Havana Palace, conference room.
"Your Majesty, under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Frankish Emperor Louis V (Louis XIV) and His Majesty the Ecumenical Pope Urban IX, our Ecumenical Church's Inquisition has thoroughly ascertained the truth about the Devil's Incident in America. !”
The speaker was none other than Philip, the Supreme Court Justice of Cuba who had just arrived three days ago. Under the guidance of Zhang Daren and Longkodo, he is now an expert on Eastern devils!
"Really? Then when will His Highness the Archbishop capture the devils in America and send them back to hell? As long as the devils are captured, I will be sure to destroy the Aztecs and Incas!"
The Duke of Lorraine, the commander-in-chief of the New Spanish Imperial Army, immediately became enthusiastic - he and Emperor Leopold arrived in America more than two years ago, and have been responsible for training the New Spanish Imperial Army since then, almost starting from scratch. A total of 110,000 to 20,000 soldiers were trained, which is considered an elite army in the New World.
Most of the officers and non-commissioned officers of this army came from Europe, mainly German nobles who followed Leopold, while the soldiers were mainly Indo-European hybrids from the New World.
As for the serious white-skinned people here in the New World, most of them own rich industries, and they also monopolize the middle and lower-level official positions in the two viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru. Such people naturally have little interest in serving as soldiers and fighting. However, because they were threatened by a devil who was engaged in agrarian revolution, they generously donated their money this time and raised a large amount of military expenditures for Leopold - if it was just the devil, they might consider surrendering to the devil. But this devil actually wants to take away their land and give it to the poor Indians!
As white-skinned aristocrats who have never experienced the law of dynastic cycles, they really can't believe that there is a devil in the world who distributes the land of the rich to the poor... and what's even more hateful is that the poor who get the land still have Not white people, but red-skinned Indians!
This devil not only violates the principle of the sanctity of private property, but also violates the principle of white supremacy. It is really worse than what is said in the Bible!
Therefore, the white-skinned nobles of New Spain and Peru were determined to fight the devil to the end... Each of them increased the rent for the Indian serfs below, and also helped the emperor and the church to collect crusaders from the Indian villages. There are three taxes: tax (used to recruit and maintain soldiers), fortification tax (used to build fortresses) and gun tax (used to purchase equipment). Thanks to their efforts, the tax payment potential of New Spain and Peru was fully tapped.
In addition, Leopold I also replaced various ports in New Spain and Peru with more careful German tax officials. At the same time, he also abolished the "isolation" of New Spain and Peru and opened it to merchant ships from all Europe. Therefore, the smuggling trade in New Spain and Peru has been greatly curbed in the past two years. In the past, the smuggling trade in these two territories could reach 90% of the total import and export volume, but now it is only 60% at most... ..The tariffs have increased several times!
It can be said that this neurotic Spain has never been so rich as it is now!
Since the Spanish Empire now has money and soldiers, the Duke of Lorraine, as the commander-in-chief, is of course eager to try. Just because the merchants, Aztecs, and Incas were surrounded by devils, the Duke of Lorraine, Lieutenant General Eugen, and the British foreign aid Lieutenant General Churchill did not dare to send troops... They are good at killing people, but they are not good at subduing demons. For this, the Holy See must send someone.
Now I finally look forward to the famous exorcist Philip!
Archbishop Philip replied with certainty: "Actually, there are no devils here in America."
The Spanish imperial nobles and senior officials in the conference room immediately started shouting.
"What? No devil? How is that possible?"
"This is impossible, there are many people who saw that damn Montezuma drinking blood from cups and cups!"
"Yes, that evil Montezuma still distributed land to Indian serfs in Hermosillo, Kachem, Aome and other places... and also declared that whites, Indians, Indo-Europeans, blacks and All merchants are equal!"
"How could someone other than the devil do such a thing?"
Archbishop Philip saw the noise in the conference room and was speechless, so he glanced at Leopold I. The Spanish Emperor coughed, and the conference room suddenly became quiet.
