In Empress Duan's eyes, there is still half a year to go, is it necessary to wake the emperor up from bed in the middle of the night?

Jinyiwei is certainly active on his side, but when he goes to any government office in Beijing for two or three days, the time he earns from this positive effort is gone. However, she still underestimated the spiritual power instilled in his subordinates by His Majesty the Emperor, as well as the self-discipline of the Emperor himself.

After Zhu Cihong got the red box report, he didn't go back to bed and slept again, he got up directly in his clothes and started a whole day's work in advance. He knew that Xu Dian did not use the red box to deliver it simply to grab time, but to ensure the confidentiality of this news. Only when this information is truly kept secret will the emperor have more room to use it.

For example, make military preparations, wait for the tragedy of the massacre on Luzon Island to express "shock" and send troops to clean it up. In this way, the maximum degree of "righteousness" can be obtained, and it will not be affected by domestic noise. It can also be used to severely punish the Spaniards in Manila and take the initiative in international interactions.

However, from the analysis of historical facts in the past, every time the Spaniards premeditated the massacre, the death toll was between 20,000 and 30,000. Although these people lived in Luzon, in the era when there was no clear concept of nationality, they belonged to the Ming people both reasonably and legally.

They are also fathers, sons, and the same sons and daughters of China.

They went to Nanyang because they couldn't survive at home, not because they admired the foreign country and had the intention of treason.

The world is like a chess game, but is it really necessary to make the decision to abandon the child?

Zhu Cihong stared at the world Kunyu map on the wall in the study until dawn, and then asked Lu Suyao, who had been waiting by his side, to pass on Wu Fu and You Shiwei to see him. Now that the country is gradually transforming from a war system, it is necessary to listen to the opinions of the princes of the imperial court to start a foreign war again.

"Your Majesty, this reminds Lao Chen of Confucius's side of Mount Tai......" Wu Fu said.

Zhu Cihong understood.

Confucius passed by Mount Tai and saw a woman weeping in front of a new grave. After asking, I learned that there are tigers in Tarzan. Her father-in-law, husband, and son all died in the jaws of the tiger. So the question arises, why not move away? The answer is: there is no such thing as a harsh government.

This is the example of harsh government that is fiercer than a tiger.

At this time, the Chinese diaspora in Luzon had already experienced two mass murders, each time exceeding 2 or 30 percent of the total population. What does this percentage mean? It means that every survivor has relatives, friends, and old people who died in Tuhua. Such a painful experience, what is it that they experience once to be strong, and to experience it twice?

Are you saying that the imperial court is harsh and fiercer than Tu Hua?

Therefore, Wu Fu's position is very clear: since these expatriates themselves chose to stay in Luzon, they refused to return to the Ming Dynasty. It's completely okay to leave it alone. If Luzon had abundant property, it could have considered taking over the area to protect the diaspora, but Luzon really didn't have the property to get hold of.

Indeed, the current Luzon, like Taiwan before, has not yet promoted the cultivation of cash crops, but simply changed hands as a trading port. The limited plantations were only to solve the problem of catering for the Spanish garrison, and would not be paid attention to by the Ming Dynasty at all.

"What about Yudu's opinion?" Zhu Cihong asked You Shiweidao.

"I think," You Shiwei straightened up a little in his heart, "I'm afraid it's not beautiful for the heavenly soldiers to go now." If you wait for the north wind to rise next year. The Celestial Army is well prepared to go to Luzon to help the refugees, which will be even more popular. ”

This is also a matter of experience.

In the war of restoration after the national change, the Ming army fought in the north like a bamboo, and basically every county town would respond to the royal banner, and the people spontaneously offered the city and responded internally. However, in the process of expanding to the south, there were often chilling things such as the refusal of the magistrates to open the city and the refusal to let the soldiers into the city to rest.

This is because the South is still clinging to its previous prejudices. He believed that the officials and soldiers were like bandits, and they must not be allowed to enter the city and harm the people. And the north experienced after the Eastern Captives. found that no one could be worse, and of course he was willing to cooperate to earn a way to live.

