Chapter 556: Ten Years of Lines, One Hundred Years of Pits
[Two million words, I didn't pay attention to it, I celebrate and applaud one, you are so good! 】
"Tome of Atonement? What is it? ”
Governor Lebandu looked at a piece of paper in his hand, the paper was very flexible and beautifully printed, in triplicate, each with a bright red seal.
The front of the paper was in Chinese, and the back was in Latin, and Rabando read it in a low voice.
"I would like to avenge the sins of the supreme Heaven of China, and may my dedication alleviate the sins I have committed in this land...... Isn't this ...... a book of indulgence? ”
Only then did the governor connect the medieval thing in his memory with what he had in hand.
"The army is not happy to see you Spaniards alive and sound, and to be honest I am not happy myself. If you have nothing, dragging your children and daughters with broken bowls, waiting miserably for our relief, it will greatly appease the discontent of the army. Naturally, this will also be a more reliable guarantee for the personal safety of you Spaniards."
Chen Xinghua, who came urgently from Bo Ni and helped with the aftermath, said unabashedly.
Rebandu reluctantly retorted: "This is a robbery ......"
Chen Xinghua shook his head: "This is repentance............ If you don't even have the slightest remorse, how can you trust the sincerity of your surrender? ”
He smiled again, and that smile was very hideous in Lebandu's eyes: "It's better polite than doing it directly, or even taking out a gold coin from a corpse."
Ritual ...... I really forgot that the Seris call their kingdom "the land of etiquette."
Lebandu secretly scolded himself, and at the same time made a final effort: "We Spaniards are all followers of Jesus, how can we repent to your heaven? What a blasphemy against our faith! ”
Chen Xinghua continued to "teach", and said: "Your church, your priests, have already blasphemed their faith, why should you care about this? ”
Then Chen Xinghua said impatiently: "One hundred pesos, everyone must buy one, regardless of men, women and children, do you want it?" If you don't want me, I'll call back to the governor."
Lei Bandu nodded without hesitation, yes, why not!? Do you really have to wait for someone to rob you directly?
Then he said hopefully, "Can I use real estate as collateral?" ”
Chen Xinghua sighed, and then took out another thing: "Everyone must sign this statement before they are eligible to buy the indulgence scroll." Those who do not buy the indulgence will be treated as prisoners of war ......"
What statement?
Lei Bandu took another piece of paper, and almost vomited blood when he saw it, it was a statement that he would take the initiative to give all the real estate to the Yinghua government.
It's really "civilized, robbers, the whole set of rules is ready."
Not only Manila, but also the Spaniards throughout Luzon had small colonies such as Vigan and Lasag, but those places, with just a small force in a circle, led the Spaniards back to Manila like cattle. The fleet was defeated, the castle of San Diego fell, and the Spaniards elsewhere had to wait with the Spaniards in Manila for the Anglo-Chinese disposition.
All Spaniards, get that treatment.
In this regard, Pan Shiyu and others still feel that it is very hypocritical, and they are so hypocritical to rob it...... It also cost a lot of silver to print these things, and it still uses Shaozhou bamboo paper!
Han Zaixing and others said, this is a clear crime, just its name, our China is a state of etiquette, and we have respected rules since ancient times. It doesn't matter if you rob people of foreign property, the church is a body of sin, and it is logical to confiscate all property, but if you want to rob people of their wealth, you have to give an explanation.
Jia Hao didn't get involved in their arguments, Li Yan had set too many policies in this matter, and the General Office and the Privy Council were in Zhang Luo, and he was just a rubber stamp. If you want to continue to trade with Spain, you have to pay attention to the aftermath. It doesn't matter how ruthless it is, the righteous name must be firmly occupied, at least it can't be dragged down by Europa's Xiao Xie.
Of course, it is not only for the sake of argument or fame, but also to dispel the morale of the Spaniards, so that they no longer feel that they are mere victims, and also to dispel the resentment of the troops.
The looting of more than a million taels of silver from nearly 20,000 Spaniards was far from being able to dispel the resentment of the troops, and this was only the beginning.
