"Spain is already doomed to decline, and the Dutch have replaced Spain as the strongest country on the sea, the Spaniards slaughtered tens of thousands of Chinese in Manila, this account will have to be calculated sooner or later, the Spaniards colonize around the empire, and they are all there, but Shu now does not want to make the Dutch or the British too wary of the empire because of this matter, and they are still needed, and you have such a responsibility to go." Zhu Youxiao said.

Zhu Youxiao has already set his sights on Manila, and now he has to go to Manila to Lengzhou, and his throat is mastered by others, Zhu Youxiao feels like his throat is choked. Zhu Youxiao has already made up his mind to take Manila at the right time.

"No."

"In addition, when you go through Manila, you have to find an excuse to go to the Eighth Company, and I have a batch of weapons for the Chinese in the Eighth Company." Zhu Youxiao said. Balian was a gathering area given by the Spaniards to the local Chinese. Although the specific location of the gathering area has changed, the name has not changed, and now the location of Balian is on the south bank of the entrance of the Bashi River.

"Your Majesty, it's just that who are these weapons going to be handed over?" Li Hailong asked.

"I have a secret agent in Luzon, and according to the secret agent's information, you can hand over the weapon to a Chinese named Rong Guan, a big sugar merchant in Nanyang, who has a way to bring weapons into the Eighth Company. In addition, you will be accompanied by someone from Dongchang on this trip, and he will be responsible for everything, and you only need to be responsible for cooperating. Zhu Youxiao advised.

"No."

"Lin Jiuguan, you are the ambassador to Spain, this trip is extremely risky, and your responsibility is to withdraw the Chinese in Spain before the war with Spain." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, when should the minister withdraw from Spain?" Lin Jiuguan asked.

"Shu expects that there will be a war with the Spaniards within two years, and the withdrawal of the Chinese from Spain should be carried out gradually, to ensure that the number of Chinese in Spain is maintained at a minimum level before the war between Shu and the Spaniards, in case you are at risk, Shu can also exchange hostages with the Spaniards to ensure your safety in Spain." Zhu Youxiao said.

"I understand." Lin Jiuguan said.

In 1603, after the Spanish massacre of the Chinese, the Spaniards found that they had left the Chinese, and they could hardly live in Manila, and they relaxed the restrictions on the Chinese again, encouraging the Chinese to trade in Manila, and by 1629, the number of Chinese in the Philippines exceeded 20,000 again.

In history, in 1639, the Spaniards massacred the Chinese on a large scale for the second time in the Philippines, and now although there are still ten years before the second massacre, Zhu Youxiao got a piece of news. Hurtado officially became Governor General of the Philippines last year. For this person, Zhu Youxiao is aware that in history, Sebastian. Hurtado was governor of the Philippines from 1635 to 1644, and he orchestrated the second massacre of Chinese. This man was a soldier and had always pursued a policy of repressive rule over the colonies.

When Zhu Youxiao heard Sebastian. When Hurtado assumed the post of Governor of the Philippines, he knew that history had changed, and he wondered if the second massacre of the Chinese would break out earlier? But Zhu Youxiao had a belief that this must not be allowed to happen, and his first thought was to provide weapons to the local Chinese.

"What we are talking about today must not be leaked to the outside world, otherwise it will be punished as treason." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

……

On February 20, Zhu Youxiao officially issued an edict to the world: From now on, no new eunuchs will be included in the court. In fact, since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the eunuchs in the palace have only been able to enter and exit, at that time, Zhu Youxiao only issued an edict in the palace, and did not issue an official holy decree, and many people still have illusions, and the matter of castration without permission is still repeatedly prohibited, but after the official decree was issued, the thoughts of those people were completely broken.

In March, Zuo Guangdou was again involved in the rebellion of the Three Kings, and Zhu Youxiao personally ruled it. The four kings who participated in the rebellion were all exiled to Leng Chau, and more than 130 officials were exiled at the same time. This is the end of the Three Kings Rebellion, and the end of the Three Kings Rebellion means that the expedition to Leng Zhou is about to begin.

"Liu Aiqing, Wang Aiqing, Leng Zhou is extremely important to me, there can be no mistakes, when the 10,000 expeditionary forces step into Leng Zhou, every inch of Leng Zhou will belong to the empire, and I will not allow an inch of land to be divided." Zhu Youxiao said solemnly.

"Your Ministers understand." Liu Youfu and Wang Mengxiong replied together.

"Leng Zhou is far away from the empire, and all political affairs are decided by Liu Aiqing, and the military is decided by the two of you. When you are in Lengzhou, do you need to use troops? It's up to the two of you to decide, but it's up to Wang Aiqing to decide how to use the troops. Zhu Youxiao emphasized.

"No."

"This is to go to Lengzhou in order to colonize Lengzhou, and you must not be merciful to foreigners, otherwise you will only hurt yourself and others. I once heard a story of "The Farmer and the Snake", a farmer meets a snake in winter, and he doubts its stiffness, but he picks it up and warms it with his own body. The snake was frightened, and Naisu, with his instinct, killed the farmer with sharp teeth. The farmer was on the verge of death and repented: 'I wanted to do good, but because I learned from my shallow knowledge, I actually harmed my own life, and I suffered this evil retribution.' 'Remember, you must not be farmers, otherwise, even if you die, you will not be grateful to anyone, and if you harm my plan to colonize Leng Zhou, even if you die, I will issue a decree to investigate your responsibility. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Your Ministers understand."

"When you go to Lengzhou, in addition to the 10,000 expeditionary forces, I will also send Fujian sailors to escort you to ensure that this trip is foolproof. After you go to Lengzhou, I will send another 10,000 expeditionary forces to Lengzhou next year, and I will definitely guarantee that the Lengzhou garrison will reach 50,000 within five years, and you have also participated in the formation of the Fujian Naval Division, and this time Leng Zhou also needs to form a Leng Zhou Naval Division. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, who will lead the follow-up 10,000 expeditionary forces?" Liu Youfu asked.

"Li Zicheng." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Li Zicheng?" Liu Youfu is very unfamiliar with this name, and there doesn't seem to be such a person among the generals of the new army.

"One of the generals of the rebel army at the time of the Three Kings Rebellion, I have ordered this person to go to Shaanxi to recruit 10,000 new soldiers. Officers will be selected from the Imperial Guards. But no matter who led the troops to Lengzhou in the future, the military affairs of Lengzhou were all in charge of Wang Mengxiong, who was the only commander of the expeditionary force in Leng Zhou. Zhu Youxiao said.

"The minister understands, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" Wang Mengxiong said respectfully.

(End of chapter)