After hearing this, Felipe IV threw a piece of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty to the ground on the spot: "What qualifications does the Holy Emperor of the East have to decide the sin of this king!"
There was a clang.
After the porcelain was broken, Felipe IV regained some sense and continued to ask: "Tell me, what happened in Manila?"
“Our Governor Cartersi ordered all Ming people to be hanged, and the Holy Emperor of the Ming Dynasty learned about it. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty sent a fleet to occupy Manila and killed the Spanish in the entire Luzon Island, including Manila. People! No one left alive!"
The Spanish businessman replied.
"Damn it! This is simply a great offense to our Spanish Empire! It is a great shame and humiliation for our Spanish Empire! I, the Spaniard, have never suffered such an insult at the hands of the Orientals!"
At this time, the great nobleman Juantu became furious and asked Felipe IV: "Your Majesty the King, we should send troops to teach these barbarians from the east a lesson!"
"No! We have just experienced the war with France. Now we should recuperate and not start a new war, otherwise our country will collapse because of this!"
Diwek, another great nobleman, said.
Felipe IV couldn't help but say at this time: "But the problem now is that the Eastern fleet has come to our door. There is no question of whether we are willing to start a war."
"This is because there is a misunderstanding, and we can resolve the misunderstanding through negotiation! What's more, we also need trade from the East."
Diwek replied.
Felipe IV couldn't help but look at Dewek seriously and asked: "They want to arrest me and take me to their capital for trial and conviction! In your opinion, you want to sacrifice me." , let me accept their trial?!"
"Your Majesty the King, please calm down. That's not what I mean! What I mean is that we can negotiate first to get them to give up this request."
Diwek replied.
Most of the other nobles also agreed and agreed to negotiate with the Holy Emperor's fleet from the east.
Because they really don't want to bear huge taxes and start a war.
It has to be said that the Holy Emperor fleet sent by Zhu Youxiao came at the right time, just when the Thirty Years War was about to end in Europe.
Throughout the European continent, all forces have been severely reduced in strength due to war.
Moreover, there are great conflicts between all parties.
Therefore, although Felipe IV was very angry, he had to accept the suggestions of the nobles and chose to compromise with Ming Dynasty.
"We have no intention of offending your country! Our king expresses great regret for the massacre of Chinese people in Manila and is willing to apologize and provide compensation. In addition, he will not take into account your country's behavior in Manila. Can you please Will your country stop fighting and resume trade between the two countries?”
Therefore, Diwek, the envoy sent by King Felipe IV of Spain, came to Ceuta and spoke to the Ming Dynasty Zhenhai General Zhang Shouao who arrived here.
After hearing this, Zhang Shouao smiled lightly and said: "I, the general, do not accept the apology! If you Spanish nobles want to keep Spain, just sacrifice your king honestly, let them accept the conviction with us, and sign relevant compensation agreements with us. trade agreement, otherwise, this general will have no choice but to lead his troops and destroy your country!"
After hearing this, Diwek was very angry and couldn't help asking: "Why is your country so domineering! You blame our people for killing your people in Manila. Do you think it is right for your country to kill our people in Luzon Island without permission? ?!”
"Yes! That's right! Because they have been deprived of the right to life by the Holy Emperor! They all deserve to die!"
Zhang Shouyao replied with a smile.
Diwek couldn't help but stand up for a moment and glared at Zhang Shouyao, but he couldn't say anything.
He had to admit that these Easterners were really arrogant.
"However, according to the Holy Emperor's instructions, your Kingdom of Spain can continue to exist, but you must actively sacrifice your king, accept relevant compensation, and sign relevant trade agreements!"
"This is no harm to you Spanish nobles. After signing a trade agreement, some of you nobles can become trading partners with Ming Dynasty officials and merchants, and you can obtain agency rights for many commodities because of your status as trading partners. You can sell these commodities Process and package it into your own country’s goods, and then take advantage of the mentality of the people in your country to support your country’s goods and make a fortune! You can even use this mentality to sell higher prices in your country, apply for a lower tax rate, and make more money. money."
Zhang Shouyao continued.
After listening to Zhang Shouao's words, Diwek was quite moved.
Because after the Thirty Years War, national ideas began to emerge in various European countries, so Dweck also believed that as long as he could get fashionable goods from the Ming Dynasty, then package them and sell them under the banner of revitalizing his own national products. If you go out, you will definitely make a lot of money.
But Diwek did not agree directly. After all, if he wanted to cooperate with Ming Dynasty, he would have to betray the king.
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"Deploy the fleet and prepare for battle!"
After learning that the Ming Dynasty was determined to punish him, King Felipe IV of Spain had to give up the fantasy of making peace with the Ming Dynasty and decided to fight against the Ming Dynasty's Holy Emperor Fleet.
Zhang Shouao also knew that if a war was not needed to let the Spanish ruling class know how powerful the Ming Empire was, these people would not give up their king easily.
Therefore, Zhang Shouao has been preparing for war with Spain.
To this end, Zhang Shouao also specially discussed further cooperation matters with Portugal.
The Ming Empire supported Portugal's independence, but Portugal needed to accept the basic global order convention drawn up by the Ming Dynasty, and jointly sent troops to Spain with the Ming Empire on the grounds that the Spanish king was guilty of massacre.
Portugal accepted the Ming Empire's invitation to cooperate and announced its acceptance of the basic global order stipulated by the Ming Empire.
And within this basic order, the most important rule is not to kill civilians.
Because Portugal needed a country to support its practical interests of independence, it proactively admitted that killing civilians without authorization was indeed not what God wanted to see, and was willing to send troops to conquer Spain with the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhang Shouao took advantage of the opportunity of cooperation with Portugal and adopted a land and water approach to attack Spain.
Zhang Shouyao even focused on land warfare.
Zhang Shouao personally led 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps, 5,000 Korean soldiers, 5,000 Japanese soldiers, 3,000 Ryukyu soldiers, 1,000 Annan soldiers, and 5,000 troops sent by Chongzhen Kingdom, Hirado Kingdom and other Ming clan vassal states. A total of more than 25,000 soldiers and horses, together with the 8,000 soldiers and horses dispatched by Portugal themselves, set off from the Portuguese capital of Lisbon and advanced along the Tejo River. The peak of the troops was directed towards the Spanish capital of Madrid.
The remaining officers and soldiers of the Holy Emperor's Fleet were led by Chief Instructor Zhu Yujian into the Mediterranean Sea and headed towards Barcelona, making a trend of directing the troops northward.
Spain was indeed fooled, so it gathered a large number of main forces in the Barcelona area.
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