At the end of October of the 20th year of Chongzhen, news about Annan spread to Manila, Luzon. Suddenly, the Ming army occupied Annan and placed Annan under direct jurisdiction, which became a topic of discussion for most people.
For the local Ming people, they are all very excited.
"I didn't expect that the emperor would actually march to such a far place and take care of those Annan monkeys!"
"Pack up well, you don't know, they were not friendly to us Ming people in the past. When we came to Luzon, they didn't dare to go near the Annan coast!"
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In addition to applauding and applauding, some people were also surprised by the situation in the Ming Dynasty.
"When I was young and left home, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos. You don't know that the Jianlu from Liaodong invaded the pass. It is said that even Jinan Prefecture was captured by them. It was so miserable that the people in the city Most of them were slaughtered and then set on fire, and the remaining people were plundered and taken to Liaodong."
"No, apart from the Liaodong Jianlu, there are also rebellions everywhere. Aren't all the imperial tombs in Fengyang dug up by the eight kings? At that time, I thought that the dynasty would change soon!"
"Yes, at that time, the people were in dire straits, there were thieves everywhere, and people were dying of hunger everywhere. The emperor also issued two edicts on sin, which made me feel that the court was in trouble. I escaped and came to Luzon to eat. .”
"Me too, the country is so chaotic, it's better to come out!"
"But, looking at the current situation, the turmoil in the country should have subsided, right? Otherwise, how could the emperor personally march so far south?"
"Yes, if the north is not settled and bandits continue to flow, it shouldn't be possible for the emperor to march south, right?"
"I always feel that it is a bit impossible. How many years have passed and the disaster of building captives and rebels in Liaodong can be quelled? Could it be... could it be that the emperor moved the capital to the south, regardless of the corruption in the north, so he must consolidate The situation in the south, right?”
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Being in Luzon, it was not timely for domestic news. These Ming people in Luzon used their imaginations to speculate on the domestic situation.
However, no matter what they speculate, few people think that the domestic situation should be better and they can return to the country. Generally speaking, only some old people have this idea and want to return to their roots. However, now they are limited to discussions.
Of course, you can't blame them. After all, they have been in Luzon for so many years and have become rich through hard work and traditional virtues. They all have families and businesses, and they can't leave just now.
When they speculated about the domestic situation, the local indigenous people were not so happy.
"What, the Ming Dynasty occupied Annan? This is impossible!"
"Is there any possibility? The news has been spread. Don't you know? The Ming army killed a river of blood in Annan. It is said that the corpses of Annan people even blocked the river."
"If they are so brutal, will they capture other places, such as ours, and kill us too!"
"Don't talk nonsense, why did I hear that all the people in Annan were allocated fields!"
"How is it possible? Look at when those gentlemen would consider the ordinary people and allocate fields to them. Then why did they work so hard to fight Annan?"
"That's right. It seems I heard it wrong!"
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On the Annan side, those who had the ability to escape and spread the news along the way were generally the powerful landowners of Annan. As for ordinary people, how could they flee after hearing about Ming Dynasty's policies? And considering their strength, they can't escape!
Therefore, most of the news that spreads is unfavorable to Ming Dynasty and discredits Ming Dynasty.
Although different people will hear different news. Those who are more powerful will hear more news. But for Daming, it is not necessarily friendly. For example, the largest force in Luzon, the Spanish colonists, heard more news from the outside, and their discussions became more worried.
"The Ming army occupied Annan and killed all the Dutch. I heard that the Portuguese continued to hold the Ming Dynasty's lap, but they were fine."
"It's not just the ones in Annan. Didn't there be news before that the Dutch in Taiwan were also wiped out by the Ming Navy?"
"These are our Spanish rebels, it would be better if they all died!"
"You can't say that. With them in contact with the Ming Kingdom from the front, at least we don't have to worry about the Ming Kingdom's plans. Now they have all been destroyed, and the Ming Kingdom's power has been extended. If there is any attack on our Luzon Island, What to do with the plot?”
"Haha, how could the Ming Kingdom send troops to our Luzon Island? You have forgotten that when we killed all those Ming people a few times ago, the Ming Kingdom did not send any troops!"
"Hey, that's right. When you say that, it's true!"
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What these Spaniards mentioned were the three massacres of Ming people on Luzon Island.
The first time was in the 30th year of Wanli. Emperor Wanli was conducting three major levies and had no money, so he followed the advice of Yan Yinglong and Zhang Ni, the envoys of the mining tax, and sent Zhang Ni, the Prime Minister of Haicheng County Shihe, and Baihu Ganyi. Cheng went to Jiyi Mountain in Luzon to prospect for minerals. But at that time, Luzon was actually no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but was occupied by the Spanish.
