China has always insisted that this is a matter between China and the Netherlands, and no other country is allowed to participate, and the Dutch are fighting with the intention of wanting Britain and the United States to participate, and without support, the Dutch have no chance to hold this colony in the South Seas. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang Chao's cruise ship left Japan, stopped in Ryukyu for a day, and then set off to continue to the South Seas, arriving in Siam two days later.

Siam warmly welcomed Yang Chao, there are tens of thousands of Chinese in the port of Bangkok to greet Yang Chao, the number of Chinese in Siam is still very large, among the best countries in the South Seas, the first is that this country is an independent country, friendly to the Chinese, more comfortable than Vietnam and other Chinese colonies of the great powers, and the opportunities are higher.

"We are very sorry for the losses caused to your country by the blockade of Malacca, and as compensation, we are willing to form a free trade alliance with Siam and reduce all Siamese tariffs."

After meeting King Rama VI of Siam, Yang Chao expressed his attitude very kindly.

King Rama VI was still promising, and during his reign, he continued to deepen the reforms of King Rama V Chulalongkorn, such as introducing a compulsory education system, building power plants, sewers, etc., and even building a mouthful of Bangkok International Airport, which is still very popular.

It is precisely because Siam has two generations of reformed kings of Rama, so it can not be annexed by Britain and France, and survive in the gap between Britain and France, but it is a pity that Siam is a country that has not had a highly organized regime in history, and the lack of organizational ability has made the reform of each king only a superficial taste, and cannot carry out comprehensive reforms like Japan, so it has always been only a second-rate country.

And Siam has always been between Britain and France, facing the threat of foreign powers, the British colony of Burma in the west, the French colonies of Cambodia and Laos in the east, there have also been disputes, and they have ceded territories, and have been persecuted by extraterritoriality, but because of the wisdom of Rama VI, the European war finally chose to join the Entente, and was able to abolish extraterritoriality and tariff privileges, and completely recovered the national power.

"My country is very interested in joining the East Asian Countries Economic Mutual Assistance Alliance. If possible, Japan would like to join the East Asian Economic Mutual Assistance Alliance of China, North Korea, Japan and the Ryukyus. ”

Rama VI said.

In fact, Siam has consulted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on this issue for a long time, but at that time, it had just defeated Japan, and it was still necessary to digest the fruits of victory, first establish hegemony in East Asia, and hope that Western countries would recognize it, so Yang Chao did not want to challenge Britain and France, and he never agreed, and now it is time to expand the hegemony to the entire Southeast Asian region, and you can absorb Siam into the gang.

Obviously, the purpose of Siam's joining this economic mutual assistance alliance is not only for economic considerations, but also for seeking security; after several years of observation, Siam must have seen that this economic mutual assistance alliance formed by China, the Ministry of War interferes in the internal affairs of other countries, and is an equal alliance, and in the name of the economic alliance, the military flavor is much lighter, and it will not arouse strong opposition from other countries.

Siam, which is caught between Britain and France, obviously wants to hug China's thigh.

"We are happy to invite your country to join the East Asian Economic Mutual Assistance Alliance, but only with the consent of Korea, Japan, and the Ryukyus."

Of course, this is just polite, China agreed, and Japan and other countries still dare to say half a word.

Rama VI then went on to discuss other issues with Yang Chao, and finally offered to ask China to help Siam build two battleships, but Yang Chao refused, citing the Washington Naval Treaty, which stipulated that the signatory countries could not help other countries build battleships or help other countries build aircraft carriers.

Moreover, Yang Chao also said that he is currently only responsible for China's economy, so he only has the power to negotiate economic issues with foreign countries, and is not suitable to talk about military issues.

The devil doesn't believe this.

Not to mention that the Siamese don't believe it, the Dutch don't believe it.

Just when Yang Chao was still in Siam, the Dutch came to the door.

The Dutch minister in Siam asked to see Yang Chao through Siam.

The Dutch really have no way, the Chinese attitude towards them is extremely tough, the Dutch still want to count on the British, they have been waiting for the arrival of the British navy, but the British are blocked by the Chinese fleet in the Strait of Malacca, except for the verbal shouting, there is no next move, the British diplomat just assured the Netherlands that they will firmly support the Netherlands, but there is no substantial help.

Batavia has been in lockdown for two months, and if the blockade continues, the Dutch economy will collapse.

However, the Chinese government never had direct contact with the Dutch, and when they occupied Belitung Island, they sent a note to the Dutch, telling them that if they did not resist, they would not die, so the resistance of the Dutch at that time was only symbolic, and their army did not even fire bullets, because they were worried that the soldiers could not help but go off and cause war.

But here in Batavia, the Chinese are still like this, but the Dutch dare not give up, Belitung Island gave up and gave up, where the tin mine is attractive, but compared with the oil fields of Java, it is not enough. Moreover, Batavia was the headquarters of their colony, the largest city, the seat of the governor's palace, and it would be too much to say that they had lost all of it.

