So why did Wanli pay so much attention to Guo Zhiyuan's article, which is related to a major historical event that made all Chinese feel very angry, that is, the Manila University that happened in October 1603. Slaughter. The killing incident, when the Spaniards who occupied the Philippines as a colony, instigated a massacre of indigenous Filipinos. Killed Chinese doing business in the Philippines, more than 20,000 people were killed! The survivors were also held by the Spaniards!

In order to understand this major historical event, we must first understand the historical background behind this event, in 1571 the Spanish occupied Luzon Island, established the city of Manila, and formally established the colonial rule of the Philippines, when Spain had discovered huge reserves of silver mines in South America, by transporting silver and other precious metals from South America to the Philippines, and then through the Chinese in the Philippines to China in exchange for silk, porcelain and other items to resell back to Europe, making a lot of money, of course, the Chinese middlemen also made a lot of profits.

It has to be said that the Chinese in this era were still very talented in business, after discovering that the maritime trade in Luzon was lucrative, more and more Chinese merchants went to Luzon to do business, and soon reached the size of tens of thousands, and established Chinese settlements in Luzon, which made the Spanish colonists in Manila feel threatened.

At that time, the Wanli Emperor had just completed the "three major expeditions" (respectively, Ningxia, Southwest, and Korea) that he was very proud of, although the three major expeditions were victorious, but also consumed most of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wanli Emperor, who suffered a financial crisis, found that the Spaniards in the Philippines had so much silver (it can also be seen that the Wanli Emperor did not really ignore the government, and he was still very concerned about the major events in the world), Thinking that there was a huge silver mine in the Philippines, he was ready to attack the idea of the Philippines, and sent a special mission to the Philippines to look for silver mines, but of course nothing was found.

But his move made the Spanish colonists in Manila, who already felt the threat of the Chinese, arouse high vigilance, because they were worried that the tens of thousands of Chinese gathered in the Philippines would join forces with the government forces of the Ming Dynasty to occupy Manila and drive them away, and the Spaniards, who had gained huge benefits in the Philippine colonies, would certainly not let this happen, so they decided to strike first and wave the butcher's knife against the Chinese doing business in the Philippines!

Of course, the Spaniards actually have no bottom in their hearts, after all, they are facing such a behemoth as the Ming Dynasty, so they adopted the method of covering their ears and stealing the bell, that is, inciting the indigenous Filipinos to do something against the Chinese, and they are secretly supporting. After the Philippines was occupied by Spain, the situation of the indigenous Filipinos was naturally not very good, most of them were engaged in low-level hard work, and they saw that the Chinese businessmen with flexible minds made a lot of wealth in the Philippines, and their psychology was also very unbalanced. Slaughter. Killing, more than 20,000 people may be just a cold number in the history books, but we can imagine the tragic situation of rivers of blood, which is a shame that makes every Chinese son and daughter want to be torn apart! It is a history that every Chinese son and daughter should not forget!

Emperor Wanli was also very angry after knowing this, saying that this was a shame of "damaging the prestige and humiliating the country", and asked Xu Xueju, the governor of Fujian, to "listen to the official discussion of the crime", and even had the idea of raising troops to fight, but this idea was only a flash, at this time the Wanli Emperor was bitter and knew that after the "three major campaigns", the Ming Dynasty had no financial resources to launch a large-scale national war, especially at this time, the long-lasting Sino-Burmese war also came unfavorable news, and the Wanli Emperor had to give up the idea of using force, The governor of Fujian, Xu Xueju, could only be instructed to resolve the matter through diplomatic means.

Xu Xueju knew better than Wanli that the combat effectiveness of the Fujian Navy Division could not even be defeated by the Japanese Kou, let alone go on a long-distance expedition to fight against the Spaniards with strong ships and guns, and he immediately wrote "Report to Retriev the Luzon Prisoner Shang Shu", which first relieved the emperor's mood and explained the difficulties of the expedition. At the same time, he sent a letter to the Spanish governor in the Philippines, Pedro Acuña, in which he wrote: "I am the emperor of Gao to unify Fang Xia, and the table is eternal; Lile prestige, the world is as one", trying to use the victory of the three major expeditions to show the national prestige and deter the Spaniards, this letter is written in a righteous and strict manner, and the writing is flying, but it is not an egg, and the Spaniards, who were still a little worried that the Ming Dynasty would use force, saw that the Ming Dynasty did not have any military moves, but became more fearless, Acuña directly threw Xu Xueju's letter into the trash, and did not even reply to the letter.

In history, this matter was finally settled, and in order to cover up its face, the Ming Dynasty government also deceived itself and said: "The four people of China, the businessmen are the most cheap, how can they be untouchables, raise a military revolution, and abandon it without a pity". Slaughter. The weak reaction after the killing further fueled the arrogance of the Spanish colonists, and in 1639 and 1662 the Philippines again outrageously took place two large attacks on the Chinese. Slaughter. The killing incident also fully confirms the truth that "a weak country has no diplomacy".

