The reason why Ning Yu was so angry was purely because the situation in Nanyang had deteriorated beyond his imagination, and the actions of the Dutch East India Company were obviously carried with great malice towards the Chinese, which made it easy for him to think of the Batavian Chinese uprising that occurred in history.

As mentioned above, the construction of the city of Batavia was itself the political basis for the Dutch East India Company's rule over Java and the entire East Indies colony, so the Dutch paid a great price for the city.

In the early days, Batavia was just a desolate swamp with no population, and was surrounded by the hostility and threat of the Javanese, and the Dutch could not move a large number of people from Europe to here, so in order to consolidate their rule here, they recruited a large number of reliable and hard-working Chinese laborers from China, and used them to complete the construction of Batavia.

As a result, the early Dutch East India Company attached great importance to the power of the Chinese, especially the Chinese were known for their "diligence", "peace-loving", and "cowardly" nature, and were better managed than the local natives, so they not only spent a lot of money to recruit Chinese to Batavia, but even kidnapped immigrants from the coastal areas of China, so as to make the Chinese an important pawn in their rule of the South Seas.

However, it should be noted that for the Dutch, the Chinese in Nanyang were just their tools, and their status could not be compared with the Dutch, and after the Chinese power gradually expanded, they consciously controlled it, not only strictly restricting the Chinese people from coming here from 1690, but also according to their own unreasonable residence permit system, sending overseas Chinese who were deemed "useless" or "excessive" to Ceylon or the Cape of Good Hope and other places with poor conditions to serve as laborers, leaving them to fend for themselves.

In addition, the Chinese have also accumulated a great deal of wealth due to their industrious qualities, as in this day and age, each Chinese is required to pay a poll tax at the Kapitan Prefecture on a monthly basis, and report at least once a year, and all Chinese pay the poll tax, which accounts for almost half of the population tax and other taxes collected by the Dutch East India Company in the cities.

In addition to the wealth itself, the control of the Chinese over the industry also made the Dutch feel deeply jealous, such as gambling, retail, import and export of goods, puppet shows and other industries levied 21 taxes, the Chinese occupy 17 of them, and like the most prosperous sugarcane plantation at this time, among the more than 160 sugar plantations outside Batavia, of which 84 plantations, 79 of which are overseas Chinese, four Dutch and one Javanese.

It is precisely because the power of the Chinese has developed to this point that the Dutch East India Company became more and more jealous of the Chinese power, and even did not hesitate to launch a suppression of the Chinese in 1740, resulting in the massacre of tens of thousands of Chinese, the Red Creek in the Chinese residential area was blocked by corpses, and the river was stained red with blood, and this massacre is also known as the Red Creek Massacre.

In today's era, although there are still twelve full years from 1740, the situation has been very different, after all, in that time and space, the Qing government did not have the slightest covetousness for Nanyang, and after the outbreak of the Hongxi tragedy, the Qianlong Emperor who learned of this incident did not have half a sense of pity, but felt that the Nanyang Chinese were treated as the remnants of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Celestial Empire abandoned the people, did not hesitate to carry the tombs of their ancestors, and went abroad for profit, and the court did not care about it."

And now, Ning Chu has already shown hostility to the Dutch East India Company, so in this situation, the other party is also likely to launch a massacre and oppression of the Chinese in advance, so how can Ning Yu not be in a hurry?

"Come, quickly order the privy deputy envoy Wu Yuzhang to go to Guangzhou, supervise the naval governor Qiu Ze, and the army divisions to form an army, prepare for the battle to the south, I will go to Guangzhou in May!"

When the decree was issued to the Privy Council, the deputy privy envoy Wu Yuzhang hurriedly came to the Qingxi Book House to thank him, and at this time, the privy envoy Ning Zhongyi had also returned from the northwest front, as well as the chief of the general staff of the Privy Council, Ujijing, and the Privy Council's decree Xu Chengliang and others, also gathered together.

