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One Person's Time and Space Smuggling Empire VIP Volume Chapter 100 What If?

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    At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in July 1632, Batavia on Java Island was defeated by Li Huamei, who led hundreds of thousands of Chinese pirates and the Tuban coalition forces. Almost all the Dutch colonies in Southeast Asia fell, leaving only the island of Sumatra.  The last few strongholds along the coast.

    The end of the war marked the end of the golden age of the Dutch expansion of global commercial interests. The Spice Islands, this special name, a cash cow in the hands of the Dutch that meant huge profits, eventually fell into the hands of the Chinese.

    After nearly half a year of rapid expansion, with the Manila people as the core and the peripheral pirates of various ethnic groups as the protective wings, they united with the indigenous states on each island to completely regain the Nanyang region, including hundreds of important ports, large and small.  , almost expanding the operational capabilities and control scope that the Chinese forces can currently provide to the limit!

    And the huge economic benefits it brought finally fed the Chinese pirates who came with their families.  This round of predatory expansion has finally slowed down.  Most of the pirates who participated in the operations during this period made a lot of money, and went from being penniless beggars to becoming super rich men who were covered in gold and silver, and who had never imagined it for generations!  Many years later, some people will continue to recall this crazy era and the huge wealth their ancestors left to their descendants during this period of crazy plunder!

    They need time to slowly digest this huge amount of wealth!

    For the Netherlands, it can only end like a bolt from the blue!

    With the main fleet annihilated and economic interests usurped, the Dutch's global colonial rule is facing a huge power vacuum!  If there is not enough support to fill this vacancy, the eager competitors will not give up this opportunity.  The Netherlands was faced with the most dangerous situation since its independence from the Spanish!

    Under the huge political and military pressure, the Dutch had to make urgent foreign policy adjustments. The big bosses behind the East India Company tried their best and used a large number of spies to travel around the European continent all day long.  among top politicians.

    After having to make a series of compromises on global colonial interests and abandoning a series of colonies in North America, the Dutch finally reached a reconciliation with Spain and Portugal, gaining the full support of the other two colonial countries on Asian issues.  support.  The Three Kingdoms Alliance, this political change that has never occurred in history, has completely changed the original true face of world history, and a new world political competition situation has been formed!

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    ? Modern time and space, an impressive conversation.

    "If Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands formed an alliance to jointly expand their economic interests in the mid-17th century, how would the world situation evolve at that time?"

    "Oh! You really know how to joke! That is actually impossible. The seventeenth century was an era of disorderly competition in the early stages of capitalist society! The essential selfishness and narrow-mindedness of human beings were fully demonstrated in the historical events of this stage.  Show. Compared with now, people in that era were like living in a primitive jungle. All people were busy all day long was to snatch the piece of fat in each other's hands. How could there be any real cooperation? You  It¡¯s too much to look down on the high moral integrity of our ancestors. You know, that era was the era when the primitive beasts in human hearts were the most raging!¡±

    "Oh, yes, of course!" Li Zhe agreed with a smile, and then said to Professor Thomas, "You are studying this period of history, and I respect your judgment! But what I want to say is a hypothesis! Assume something different  Historical changes have created huge competitive pressure, which in turn contributed to this result! What impact will it have on future history?"

    "Oh, that's it! You really can imagine! Then it depends on where this change comes from: England? It's unlikely. At this time, England has just begun to expand overseas. Maybe its basic strength is strong enough, but in the global sea  The strength may not be as strong as that of the Netherlands. Obviously, it is impossible for him to be the driving factor for the changes you mentioned, and it is even more impossible for other countries, whether it is Ottoman Turkey or your motherland in the East.  Country! At this time, no country can compete with the countries you mentioned on the seas of the world! Without external pressure, naturally there would be no such alliance!" Thomas spread his hands, obviously still interested in  Li Zhe denied it!

    "Haha! If, I am just talking about what if, if the Ming Dynasty successfully cracked down on Japanese pirates in the early days and the maritime ban was not enforced, the Ming Dynasty's overseas business interests have changed the direction of the mainstream culture of Ming Dynasty society during the vigorous expansion of more than a hundred years.  , promoted commercial prosperity, and eventually the economic control area naturally expanded to Southeast Asia, Australia and even Central Asia. Do you think such a result will put enough pressure on the three expanding European countries?"