The Spaniards suspected that the Ming Dynasty would capture Luzon Island, and they suspected that the Ming people in Luzon would become internal agents, and they began to intend to massacre.
At the beginning, they were very cautious. Afraid that the massacre would fail, he lied to the people of Ming Dynasty and said he was going to attack another country and purchased iron weapons at high prices. As a result, the Ming people in Luzon were greedy for profit, leaving their families defenseless. Then the Spanish governor ordered that the names and information of all Ming people should be recorded, and they should be gathered into a courtyard of three hundred people. After completing these things, they would all be slaughtered. It was very easy. In this first massacre, they killed a total of about 25,000 people.
Later, the Spanish colonists deceived the Ming court and said that it was the Ming people who wanted to rebel, and they had no choice but to kill those Ming people.
In December of the 32nd year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli issued an edict: Chief Luzon was good at killing merchants and civilians, and he would be punished by officials to discuss the crime. The governor Xu Xueju and others then moved to Luzon and ordered the deceased's wife to be sent home for several crimes.
Seeing that the Ming court had this attitude, these Spanish colonists were relieved and stopped paying attention to Ming officials at all. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were just perfunctory and ignored, and the matter ended like this.
Six years later, the Ming merchants who gathered again in Luzon to make a living could not bear the heavy taxes imposed by the Spanish colonists, so they protested against the excessive taxes and demanded reductions and exemptions. As a result, the Spanish colonists were very straightforward this time and killed all the Ming merchants. The Caicos were all robbed. In this second massacre, more than 20,000 Ming people were killed.
Regarding this massacre, Emperor Wanli believed that the merchants who had lived in Luzon for a long time no longer belonged to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Who is responsible for the overseas disputes has not yet been found out. More importantly, merchants are the most untouchable among the four peoples. How can they start a war for the untouchables?
Of course, this was also related to the national conditions at the time. Emperor Wanli simply did not have that much energy to send troops to Southeast Asia. Add to this the subjective nature, and this is how it ends.
In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the Spanish colonists forced Ming people to pay high ID and rent taxes, hoping to drain Ming people of their hard-earned money. Of course, Ming people were unwilling to do so, and began to resist such heavy taxes. Tax, but this time it was very simple. The Spanish colonists directly slaughtered the Ming people and robbed their wealth.
At this time, it was the time when Emperor Chongzhen crossed over. At that time, Dorgon led an army of 200,000 to wreak havoc in the pass, and the southernmost point even reached Jinan Prefecture. Even people in Jiangnan are panicked. Many people fled to Nanyang.
Coupled with the previous two court reactions, no one had any hope in the court and felt that the court would uphold justice. Therefore, the matter simply disappeared.
With the experience of three massacres, it can be said that the Spanish colonists on Luzon Island had no scruples about killing Ming people, just like raising pigs. When they are almost full, they kill them and eat them; after eating, , and introduced preferential policies to attract people from the Ming Dynasty to go to Luzon again.
Now, after hearing about the situation in Annan, the Spanish colonists became a little worried and suggested to their governor Diego that in order to prevent the Ming people from becoming internal agents of the Ming army and possibly endangering Luzon, they should kill them as soon as possible. Trouble later.
After hearing this, Diego did not hesitate and immediately imitated his former governor and started another massacre of the Ming people in Luzon.
In the original history, Luzon massacred the Ming people for the fourth time, but it was not until the 16th year of Yongli. At that time, the Spanish colonists were also worried that the Ming people in Luzon would become internal agents of the Ming army, so they killed them directly. Because of the civil unrest, hundreds of thousands of people fled to Luzon, and all of them were killed.
Zheng Chenggong was furious when he heard this and immediately organized his army to prepare for war. Just before setting off, he unexpectedly fell seriously ill and died young. But his successor began to fight for power and internal strife. Therefore, the matter of conquering the Spaniards in Luzon and avenging the Ming people was abandoned.
But in this plane, when the news of the massacre on Luzon Island spread again, after arriving in Annan, Lu Xiangsheng was furious. He immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen and began to prepare for war.
Those who violate the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are! The Western barbarians on Luzon Island are so rampant and dare to massacre Ming people so blatantly, how can they be spared!
In addition, the previous three massacres of Ming people were also revealed, Lu Xiangsheng became even more furious and directly issued a killing order. Not a single Xiyi on Luzon Island was left alive.
Of course, foreign wars must be carried out with the will of Emperor Chongzhen. This is the duty of a minister. Therefore, while Lu Xiangsheng was preparing for war, he was anxiously waiting for news from the capital.
In fact, this unexpected news did not need to be delivered by Lu Xiangsheng's memorial. Emperor Chongzhen already knew it through the eavesdropping system the moment Lu Xiangsheng knew it.
