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Not to mention the Governor of Batavia, even the Dutch Conference of Seventeen was not qualified to sign treaties on behalf of the Netherlands.

But in practice, the Dutch government chose to accept all the treaties signed by the Governor of Batavia. Because most of these treaties were beneficial to the Netherlands.

Since all the favorable treaties have been recognized, the unfavorable treaties must be recognized even if they are not recognized. Otherwise, it will give Britain, Portugal, and Spain an excuse to tear up the treaties.

The two envoys Liu Hanyi and Sun Jie made such a big fuss. They just wanted to sign the treaty quickly and seal the fruits of victory.

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Su Dingguo was called in to help come up with ideas. This guy had been dealing with the Dutch since he was a child, and he made suggestions full of bad intentions:

"The Dutch East India Company has been divided into local factions and local factions in recent years. Many of the local faction officials are not aristocrats. They have gradually climbed up the ranks from small clerks. The forces in Southeast Asia and India are intertwined."

"The Dutch headquarters, in order to curb this phenomenon, either recalled senior staff to the country or transferred senior staff among the colonies. The transferred company executives will marry each other, and this marriage is not known to the Dutch headquarters. Because the marriage partners are their illegitimate children here. Young employees with potential will also be recruited as sons-in-law. Son-in-laws are more important than biological sons and are often assigned to important positions. "

"The congressmen and congressman representatives arrested by the governor belong to the local faction and often go against the governor. This time, the governor and the governor's cronies can be released, but those local congressmen cannot be let go. After the governor signed the treaty, he was released The cronies went to India. In order to protect himself, the governor must throw dirt on the heads of the congressmen, saying that Batavia was lost because of the congressmen's surrender."

"The Dutch headquarters has been suppressing the local factions and will no longer allow local factions to serve as governors. At that time, the headquarters will most likely side with the governor and determine that the main reason for the loss of Batavia is the surrender of these congressmen. The place of the Dutch East India Company The conflict between Pai, Ken and the headquarters will become more and more serious. One day the imperial court will go to India to attack the Dutch castle, and it is estimated that the Dutch themselves will break out into internal strife."

After hearing these words, Liu Hanyi looked at Sun Jie.

The so-called local faction was formed in more than ten years.

At the beginning, the Dutch East India Company faced a very harsh environment. A group of poor people struggled in Asia with their heads raised. And those real nobles would run away within a few years, so ordinary employees rose very quickly.

Just like the little old man who slammed the table and cursed the governor, he went from being a low-level businessman to becoming the chairman of the municipal council in a few years, and then took full control of the Taiwan colony. Even if he was forcibly transferred back to the headquarters, he would still have to be given the position of Commander-in-Chief of the East India Fleet.

The most powerful governor, Van Diemen, also climbed up from the bottom.

As of now, the governor and fleet commander can only be served by nobles sent from the country. The lower-level employees of the company, whose room for advancement has been blocked, can at most become company council members, or simply form gangs to cultivate local power.

If they had not encountered the rise of China, the next step for these local factions would have been to build a colonial society: encouraging the Dutch to build plantations, encouraging the Dutch to start companies, and then partnering with Chinese and Javanese nobles to do business. Then build various public facilities and entertainment facilities, and treat the colony as your own home. Even if you retire and leave your job, you will never return to the Netherlands.

What are you going back for?

They were no longer nobles when they returned to the Netherlands, but they could continue to be masters in the colonies.

One afternoon, Governor Rainiers was brought in for negotiations.

Sitting at the negotiating table, Rainiers was very dissatisfied: "Is this your country's negotiating attitude? I need an adjutant and a secretary."

Liu Hanyi sneered: "I'll give you two choices. One is to continue negotiating, and the other is to be taken to Nanjing for trial. I can guarantee that after being tried, you will definitely be beheaded."

Rainiers was silent for a moment.

Seeing that this guy didn't express his position, Sun Jie shouted: "Detain him and take him back to Nanjing!"

The two soldiers immediately dragged Rainiers out. The guy was obviously frightened and shouted quickly: "I am willing to negotiate!"

Liu Hanyi raised his hand: "Bring it back."

Sitting down again, Rainiers said: "I am a prisoner now, and prisoners are not qualified to negotiate on behalf of the company. Moreover, I need the authorization of the Council. Without authorization, it will be useless even if the Governor signs the treaty. "

Liu Hanyi asked: "Do you still need authorization from the Council? But you have arrested all the members."

"It was an extraordinary moment," Rainiers said.

Sun Jie said: "Now is an extraordinary time. But don't worry, those congressmen will definitely sign the authorization letter."

"They won't," Relness said.

"They will." Sun Jie's tone was extremely certain.

Rainiers said helplessly: "Then let's talk. I have two requirements. First, ensure my safety and let me go to India; second, return part of my property. I need fifty thousand guilders."

Fifty thousand guilders is more than ten thousand taels of silver.

Liu Hanyi said: "I can promise you the first one, but don't even think about the second one. If you cooperate honestly with the negotiations, I can leave you 3,000 Dutch guilders and send your mistress and illegitimate child to India."

"Come out with the terms you prepared." Rainiers knew he had no choice but to accept it.

A treaty that had been drawn up was pushed to Rainiers.

The treaty was as formal as ever, a bilingual document in Chinese and Latin.

