The Sun Never Sets Great China

Chapter 183 The Manila Tragedy

Spain and the Chinese, especially the Chinese in Nanyang, have extremely deep hatred. During the Wanli period, the Spaniards in Manila launched massacres against the local Chinese several times. At least thousands of Chinese and Ming businessmen died in the hands of Spain. In Manila, The lives of the Chinese are often at stake, and the cruelty of the Spaniards is extremely bad, including some indigenous people.

In the Spanish Governor's Palace in Manila, all the high-ranking Spanish officials gathered to discuss the war between the Chinese Empire and the Batavian Dutch.The atmosphere in the Governor’s Mansion was a bit dignified. Governor Legaspi had a sad face, knocked on the table and said, “Tell me, gentlemen, now the aborigines, porcelain, and the Chinese navy will replace the Dutch and imprison us in their arms again.” , how to deal with it, this is related to whether we can stay in Manila any longer, the Chinese Empire is more dangerous than the Dutch, although the Dutch are our empire, they are still white after all, they only accept our money, but for the Chinese Imperials, since their predecessor Ming Dynasty, want to deal with us, wage war on us, occupy the land under our feet, gentlemen, please speak up."

Spanish Lieutenant Colonel Mudio stood up and said: "Your Excellency, we cannot allow the Imperial Chinese Navy to capture Batavia. Please allow me to lead the fleet to Batavia for reinforcements."

Sanchez blew a whistle when he heard it, and said: "Brave Lieutenant Colonel, I have to tell you that the information sent shows that there are more than [-] warships in the Chinese Empire, and they have as many as [-] to [-] soldiers, and they have just defeated The Dutch, while Manila has only [-] soldiers and more than [-] warships. Besides, think about it, my bravest warrior, the Dutch are our vassals, but they are also half of our enemies. Even if we have the strength If we beat them, the Dutch won't accept us, and we lose more than we gain."

Sanchez is the bishop of St. Sebastian Church in Malani. The Portuguese Magellan sailed from Spain to Central and South America with simple nautical instruments and discovered a small island in the central Philippines: Cebu. During Magellan’s stay in Cebu , spread the teachings of Catholicism to Cebu, and then affected other parts of the Philippines. Today, almost everyone in the Philippines believes in Catholicism.Sanchez represents the religious authority in Malani, and it can be said that his status is second only to the governor.

Although Mudio was dissatisfied with Sanchez's words, he didn't dare to show it, so he could only retort: ​​"Then my lord bishop, what do you think should be done?"

Sanchez looked a little crazy: "It's very simple. The defenses are breached from the inside. As long as we clear the hidden dangers inside, Manila will be unbreakable. So what if the Chinese Empire captured Batavia? At worst, let's take a detour. Since we can ship silver from America, we can also ship silver back to China from here.”

Modio was a little puzzled, he said: "Hidden danger? What hidden danger? My lord bishop, I don't understand what you are talking about?"

Aguirre, Mudio's subordinate, was thoughtful: "The bishop is talking about the Chinese in Manila?" "Yes, these people are the factors that cause instability in Manila. Wealth will only bring mess and danger to Manila, and we should dispose of them promptly."

Sanchez is morbidly fanatical about spreading religion. As soon as he arrived in Manila, he stipulated that there are no heretics in Manila. It is not that the Chinese in Manila are unwilling to join the Catholic Church. On the contrary, under the order of the Spaniards, everyone joined the Catholic Church, but The attitude of the Chinese towards religion can be said to be a bit indifferent. They join the Catholic Church, they also believe in Buddhism, Taoism, and believe in all gods.For God, he is only regarded as one of the many gods, which makes Sanchez seriously dissatisfied, thinking that they are not worthy of being God's people and should be completely eliminated.

Sanchez's words shocked Modio: "God, they have tens of thousands of people." Sanchez said nonchalantly: "So what, the Chinese love infighting the most. Decades ago we only had 2000 people and we could kill them by the count." Ten thousand people, now there are four thousand troops, how difficult is it to kill tens of thousands of them.”

