Just when William III was thinking about how to deal with the lords in the Great Council so that they could "give away" more money to buy high-priced sugar from the Ming Empire to strengthen the army's armaments, Suo'etu, Nan Huairen and Golitsyn People had already walked in together and saluted him together.
Among them, Nan Huairen and Golitsin both performed Western salutes, while Suo'etu flicked his sleeves, knelt on one knee and performed a thousand salutes, and said in Mongolian: "Envoy of the Great Khan, The Batulu warrior Soetu pays his respects to the regent of the Netherlands."
William III listened to his ramble, but of course he didn't understand what he meant, so he turned to look at an interpreter beside him. This translator worked for the East India Company and knew six Chinese languages - Cantonese, Teochew, Ningbo, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Beijing Mandarin. However, he could not understand Mongolian, so he could only stare.
Fortunately, Nan Huairen had been hanging out in the Qing court and had learned to speak Manchurian and Mongolian, so he quickly explained to William III in Latin: "Your Highness the Consul, now the Qing Emperor has withdrawn from China, so You can focus on the responsibilities of the Mongol Khan, and the Mongol Khan’s envoys have to speak Mongolian. He just sent greetings to you on behalf of Kangxi Khan of Great Mongolia.”
"Oh, so that's it," William III understood. "That means the Qing Dynasty no longer exists or has become a claim?"
"That's pretty much it," Nan Huairen said. "Considering how powerful the new Ming Dynasty is, I think the Qing Dynasty has no chance to return to China."
William III sighed and said: "Father, you are right... If the envoys of the Qing Dynasty, oh, the Mongolia came to the United Provinces Republic in order to restore Kangxi Khan's rule in China, If you ask for help, there’s really nothing I can do.”
When Nan Huairen saw that William III was a little depressed, he knew what must have happened in the East? He asked: "Your Highness the Consul, has Ming Dynasty done anything to change the original order of the Eastern world?"
William III nodded, "They conquered Japan...an island country with 20 million people, which was vulnerable to the attack of the Ming Dynasty army! Now the Japanese emperor has been renamed the king, and together with their generals, they are attacking the Ming Dynasty." Proclaimed himself a vassal, and ruled Western Japan and Eastern Japan respectively. The Ming Dynasty also obtained the power to establish free cities and garrison troops in Japan... Japan has become a dependent country of the Ming Dynasty!
Now Annan, Burma, Siam and other countries are afraid of the Ming Dynasty, and even the indigenous sultans on Java Island are trying to get rid of the control of the East India Company. "
Japan's one-stop street scares everyone in Southeast Asia.
Because during the Warring States Period in Japan, a large number of ronin who could not survive in Japan went to Southeast Asia to work as mercenaries... The fighting power displayed by these ronin was simply beyond the imagination of the feudal lords of various Southeast Asian countries.
So they all overestimated Japan's military power, but Japan, which was so powerful, was defeated by the Ming Dynasty. Are there any countries in Southeast Asia that are not afraid of it? Not only the countries in Southeast Asia are afraid, but Spain and the Netherlands (Netherlands), the two overlords in the South China Sea, are now extremely anxious. .
Especially Spain!
The Ming Dynasty has spoken out and wants to hold Spain responsible for massacre of China in the Philippines. If Spain refuses to hand over the Philippines and pay compensation, they will go to America to kill the Spaniards...
So during this period, the Great Council of the Netherlands was arguing every day about whether to suspend the alliance with Spain?
If the alliance with Spain is not suspended, the East India Company will inevitably be involved in a war with the Ming Dynasty...unless they retreat from Java and give up control of the Spice Islands.
This will cause the merchants in the Netherlands Province to suffer huge losses!
But once the Netherlands terminates its alliance with Spain, the cooperative defense mechanism between the Spanish Netherlands and the Federal Republic of the Netherlands will be gone.
Without the Spanish Netherlands as a human shield, what would the Dutch do if Louis XIV of France attacked again?
