Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 598 After seeing through Wu Ting's intentions, the East India Company cautiously disrupted the situation~
The city walls of Ava are stained with blood.

The Mon, Shan and Kachin peoples besieged the city for half a month and were exhausted. They withdrew their troops in dismay as they could not take down the fortified city.

The new king of the Konbaung Dynasty, Meng Yun, was cautious and meticulous in his work.

As the fourth son of the founding emperor, Emperor Yongjiya, he enjoyed high prestige both in the army and in the local areas.

Guarding the capital and repelling the rebels are no problem.

A time of internal and external troubles.

However, a group of uninvited guests came to Ava - envoys from the Saxon East India Company.

……

A lobster soldier major told Meng Yun seriously:

"Your Majesty, only the East India Company can help you now. We hope to sign some friendly treaties with your country so that we can indirectly help your country quell the internal rebellion militarily."

Meng Yun took the treaty and took a quick look at it.

The anger almost blew the roof off.

The most crucial one was the cession of the Arakan region and the port of Pathein.

"Mr. Major, why do you think that the king would agree to such a humiliating request?"

The major silently unfolded a map, his eyes like a vulture:
"Your Majesty, the northern part of your country is now occupied by the Qing army. The northeastern part is controlled by the Shan State of Mubang, and the southern part is controlled by the Mon people, who are your arch-enemies. The eastern part is Siam, your enemy country that was almost destroyed by you."

"Ava is in the center of the kingdom. Of course, you also control the territory west of Ava, which is your traditional territory as the Burmese."

The major pointed further west.

"Your Majesty, if you reject the goodwill of the company, wars will also ignite in the west and on the sea. By then, your dynasty will be truly surrounded by enemies on all sides."

"Based on the internal situation of your country, once the dynasty falls, there will most likely be an extremely bloody massacre."

"I'm not threatening you, but making reasonable deductions based on actual facts."

“So, does your country still have a choice?”

……

The threat was effective.

On the same day, the two parties signed the "Treaty of Military Assistance from the Saxon East India Company to the Konbaung Dynasty".

content include:

The Konbaung Dynasty ceded the Arakan region and the port of Pathein.

The Konbaung Dynasty had to hire Saxon officers, designate the East India Company as the army's sole arms dealer, and issue a timber felling license to the East India Company throughout the kingdom.

When this document was delivered to Governor Adelaide.

He was relieved.

Said to his subordinates:
"Thank God, the proud Konbaung Dynasty finally bowed its head. If they hadn't bowed their heads, the company would have had to revise its strategy and attack from the sea to take control of the Arakan region first."

"Are you worried that Emperor Wu will get involved in the Konbaung Dynasty?"

……

Adelaide nodded:
"It's not a worry, it's happening. The young emperor has a big appetite. He first swallowed up the Annan Kingdom, which was in civil strife, and supported a puppet. Now he has set his sights on the Konbaung Dynasty."

Seeing the intelligence officer on the side hesitate to speak~
Adelaide waved:

"I know the company hasn't collected any actual evidence yet, but there's no need to look at the evidence for this kind of thing. As a noble, I trust my instincts."

"The fact that Wu's border merchants were able to do business in the Qing army's territory speaks volumes."

"Businessman is another word for spy."

"To be honest, the speed at which our allies acted was beyond our expectations."

……

Adelaide's face was filled with worry.

He took out a pen, circled the Arakan region on the map hanging on the wall, and then drew a lovely Union Jack.

I looked at it for a long time and was quite satisfied.

He turned around and said to the people present:

"What I say next must be recorded."

The secretary quickly took out his notebook and took careful notes.

The Governor's important decisions are sent to the House of Lords in London.

Adelaide speaks very fast:
"The company's original military operations against Mysore and Maratha have been put on hold! Send envoys to repair relations with local tribal leaders, give gifts, and emphasize friendship."

"The company has revised its established strategy of annexing the South Asian subcontinent. The current focus is on moving eastwards, and the pace of annexing the Konbaung Dynasty must be accelerated."

"Once our allies take the initiative to eat this piece of fat meat."

"Then we~"

The secretary whispered:
"We cannot go to war with a powerful ally."

"Yes." Adelaide's eyes were full of worry. "The kingdom is already confronting the whole of Europe. If it turns against its allies again, a series of reactions will occur. The cabinet will be dissolved, the prime minister will step down, the kingdom will be defeated, the United States will become independent, some overseas colonies will be lost, and the national debt will crush people, just like dominoes."

……

Everyone was silent.

At present, the Citi Colonial War is nowhere in sight.