Although Modio didn't care about the lives of tens of thousands of Chinese, he still had concerns: "Master Bishop, if we start another massacre in Marani, and if it arouses the anger of the Chinese Empire and sends a large army to attack us, what should we do?"

Sanchez said with a sneer: "If they come to attack, I will beat them back. However, there is no internal response. I doubt whether they would dare to attack? Our massacre of Chinese people more than 50 years ago would have been nothing. If the Chinese were not cleared at that time , Maybe Manila is no longer in Spanish hands."

The first Chinese massacre occurred in 1603. The cause was that Emperor Wanli listened to the absurd story of a businessman. The businessman said that Marani had a kind of money tree that could produce gold and silver. This tree would automatically grow gold every year. Beans, silver beans, the Spaniards trade directly with the Ming Dynasty with the gold and silver picked from the trees.

Regarding such absurd statement, Emperor Wanli, who was devoted to pursuing longevity and believing in various gods, believed it firmly. Emperor Wanli was an out-and-out superstitious and ignorant person. A hundred words, he himself is very absurd. At the beginning, he ignored the objections of the ministers and sent several officials to Manila to search for gold and silver trees. The Spanish authorities in Manila mistakenly thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to cross the sea to attack, and the matter of visiting gold and silver was just an excuse , the purpose is to communicate with the Chinese in Manila, so that the Spaniards will be driven away by cooperating internally and externally. Of course, the reason for this is that they often do this. They don’t know the civilization and culture of the Central Plains by themselves. Therefore, shortly after the officials of the Ming Dynasty left, the Spaniards began to kill and poke the Chinese, killing all the more than 2 Chinese on the island.

Wanli, who found out about it afterwards, was furious and wanted to send troops to attack Manila, but unlike Qiuxianshu, he was dissuaded by the minister this time. The lives of 2 people are not as good as a lie. A letter of incrimination, and the matter was left alone. The Spaniards still believe that the massacre prevented the Ming Dynasty from sending troops to attack Manila.

Hearing what Sanchez said, Governor Legaspi immediately settled down, and he said, "Okay, let's deal with it as the bishop said, we are going to clean up all the Chinese in Manila."

The four discussed in the Governor's Mansion for a day before deciding on all the steps of the massacre.The next day, all ports in Manila stopped operations, and Governor Legaspi issued an order. Fearing that the Chinese Empire's war against Batavia would spread to Malani, the Governor declared martial law in Manila.

At the same time, Spanish soldiers began to enter various Chinese communities to collect all kinds of knives and other weapons. The reason was for safety needs. Most of the Chinese in Marani used to be immigrants from Zhangzhou, Fujian. Fujian is mountainous, and it is difficult to make a living by farming. The sea ban has caused people along the coast to go to sea to seek a living. However, the countries in Southeast Asia are sparsely populated and the land is fertile, making it easy to make a living. Since the sea ban was lifted in the Wanli period, Fujian coastal people have gone to sea and settled in Nanyang. After the Spanish massacre more than 50 years ago, Immigrants from Zhangzhou mostly regard the Philippines as a daunting way, but immigrants from Quanzhou fill in the blanks. It seems that everyone has chosen to forget the bloody past.

When the Spaniards collected all kinds of knives and even kitchen knives, the kind Chinese did not resist.They honestly handed over the only thing in their hands that could be used as a weapon. They didn't expect the massacre that the Spaniards were about to come. They thought that the Spaniards were right. As long as they didn't have weapons in their hands, they wouldn't be suspected.

Three days later, all the irons in the hands of the Chinese were confiscated, and the Spanish army was fully armed, and the second massacre of the Chinese in Manila began.However, the massacre in Spain has aroused the vigilance of some Chinese. After all, it has only been more than 50 years since the last massacre. The memory of the massacre remains in the hearts of Zhangzhou immigrants. Many of their predecessors died in that massacre. It's just that the hardships of life forced their descendants to arrive in Manila again. However, they were a little more vigilant than the Quanzhou immigrants.

