New Shun 1730

Li Gan glanced at Liu Yu standing by, thinking that you couldn't understand what was going on here, but even if you couldn't see that deeply, you should be happy based on the appearance.

In his opinion, Liu Yu only used Western "tools" and didn't use Western "Tao". This distinction between Tao and tools is the difference between practical learning and Western learning.

To be more precise, in Li Gan's opinion, Liu Yu only had tools but no Tao. He was a very qualified tool.

Some of his actions seemed strange, but in fact, Li Gan thought about it for a long time and didn't think what kind of Tao Liu Yu's actions were.

It was more like knocking here and patching there. As for what it was for, it seemed to be for Dashun or China.

Enriching the country and strengthening the army is not Tao, but a purpose.

In Li Gan's opinion, Liu Yu regarded the purpose itself as Tao, and this kind of person was exactly the qualified bureaucrat Li Gan needed.

Fortunately, Liu Yu's cultural level is not high enough, otherwise Li Gan seriously suspected that Liu Yu would learn from Wang Jinggong and do the set of interpretation and reform, which would be bad.

The current situation is quite good.

Those with tools in their hands cannot interpret the scriptures. Those who can interpret the scriptures with their mouths have no tools in their hands. Check and balance each other, as long as the central power, finance and authority of the central government are still there, those with tools in their hands cannot suppress those who can interpret the scriptures with their mouths.

In his opinion, it seems that if Liu Yu wants to achieve his wish, he can only rely more on the imperial power.

So far, Liu Yu's performance has made Li Gan quite satisfied.

Neither is he nostalgic for military power, nor does he try to seize the navy he built with his own hands. At most, he promotes the set of things about the expansion of the Han and Tang dynasties after the founding of the Dashun Kingdom and the reform of Jingxiang in the navy, which is within the tolerable range.

In order to eliminate his prestige within the navy and want to hide for a while, he also took the initiative to propose a trip to the West.

The specifications of today's grand banquet are in line with etiquette. After all, Japan's tribute is a big event. Since Liu Yu was the first to be promoted, this banquet was also a favor to Liu Yu.

But Li Gan knew that Liu Yu might not care too much about these. Even if he had proposed to go to the West before, in addition to hiding for a period of time to eliminate the impact on the navy, the ultimate goal was still Nanyang.

Just like the story of Zi Han not accepting the jade, different people should be rewarded in different ways. Just like the tribute of Chuokola from the West, it is a good thing, but if it is given to a dog, it may not be as good as a pile of shit.

Today's banquet is to reward Liu Yu, and Li Gan also knows what Liu Yu is obsessed with.

So after the envoys of various countries signed the treaty, Li Gan took the initiative to talk to the Dutch envoy about Nanyang.

But he did not directly talk about the Chinese in Batavia, but first talked about the issue of China and the Netherlands joining forces to suppress pirates.

This gave the Dutch a reassurance.

"Now that Japan is paying tribute, the trade policy has also changed. I heard from Lord Jing that Japan opened up Nagasaki trade before. In addition to the Celestial Empire and the Netherlands, there were also ships from Annan Tokyo. They used the Celestial Empire's flag and traded with trade letters to enter Nagasaki for trade."

"Now that the Celestial Empire prohibits private trade among its vassal states, Annan's sea merchants who go to Nagasaki for trade are afraid that there will be cunning and greedy people who will start pirate activities."

"Therefore, after this year, there will be many pirates and thieves in the South China Sea. Now that the Celestial Empire opens trade, ships from various countries travel back and forth, and pirates are the most hateful."

"I have decided to wipe out the pirates in the South China Sea. Portugal and the Netherlands should work together with the Celestial Empire on this matter."

Liu Yu just translated it, and the Dutch understood it. The Netherlands has been a sea merchant coachman for so many years, and has also supported more than one pirate group in the South China Sea and the Caribbean. The logic of the rise of pirates is quite clear.

Once the trade with Japan is cut off, it is not only the Netherlands that is actually affected, but also the Chinese sea merchants in Vietnam.

Nagasaki previously only accepted trade between China and the Netherlands, but there was a problem here. The Chinese merchants in Vietnam had Vietnamese flags, but they spoke with Fujian and Guangdong accents, which was still considered as trade on the Chinese side.

Japan also knew the trick. Even though the Vietnamese sent an elephant, they still did not speak at the official level, but in fact allowed merchants whose flags were in Tokyo but whose owners were Chinese to trade in Japan. The monopoly trade letter Liu Yu had obtained before was only a trade letter from Guangxi to Shandong ports. When he arrived in Japan, he had to register where his ship departed from.

Now that Japan's trade is dominated by Dashun, it is not only the Dutch who are affected, but also the Vietnamese Chinese merchants who are playing tricks.

Monopoly trade will always bring pirates, and the Dutch know this very well.

If these pirates are active on the route from Songjiang to Japan, the Dutch are happy to support them. However, the scope of activities of these Vietnamese Chinese merchants whose livelihoods were cut off by Dashun is based on the surrounding areas of Vietnam in the South Seas.

Now that Dashun has taken the initiative to propose cooperation in suppressing pirates, the Dutch have transformed this diplomatic rhetoric and understood that Dashun is actually telling the Dutch that Dashun recognizes the Dutch rule in Nanyang. At least in the short term, it will not focus on Nanyang.

The Dutch envoys of course readily agreed, after all, they have to worry about various pirates in Nanyang every year. Unfortunately, the trade between Dashun and Japan now goes directly to Songjiang, which makes it impossible for pirates in Nanyang to rob Dashun, otherwise the Dutch can support it.

