Chapter 26, Anti-Ming Alliance
“European colonial expansion across the globe ended at the Strait of Malacca!”
After coming out of Prince Ming's Mansion, Kreutz turned to look at the low walls of Prince Ming's Mansion and said suddenly.
Bulbulon was silent.
Macartney also turned to look at the small town.
in Europe.
Such a wall is not even a city wall.
But at this moment.
Zhu Daohua, who lives here, will indeed become a person who has a profound impact on the entire world.
No matter from any aspect.
"No, the era of Europeans...may also be over."
Macartney said.
He further added: "If he were the emperor of 300 million Chinese people."
Kreutz and Bulbulon both fell silent upon hearing this.
Three hundred million people.
One-third of the world's population.
The combined population of all European countries is less than 200 million.
If the Chinese were really ruled by a great emperor who knew the West very well.
Can Europeans still have a future?
"No, maybe it's not just 300 million!"
Bulbulon said suddenly.
"As far as I know...Chinese culture has an absolute advantage in the entire East. According to European standards, Koreans, Vietnamese, and even...Japanese can all be counted as Chinese."
"They are the Rome of the East. Unfortunately...their Rome continues to this day."
Kreutz suddenly said: "No! Their Rome... may also be destroyed. As far as I know, the people who rule China now are also a group of barbarians from the north!"
"you mean?"
Macartney seemed to understand something.
"Yes, the Qing Empire, which seems quite powerful, is actually very weak. Most of their power is used to defend against the Han people within."
"Because this country has a structure in which one or two million barbarians rule hundreds of millions of Han people. For these barbarians, what they have to do is to ensure their dominance, because in their eyes... the Han people are outsiders. The Han land is a place that can be abandoned at any time, and then they retreat back to the mountains and forests to protect themselves. Their purpose in ruling this country is to extract the resources of the Han people to support a small number of barbarian nobles."
"For these two million barbarian nobles, China is big enough. It's so big that they are always worried that they can't digest it and will be burst by this huge China!"
have to say.
Kreutz, a Dutchman who often travels between Japan and Batavia.
The understanding of the Qing Empire at this moment is far greater than that of Macartney and Bourblon from the West.
He very accurately saw the structural contradictions of the Qing Empire at this moment.
"This is why the rulers of the Qing Empire, with a population of hundreds of millions, had no motivation to expand at all. In order to prevent the Han people from rebelling, they even introduced a stupid policy of forcibly migrating coastal people to the interior. That's why they Adhering to the maritime ban policy, the Chinese once had the ability to build large sailing ships, but now the Qing Empire stipulates that... building a sailing ship with two masts or more is a capital offense!"
Kreutz said this, after a pause, he said word by word: "So, for all Europeans... It is in the interests of all Europeans that China continues to be ruled by these barbarians!"
"On the contrary, if it were Zhu Daohua who ruled China...then the country's potential would be able to truly explode."
"It was a mistake to let Zhu Daohua return to the East, and now... the only way to make up for this mistake is to never let him gain the right to rule China!! Any flames that may have this possibility must be extinguished as soon as possible !”
"So... what we have to do is support the Qing Dynasty?" Macartney frowned slightly.
He was a little worried. If a behemoth like the Qing Dynasty developed, wouldn't it be a greater threat than Zhu Daohua?
"That's right, we can't let the Easterners have a real leader... As far as I know, the Ming and Qing Dynasties are absolute mortal enemies. If the Tatar emperor clearly knows about Zhu Daohua's threat, he will never remain indifferent. of!"
"Lian Qing, resist Ming!"
Macartney said coldly.
"This is the best way!"
Kreutz said.
"Furthermore, I think if the Emperor of the Tatars knew about Zhu Daohua's advantages in Southeast Asia...he would not turn a blind eye to Southeast Asia. Among the Chinese in Southeast Asia, there are still many people who yearn for the Qing Empire..."
"Gentlemen, we still need to contact the Spanish and Portuguese. They will never be happy to see Zhu Daohua easily integrate Southeast Asia."
Kreutz took a deep breath.
"This is an alliance, an anti-Ming alliance from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia, including all European colonial powers in Southeast Asia and India, as well as the behemoth Qing Empire!"
"Anti-Ming Alliance?"
Honestly.
Bourbron felt that Kreutz and Macartney also overreacted.
Zhu Daohua's current territory is no more than the Malacca Haixia Islands.
The army numbered no more than 10,000 people.
It really needs to develop.
At least for a few years.
Until then.
Zhu Daohua now has the technical advantage.
Will it still exist?
Bulbulon suppressed the doubts in his heart.
The three of them said goodbye.
Bulbulon will return to Batavia, while Bulbulon and Macartney will go north to seek contact with the Qing Empire.
As for whether the verbal "anti-Ming alliance" can be formed.
All three of them had no confidence in their hearts.
...
On board the ship to Batavia.
Only a few dozen Dutch officers were released early.
According to the agreement.
The Dutch East India Company wanted to pay to ransom the captive Dutch.
Let Kreutz and the others go back now to raise money.
"Zhang, Zhu Daohua wants to take over the rule of Lanfang Country. Do you think... are there any opponents in Lanfang Country?"
Zhang Da, the Chinese consultant next to Kreuz, thought for a while and said: "Luo Fangbo's sister will become Zhu Daohua's concubine. This is an exchange of interests, but... the Lanfang Liu family is in this exchange of interests." Didn’t get any benefit.”
Kreutz nodded.
"There are also the countries of Borneo. If Lanfang is still in a state of fragmentation, but if Lanfang becomes a grand principality with a king and gets the support of Zhu Daohua, the three Sultanates, Brunei, and Ban on Borneo will Countries such as the Jal Sultanate and the Kutai Sultanate may be worried about being annexed by Lan Fang!"
Zhang Da said.
"In other words, even in Borneo, there are actually many opponents of Zhu Daohua!"
Kreutz looked at an officer on the side.
"Major Gropp, I hope you can go to Borneo and secretly contact the Lanfang Liu family and other countries in Borneo..."
"If the Lanfang Liu family and the Borneo countries unite, they will be able to dispatch at least tens of thousands of troops. And Zhu Daohua... If he wants to confer the title of Grand Duke of Lanfang, there is a high probability that he will go to Dongfanglu or Pontianak in person."
The major known as Graup nodded solemnly.
"If he reaches Borneo, our chance will be ours."
Graup said.
Kreutz nodded.
If contacting the anti-Ming forces in Borneo was just an idle step, he actually didn't hold out much hope.
The fighting ability of those Borneo natives is too poor.
Even in large numbers.
It is also very difficult to kill Zhu Daohua.
For Kreutz.
Real hope.
It's in the north.
The Tatar empire that ruled East Asia.
"Mr. Dean, you go to the Qing Dynasty with the Dutch credentials. You have information about Zhu Daohua. Maybe the Qing officials will send you to Beijing to meet the Qing emperor."
