Chapter 380: The Age of Sea Power
The nationality of the degree is puzzling to understand that Zhu Jun's pursuit of materialism is cheap. A person with an extremely large population, but is completely dispersed, has many religions, is indifferent to the ruling class, and never chooses to resist when he is oppressed. Such a nation is the system defender of Zhu Jun's future implementation of the colonial plan. Zhu Jun's thinking is very simple, to maintain India's rule, and to list the high castes of India as the target of winning, form colonial corps, invent the weapons eliminated by the army, conduct training, and then dispatches to various colonies to suppress the resistance of foreign races. Zhu Jun did not expect the colonial corps to form a great combat power. These people are just tools to maintain colonial rule. As long as they are obedient enough and to form loyalty to the sect leader through brainwashing.
The territory of the Ming Dynasty should be divided into two forms, one is the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the territory in the colonial form. In fact, Zhu Jun did not have considered the adoption of East India as the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end he dispelled the ideology. Once India becomes the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty, tens of millions of Indians will inevitably become the people of the Ming Dynasty in the near future. If a regime dominated by the Han people injects a large number of people into another nation, it is really unimaginable. Therefore, Zhu Jun has direct jurisdiction and colonies.
The division is extremely simple. When the number of people in the area is sparse, a large number of Han people can be injected into settled and placed into the ruling area of the Ming Dynasty. For some areas with already civilized and large populations, Zhu Jun can only seek the ruling model of the colonies. No matter in any era, the world is always the prey of the weak. The Ming Dynasty needs to develop and put all countries behind and continue to lead. It must exploit other nations through artillery and bayonets. This is the only rule of jungle society. If you don’t advance, you will retreat, and if you fall behind, you will be beaten.
The industrial revolution requires a lot of funds, the accumulation of capital requires countless labor, and even more, various raw materials are needed. All of this is destined to the necessity of colonial rule. What's more, European literature and art have been revived, and the colonial era of various powerful countries has arrived. If the Ming Dynasty cannot gain an early advantage, it will only fatten up those European tigers and wolves.
"I have decided that the Indian colonial army must be established as soon as possible. If you go to East India quickly, I will also send East India Governor General officials to maintain the colonial order as soon as possible. In addition, some senior officials and merchants from Indian colonies can let them come to Haidu, and I want to meet them."
Liu Er nodded helplessly: "Abide by the order."
The voice of the eunuch came from outside the hall: "Cattarian Zhou Mubai requested an audience.
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The Dutch authorities were angry. It was not because the East India trade made them lose all their money, but because the British and Ming army united to play with them, which made them laughing stock throughout Europe. The Netherlands was no longer the respected and feared maritime power in the past. This can be seen from the attitude of the ministers of various countries. This is not a simple transaction issue, but a serious incident related to the status of the Dutch. Once European countries lose their fear of the Netherlands, it is inevitable that countries will stand up to challenge because of their interests. The Dutch trade monopoly in Europe will be torn apart. The Dutch authorities have long realized that the trade between Europe and the Ming Dynasty has now exceeded the
After the total trade in all regions, the British and Ming dynasties had enough to monopolize all Far East trade, leaving the Netherlands with almost zero share. At the same time, the French also sharpened their swords and soldiered on the Dutch border. Once the Dutch naval myth was shattered, almost all European countries wanted to make a share. After all, the Netherlands has earned too much wealth in the past few decades. If anyone can plunder this country, it would be tantamount to rob more than 20% of Europe's wealth, and their power seemed to be less terrible. At least the defeat of the Far East fleet and the joint play between the Ming and the British have made the royal families in greedy countries no longer have the courage.
The Dutch must be regained so that the Dutch can continue to deter robbers with bad intentions in Europe. This is a fact that all the Dutch must do. The Ming Dynasty was too far away, so the British became the target of revenge of the Dutch. Within three days, the Dutch Cabinet quickly passed seven or eight bills. All bills were targeted by the British, including British merchant ships prohibiting entry into all waters controlled by the Netherlands, including expulsion of British ministers and sanctions against Britain. If they go further, they can declare war on the British.