Archbishop Philip was finally able to continue his explanation. He said: "Although there are no devils in America, there is a religion that worshiped devils and originated from ancient China three or four thousand years ago, called Jie Jiao. The founder of Jie Jiao is called Tongtian Jiao. Zong, also known as Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, he was also one of the three founders of another traditional Chinese religion, Chanjiao. Later, he and the other two founders had a dispute over whether animals could be absorbed into the religion. There were differences, so he and some of his followers created another Jie sect.”
"What? Absorbing animals into the religion? What kind of animal is it? A pet cat or a pet dog?"
"It's so ridiculous. Even the cutest cats and dogs have no souls."
"I heard people say that they have a theory in the East that all living beings are equal! That is, humans, humans, animals, and animals are all equal!"
"God, how can we be equal like this?"
"Aren't you asking about skin color? At least you have to look at skin color. White cats and dogs are fine, but black ones are not acceptable!"
A group of rare and strange Spanish imperial nobles were shocked again. Although they are all devout Christians, and Christianity also talks about equality...but this is the New World! The white colonists established a caste system here. Except for these blue-blooded nobles, the people below were European first-class whites, native-born second-class whites, European-Indian mixed-blood third-class people, European-black mixed-blood fourth class people, and converted Indians fifth-class Etc., unconverted Indians and black slaves are not human beings.
As for the Shang side devil...it's hard to say this level, the devil is super fierce!
Archbishop Philip shrugged, "So Pope Tongtian is the devil! Even in ancient China, there were many people who opposed his ideas, but he got the support of the Shang Dynasty... So in the 2600s Years ago, a war broke out against Jiejiao and the Shang Dynasty. The Chinese called it King Wu's Conquest of Zhou.
Although this war ended with the defeat of the Shang Dynasty and Jiejiao, the victorious side did not eliminate the devil Tongtian Pope, nor did it completely eliminate Jiejiao and the Shang Dynasty. Moreover, the Chanjiao who won this war did not exclude Pope Tongtian from their god system, but retained his status as a god. Taoism and Confucianism, which were developed on the basis of Chanjiao, even absorbed many views of Tongtian Pope and developed them. So the real devil is not in America, but in Ming Dynasty itself! The real devil...is the Ming Emperor! "
"Is Emperor Ming a devil?" Emperor Leopold was frightened by Philip's words.
He could send someone to negotiate with Zhu Heji, and he also promised to cede land and pay compensation... Wouldn't this be a deal with the devil? Going to hell!
"Yes!" Archbishop Philip said, "Not only the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty is a devil, but also some Chinese emperors who established great achievements in history are actually devils!"
"Why do you say that?" asked Leopold I.
"First of all," Philip said, "these Chinese emperors who have established great achievements themselves admit that they are not human... They usually say that they are the real dragon emperor! Although they usually show themselves in human form, they also You can turn into a fire-breathing dragon!"
dragon!
A huge image with wings and fire breathing immediately appeared in the minds of everyone in the conference room.
Moreover, these people in the conference room have all heard of the "True Dragon Emperor" - exchanges between the East and the West are quite close these days. The Ming Dynasty and Mongolia have set up embassies in Europe, and many European countries have also established embassies in the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia. Opened an embassy. Moreover, there was Ji Dabao, a master of Oriental studies, who helped spread Eastern culture, so many European big shots knew that some Chinese emperors liked to say that they were fire-breathing dragons!
They originally thought this was just nonsense used to scare ignorant people, but now it seems that it may be true. Maybe not every Chinese emperor is a "true dragon emperor", but it does not rule out that some of them really have supernatural powers.
Archbishop Philip added: "In addition, haven't you discovered that since the emergence of the Ming Dynasty's True Dragon Emperor, many magical things have appeared in China? Although the technology for making those things is called natural magic, not supernatural magic …But natural magic is magic too!
"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"
And where did he learn this knowledge of natural magic? The knowledge was so profound that some of it remains undeciphered by European scholars. And according to church records and research on Great Mongolia, this knowledge has probably never appeared in the human world before Zhu Heji appeared! "
yes! The people present were reminded of this by Archbishop Philip!
