In order to celebrate the bumper harvest, Zhu Cihong set up a celebration banquet at the Governor's Palace, and invited the governors of Britain, the Netherlands, and Portugal by the way.

On the empty streets of Manila, three governors were invited.

In the past few days, they have spent the time under the sound of gunfire, so they are very face-saving, and all of them are in good health.

In the consideration of interests, they also need to understand Daming's next step.

Is the Ming Dynasty preparing to support the indigenous statehood, or will it be forcibly swallowed without any restraint? This is very important and has a bearing on the future situation in Nanyang.

Of course, what they are more looking forward to is that if the Ming Dynasty is affectionate and righteous, they can also allocate some of Luzon's resources to several of their countries......

In the luxurious governor's palace, the pomp of the banquet was very large, and there were generals and officials wearing Ming military uniforms everywhere, but the dishes on the table were not exquisite.

Unlike in the past in Nanjing, most of the people who hosted this celebration banquet were made by the chefs who accompanied the army, and there were not many patterns, and the taste was ordinary, which belonged to the kind that loved to eat but did not eat.

Fortunately, the wine is good, and the Governor of Manila is a good wine man, whether it is foreign wine or Chinese wine, he has a lot of collections, and this time it was all moved out of the cellar in one pot.

In the brightly lit hall, there are not only senior naval and land officers above the general level of the Ming Legion, but also civil and military officials accompanying them, as well as local wealthy Chinese businessmen and celebrities.

Zhu Cihong, dressed in a new dress and smiling, sat on the top of the chief seat and began to give a speech: "Luzon has been a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty since ancient times! ”

When Anthony and the others heard the first sentence, they felt that something was wrong, Daming was swearing suzerainty over Luzon!

As the old governor of the Dutch East India Company stationed in Nanyang for more than ten years and a good friend of the Ming Dynasty, Anthony still has a good understanding of Han culture.

The so-called suzerainty is the right of the suzerainty to dominate the foreign affairs, military affairs, and part of the internal affairs of the vassal state.

In other words, the vassal state does not enjoy full sovereignty, and its foreign affairs, military affairs, and even part of its internal affairs are all decided by the suzerain.

Even if the king comes to power, a series of things such as canonization of the prince need to be approved and appointed by the suzerain, and then the canonization process must be completed, just like the relationship between father and son.

According to Anthony's idea, once the Ming Dynasty reasserts suzerainty, it means that Nanyang will become the backyard of the Ming Dynasty!

Whether the Ming Dynasty re-established the indigenous state, or directly forcibly incorporated into the territory, it is no different.

Zhu Cihong continued: "The Spaniards took advantage of the weakening of our Ming Dynasty to forcibly overlord Luzon, enslave the local aborigines, force the Luzon countries to betray the Ming Dynasty, and forcibly incite the aborigines to slaughter our Ming overseas Chinese. ”

"Therefore, I sent troops to launch a small-scale military operation in Nanyang, in order to protect the safety of the Chinese and seek justice for them!"

The governors of several countries were surprised, the scale of tens of thousands of people, this is still a small-scale military operation? Kidding?

Then, I only listened to the words of the Ming Emperor, and said solemnly: "Although my Ming army is a civilized army, civilization does not mean that it is submissive, and civilization does not mean that justice will not be served for thousands of tragic deaths and humiliated Chinese!" ”

"As far as I know, there are still some thugs involved in the atrocities who are at large! Their hands are covered with the blood of my Ming people, and they must be punished by my Ming! ”

Zhu Cihong said these words to warn the European powers, because not only Manila had anti-Chinese incidents, but also Batavia, which was occupied by the Netherlands, and there were also some anti-Chinese incidents, all of which were led by colonizers.

Historically, Spain's exclusion of Chinese in Manila was only the beginning, and in the following hundreds of years, anti-Chinese massacres often broke out in many places in Nanyang, which lasted until the twentieth century.

