Chapter 26: The Great Alliance Against Ming

"The global colonial expansion of Europeans ended in the Strait of Malacca!"

Coming out of the Ming Palace, Kreutz turned his head to look at the low city walls of the Ming Palace, and suddenly said.

Bourblon was silent.

Macartney also turned his head to look at the small city.

In Europe.

Such a wall is not even a city wall.

But at this moment.

Zhu Daohua, who lives here, will indeed become a figure who will profoundly influence the whole world.

Either way.

"No, the time of the Europeans ... Maybe it will be ended, too. ”

Macartney said.

He further added: "If he is the emperor of 300 million Chinese." ”

Kreutz and Bourblon were silent.

300 million people.

One third of the world's population.

All European countries have a combined population of less than 200 million.

If the Chinese are really ruled by an emperor who knows the West very well.

Can Europeans still have a future?

"No, maybe it's not just 300 million!"

Bourblon said suddenly.

"As far as I know.... Chinese culture is overwhelmingly dominant in the entire East, and if you follow the standards of the European side, Koreans, Vietnamese, and even... Japanese people can be counted as Chinese. ”

"They are the Rome of the East, unfortunately.... They Rome continues to the present day. ”

Kreutz suddenly said: "No! Their Rome... It is also possible to be destroyed. As far as I know, it is also a group of barbarians from the north who now rule China! ”

"What do you mean?"

Macartney seemed to understand something.

"That's right, this Qing Empire, which seems to be quite powerful, is actually very weak, and most of their strength is used to defend against the Han people inside."

"Because this country is a structure of one or two million barbarians ruling 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, and the Han land is a place where they can be abandoned at any time, and then they retreat back to the mountains and forests to protect themselves. Their purpose in ruling the country was to extract the resources of the Han Chinese to support a small number of barbarian nobles. ”

"For these two million barbarian nobles, China is already big enough, so big that they are always worried that they can't digest it and will be broken by this huge China!"

I have to say.

Kreutz was a Dutch man who traveled back and forth between Japan and Batavia.

The Qing Empire at this time is much better known than Macartney and Burblon from the west.

He saw very accurately the structural contradictions of the Qing Empire at this moment.

"This is also why, the rulers of the Qing Empire have hundreds of millions of people, but there is no incentive for expansion at all, and even in order to prevent the Han rebellion, they have introduced a stupid policy of forcing the coastal people to move inland, they will adhere to the sea ban policy, the Chinese used to have the ability to build large sailing ships, but now the Qing Empire stipulates... It is a capital offense to build a sailboat with more than two masts! ”

Speaking of this, Kreutz paused, and then 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 is Zhu Daohua who rules China...... Then, the potential of this country is likely to really burst out. ”

"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 take the right to rule China!! Any fire that could be so possible must be extinguished in the first place! ”

"So.... What are we going to do is to support the Qing State? Macartney frowned slightly.

He was a little worried, wouldn't a behemoth like Qingguo be much more threatening than Zhu Daohua if it developed?

"That's right, we can't let the Easterners have a real leader... As far as I know, the Ming and Qing dynasties were absolute mortal enemies, and if the Tatar emperor clearly knew Zhu Daohua's threat, he would definitely not be indifferent! ”

"Lianqing, anti-Ming!"

Macartney said coldly.

"It's the best way!"

Kreuz said.

"And, I think if the Tatar emperor knew about the advantages that Zhu Daohua had achieved in Southeast Asia... He will not turn a blind eye to Southeast Asia, and among the Chinese in Southeast Asia, there are still many people who are interested in the existence of the Qing Empire..."

"Gentlemen, we still need to contact the Spaniards and the Portuguese, and they will definitely not be happy to see Zhu Daohua easily integrate Southeast Asia."

Kreuz took a deep breath.

"This is an alliance, an anti-Ming alliance from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia, including all the forces of European colonies in Southeast Asia and India, as well as the behemoth of the Qing Empire!"

"Anti .. Ming Alliance? ”

Frankly.

Bourblon felt that Kreutz and Macartney were also overreacting.

The current Zhu Daohua's territory is no more than the Malacca Haixia Islands.

The army was no more than 10,000 men.

Really have to develop.

At least for several years.

Until then.

Zhu Daohua now has a technical advantage.

Will it still exist?

Bourblon suppressed the doubts in his heart.

The three said goodbye.

Burblon was to return to Batavia, while Burblon and Macartney were to travel north to seek contact with the Qing Empire.

As for whether the verbal "anti-Ming alliance" can be formed.

The three of them have no bottom in their hearts.

......

Boat trip to Batavia.

Only a few dozen Dutch officers were released early.

In accordance with the agreement.

The Dutch East India Company was to pay for the ransom of the captured Dutch.

Now let Kreutz and them go back, just to raise money.

"Zhang, Zhu Daohua wants to take the ruling power of Lan Fangguo, do you think... Are there any opponents in Lanfang? ”

Zhang Da, a Chinese consultant at Kreutz's side, 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 did not get any benefits in this exchange of interests. ”

Kreutz nodded.

"There are also the countries of Borneo, if Lan Fang is still in a state of scattered sand, but if Lan Fang becomes a great duchy with a king, and it is supported by Zhu Daohua, the Sanfa Sultanate, Brunei, Banjar Sultanate, Kutai Sultanate and other countries on Borneo will probably be worried about being annexed by Lan Fang!"

Zhang Da said.

"In other words, even in Borneo, there are actually quite a few opponents of Zhu Daohua!"

Kreutz looked at one of the officers on the side.

"Major Glopp, I hope you can go to Borneo and secretly contact the Lanfang Liu family and the countries of Borneo..."

"If the Lanfang Liu family and the countries of Borneo are united, they can at least send tens of thousands of troops, and Zhu Daohua ..... If he wants to canonize the Grand Duke of Lanfang, there is a chance that he will personally go to Dongfang Law or Pontianak. ”

The major, known as Glopp, nodded solemnly.

"If he arrives in Borneo, our chance will come."

Glopp said.

Kreutz nodded.

If contacting the anti-Ming forces in Borneo was just a step, he didn't really have much hope.

Those Borneo natives are too poor in combat.

Even if there are a large number of people.

It is also very difficult to kill Zhu Daohua.

For Kreutz.

True hope.

It's in the north.

The empire of the Tatars who ruled the East Asian continent.

"Mr. Dean, you went to the Qing Kingdom with the Dutch credentials, you have information from Zhu Daohua, maybe the officials of the Qing Kingdom will send you to Beijing to meet the emperor of the Qing Kingdom."