Now the same is true of the Nanyang diaspora, no one knows why they are holding on to Luzon and refusing to return, and it is difficult to say whether there will be a situation of recognizing the thief as their father and resisting the Celestial Army. If they were to experience a human tragedy, and the Heavenly Army appeared as a rescuer, then naturally there would be no resistance.

Not to mention. If the Ming Dynasty had prematurely expressed the attitude of knowing about this, it would have been easy for the Spaniards to notice the layout of the Jinyi Wei in Luzon. They are not natives of the Southern Barbarians, and they are ignorant of spies under their noses.

"Slaughtering my people is a national enemy." Zhu Cihong listened to the opinions of the two, so he had to state his position and said: "Pretend not to know and let them kill, this." I can't do it. ”

Wu Fu sighed secretly, and said in his heart: Where is the crown prince who failed to achieve his goal and did not use any means to achieve his goal before? The city doesn't have any of that.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yong has asked for immigration to Shibian several times in Australia, why not recruit Chinese from Luzon?" Wu Fu proposed a détente to build yì.

As the governor of Australia, Yongwang Zhu Cizhi's biggest dream is, of course, to be rich and healthy under his rule. Ever since the discovery of several large reclamation areas in the southeast of Australia, he has constantly asked the imperial court to settle into the real border and completely occupy this rich and mysterious land of Australia. Based on the current productivity and land potential of Australia, there will be absolutely no problem in moving 100,000 people first.

What's more, there are many artesian springs in the grasslands of Australia, which are very suitable for animal husbandry. The sheep and rabbits brought by Daming can live well. Rabbits, in particular, have almost no natural predators and reproduce quickly, making them the main meat in Australia.

Sheep are threatened by thylacines and cannot be left to graze freely. Zhu Cizhi originally wanted to kill the thylacine, but he was reprimanded by the emperor, so he gave up.

Facing Wu Fu's construction, Zhu Cihong nodded: "That's fine, always give a chance to those who are willing to stay away from the land of right and wrong." The Chinese in Luzon settled down as the example of the Ming Dynasty and could not be treated harshly. ”

Wu Fu lowered his head and agreed, and he naturally reflected in his heart which yamen should be handed over to handle it.

"The Military Intelligence Department should increase intelligence collection in Luzon." Zhu Cihong said: "There is also a staff department, and the map must be reliable." From now on, the North Sea, the Taiwan Strait Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet must be in a state of combat readiness at all times, and can carry out strong attacks on Spanish ships and cut off their foreign aid. The General Staff immediately drew up a war plan. ”

"Yes!" You Shiwei was like a hot blood rush, and immediately agreed.

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Sabiniano also knew that the head of his court was secretly encouraging the natives. He had an in-depth conversation with the greedy president in the hope of stopping the undercurrent. However, as the military governor of Luzon, he could not interfere with the work of the magistrates and civil officials. When he sought the support of the mayor of Manila, he sadly found that the mayor was firmly on the side of the president.

"Honey, isn't it going well?" The Overseer's Lady is a devout Catholic. Every time, I waited in the front hall for my husband's return.

Sabiniano nodded and said, "I seem to have become the Rhodes of Sodom, and those greedy silverfish are not willing to make ten righteous people. ”

In the Bible, Jehovah is determined to destroy the cities of Miè because of the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham pleaded for mercy for them, and Jehovah agreed that there should only be ten righteous people in the city. Just spare the whole city. However, the two angels who were sent on a mission encountered only the righteous men of the Rhodes family, so the two cities were eventually destroyed by fire and brimstone by the Lord.

Sabiniano has been turning to Genesis 19 lately, even doubting that this is a sign that God has given him. In this sign, Sabiniano was naturally the only moral Rhodes, and Manila became the embodiment of Sodom, the City of Sin.

The Overseer's Lady looked frightened, tried to compose herself, and said, "My dear husband, perhaps you haven't noticed that you have compared the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom to our great master. ”

Sabinianno did not notice this detail. It doesn't matter to him.

What matters is the safety and survival of Manila.

"Maybe I should find an Abraham, lest the emperor beside me really come down with fire and brimstone to destroy the city." Sabinian Ano Road.