The next step was the court-martial, and the ordinary prisoners of war were naturally not sinners, but the soldiers and officers who participated in the massacre of the Chinese, as well as the priests who participated in the decision-making, were capital crimes. In addition to the archbishop and dozens of other people who were to be taken back to China as "propaganda materials, the first offenders who continued to be tried for half of the time, the others were executed on the spot." ,
For more than ten days in a row, under the castle of Santiago, by the Pasig River, a neat row of gunshots rang out every day, or dozens, or hundreds, thirteen days, and a total of 1,262 people were shot. Almost sixty percent of the Spanish people in Manila, thirty percent of the soldiers, and nearly two percent of the men died by the river.
The Holy See of this era, later generations of Spanish nationalists called the Pasig River Massacre, as a powerful black material for denouncing the hegemony of Chinese imperialism with a long historical tradition, but 1,662 dossiers clearly prove that it was these people who planned and carried out the bloody tragedy that led to the death of 16,000 Chinese in Manila.
Opponents argued: "Most of the Chinese who were killed were in the service of Spain, and were enemies of the Cretaceous people, and how can it be considered a crime to kill them as well as to kill those natives?" ”
Lebandu, Juan and Gonzalez wept blood and cried the same meaning, and Jia Hao's refutation also became the teaching of the chalk people in later generations, and the other party's famous words: "They are Chinese, and they were slaughtered by you because of this." Even though these people are our enemies, we must also do justice for them! Justice that belongs to the people of the Creceous country! ”
Of course, most of the Chinese people in later generations are not very clear about this "tragedy" because they have no crazy thoughts about the "Pasig River, which was renamed Haojiang as early as September of the third year of the Holy Road, which is a manuscript reward that Jia Hao deserves, and at the same time, the city of Santiago was renamed Fengyun Castle to commemorate the three Fengyun cannons who made great contributions. Manila, on the other hand, was renamed Pulin, using the old name of "Pu Lilu" in the Song Dynasty's "Zhufan Zhi".
Yinghua changed its name this time, and the intention of annexing Luzon was also revealed. Lebandu even began to recur, threatening Chen Xinghua (of course he did not threaten Jia Hao) that if he forced people too much, even the king would not be able to suppress the domestic opposition, let alone keep the galleon trade, maybe Spain would start a full-scale war against the Cretaceous countries.
Chen Xinghua said, then let's talk about the new trade details, Lei Bandu immediately forgot what he just said, and said okay repeatedly.
King? Who cares, the province of Mexico is separated from the king by the ocean, Luzon and Gossigo are separated by the ocean, and it takes two years to get a message back and forth, so it's more realistic...
Chen Xinghua took out a plan, and the corners of Lei Bandu's mouth twitched.
First of all, Luzon naturally no longer belongs to Spain, and the Spaniards can stay as far as they want, and follow the example of the Portuguese. Of course, the Spaniards were subject to strict regulation before signing a treaty similar to the Lisbon Agreement with the Kingdom of Spain.
Secondly, although the galleon trade could be retained, the Spaniards had to accept the supervision of the Anglo-Chinese customs, and at the same time could only trade with designated companies. However, Chen Xinghua assured that the price of goods would not be much higher than before, and that the profits of the galleon trade in the past were still five or six times that of the Spaniards.
These two Lebando were mentally prepared, and even the second was good news, but the third made his heart tremble. The Cretaceous demanded reciprocal trade, and as many ships as the Spaniards came, the Cretaceous people went as many ships.
Lebandu laughed and said, "Based on the trade principles of the kingdom, this third is probably impossible...",
At this time, the countries of Europa believed in mercantilism. There were several periods of mercantilism, which was in the later stages of "selling more and buying less", that is, the pursuit of trade surpluses. The core idea is to hold as much precious metal currency as possible in your hands, and precious metal currency is wealth.
Later generations compared it with the American self-reliant traderitarianism, saying that it was conservative and backward, but did not pay attention to the historical background of mercantilism. This is an era of rapid economic take-off, but also an era when the government credit system is far from perfect, if anyone does not have abundant precious metal currency, who will be difficult to support a complete economic system, to cope with the rapid growth of the economy. 【,】
Spain, though weakened, was also guided by mercantilism in its economic state, and would never allow the Cretaceous to go to Mexico, because the Cretaceous only traded gold and silver.