But it was impossible to defend it, so they could only use mines to defend, so that the Chinese fleet could not drive in, so it was not so much the Nanyang Fleet that blocked Batavia, but the Dutch themselves blocked Batavia.

It was precisely because of these mines that the Nanyang Fleet did not attack, but demanded that the Dutch surrender, clear the mines themselves, and let the Chinese fleet dock in port to carry out an investigation.

Where did the Dutch dare to let the Chinese ashore, they were quite sure that the Chinese were coming, I am afraid they would not leave. Otherwise, it would be enough to investigate and go to Belitung Island, why do you have to go to the port of Batavia.

"No, no, no, we have no territorial claims to Nanyang, we are only here to protect the rights of overseas Chinese."

When asked by the Dutch minister in Siam about China's demands for this military operation, Yang Chao swore solemnly.

"Still, more, I don't have the authority to tell you. However, I advise you to accept Pan's request, because this is the right solution, and not to ask for help from the British. Honestly, if you hadn't intervened the British, things wouldn't have been so troublesome. ”

Yang Chao said very sincerely, as for whether the Dutch believe it or not, he doesn't know.

The Dutch left with a sad face, and he was quickly replied by their country, asking him to continue to contact Yang Chao, and it was best to get Yang Chao's assurance.

But he never saw Yang Chao again, and Yang Chao soon left Siam and returned to China.

The British were unreliable, the Americans didn't want to care, and the Dutch wanted to negotiate, but Pan Xun gave the condition that the Dutch would drain the mines first, and the two sides would talk after the Chinese soldiers set foot in Batavia.

The Dutch succumbed, they had no other choice, they could only hope for Yang Chao's private assurance, hoping that Yang Chao's credit would still be useful, otherwise they really would not have the slightest hope, except for the gray evacuation of the South Seas, would it be difficult to fight with the Chinese?

The Dutch, in accordance with Bretu, carefully raised the mines they had thrown down one by one, cleared the channel of Batavia, and personally welcomed the Chinese fleet into the port of Batavia.

20,000 Chinese Marines and Navy soldiers set foot in the harbor and immediately disarmed the Dutch garrison, and then began an investigation into the Chan Yun-fat incident, and the brutal employment situation in Nanyang was published in the newspapers.

Pan Xun condemned these human tragedies with emotion every time.

Every day there is news in the newspapers about how and how Premier Ban said.

This made Pan Xun earn enough eyeballs for a while.

At the same time, many newspapers have also begun to report on the achievements of Premier Pan Xun's administration in the past few years, and more than 20,000 primary schools have been built across the country, and 80 percent of the country's school-age children have begun to enter schools, but the schools are still collecting tuition fees, which is still relatively difficult for many poor families, and some remote mountainous areas and areas with inconvenient transportation do not have enough capacity to comprehensively promote primary education.

But no one denies that he can achieve this level, and Pan Xun's merits have surpassed the achievements of Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong in running education in the late Qing Dynasty. In addition to this Nanyang incident, Pan Xun made many comments, sometimes sympathizing with the plight of overseas Chinese, sometimes condemning the cruelty of the colonizers, and sometimes denouncing the viciousness of the local underworld. His attitude also made the people very satisfied, and slowly established an image of a humble, compassionate and responsible prime minister.

The Dutch have made up their minds to go all the way to the dark, anyway, China's military forces have occupied Batavia, the Chinese do not go they can't do it, fortunately they went out, sent personnel to actively cooperate with the Chinese investigation in Nanyang, with the outbreak of negative news, so that the image of the Dutch government is greatly affected, but at this time the Dutch can't control, compared to the huge interests of the Nanyang colony, the face is a fart.

However, the Dutch royal family, Queen Wilhelmina was very shocked and said that she was surprised that these inhumane things happened in the Dutch colony, but she did not deny it, but made a positive and responsible attitude, and publicly promised that once the investigation results are true, the Dutch government will strengthen the management of the colony in the future, put an end to the occurrence of such incidents, and is willing to compensate the victimized Chinese workers.

The only hope of the Dutch is to keep the colonies, especially the several oil fields exploited by Shell, and even the Dutch government has prepared to give up these colonies, of course, they have several records, if the Chinese are willing to let the Netherlands keep the most important island of Java, the Dutch do not mind ceding other places to China, if the Chinese leave the Netherlands at all, the Netherlands will give up the Nanyang colonies to Britain, let Britain fight with China, they are no longer able to maintain the colonies, play the game of colonial empire.

And with the completion of all the investigations, the Chinese really agreed to negotiate with the Dutch, to the surprise of the Dutch, the Chinese gave no half of the negotiation content mentioned the territorial issue, all of which were overseas Chinese, Chinese and chemical issues, which made the Dutch overjoyed, and began to tend to believe that the Chinese did not intend to seize the territory here, and they could only think so, because this was their only chance to keep this rich colony.

So the Dutch actively negotiated with China in the South Seas. (To be continued.) )