      Thomas still shook his head, "No, sir! I understand what you are saying very well. I have seen this deep-rooted national pride among you Chinese people in many people! In the changes you are talking about, the Ming Dynasty may  It is powerful enough, but based on the cultural and social tendencies of your Chinese race, this powerful force still cannot be manifested as a strong offensive expansion, but is more likely to be a slow penetration!

    So, the conclusion is that for the European colonial countries, the pressure is obviously not enough!  At most, the European countries will shift their expansion direction to the Atlantic Ocean, as long as there is no direct conflict of interest with the Ming Dynasty!  And the Ming Dynasty itself, haha!  With the huge benefits brought by this expansion, the risk of overseas separatism has suddenly increased. Can the central government of the Ming Dynasty support this situation with its control ability?  hehe!  "

    Thomas smiled and shook his head.

    "In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not need external pressure at all, and it would collapse - the business aristocrats who emerged with huge commercial interests would quickly form an irreconcilable opposition to the central court.  The war between the overseas heroes and the central dynasty's separatist regime and counter-separatist regime may last for hundreds of years! This is the result of the Ming Dynasty's central government's governing ability expanding several times - in fact it is still impossible to control  Europe creates pressure!¡±

    Li Zhe was a little speechless. It was really an extremely difficult problem to convince a professional by relying on imagination!

    "Okay! Thomas! Please don't dwell on this impossible question! How about starting from the hypothesis! What we are facing now is the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the fall of Southeast Asia, and the de facto alliance between Portugal, Spain, and the Netherlands.  ! In this case, how will the world situation develop!"

    "Oh! Really? Do you really think so?" Thomas looked at Li Zhe with a strange look, while Li Zhe looked at him eagerly and looked expectantly in return!

    "Well, if the facts are really what you said! I think it will be a huge disaster for England! The mercantilism policy that has just begun to rise will be severely hit by the encirclement formed by the Three Kingdoms Alliance. In the global economy  The expansion of interests has been curbed by the powerful power of the Three Kingdoms Alliance! Oh! God! I am afraid that the textile industry that was first started in England in history will come to an end! At the very least, it will be delayed for a long time. Without the global  With the colonial supply of raw materials and vast market demand, industrial revolution is simply impossible!

    oh!  Perhaps, based on this calculation, the rise of the entire European capitalist civilization will also be greatly affected!  Spain is a typical example of plundering colonialism. The huge amount of wealth it plundered only allowed Spain to pay for the industry of other European countries, and it was impossible to make any contribution to the industrial revolution!  And Portugal and the Netherlands?  The population is too small!  It is still constrained by the traditional European political forces around it, and it is not enough to form a broad social revolution!

    hehe!  I have to say that your hypothesis is very beneficial to the East, and at the same time it slows down the historical process of the entire world civilization!  Perhaps, the East has enough time to complete the reorganization and capitalist revolution during the war!  If they hadn't been wiped out by the barbarians, oh, no!  Damn it, in fact, the barbarians at this time may not be able to exert pressure on the Ming Dynasty. The huge expansion of interests and the social progress brought about by the Chinese forces that emerged in the civil war may be a threat to all surrounding countries.  Nightmare!  "

    oh?  Really, it turned out to be like this. Listening to the conclusion drawn by Thomas, professor of history at Cambridge University, on Li Zhe's premise, Li Zhe smiled in his heart!

    Of course things will not develop as Thomas deduced!

    The deep-rooted Eurocentrism that modern Europeans are used to makes their thinking have natural limitations!  The history of modern times seems to have fully proved that only European civilization is the core of the world, which makes them completely unaware that history may have many other forks!  Even these professional historical scholars are like this!  They have no positive factors that the East may have, or they simply don't want to see them!

    It is true that modern civilization is the result of European countries experiencing full and fierce competition under the suppression of the dark medieval religious civilization and the political situation of feudal separatism. From the beginning, it gave birth to contempt for imperial power, admiration for human nature, and full of enthusiasm.  The spirit of free competition is the seed of modern civilization that is conducive to the development of commercial and civilized society!

    But with the huge manpower and material resources of the ancient Eastern civilization, with appropriate guidance, it may not be impossible to derive another new form of capitalist civilization!

    It¡¯s just that the premise is that the close-knit Confucian traditional cultural society on the central continent completely collapses!

    The premise of social development under free competition is that human nature must be released!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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