The British responded very quickly. The British ambassador immediately reported to the countries and raised protests. In response, all countries were making small plans. The French also expressed protests. The powerful France was still a powerful country by land at this time. Although it did not border the Netherlands, it was decades ago. France had signed a covenant with Belgium, a common neighbor of both countries. The French army could wear it at any time.
At that time, the border launched an attack on the Netherlands. The French king had been coveting the Netherlands for a long time. It had to immediately send a powerful army to tear the Netherlands to pieces and capture all the huge wealth in the Dutch treasury to Paris.
The Spanish also protested at the same time. The relations between Spain and the British fell to freezing point fifty years ago during the Invincible Armada. However, this did not prevent the Spanish from extending their olive branches to the British. Spain, like Britain, is an allies and trading partners of the Ming Dynasty. In the Far East, they have common interests. Spain imported ivory from the Ming Dynasty and silk also needed to dock through the British island of Ceylon. The Spanish king chose to move closer to Britain without hesitation and counter-sanctions against another enemy with feud.
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg and the King of Belgium also expressed dissatisfaction with the Dutch. They were small countries bordering the Netherlands. However, they were always contained in the Netherlands, making them confined to land forever. This was a great time for them to get rid of the threats of the Dutch.
Austria, Italy, and Portugal declared neutrality. They were happy to see disputes between the Dutch countries. But it does not mean that they are willing to participate in the disputes. A few days later, a draft anti-Dutch alliance was officially signed under the promotion of the British. Britain, France, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg officially formed an anti-Dutch alliance. This included the terms of curbing the Netherlands and prohibiting the passage of Dutch merchant ships. The British had paid a heavy price for signing this clause. In exchange, the British port of Ceylon Island, located in southern India, will be open to the signing countries. In other words, the UK gave up its monopoly on the right to trade with the Ming Dynasty. French, Belgium, and Spanish merchants can send merchant ships to trade with the Ming Dynasty at any time and dock when passing through Ceylon Island.
The Dutch then realized the serious problem. Their biggest mistake was that the European powers were reshuffled on the eve of the reshuffle of the land, and they naively thought that the Netherlands was still the super-marine empire that deterred Europe. The Dutch era was over. European countries no longer had any fear of it.
Taking advantage of the situation has always been one of the foreign policies pursued by Europe. The Five-Nation Alliance has allowed many small European countries to see loopholes. Just like the crumbling Spaniards back then, they have to be divided up to make him fall to the ground and never get up again. The Netherlands seems to be facing the mistakes of the Spaniards. Some Dutch parliamentarians obviously saw this. Some people are calling for reconciliation with various countries, and more people choose to leave this country to avoid all unnecessary losses. The anti-Trump alliance has been formed and it is impossible to end in failure.
The British began to become active on the European continent, and almost all royal families had British diplomatic officials. All royal families, even merchants, felt that the storm of change was coming. The Ming Dynasty also sent a huge delegation to come. Those who are interested will find that the United Kingdom in front of the Taiwan Strait was just the spokesperson for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and the real protagonist of the storm was the Ming Empire, which was thousands of miles away.
The British and Spanish always talked about the huge warships and vast land of the Ming Dynasty. Each number shocked the nerves of the royal families of all countries. Tens of millions of people, more than 500,000 urban population, hundreds of giant warships, nearly 200,000 well-equipped and well-trained armies, and land that were more popular than the entire Europe. All of this is extremely novel for the Europeans, and they are also full of respect for such a huge distant neighbor.
The time to determine the fate of Europe and the Netherlands is coming, and the British are ready. As long as the Ming mission arrives, a drastic reshuffle is about to begin. All countries are both curious and fearful about the arrival of this new neighbor.
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On the third day of April of the seventh year of Xinshi, three months had passed since the Battle of Ceylon. A merchant ship escorted by thirty warships and a hundred cargo-filled merchant ships landed in the UK and received warm welcome from the British. William III personally welcomed it at the port, and a new era was about to be born.
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Chapter completed!