Of course, at this time, the Wanli Emperor still did not give up hope of resolving the matter through diplomatic means, although it was a large distance from Manila at this time. Slaughter. It has been a year since the killing, but because of the slow speed of information transmission in this era, the Ming Dynasty is still arguing with the Spaniards about this matter, and has also sent several diplomatic missions to negotiate with Spain, but the Spaniards have seen through this incident that the Ming Dynasty government is not confident enough, and the attitude is tougher and tougher every time, and now there are no officials willing to serve as diplomatic envoys to negotiate with Spain, because they are worried that they will never come back!

Wanli can't just assign an official to negotiate with the Spaniards, this person must be familiar with foreign affairs, and he must have enough courage, otherwise the negotiation will not succeed, and he will lose his face Wouldn't it be bad, so Wanli read Guo Zhiyuan's article and his eyes lit up, and he said to himself: "I didn't expect this kid to be familiar with foreign affairs, and he is also bold, but he is a good candidate, but this kid is too young, can he take on this heavy responsibility?" ……”

In the end, Wanli pondered for a long time, patted his thigh fiercely and said, "That's this kid!" This kid is so good at tossing, let him toss and toss those Spaniards! ……”

Qin Shou has been waiting for the news of the imperial court since he impeached Guo Zhiyuan, although Wanli has issued an order to remove Guo Zhiyuan, but the appointment and dismissal of grassroots officials like this still need the officials to go through the procedures, even Shen Zheng can't wait to see Guo Zhiyuan unlucky, urging the officials to complete the procedures as soon as possible, but with the maddeningly low administrative efficiency of this era, coupled with the delay on the long road, Qin Shou waited for the official document of Guo Zhiyuan's dismissal from the Ministry of Officials until more than a month later.

After getting the official document of the Ministry of Officials, Qin Shou immediately took the official document of the Ministry of Officials and took Liu Qidong and a large number of entourages to Gutian in person, because he couldn't wait to see Guo Zhiyuan's unlucky appearance, and it was best to make Guo Zhiyuan tremble under his feet, so that he would feel relieved.

However, when he came to the Gutian County Ya with his entourage, he pounced, and the official guarding the Ya told him that Guo Zhiyuan was not there, Qin Shou had a feeling of punching hard but hitting the air, and he was so angry that he grabbed the neck of the official guarding the Ya and roared: "Where did Guo Zhiyuan go?!" ”

The official was also frightened by him, and pointed to the street outside tremblingly, "Big... The big lord goes... Go to the newspaper... The newspaper has ......"

"Newspaper!" A cold light flashed in Qin Shou's eyes, and he gritted his teeth. In his impeachment of Guo Zhiyuan this time, he also mentioned that Guo Zhiyuan privately ran a newspaper and spread false reasoning and heresy, but Guo Zhiyuan was an official before, and he was not easy to touch Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper, but now that Guo Zhiyuan has been removed, he can naturally seize Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper at any time!

It is also very easy to find Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper, because Guo Zhiyuan moved the newspaper to the most prosperous location in Gutian County, and directly rented a whole building as an office location, which is very conspicuous, today is the day when the new newspaper is officially listed, and several Fujian celebrities who are good friends with Guo Zhiyuan made a special trip to congratulate, the outside of the newspaper hall is full of people who come to see the excitement, when Qin Shou brought people to arrive, Guo Zhiyuan was holding a plaque covered with red silk and preparing to hang on the door!

"Guo Zhiyuan!" Qin Shou shouted, squeezed out of the crowd with his entourage, and then waved his hand majestically to the entourage behind him and said in a cold voice: "Seal this place for me!" His entourage immediately stepped forward viciously and prepared to seal down Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper!

Guo Zhiyuan stopped his movements when he heard the sound, turned around and saw Qin Shou but did not show any panic, but said coldly: "It turns out that Lord Qin? I don't know why the adults want to close the newspaper of the lower officials? ……”

Qin Shou triumphantly raised the official document in his hand, and sneered: "Guo Zhiyuan, the Holy Lord has already approved the official to impeach you, and you have been dismissed!" The newspaper is dedicated to the official government to deliver news, and since you have no official status, of course you can't run a newspaper, and the official will seal down your newspaper now! ……”

Now Guo Zhiyuan's reputation in the hearts of the people of Gutian is not ordinarily high, so before Guo Zhiyuan could speak, the surrounding people immediately shouted angrily when they heard that Guo Zhiyuan had been removed: "Why do you want to remove our county magistrate?!" They all stepped forward to stop Qin Shou's entourage and scuffled with them.

Qin Shou didn't expect that these people who were like ants in his heart would dare to stop him, and shouted angrily: "This official is the prefect of Fuzhou, Guo Zhiyuan has been removed from his post and investigated, do you dare to prevent this government from handling the case, do you want to rebel?!" ……”