Ning Yu's mood was also slightly calmed down at this time, and he looked at everyone: "The Chinese people in the Nanyang lands are also my people, and now there are Naxi people who want to slaughter them, I will not agree, and my army will not agree, so this battle must not be defeated, and I will solve the problem of Nanyang in one fell swoop!"

Wu Yuzhang, the privy deputy envoy, nodded hurriedly and said earnestly: "Back to Your Majesty, the navy should be the first in this battle, and Qiu Dudu has been fighting in Guangzhou for more than a year, and all the naval warships have been trained in service, defeating the Dutch is by no means a problem - as long as the Dutch navy is solved, the minister is confident that he will capture Batavia in one fell swoop!" ”

As one of the original old-school generals, although Wu Yuzhang is relatively low-key in the Fu Han army, his qualifications are old enough, even if the current Uji Jing is in front of him, he can only salute as a junior.

The privy envoy Ning Zhongyi shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Yuzhang is too confident in his thoughts, and the minister thinks that there should be no problem for the navy to win this battle, but after landing in Batavia, it is not impossible to really capture this city, you must know that Batavia is also a fortified city that the Dutch have painstakingly managed for a long time, even compared to Vladivostok, it is not much better——"

The meaning of these words is very clear and clear, even if Vladivostok has the advantage right now, it will not be able to take it down for a while, Ning Zuyi has eaten a few months of wind and snow under Vladivostok City, and now it is only a siege of the city, it is even more difficult to break the city, how can you Wu Yuzhang think about taking Batavia in one fell swoop?

Wu Yuzhang smiled, but looked at Ujijing, and said with a smile: "Since the minister dares to accept His Majesty's will, he naturally has the help of a master, it is said that the nails planted in Batavia before have an effect, and when the time comes, after having an internal response, he wants to break the city."

But it's not that difficult. ”

Ujijing on the side was also smiling, it was obvious that this matter was going very well, but it made his face a little brighter.

Ning Yu nodded, although the Dutch are now searching for the Chinese on a large scale and detaining all the Jiapitan, but there is no way to drive all the Chinese away from Batavia, which gives Ning Chu's intelligence department room for development, especially those Chinese clans, who have been cooperating with Ning Chu for a long time, and it is not impossible to cooperate with the outside world.

"In that case, please also work hard, this battle is no better than the battle in the north, we cannot delay too long, we cannot carry out large-scale destruction, we need to take over the Dutch business situation in the South Seas as much as possible......."

Everyone nodded, and everyone still understood in their hearts that protecting the Chinese in Nanyang was naturally a righteous reason, but to preserve the colonial situation of the Dutch in Nanyang was to leave Dachu a mother **************** Davia Port that could really lay golden eggs.

As the Dutch East India Company strengthened its inspection of the Chinese, the atmosphere in the entire Batavia city became more and more solemn, and the Javanese people also began to move, so that the governor's palace ordered to mobilize many Dutch mercenaries to enter the Batavia city, which also made the situation more and more serious.

However, at this critical time, Governor Wizos mobilized many Dutch mercenaries to blockade the port tightly, while he himself waited at the port with the officials of the governor's palace.

About an hour later, five tall warships came from the sea, which were basically larger than the armed merchant ships currently used by the Dutch East India Company in the South Seas, especially the number of artillery pieces was even denser, and the red, white and blue flags fluttered on the warships, which was in sharp contrast to the flag of the Dutch East India Company.

Strictly speaking, at this time, the name of the Netherlands should be called the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, the predecessor of which was the Utrecht League established in 1579, that is, the original Spanish Habsburg League in the northern provinces to achieve independence, so this country is not a kingdom in the traditional sense of Europe, but a relatively distinct republic.

Since it is a republic, there is no king in the Netherlands, in which the head of state is called the consul, and in the past it has always been the family of Orange who has served as the hereditary consul.

Since the death of the previous consul, Wilhelm III, the Netherlands has entered a special period of non-government, and the provinces are responsible for their own affairs, and the whole is in a relatively loose state, so it is also in a conservative strategy in foreign policy.