Although this natural magic can be "cast" without reciting incantations, part (perhaps all) of it can be explained by mathematical principles and natural philosophy, but where did Zhu Heji get such rich knowledge?
Seeing that everyone present was almost convinced, Archbishop de la Magala immediately provided more powerful evidence. He said: "After communicating with God, His Majesty the Pope has confirmed that Zhu Heji is the devil or is possessed by the devil. This is why he can master so much knowledge of natural magic! At the same time, it is also confirmed that there are currently no devils in America. There are only damn believers of devils who have sold their souls on this continent!"
His Majesty the Pope has said it, so it can’t be wrong!
Seeing everyone's convinced expressions, Archbishop de la Magala pointed at Archbishop Philip and said to everyone in the conference room: "Your Majesty the Emperor, distinguished gentlemen, since the devil is not in America, then those who will bring souls Even if the merchants, Aztecs, and Incas who betrayed themselves to the devil possess some lowly supernatural powers, they are no match for our chief exorcist of the Ecumenical Church and the chief judge of the Inquisition!”
After hearing what Archbishop De La Magala said, Archbishop Philip nodded with confidence. He can't defeat the devil, but he is still sure of the little supernatural power that devil's believers can possess!
However, Emperor Leopold I still looked at Philip with some doubts.
Archbishop Philip said: "His Majesty the Pope has given me the Longinus gun to bring me the New World!"
Definitely win!
Everyone in the conference room crossed themselves.
The "gun" Philip mentioned is very powerful. It is a hollow iron spearhead less than a foot long - the middle of the flat spear is hollowed out, and a long iron nail is inserted into it, and this The iron nail comes from the Holy Cross where Jesus was nailed. Because it was nailed into Jesus' body, it is stained with the blood of Jesus! So this "gun" is also called the "holy spear". Not to mention the devil's disciples, even if you let Devil Zhu himself try it, he will be killed with a spear!
Well, as long as Emperor Zhu Da doesn't wear armor, stands still, and lets Archbishop Philip stab his chest with this spear, he will definitely die!
With the Holy Spear that could kill Zhu Heji, King Leopold I was immediately full of confidence. He said to the Commander-in-Chief of the Empire, the Duke of Lorraine: "Charlie, it's time to send out troops! Who should we fight first?"
There are now three enemies in front of Emperor Leopold, the Shang Dynasty, the Aztec Kingdom, and the Inca Kingdom.
Among them, the Shangfang Kingdom must be the leader. According to the information obtained by the Spanish Empire, the Shangfang Kingdom has a population of about one million, and it is the same race as the Ming Dynasty. Although the Jie religion they believe in is a Taoist heresy, the Chinese seem to Don't care about heresy. Therefore, Shang Fangguo has received strong support from Ming Dynasty in the past two years - there is no upper limit to the cooperation between the two parties!
Moreover, the core territory of this merchant country is on the Pacific coast, huddled behind the Aztec and Inca countries. If the Spanish Empire wants to conquer from the land, it must first defeat the Aztec and Inca countries. one.
As for taking the sea route... I'm afraid of armed interference from the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, Leopold could only choose one of the Aztecs and the Incas as the main target of attack.
"Inca!" The Duke of Lorraine had already thought of the answer. "The Incas have now entered the Texas grassland, and they have also clashed with the local fierce Indian nomadic tribes, which is very beneficial to us.
In addition, the control of the Gulf of Mexico is completely in our hands, so we can land at any suitable location along the Texas prairie coast, and even enter the relatively spacious inland waterways.
The Aztecs had a harmonious relationship with the Indian farmers they ruled, and many Indians who were assigned land joined the Aztec army. In addition, the Aztec territories were close to the Pacific Ocean and were all on the seaside, so it would be relatively easy for Ming Dynasty to interfere. "
Leopold nodded: "Okay, we will focus on attacking the Incas...but we don't want to let the Aztecs go. We can launch a sheep attack on the Aztecs first to attract The main force of the Shang Fang Kingdom goes to reinforce the Aztec Kingdom!"
