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Uma asked, "Is prestige important, or is avoiding defeat important?"

Muhammad thought about it and couldn't think of a better way, so he could only nod helplessly: "Okay then, just listen to the teacher."

For Uma, even if the prestige is greatly lost, it is also the loss of the prestige of the sultan.He is a prophet, he is a powerful minister, as long as he can stabilize his own interests,

The big deal is to change to a Sudan.

The Aceh Kingdom expanded too much before, its territory doubled several times, and there were many internal conflicts.The former Sudan was able to suppress and transfer conflicts by relying on foreign wars, but now it has become chaotic. Once there is a big defeat, the entire country may be torn apart.

Stability is the top priority in everything, and everything is to avoid division. Giving up the wealthy Palembang is also acceptable.

As long as he becomes a vassal state of China, the external pressure will be gone, and Uma's position as a power minister will be stabilized.Even, as long as it can be exchanged for China's care and internal and external stability, Uma thinks it can be considered to send all the eastern territories of Aceh.

Chapter 710 [Chaos into a pot of porridge]

Malacca is fighting fiercely. In the territory of the ally Aceh, there are also Han people raising troops to fight for independence. What is the governor of Batavia doing?

He is guarding against Wandan Kingdom!

As early as when the Datong Navy robbed Dutch merchant ships, the Banten Kingdom began to jump.Instead of directly attacking Batavia, they engaged in friction on the Matalam border, and the British also took the opportunity to send troops to do so.

Due to the continuous suppression of the Netherlands, the British influence in Java was very weak.Didn't even bother to station the warships, only in the castle near Banten, with a few civilians, and 16 British Army soldiers.

Why not attack the Netherlands, but instead attack Matalam?

Because the current Sultan of Mataram chose to cooperate with the Netherlands, it seriously violated the interests of Banten and the United Kingdom!

Just when Mataram Sultan Amanggurat I sent someone to ask for help from the Netherlands, the Netherlands sent [-] troops to help.An uprising broke out in Matalam. The indigenous aristocrat, Trunozojo, held high the banner of fighting against the oppression of the Netherlands, and gathered thousands of troops to attack the capital of Matalam.

These insurgents are also interesting. Their slogan is to fight against the Dutch, but instead of attacking the Netherlands, they attack their own capital.

The reason for such nonsense is that Holland and Mataram are sworn enemies!

Mataram's predecessor, Sultan Radeng Langsang, was also a hero.Twice he led the army to besiege Batavia.

After the defeat, Ladeng Langsang began to cultivate his health and rest.He reformed the domestic calendar, reformed the tax system, encouraged maritime trade, and seriously developed the economy.It is planned to develop the army and navy after the strength is strong, and finally have a decisive battle with the Dutch.

It's a pity that although this hero has remarkable internal affairs and made Ma Talan rich and powerful, he has a successor who wants to enjoy himself.

After Amang Goulart I succeeded to the throne, relying on the abundant treasury left by his father, he began to build palaces extensively, search and buy exotic beauties, and live in the palace all day long.In a few years, the treasury was empty, so they began to extort money.

Coupled with the invasion of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, Mataram lost control of shipping, trade declined, and production slumped.

The local nobles in the country were already very dissatisfied. Amanggurat I did not want to appease, but instead took the initiative to give the Dutch the right to purchase spices and use the Dutch army to suppress domestic rebellions.

Even if an uprising does not break out now, it will in a few years.

Historically, the aristocratic rebel army not only captured the capital, but also controlled the entire coastal area of ​​East Java. The tyrant Amanggurat I was also killed by the rebel army.This guy's son once again relied on the Netherlands to suppress the rebellion. The price was that Matalam became a vassal of the Netherlands and ceded part of its territory to the Netherlands.

"Your Excellency, the rebels have captured Semarang, and the Sultan of Mataram is asking for help again. The Sultan promises that Mataram is willing to be a vassal state of the Netherlands as long as he helps him destroy the rebels."

"Semarang is a big city, how did the rebels fight so fast?"

“Tang people in Semarang join the rebels.”

"Tang people, Tang people, these damn Chinese again!"

