Chapter 648 Competition Is the Key to Stability

While William and his party were selling assets in London, Arthur was already planning the next move of the government in Australasia.

Arthur was relatively relieved that the domestic development of Australasia was controlled by the cabinet. But the two younger brothers still had to exercise further control and add some things to them so that they could unite more closely under the leadership of Australasia.

The first was the newly established country, the Sultanate of Kalimantan. Although it only occupied two-thirds of Kalimantan Island, it was divided into eight ruling areas, and there was another ruling area that was nominally the Great Sultanate, which was actually left for the eight sultanates to compete for.

Under the supervision of the Australasia government, the transfer of the indigenous people was relatively smooth. Although there was no specific concept of the total number of indigenous people, the number of indigenous people transferred to Kalimantan Island during this period had exceeded 2 million, which also made the total population of Kalimantan Island exceed 5 million, giving the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan a veritable foundation.

But in fact, the eight indigenous forces in Kalimantan Island were not so stable. First of all, there are conflicts among the eight indigenous forces.

Although their ruling areas are well divided, it is impossible for the sultans and leaders of their respective indigenous forces to say that they have no ambitions.

However, there are not many differences in the ruling areas of the eight indigenous forces. The land areas are basically the same, and the population has become more balanced under the balance policy of Australasia.

In addition, there are different ethnic groups within these indigenous forces. The political environment within the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan is extremely chaotic, which also adds some uncertainty to the election of the Great Sultan.

The good news is that in such an environment, Australasia's influence on the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan has become more effective.

No matter who becomes the leader of the first Great Sultan, as long as he cannot get the support of Australasia, he is destined to fall into the vortex of the melee of the eight indigenous forces.

Especially for the one who becomes the Great Sultan, if he cannot get strong support, the status of the Great Sultan will not bring any benefits to himself, but will become a thorn in the eyes of others.

Under such circumstances, if they want to maintain their position, they can only work closely with Australasia, which is also Australasia's conspiracy to control the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan.

Although it is an open conspiracy, none of these indigenous forces will refuse. Because after becoming the Great Sultan, under the premise of lifelong election, they will be the Great Sultan of this country for life, and their status and influence are already one step ahead of other indigenous forces.

If they perform well, it is not impossible to inherit. After all, the situation in Kalimantan is still decided by Australasia. Why not get the support of Australasia and turn the elective monarchy into a hereditary monarchy?

This is that Australasia has obtained the true teachings of the British in terms of balance policy, knows how to implement a balance policy in a region, and removes itself from this region as much as possible.

In this way, the competition in Kalimantan will not only not affect Australasia, but will also make those indigenous people involuntarily approach Australasia and seek help from Australasia.

It seems that the eight indigenous forces have elected a convincing ruler as the Great Sultan, but in fact, Australasia has just chosen a more obedient person among the eight rulers to rule this area for itself.

In addition, the distance between Kalimantan and Australasia makes it basically impossible for this land to escape from Australasia's control.

Even if the colonial system collapses in the future, it will not affect Australasia's rule over Kalimantan.

Unless a country can replace Australasia's role in the competition for power in Kalimantan, but considering the factors of distance and influence, no country can do it.

Under the premise of the eight indigenous forces competing against each other, even if one of the indigenous forces chooses to betray Australasia's rule, it will not escape from Australasia's control at all.

Because before Australasia takes action, other indigenous forces will share Australasia's worries in exchange for Australasia's support.

From the situation map of Kalimantan divided by the Australasia government, it can be seen that such a division is an open conspiracy, which openly cuts off the possibility of other indigenous forces to unite with the outside world.

Because the largest force in the middle, the ruling area of ​​the mixed-race Muhammad, is adjacent to all other indigenous forces.

And the mixed-race Muhammad is not very popular among the indigenous forces. After all, he is a mixed race of Dutch and indigenous people, and the Dutch were not very good to the indigenous people before.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of Muhammad's 6,000-man army is the highest among the indigenous people, so he will naturally be regarded as the biggest threat by the indigenous people.

Muhammad, who occupies the most land, naturally becomes the person who supervises other indigenous forces for Arthur.

