"Excuse me, when are we going back to your country?"
Fermat also asked very concerned after reading the calculus content that Huang Binqing gave him."
Go to Holland first!
Our general has just signed supplementary terms with the Kingdom of Spain, and the Netherlands has been assigned to the Kingdom of Spain as the ruling area of our Ming Empire!
And Zhang Gong, the Shaoqing of Lifan Temple, will serve as the first Dutch governor. ”Huang Binqing replied."
Holland!
You're going to take Descartes with you, right?
”Fermat couldn't help but ask.Huang Binqing laughed after hearing this: "You are very smart!
”The Netherlands came under Spanish rule from the beginning of the 16th century, and although the Netherlands has now achieved de facto independence, the Kingdom of Spain has not yet formally recognized the independence of the Netherlands.Just after Shen Shoujiao and Zhu Yujian learned that the Netherlands was seeking to get Spain to recognize his independence, they used the condition that they would continue to allow Spain to trade with the empire and allow them to open up new colonies in South America, so that Spain and the Ming Dynasty signed supplementary terms, formally recognizing the cession of the Netherlands to the Ming Empire.It is worth mentioning that the Netherlands at this time refers to the entire Netherlands.In addition to the Netherlands, there were also Belgium and Luxembourg in later generations, as well as part of northern France in later generations.And because Spain knew that it was no longer able to rule the Netherlands and prevent the independence of the Netherlands, it simply ceded the Netherlands to the Ming Dynasty.It was not long before the cities of the Netherlands learned that they had been ceded to the Ming Empire by Spain.The upper nobility of the Netherlands was naturally very angry at this, and they were angry at Spain's decision on their behalf.However, the middle and lower classes of the Netherlands are looking forward to it.Because the image of China in Europe in this era is the image of being strong and rich, and even in Europe, there are many people who are not satisfied with reality, and they will take the initiative to make up China's brain into an ideal country.Therefore, many middle- and lower-class people affected by this are looking forward to becoming nationals of the Ming Empire, and then think that they can enjoy more freedom and live a better life.Therefore, when the Holy Emperor Fleet arrived in the Netherlands, the middle and lower class people of the Netherlands here became spectators, watching the arrival of the Ming Holy Emperor Fleet with curiosity.And the fleet controlled by the upper nobles of the Netherlands fought a battle with the Holy Emperor fleet of the Ming Dynasty.But the result was undoubted, the Dutch fleet suffered a crushing defeat.Their wooden sailing ships were no match for the Daming steamships.After a short day of fierce fighting, the entire vicinity of The Hague City was littered with splinters, which terrified the Dutch coalition forces.Moreover, in the next, after the Daming naval division landed, after completely annihilating the infantry of the Dutch Province outside The Hague, the Dutch Province had to take the initiative to send an envoy to negotiate with the Daming."
Excuse me, General, if we allow you to rule us, how are you going to rule us?"
After meeting Zhang Huangyan, the provisional Dutch governor who was ordered to rule the Netherlands, Freeland, the great nobleman of the Dutch province, asked.Zhang Huangyan replied: "Don't worry, we will not prevent you from converting to Protestantism like Spain, nor will we prevent your merchants from going to Barcelona to trade with Gibraltar, and we will reduce your wool purchase tax in Barcelona and Gibraltar, even by half compared to the tax before Spain's imposition, so that you can reduce the cost when you export to China!"
In addition, your parliament will continue to exist, and if there is a need to adjust the tax policy, we will only do so after your parliament agrees. ”Before Shen Shoujiao, Zhu Yujian, and other Ming officials left Beijing, Zhu Youxiao told them that in terms of political system and economy, they could adopt a flexible way of handling the political system and economy, and try to do it step by step, with the aim of not arousing large-scale revolts in Western European countries, so as to achieve Ming assimilation by combining vertical and horizontal and step-by-step encroachment, restore the market scale before the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, and even expand the global scale.Therefore, after a detailed understanding of the Netherlands, Shen Shouyao, Zhu Yujian, and Zhang Huangyan discussed with Zhang Huangyan and others and decided not to forcibly destroy the local beliefs for the time being, but to plant the Han family in this land first under the banner of allowing the free development of various beliefs, and then slowly adjust the policy after having enough control over the local area.Therefore, Zhang Huangyan will only say now that he will not stop these Dutch people from converting to Protestantism.The reason why the Dutch rejected Spanish rule and sought independence was because of Spain's opposition and repression of Protestantism and the inhibition of the development of Dutch capitalism.And after Zhang Huangyan said this now, he was also facing the political demands of the Dutch aristocracy.Freeland relented and said, "If we had known this, we shouldn't have sent troops to stop your arrival!"
”"Our Holy Emperor is the god of the entire human race, and those who accept his rule will be bathed in his favor, and he let us come for the benefit of you, and you should not resist yourself, of course your resistance is also futile, and there has never been a successful confrontation with the gods."
Zhang Huangyan replied in Dutch.After hearing this, Freeland did not fully believe Zhang Huangyan's remarks, but he did not question them on the spot, but expressed his willingness to take the initiative to join them, as long as Daming protected their private property and allowed them to trade freely.Zhang Huangyan agreed to it all.And because of this, the nobles of the Dutch province took the initiative to sacrifice The Hague City.The Ming army also successfully entered The Hague City.After negotiation, the Dutch Provincial Council took the initiative to donate the palace in The Hague as the residence of the Dutch Governor's Palace, while the Dutch Provincial Council moved to Amsterdam.After settling in The Hague, Zhang Huangyan sent a note to the Dutch provincial councils, asking them to immediately send representatives to contact other provinces in the Netherlands in the broad sense of the Netherlands, and persuade them to take the initiative to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, rather than waiting for the Ming Empire to proclaim its rule over them by force, so as to affect the commerce of the entire Netherlands.The Dutch provincial councils did not refuse, as they were mostly made up of merchants.As long as it is not profitable, merchants do not like war.Therefore, after the Dutch provincial council sent representatives to other provinces to preach the policy of the Ming Dynasty to rule the region and the powerful force of the Ming Empire, the nobles of the other provinces also gave up the idea of independence and began to declare their acceptance of the rule of the Ming Empire.Zhang Huangyan immediately issued a batch of letters of appointment and sent a group of Confucian scholars to serve as governors in these places.The Ming Dynasty now has a governor in charge of several provinces, mainly because some provinces are vast in territory but not large in population, so it is suitable to combine several provinces and be governed by a single governor.The Netherlands does not occupy a large area, but what makes it special is that there is actually a provincial division, and the provinces cannot be combined.As a result, Zhang Huangyan also appointed many governors.Of course, these appointments are all temporary appointments, and they can only be regarded as real imperial officials after returning to China in the future and waiting for the approval of His Majesty the Ming Emperor.At this point, the Netherlands officially became the ruling area of the Ming Dynasty.