When Fan der Lin heard words such as "Tang people" and "China", he felt uncomfortable.There are too many bad things related to China, which made him unable to resign safely, and insisted on making all kinds of moths and disgusting people.

In fact, the reason why the Chinese in Semarang announced to join the Mataram Rebel Army has nothing to do with race, but has a huge relationship with religion!

The tyrant Sultan of Mataram, in order to gain power and curry favor with the Dutch, went so far as to attack local sectarian forces while conniving Dutch missionaries to spread Christianity.This move angered Green Christians all over the country.This uprising is tantamount to a tripartite alliance of sects, nobles and common people.

Wherever the rebel army passed by, there was no need to fight at all, and religious sects, nobles and common people from all over the world came to help.

And the Chinese in Semarang are almost all Green Christians!

This is also Zheng He's supply base. The Chinese converted to Green Religion, and Zheng He made great efforts.

Zheng He's voyages in Nanyang were also a journey to spread Green Education.Champa, Old Port, and Semarang are the three major missionary bases of Zheng He, and the local leaders he appointed are all Green Christians.

Those Chinese who revolted in Palembang before were all Green believers!

Second Sister Shi, the second Daming Old Port Propaganda and Consolation Envoy, has an adopted son named Sunan Jili.With the help of Second Sister Shi, this person actively opened up Chinese dioceses,

He not only preached in Sumatra, but even spread the power of the sect to Java, and was honored as "the greatest of the nine sages of the Green Sect in Java" by later generations of believers.

Although the Shi family in Palembang does not show their mountains and dews, as long as they show the name of "Binachi", the Green Christians in Sumatra and Java, no matter Chinese, indigenous or Arabs, will pay more or less money to the Shi family. Divide into thin noodles.

Second Sister Shi's honorific title is "Pinazhi Shi's Auntie".

Binazhi, meaning leader, she was once the spiritual leader of Nanyang Green Cultists.

The Chinese leader in Palembang was originally the ancestor of the Liang family.The fact that the ancestors of the Shi family were able to serve as consolation envoys was simply because the Shi family was the first to join the religion, and thus gained Zheng He's respect!

"Leave 500 soldiers to garrison Batavia, and the rest of the army will all march towards Semarang!" Van der Lin ordered immediately.

Semarang is too important to save.

The capital of Matalam is called Pasak Gede, which is near the later Surakarta (Chinese name "Solo").This is the core area of ​​Matalam, where a large amount of spices are produced, and all goods must be shipped to Semarang before they can be shipped to Batavia by sea.

Once Semarang is lost, nearly half of the spices in Mata Ram will no longer be sold to the Dutch.

Just when the Dutch army was about to go to suppress the rebellion, the news from Malacca finally came back to Batavia, and Kuang Hong sent a ship to deliver the letter.

"Malacca is gone? Aceh has become a Chinese vassal? The Chinese in Palembang rebelled and became independent?"

A series of news made Van der Lin at a loss.

The Chinese have already occupied Malacca, will they take the dogs they collected and join forces from all over the world to attack Batavia?

At this moment, Van der Lin's vest felt cold, and he quickly stopped the counter-insurgency army, and all stayed behind to defend Batavia.As for the coalition forces of Banten and the United Kingdom, which are attacking the Matalam border, he can no longer take care of such trivial matters.

"Tell the envoy, invite him to Batavia, and I will negotiate with him again," Van der Lin said to the envoy.

Another few days passed, and before Kuang Hong came to negotiate, the prince of Matalan fled to Batavia first.

The prince had succeeded to the throne on the way, that is, Amon Goulart II, and he cried to Van der Lin: "The kind and generous governor, please send troops quickly, I will promise you any conditions!"

Van der Lin was puzzled: "Bazagede City is so strong, how could it be broken by the rebels?"

Amang Goulart II explained: "Before the rebels came, the patriarch of Pasha Gedh instigated the believers to rebel! My father was killed by the brutal believers, and I ran fast. I escaped from the capital by luck."

Van der Lin was speechless and felt sorry.

Van der Lin had a great impression of the dead Sultan. This Sultan was an enlightened figure who even allowed the Dutch to build a church in the capital of Mataram and allowed missionaries to spread Christianity freely.

