Batavia is today's Jakarta. Also known as Coconut City, it is the largest city and capital of Indonesia, located on the northwest coast of the island of Java, the largest city in Southeast Asia, and a world-famous seaport. In the 17th-19th centuries, the Dutch Eastern commercial colonial empire was based on the island of Java, centered on the city of Batavia. At its peak, the Dutch East India Company's vast commercial and trade monopoly stretched as far west as Persia, India, and Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), as far east as the Maluku Spice Islands, and as north as China and Japan. The Chinese who moved to Batavia City were pioneers in urban construction, producers of sugar cultivation and production, suppliers of Chinese goods, operators of local rice and shochu, middlemen in retail commerce and coastal trade, and made significant contributions to the development of Batavia.

In 1619, the ambitious Jean Peterlsson Quint became the third governor of the Dutch East India Company, and it was he who laid the foundations of the Dutch commercial colonial empire in the East. It was under his leadership that the city of Batavia was the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company's empire, which was established after the raid and drive out of Banten's army, and was the political basis for Dutch rule over the colonies of Java and the entire East Indies.

The construction of Dutch architecture in Ba was done during the governorship of Anthony van Dimen (1636-1645), an expansionist colonist of the Dutch Eastern Empire after Kun. During his tenure, Dutch canals, castles, town halls, Christ churches, Latin schools and market districts appeared.

Now the center of Dutch colony in Southeast Asia, the Dutch renamed the city Batavia (the Roman name for "Holland") in 1619 and designated it as the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia currently include Java, Bali, and Timor, but in East Timor there are still conflicts between the Netherlands and Portugal, and Bali was not conquered until the beginning of the 20th century. Historically, the indigenous Balinese have chosen to commit mass suicide after their struggles have failed, and in 1906 almost all of the royal family of Denpasar committed suicide in front of the Dutch army (the monument in Denpasar's Municipal Square now commemorates this event). When the news of the suicide reached Europe, it sent shockwaves and forced the colonizers to rule more humanely, thus preserving Bali's traditional cultural identity. So now the only thing that the Netherlands can control in Southeast Asia is the island of Java.

On November 1, 1841, the Nanyang Fleet of the Nanyang Navy of the Chinese Empire arrived off the coast of Batavia, and submitted a diplomatic document to the Dutch governor of Batavia asking for an explanation of the Dutch warships that appeared in the Anglo-Chinese Malacca Sea, at this time the Dutch Governor of Southeast Asia (pietermerkus) was very calm in the governor's palace, he knew from the warships that participated in the war outside the port of Batavia that sooner or later the Chinese would come, and now in his opinion, as long as the Chinese fleet did not attack, Then he would have a chance to keep the kingdom's last remaining colonies in Southeast Asia.

On the rippling blue waves, the galloping warships are like the champions of the spring breeze, riding the wind and waves.

Hong Renxuan was the representative of the negotiation in Batavia, and he was the main leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the later period, and was named the elite military advisor, the king of the gods, and the prime minister of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom by Hong Xiuquan. In terms of political ideology, he wrote "A New Chapter of Senior Administration" and put forward a set of reform plans that coordinated the overall situation. For example, if you ban friends and parties, set up a press officer; advocated the development of the transportation industry, the construction of roads, the manufacture of trains and ships, and the establishment of postal services; Encourage private mining and enterprises, and reward technological inventions; Creation of banks and issuance of banknotes. In terms of cultural ideology and social customs, he advocated the closure of temples and Taoist temples, opposed traditional superstition, and advocated the worship of God. Hospitals and schools have been set up to eradicate bad habits such as infant drowning, opium smoking, and women's foot binding, and to prohibit the sale of human beings and the use of slaves and maids. In terms of foreign affairs, it was proposed to trade with other countries and allow foreigners to come to China to teach science and technology, but not allow them to interfere in internal affairs. The basic spirit of this program is to learn from the West and develop capitalism in China.

Now, it is impossible for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to happen again, and with the implementation of the land reform and the perfect judicial system, there is no basis for rebellion in the country at all.

Hong Renxuan is a graduate of the Department of Political Science of the Imperial University in the 39th class, after graduation was sent by the emperor Lin Hong to travel to Europe, after seeing the difference between Europe and China, he is proud of his country, but also deeply aware of the gap between the East and the West, although China's comprehensive national strength under the leadership of Lin Hong has been greatly improved, the development of justice and administration far exceeds all the current systems in Europe, but the people's thinking in China cannot undergo a huge change in just ten years, and the development of the central and western regions is not comprehensive.