Collecting knives before the massacre completely cut off the possibility of Chinese resistance. This is almost a replica of the last massacre. The Spaniards were unwilling to change the way. Two knives were hidden, and the Quanzhou immigrants were urged to do the same.

It’s just that no one will listen to their persuasion. The nature of Chinese infighting was brought into full play before the massacre. Many people not only refused to listen to their persuasion, but instead reported to the Spanish authorities those neighbors who had hidden knives. Those people were quickly arrested. After getting up, they were put in prison, and the Chinese who had hidden knives were in danger, and they never dared to reveal it to others.

The Spanish army armed with muskets, as soon as they entered the Chinese community, they shot and killed them immediately.The old people, women, and children were not spared. At this time, the Chinese were shocked, but they didn't even have a piece of iron in their hands. Wherever they were opponents of the Spaniards, the Spanish army killed all the way.The savage Spaniards were afraid that the army massacre would slip through the net, and encouraged the local aborigines to massacre the Chinese, and promised that they could rob property from the dead Chinese. People, they suddenly became crazy, their weapons were not confiscated, and they had an advantage over the Chinese.

The Spaniards squeezed the colonies with vinegar, and most of the local aboriginals lived at the bottom, and because the Chinese had the advantage of trade and were hardworking, although they were also squeezed by the Spaniards, their life was still better than that of the aboriginals. few.

The natives did not dare to resist the Spaniards, but their despicable temperament made them hate the Chinese who had good living conditions for them.As soon as the Spaniards provoked them, these natives transferred all their hatred to the Chinese, and they killed the Chinese even more viciously than the Spaniards.

Gradually the aborigines became the main force to kill the Chinese, and the Spanish were first startled by the brutal massacre of the aboriginals. Later, the Spaniards discovered that these aborigines did not resist them, but brutally killed the Chinese, so they He laughed and watched from the side, and singled out young women to vent their animal desires. After venting their animal desires, they killed these poor women and even girls without hesitation.

The massacre of the Chinese by the Spaniards and indigenous people lasted for ten days. Except for a few vigilant Chinese who fled outside the city first, tens of thousands of Chinese in Manila were massacred.On the fifth day, Malani could no longer see a single Chinese. There was blood everywhere, and the blood flowed into a river. The corpses were thrown directly into the river by them, and a large number of corpses even blocked the river near Marani.

Although the Spaniards blocked the news, the news of the massacre of the Chinese was still spread after more than ten days. All countries in Southeast Asia were shocked when they heard the bloody news. Now the Chinese Empire is in full swing, and the Spaniards chose this time. The massacre of the Chinese in Manila, they don't know if the Spaniards are crazy, if the Spaniards' brains are filled with water, they slaughtered the Chinese so cruelly.

When the news reached the capital of the Chinese Empire, the officials of the Chinese Empire were in an uproar. Spain's move was a naked provocation, and all countries in Southeast Asia also opened their eyes wide to see how the Chinese Empire would handle this incident.

When Zhang Huahan got the news, his eyes were almost red. He locked himself in the house. In the era in his memory, the Spaniards would continue to massacre the Chinese one after another, but that era was the barbaric rule of the Qing Dynasty. The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had no overall view, wished for all the overseas people to die, but now, after they finally went through untold hardships and established the Chinese Empire with a group of people with lofty ideals, they never thought that this kind of massacre would happen again.

"What about Shi Lang, he is dead. As the commander-in-chief of the navy of the Chinese Empire, he doesn't care about the safety of his compatriots when he is still nearby? How could he watch the Spaniards massacre our brothers and sisters!" Zhang Huahan almost roared Then he shouted to Liu Shijie, Deputy Minister of the Military Department. His roar made Liu Shijie and several guards feel their ears buzzing, and even the light bulbs on the ceiling shook.

