Chapter eight hundred and fiftieth temple calculation
On the third day of February in the 23rd year of Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian looked at Li Zhi's memorial with a look of surprise on his face.
Li Zhi conquered Luzon.
Less than half a year after conquering Japan, Li Zhi had already sent his troops south to attack the Spanish Manila and occupied the Luzon Islands.
All white males in the Spanish royal city were killed, and more than a thousand white women were transported back to Liaodong by Tianjin's ironclad ships and sold as slaves to Liaodong men who were opening up fields in the ice and snow.
Wang Chengen was still a little confused about the situation and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, where is this Luzon, this Luzon Islands, and this Manila exactly?"
Zhu Youjian thought for a while and shouted: "Bring me the map!"
Wang Chengen sang loudly: "Get on the map!"
After a while, two eunuchs came up holding a huge map.
The eunuch opened the silk map at Zhu Youjian. The map was embroidered on silk with a red thread needle, marking the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Chengen searched carefully on the map and found the three provinces of Liaodong, North Korea, Japan, and Taiwan Island. But no matter where he looked on the map, he could not find Luzon.
Wang Chengen felt a little frustrated and turned to look at the emperor.
Zhu Youjian looked at the map, pointed at the ocean at the bottom of the map with his finger, then drew his finger down to the outside of the map, and said: "The so-called Luzon is in the extreme south of the ocean."
Wang Chengen secretly smacked his tongue and said: "Holiness, Holy Ming!" After a pause, he added: "It's just that I never thought that places that are not marked on this map would be annexed by the prince of Tianjin."
Zhu Youjian looked at the map and was silent for a long time.
After a long time, Zhu Youjian sighed.
The prosperity of Tianjin really made Zhu Youjian a little unable to react.
The Luzon Island in the South China Sea was a land outside of Hua, and it had never subdued Wang Hua. But Li Zhi sent dozens of ships and thousands of people to kill all the Western barbarians who had been entrenched there for decades. The territory of my Ming Dynasty
, actually expanded to Luzon? How could the martial arts of our Han people be so powerful?
Li Zhi said that the main residents of the Luzon Islands are Malays with dark skin and short stature. Then all these Malays will become my subjects?
Once the Luzon Islands were merged into China, the territory of the Ming Dynasty extended deep into the South China Sea. It was probably thousands of miles away from the capital to Luzon.
However, this illustrious martial arts was all done by Li Zhi. As the emperor, Zhu Youjian only had the power of temple calculations and made no contribution to actual affairs. Zhu Youjian was a little confused and didn't know what future historians would do in history.
Evaluate yourself as an emperor.
Is he considered a heroic ruler who expands his territory? Or is he a mediocre ruler who cannot control his subordinates?
This Tianjin is also ridiculously strong.
Zhu Youjian became a little anxious and paced back and forth in the study. After a long time, he walked back to the map.
"Wang Dehua, how is the situation in Shaanxi?"
Wang Dehua, the eunuch of Dongchang, quickly took a step forward, raised his hands and said: "Back to the Holy Spirit, after the cheap food from Tianjin arrived, the refugees in Shaanxi now have food to eat. Dingxi Bo Cao Bianjiao has prepared the food well, and the people all know that this food
It was given to the people by the Holy One, and whether in the city or in the countryside, there were voices of gratitude praising the Holy One."
"What happened in Shaanxi has spread to Shanxi and Southern Zhili, and there is a chorus of praise from both the government and the public."
After hearing Wang Dehua's words, Zhu Youjian felt a little more at ease. Although Li Zhi swept overseas, he had some achievements as an emperor. At least in Shaanxi, his governance was very effective.
Zhu Youjian took a breath and sat back in his chair.
"What about the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River? What do they think of my pacification of Shaanxi?"
Wang Dehua thought for a while and said honestly: "The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were scolded when they heard that the Holy Master had equalized the land tax in Shaanxi."
Zhu Youjian frowned when he heard this, and suddenly became very angry.
"These shameless gentry who don't know the truth!"
Seeing Zhu Youjian's anger, everyone in the study did not dare to speak and stood with their heads bowed.
After a long time, Wang Chengen saw that the atmosphere was a little depressed, and then he pointed to the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, Li Zhi said that he would take Francisco, the governor of Manila, whom he captured in Luzon, as a prisoner."
Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment before he noticed such a line in the memorial.
Zhu Youjian asked curiously: "What is the origin of this Franco...Francisco? Why did the king of Tianjin offer prisoners to me?"
Wang Dehua raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the King of Tianjin invaded Luzon this time is because the Governor of Manila in Luzon massacred overseas Han people."
Zhu Youjian was stunned and asked curiously: "How many people were killed?"
Wang Dehua replied: "The news I got from Tianjin is that the Han Chinese area in Manila is called the Eighth Company, and there were originally more than 30,000 people. Under the order of the Governor of Manila, the Western Yi killed more than 20,000 people, and their blood flowed everywhere."
Only then did Zhu Youjian learn that such an incident had happened overseas in Luzon, and he frowned.
"Is that why the Prince of Tianjin sent troops on an expedition?"
Wang Dehua replied: "It is a clear warning from the Holy One! It was precisely because of Franji...that is, what the Tianjin Prince said was that the Spaniards massacred our overseas Han people, that the Tianjin Prince sent warships and troops to capture the Spanish Governor of Manila alive. In retaliation,
The King of Tianjin killed all the Spaniards in Manila.”
Li Zhi thought that the emperor knew about these causes and consequences, so he did not mention them in the memorial. However, Zhu Youjian has been busy with domestic affairs in the past few months. How could he know that tens of thousands of people died abroad? So Li Zhi's memorial has always been a bit confusing.
In the mist, when I heard Wang Dehua's report, I understood the origin of the matter.
Zhu Youjian frowned and said after a long time: "That's it! I'm still wondering why the King of Tianjin suddenly went on an expedition."
After thinking for a while, Zhu Youjian said: "In this case, this Spaniard is indeed killing my Han people!"
Wang Dehua raised his hands and said: "The Holy Spirit is a clear guide!"
Zhu Youjian said: "What Li Zhi means is that I am the emperor of the Han people in the world, and I should protect the Han people overseas. He captured the Governor of Manila alive for me. He did something for me, so he should be sacrificed as a prisoner."
Wang Chengen frowned and said: "These Han people in Manila are my refugees from the Ming Dynasty. I heard that there was a massacre in Nanyang during the Wanli Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Wanli Xian said to the Western Yi, 'The Chinese in the country are mostly of bad origin.
Disciples, don’t tolerate love and pity!'"
Zhu Youjian said: "Wang Chengen, you don't understand. This time is different from the past. In the past, our Ming Dynasty did not have the strength to attack Nanyang, so naturally we could not care about the life and death of those overseas Han people. Now that the King of Tianjin can fight all the way to Luzon,
Of course we can no longer sit back and watch barbarians kill people!"
Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that this sacrifice of prisoners will further enhance the reputation of the Tianjin County Prince."
"But I can't stay out of this massacre! Otherwise, if newspapers from other provinces report this, how will I behave in front of the people of the world?" Throwing Li Zhi's memorial on the table, Zhu Youjian said: "That's fine.
, let Li Zhi present it, I recognize his contribution."
