On 17 September, Zhu officially announced the closure of all churches in Luzon and executed 5,000 rioters two days later.

As soon as the news came out, some foreign devils such as the Netherlands, Portugal, and Britain couldn't sit still again, and went to protest in front of the palace of the Son of Heaven.

Obviously, it is useless to protest without action, and Zhu Cihong does not want to do anything about them.

On a hot day, if you have the ability, you can stand outside the door and dry to see who can survive whom.

Although it is autumn, the weather in Luzon is still unbearably hot, with an average temperature of more than 30 degrees, and a group of foreign devils hurried back after less than two quarters of an hour.

In the hall, where the Dutch mission was temporarily stationed, several Dutch missions were arguing.

"The Ming Emperor will execute 5,000 natives tomorrow and ban churches everywhere, will we watch the temple destroyed by him and the loyal servants of the Lord killed by him?"

Although the Spaniards were Catholic, which contradicted the Protestant religions of the Dutch and British people, they all worshipped Jesus.

Of course, Catholicism worships only Jesus, while Protestantism worships not only Jesus, but also Mary and saints.

Anthony was displeased: "What, you want to stop him?" You must know that this Ming Emperor is not a mortal, he is Charles V of Asia! ”

This name brought a lot of pressure to the people present.

Charles V, whom Antony is talking about, was the Holy Roman Emperor a hundred years ago and the founder of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain.

Charles V was not simple, he was not only the Holy Roman Emperor, and the King of Spain, but also the Dutch monarch, the King of Germany, he was the most powerful monarch in Europe in the sixteenth century!

Although Charles V was a Catholic and considered himself the protector of the Catholic Church, he was unrelievable and never played by the rules.

When the Holy See supported France against him, Charles V did not hesitate to invade Rome, sacked the Holy See, and captured Pope Clement VII at the time.

In **** Europe, the emperor needs to accept the coronation of the pope, which is tantamount to rebellion and piercing the sky at that time!

Two years later, Charles V was forced by the situation to release the pope and lead his horse to the horse, showing spiritual obedience to the pope.

The Pope not only forgave him with good taste, but also honestly held a coronation ceremony for Charles V, officially recognizing him as Holy Roman Emperor.

In fact, Charles V had already taken the Roman Church under his control.

Anthony compares Zhu to Charles V, not only because of the similarities in their abilities and personalities.

More importantly, he made his colleagues understand that such powerful people will only use religion to serve themselves, not be bound by religion.

Or, religion in their eyes, not even fart!

Anthony said solemnly: "Don't think that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will take any missionary in his eyes, because here, the whole indigenous life of Luzon is in his hands!" ”

"He won't even bother to find out who participated in the massacre, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will drive all the people who oppose him into the sea like sweeping garbage, and let them feed the king!"

A Dutch official asked puzzledly, "Your Excellency the Governor, why did you let us go to the Palace of the Son of Heaven to protest?" ”

Anthony replied in a serious manner: "Protest is an attitude, an expression of strong opposition, but it does not mean confrontation. ”

"This ......."

The Dutch official was speechless and nodded mechanically.

Co-authored protest for a long time, and I was exposed to nothing?

On September 19, it is advisable to open, break ground, bury, and repair graves.

The city of Manila was particularly lively on this day, and the Chinese who had been notified of the execution of the rioters took to the streets to celebrate.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the gates of several prisons in the city were opened almost simultaneously, and groups of Ming soldiers escorted 5,000 thugs to the outside of the city to be executed.

Along the way, the road crossed by the death row car was crowded with Chinese on both sides, and many people even bought firecrackers and lit them violently when the prisoner car passed by.

What's more, a string of firecrackers was thrown into the prisoner cart.......

Forget about setting off firecrackers, some Chinese have also formed bands, shaking their heads and beating gongs and drums on the side, and there is a lion dance team, just like a welcoming team.

In the team, the praise officer looked at the lively scene around him, frowned, he ran to the side of the supervisor Li Yu, and said, "Uncle, will this be a bit excessive, should we send troops to stop it......."

Li Yu said unhappily: "Punish the murderer and uphold justice, this is the desire of the people, where is it excessive!" ”

He patted Yao Qisheng on the shoulder and said, "Old Yao, don't always worry about the enemy, think more about your own people!" ”

Yao Qisheng said: "What Uncle said is that he is taught in a humble position. ”

The procession carried the 5,000 mob out of Manila, and with great force it marched over the farmland for ten miles, eventually to the edge of a forested mountainous area.

This is the ideal place to solve the problem, dig a few large pits and bury them after the execution, and it will be over.

The main reason is that it is open and can accommodate a grand execution scene, and if it is placed in the city, it will inevitably be a river of blood, which is not conducive to the construction of the city in the future.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops lined up outside the execution ground, closely monitoring the chengguan army escorting the mob to prevent them from doing things.

The prisoners knelt in a row on the weeds, and behind each row stood a chengguan army of Spanish and indigenous captives.

This kind of big scene, the crowd of onlookers was quite shocked, where had they ever seen a murder card of this scale? One by one, they were both excited and nervous.

The mob who knelt on the ground and was tortured were terrified, and dozens of people were paralyzed on the spot, lying on the ground shivering, muttering something in their mouths, presumably asking God.

The soldiers of the Chengguan Army behind him obviously smelled a foul smell of feces and urine, and some kicked the death row prisoner in front of them in disgust in protest.

Some soldiers showed sympathy or dissatisfaction, but when they saw the Ming soldiers around them who were loaded with guns and ammunition, they dared not speak out one by one, so they could only continue to be puppet soldiers.

As for the method of execution, there was a fierce discussion within the Ming army before this, some people proposed beheading, and some people proposed methods such as water torture and cannon branding to execute the rebellious soldiers and officials on Shenlie Mountain.

However, there are too many death row prisoners this time, if the tricks are complicated, I don't know that it will be the whole month of the Year of the Monkey, and in the end Zhu Cihong chose to be shot.

For some of the leading brothers who committed the most heinous crimes, Zhu Cihong specially ordered the use of "mosquito punishment".

This is a punishment proposed by Li Yuanfang, and Zhu Cihong felt that it was quite fresh, so he adopted it.

The purpose of this execution was to create a "deterrent effect," but in fact, 5,000 people were executed in a concentrated manner, and no matter how the execution was carried out, the effect would certainly be achieved.

This kind of large-scale multi-person event usually has a very inked prelude, and this time it is the same, until it has been tossed for nearly half an hour, and all the preparations are ready.

(End of chapter)