Chapter 157: The Arrogant Liberation Organization of the Philippines
After receiving a notice from the Governor's Office that the Philippines had been sold to Lin Daxin of the Qing Dynasty, most of the Spaniards began to pack their bags in panic, sell various properties in Manila at a low price, and then leave Manila by steamer.
These Spaniards did not want to live under the rule of a barbaric and ignorant Qing Dynasty, such a life was unimaginable.
It was the original Spanish colonial government that sued these Spanish immigrants, and the new Filipino owner, Lin Daxin, had promised to protect the lives and property of the Filipino Spanish immigrants, and there was no way to stop this wave of escape.
In addition to the reluctance to live under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, there is also a major reason that these Spaniards are afraid of Lin Daxin, a Chinese, and treat them like their Spanish ancestors treated the Chinese.
Judging from the history of going to the South Seas, the Chinese immigration in the Philippines began in full swing 400 years ago, but their fate was like duckweed, rain and wind, and could not be stable. If it is simple discrimination, it can still be dealt with, but if it is a killing of the grass and roots, the Chinese immigrants will be difficult to handle, and the fate of the Chinese will be like ants.
&nbs――p; For example, in the 17th century, the Spanish colonizers in the Philippines carried out two massacres against the Chinese in the Philippines. The Chinese were helpless and became swords and fish, slaughtered by others, and about 50,000 Chinese immigrants died tragically under the butcher's knife of Spain.
Lin Daxin would not have given Spain a penny if it weren't for the fear of interference from foreign powers. He will directly use force to expel the Spaniards in the Philippines and avenge the tragic deaths of his ancestors.
However, now the four northeastern provinces are surrounded by the hungry wolf of Japan and the polar bear of Russia, and the United Kingdom and Italy are also hostile to Lin Daxin. The Philippines is still being eyed by the United States, so it is important to spend some money to occupy the Philippines first, as for Spain, it has to be cheaper first!
Almost all of these properties sold by Spanish immigrants in the Philippines were bought by Chinese people like Liu Achang in Manila at a very, very low price, allowing the Chinese in Manila to pick up a big bargain.
It is equivalent to Lin Daxin who has just obtained the control of the Philippines. It brought a great gift to the Chinese in the Philippines, so that the Filipino Chinese, who were already very happy, even supported the army under Lin Daxin to enter the Manila area.
The entire Philippines has a population of about 7 million people. Among them, there are more than 1.5 million Chinese and people of Chinese ancestry, and 5.5 million indigenous peoples such as Malays, Galu, Ilogo, Bangbanja, Vasaya and Bikol combined. And the more than 1.5 million Chinese in the Philippines are the foundation of Lin Daxin's rule in the Philippines.
Beginning on March 16, the Spanish troops in the Manila area handed over the defense area to the 15th Division of the Dingbei Army. It's March 20th. The entire defense area of Manila was already in the hands of the Second Division of the Dingbei Army, and the 12,000 regular troops formed by the Spaniards began to board ships and leave the Philippines, and according to the orders of the Spanish king, together with the Spanish fleet in the Philippines, went to Cuba to support the Spanish army in Cuba.
The original 15,000 Filipino indigenous servant army established by Spain in the Philippines was also left to Lin Daxin by the Spaniards. Lin Daxin scoffed at the fighting power of these indigenous armies in the Philippines, and he was not worried about these indigenous people. So Lin Daxin was ready to dismiss the 15,000 indigenous troops at the right time.
Because the secrecy is well done. It was not until the Dingbei Army landed in Manila and began to hand over to the Spanish colonial army that foreigners in Manila learned that Spain had sold the entire Philippines to Lin Daxin, who was known as the military strongman of the Far East in the Qing Dynasty.
The United States, which got the news, was immediately furious, they were ready for war against the Spanish colonies, and they were ready to pocket all of Spain's overseas colonies through the guò war, but they didn't expect that now a Lin Daxin would pop up and cut off Spain's Asian colony Philippines first!
Moreover, now that the United States has not declared war with Spain, Lin Daxin's purchase of the Philippines is reasonable and legal, and the United States has no reason not to recognize this colonial transfer agreement, which makes the Americans very aggrieved and angry.
And the commander of the Asian detachment in Hong Kong, Commodore George? Dewey, who was furious when he learned that the Philippines had been sold directly to Lin Daxin by Spain, came to Asia with a powerful fleet, and waited for the country to declare war with Spain, wave troops to the Philippines, annihilate Spain's fleet in the Philippines, and then cooperate with the army to occupy the entire Philippines and become the hero of the entire United States to expand its territory.
Now the beautiful plans have been broken by Lin Daxin, George? Dewey even wanted to directly attack Manila with the Asian squadron, but considering the strength of the Northeast Navy under Lin Daxin, George? Dewey held back the impulse in his heart, sighed helplessly, and prepared to leave Hong Kong and return to the Americas.
The Philippine liberation organization Catipunan, before Lin Daxin bought the Philippines, had already occupied most of the land in the Philippines, leaving only the Manila area because most of the Spanish garrison was concentrated in this area, and the army organized by Catipunan did not have the strength to expel the Spaniards in Manila.
Therefore, Aguinaldo, the leader of the Philippine Liberation Organization Catipurnan, has long been in contact with the Americans, and the Americans promised to help Aguinaldo drive out the Spaniards and let the Philippines establish a republic, and Aguinaldo will become the first president of the Philippines and realize the independence of the Philippines!
