Xiao Ruxun still remembers that after the Spanish massacre of the Chinese eight years later, Zhu Yijun was furious when he heard the news and wanted to send troops to conquer the Philippines, but was stopped by the literati group, on the grounds that the treasury was empty after the three major expeditions, the national strength was weakened, and it could not support more wars.

Moreover, these literati pointed out that the overseas Chinese are not my Ming people at all, because they are all coastal merchants, and they are low-status untouchables, such as farmers and industrialists, and the status of these people is conceivably low.

What's more, they fled abroad and did not pay taxes to the Ming Dynasty at all, so why did the Ming Dynasty raise troops for them? then took this opportunity to challenge Zhu Yijun and asked him to make a prince, and Zhu Yijun died down.

The literati rightly said that the sins of heaven are especially forgivable, and they cannot live if they do their own sins! They cut themselves off from the Ming Dynasty, and now they are killed by Xiyi before they know that they are asking for help from the Ming Dynasty, but how can they have contributed taxes and people to the Ming Dynasty?

In this case, they are no longer my Ming people, of course, these Xiyi slaughtered them unscrupulously, and they did not give face to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to send someone to read the edict of reprimand, and reprimand these Xiyi fiercely, let them be careful!

And so it passed.

After that, it led to an even greater tragedy, and the overseas Chinese in the Philippines became the most tragic chapter in the history of blood and tears of overseas Chinese in modern history.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun would not allow such a thing to happen again, so he sent people to the Philippines so actively, ready to send troops to recruit at any time, but at the moment, the Spaniards in the Philippines were highly nervous.

In order not to provoke them further, Xiao Ruxun did not make any military preparations, and it happened that Matteo Ricci and the bishop were on their way to Manila at this time, and their arrival might have given these Spaniards a reassurance.

"Shiro, there are some things that I don't know if to say or not."

Zhang Wu looked at Xiao Ruxun and said hesitantly.

"If you have something to say, say it."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"The life of our expatriates on Luzon Island is indeed not good, they are jointly oppressed by the local Xiyi and some big merchants, and the current situation is even worse than those Luzon remnants, thinking humbly, they are all forced to survive overseas by those landlords and gentry in the final analysis, and the living can not be suffocated to death by urine, and staying in the country is also death, and only by running out can they live.

What those big men said was really a little standing and talking without backache, the world was robbed by them, what should we eat? If there is a little food to eat, who wants to leave their hometown and run to a place where they are not familiar with life? According to the old saying, if you die, you can't return to your roots, and you have to be a lonely ghost all the time, and they don't want to leave their hometown!

When the lowly job talked to those elderly people, they all said with red eyes that they were homesick and wanted to go back, but they didn't make enough money, they couldn't buy land, they couldn't grow food, or they couldn't go down, and they had to run away to earn a living, what was this for? ”

Looking at Zhang Wu's deeply touched look, Xiao Ruxun may not be untouched, the large-scale Chinese in this era went to the South Seas, which was built on the basis of the large-scale enclosure of the Jiangnan gentry, and the land was annexed.

It is precisely because the land is gone that they have no choice but to flee abroad to survive, what can you blame others? Wanting to have a full stomach is the basic need of human beings, and if you don't eat a full stomach, you will die, and the first need of the people in Shengdou is of course to live.

Those old men who are well-fed and clothed live a luxurious life, of course, they will not understand the pathos of Fujian and Cantonese people going to Nanyang.

"Okay, don't talk about this, you take someone to keep an eye on Luzon, if there is anything to do, tell me immediately, don't hesitate, human life is at stake, the people you bring are better to secretly bring a few bird guns and some weapons to defend themselves, and if the identity of the face is exposed, there is no place to escape and fight back, I know that your men are good, but a dagger is useless on the battlefield."

Xiao Ruxun gave an order, Zhang Wu also recognized it, nodded, and when he went back, he ordered to bring a hundred bird guns to hide in the merchant ship, and take these guns to the Philippines in the name of the merchant ship to hide them in case of emergency, after all, they have set up a long-term stronghold in the Philippines, and it is not possible to defend themselves against a few daggers without weapons.

Zhang Wu also felt a little worried, the Chinese in the Philippines really have no weapons in their hands, not to mention firearms and the like, the Spaniards do not allow people other than themselves to hold firearms, even cold weapons such as knives, guns and bows and crossbows are strictly controlled, and only some people who assist in management can hold them.

Most of these Chinese were unarmed, and it would be really difficult for the Spaniards to resist if they were really against them.

I'll have to talk to them about it this time.

Zhang Wu thought so.

At the same time as Zhang Wu sailed off, Matteo Ricci and the bishop arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and were warmly welcomed by the Philippine governor, especially when he heard that they came from Burma and were invited by the general Xiao Ruxun, the marquis of Zhennan, to come, which made the Philippine governor feel extremely excited and happy, and he put on a pomp and warmly greeted Matteo Ricci and Bishop Alexander.

Bishop Alexandria was naturally very pleased with the "courtesy" of the Philippine governor, after all, the reason why Spain was able to establish a solid rule in the Philippines was because of the Catholic Church's control over the Filipino people and the control of the land.

As a result, the Spanish colonial rule was relatively stable, and Bishop Alexander naturally believed that this was due to the outstanding contribution of the Catholic Church.

Of course, he didn't know that if they hadn't come from Burma, if they hadn't come with Xiao Ruxun's greetings, they probably wouldn't have been greeted by the governor in person, and the governor was now anxiously waiting for the news with his eyebrows burning, but he didn't wait for the news, but got an unexpected surprise.

The arrival of Matteo Ricci and Bishop Alexandria was of course an unexpected surprise, not too much of a surprise for him, he came up and gave Bishop Alexander a warm bear hug, and then held Bishop Alexander's hand tightly, and his eyes were red with excitement.

"What did General Xiao say?"

Bishop Alexandria frowned.

Isn't that right? Shouldn't he have said some blessings to the Lord or something, and then exchanged pleasantries with himself about what he had seen and heard on the journey, and then invited himself to his governor's palace to be entertained with good food and drink, and then at the dinner table, after the holy prayers, to talk about these things?

The Bishop thought it was strange.

"General Xiao, that is, General Xiao from Burma, what did he want to tell me when he asked you to come over? Is China planning to attack the Philippines? Are you planning to attack us? The reason? They always need a reason to attack us, right? Is it because we are hiding the problems of those Chinese? We can explain, we can negotiate, and in short, war must be avoided! ”

The Lord Bishop looked at the governor in a daze, and finally realized that the glory of the Lord was no longer covering him, and this guy had forgotten the Lord out of the clouds.