In short, the two sides were arguing endlessly, and neither could convince the other.
In fact, William III had the best of both worlds - the Netherlands could cancel its alliance with Spain and then do good business with the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, merchants in the Dutch provinces paid a little more tax so that Regent William could recruit tens of thousands more troops.
With a sufficient army, the Netherlands had nothing to fear from France.
But the problem is that businessmen in the Netherlands Province have always opposed the expansion of the army. They believe that the army will become a tool for the Orange family to usurp power. If the Netherlands' army is too strong, then the Orange family will transform from a consul family to a royal family... I have to say that these businessmen really understand William III's thoughts, and he wants to Make progress and become a king.
"Your Highness the Consul, please rest assured that Kangxi Khan does not currently want to take back the throne of China." Nan Huairen said with a smile, "He has now retreated to Central Asia with a quite large army and conquered the Kazakh Khan The country is about to form a marriage alliance with the Russian Empire."
"Marriage with Russia?" William III was stunned, "Who and whom?"
"It's the Great Khan himself and Princess Sophia, the Tsar's sister."
"Oh, that's it." William III thought to himself: "It seems that this Mongolian Khan still has some strength, maybe he can help the Russians deal with the Crimean Khanate."
Thinking of this, William III asked again: "Then why did the envoy of the Han Dynasty come to The Hague?"
Nan Huairen did not answer for Suo'etu, but translated William III's question into Beijing Mandarin.
Soetu also knew that the Dutch translator could not understand Mongolian, so he replied in Beijing Mandarin: "The Great Khan asked me to discuss treason with the consul."
"Treason?" William III was stunned when he heard the translator's words, and looked back at the translator - Did you translate it correctly?
At this time, Suo'etu added: "Selling the country of Tianzhu, which is what you call the country of India."
"Selling the country of India?" William III didn't understand. "Does the country of India belong to the Great Khan?"
"Yes, and no," Suo'etu said, "India is a place name, and its country is called the Mughal Kingdom...which means Mongolia! In fact, this India is part of Mongolia!"
"Is India part of Mongolia?" William III was stunned again after hearing what the translator said.
"Your Highness the Ruling Highness," Nan Huairen answered the question, "This Mughal really means Mongolia... The emir Aurangzeb who currently rules the Mughal is a direct descendant of Timur. The legal system comes from the Timurid Empire.
The legal system of the Timurid Empire came from the Chahar Khanate. So the Mughals are indeed part of Mongolia. "
“But will Aurangzeb recognize Mongolia’s suzerainty?”
Nan Huairen handed this question to Suo'etu again.
Soetu said: "Of course Aurangzeb refused, but the Great Khan would depose him as emir and then rule India himself!
If the Netherlands is willing to support the Great Khan... after the matter is completed, if Oran is not willing to give it to you, the Great Khan will give you double it!
What Aurangzeb refused to give, the Khan was willing to give! "
This is a country that sells itself to others, so I don’t feel bad at all!
William III was still a little hesitant. After all, this deal was a bit big. If it screws up, the Netherlands will not have a good time in the Indian Ocean in the future.
Although Aurangzeb did not have the ability to squeeze the Dutch East India Company out of the Indian Ocean, he could support the English East India Company to squeeze out the Dutch!
Seeing that William III was speechless after hearing what the translator said, Suo'etu laughed and said: "The Great Khan also knows how to refine sugar!"
"What?" William III was stunned, "Kangxi Khan knew how to refine sugar?"
His words were translated into standard Beijing Mandarin.
"Yes!" Suo'etu said, "The Great Khan also ruled Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang. Moreover, Zhejiang was ruled by the Great Khan for a period of time after the revival of the Ming Dynasty. With the Great Khan's wisdom, he would not have caught some candies. Are workers going north? It's just that after the fall of Zhejiang, the source of sugar cane was lost and sugar could not be produced.
But India has plenty of sugar cane! "