Even in the twenty-first century, there are still some!

To put it bluntly, it is to curb the power of the Chinese!

In the end, Zhu Cihong said categorically: "All my Ming people, no matter where they are, as long as they are treated unfairly and bullied, I will make decisions for them!" ”

"If a similar situation happens in the future, I have no choice but to send troops, use force to protect overseas people, and seek justice for them!"

If the former sentence is a warning, then the latter sentence is a threat, the kind of threat that chokes the throat!

In the end, Zhu Cihong also looked at the location of the governors of the Three Kingdoms with great interest, and asked, "Can you understand what I said?" ”

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

"It's clear!"

The three governors were not stupid, and they didn't dare to sing back with the people on the stage in front of the public, so they had to reply slightly unhappily at the moment.

They all know in their hearts that this little brother on the stage is not joking, he belongs to the kind of fight that he says, and he can't afford to provoke him!

However, out of the national interest, Anthony still asked the question: ""

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do with the Spaniards and missionaries who have been caught?"

Zhu Cihong said: "I just said very clearly, their hands are full of the blood of my Ming people, and they must be punished by my Ming!" ”

"I will not kill indiscriminately, but if it is someone who instigated, organized, and participated in this massacre, I will never take it lightly!"

"For example, the Governor of Manila, Sarcto, Archbishop Arkenia, and some Augustinian missionaries, they can only be executed!"

After he finished speaking, the faces of several foreign devils became very ugly, and Anthony even shouted, "Your Majesty, in the countries of Europa, the clergy cannot accept secular judgments!" ”

Although Anthony believes in Protestantism, he is a family of gods in the world, and in order to protect the interests of the clergy, Anthony still shows dissatisfaction.

You are dissatisfied and dissatisfied, and the sea of people who are dissatisfied with me has gone, how old are you?

Zhu Cihong said: "That's you Europa, in my Ming Dynasty, whether it is a Taoist priest or a monk, or your missionary, anyone who commits a crime must be judged by my Ming law!" ”

Anthony said excitedly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, Manila is not the native of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Cihong sneered: "This is Luzon, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, as the suzerain, has the right to dominate the laws here!" ”

Anthony had nothing to say, he could not oppose the jurisprudence that Luzon was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty in public.

After all, the relationship between the Netherlands and Spain is very poor, it is considered a hostile relationship, and there is really no need to offend the Ming Dynasty for the sake of Spain.

For now, the Netherlands and the Ming are friendly countries on the surface, at least in Anthony's heart.

As long as the Ming does not take the initiative to infringe on the interests of the Netherlands in Batavia (Indonesia), everything is easy to discuss.

Looking at the acquaintance of foreign devils, Zhu Cihong nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Our diplomat told me that after statistics, as many as three or four thousand Chinese were slaughtered and humiliated in the massacre of China, and the number reported to me by the Spanish Governor's Office was more than 1,000 people!" ”

"Obviously, they are deceiving me, deceiving me! So the governor will surely die! ”

"Of course, I am merciful and generous, the Ming Society will set up an investigation team to conduct a detailed investigation of the missionaries and natives who were in the massacre, we will not wronged a good person, and we will never let a bad person go!"

When he said this, it sounded extremely benevolent, as if Da Ming had suffered a big loss.

However, Anthony, who has a keen sense of smell, sniffed out a hint of crisis, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is preparing to clean up a wave!

It was not until the evening that the lively celebration banquet ended successfully, and all the people who came were dispersed.

Zhu Cihong lay on the sofa in the Governor's Mansion slightly tiredly, looking at the splendid and empty hall, and smiled with satisfaction.

Today's celebration banquet can be regarded as a public relations action, and the results are very good, and the strategic purpose has basically been achieved.

It can be seen that Westerners are beginning to fear the Ming Dynasty.

Tomorrow, you can start playing big, and it's time to give lessons to the natives too!

(End of chapter)