New Shun 1730

A few years ago, Liu Yu noticed this when he was instigating a coup in Amsterdam.

His judgment was simple: under the situation that the people were extremely dissatisfied with the regent faction, and under the appeal of the Orange family, which was like the prestige of the Liu family of Yanhan thousands of years ago, William IV really had political ambitions, great talents, courage, and responsibility, and it was not his turn to promote the coup.

He had money. The branches of the Orange family were basically extinct, and he had a large number of estates and real estates of the Holy Roman Counts and stocks of the East and West India Company, making him the richest man in the Netherlands.

He had people. Before the coup, he was the ruler of Friesland, Groningen, Gelderland and other provinces. Although they were not as rich as a Dutch province, there were only seven provinces in total, and the Dutch Provincial Council had a bunch of veto-powered members according to the city. His family also had a bunch of followers.

He had fame, connections, and favorability among the people.

As a result, with such a good foundation, he didn't dare to take the initiative. Liu Yu also judged what kind of person he was.

If it was Dashun, with more power than Huo Guang, more famous than Wang Mang, and more powerful than Cao Cao, would it be someone else's turn to be busy with the yellow robe?

In the end, Liu Yu incited emotions and tricked him into the position when the Prussians withdrew from the war and it seemed that the Netherlands had a lot to gain.

Since it was a trick, Liu Yu had already anticipated the future situation.

From the beginning, he was running for the idea of ​​"first up and then down".

William IV, who was instigated by Liu Yu to coup, was here to bear all the dissatisfaction of the Dutch people and to crush the last bit of patriotic enthusiasm and great power sentiment of the Dutch people.

A country with great power sentiment is unwilling to be a comprador at ease.

Only a former "world" power that has been completely broken and forgotten its former glory can be a comprador at ease.

This is different from his way of thinking about dealing with the Japanese problem. With Japan as the way out, he doesn't need to consider these things, and he can make the shogunate happy with the increasing tariffs.

But the Netherlands is different. The ancestors were really rich, and the people really have the sentiment of a great country.

This must first break the backbone.

It can be said that William IV perfectly completed the task "given" by Liu Yu.

In fact, from the beginning, the ending was doomed.

The economic base determines the superstructure.

People with real vision see the decline of the Netherlands as the inevitable subordination of financial capital to industrial capital.

But now, neither William IV nor the Earl of Bentinck, who he relies on, can have such a vision.

Moreover, even if there is, the upper-level reform is impossible to succeed.

What else can William IV do if he doesn't invite the dismissed regents to dinner?

Just like Dashun abandoned the slogan of equal distribution of land and exemption of grain after Jiugong Mountain and used the slogan of protecting the world, what else can be done?

The Netherlands, success and failure are also business.

The small peasant economy of their own country has long been destroyed; the guild is something that is completely against the times; the handicraft industry of their own country has also been destroyed by the financial industry of their own country.

After looking around, there are only two choices.

Either, cooperate with the interest groups represented by the regent group.

Or, give up everything, organize the people, and start a grassroots revolution to take over the financial capital of the Netherlands. Then, all enemies such as France, Britain, Denmark, and the Holy Roman Empire that have curbed the development of the Dutch handicraft industry will be defeated; destroy their handicraft foundation, and the Netherlands will regain the glory of the golden age.

There is no third way to go.

The second way, unless the one who gave the five loaves and two fishes personally goes down, it is not something that people in the world can do.

Because this era is different from the later generations, financial capital has long legs, they can run, so in the end, they still have to develop their own handicraft industry, but after the financial capital runs away, how can the handicraft industry of their own country break through the blockade of various countries? With the population and size of the Netherlands, this difficulty is absolutely against the sky.

If Dashun was forced to this point, it could still close its doors and develop its internal market to promote industrial development, but the Netherlands could not take this path.

William IV's choice was inevitable in history.

However, from Kang Budai's perspective, it must be said that this operation was really eye-catching: what kind of political level could be done to have dinner with the dismissed city regents and express that he was helpless during the dinner?

This made it extremely simple for Kang Budai to implement Liu Yu's arrangement.

