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It is not stated clearly that 20% of the foreign police will definitely behave positively and will settle the residents of their own race.

Once there is trouble, the police of foreign races will be pushed to take the blame: the government is good and treats the people kindly, and the bad things are done by the police of foreign races.Punishment of foreign police officers can not only quell public anger, but also gain people's support.

And those scapegoat policemen were not wronged. They acted like dog legs in front of the Han people, so they naturally had to find compensation from their compatriots, and even corrupted their own compatriots by taking bribes and perverting the law.

Liu Hanyi observed the neighborhood along the way. Except for the castle, most of the other areas in the city belonged to Chinese-style buildings. At first glance, she thought she had returned to China.

There are also beggars, but there are no Han Chinese beggars.

Every once in a while, the government will clean up the beggars and sell them to the Han landlords as tenants.This is certainly unfair. The Han landlords in the suburbs will rob the aborigines of their living space, and the aborigines can only go to the city to find a way out.Those who are lucky can make a living by themselves, but those who are unlucky will be dealt with by the government.

To put it bluntly, they are still engaged in colonization.

It's just that this kind of colonial method is infinitely more benevolent than the European ghosts. There is no ruthless squeeze to death, and it will not exterminate people for no reason-the tribes attacked by the Luzon Datong Army all robbed farms repeatedly.

And the Netherlands is the most brutal, killing all of Xiaoliuqiu Island in Taiwan, the reason is to capture female slaves and distribute them to soldiers and crew.In the Spice Islands, more than [-] aborigines were exterminated, because too many aborigines were prone to rebellion.Many of the Han Chinese wives in Batavia are from Bali. In order to keep the Han Chinese, the Dutch slaughtered the indigenous tribes in Bali, and robbed the women, sold them and gave them to the Han people to settle down.

Liu Hanyi passed by a blacksmith's shop, heard the conversation inside, and couldn't help asking: "There are still Japanese people?"

Zhang Huangyan said: "A few years ago, the Japanese ronin rioted, and the shogunate arrested and killed ronin wantonly. Many ronin fled to Ryukyu. His Majesty feared that Ryukyu would be unstable, so he moved some Japanese ronin to Luzon. Taiwan, Palembang and Malacca, They were assigned some ronin, ranging in number from a few hundred to a thousand."

The two entered the castle and came to Zhang Huangyan's office.

Zhang Huangyan took the initiative to ask: "I've already heard about the matter of baah, what is the angel going to do?"

Liu Hanyi told the details of Su Minggang's explanation, and said: "President Zhang please send two thousand troops, and then mobilize the Luzon and Taiwan navy to take down the Dutch city of Batavia!"

Zhang Huangyan was taken aback. He knew that the envoys who went to sea were all daring, but he never expected to be so courageous, so he couldn't laugh or cry: "The angel is really bold. I thought that the angel planned to send troops to capture Nanba, but the lesson is that it's backfired." Nambah Sultan."

"What's there to capture with a murmur? If you want to fight, hit Batavia!" Liu Hanyi said loudly.

Zhang Huangyan said: "But the order I received is that once the Netherlands attacks Nanbawa, Luzon will send troops to rescue and occupy Nanbawa according to the situation. Sending troops to Batavia has exceeded the power of the governor of Luzon. .”

Liu Hanyi asked: "President Zhang received the order, did he say something about it? Wow, what should I do if I go to the Netherlands?"

"No," Zhang Huangyan shook his head and said, "So, I have to ask the imperial court for instructions on this matter."

"I ask the imperial court for instructions on everything. How much time will it take to come and go? Wait until then to send troops. I guess the Dutch will be muttering about building the castle," Liu Hanyi said. "I don't know how to fight, but I also know how to fight." The story of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao. Our army went straight to Batavia, and the Dutch defenders of Nabawa must return to the army to rescue them. Nabawa will be defeated. Even if our army cannot take Batavia, it will be no problem to retreat safely. Right? On the way to withdraw the troops, you can easily occupy Nanbawa, isn't it easier than directly attacking Nanbawa?"

"Indeed." Zhang Huangyan nodded in approval.

Liu Hanyi continued: "I have already inquired. In order to capture Ceylon, the Dutch sank one warship and severely damaged three warships by the Portuguese. In addition, a few years ago, the Dutch warship was severely damaged by our Datong Navy, and it is still there. It has not been fully restored. Although the number of ships has been replenished, most of them are converted from merchant ships, and they cannot beat our Datong Navy. As long as the navy of Guangdong, Taiwan, Luzon, Palembang, and Malacca are dispatched, they can suppress the Dutch Navy ships , successfully sent the army to Batavia to land."

