New Shun 1730

They had the idea of ​​betting on both sides, but they had to bow their heads under the eaves. After waiting to be called in by the Dutch, Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan still expressed their "righteous indignation" towards the Chinese who rebelled outside the city.

Valknier did not want to provoke these Chinese bureaucrats now. If the Chinese outside the city rebelled, the Chinese inside the city might make some changes, and they were needed to stabilize the situation in the city.

"Captain, I have absolute trust in your loyalty. But we must consider the possibility of spies sneaking into the city and inciting the Chinese who are unaware of the truth to start a rebellion."

"In view of this, I hope you can seriously consider how to truly protect your compatriots. If you want to protect your compatriots, what you need to do now is to not allow the Chinese in the city to make any unusual movements. If there are unusual movements, the Governor's Office can only implement the eleven-draw-killing law."

"Moreover, as Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan, you have the obligation and responsibility to maintain the stability of the Chinese in the city. If they also participate in the rebellion, then as the head tax payer, you are of course responsible."

"But now send your messengers to sound the horn in the Chinese community. If the Chinese are really law-abiding and good citizens, they can stay indoors for a few days to avoid being killed by patrolling soldiers as spies. All Chinese should hand in all their weapons to prove that they have no connection with the rebels outside the city and clear themselves of suspicion."

Lian Fuguang still believed in the Dutch, at least he had never thought that the Dutch had the idea of ​​a large-scale massacre. It was unknown what the situation was outside the city, and the Dutch's demands did not seem high.

When he was about to agree, Lei Zhenlan, who had previously bypassed him and secretly informed the governor, said with great ambition: "We Chinese have a saying that defending the land is our home, and those who have money contribute money and those who have strength contribute strength. We are also brave, and we have some brave men under our command. Why don't we organize and participate in defending the city together?"

Lei Zhenlan felt bad. Under such circumstances, the Dutch still did not use them to defend the city, which showed that they still did not regard him as their own.

He was depressed for a while, and seemed to understand the mentality of those generals in ancient times who were suspected and chose to go to war and die on the battlefield in a suicidal way to prove their loyalty.

Valknier shook his head and said: "You Chinese are all timid and dare not fight at all. You just need to do your own thing. Those rebels outside are vulnerable."

Rejecting Lei Zhenlan's request for help in defending the city, Lei Zhenlan felt bad, but he had no choice.

Lian Fuguang had his own sources of information. He knew that Lei Zhenlan had bypassed him and his official superior to report to the governor. How could he not understand that the other party wanted to take this opportunity to replace him?

But at this time, he had to pretend that he didn't know, but said solemnly: "The governor's decision is correct. If some rebels are mixed in with those who participate in defending the city, they will definitely actively ask to participate in defending the city at this time. In the area they defend, they only need to light a fire, and the rebels outside the city will know where the defense is weak, and they can attack from there."

Valknier nodded in agreement, thinking that I was just guarding against this. The most active Chinese at this time may not be the most loyal, so since we can't be sure whether they are loyal, we don't need them at all.

Just let these Kapitan and Lei Zhenlan come forward and let the Chinese in the city stay indoors.

In this way, the situation can be controlled. If the defense of the city is not going well, these Chinese in the city can be used as hostages.

Just like the rebels outside the city used the captured Dutch as hostages.

"Let's do it this way. You will execute the order in the city first, and then don't go back to your own residence. All of you should come to the Governor's Mansion and wait for orders."

"Yes, Governor."

After everyone agreed, Lian Fuguang and others left the Governor's Mansion.

He summoned the messenger, took out the gong that the Chinese were very familiar with, and banged it along the street.

While banging, he shouted: "There is a rebellion outside the city, and all the Tang people are suspects. If the Tang people are really good people, they can stay indoors and put all the knives in their homes at the door, and they are not allowed to leave their houses."