The lady was very angry with her husband's stubbornness, and she whispered the name of Mary in her mouth, and turned the rosary in her hand.

"Is there anyone in the city you can trust lately? Even if it's a Dutch beggar. Sabiniano walked into the living room and took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet, a high-end French product.

Madame watched as the blood-like red wine poured into the glass, leaving a blush on the glass, and the face of a handsome Germanic youth came to mind. Her body shuddered. Driving away the temptation from the devil, he said, "Recently a Germanic man has come from Macau. Get very close to several ladies with status. ”

"What does he do?" The Overseer was not at all worried about his wife. Because his wife was an old-fashioned woman, she had never bathed naked since she was born. Catholicism believed that touching the flesh with hands would produce lust, so believers with status bathed in tulle.

"He claimed to be a poet who owed money in Hamburg and was loaded onto a ship to Macau. However, some people say that he escaped to the ship on his own. Madame clasped her hands on her lower abdomen. Maintain perfect manners.

"Good." Mr. Overseer took a sip of red wine, "The Lord will bless him with a good tongue." ”

When the Germanic man, who claimed to be a poet, was brought to Sabiniano, his tongue was so knotted that it was so difficult to smooth it out that his Spanish sounded like a parrot learning to speak.

The Overseers met the poet in his office, watching him shiver at his desk. Occasionally, he mustered up the courage to throw two winks to seduce himself. It can be seen that the poet is very good at betraying hue. This may also be his ticket to the Far East.

"Otto, Otto? Braun. Sabiniano maintained his arrogance as a nobleman: "Have you ever seen how a good decent man should speak?" ”

"Yes, sir." The Germanic poet said: "I was a guest at the Earl's Court in Shaftesbury. ”

"That said," the Overseer looked at the poet with a little amusement, "you're having an affair with one of the earl's valets, aren't you?" ”

The psalmist felt that he should be angry, but when he saw the beautiful firebolt in the Overseer's hand, he bowed his head in understanding.

"There are a lot of people in Manila who want to prove that you are a eunuch." Overseer's Road.

The Germans did not hear the threat contained in these words, but instead smiled on their faces. He was sure that the ladies wouldn't think he was a eunuch.

"I don't think the gentlemen of Manila should be disgraced, but I don't want to get my hands dirty." The Overseer suppressed his anger and stood up with his handcuff in handcuff, "I have no reason to hate you, do I?" ”

"Indeed, Your Excellency." The poet hung his head.

"You're going to get a chance at redemption," the Overseer gestured with the musket in his hand, as if aiming at something, "to Peking." In the name of the Great King, pray for peace. ”

"Which king?" The poet was a little frightened.

"King of the Earth, King of Spain, Philip IV the Great." Sabiniano said with a slight mockery.

In the time of Philip IV, Spain was already on a downward slope and could even see the afterglow of the empire. However, the King of the Earth is his favorite title. It seems that he still controls the sun and never sets, and the empire controls the whole world. In fact, he couldn't even control his own viceroy of New Spain, let alone the more distant Philippine overseers.

Let a low-status homeless man pretend to be an envoy of the king, and if he really succeeds in deceiving the Ming emperor and can bring peace to Manila, then his little tricks will be recited as shrewd wisdom in high society. If this homeless man is exposed, he can be accused of being a fraudster, and then he will not hesitate to watch him hanged – or hang with his own hands – to appease the pride of the Ming Emperor.

If neither has been debunked. If the mission is not completed, then this Germanic man will most likely fall into the sea due to drunkenness, and no one will know about it.

Anyway, Manila is already sitting on the crater now, and no matter what you do, the result will not be worse, so why not take it easy?

Sabiniano pulled the trigger, and the ram clicked on the chopping board, failing to hit the spark because it didn't catch the flint.

September of the sixth year of Longjing. Before the north wind was about to rise, the Germans, without any certificates, stepped on the ship to Taiwan. His hair color and pupils easily led him to impersonate a Dutchman. Although the Dutch had just ended their war relations with the Ming Dynasty, the Ming did not exterminate the Dutch in view of the Dutch East India Company's positive attitude towards compensation.