Zhang Huangyan asked: "Our army is small, how can we capture Batavia?"

Liu Hanyi said: "There is no need to attack by force. With the support of the local Han people, as long as we give money, we can buy enough food on the spot. Our army is small, and the Dutch have even fewer soldiers. Batavia has only a thousand defenders. They dare not go out of the city to fight. , can only be surrounded until they run out of ammunition and food."

Zhang Huangyan added: "The Sultan of Mataram is a puppet of the Dutch. Will Matalam send troops?"

Liu Hanyi said: "You can incite the nobles in Matalan to rebel. There was a rebellion in the past two years, and the capital of Matalan was occupied, and the old sultan of Matalan was killed. The current sultan of Matalan, the whole country Only by relying on the support of the Dutch can we quell the uprising and return to the capital. As long as we contain the Dutch, the Matalan nobles will respond. At that time, the Sultan of Matalan will not be able to take care of himself, how can he rescue Batavia?"

"Since the angels have made up their minds, then I will send troops." Zhang Huangyan is actually unwilling to be lonely, he needs enough reasons to convince himself.

But sending troops to Batavia did not disobey the imperial order.

When Zhao Han gave the order, he took into account the rapidly changing situation, so the military order was very vague, giving the frontline governor and officers and soldiers enough autonomy.

Chapter 818 [Army dispatched]

Liu Hanyi knew that Lu Song's chief general was a black man, and seeing him now, he really lived up to his reputation, as black as charcoal.

"General Tie, thank you!" Liu Hanyi cupped his hands.

Tie Hong also bowed his hands in return: "It's easy to say that they are all serving the country. It just so happens that I have been too busy for a long time. Luzon has 2000 garrisons, and I have to keep [-] to garrison Manila, and another [-] to garrison Tortoiseshell City. I can take [-] troops with me. People are at war with you."

"Two thousand people are enough." Liu Hanyi said.

Zhang Huangyan suddenly said: "There are thousands of Japanese vagrants in Luzon, most of them are employed by Han landlords, and they take care of the homes of those landlords. Many of them escaped from Japan alone, and there is no money to marry a wife in Luzon. Indigenous women are wives, and those who have done meritorious service can be given land, these ronin must be eager to join the army, and they don't even need to be paid."

"That's great!" Liu Hanyi, like Han Xin, sent as many troops as possible.

Zhang Huangyan and Tie Hong stayed in Luzon temporarily to recruit Japanese.

And Liu Hanyi went to Taiwan to persuade the admirals there in the name of court envoys.

In fact, Taiwan also has an army stationed there, with [-] soldiers in Taipei and [-] soldiers in Tainan, mainly fighting headhunters in the mountains.

The rogues Zhang Xianzhong and Sun Kewang had already developed into large villages in the valleys between mountains.They can vigorously develop into the mountainous area, lay down a piece of land, and the government will immigrate in, and they can also leave some land for themselves.In order to pay less tax on land, the bandits are crazy about having babies. Zhang Xianzhong alone has 16 children, most of whom are born to local concubines.

Liu Hanyi walked around Tainan and Taipei, not only succeeded in persuading the navy to dispatch, but also borrowed [-] troops in Taiwan.

Zhang Xianzhong's eldest brother-in-law, Ding Chang, opened a shop in Taipei County to do fur business, and immediately sent someone to the mountains to report the news.Unwilling to be lonely, Zhang Xianzhong came with hundreds of peasants and soldiers, intending to make military exploits to gain status—he wanted to be the mayor of the town.

"Angel Liu, one-third of my more than a hundred farmers and soldiers are brothers who fought in the Southern and Northern Wars. The remaining two-thirds have also been fighting headhunters all year round. I guarantee that everyone is doing well!" Zhang Xianzhong's chest slapped loudly.

Liu Hanyi looked at the famous "eight thieves" curiously. He probably became a big landlord, and his life was relatively moist. Zhang Xianzhong was obviously fat.

But it is still very strong, which can be described as big shoulders and round waist.

Fei Ruhe was recruiting Li Zicheng's troops in Hetao. Since Li Zicheng could be forgiven, it seems that there is no taboo to use Zhang Xianzhong to fight.

Liu Hanyi asked: "Why did Village Chief Zhang take the initiative to join the army?"