What a good green sect monarch, it's a rare occasion, how could he be killed by the rebels?

Van der Lin comforted and said: "Don't worry, I will send troops to help you restore the country, but it is not the time yet, I must first solve the threat of the Chinese. I will send 5 soldiers to go with you to the western region of Mataram , in the name of the sultan, you try to gather the king's army as much as possible."

Aman Goulart II hesitated to speak, and scolded Van der Lin's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

Where can he summon Qin Wang's army?

Nobles from all over the country rebelled one after another, and the priests of various dioceses also mobilized believers to help the rebellion.Didn't he show up to summon the army by himself and go back to die?

Aman Goulart II said: "Mr. Governor, I think we should stay here first and stay in Batavia to issue orders. I will wait for your Excellency to settle the affairs, and then go to take back the capital together. I...I am willing to take Burian In the An area, all will be given to the Netherlands as a gift from the Netherlands to help me restore my country!

Van der Lin's eyes sparkled when he heard that, it was an important spice producing area.If I can get it there, and take Malacca as a vassal, such a great contribution can barely offset my sin of losing Malacca.

Fan der Lin said in full spirit: "Honorable Sultan, I will definitely help you restore your country!"

Aman Goulart II, like his tyrant father, was a pleasure-seeker.His own capital was captured by the rebels, and he was able to stay in Batavia to have fun, singing, dancing, eating, drinking and playing with women every day in the residence arranged by the Dutch.

He believed in the strength of the Dutch army, as long as the Netherlands sent troops, they would definitely kill those rebels!

As for selling national interests and cede land, Amang Goulart II didn't take it seriously.

Chapter 711 [All nations come to Korea]

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After signing the treaty, Van der Lin watched the Chinese negotiating team leave.He let out a sigh of relief, feeling that he must be doomed, and all the money he had earned in the past six months had to be taken out when he returned to the Netherlands.

It can really be settled with money, especially after the cancellation of the Dutch deacons and the seven provinces gaining greater local autonomy.

The highest organization of the Dutch East India Company is the 17-member meeting, followed by the seven provinces and commerce departments.

Decades ago, the seven major business departments competed with each other, and sometimes even defeated each other.In the midst of competition and dismantling, a tacit understanding was gradually developed, and a series of unspoken rules were born, and at the same time, they cooperated with each other to strive for greater power.

For example, in seven provincial capitals, each city has four mayors.

After the barbaric growth of the East India Company, it has already controlled the local administrative region.Three of the four mayors must be members of the Ministry of Commerce, and sometimes even all four mayors are members of the Ministry of Commerce.The 28 mayors of the Dutch provinces are firmly controlled by the East India Company.

A company is a country, and a country is a company, unless the company is about to close down if it stops making money.

Moreover, although the East India Company offered shares, it never issued stock certificates.How much money is invested by which shareholder is all recorded in the account books of the Ministry of Commerce of each province.The account books of the provincial commercial departments are not interoperable, and only report the specific situation of shareholders, and then accept the supervision of the headquarters.

Both large and small shareholders are very short-sighted. Initially, dividends are paid twice a year, and the dividends are distributed before the profits are calculated-directly distributed to major shareholders such as spices, and major shareholders then sell them.

After constant disputes and compromises, the dividends are finally distributed once a year, and the dividends are only divided into gold and silver, not commodities, but the dividend time is still before the balance of accounts.Such a dividend distribution model regardless of long-term goals led to a situation where the Dutch East India Company would always be heavily in debt despite huge profits.

This mode of operation, once overseas interests are damaged, is very likely to collapse directly.

Van der Lin told Commander Van der Laan: "Take someone to help Matalan suppress the rebels, take Matalan as a vassal, and seize a spice producing area. Maybe the trouble will be less when we return to the Netherlands."

“What about Banten and the British coalition forces? They have been attacking the Matalam border and have captured several towns,” van der Laan asked.

Van der Lin: "After helping the Sultanate of Mataram to restore the country, bring Banten and the Netherlands to negotiate together. The UK has few soldiers. As long as Banten withdraws its troops, the UK will have nothing to do. Ceded the two border cities of Matalam to Banten Kingdom, Banten Sultan will be willing to accept it."