"Your Majesty, the Respected Emperor, the Republic of the Netherlands has always hated pirates..."

The envoy knew that Liu Yu did not understand Low German very well, so he answered in Latin.

As soon as he spoke, the envoys of Portugal, Britain, France and other countries couldn't help but hold their breath.

Originally I was ready to laugh, but it was really not good to laugh in this situation, so I could only hold it in, and a puff of air came out of my nose.

The Netherlands hates pirates?

The envoys thought to themselves that this was the funniest joke in the world. The Basques in Spain, the Jews in Portugal, the Huguenots in France...these marginalized people with naval experience were all organized by the Dutch to rob them everywhere. The famous one, go to the Caribbean to find out, who is the Pirate King?

As for Dashun, Liu Yu also wanted it, and even the emperor wanted to laugh. I felt sorry that I had read some things in the late Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, I would have thought that the Netherlands was a good businessman who was gentle, courteous and thrifty.

But not only to prepare for the future voyage to Nanyang, but also to confirm to the Dutch that Dashun would not sail to Nanyang, the emperor still held back.

He added: "In addition to the suppression of pirates, I also heard about the overseas Chinese survivors in Batavia."

"The land of Fujian is barren, with nine mountains and one field. Since ancient times, people have had the habit of going to Southeast Asia to make a living. However, even outside today's dynasty, one must also abide by the rules outside."

"I've heard that many of them don't pay the poll tax. Thinking of the overseas survivors, they are all my sons. No doubt they have to go overseas to make a living. It's already difficult to make a living."

"The Netherlands said that the sugar trade is not booming now, and most of the Chinese survivors are engaged in sugar extraction. You have to move them to the Lion Kingdom, Ambon and other places, and they still have to pay the head tax."

"My livelihood is already difficult, and I can't bear it. Let's do this. I will pay the poll tax for them for three years from my internal funds. You can make clear statistics first, and I will also send people to Nanyang to comfort them and persuade them to comply. According to the local law, you should not commit adultery. Now that I have gone to the Lion Country, Ambon and other places, I will pay for them with my own money for three years, and I will rest and settle down for three years."

"However, this money cannot be given to you directly. My innocent children also need to know that it is my own internal funds."

The Dutch envoy thought he heard wrongly, but he thought there was such a good thing? Even if the money is given to them, as long as we collect taxes, doesn’t it mean giving it to us?

Is this considered compensation for trade with Japan?

Looking at the expressionless translator Liu Yu in disbelief, and after confirming that there were no auditory hallucinations, the Dutch envoy hurriedly said: "The kindness of His Majesty the Great Emperor will be known and recited by everyone from Batavia to Amsterdam. "

After flattering him, the emperor just smiled, thinking that the Yi Di were really as stupid as trapping dolphins and pigs, and he was afraid that those who didn't understand people's hearts would gain the will of the world.

As long as they can survive at home, who is willing to leave their hometown and go to Nanyang to make a living? Most of the local officials are corrupt and oppressive, and there are some shameless country gentry.

Now I am using my internal funds to make the people of Nanyang know that "the Holy Emperor, the Holy Ming, and the corrupt officials are only unknown to the Emperor when he lives in the forbidden palace."

Moreover, there are only 30,000 to 50,000 people, and the internal funds consumed are only 30,000 to 50,000 taels per year. And if you are allowed to kill them all, or if the government pays to send the remaining people to the Lion Kingdom, Ambon and other places in the future, there will still be only 350,000 people, and more than 1 to 2 million taels will be needed. If it is lower than this, people's hearts will be resentful, alienated from virtue, and would rather stand on their own than return to heaven.

Nowadays, 30,000 to 50,000 taels are used to buy the hearts and minds of Nanyang people. Don’t you know that the hearts of the people are priceless?

It’s not possible to go back to Fujian anyway. After returning, there is no land for them, and tens of thousands of people have no way to make a living. How can they not cause chaos?

Since you are in charge, the cane sugar trade is sluggish. When I take back Nanyang, I will not be able to revive the cane sugar.

In this case, why not lend your hands to resolve the problems in Nanyang?

This was something Liu Yu and the emperor had discussed dozens of times before.

Against the background of large-scale sugarcane planting in Taiwan, Guangxi and other places, if Dashun takes over Nanyang, but does not have the Dutch market in Persia, India and other places, the sugarcane industry in Nanyang will be even more uncomfortable.

If the Dutch do not solve this problem, if Dashun takes over Nanyang in the future, it will be equivalent to laying a mine in Nanyang.

By showing a good attitude now, it not only shows the Netherlands that China's borders do not include Nanyang, but also hopes to use the Dutch to solve this mine.

As for those people the Dutch will arrange to open up wasteland, build forts, and cut down tropical rainforests to grow coffee spices in places such as Ceylon, their lives may be worse than those in the sugar cane plantations in Batavia... That is also the tyranny and harsh rule of the Dutch. , and Dashun will be the liberator in the future.

Even if this kind of tyranny is actually Dashun's acquiescence, or he is hiding his ears and pretending not to know what will happen, but in fact he is aware of it.

When the emperor mentioned this, in the emperor's opinion, this was the greatest reward for Liu Yu's conquest of Japan. It also clearly told Liu Yu: I want to go to Nanyang.

If you want to take something, say don't take it. If you don't want to take it, say take it. Those who want to take it will be happy because of the words not to take it.

Sure enough, when he glanced sideways, a smile appeared on the corner of Liu Yu's mouth. It disappeared briefly, and then he returned to his serious expression and concentrated on translating.