Wanli 1592

Chapter 414 Matteo Ricci's Decision
The reason why Spain can control the entire Philippines with an army of more than 1000 is not only because the army and firearms are so powerful that they can defeat hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in the Philippines when they landed with [-] troops.

Instead, with the assistance of political means, the old regime was isolated and overthrown by wooing local indigenous leaders, and then the tribes of the indigenous leaders of the Philippines were protected from foreign invasion in exchange for their taxes, and the original regime of the Philippines was obtained. The rule was established with the assistance of the tribal chiefs under the system.

Then with the help of the Catholic Church, demagogy, control the land, wipe out the resistance of the Filipinos, and then attack the Chinese and other foreign nations. This is the reason why more than 1000 people can control this precious land in the Philippines. It can be said The Catholic Church has made a great contribution to this, so the bishop and Matteo Ricci feel that they deserve the courtesy they receive, but at present, it seems that the Governor-General does not think this way.

"What did General Xiao say? Will he not attack us? Is there any possibility for us to negotiate peacefully? I think we should try our best to avoid war and solve this problem through peaceful negotiations. We can return those Chinese in batches. "

The governor is quite impatient.

Matteo Ricci understood what was going on, and remained silent in embarrassment, but the bishop was very dissatisfied. Bishop Alexander was very dissatisfied with the governor's neglect and disrespect for God, and said: "Mr. governor, as a Devout believers, I think we should worship God first, seek blessings from the great God, and then do common things, what do you think?"

It stands to reason that the governor should have heard the bishop's dissatisfaction, but the governor didn't know whether he was dizzy or hemorrhoids were attacking, so he didn't hear Bishop Alexander's dissatisfaction, but hurriedly said: "Mr. bishop, we Let’s not talk about this, the situation is very urgent now, our people who came back from Macau said that the emperor of China is going to attack the Philippines, take control of this place!”

With that said, the Viceroy told Matteo Ricci and Bishop Alexander about the things here.

After hearing this, Alexander was taken aback for a moment—Emperor of China?That should be higher than that of General Xiao, right?General Xiao is the marquis, the emperor... is the biggest!

So Alexander panicked.

This is not within the scope of entrustment!

"Mateo, we are here under the entrustment of General Xiao, but the Emperor of China...who has the final say between General Xiao and the Emperor of China?"

Bishop Alexandria was presumably so panicked that he actually asked Ricci such a stupid question.

But there is nothing wrong with asking him this way, because in the past few years, Xiao Ruxun has been in charge of everything in the South China Sea area and the Myanmar offshore area. He is equivalent to the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty in the Nanyang area, exercising power on behalf of the Chinese emperor. His words and deeds can actually represent the emperor of China.

Of course, when the Emperor of China did not issue the will in person, if the Emperor of China made a statement in person, according to Matteo Ricci's understanding, Xiao Ruxun would still obey the emperor's order and serve the emperor.

It’s just that the Chinese emperor basically didn’t pay attention to the affairs of the South China Sea. The small countries in the entire South China Sea area basically expressed their surrender like Xiao Ruxun, and were willing to follow Xiao Ruxun’s instructions. When fighting pirates, Xiao Ruxun can still mobilize some of them. Naval cooperation.

But this incident itself is very strange. The Chinese emperor sent a ship to the Philippines to survey the terrain, and then there were rumors that the Philippines had a mountain that produced its own gold. Isn’t this absurd?Writing stories should also follow the principles of science. How can gold grow in nature?Not to mention "golden beans" and the like, gold is a mineral, and it has to be dug by hand.

How could the emperor of China believe in such nonsense rumors?
So Matteo Ricci said very firmly: "Mr. Governor, Mr. Bishop, I think this is completely a rumor, it does not exist at all. The Chinese emperor must have other things to do when he sent the ship. Gold will grow on the mountain." Any normal person would doubt that gold is a mineral that needs to be dug out and then smelted. If gold can grow automatically, then our science can be re-studied.”

Bishop Alexander and the Governor-General looked at Matteo Ricci, then thought about it carefully, and felt that what he said was right and very reasonable. A person with the status of the Emperor of China must be knowledgeable about things like gold growing automatically. Do you believe such vain words?
Then greater doubts and panic ensue.

"Then the purpose of the Chinese emperor sending people here was not to find gold, but because we were planning to send people to attack us because of the Chinese affairs, so did they send people to survey the terrain first?"

The Viceroy's mind was very big, and it sounded very reasonable. Bishop Alexander and Matteo Ricci were stunned for a moment.

"Mr. Governor, we are entrusted by General Xiao Ruxun from Myanmar. We are here to discuss with you about the relocation of Chinese residents to Myanmar. General Xiao said that as long as you release those who are willing to return to their hometowns to live Chinese residents, then what happened before will be written off, and he will not pursue it anymore, these are his original words, and we have come to negotiate with you for this, before that, General Xiao will never use force."

Matteo Ricci immediately expressed Xiao Ruxun's meaning. He felt that if he didn't express his attitude at this time, the governor might think wildly and have unpredictable consequences.

But when he said this, the governor's brain had another attack.

"But General Xiao is a marquis, a noble lord, not an emperor. If the Chinese emperor wants to attack us, doesn't General Xiao have to obey the emperor's orders? If the Chinese emperor orders General Xiao to send troops to attack us, what shall we do? What do you think, Mr. Bishop?"

Bishop Alexander was also confused at this time. He didn't know much about the situation here. He just came to the East, and he only had a little impression of China, and he had no opinions of his own. Frowning in thought.

Ricci quickly came to a conclusion.

"Mr. Bishop, Mr. Governor, I have some friends in China. If you believe me, I am willing to go back to China to ask my friends what is going on. I don't think there is enough reason. China The emperor will not order troops casually, the Chinese are very civilized and polite, and they will never use force without sufficient reason, please believe me!"

(End of this chapter)