Luzon in the southeast sea, a small country, gold, Yongle three years to send tribute, Jiajingzhong, so that the resumption to, and Zhang, Quanmin city change, the flow of people in their land, up to tens of thousands.

This is the record of the Luzon State in the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, judging from the records, the population of Luzon in history should only be about hundreds of thousands, and its territory is estimated to be not very large, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not call it a small country.

As for why the Spanish colonists looked at such a small country as Luzon, it is probably because it "produces gold".

The so-called "puff is not guilty, but he is guilty." "You are a small country with a population of only a few hundred thousand, and the colonists are not flies that smell stinky meat!

Yang Cong recalled the record of Luzon, and then sighed: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that this subject country Luzon will not be able to resist the invasion of Hongmaofan, if we don't save it, Luzon will be finished." ”

Luzon is coming to an end?

Should you save it?

To tell the truth, Yongqing really can't make up his mind, if it is like Korea, Ryukyu, Annam, these things are very diligent subject countries, he will naturally not hesitate to send troops to rescue, because people send envoys to pay tribute almost every year, after he ascended the throne, people are also very respectful, people are in trouble, if you don't save it, he will not be able to live on this face.

Luzon is different, it seems that people have only paid tribute two or three times in total, and since he ascended the throne, he has not seen this subject send an envoy to congratulate him.

If you don't worship the Buddha if you have nothing to do, you will come to hold the Buddha's feet if you have something, should such a subject country that only comes to pay tribute once in decades or even hundreds of years want to save it?

He thought for a while, and simply asked, "Master, do you think we should go to the rescue?" ”

Yang Cong nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course you have to save it, if you don't save me, where is the majesty of Daming!" ”

The majesty of the Ming Dynasty?

Well, although this reason is a bit reluctant, it is also said in the past, the Ming Dynasty is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, if you let the foreign barbarians bully their own subject countries, where will this face go?

When Yongqing heard this, he nodded slowly and said, "Well, then send Qi Jingtong to lead the sailor fleet to take a trip, master, what do you think?" ”

Yang Cong subconsciously shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter will have to be run by Weichen himself." ”

Yes!

You've just come back and you're leaving?

Yongqing was a little reluctant to say: "Master, why do you have to go out of such a trivial matter, according to the envoy of Luzon, there are more than 1,000 Hongmao fans in total, less than 2,000." ”

Yang Cong shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty, this invasion of Luzon's Hongmao Fan is not simple, they are Wei Chen's "The Principle of Knowing Things. Geography described in the sea powerful Spain, this Spain is today's maritime hegemon, its naval strength, even more than today's Ming Dynasty, if we wait for it, I'm afraid it will suffer a big loss! ”

Spain?

Of course, Yongqing has studied "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi", and he also has a little impression of Spain, because "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi. The most described part of the geography section about overseas barbarians is this Spain.

This Spain is not simple, the territory it occupies is even larger than that of the Ming Dynasty, in the face of such a powerful sea, Yongqing couldn't help but say cautiously: "Spain? Is it necessary for us to provoke them for the sake of a little Luzon? ”

Yang Cong still nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course it is necessary, the sea power of this European continent is like a fly, and the Ming Dynasty is also a piece of fat in their eyes, if we don't care about its invasion of the subject country, they will swarm here, and at that time, the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty will probably be like the invasion of the Japanese invaders, and there will be no peace everywhere." Therefore, we must keep the enemy out of the country and drive the European maritime powers out of Luzon and even the South Seas, so that we can protect the territory and the people. “

These words sound a bit illusory, Yongqing doesn't have Yang Cong's hundreds of years of knowledge, how can he think so far.

He thought for a while and was still a little confused, and in desperation, he could only get up and dig out the "The Principle of Knowing from Things" from the bookshelf. Geography", opened the "Wanguo Kunyu Map" in it, pointed to the corner of the European continent on it and said: "Master, this is Spain you are talking about, right?" ”

This kid, the book is not in vain.

Yang Cong nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, this is Spain." ”

Yongqing was puzzled: "Spain is thousands of miles away from Daming, can they call?" ”

Yang Cong shook his head helplessly and said: "This distance is not a problem, the main problem is interests, as long as it is interests, even if they are tens of thousands of miles apart, they will not let it go." ”

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the map and introduced it in detail: "Your Majesty, you see, here, here, and here, have all been taken by Spain, and the reason why they invaded Luzon is probably our Ming Dynasty, because it is definitely inconvenient to go back and forth tens of thousands of miles away, if there is a springboard to gather grain and grass, warships and soldiers, it will be different." The way they came from the Continent or Mixiel to attack Daming is really a bit too far, if they run from Luzon, it will be different, even if it is a sailboat, if the wind is smooth, it will not take a few days to rush from Luzon to Daming, so, this Luzon, we must not occupy it for them, including any place in the entire South Seas, we must not let them occupy it, once they find a springboard, we will be in trouble. ”

This is more intuitive to talk about the map, Yongqing understood at a glance, indeed, if Spain sent troops from the European continent to Daming, it would not be as simple as a labor division to attack the distance, it was simply a brain disease, tens of thousands of miles away, just grain and grass did not know how much to bring, I am afraid that their ship is full of grain and grass is not enough.

If they occupy Luzon, it will be different, from the map, Luzon is estimated to be one or two thousand miles away from the southernmost part of the Ming Dynasty, which is more advanced than the distance from South Zhili to North Zhili, if the Spanish troops Luzon, it will be much more convenient to attack the Ming Dynasty.

It seems that this Luzon really can't be lost.

Thinking of this, Yongqing nodded slowly and said: "Master, you are right, this Luzon, we can't lose it, we must drive out that Spain." ”

That's right.

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but smile with relief.

In fact, he is a bit alarmist at this time, in history, Spain also invaded the East, and then it went by mistake and declined, so Spain's threat to the Ming Dynasty is not very great.

However, Spain's threat to the Ming Dynasty is not big does not mean that those colonists have no threat to the Ming Dynasty, if according to the trajectory of historical development, to the back, whether it is Britain, France or Germany and Italy, it is the master who eats people and does not spit out bones.

His main purpose is actually to make Yongqing pay attention to the threat from the sea and the development of the navy, and now it seems that Yongqing has some understanding.

This kid is not taught in vain.

He couldn't help but praise: "The emperor is wise, we just have to take precautions and resist the enemy thousands of miles away in order to ensure the peace of the Ming Dynasty." ”

This was praised by the master, Yongqing couldn't help but show a shy smile, but after laughing, he seemed to think of something again, and his face became ugly: "Master, didn't you say that this Spanish navy is stronger than Daming, can we fight?" ”

Yang Cong heard this, thought about it, and then muttered: "If Spain is only thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, with the strength of our current naval army, it may not be able to beat others, but, fortunately, they are tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, as long as we hold Luzon, they will not be able to attack the Ming Dynasty with all their strength for a while, just right, we can take advantage of this time to build warships, expand the naval army, and be fully prepared." ”