Zhang Xianzhong laughed and said: "Ming people don't talk dark words. One is that it is boring to fight with the natives, and they want to go to Batavia to play tricks. The other is that they want to make meritorious service and become the mayor. The magistrate and the county magistrate are afraid of trouble, so they dare not let me be the mayor. If you have done meritorious service, please ask the angel to say a few words in front of His Majesty. The third is to consider for your children and grandchildren. Although my children can go to school, they are not qualified to graduate as official examiners, and they are not qualified to serve as officials in the Nanjing Imperial Examination. If I have made meritorious service in this battle, I beg Your Majesty to grant me a place in the imperial examination. The fourth child of my family was born smart, studied in elementary school, and took the first place in the examination every year. If I can pass the imperial examination in the future, it will be beautiful."

Liu Hanyi couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this, the majestic Eight Great Kings are now working hard to be the mayor and taking the initiative to challenge for a son's imperial examination.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong is very satisfied with his current life.

He now has a group of wives and concubines, three of whom were brought from Hubei, and the rest of the concubines are all indigenous women.Although he is an aborigine, he is also born beautiful and has a special charm.More than a dozen sons and daughters made Zhang Xianzhong even more proud. His Zhang family was enough to spread branches and leaves in Taiwan and become a rich family.

There are thousands of acres of land under his name, and most of the land is still paying high stepped taxes.But as long as the children are all adults and the land property is shared equally among the children, those step taxes can be exempted, which is nothing more than the household registration of more than ten people.

Zhang Xianzhong's current ideal is to have more children, let the children have more children, and then continue to open up the mountains and forests.In a few decades, the Zhang family will have thousands of acres of land!

If the son can be an official through the imperial examination and has connections in the court, that would of course be great.

Liu Hanyi said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is dedicated to serving the country. How could I refuse? Let's wait for the Luzon army to set off together."

Liu Hanyi continued to go to Guangdong by boat, persuaded the navy there to send out a few warships, and then went to Palembang and Malacca.But Zhang Xianzhong sent people south to call Sun Kewang, who was waiting for orders with more than 80 peasants and soldiers.

Liu Hanyi made an appointment with various armies and kept gathering along the way. Now the troops are gathering in Guangzhou, and then collectively head south to Palembang.

Malacca's army will also be waiting in Palembang.

Palembang is only 900 miles away from Batavia by sea, and it can be reached in a blink of an eye by boat, like a sharp sword in the throat of the Dutch.

Liu Hanyi arrived in Malacca by boat, and not only borrowed two warships and a hundred troops, but also learned the latest news about the Dutch fleet.

After the Dutch occupied Nanbawa, they went to attack Sukadana and forced the sultan of the country to surrender.

Today's Kalimantan Island, Brunei, Sulu and Sanfa Sultanate are Chinese vassal states.The Nanbawa, Sukardana, and Machen Sultanates are vassal states of the Netherlands.

There is also a landak sultanate which is most suitable for farming and has a natural harbor, but it still maintains an independent state.The Dutch didn't like it at all, because they could only cultivate land, and the production of spices was not much, so they couldn't get much money from hunting.

After the situation stabilized, the Netherlands left part of the army to guard the gold mine, and the rest of the troops returned.There are also two ships, transporting hundreds of troops, to Ceylon to replenish the castle's troops, in case the Portuguese come back, and at the same time to replenish food for the Ceylon castle.

At present, half of the troops of the Dutch East India Company are stationed on the east coast of India and Ceylon, half are stationed in Batavia, and there are sporadic troops distributed on small islands rich in spices.

Liu Hanyi then came to Palembang, and soon met Governor Kuang Hong, and Governor Wu Liangfu of the Governor's Mansion.

Wu Liangfu, the eunuch who killed Dayuer and Shunzhi, was promoted by Zhao Hanchao because he voluntarily requested to work overseas.He was still in Palembang, adopted a Han orphan, and married a wife to continue the incense of the Wu family.

"Palembang can send [-] troops," Kuang Hong said. "The Han people in Palembang can recruit at least [-] volunteer soldiers. But it is better not to recruit them. These Han people believe in green religion, and the speed of conversion to Taoism is very slow. Before the large-scale reformation, I will not allow them to serve as soldiers, even if they are volunteers. You can go to Banten Kingdom to recruit servants, and Bandan Kingdom is eager to drive away the Dutch."

Liu Hanyi shook his head and said: "No, the Banten people cannot break through Batavia, so they often plunder the surrounding Han farms. This time the war requires the local Han people to provide food. If the Banten people are recruited as servants, it will definitely trigger the Badavia. The dissatisfaction of the Via Han landlords."