Zhang Huahan is generally gentle and gentle, even if it is a very serious matter, he has never yelled like this. Liu Shijie has never seen Zhang Huahan so angry. He replied carefully: "Chairman, Shi Lang is besieging the Dutch Batavia. , even if he gets the news, he can’t make it in time.”

The office door opened with a creak, and Xiaoyue came in with a cup of fragrant Biluochun. When she just passed the office, she heard Zhang Huahan in the room almost growling. As Zhang Huahan's secretary-general, she naturally knew what happened. What made Zhang Huahan so angry.

"Drink a glass of Biluochun and get angry. Things can't be solved by getting angry. Can those executioners be punished if you get angry?" Hearing Xiaoyue's words, Zhang Huahan looked at the peerless beauty in amazement, and he sighed. Liu Shijie said: "Deploy troops! I want to deploy troops! I want to go out to show all the overseas Chinese in person, I want to flatten the entire Manila by myself, kill all the Spaniards, and not let go of the aborigines who committed blood debts." Yes, kill them all."

Liu Shijie replied: "Chairman, should Shi Lang give up the attack on Batavia and directly attack Manila?" "No, don't we have no army except the one led by Shi Lang? I won’t let Manila go.” Zhang Huahan knew that Shi Lang’s siege of Batavia had been going on for almost a month now, and once he was taken away, the attack on Batavia would be in vain. He won't do it yet.

Liu Shijie hastily said: "It is impossible to transfer other fleets. Half of the strength of the entire naval fleet has been transferred to Shi Lang. We must not draw any more power. We have North Korea and Japan in the north, and there are also a large number of Western ships. The thousands of miles of our empire Sea frontiers, a large number of seaports, and countless merchant ships cannot live without the protection of the navy."

Zhang Huahan knew that Shi Lang's military strength could not be adjusted. The other fleets had to maintain the safety of the Chinese Empire's waters, ports, and overseas trade. The Chinese Empire's navy seemed to be large, with a total of eight, but it could not be deployed now. Although if Shi Lang attacked After going down to Batavia, there will be a large number of warships that can be withdrawn immediately, but Zhang Huahan is unwilling to wait for a moment. Regarding Shi Lang's navy, Zhang Huahan is also unwilling to mobilize more troops. After all, Batavia's strength is also very strong. Powerful, but also requires heavy firepower to suppress.

"If you don't have a navy, you can use the army. I don't believe it. My Chinese army of one million can't destroy a mere Malani. We will mobilize some military ships and recruit some merchant ships. As long as the army is sent to Manila, the Spaniards will be on our way." The army will be vulnerable to a single blow." As Zhang Huahan said, he added, "I'll arrange for the merchant ships, and you will be responsible for dispatching some military ships to escort them. Didn't Wei Xiaobao have made military exploits? Immediately promote him and give him a job." A steel armored flagship, with a squadron of seven or eight warships out to cooperate."

Seeing that Zhang Huahan had made up his mind, Liu Shijie didn't want to say anything anymore, but then he thought of another person and said, "Chairman Zhang, what if Zhou Manwen prevents you from sending troops in person?" It’s just a person, just ignore him, he calls his own, we do ours, and it’s not his turn to dictate military affairs.”

"The subordinate is resigning, and I will prepare immediately." Zhang Huahan nodded and said: "It is urgent, so that our nation will not be bullied, please." Liu Shijie cupped his fists and said: "Don't worry, Chairman, I will prepare. If there is a mistake, I'm the only one asking." As Liu Shijie retreated quietly, he gently closed the door of the room, and Zhang Huahan said, "You damn executioners, Spaniards, it's nothing more than killing countless Native Americans, but now you're killing our Chinese compatriots , I don’t have the ability to stop it. Now that I have the ability, you will naturally accept my anger. Do you think it’s still your history? Now that I’m here, it’s absolutely impossible for you to slaughter again, just wait.”

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