Rainiers read it carefully and was speechless for a long time.

Article 1: The cause of this war was the Dutch East India Company's unauthorized attack on China's tributary countries. The Netherlands broke the last treaty and took full responsibility for the war.

Article 2: Batavia and surrounding lands were seized by the Chinese army by force in a state of war. The Netherlands promised to abandon Batavia and recognize Batavia as an overseas territory of China.

Article 3: As compensation for military expenses for provoking the war, the Netherlands ceded Ambon Island and surrounding islands to China.

Article 4: The Netherlands renounced its suzerainty over Materan.

These four items may seem very simple, but they actually completely drive the Dutch power out of Southeast Asia.

Especially Ambon Island and surrounding islands, which are the Spice Islands in a narrow sense, are the main source of spices for the Dutch East India Company.

After being silent for a long time, Rainiers said: "If I sign this treaty, I will be hanged when I return to the Netherlands. Moreover, the headquarters will not recognize this treaty. Even if I sign it, it will be a piece of waste paper!"

Liu Hanyi said: "Whether you sign or not is your business. Whether the East India Company recognizes it or not is the East India Company's business. If you sign, you may die when you return to the Netherlands. If you don't sign, you will definitely die if you are taken to Nanjing!" "

"Do I have any other choice?" Rainiers was already lying down.

"No." Liu Hanyi said firmly.

Rainiers picked up the quill, signed his name on the treaty, and said, "Where is my seal?"

Sun Jie took the treaty, took out the governor's seal from his pocket, dipped it in ink mud and breathed a few times before sealing it. Then, he threw the governor's seal to Rainiers: "I'll give this back to you. I guess you can still have some use for it."

Half an hour later, in another room.

Members and representatives of the East India Company's Batavia Senate were gathered together again after being separated for interrogation.

Sun Jie took out the prepared power of attorney for the council: "Sign it. You authorize the governor to negotiate and sign. No matter what the content of the treaty is, the responsibility lies with the governor. You are all forced."

The little old man Hans Putmans said: "We want to see what the treaty says."

Sun Jie said sarcastically: "I have already asked you clearly. You are a German civilian, not a Dutchman at all, let alone a Dutch nobleman. Why do you care about the treaty?"

"The company's career is my career." Hans Putmans said.

Sun Jie said to several soldiers: "This man once served as the governor of Taiwan, China, and massacred tens of thousands of Chinese people (Taiwanese natives). Kill him!"

Before these Dutch congressmen could react, Chinese soldiers rushed forward and hacked Putmans to death.

One of the congressmen even had blood spattered on him.

Sun Jie smiled and said to the remaining council members: "This man died in battle while guarding the castle. You can repay him with credit. But before you do so, please sign the negotiation authorization letter."

The congressmen looked at each other and looked at Putmans' body in unison.

Anyone who dares not to sign will probably die defending the castle.

"Raise the sword!" Sun Jie ordered.

"I sign!"

One councilor was so frightened that he picked up the quill tremblingly.

Sun Jie left with the authorization letter and went to discuss with Liu Hanyi with a smile.

Su Dingguo said that the congressman could not be released. After discussion, the two envoys felt that they should be released. Not only must they be released, but the safety of the congressmen must also be protected. The congressmen must not be put together with the governor to prevent them from being silenced by the governor on the way.

When the Governor-General and Members of Parliament all arrived in India, they would definitely accuse each other of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

This treaty will also be presented to the British, French, Portuguese and Spanish for appreciation. These countries have all signed treaties with the Netherlands that have not yet expired. As long as the Netherlands dares not to recognize it, other countries will also have an excuse to tear up the treaty.

Several warships, transporting 500 Datong troops, quickly sailed towards Ambon Island.

Ambon Island is next to Seram Island, and there is Buru Island to the west.

The natives on the island are extremely fierce and have repeatedly attacked Portuguese and Spanish castles, and once defeated the Dutch colonists.

In order to prevent indigenous rebellion, the Netherlands carried out massacres many times. Because the massacre was so excessive, even Britain, Portugal, Spain and other countries could not stand it and accused the Dutch colonists of being inhumane.

By the way, this time Cromwell negotiated with the Netherlands, and one of the clauses of the armistice treaty was actually: the Netherlands would pay 300,000 Dutch guilders in compensation to the descendants of the massacred indigenous people on Ambon Island.

Holland really agreed. As for whether to pay or not, only the devil knows.

Even if the Dutch were willing to accompany them, the natives would not dare to take them. The treaty only said that compensation would be paid, but it did not say that the massacre could not continue. It was enough to kill the natives who had received the compensation.

Cromwell never thought about actually making the Netherlands lose money. Many of the contents of the armistice treaty were not operable and were simply disgusting the Netherlands.

Of course, there is a sum of money that must be lost.

Because when the Netherlands carried out the massacre, they also killed all the British people on the island.

Seeing the Chinese ship approaching, the Dutch officers in Ambon City quickly blew their trumpets and gathered soldiers to defend.

There are only more than eighty Dutch defenders here, and there are only about a hundred people including civilians and civilians.

The writer Neuhof came ashore in a small boat, took out the document signed by the governor, and said to the Dutch in the city: "We have lost the war and Ambon Island has been ceded to China. You should pack your things and prepare to leave."

An island rich in spices fell into the hands of China.