Zhao Guangning has been very anxious in the past few days.

Since he went to the church, Zhao Guangning sent people to inquire in many ways, and when he learned that Bishop Eduardo had indeed been imprisoned by Governor Sanchez, his mood fell to the bottom.

No, it can't be.

Zhao Guangning closed his eyes.

Bishop Eduardo was such a devout believer, how could he have committed blasphemy.

But if he didn't have this crime, why did the good governor of Sanchez turn against a bishop? Zhao Guangning was puzzled!

Just when he was feeling confused, Qian Yuan suddenly rushed in.

He breathlessly said, "Hurry, hurry... Zhao Ye, let's go quickly. ”

Zhao Guangning hurriedly took a cup of tea and handed it to Qian Yuan and said, "Drink saliva first and speak slowly." ”

Qian Yuan took the teacup and drank it down, only then did he calm down a little.

"I heard a piece of news that Governor Sanchez wants to launch an invasion of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhao Guangning was directly stunned after hearing this.

"You're not kidding, are you?"

"How can this kind of thing be a joke."

Qian Yuan sighed and said, "Now Manila has mobilized the whole city. The harbor was full of Spanish warships, ready to set sail. As for supplies, they are also being transported to the docks. ”

Zhao Guangning's fists clenched and loosened, and secretly said in his heart that this Spaniard was really arrogant.

Do they think that Da Ming, like Luzon, is a small character who is bullied?

Although Spain has a naval division known as the Invincible Armada, its absolute strength in terms of the number of soldiers is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty.

According to Zhao Guangning's estimates, the number of regular troops that Manila can mobilize will not exceed 10,000, and it should be around 5,000. Even with the mercenaries and allies, it was only a few tens of thousands.

If you want to rely on tens of thousands of people to swallow the Ming Dynasty, what is the difference between swallowing an elephant and a snake?

However, this was an important piece of information, and he needed to convey it to Ning Xiu in time.

Recalling the scene of him and Sanchez talking and laughing in the governor's palace, Zhao Guangning felt scared for a while.

This governor of Sánchez turned out to be a man with a deep city.

Obviously, he had already made a plan to invade the Ming Dynasty, but he also made a kind attitude towards the Ming merchants to paralyze the other party.

If it weren't for Qian Yuan's inquiring about Bishop Eduardo's imprisonment and hearing the news by accident, Zhao Guangning was afraid that he really didn't know about Sanchez's plan.

"My subordinates also heard the news that Bishop Eduardo may have been imprisoned for opposing Governor Sanchez's dispatch of troops to the Ming Dynasty."

"Well, it seems that this Sanchez has made up his mind to start a war."

Zhao Guangning gasped and said, "Have all the goods been sold?" Have you bought everything we want to buy? ”

Qian Yuan nodded: "It's all done." ”

"Good!" Zhao Guangning clenched his fists and said resolutely: "Quickly order the crew to gather, and we are ready to return." ”

Qian Yuan hugged his fists and said, "Subordinates take orders!" ”

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At the same time, Xiangshan County's Yannei Ning was looking at a newspaper from the imperial court.

Under the advice of Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Gelao, the emperor of Wanli established a municipal shipping department in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places to collect maritime trade and commercial taxes.

This can be said to be another ban on the sea by the imperial court after the opening of the sea in Longqing, which naturally caused a sensation and extensive discussion among the government and the opposition.

Of course, this news did not surprise Ning Xiu.

The greatest advantage of being a time-traveler is the knowledge of history.

Ning Xiu knew that after Zhang Juzheng's death and Wanli's pro-government, the sea ban would be completely lifted, and the commercial tax would be charged according to the bow of the ship.

Emperor Wanli still has a very good set of wealth. He not only broke the custom of his ancestors to collect sea taxes, but also sent eunuchs in the palace to collect mining taxes and porcelain taxes in local areas.

Even silk, which was a status symbol in the early Ming Dynasty, was generously said that merchants could buy it. Because he can collect the silk tax.

That's not all, the Holy Son of Heaven also said that the people can wear bright yellow clothes, as long as they give enough tax money.

Naturally, this kind of behavior of competing with the people for profit cannot be tolerated by the officials.

They went up one after another, saying that His Majesty the Emperor was rich all over the world, and all the people in the four seas should not compete with the people for profit.

Emperor Wanli pretended not to hear it, and did not say anything about these songs.

In order to attract the attention of Emperor Wanli, some courtiers did not hesitate to use very harsh words to describe Emperor Wanli as a lawless and faint monarch. Under such circumstances, Emperor Wanli was able to hold back his anger and said that this guy was deceiving the court staff, and I would not obey his wishes.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, the group of scholars and doctors was an extremely perverted group.

Their forte is double standards.

They demanded that the emperor must be as strict with himself as the ancient sages, and that he must play a role model of morality.

And they themselves should be prostitutes of prostitutes, and they should play male pets and male pets, and they are called scholars and merry.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, scholars and doctors were even more forbidden to male pets, and these officials and masters could be seen in the mansions of prime ministers all over the country. The scene is even more unsightly.

Emperor Wanli saw the faces of these scholars clearly, so he simply went to court in anger.

Ning Xiu thought that this move was really amazing. After all, those courtiers are no longer shameless, and it is impossible for them to rush to the harem to make noise to Wanli.

And it turns out that the absence of Emperor Wanli from the court for decades did not affect his rule over the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, it was a model worker like Chongzhen who had to do everything personally and made a mess of the government.

This is not to say that Ning Xiu intends to wash the floor for Emperor Wanli. As an emperor, it is obviously wrong not to go to court, and it is even more unreasonable not to go to court for decades.

But Ning Xiu was particularly able to understand Emperor Wanli's mood. After all, it's not a decent thing to spray each other all day with a bunch of well-dressed beasts.

The most important thing is that the emperor can't spray yet. Even if the courtiers sprayed the spit stars on the emperor's face, the emperor could not let out a trace of displeasure. You must wipe the foam off your face, and then happily accept the advice of your courtiers.

This has become a stylized thing in the Ming Dynasty, and if you don't abide by it, you will be mediocre, and you will block the way of speech...

Of course, Ning Xiu's arrival has had a butterfly effect, which has changed the original history.

Zhang Juzheng should not have died of a serious illness in the tenth year of Wanli as in the original history, after all, his old man is still alive and kicking now.

Zhang Juzheng will not die for a day, and Wanli will not let go of his hands and feet to accumulate wealth and profit for a day.

Then the opening of a city division in Quanzhou and other places can be regarded as a shocking thing.

However, this matter did not have much impact on Ning Xiu.

Xiangshan County itself does not have good harbors, and all good harbors are within the boundary of the moat in the south of Xiangshan County.

Therefore, most of the merchant ships from the South Seas chose to unload their cargo in the trenches. And Ning Xiu is collecting business taxes here, and he can't collect much.

Therefore, Ning Xiu's strategy was to use Wuzhushan Island as his base camp and set sail from here to the South Sea. Compared with collecting taxes, it is more profitable to do maritime trade by yourself.

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