"The patrol soldiers will conduct random inspections later. If there are knives in the house that have not been handed in, the surrounding ten households will be punished! If each family hears it, close the door quickly!"

The buzzing sound of the gong echoed in the Chinese community, and the law-abiding Chinese closed their doors and windows one after another, and most people put the knives in their homes at the door.

They are just small handicraftsmen and small businessmen, who do not support or oppose anyone. As long as the Dutch didn't cut their heads, they wouldn't choose to stand up for those people outside the city who had nothing but their lives and strength and no small property.

Anyway, if those people outside the city succeeded in "rebellion", they wouldn't make things difficult for them, and maybe they would even exempt their head tax because they were all Chinese.

They longed for order, no matter who was the leader of this order, as long as there was order.

As for the rich who farmed taxes or lent money, they put all kinds of knives in their homes outside the door early, closed the doors and windows, and prayed to the Guan Gong statue at home that the Dutch would quickly put down the rebellion and not let the rebels enter the city.

Soon, the streets of the originally bustling Chinese community were deserted. All the shops were closed and all the doors were shut.

After all this, it was almost evening. The patrolling Dutch or Javanese soldiers sent more than a hundred people to guard the Chinese settlements, fearing that there were also outsiders in the city.

The remaining soldiers guarded the city walls or artillery platforms and fortresses.

Niu Er on the rebel side was right. After they preemptively ambush the Dutch, the Dutch's reaction must be to be wary of the Chinese in the city who would join in the rebellion. They would not immediately send troops to attack them, but to guard against the Chinese outside the city. The rebels took advantage of the chaos and entered the city.

This gave the insurgents enough time to deploy.

Outside the city, some people were carrying bundles of sugar cane or using poles to carry their remaining luggage and quilts. Under the leadership of several leaders, they headed towards Maub.

There were only two to three hundred people left near the outside of Batavia. Niu Er took into account the lack of organizational strength and insufficient officer manpower. Two to three hundred people was already the maximum number of people they could pull together.

All in all, a trained person or someone with local prestige would have fifteen or sixteen people under his command, who could manage the situation just fine.

It is getting dark. The Dutch will not leave the city today, and they cannot leave the city too early tomorrow to encircle and suppress them. Enough time has been set aside.

In a house outside the city, Niu Er, Huang Ban and others were discussing tomorrow's plan. Huang Ban already admired Niu Er quite a lot. Judging from what happened today, Niu Er and the group of brothers under him were not only able to fight, but they were obviously from the military and could also organize people.

In particular, it was asserted that the Dutch did not dare to leave the city today, and indeed the Dutch did not leave the city. Although this is just the most basic military common sense, and people with a professional background would do it, but in the eyes of people like Huang Ban with a rough background, it is simply the reincarnation of Kong Ming.

"Brother Niu really has a clever plan, and the red-haired ghost really doesn't dare to leave the city."

Niu Er couldn't help but blush when he heard the compliment of "wonderful calculation". He thought to himself that I can't live up to these four words. I have been around for so long and haven't even become a chief of staff. Among the people in Weihai, I am the only one. A middling figure. The best ones were either on the ship, or they had already made their mark in the Qingzhou Army Staff Headquarters during the Western Expedition. If a classmate heard that he was praised in this way, he would have to laugh at himself.

After thinking about it again, I seemed to understand what Liu Yu had been saying. This Valkenir is just a third- and fourth-rate figure. He can suppress the huge Java with a population of tens of millions just by relying on the system behind him.

He is just a third- and fourth-rate person, and relying on what he has learned, he can still give Valkenir, who is also a third- and fourth-rate person, a headache.

Because of the inconvenience of news transmission, the Privy Council could only give some strategic guidance. When things got to this point, Niu Er knew that he could only rely on his own learned skills and apply what he learned.

