Chapter 56 The Butterfly Flutters Its Wings and Finally Causes a Storm
Governor Sander also brazenly declared in the memorandum that after controlling the Ming waters with the Invincible Fleet, only 5,000 to 6,000 elite Spanish soldiers were needed to occupy Guangdong Province far from the ruling center. Then, using the ports there and nearly endless resources, it was easy to form a powerful army and continue to conquer the entire Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, after defeating the South China Sea Group and rescuing the Japanese from their blockade, they can also reduce the losses of precious Spanish officers and soldiers by recruiting a large number of experienced and faithful mercenaries in Japan.
Then in the next stage, a Spanish army of 12,000-15,000 people and 5,000 Japanese mercenaries were organized. This army would go north and control Taiwan, Ryukyu, and Japan as a springboard for landing, but did not entangle the provinces along the Ming Dynasty and directly entered its political center, Beijing.
He also made every effort to capture the capital and force the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty, a ten-year-old young emperor, to surrender.
Then, in the name of the emperor, the governors and generals of the provinces surrendered, so that the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty could be determined without a war.
But we must pay attention to keeping the existing government institutions intact because they have maintained the order of a huge population so effectively. Therefore, after occupying China, it is necessary to retain the Ming government in order to maintain the stability, prosperity and prosperity of the Ming country.
Interestingly, Sander explained: "The Ming people are the most civilized humans outside Europeans and are also potentially excellent subjects of the empire, so they should be distinguished from the Indian savages. Therefore, the previous methods of aggression should be changed - the Chinese population cannot be reduced, and the disappearance of the population means the disappearance of wealth."
‘Let those who participate in the expedition know that this time it is not to massacre and eliminate it, but to make China a part of the empire. It is definitely more in line with the long-term interests of the empire than temporary pleasure. Therefore, invading China should adopt a cautious and gentle approach and not commit too many crimes against the Chinese…’
This Governor Sander was obviously a talented man with great ruling skills. At the end of the memorandum, he also described in detail how Spain should rule China after the war.
He emphasized that first, we must establish a large number of schools to instill Spanish culture into the Chinese and introduce the Spanish lifestyle;
At the same time, a large number of churches were established to spread the gospel of the Lord. In particular, we must strive for the absolute majority of peasants. They are extremely poor and most dissatisfied with the status quo and are the best objects of mission. As long as we give small favors, a large number of believers can be developed soon, forcing the upper-class landlords and nobles to be baptized. Of course, first of all, their little emperor must be made a believer of God...
Then reconcile with the northern Tatars as soon as possible, turn national strength to develop navigation industry, and make every effort to go south and west.
Because when His Majesty Philip II becomes the master of China, he will automatically become the monarch of dozens of Chinese vassal states such as North Korea, Ryukyu, Annan, Cambodia, and Siam. His power can extend to India overnight, making Spain a veritable empire that never sets.
His Majesty the King could easily determine the rule among these vassal states to establish alliances and trade. ‘Then the world trade becomes our domestic trade, and our noisy neighbors can only sigh.’
It can also drive the sphere of influence of the Tianfang Sect out of the Eastern world. ‘If necessary, we can also recruit an army from the East and attack our real enemy, the Ottoman Empire from behind!’
‘Bypassing the entire earth and attacking our enemies is a great cause that Alexander had never imagined!’
‘In addition, after the relationship between the Chinese and the Spanish is further consolidated through intermarriage, assimilation, missionary and other means, they can also use their talents in agriculture and industry and commerce, especially the population advantages to enrich our colonies with a very short population.’
‘The Chinese people have no land, so they have a perverted desire for land. Once we allow them to enter the Philippines, New Spain and South America colonies, they will quickly help us develop vast colonies. By then, the colonies will no longer be bottomless pits that burn money, but will become a rich granary and water source for the empire, support His Majesty to unify Europe, and then completely eliminate the pagans and become the king of kings!’
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After reading it once, Zhao Hao handed the manuscript to Tang Paul and others. He picked up the cigar and looked at several warships on the sea in the distance, silently speaking.
At first, Paul Tang and others were having fun. Thousands of people wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty? If there was a plate of fennel beans, they would not be so drunk, right?
But as they looked, they couldn't laugh. It was not just the Spanish's war plan, but it was indeed feasible.
More importantly, the Spanish's post-war plan was enough to make every Ming Dynasty person feel ashamed and reflect on himself.
How many years did the Spanish have been to Luzon? With the information collected from the wild and outdated information, we can discover the crux of the Ming Dynasty and know how to adjust the country's strategic direction and go south to fulfill the golden sign that the Celestial Kingdom has accumulated for two hundred years is the kingdom!
Isn’t this the route that the young master has always insisted on, over the public?
