Daendels Estella's
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The front room, a very wide hall with a round table in the middle and also several circling chairs. The meeting room that will be used as the main meeting of Dutch officials, after his position as Governor General, Daendels has publicly announced his arrival to the Dutch East Indies will make a very big change. He is convinced of his determination and that is what drives Daendels to be known throughout the archipelago, not just the surprising arrival but the changes Daendels will bring will make him an enemy for all the local nobility.

After finishing his notes, Daendels came out of his study. If he goes to the front room, he will pass through the main house which automatically also passes through the front door of the room owned by Stella. The girl was busy in her open room reading a book comfortably, Daendels smiled and walked up to her.

“Are you very busy?.” The sound of Daendels sounding in Stella's ears made the girl turn her head.

“Tidak, apakah ada yang bisa saya lakukan untuk anda?.”

“I will have a meeting with Dutch officials, I feel that I need you to see the information I made.”

“Information?.”

“Iya right, it feels like I need your suggestion.”

“Can I see it?.”

“Sure.” Daendels walked up to Stella and sat next to the girl in his bed, giving Daendels a thick paper with Dutch writing. At least he was able to understand the meaning of Dutch because he learned it after arriving here.

The information is a rule or can be said to be a rule of law, as the law if today. Usually this information is issued by a monarch or government leader.

Stella reads one by one the points in the Edict that Daendels made, she remembers that this will change many things in this country. The edict that Daendels made was to align the position of the king with the resident, this will also experience a considerable counter because the Javanese kings felt very humbled by this edict. But the pros, like this will reduce the level of corruption in Java. Because the Corruption destroyed the Dutch or VOC position in the Dutch East Indies in the period before the arrival of Daendels, Daendels was here because he was appointed to remove corruption and improve the government.

“I have read the entire contents of the information you made, some will be accepted but some will also not be accepted.”

“I know about it, I've thought if what I make will not be fully accepted by everyone, surely many do not like.”

“Do you know that what you do will get bad opinions by the natives? They will think that the colonial nation is trying to sit its position above the original landowner.”

“I know, but only then, bribing bribes will not multiply and become a devastating disease.”

“But will they all understand your purpose?.”

“No.”

“I agree with the information you made about the gift giving that is not excessive, but it all comes back to you to defend your opinion in front of everyone, since not only one two people are against your information, there will be many people who are against it for reasons I have said before.” Obviously Stella.

“Thank you for giving me energy to do what I feel is right.”

Stella just smiled.

Daendels looked at Stella with a cold gaze, Stella knew what she was saying was a stupid thing, but with all that was happening in the future, not only the bad name Daendels, but also the suffering of the natives, he said, he wanted to change things a little bit, a little bit.

“I know if you know a lot about this, you can participate.”

“Thanks.”

As Stella had predicted earlier, the information that had been approved by the Dutch officials issued by Daendels was criticized from various parties, examples are the kings of Java who have a high position feel that his position will be replaced by the colonial. All thought that the colonial would rule and occupy the highest seat in the archipelago.

But as it should be, that information must still be obeyed by anyone in the Netherlands. Although there was conflict with the kings because they felt that the position of the king had been lowered, Daendels still in his position firmly would never change the Edict that had been published.

In addition, many positive things that later emerged, the decline in corruption in the Dutch East Indies became one of the positive things that were clearly seen. Daendels' work never stopped, he even laid out many things for the future of the Dutch East Indies in a more advanced era.

Batavia is the most unhealthy area of Java, even because of that he did not decide to live in the Batavia area. Daendels and Stella live in Buitenzorg (Bogor), upon arrival in Batavia. Daendels took about 31 of his followers to Buitenzorg, where he now lives with Stella. There was better than Batavia, although Daendels had to travel a considerable distance between Batavia and Buitenzorg.

Time kept turning like a wheel, everything went according to what Daendels wanted since he set foot in Batavia. He began to change the entire structure of the old government into a new, better government.

Stella smiled bitterly, she was already getting tired of being in this age. His daily life is just reading books and studying, sometimes out of boredom, he joined Sumi picking flowers in the garden to replace the flowers that began to wilt on the vases in the corner of the room.

“Willem not coming home?.” Stella asked Sumi who was picking fresh roses next to her.

“Master no work trip to Surabaya mistress.”

Stella just nodded, weeks Daendels on his way to Surabaya, it was natural because there was no easy road access, no fast vehicles, no planes of course. Two weeks is a very short time to arrive in Surabaya, reportedly Daendels has arrived there, only the news of birds circulating by word of mouth.

Stella's gaze was fixed on the round house in the back, she knew that if it was Daendels' room, Daendels could spend all day when he did not go out to work in the work room.

“You've been to Willem's room?.”

“Mistress, when you are sick, sir told me to meet her there.”

“What did you do with him there?.” Stella got more serious, she remembered the term concubine or a kind of lustful woman.

“Master scolded me for not being able to keep mistress Stella well.”

Stella knows that it's a bad thing for Sumi, but hearing her says that the reason Sumi was there was because of her, made Stella happy indirectly.

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