"Brothers, the Dutch will not leave the city immediately tomorrow. Instead, they will send out scouts and small groups to investigate the surrounding situation. After ambushing them once during the day, they will definitely not dare to send out another group of twenty or thirty people. "

"And if we want to attack with a large group, we need to prepare food and so on. We will take advantage of this period to seize Maowu and rely on the mountainous areas to survive."

"Emperor Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty went out to Henan in the past and won the hearts of the people. Now I look at the land of Java, and there are also people who can be Heluo. That is, the mountainous area all the way to Bandung... er, Bolian'an, can also be the foundation. "

I habitually used the name of the map over Weihai and quickly changed my words.

"The city of Batavia is high and the Dutch have many soldiers. It cannot be taken lightly. It needs to be taken slowly. If you go east at this time, the Dutch have warships to transport troops. They will inevitably block the way and beware of the local Chinese. This is a dead end. also."

"In the Burianan area, the Dutch mostly used forced cultivation, and the locals suffered widely from it. We can learn from the story of the emperor Taizu of the Chinese dynasty who equalized the fields and exempted grain, and implemented benevolent policies to win people's hearts."

"It's Cirebon to the north, and it can threaten Bacheng if it goes west. The Matalan Sultanate in the east is also happy to see us revolting against the Dutch, and will not take the initiative to attack me. The local area also produces a lot of rice, which is enough to support the army. "

"In short, whether it is to attack Bacheng or to advance eastward, there is no rush. You need to do it slowly. At this time, advancing eastward is a dead end. The Dutch rely on warships to transport troops and use fortresses to hold on. If we cannot attack for a long time, we will station troops here. This is a taboo in military tactics under a fortified city; even if it is conquered, Tammu and other places are all seaports, and the Dutch navy will not be able to last long. "

Niu Er had thought deeply about it. In addition to the mountainous area, there was another important reason why he considered going south.

Because it was like Henan in the twelfth year of Chongzhen. All it takes is a fire to burn it. If the imperial court really abandons the policy of going to Nanyang in the future, this Bandung generation will be a good place to hibernate and train troops and strengthen the team before marching eastward.

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In the city, the Dutch did not sleep all night.

One night, flames burst into the sky outside the city, and explosions were heard from time to time.

Sometimes it sounds like firecrackers, sometimes it doesn't. It's completely unclear how big the uprising outside the city is.

The ambush during the day also put great pressure on the Dutch. Knowing that the insurgents outside the city had muskets and that some of them might be well-trained mercenaries, they did not dare to leave the city rashly.

Early the next morning, when the thick fog dissipated, the Dutch in the city were surprised to find that they had been fighting the air all night and there was no one outside at all.

After struggling all night, the governor had to order the soldiers to rest for a morning.

The officials took the time to understand the situation last night, and some small-scale scouts cautiously went out of the city to conduct reconnaissance. Batavia's rule was only absolutely effective within the city of Batavia, and they did not even know the population outside the city.

Soon, someone reported the news, saying that since yesterday afternoon, many Chinese or plantation slave workers had fled southward, perhaps thousands of them.

Not all the Chinese outside the city participated in the uprising, but many black-shirted party members and trouserless people who lost their jobs due to the sluggish sugar trade.

These people are brave and unrestrained in the sugar factory on weekdays. Naturally, they are the first to be fired when the industry is sluggish.

From the news, they don’t have any decent weapons in their hands. Many people just carry some simple luggage, and many people are empty-handed.

And there were actually not many people around Batavia last night. There were only dozens of people, at most a hundred people, lighting fires and setting off firecrackers everywhere, just bluffing.

After hearing the news, Valknir had a sense of foreboding in his heart.

South?

Not east?

There are many Chinese in the coastal cities in the east. If these people don’t dare to attack Batavia, they should go east to where their compatriots are more.

If they go east, then it’s okay. There are forts along the way, and Batavia has excellent sea vessels. With the advantage of sea transportation, as long as the defenders in Cirebon, Tamu and other places occupy the forts and hold them, the rebels without cannons will not be able to attack them at all.