Chen Xinghua also knew this, and he smiled: "You can count the ship of the Creceous people as your ship, originally your galleon was made by the Creceous State." I also said, follow the principle of reciprocity, as many as you come, we will go, buy and sell the same goods. ”,
This idea made Lebandu suddenly enlightened, but he still shook his head: "It's impossible, it's too much." Moreover, the king will not allow it. ”
He already understood the essence of this request, and the Cretaceous wanted to share the profits of this trade route equally, so he said that it was too much. At the same time, the king still could not let go of this opening.
Chen Xinghua said leisurely: "How much can be discussed, but if you can only come, we can't go, this trade route, we would rather not." ”
Saying this, Chen Xinghua's heart was hanging, and the emperor's point was still in his ears, "The galleon trade is one of the lifelines of my Yinghua for at least ten years, and before the establishment of national credit and the implementation of a new monetary system, we have to rely on this trade line for blood transfusion."
,【2】
When Chen Xinghua asked Li Shi what to do if the Spaniards really broke this line, the emperor replied: "If they want to break it, we will go to the Americas and let them open the door!" ”
Chen Xinghua dared to swear to the sky, and when the emperor said this, his expression didn't look like he was completely joking.
And at this moment, he also put on a face that was definitely not a joke, which made Lei Bandu silent.
After a long time, Lebando said: "If it is a boat every year, I think the Mexican side will still help smooth it out and not let the kingdom notice." ”
This has stepped on the bottom line mentioned by the emperor, and at the same time touched the bottom line of the other party, but Chen Xinghua did not give up, and said straightly: "Half to half!" That's how you report to Mexico. ”
Lebando no longer insisted, anyway, he was only a preliminary bargain, and it was the Mexican authorities who made the final decision. But he was a little curious, although the Tianjun trade route was lucrative, it was a trek of thousands of miles, and the Cretaceous people could sell things at home, so why bother to earn this death money like their Spaniards?
Chen Xinghua blinked, as if he was very reluctant to penetrate the bottom: "This is His Majesty the Emperor's private affairs...
Lebandu suddenly sighed, it turned out that the emperor of the Creceous Kingdom wanted to make extra money, just like the Spanish royal family wanted to monopolize this trade route.
Looking at the "I understand" written on Lei Bandu's face, Chen Xinghua said in his heart, I don't understand why the emperor insisted that the people of the Chinese Creature go directly to Mexico to trade, and the emperor is not short of money. Compared with the rich, the emperor is only private property, and I am afraid that he is already the first in the country. It seems that the folk reviews are indeed reliable, the emperor really loves money, fortunately, the emperor did not collect money by oppressing the countrymen after all.
As a business person, Chen Xinghua did not know that the galleon trade line was the ten-year lifeline in Li Xi's plan, while the people of the China Creature were familiar with the Americas, but it was the century-old lifeline in Li Xi's plan.
Chen Xinghua and Lebandu's negotiation is still a long way from the "Pulin Agreement" reached between Anglo-Chinese and Spain, but the bottom line of each other has been drawn in the negotiation between the two. With a tentative consensus, the Spaniards finally calmed down and began to wait for a response from the colonial authorities, thousands of miles away, and even from the Kingdom of Spain, on the other side of the world.
Of course, this long wait can only be spent in a humble concentration camp...... )
It is based on this idea that the Britons arranged their own colonial system to support his empire on which the sun never sets. The rise of the United States in later generations was due to the fact that after the industrial revolution, all aspects of technology, especially financial theory and technology, had become quite mature, and it was also in order to resist the mercantilist economic system, so it pursued self-chalky trade. Any theory or doctrine is a product of history, not a theory or doctrine that guides history. 】
[Not based on the "Spanish Latin America" lion coin of numismatic collectors, it is estimated that a 1/4 lil "lion coin" weighs 0.845 grams and has a fineness of 89.6%, which is roughly equivalent to 0.02 taels of silver. One Spanish peso is equal to eight liels (some sources confuse Lille Read with pesos), and one peso is roughly equal to 0.6-4 taels of silver. The Spanish crown set an annual trade volume of only two or three hundred thousand pesos for the galleons, but the colonial authorities actually went their own way, reaching 100 to 3 million pesos a year in the 17th century.
According to Quan Hansheng's statistics, from 1565 to 1815, 400 million pesos of silver flowed into Manila from the Americas, more than half of which went to the Creceous Kingdom. 】