The urgent need for military expenditure was temporarily solved by collecting import tariffs on tea, silk and porcelain, raw cotton trade, and Java island redemption fees. All of this was based on the good relationship with the Wu Kingdom.

However, the Citigroup militia fought to the death.

The dawn of victory is still far away~
The Royal Navy conducts military operations in the Atlantic, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, and in all oceans on every continent.

Now, almost all the powerful countries in Europe stood against the kingdom, either fighting against the Royal Navy or secretly supporting Washington.

Newspapers commented that all of Europe wanted to see the Saxons defeated.

……

Adelaide was silent for a long time, then said:
"Gentlemen, I actually have an idea. Can we hire Wu Jun to fight alongside us at Citi?"

Everyone opened their mouths instantly.

Sir, are you crazy?
Adelaide took out a document from the drawer, which was clearly marked "Top Secret".

"Everyone, take a look~"

Everyone gasped after watching it.

Damn you Hessian jeeps, damn you Irish, you have brought misery to the kingdom.

The highest commander of the company's mercenary army, a brigadier general, blurted out:

"Sir, I don't understand why 15000 well-equipped Hessian hunters would suddenly join the Citigroup?"

"Because of the military pay!"

The brigadier general asked back:
"But London pays them a lot, and the pensions are even better. If those poor bastards are willing to die in battle, they can get a huge sum of money that they can't earn in 50 years."

……

Adelaide lost control of her emotions instantly:
"Mr. Commodore, you are right!"

"But the damned Grand Duke of Hesse lost the army's pay. Yes, he only gave each soldier a pitiful 2 pounds!"

"For 2 pounds, you want people to work hard! Isn't it ridiculous? It's even more ridiculous than a Scottish man in a plaid skirt."

"And Washington actually promised to give each Hessian 500 acres of cotton fields, 5 niggers, and 5 big ass Irish bitches, and the only condition was to lay down! The! guns!"

"In just 10 days, 15000 of our elite cannon fodder disappeared."

"When the news reached London, those country folks in the House of Commons nearly threw their boots in the Prime Minister's face."

……

A young baron who represented London as the most important commissioner of the East India Company,
I couldn't help but ask:
"What about the damn Irish? Why did they come all the way across the ocean to fight for Washington? I think it's a stupid act that hurts others and does not benefit ourselves."

Adelaide looked at the dazzling fool again and again.

Holding back his anger, he asked back:

"Do the Irish need a reason to oppose the kingdom?"

The young committee member was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Seeing that everyone looked unhappy, he quickly stopped smiling and explained:
"Gentlemen, I just remembered a joke - when the Irish get off the ship, their only real estate is their chest and ass."

"Hahahaha~"

Seeing the cold looks from the others, he stopped laughing awkwardly.

Slander:

The Paris papers were right: Saxons are not born with a humorous gene.

……

Although Adelaide's idea of ​​"borrowing foreign soldiers" is fantastic and extremely difficult.

However, he still wrote a personal letter to Wu Ting's finance minister Hu Xueyu, and brought it back to China through Hu's "relatives" who were doing business in Calcutta. Private letters do not represent official matters.

This is a kind of wisdom, leaving enough room for maneuver for both sides.

Although, this move is likely to invite a wolf into the house, the greedy Wu Jun may stay in North America if he goes there.

But in the current situation,

Adelaide believes that instead of worrying about inviting "Wu Lang" into the house, it is better to worry about Citi's independence.

If we can take advantage of Emperor Wu's greed and tie him to the chariot of London to confront the whole of Europe, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages.

Adelaide is a typical Saxon nobleman who thinks deeply.

Once Suzhou and London were on the same page, it would surely cause widespread dissatisfaction in Europe, and tea, silk and porcelain would certainly be boycotted to varying degrees.

That would be great.

Saxon merchants can dominate the market and act as middlemen.

Wait until the relationship eases and then make a fortune, just like the Arab businessmen back then.

……

It doesn’t matter if the greedy Wu Jun refuses to leave.

North America is large enough to accommodate two powerful countries.

Besides,

The Wu State had a natural weakness - navy.

In the future, there will still be checks and balances.

Although Wu Ting sent people through official channels to Calcutta and Portsmouth to learn shipbuilding technology and naval knowledge, he intended to expand the navy.

Adelaide wasn't too worried.

Wu's Nanyang Fleet was good at fighting pirates and bombarding small countries in the South Seas, but if it encountered the Royal Navy, it would not end well.

Navy, it’s not that simple.

The Royal Navy has been navigating the oceans for hundreds of years, paying the price with experience accumulated at the cost of countless corpses.

Ah, the Navy.

100 years is not enough.

