are still in rebellion. ah.."

Duke Guo of Qi sneered and asked, "What does it have to do with me?"

"What did you say?" Phillips thought he heard wrongly.

"I said, what does it have to do with me? I have my own national conditions in Dashun! My Ministry of Foreign Affairs allowed the repatriation to Fujian, and a rebellion occurred. The responsibility lies with me. The war left the craftsmen unable to make a living and led to the rebellion. The responsibility lies with the local county magistrate. What do the governors, governors, and governors have to do with me?"

Phillips was completely stunned.

He thought that diplomacy relied on technology, but Qi Guogong's simple and extremely selfish words told him that diplomacy relied on strength.

In the face of strength, Phillips' conceited skills are meaningless, and he is even helpless in the face of words that are not in line with diplomatic skills at all.

Let's start a war... The Netherlands is not afraid of Dashun's ten broken ships. But the question is that the Netherlands and France fought to the death for the Belgian buffer zone, and the British fought to the death for maritime supremacy. What was the purpose of the war with Dashun?

For the sake of Sino-Dutch trade, start a war against Dashun, who has a free trade policy, and force it to cut off Sino-Dutch trade?

From the conversation just now, it can be seen that the Duke in charge of diplomacy has no idea what diplomacy is, nor does he understand that trade is two-way.

Therefore, Phillips thought of using "cut off trade" which he did not dare to use, to scare Dashun in order to gain the initiative.

But the Duke in front of him used an extremely selfish answer, leaving Phillips with nothing to do and nothing to say.

In Phillips' view, if the Duke of Qi were in Europe, he might be a low-level figure in terms of diplomatic level. But even this lowly person could push him into a desperate situation.

Yes, anyway, if you return to Fujian and take the blame for the rebellion, then if you don’t want to take the blame and bear the responsibility, just fight. As for the impact on the entire country, what does it count in front of his own title?

Duke Qi had warned him before that there should be no massacre like the Spanish massacre in Manila, otherwise the young nobles and officers eager for military success would surely incite public opinion to start a war, especially the young earl just now, and there was another person beside him. A prince.

Now he resolutely refused to repatriate the people to Fujian, and even told Phillips bluntly, using words without diplomatic skills, that he would not hesitate to go to war for the Duke's personal gain.

This was not a qualified foreign secretary at all, but it blocked all the escape routes Phillips could think of.

"Your Majesty the Duke, this matter must be resolved. The Chinese U-Shirt Party in Batavia has been causing trouble for a long time. You also refuse to let them return to Fujian. If you don't agree to kill them, what should we do? "

Qi Guogong spread his hands and said, "That's what you have to consider. In short, don't cause any trouble for me. If you make me unhappy for a while, I will make him unhappy for the rest of his life."

"If you insist on sending them back to Fujian, I will have no choice but to support the young faction such as Liu Yu and the Seventh Prince and start the war."

"If you cause something like Manila, I, as the person in charge of diplomacy, will still have to bear responsibility and be criticized by political opponents. I can only choose to go to war."

"Don't get me into trouble, understand?"

Phillips was speechless. At this moment, he truly understood that the person in front of him was a pure moral vacuum. He was a person whose personal interests trumped the national interests. If such a person were to be the foreign minister in a Europe with a balance of power, it would be a disaster for the country to which he belongs. .

But in Asia...perhaps, in Asia, it's not that Dashun doesn't understand diplomacy, but that he doesn't need diplomacy at all?

At this moment, Phillips was also full of resentment towards the captain who he thought was "justifiable" before forcing him to stop the Dashun sailboat.

All of this was a chain reaction caused by the captain.

If there hadn't been that incident, under the background that Dashun was about to go to war with Japan and Russia, the Chinese in Batavia could have been eliminated with the simplest method.

Kill them all.

Dashun didn't get wind of it, so he wouldn't question him. When he found out and questioned him later, he just said they were thieves and robbers. Unexpectedly, Dashun's court had no idea what happened in distant Batavia. .