During the conversation between the two, they sold Ma Dalan, which disgusted Britain by the way.

Van der Lin said with a smile: "Ban Dan and Ma Talan have a feud, and it would be better to cede a piece, and they will have a new territorial dispute. If we continue to provoke the relationship between the two countries, we will be able to mediate from it, and we will always be invincible!"

Looking at the expansion of the Netherlands in Asia, the military often accounts for only three points, and the diplomatic strategy accounts for seven points.Moreover, by repeating those two tricks, provoking the indigenous countries to fight each other and provoking the indigenous countries to fight for power, the sparsely populated Dutch colonists can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

On Kuang Hong's side, he left the Governor's Mansion triumphantly, and immediately announced the results of the negotiations when he arrived in the urban area. The Chinese in Batavia cheered and sent them off.

The "Supplementary Treaty to the Batavia Treaty", after negotiations between the two parties, the complete content is as follows:

First, Malacca belongs to China, but the Netherlands has the right to enter the port, and the port entry tax for Dutch merchant ships is half that of ships from other countries.

Second, the Netherlands does not need to dissolve its alliance with Aceh, but Aceh will be a vassal state of China in the future.

Thirdly, the Netherlands gave up the exclusive right to purchase spices from Aceh and gave up the priority to buy spices from Matalam.

Fourth, the Netherlands compensated China with a thousand taels of silver.

Fifth, the Han people in Batavia have the right to live and leave freely, and the amount of tax they need to pay is the same as that of Javanese natives.

Sixth, the Netherlands recognizes Taiwan as Chinese territory, but Dutch ships can dock in Taiwan for supplies.

Seventh, the treaty is valid for ten years.

Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Trincomalee port.

Originally a Portuguese colonial port, it was captured by the Netherlands ten years ago.

A Dutch fleet came, loaded with opium and other goods, and their destination was Batavia.

The new governor, Carl Rainiers, felt something was wrong as soon as he entered the port, because there was a lot of turmoil here, and there were obviously more Dutch warships.

He recruited the local Dutch to be in charge of Kuhn, and asked: "Why are there more than ten warships here?"

Kuhn replied: "Malacca is being attacked. The two warships stationed in Malacca, as well as the Indian warships, have all gathered in Trincomalee Port. One is to prevent the Chinese from attacking here, and the other is to discuss how to rescue Malacca. .”

"Melaka under attack?" Karl Rainiers was troubled.

This guy couldn't figure out the situation, and was worried about Batavia, so he immediately led the fleet to set off, bypassing Sumatra Island to Batavia.

When he arrived in Batavia, Kuang Hong's fleet had all returned to Guangzhou.

"What happened to Malacca?" Carl Rainiers asked.

Van der Lin took out the contract and sighed, "You can see for yourself."

Carl Rainiers watched it carefully, feeling like he was being cheated to death.He finally became the governor of Batavia, and the one who came over to take over turned out to be a mess.

After a long pause, Karl said: "The company's peace treaty with Portugal will expire in a few months. The latest instruction from the headquarters is to transfer the company's strategic development focus to India, and put Portugal in India. All the six colonial ports in China have been seized. Malacca is gone, how can I attack India?"

"That's your business," Van der Lin, "you can choose to attack Malacca first, but that means tearing up the treaty just signed. If you can't fight it, the Dutch ships will lose the right to enter the port in Malacca."

"You're an asshole!"

Carl yelled angrily.

In fact, Van der Lin also wanted to scold his mother very much, and he also planned to help Ma Dalan put down the rebellion, and then take advantage of it to atone for his crimes.As a result, the rebel army has not been wiped out yet, and the new governor has actually come. You can't fucking arrive two months later?

After the handover procedures were completed, Karl finally calmed down.

Anyway, Malacca was lost by Van der Lin, and it has nothing to do with him.At least, the Netherlands still retains the right to enter the port in Malacca, and the passage through the Strait of Malacca still exists.

In the next few years, the keynote of my own development should be to improve relations with China and keep the Strait of Malacca open to the Netherlands.Then, attack Portugal's Indian port with all your strength, and complete the task assigned to you by the headquarters.