……

Although Adelaide was not a professional soldier, he understood one thing.

Naval decisive battles are usually winner-takes-all.

Every defeat will leave a generation helpless. It will take at least 20 years for the next generation of navy to grow up.

If it is defeated again in 20 years, this empire will no longer have the courage to look at the ocean. At most, it can maintain a shallow-water navy, and then develop a large army, turning into a deformed strong man.

The Royal Navy, with hundreds of years of combat experience, is capable of defeating any enemy in a decisive battle, even the Frankish Navy with more advanced shipbuilding technology.

Adelaide pondered for an hour and walked out of the office tiredly.

"Fulfill the contract with the Konbaung Dynasty as soon as possible."

"After handing over the Arakan region and Pathein Port, bombard the Mon army in the south and bring warships to the city of Ava to show them your strength."

"Yes, sir."

……

The two big hands of Wu and Saxon were stirring violently in the big vat of Indochina.

Fortunately, the space in the tank was quite large and no collision occurred for a while.

but,

Taksin, the King of Siam and a descendant of the Chaoshan people, indeed sensed the crisis.

When the Konbaung Dynasty invaded, Siam was torn apart and the king died, he stood up and called for the support of all, repelled the Konbaung army and restored Siam.

The Thonburi Dynasty has only been established for a dozen years.

Like other regimes that existed in Indochina at the same time, it had a fatal weakness - an unstable foundation.

There are many local forces.

Barely pasted.

Rather than being a unified dynasty, it was more like a barely cobbled-together tribal alliance.

……

Within the kingdom.

Zheng Xin once again instructed the envoy who was about to go to Suzhou Prefecture to pay homage.

"When you go to Suzhou, you must obtain the official title from the higher country. I am the King of Siam. Also, please keep the incident from two years ago confidential. All the servants involved have been killed."

"Yes."

The messenger left respectfully and set out to sea again on a large ship.

Two years ago, he sailed to Guangzhou as a Siamese envoy to seek enthronement by the Qing court, but found that the situation had changed and Wu's army controlled the city of Guangzhou.

The messenger did not dare to make a decision on his own and returned.

……

A guard came hurriedly and whispered:
"Your Majesty, Prince Nguyen Phuoc Anh left without saying goodbye. Do you want to send someone to arrest him?"

"never mind!"

Zheng Xin sighed and closed his eyes in thought.

Tuan Phuc Anh was the only surviving descendant of the Southern Nguyen regime. He lived in Siam in order to borrow troops to return to his country.

He understood why Qiu Fuying left without saying goodbye, because he was worried that he would follow in the footsteps of "Chun Yu Yue".

now,

The superior country has troops stationed in Cam Ranh Bay in Annan. Does Siam still dare to send troops?

Since he doesn't dare, will he chop off the body of this exiled prince and send him to please the superior country?

As an exiled prince, Qiu Fuying lives like a frightened bird every day, so of course he doesn't dare to gamble!

Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy.

This is wisdom from above.

……

A rare thunderstorm in winter.

Zheng Xin looked up and felt that the clouds were changing unpredictably, just like Siam today.

Four words - internal and external troubles.

To the east is Annan, and the two countries have fought many times, with each winning and losing. Annan’s soldiers are not strong, but Siam’s soldiers are even weaker.

To the west, the Konbaung Dynasty almost defeated Siam and even captured the capital Ayutthaya, leading to the "Jing Kang Incident."

If there had not been the Qing-Myanmar War, Siam would have been completely destroyed long ago.

The Qing Dynasty is unfathomable.

Just by stretching out his little finger, the little bully Gongbang was defeated.

Today, the superior country has changed.

Zheng Xin waited and watched for a long time before making up his mind to respectfully call Wu the superior country.

There is no way, the Qing Dynasty is too terrible. If the Qing Dynasty is not completely dead, he really dare not.

……

It's funny to say.

The adjective "internal and external troubles" can be used to describe all the kingdoms in Indochina at that time.

They are a threat to each other.

They had the same internal worries: peasant uprisings and separatist forces.

All kinds of intelligence and information were gathered in the Wu Palace, and the outline of the entire Indochina Peninsula gradually took shape in Li Yu's mind.

He wrote in his diary:
Future~
Outside the borders of the empire, there are three types of nature.

The first type is colonies, such as Luzon and Java.

Business model - appoint a governor and collect taxes directly.

The second type is semi-colony, such as Indochina and Fuso.

Business model: station troops, open concessions, collect taxes indirectly through commercial means, allow weak kings to exist, support local forces, and maintain a relative balance of power.

The third type is the free trade zone, such as the whole world.

(End of this chapter)