Of course, the Americans are just saying that in history, after the US Navy and Army captured Manila with the cooperation of the troops of the Philippine Liberation Organization, they betrayed their promises to the Philippine Liberation Organization, abandoned them and negotiated and surrendered with Spain alone, and forbade the troops of the Philippine Liberation Organization to enter Manila, and the US military enjoyed the fruits of victory alone.
Then the U.S. army began to attack other parts of the Philippines that had been liberated from the Spanish colonizers by the indigenous forces of the Philippine Liberation Organization (Filipino) Katipunan.
The Philippine liberation group, Catipunan, hoped that it would only be with the help of the Americans to expel the Spaniards, rather than change their masters. Their indigenous army began to rebel against American rule, and it took three years for the American army to completely crush the Philippine liberation organization Katipunam and the indigenous army it led.
Aguinaldo, the leader of the Philippine Liberation Organization Catipunan, wanted to get rid of the Spaniards and he would become emperor of the Philippines. But the Americans asked him to be president, not emperor, and Aguinaldo's perception that the president and the emperor were the same, so he was full of joy and waited for the arrival of the American army to help him become the emperor of the Philippines, oh. It's the president.
As a result, he suddenly learned that the Philippines had been bought by a Chinese from Spain, and he was furious. Representatives were sent into Manila to negotiate with Lin Daxin.
Lin Daxin met with some Chinese representatives in Manila at the Philippine Governor's Palace, which was established by the Spaniards, and these Chinese representatives brought a lot of supplies to the army. Welcome the Dingbei Army into Manila.
These Chinese representatives in Manila expressed great joy at Lin Daxin's entry into the Philippines. With Lin Daxin, a compatriot known as the military strongman of the Far East known by Westerners, to rule the Philippines, the Chinese in the Philippines will finally be able to avoid being bullied by colonizers and natives in the future.
It just so happened that at this time, a representative of the Philippine Liberation Organization Katipunan asked to meet Lin Daxin. When the Chinese delegates heard that the representative of Katipunan was coming, they immediately told Lin Daxin about the situation of the Philippine Liberation Organization Katipunan.
They told Lin Daxin that the Philippine Liberation Organization Katipunan was very barbaric to the Chinese, and they often demanded that the Chinese in the territory they occupied surrender a large amount of property to replenish the military resources of their army, and if the Chinese resisted slightly. What awaited the Chinese was a brutal massacre.
An elderly man in his 60s named Jin Fuchang is the largest grain merchant in Manila. is also the leader of the Chinese representatives in Manila, Jin Fuchang said to Lin Daxin: "Lin Dashuai! You don't know, these Filipino natives are very lazy, and we Chinese are very industrious, so many of our Chinese are richer than the aborigines, which makes the natives very greedy for the wealth of our Chinese. And the top leaders of the organization in Katipunan are all natives, they have killed a lot of Chinese in other parts of the Philippines for the wealth of our Chinese, and what makes people even more angry is that in these places occupied by the indigenous army of Katipnan, there are often Chinese women who are insulted by the natives! ”
Jin Fuchang paused for a moment and said seriously: "Lin Dashuai, it was the massacre of our Chinese in Spain hundreds of years ago, and it was mainly the hands of these natives, and our Chinese in the Philippines have a deep enmity with these natives!" Be careful, man! They're a bunch of man-eating wolves! ”
Lin Daxin's eyes flashed with a murderous aura, and he said to Jin Fuchang: "Jin Lao, don't worry! Since I, Lin Daxin, have come to the Philippines, I will no longer let the Chinese in the Philippines be bullied by any bullshit natives! ”
When the Chinese delegates left the Philippine Governor's Palace, Lin Daxin came to the Philippines with him, and Chen Ergou, the commander of the Guards Division, ordered: "Call the representative of the card and the south, and I'll see what they are going to do!" ”
After a while, Chen Ergou ordered the soldiers of the Guards Division to walk in with a black, thin native who was less than 1.6 meters tall.
"I am the representative of the great Philippine Liberation Organization Katipunan, and I am here to inform you on the orders of our leader Aguinaldo!" You Chinese must leave Manila immediately and hand over the entire Manila area to our great Philippine Liberation Organization, Catipunam, otherwise our 200,000-strong army in Catipunan will be bloodied in Manila! All the Chinese will be killed! ”
When Chen Ergou heard this, he was immediately furious, this indigenous person was too rampant, Chen Ergou walked over in a few steps, grabbed the collar of the indigenous representative with one hand, lifted him up, and shouted angrily: "You thin monkey, dare to talk to our handsome man like this!" I don't want to live anymore! ”
The native was lifted in the air by Chen Ergou, his arms and legs were constantly struggling, and he shouted in horror: "You Chinese said that the two armies will not fight each other!" ”
Chen Ergou said angrily: "I won't kill you, I'll beat you first!" ”
Lin Daxin was also made to laugh angrily by the arrogance of this indigenous representative, and said to Chen Ergou: "Hehe! Ergou, put him down! ”
Chen Ergou shook it and threw the indigenous representative to the ground, and after the indigenous representative got up from the ground, Lin Daxin sneered and said: "You go back and tell your leader who is what card and what south, I, Lin Daxin, spent 10 million pounds to buy the Philippines, and now the whole Philippines is mine!" You must disarm immediately, or I will completely wipe out the Northern Army, whether you have 200,000 or 300,000! ”
The indigenous representative rubbed his ached buttocks with his hands and said viciously: "Since you Chinese don't know each other, you just wait for our Katipunan army to attack Manila!" With that, the indigenous representative rubbed his ass and left the governor's palace. (To be continued......)