When the navy arrives, the uprising will be suppressed.

But going south... this is a big problem.

The letter I saw yesterday and the programmatic documents proposed by the rebels made Valknier feel that there was a pair of black hands behind the scenes.

To the south and southeast are continuous mountainous areas. At this time, it was called Burangan, and later it was called Bandung.

This is the first place in East India to implement the forced planting system. At this time, it was called the Burangan system, which was a policy attempt to save the company's deficit.

And this kind of place is also the place that best fits the rebels' program.

The so-called Burangan system, in the words of later generations, is called "disguised serfdom under the monopoly of commercial capitalism."

The Dutch forced each village to plant a certain proportion of cash crops urgently needed by the European market, such as cotton, indigo, indigo, coffee, etc.

For example, if this village community had to pay 100 kilograms of cotton a year, the head of the village community and the local indigenous nobles were authorized by the Dutch.

If any villager did not plant, he would be tied to a tree and whipped and executed.

As far as Valknier knew, the local indigenous village chiefs and community leaders were cruel and did not care about the so-called brotherhood at all.

Those who were disobedient and did not pay the crops they were forced to plant on time were either tied up and stuffed with cow dung, or hung up with two thumbs tied with ropes to expose to the sun, or stripped naked and thrown into a puddle until their skin was wrinkled.

If someone took the lead in making trouble, the local indigenous village chiefs and community leaders would beat the troublemaker to death first to set an example.

In addition to the stipulated rent, the company would buy the excess at a low price.

Monopoly, this is the advantage of monopoly.

The company will charge whatever price it says. If it wants to sell to others, no one dares to buy, and if they do, they can't transport it out.

The Dutch have always liked to foster middlemen, such as letting wealthy Chinese businessmen become tax farmers and contractors to attract hatred from the bottom.

Or, in places where planting is forced, give benefits to middlemen.

For example, the head of the village community paid 100 kilograms of cotton as land rent in a year.

If there are more cash crops left, the Dutch will force them to purchase them, and then give dividends to the head of the community according to the amount purchased.

For example, if you pay 100 kilograms of cotton, this is land rent, and there is no dividend. But if you can get 200 kilograms, there will be dividends for 100 kilograms.

You can imagine what it will be like.

The head of the village community must hope that the people of the village community will grow more cash crops purchased by the Dutch at a low price, so that they can get dividends.

And the people are definitely unwilling to plant, because the purchase price of the Dutch is very low, it is better to grow some rice for themselves, but the upper class of the village community and the local nobles colluded with the Dutch, and anyone who disobeyed would be beaten and killed.

Besides, the villagers in the local village had never planted indigo. The Dutch only collected it, but no matter how you planted it, they would not send a village work team to teach you how to plant it. If it didn't survive, you could only use the remaining rice in your home to pay the rent.

For example, the villagers learned to plant coffee. The problem is that coffee is not harvested with a sickle like rice. It has to be picked, which is very time-consuming.

The picked coffee sold to the Dutch is not as valuable as a pound of rice. In fact, it is open robbery, but what can be done?

In order to share the dividends, the village head, in addition to the compulsory land rent, forced the villagers to plant more cash crops with a purchase price lower than rice.

Those who disobeyed were fed with cow dung and hung with thumbs; those who dared to stand out were killed directly; if they were forced to revolt, the Dutch were invited to suppress it.

Relying on this system, although it is only being implemented in the Bandung area for the time being, it has already seen initial dividends, especially the ability to quickly transform and adapt to market demand.

For example, the indigo, indigo, coffee, etc. that are now planted have gradually replaced the original spices and become an important source of profit.

But it is also the same. Under this forced profit is a huge powder keg.

At this time, there are two huge powder kegs in Java.

One is the Chinese slaves and indentured servants who are almost like slaves, including those in sugar factories and sugarcane plantations, as well as in spice plantations. The other is the village community under the forced planting system in the Bandung area.