"I never imagined that I would be appointed plenipotentiary of the United Provincial Republic to the distant Eastern Empire to deal with the mess of the East India Company."

Ludwig van der Per, the special envoy of the United Provincial Republics to the plenipotentiary negotiations of the Chinese Empire, wrote in his cabin, which was somewhat shaky.

"Although my Latin is not very good, my ambition is to pursue a lifetime of academic research at Leiden University and become a great scholar. However, it is clear that as one of the heirs of the family, this ambition of mine and my experience of studying and researching in various countries are seen by the family as a waste of resources and money. ”

"I have to say, it's very frustrating."

"I am certainly aware of the importance of the East India Company in the United Provincial Republic. But if it weren't for the family's large stake in the East India Company, they wouldn't have taken the damned colonial company so seriously. ”

"It seems to me that it was the actions of the East India Company's employees in the East that led to the wrath of the Chinese Empire. After the destruction of the East India Company's fleet and base in Batavia by the Chinese Empire, and the arrest of all the East India Company's staff and employees by the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Imperial Government had sent back diplomatic notes from Portuguese merchant ships. ”

"After reading the diplomatic note with a map attached, I realized that the East Indies in our concept were originally the Kingdom of Java, a vassal state of the Chinese Empire. From the 15th century AD, the country began to be a vassal state of the Chinese Empire. ”

"My own view on the establishment of a colonial trading base in a vassal state of a powerful empire is actually very simple. It is very wrong to carry out armed attacks and establish colonial bases against his vassal state without the consent and permission of the suzerain. Now the Chinese Empire, which has received a request from the vassal powers, to use force to punish the East India Company is actually a very normal thing. ”

"After I made my thoughts clear to the family, I was met with sarcasm and ridicule from those stupid and absurd family members. Obviously, they don't think the same way as I do. ”

"I can tell from some fragments of the language of the family members that many of them believe that the actions of the Chinese Empire are a deception and atrocity, and that they should take revenge for the shameless acts of the Chinese Empire."

"I don't know what those idiots with heads full of gold coins think. When the Chinese Empire's fleet visited various countries in 1632, most people had already realized the strength of the Chinese Empire. ”

"When the diplomatic and trade fleet, consisting of five warships and twelve armed merchant ships, visited the countries, almost all the people in the country recognized two problems. One is that the civilization and technology of the Chinese Empire are much more superb than ours, and the other is that the armed forces of the Chinese Empire are much more powerful than we imagined. ”

"Although I didn't pay much attention to politics, I knew that the envoys of the Chinese Empire who visited various countries at that time had clearly explained to the countries that the Chinese Empire ruled the entire Eastern world."

It is said that the envoys of the Chinese Empire had already issued clear maps to various countries at that time. The map shows that the whole of Southeast Asia, which we call the East Indies, belonged to the suzerainty of the Chinese Empire. They have pointed out to governments that all Southeast Asian countries, including Malacca, are spheres of influence protected by the Chinese Empire. ”

"When I was discussing this with some scholars I knew well, some of the scholars who had deep connections in parliament told me that governments didn't seem to take much of the claims of the Chinese imperial envoys very seriously. They regarded the declaration of the Chinese Imperial envoys demanding that the countries abolish their colonies in the vassal territories of the Chinese Empire, convert their colonization bases into unarmed commercial venues, pay taxes to the Chinese Empire and its vassal states in accordance with the laws of the Chinese Empire, and conduct legal trade and business as a meaningless verbal threat. ”

"According to a friend of mine who held a low-level position in the upper echelons of the United Provincial Republic, the governments of the time did not pay much attention to the diplomatic work of the Chinese Empire. On the contrary, the Chinese Empire's various porcelain, tea, silk, cloth, all kinds of magical medicines, handicrafts, and other exquisite, beautiful, and splendid commodities of the Chinese Empire, which were warmly welcomed by various countries. ”

"At that time, I was very unsympathetic to the neglect of the diplomatic work of the Chinese Empire by the governments. The fact that an Eastern Empire, with its advanced ocean-going technology and powerful armed forces, suddenly sent envoys from thousands of miles to officially visit various countries after a long period of silence about the unscrupulous colonization of various countries in the East, which actually shows that the Chinese Empire is ready to deal with the chaotic situation in Southeast Asia. ”

"But I despise the stupid governments of the Chinese Empire, while they are busy with wars with each other in the region, focusing only on the exquisite and magical goods of the Chinese Empire, completely unaware of possible future conflicts."

"As it turned out, I was absolutely right. It's just that only four or five years have passed, and the colonial strongholds of various countries in Southeast Asia have been devastated by the fleet and army of the Chinese Empire. ”

"According to the merchants who had honestly traded with the Chinese Empire in accordance with the laws of the Chinese Empire, and had returned safely to Europe, the Spanish colonies in the Philippines, the Portuguese colonies in Malacca, the United Provincial Republics and the British colonies in the East Indies, and the colonies and trading posts of almost all countries in the South China Sea (the expression of the Chinese Empire) were dealt a devastating blow to the Chinese Empire."

"According to the contents of the diplomatic note sent to the countries by the Grape Eye Merchant, the personnel of the countries in the South China Sea region have all violated the laws of the Chinese Empire."

"With the exception of those armed men who were executed by the Chinese Empire on charges of aggression, all unarmed persons were arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese Empire on charges of illegal entry. The Chinese Empire froze all the assets of the colonial strongholds of the countries in the South China Sea region. Only those pure merchants were allowed to go by the Chinese Empire after paying taxes according to the laws of the Chinese Empire. ”

"Now the Imperial Government of China has declared all colonial trading companies of various countries to be illegal. The Imperial Chinese government demanded that governments send regular diplomats to China to sign a new trade treaty, otherwise trade between East and West would be completely shut down. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the family's main economic income came from the shares of the East India Company, I would not have gone to the East to deal with the mess caused by the East India Company under the guise of a plenipotentiary of the United Provincial Republic under the name of a plenipotentiary of the United Provinces under the operation of the family."

"My own view of the extravagant hopes of the Governor of the United Provinces and his family for the restoration of the East India Company's trading posts and colonies in the South China Sea is very negative."

"In my opinion, not to mention that the main fleets of the Republic are tied up in armed conflicts with various countries, even if it is really like some ridiculous fools say, to wage war with the Chinese Empire with the strength of the whole country, I do not think that the force of the United Provincial Republic can defeat the powerful Chinese Empire."