"When will we return to your country?"

After reading the calculus content given to him by Huang Binqing, Ferma also asked with great care.

"Go to the Netherlands first! Our general has just signed additional clauses with the Kingdom of Spain. The Netherlands has been assigned to our Ming Empire by the Kingdom of Spain and is the ruling area of ​​our Ming Empire! And the young minister of Lifan Temple, Zhang Gong, will serve as the first governor of the Netherlands."

Huang Binqing replied.

"Netherlands! Are you going to take Descartes away, right?"

Ferma couldn't help asking after hearing this.

Huang Binqing laughed after hearing this: "You are very smart!"

The Netherlands was ruled by Spain after the early 16th century. Although the Netherlands has now achieved de facto independence, the Kingdom of Spain has not officially recognized the independence of the Netherlands.

Just after Shen Shoushi and Zhu Youjian knew that the Netherlands was seeking to make Spain recognize his independence, they used the conditions that they would continue to allow Spain to trade with the Empire and allow them to open up new colonies in South America, which led to Spain and the Ming Dynasty signing additional terms, formally admitting the ceasing of the Netherlands to the Ming Empire.

It is worth mentioning that the Netherlands at this time refers to the entire Netherlands region.

In addition to the Netherlands, there are also countries such as Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as some areas in northern France in later generations.

Because Spain knew that it was unable to rule the Netherlands and prevented its independence, it simply ceded the Netherlands to the Ming Dynasty.

All the cities in the Netherlands soon learned about the news that they were ceded by Spain to the Ming Empire.

The upper nobles of the Netherlands were naturally very angry about this, and they were angry about Spain's behavior of making decisions for them without authorization.

However, the middle and lower classes of the Netherlands are somewhat expectant.

Because China in this era had a strong and prosperous image in Europe, there were even many literati and poets in Europe who were dissatisfied with reality and would take the initiative to envision China as an ideal country.

Therefore, many middle and lower-class people affected by this were looking forward to becoming citizens of the Ming Empire, and then thought that this would allow you to enjoy more freedom and live a better life.

So, when the Holy Emperor fleet arrived in the Netherlands, the middle and lower Dutch people here became spectators, watching the arrival of the Holy Emperor fleet in the Ming Dynasty curiously.

The fleet controlled by the upper Dutch nobles fought a battle with the Holy Emperor fleet of the Ming Dynasty.

But the result is undoubtedly that the Dutch fleet suffered a crushing defeat.

Their wooden sailing ships are no longer the opponents of the Ming steamships.

After just one day of fierce battle, the entire city of The Hague was filled with broken wooden boards, which made the Dutch joint army feel frightened.

Moreover, after the Ming Navy landed and wiped out the infantry of the Netherlands outside the Hague, the Netherlands had to take the initiative to send envoys to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty.

"May I ask General, how do you plan to rule us if we allow you to rule us?"

After seeing Zhang Huangyan, the interim Dutch governor who was ordered to rule the Netherlands, the great nobleman of the Netherlands Province, Friland asked.

Zhang Huangyan replied: "Don't worry, we will not stop you from believe in Protestantism like Spain, nor will your businessmen from going to Barcelona to trade with Gibraltar. It will also reduce your wool purchase tax in Barcelona and Gibraltar, and even reduce it by half as much as before Spain's taxes, so that you can reduce costs when exporting to China! In addition, your parliament will continue to exist. Once the tax policy needs to be adjusted, we will only make adjustments after your parliament agrees."

Before Shen Shoushang, Zhu Youjian and other Ming officials left Beijing, Zhu Youxiao told them that they could adopt flexible methods in terms of political system and economic culture, and try to proceed step by step, with the goal of not stimulating large-scale resistance from Western European countries, so as to use the strategy of uniting, connecting and eroding step by step, realizing civilization assimilation, restoring the market size before the outbreak of the Thirty Years of the European War, and even expanding the global scale.

Therefore, after a detailed understanding of the Netherlands, Chen Shoushang, Zhu Youjian, Zhang Huangyan and others discussed it and decided not to force the destruction of local cultural beliefs for the time being. Instead, under the banner of allowing the free development of various cultural beliefs, they first implanted the Han culture on this land, and then slowly adjusted the policy.

Therefore, Zhang Huangyan will only say now that he will not stop these Dutch people from believing in Protestantism.

The original reason why the Dutch rejected the Spanish rule and sought independence was because of Spain's opposition and suppression of Protestantism and its containment of the development of Dutch capitalism.

After Zhang Huangyan said this now, he was in line with the political demands of the Dutch nobles.

After hearing this, Friland felt relieved and said, "If we had known this, we shouldn't have sent troops to stop you from coming!"

"Our Holy Emperor is the God of the entire human race. Those who accept His rule will be bathed in his favor. He asked us to come for the benefit of you. You should not resist yourself. Of course, your resistance is futile. Those who have never successfully fought against the gods."

Zhang Huangyan replied in Dutch.

After hearing this, Frilan did not fully believe Zhang Huangyan's remarks, but did not question it on the spot. Instead, he expressed his willingness to take the initiative to surrender, as long as the Ming Dynasty protected their private property and allowed them to trade freely.

Zhang Huangyan agreed.

And so, the nobles of the Netherlands Province took the initiative to sacrifice the city of The Hague.

The Ming army successfully entered the Hague City.

After negotiations, the Dutch Provincial Parliament voluntarily offered the palace in The Hague as the garrison of the Dutch Governor's Office, while the Dutch Provincial Parliament moved to Amsterdam.

After entering the Hague City, Zhang Huangyan informed the Dutch Provincial Parliament and asked them to send representatives immediately to contact other provinces in the broad Dutch region (the Netherlands), and advised them to take the initiative to accept the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and not wait for the Ming Empire to declare their rule by force, which would affect the business of the entire Netherlands.

The Dutch Provincial Parliament did not refuse because most of them were made up of merchants.

As long as it is not profitable, businessmen do not like war.

Therefore, after the Dutch Provincial Parliament sent representatives to other provinces to preach the Ming Dynasty's policy of ruling the region and the powerful force of the Ming Empire, the nobles of other provinces also gave up their idea of ​​independence and began to announce their acceptance of the Ming Empire's rule.

Zhang Huangyan immediately issued a batch of appointment letters and sent a group of Confucian scholars to these places as governors.

There was a situation where a governor in charge of several provinces in the Ming Dynasty, mainly because some provinces have vast areas but not large populations, so it is suitable to combine several provinces together and be managed by one governor.

The Netherlands does not occupy a large area, but what makes it special is that there is actually provincial division and provinces cannot be merged.

So, Zhang Huangyan appointed many governors.

Of course, these appointments are temporary appointments, and they need to be approved by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty before they can be considered true imperial officials.

At this point, the Netherlands officially became the ruling area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!