Even if there is a fanatical young man like Liu Yu, when the time comes to send a ship to Batavia to check, if everyone who knows the truth is dead, what will he be able to find out?

Now, the simplest solution is no longer possible, and the foreign minister in front of him, the Duke, is not allowed to cause trouble for him, otherwise he will immediately switch to the war party for his own personal gain. What should we do?

Seeing that Phillips was bored there, Qi Guogong thought that this was the end of his words.

Thinking about what Shouchang analyzed before, as long as you don't repatriate or kill them, the only way to go is to split them up and send them elsewhere.

On diplomatic issues, Duke Qi trusted Liu Yu's judgment, and he had made the reasons very clear before.

If you don't send it away, it will explode.

Sending them away was to leave behind a "returning army" spread across the islands for Dashun's future voyage to Southeast Asia.

Even if Dashun goes to war against Japan, it will accelerate the outbreak of conflicts, and the last large-scale sugar market will collapse.

As for the survival rate, or to prevent the Dutch from directly throwing people into the sea and drowning, Dashun could ask the Dutch to report before implementation, and send two small boats with three or five small officials to supervise the implementation.

Duke Qi also knew that with Dashun's current naval strength and trade advantages, he could directly put pressure on the Netherlands.

But that would inevitably arouse the Netherlands' vigilance in the direction of Southeast Asia.

The Nanyang strategy of the DPRK and China was all bet on what Liu Yu said: "With the death of King Ao, Europe will be in chaos."

If the Netherlands is vigilant in the direction of Nanyang, and Nanyang is the Netherlands' pocket, it is likely that the Netherlands will not participate in the war in Europe.

The DPRK wants to borrow a knife to kill people, and borrow a French knife to kill the Dutch. This will not only fail to make the Dutch alert in Nanyang, but will on the contrary make the Dutch sure that Dashun has no interest in Nanyang and is even indifferent to the Chinese in Nanyang.

To use Liu Yu's description, the Netherlands' trade with China in Nanyang is now becoming increasingly stable, like a pig that is fed regularly every day. Guinea Pig.

After feeding it for a long time, the pig will take the daily feeding as a matter of course when thinking about things, just like the sun rising from the east: when you do things, you will think about a lot, but you will not think about today. What if the sun rises from the west?

Without food, the pig will be greatly affected. But now the guinea pig is likely to have to fight with a vicious dog. If it stops eating too early, the guinea pig will give up the fight with the vicious dog. Only when the vicious dog and guinea pig are fighting at a critical moment, will they suddenly stop eating.

This pig will die.

This is the most difficult part of Dashun's diplomacy with the Netherlands. He must not only control the Chinese, but also pretend to have an attitude that he doesn't want to but has no choice but to do so.

Qi Guogong thought that he had performed well.

A foreign minister whose self-interest outweighs the national interest; a fanatical and young Admiralty; a court that does more than does less; a misjudgment that starting a war with the Netherlands is harmful to the national interest; a man who will not be forced to smash the house. The inertia of opening windows.

Although there was a little accident before, the play was finally over.

…………

The part that Duke Guo of Qi was going to sing was finished, but Liu Yu's part was not finished yet.

The sailors who landed on the warship, under the command of Liu Yu, were having a fight with the Dutch sailors under the watchful eyes of the British, French, Swiss, Portuguese and others.

The next scene may take place in the capital, such as "the emperor reprimanded and fined him three years of salary" in front of the Western countries.

At this time, Li Han finally understood Dashun's diplomatic purpose and was slightly confused.

"Ying Suo Bo, intrigue and deception in diplomacy can only be used once. It will not work the next time. This is not a long-term solution."

Liu Yu smiled slightly and said calmly: "But we don't need a long-term solution. If it works, we don't need diplomacy. Does the Celestial Empire need to form alliances? Just do it."