When the battleship stopped in port, the military music soon played the national anthem "Ode to William", and then several men walked down, wearing white shirts on top, wide black trousers on the bottom, and hats on top of their heads, depicting the shape of tulips.

"De Vries, I am grateful that you were able to reach Batavia at this time."

Vizos hurriedly took the initiative to step forward and hugged the man in charge, he smiled: "Since we learned that you are coming from Europe, we are relieved, the situation in Batavia is really tense at the moment. ”

De Vries, who was at the forefront, smiled and said softly: "When I was in China, I didn't know anything about the situation in Batavia, but I didn't know much about the opponent in the north. ”

De Vries heard this, but shook his head lightly and sighed, "Let's go back to the Governor's Mansion first, and I'll introduce you slowly along the way." ”

The two of them quickly got into the carriage and returned to the governor's palace under the escort of the guards, and Vizos also gave a detailed introduction to the current situation in Batavia on the way, and then introduced the background of Ning Chu's rise before sighing: "Their official channels have been completely closed, and it is impossible for us to consider a peaceful settlement of this matter." ”

De Vries nodded, and then said softly: "Based on the current situation, I am afraid that the few warships I brought will not be able to completely change the situation, they may be able to ensure the safety of Batavia, but they will not be able to restore the trade that has been closed before." ”

Vizos's brow furrowed slightly, and he did not say anything more at the moment, and soon fell into deep thought, and it was not until he returned to the Doge's palace that he warmly invited De Vries to the banquet that had been prepared, and the participants were all Dutch in Batavia, so that for a time the guests and hosts were happy, and it seemed very lively.

When the feast was over, the plates were in disarray, and everyone had left, Vizos invited De Vries to his study and offered to talk all night.

For this invitation, De Vries naturally gladly accepted, although he drank a lot of wine, and his whole face was a little flushed, but his mind was very clear, he really knew what Vizos was thinking.

In this day and age, many people think that the Dutch East India Company is a behemoth, and even Ning Yu, as a reborn person, will not have the slightest doubt about the strength of the Dutch East India Company without knowing the inside story - because on paper, it can be called the largest company in the world today, and it can even be said that it is not right to describe it as a company.

In 1602, the Dutch East India Company was directly granted a 10-year monopoly on Asian trade by the Dutch Parliament, and the monopoly period has been extended ever since.

In 1619, the Dutch East India Company established its headquarters in Java and built the city of Batavia, laying the foundation for its colonization in the South Seas.

Today, the Dutch East India Company, as the world's first multinational company, is also the first company to issue shares, and at the same time the world's first mega company, has the power to wage wars, sign contracts with foreign countries, mint currency and establish colonies, etc., the company has more than 10,000 employees, and from Java to India, Central Asia, from South Africa to East Asia, in Persia, India, the Malay Peninsula, Java, Taiwan, Japan have trading posts. 

However, it is such a behemoth, at the peak of its own business, but also ushered in its own fatal crisis, and even had to seek help from the Dutch government, and all the details of it, non-insiders can not get a glimpse of the whole picture.

The financial situation of the ostensibly prosperous Dutch East India Company had turned into a huge problem, first the two Anglo-Dutch wars, which had greatly damaged the Dutch power, and the colonies were inexorably affected, so that the financial resources had been depleted for a long time, and new profit support points had not been found.

What's even more terrifying is that the Dutch East India Company has brought extremely large military expenditures due to long-term wars and territorial expansion problems, and this ancient company, which has a history of more than 120 years, has inevitably experienced large-scale corruption and short-sightedness in the company's policies, making its financial crisis more and more obvious.

In this case, many people of insight within the Dutch East India Company were also aware of the problem, and they began to seek the help of the government, hoping to get a decent result before the collapse of this earth-shattering ship.

In addition to the task of supporting Vizos, De Vries came to Batavia this time, and also had a very important task, which was to verify the true financial status of the Dutch East India Company in Asia.

After all, this is a huge family business that cannot be thrown away casually, but before the council masters decide whether to invest in another guilder, they need to see the true side of the Dutch East India Company.