Kuang Hong smiled and came up with an idea: "After encircling Batavia, we can divide up 200 troops and go to the Berangan (Bandung) area to incite the rebellion of the Matalan nobles there. Last time the Netherlands helped the Matalan Sultan In return, Brian'an has been ceded to the Netherlands. There are Dutch castles there, which are relatively rudimentary. It is said that there are only dozens of garrisons. The Netherlands is preaching everywhere in the Brian'an area, and missionaries have also invaded a large number of lands. The aristocratic landowners were very resistant."

Liu Hanyi clapped her hands and praised: "As long as we confirm that we have surrounded Batavia, the noble landlords of Matalan in Brian'an will definitely raise troops again. They don't need their help to attack Batavia. After these people rebel, the flames of war will move toward Spreading to the east, the entire Matalam will be ruled by the rebels. In this way, Batavia is surrounded by the deadly enemy Banten Kingdom to the west, and the Matalan Kingdom full of rebels to the east. Batavia has become a completely isolated city , we can be assured of a bold siege, and we don’t need to send additional people to the coast to instigate.”

To be on the safe side, Liu Hanyi still went to the neighboring country of Johor to borrow 1500 Johor soldiers with worrying combat effectiveness.

Two months later, armies from all walks of life converged in Palembang.

More than 40 large and small ships, 2000 Luzon Army, 800 Japanese Ronin, 200 Taiwan Army, 220 Taiwan Farmers, 100 Malacca Army, 100 Palembang Army, and 1500 Johor soldiers.The total strength of the army reached 4920 people.

On the other side of the Netherlands, there are more than 20 large and small ships and more than 1200 Dutch troops.

However, there are more than 2000 Dutch and mixed Dutch civilians in Batavia, and it should be possible to temporarily recruit thousands of militiamen.In addition, there are slaves, who can also temporarily form an army.There are also more than 2000 indigenous servants who can be pulled into the battlefield to fight.Counting all the garbage soldiers, the number is about the same as that of the Chinese army.

In fact, when the navies of Guangdong, Taiwan, and Luzon assembled and marched southward from Guangzhou, they were discovered by the Dutch when they walked near Singapore.

The governor of Batavia, Carl Rainiers, immediately guessed the target of the Chinese army.While ordering troops from all over Nanyang to assemble, he also temporarily incorporated the merchant ships that had not yet left the port into the naval ranks, and recalled the army guarding the Nanbawa Gold Mine.On the one hand, two merchant ships were dispatched to bypass the southern part of Sumatra and head to India to call for reinforcements.

At the same time, send envoys to Palembang, hoping to resolve the crisis peacefully.

The envoy was the writer Neuhof who had dealt with the Datong Army in Malacca and who painted the Nanjing Liuli Pagoda in history and spread it to Europe.

When Neuhoff saw Liu Hanyi, he asked: "The Netherlands and China signed the Treaty of Batavia, and we have a ten-year truce. Why is China sending a large army to Palembang now? China is not keeping its promise to tear up the treaty." ?"

Liu Hanyi took out the canonized edict and the gold seal of the king of Nanbawa, and angrily said: "Nambawa is already a vassal state of China, and the Netherlands has torn up the treaty by capturing Nanbawa!"

Neuhoff argued: "No, Your Excellency's canonization document has not yet been delivered to Sultan Nanbawa. Before China completed the canonization, Sultan Nanbawa had surrendered to the Netherlands. Now Nanbawa is a vassal state of the Netherlands. We do not The treaty was not broken."

Liu Hanyi corrected: "King Nanbawa has already presented the letter of credence to China. When the letter of credence was accepted by the emperor of Datong Dynasty, Nanbawa was already a vassal state of China!"

Neuhof no longer entangled in this issue: "It seems that this is just a misunderstanding, and there is no need to use force to solve it. The Netherlands can withdraw its troops from Nanbawa. How about the Netherlands and China jointly exploiting the gold mines of Nanbawa?"

This little teddy in the Netherlands really wants everything.

Batavia is about to be attacked by soldiers, and he is still unwilling to hand over the gold mine completely, and wants to jointly develop the gold mine with China.

Liu Hanyi sneered: "Do you think this will allow me to withdraw troops?"

Neuhoff continued to make concessions: "Since China is unwilling to give up the gold mine, the Netherlands is willing to give in and promise not to get involved in the Nanbawa gold mine in the future."

"My [-] troops came from afar, and you want me to go back without letting go?" Liu Hanyi exaggerated the strength of the troops by six times.

Neuhof wanted to delay the time, so he said, "Why don't I go back to Batavia first and ask the governor to compensate part of your country's military expenses? Please give me a price, how much money can make up for the loss of sending troops?"