He stood on the deck of the Empire's latest launched gunboat "Ao Jia", looking at the chimney emitting black smoke, touching the steel side, facing the faint sea breeze, Hong Renxuan's heart was indescribably relieved, although "Ao Jia" was not the largest ship in the fleet, but he knew that such a warship could not be possessed even by the current European countries. Soon he saw the dock in Batavia, accompanied by Qin Han, the governor of Singapore of the empire, he was just passing by, this time the Nanyang Navy decided to reorganize the fleet, the Malacca fleet and the Lanfang fleet were integrated into the Southeast Asian fleet, and Qin Han had just finished meeting the emperor from Beijing and took the newly formed Malacca fleet south, and heard that the empire sent an envoy to Java and he came here.

Faced with this huge fleet, Gehr also had to go to the docks to meet him personally, and this fleet was more than capable of razing Batavia to the ground. And their own Southeast Asian fleet is simply not enough for them to stuff their teeth.

Under Geer's leadership, Hong Renxuan and Qin Han arrived at the Governor's Palace in Batavia, where the two parties were seated separately in the conference hall, and the negotiations officially began.

Hong Renxuan first stood up and said: "Your Excellency Governor Geer, on behalf of the Chinese Empire, I would like to lodge a formal diplomatic protest with the Dutch and Dutch colonial government in Java, and I hope that Mr. Gell will give an explanation for the Dutch warships that appeared in the Sino-British Battle of Malacca. ”

In the face of Hong Renxuan's tough tone, Geer just sat in his seat and lit his cigar silently, then snuffed out the cigar, and said calmly: "Sir, I just want to know what China wants from this, I think your warship did not fire after arriving in Batavia, which means that you do not want to use force with us, after all, war is not what we want, okay sir, let's talk about your conditions!." ”

Hong Renxuan, who felt that he had punched the cotton, had nothing to say, so he took out the treaty directly from his briefcase and handed it to Gehr.

The contents of the treaties, such as the withdrawal of the Dutch colonists from the island of West New Guinea and the recognition of Bali and other colonies of the Chinese Empire, were basically within the acceptable bottom line of Geer's mind, and these treaties did not go too far in his view.

"So, when are we going to sign up?" Gehr asked.

"What!?" Hong Renxuan was very surprised, he thought that Geer would have to adjust the price.

"Sign up tomorrow." Qin Han watched from the side for a long time, and when he saw Hong Renxuan, he was stunned and immediately came out to relieve the siege.

"Yes, tomorrow I will bring the text treaty to sign a contract with you," Hong Renxuan immediately came back to his senses and said.

"See you tomorrow, then, gentlemen!" Gell then turned and left.

"Brother Qin, how could it be so easy? I thought I was going to have a whole water fight! Hong Renxuan hadn't come back to his senses about the negotiations that ended so quickly, he didn't understand how Geer could give in so quickly, so he turned his head and asked Qin Han.

"Brother Hong, negotiation depends on strength, do you think they have the strength to negotiate with us? Our fleet parked in the open sea alone is no match for them, so you don't need to be surprised. ”

"The little brother has been taught!"

On November 2, 1841, the Chinese Empire and the Dutch Governor Gehr of Southeast Asia signed the Batavia Agreement, which stipulated that the Dutch colonists would withdraw from the island of West New Guinea, recognize Bali as the legal territory of the Chinese Empire, and demarcate 986 acres (about square meters) of land near the port of Tanzi Bulu in North Jakarta as the Chinese Imperial Concession for a period of 99 years. Allowing Chinese immigrant businessmen to buy land -

On March 21, 1842, the Chinese Imperial Ambassador to the Netherlands, Feng Jilu, presented his credentials to the Dutch government, formally protesting and demanding an explanation for the Dutch warships that appeared in the Sino-British Battle of Malacca, King Wilhelm II of the Netherlands and Prime Minister Gerrit Himmelpenink urgently discussed, at first the two discussed dragging the Chinese to find the British and French to mediate, but at this time the situation in India could only be stabilized with the help of China, and France did not want to offend China because of the construction of the Suez River, Therefore, Britain and France successively rejected the demands of the Netherlands, and then the "Batavia Agreement" signed by Geer and China was sent back to the Netherlands, and the Netherlands knew that the matter was no longer possible, and finally the Netherlands and China signed the "Sino-Dutch Treaty of Reconciliation" in Amsterdam under the mediation of the French, and the treaty reaffirmed the content of the "Batavia Agreement", and the two countries also negotiated tariffs and other issues