He had followed Liu Yu for a long time and knew more about what happened in European countries. Since he knew the origin of this Anglo-Spanish War, he followed suit and found a very suitable fuse.

The herring problem.

When people in later generations talked about the rise of the Netherlands, they would always talk about a fisherman named William and the story of him removing the internal organs of herrings with a knife for easy storage.

Whether pickled herrings are delicious or not is not to be said, but the status of herrings as a symbol of the rise of the Netherlands is unshakable.

Starting from this problem, Kang Budai's choice can be said to be very clever.

He knew about the "Jenkins Ear Incident" that broke out during the Anglo-Spanish War, so he wanted to copy it, so he spent money to find a former fishing boat owner.

The decline of the Dutch fishing industry is of course not just a British problem.

In fact, the Danes also seized Dutch fishing boats, and so did the Swedes. The French even issued a decree. When France's shipping capacity was far from sufficient, they also issued a decree specifically targeting the Dutch fishery: salted fish could not be loaded on Dutch ships, and they would be confiscated if they were caught.

However, the key to guiding public opinion lies in the entry point and the choice of the opinion leader.

You said that the Danes, French, Prussians, and Swedes are all catching Dutch fishing boats. What does it have to do with me finding a fishing boat captain who was bullied by the British to incite public opinion?

In February 1947, Kang Budai found a former Dutch fishing boat captain who perfectly fits the identity of a "perfect victim" through the intelligence network that Liu Yu left in the Netherlands.

Life experience is also very simple.

Condensed, just one sentence.

When fishing, the British took away the fish, and he was beaten. His eyes were hit several times by the people on the British patrol boat, and he was blind when he came back.

There is no recognized international law these days.

The North Atlantic warm current and the Arctic Ocean cold current meet, and herrings are born to feed people. Now there is no international law convention such as twelve nautical miles, exclusive economic zones, and territorial waters, so naturally there is only one truth left: the range of gunboats.

The Netherlands started by catching herrings, which has almost become a symbol of the rise of the Netherlands.

Whose fishing grounds are in the North Sea?

The Dutch think that of course they belong to them, because their grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather fished there, so why do they say it belongs to the UK?

Although France also restricts the Netherlands on the issue of salted fish. However, France’s naval strength is not enough to “enforce the law” in the North Sea fishing grounds.

Therefore, the direction chosen by Kang Budai is a perfect entry point to avoid the French issue and direct hatred to the UK.

After finding this entry point, the next plan is also very simple.

Go to the streets to cry and ask the people to sympathize with them, and ask the former fishery practitioners who have been restricted by the decline of the Dutch fishery to empathize with them.

Incite public opinion.

Spend money to secretly organize these people.

Provide food, drink and petition expenses along the way.

Hire some unemployed beggars - it is said that in the Golden Age, even beggars on the streets of Amsterdam could find a job as models for painters - after the Golden Age ended, these beggars or unemployed vagrants enjoyed the treatment of the Golden Age after Liu Yu came to Amsterdam. At that time, Liu Yu paid them to spread rumors, distribute tabloids, spread prophecies and nursery rhymes, and create dissatisfaction.

These beggars are old professionals. Since Liu Yu left Amsterdam, their lives have been difficult and they have no money to use.

Now someone is looking for them to do things again, isn't it easy to organize hundreds of people?

25 copper coins a day, including food, isn't it easy to organize hundreds of people?

After organizing, together with those real fishermen and former fishery practitioners, they headed towards The Hague.

Of course, they have demands.

The demand is that they hope that the governor, as the son-in-law of the King of England, or using our Dutch "Queen", the eldest princess of Great Britain, can tell the British to stop oppressing the Dutch fishing industry?

Kang Budai knew the result from the very beginning of the organization.

So he also set the price early:

If an arm is broken, 10 taels; if a leg is removed, 30 taels; if the ribs are broken, 15 taels; if shot to death, 150 taels.

Because, in addition to beggars and real fishermen, there are also a bunch of professionals in the crowd. They are responsible for fanning the flames and, at the right time, inciting the crowd to attack the Hague Palace and create some bloodshed.