It’s ridiculous that some people within the group still don’t understand. Many people, even the top leaders of the group, think that they don’t make money easily in China, so why do they have to go to Southeast Asia to develop? What can this broken place in Luzon have? What does it have to do with us if they have a life or death of 20,000 or 30,000 overseas Chinese?
To be honest, those guys in Jiangnan don’t even look down on Lingnan Fujian and Guangdong, and they only have their own acre of three-point land in their eyes!
Although the young master has absolute control over the group, his lofty personal prestige makes everyone shut up. Strict assessment and inspection make them work diligently.
However, the talents cultivated by the group and the money earned by each company are only willing to invest in Jiangnan to make a fortune, and are unwilling to follow the steps of the young master.
This Zhao Hao is no longer in charge, right?
And this undercurrent resistance will naturally become an invisible resistance, leaving the young master to restrain his hands and feet on some things.
Even the emperor sometimes cannot do anything to his ministers. Although the young master is just like Taizu, he cannot force himself to drink water all day long.
A confidant like Tang Baolu could vaguely realize that although the young master formed the Nanhai Group mainly to unite the gentry and maritime merchants in Fujian and Guangdong, he also had another table to let those who were willing to eat Nanhai’s rice take care of Nanhai affairs...
After they finished reading the manuscript, the sky gradually became dark. After all, it was October soon, and the daylight was obviously shorter.
"What do you think?" Zhao Hao asked with a light cough.
Before the guard could hold the lights, only the orange-red light of the cigars and cigarettes was flashing slightly.
"Shame, if the young master had not emerged from the sky, we would have really become slaves of the country." Everyone sighed.
"It's not that exaggerating. Spain is still a lawsuit." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "When it comes to the international environment, they are far inferior to us."
Although Philip II of Spain was a magnificent and powerful man, plundering infinite wealth from the vast colonies, was enough to support his ambitions. However, an overly vast territory would inevitably bring too many neighbors and troubles. And an overly inflated self-confidence would definitely make too many enemies:
For example, as the number one thug of the Catholic thug and the owner of Sicily, Spain must stand on the front line against the Ottoman Empire.
In addition, there is a strong neighbor of France in the north that is competing for the hegemony of Western Europe. After being defeated by Spain, she is always dissatisfied. Although she dare not start a film directly, she secretly supports the Spanish enclave of the Netherlands further north to make independence.
At sea, the Queen of England was originally the queen of Philip II. After his death, he wanted to marry his sister-in-law. We were not from the same sect. Of course, Queen Elizabeth was unwilling to marry her brother-in-law, so she could only swear that she would never marry for life, and the two countries suddenly became apparent relatives.
Encouragement of the queen who wrote "Virginity"... read "The Poor Boyi", Daying pirates went into the sea and became pirates, and began to rob the Spanish who were alone in thieves.
So Philip II had to think about dealing with his disobedient sister-in-law...
Moreover, because the killings were too heavy during the conquest of South America, it caused a strong backlash from the natives, and had to send more troops to suppress them, etc.
Therefore, when you go to China, you have to go to the back row.
Zhao Hao remembers that in another time and space, Philip II approved the plan delivered ten years ago in 1586 AD, 12 years later, in 1586, that is, the 14th year of Wanli. He also established a special committee in Madrid to further review and formulate detailed plans for attacking China from the aspects of policies, strategies, tactics, action policies, logistics mobilization and public opinion propaganda.
At that time, Philip II planned to eat his disobedient sister-in-law first, stabilize the rear, and then start implementing this ambitious plan.
But later, in the famous 1588, his invincible fleet was defeated by the pirates led by his sister-in-law...
When Philip II saw it, he found that his navy was so useless? How could he have the face to attack the Ming Dynasty? He spent all the military spending for the preparation of the expedition on rebuilding the Invincible Fleet.
After that, Spain's national destiny began to decline, and the plan to conquer the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed.
So the Chinese could have regarded this plan as a joke.
Of course there is nothing to be proud of, because without Zhao Hao's efforts, they would still become slaves of the country, but they would just die in the hands of their own slaves...
The problem now is that Zhao Hao, the big swelling moth, has come to Luzon.
Not only did he come, he also stewed the Spanish in Luzon in one pot. According to preliminary statistics, the Spaniards he killed on the sea and on land, plus the Spanish destroyed in the city, had more than 8,000 people. Even if the red-haired ghosts born on the Iberian Peninsula are two thousand, right?
Spain's national destiny is at its peak now. How could Philip II suffer such a great loss? Can he swallow this?
Moreover, at this time, my sister-in-law and the Netherlands were just fickle. Philip II, who had just won the victory in Lebanto, read this report, would his head get hot and his blood pressure get higher and he would be immediately correct?
Chapter completed!