As for Muhammad's loyalty, this is actually the least worrying thing. Because once Muhammad shows his resistance, the other seven indigenous forces will rush up to eliminate their own worries and win the support of Australasia.

In fact, such a layout has already started since the Dutch East Indies crisis. There is a question, why there were so many indigenous forces in the Dutch East Indies, but only eight indigenous forces including Muhammad were left in the end?

Other indigenous forces did resist the rule of the Dutch, but they did not get the support of Australasia at all, because they would also resist Australasia in the future.

These unstable factors must be eliminated in advance at the beginning of intervening in the situation of the Dutch East Indies.

This also led to the demise of a large number of sultanates in the crisis of the Dutch East Indies. Although it seems that they were destroyed by the angry Dutch colonial army, it was actually Australasia that destroyed them, and it was their firm attitude in resisting Dutch colonization.

They would resist the rule of the Netherlands, and naturally they would also resist the rule of Australasia. Even the success of resisting the Dutch would give them confidence, which was extremely unfavorable to the rule of Australasia.

Therefore, these indigenous forces are destined to disappear in the long river of history, and no one cares about their survival anyway.

And those who obtained land in Kalimantan were basically indigenous forces that had contacted Australasia at that time and gained support.

They may not have so much good feelings for Australasia. They know how to adapt and know how to survive under the rule of Australasia. This is what Arthur and the Australasia government want to see.

As for the loyalty of these indigenous people, just kidding, as a white man, would Arthur believe in the loyalty of these indigenous people?

Let alone the racial differences between the two, Australasia cannot accept the loyalty of these people when there are huge gaps in language, culture, religion, knowledge and ideas.

Perhaps in dozens or even hundreds of years, there will be assimilated indigenous people who successfully join Australasia, but definitely not now.

The loyalty of indigenous people who have not been trained since childhood and have undergone several generations of assimilation is questionable.

It is precisely because of the distribution pattern of the eight major indigenous forces in Kalimantan that the candidate for the first Kalimantan Sultan has already been determined.

It can be seen from Muhammad's ruling area that his ruling area is in the center of Kalimantan, which can connect and influence any indigenous force.

The only disadvantage of his ruling area is that there is no outlet to the sea, and the so-called Great Sultanate's ruling area can just make up for the shortcomings of his ruling area.

In addition to the race that is completely different from other indigenous forces, letting a person who other indigenous forces are not satisfied with rule the entire Great Sultanate can make the country more stable.

Of course, the stability here refers to the stability of the Great Sultanate's loyalty to Australasia. As for the stability within the Sultanate, this will test Muhammad's true ability.

However, relying on his mixed-race identity, he can obtain the rank of general in the Dutch East Indies, which attaches great importance to race. I believe that Muhammad still has certain abilities.

On the premise of being obedient, he can still maintain certain means. Arthur does not mind strengthening his rule in the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan and making him an obedient hawk dog.

Previously, the natives in Sulawesi were basically sent to Muhammad's ruling area.

This also strengthened Muhammad's population. At least it is no longer a force without ruling foundation, and there are also people under his rule.

As for whether he can rely on these people to feed his army, it depends on Muhammad's true ability.

After all, to be a qualified ruler of a country, in addition to having good military capabilities, he must also have achievements in domestic affairs, at least the economy cannot be a mess.

In order to take care of these indigenous countries that have moved to Kalimantan, Australasia has food aid for these indigenous forces.

Although these food aids are free, in most cases, free is the most expensive.

Australasia has been promoting the assistance of the Australasia government to them within the Great Sultanate of Kalimantan, and has also specifically stated that it is free.

Although this will not change the views of these indigenous people on Australasia, at least through this free food aid and Australasia's previous policy of treating the indigenous people gently, they can understand that Australasia's attitude towards indigenous people is completely different from that of the Netherlands.

Under the premise that their lives and safety are not threatened, I believe that some indigenous people are still smart, at least they will not stand up and resist Australasia's rule openly.

Under the premise that both the top and the bottom are controlled, Australasia's rule in Kalimantan Island is deeply rooted, and there will no longer be as much resistance as in the Dutch East Indies.

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