"50 taels of silver!" Liu Hanyi said loudly.

If the Netherlands is really willing to pay so much money, Liu Hanyi will retreat without saying a word, which is enough for him to get a lot of credit.

Chapter 819 [Jieyan]

The Han people in Batavia have a delicate relationship with the Dutch colonial government.

There is even a saying that Batavia is a Chinese colonial city!

This place was originally called Jakarta, and it was snatched by the Netherlands from the Banten Kingdom.At the beginning of the occupation, the Banten Kingdom, Mataram Kingdom, the United Kingdom and other forces sent troops to besiege the city in turn. If the surrender conditions were not too harsh, the Netherlands would have chosen to surrender long ago.

In order to gain a firm foothold, the Netherlands chose to join forces with the Han Chinese.

The castle was completely built by the Han people.The city bricks were fired by the Han people, the moat was dug by the Han people, and the Netherlands was only responsible for transporting stones and grain from other places.

Before the castle was even built, Kapitan Su Minggang, a Han Chinese, was appointed as a member of the Councilor to participate in the discussion of Batavia's government affairs.

At that time, the city was surrounded by forests and swamps, and the forests were full of hostile Javanese natives.It is impossible to transport all the food from other places, and the Netherlands teamed up with the Han people. The Netherlands was responsible for military development, and the Han people were responsible for reclaiming farmland, and they achieved food self-sufficiency in a few years.

When everything stabilized, the Netherlands bared its fangs and began to impose heavy taxes on the Han Chinese.As far as poll tax is concerned, the tax rate of the Han people is several times that of the Javanese natives.

However, the Han people are still strong.

If the history is not changed, the Han people will gain more power.With the increase of Han people, two positions, Lei Zhenlan and street chief, were established under Jiapitan to fully realize the autonomy of Han people inside and outside the city.Wu Zhi fans will also be set up, and the power of the Han people will be further enhanced.

Then Confucian temples, academies, hospitals, and nursing homes appeared, and with the expansion of Dutch power, this system of Han people spread throughout Indonesia.

Even the countryside is controlled by Han plantation owners, and the indigenous landowners and Dutch plantation owners can only survive in the cracks.

In the end, the Netherlands felt overwhelmed and incited the aborigines to massacre the Han Chinese.

It is not that overseas Han Chinese are not united, nor are they disinterested in politics.They have been holding groups, and even set up nursing homes to adopt orphans, and the Han Chamber of Commerce also provides education for orphans.They have been fighting for political power, with more and more Han Chinese in official positions, and more and more Han Chinese parliamentarians.

There is no support from the state at all, and it is all up to the Han people to fight for themselves. It is good enough to be able to develop into that.

It's a pity that the Han people didn't have guns, not because they didn't want to, but because the Netherlands didn't give them at all.The Han people are forbidden to hold weapons, and they have no power to resist the butcher's knife.

"50 taels of silver? That's more than 190 million Dutch guilders!"

Carl Rainiers was not even in the mood to bargain when he heard the amount of compensation, and said directly: "Get ready to go to war!"

This is the net profit of the Dutch East India Company for two full years in Asia.Note, the profits of the whole of Asia, including India, Ceylon, Japan and the Spice Islands.

Naval commander Balthazar Burt said: "Our fleet in the Far East cannot defeat the Chinese navy. In the past few years, we lost too many warships, and now more than half of them are converted from merchant ships. And the Chinese navy, this Three capital ships were launched in two years. If we transfer fleet support from India, the Chinese can also transfer fleet support from the mainland. So the real decisive battle depends on the victory of the army.”

Army Commander William Clapp said: "I can guarantee that we will stick to the castle until we run out of ammunition and food. But there are too many Chinese residents inside and outside the city. They will definitely help the Chinese army fight and provide food for the Chinese army. We must Take the lead, kill the Chinese residents as much as possible, and grab as much food as possible to defend the city."

Rainiers said worriedly: "If a massacre is carried out against the Chinese, Batavia will be destroyed. Not only will the city not be able to function, but the food will not be self-sufficient. In the future, it will have to transport food from other places."

The Dutch immigrants in Batavia did not grow food at all at this time.

Historically, more than ten years later, more than half of the plantations of the Han people were burned down by Bandan bandits, causing a continuous food shortage in Batavia.The Han Chinese were dissatisfied with the failure of the Dutch army to provide protection, and took the opportunity to demand more power.Until then, the governor called on the Dutch to open plantations in the suburbs, and gave them super preferential treatment that was almost tax-free.