Compared to the courtesy received by the Italians and the Portuguese, the Dutch only had three days to get a visa on arrival in Taiwan, and if they were denied, they had to leave the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, only the Spaniards, who have been excluded, arouse the hatred of the Chinese, which keeps Mr. Braun awake all night. There is no hope for the future.

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"He had the arrogance of an aristocracy, his hands and face were clean, and his body was smoked with spices, but his fingers showed no signs of holding a pen for a long time. This made me more convinced that he was a valet of the nobility, not a civil servant. "The young missionary after a few days of observation. Will it be about Otto? Braun's appraisal report was read to the head of the Taiwan Municipal Department of Shipping.

He was not here to preach, but to help the Chinese identify Europeans who tried to blend into the borders of the Ming Dynasty. This is also the content of the cooperation between the court and the Society of Jesus. In order to protect all kinds of information of the Ming Dynasty, the Jesuits could also use this to prevent the infiltration of the Dominicans.

The chief was about to pick up the round seal on his desk to express his refusal, when he was suddenly held down by the assistant behind him.

The young missionary was surprised. Since he arrived in Taiwan, he has never seen such a situation in which Chinese disrespect and inferiority have been made.

The assistant ignored the foreign friend's astonishment, and whispered, "He may be useful." ”

The prefect was well aware of the identity of this assistant, and without any insistence, Otto? Braun's entry application is placed in the "Pending" column.

This assistant is Jinyiwei's secret agent.

After Jinyiwei stepped out of the country, the biggest problem was race.

Fortunately, there was no concept of a nation-state in this era, and there were a large number of natives in Nanyang who were willing to work for the Ming Dynasty - as long as the Ming was willing to give real money. Europeans, who are relatively closer to civilized countries, have already had the germ of a state on the basis of their families, and unless they can win over the entire family to become allies of the Ming Dynasty, it will be difficult to find valuable collaborators.

Although the work of expanding the intelligence network has been slow, everything must be done in small increments, and we should not simply give up because of unsatisfactory progress.

This Otto? Braun is "a little bit".

The Tainan County police easily made an excuse and took the dazed Otto from the hostel? Braun. He faces charges of smuggling, attempted smuggling, and impersonating a public official to defraud the Ming government.

"I can swear to Jesus Christ that I am truly the messenger of Manila, the messenger of the Overseer Sabiniano." Otto? When Braun was taken to the torture chamber, he only glanced at the torture instruments covered in blood and rust, and then collapsed to the ground and cried loudly: "I swear. This is my truest identity! ”

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"Brother Zhang, those Westerners never thought that this kind of person would not be able to see the saint at all?"

"Brother Li, those people still think that I am like the Heavenly Empire and the Nanyang Zhuyi. Do you expect them to understand this? ”

The two prisoners chatted while packing up the torture tools. They didn't actually use corporal torture, but a simple mental pressure caused the young man who claimed to be an Overseer envoy to a complete breakdown. The man was probably ruined because of the collapse so completely, but his fate was not too complicated - he was either secretly executed or sent to work as a coolie in a mine.

But Otto? Brian's confession was accepted, and Jin Yiwei was sure that he had come for peace, even though it was Sabiniano's wishful thinking.

"Speaking of which, has Brother Zhang tried those Tessie women?" Li Qianhu lowered his voice: "I heard that there are a few from the city." ”

"I've tried it a long time ago, but I'm not really a Tessie." Zhang Qianhu pretended to be disdainful and said: "Actually, it's a Dutch and Japanese hybrid." These people can't stay in Japan, so they can only come to Taiwan to make a living, similar to the Taixi people. ”

"That's not interesting." Li Qianhu is interested in Shanshan.

"But it's really ...... Hey. Zhang Qianhu had a smile on his face.

The two were about to continue gossiping, when they suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

This is the black prison of Jinyiwei, no one will come when they are idle, once someone comes, the official hat will inevitably be bigger than the two thousand households.

"There is an order from the top to lead someone to commit Otto? Braun went to the prefect's yamen. "The person who came was dressed as a lieutenant and held a waist card, obviously an errand runner.

This kind of person can be more careful to deal with than a real boss. (To be continued......)