About eight years ago, Zhao Ming defeated the Spaniards and recovered Luzon, which caused the Spaniards to lose the bridgehead of Far Eastern trade and dealt a huge blow to the entire Spanish Empire.This was a source of resentment for the Spanish Empire, especially for the Viceroy of New Spain.In the seventeenth century, the largest empire in the world was not the Ming Dynasty or Tsarist Russia, but the old hegemon of the Spanish Empire.Although the Dutch Revolution and the Thirty Years' War of the Reformation caused the decline of the Spanish Empire, the strength of the Spanish Empire is still very strong, especially in the Americas, which can be said to be a dominant power.At this time, from 1521, when the Spaniards defeated the Aztec Empire and occupied Mexico, nearly 150 years later, Spain had occupied the vast majority of Central and South America.The Spaniards in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, numbering as many as five or six hundred thousand, controlled millions of natives, and more than 100,000 black slaves.During the same period, the Portuguese colonized the Americas at the same time as Spain, there were less than 70,000, while Britain, France, and the Netherlands, which had just landed in North America, combined were less than 100,000.The Ming Dynasty, as a new force that had only recently landed in the New World, had less than 3,000 people left in the New World.This cannot be compared with Spain at all, and even the strength of Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries in the New World is stronger than the Ming Dynasty.At this time, the Viceroy of New Spain, which can be said to be the absolute hegemon of the New World, occupied most of Central and South America, and all countries could only avoid Spain's territory and go to those places where there were no silver mines and gold mines, and the Spaniards did not look at them.Originally, the Spaniards mined silver in the Americas, then transported the silver to Luzon to buy Chinese goods, and finally shipped the goods back to Europe, forming a complete trade chain.However, due to the revival of the Ming Empire, this trade chain was greatly affected.Previously, the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty was mainly private smuggling, and merchants needed to send goods to the sea and even transport them to Luzon for trading.The Ming Dynasty government did not have the right to speak on trade, and the vast majority of the profits from trade were earned by Westerners.After the Ming Dynasty gradually grasped the right to speak in trade, the Spaniards were suppressed in trade, especially after Zhao Ming implemented the silver dollar settlement, which caused the Spaniards to suffer great losses.In the past, Spain shipped silver, and one tael of silver bought goods for one tael of silver, but now the Spaniards, after transporting silver to the Ming Dynasty, need to be exchanged for silver dollars first.The profiteers of the Ming Dynasty, whenever they learned that the Spanish silver ships were about to dock, the various silver banks, money banks, and chambers of commerce tightened the silver base, reducing the circulation of silver dollars in the world, resulting in a shortage of money in the market.In this way, when the Spaniards' silver ships docked and wanted to exchange silver dollars, the original exchange of one tael of silver for one silver dollar rose to one tael and five pieces of silver, or even two taels of silver, before it could be exchanged for one silver dollar.The Ming Dynasty stipulated that silver and gold could not be directly circulated in the market, and foreign trade settlements must be settled with silver dollars.The merchant ships of the Spaniards arrived in Daming, and they could not be consumed for a long time, and once the monsoon passed, sometimes they could only wait for another year, and the fleet could not afford to consume, so they could only exchange silver dollars at a high price, and then go to purchase goods.The profiteers of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the official silver number, have long figured out the time when Spain and the merchant ships of Western countries came to the Ming Dynasty.This time is actually very easy to grasp, because in the era of sail warships, ships sailed mainly by the monsoon, and the silver could judge the arrival time of Western merchant ships as long as it was based on the monsoon season, and then manipulate the silver price in advance.In this way, every time a Western merchant ship came, the price of silver fell, and it was almost the norm to exchange one or two or five dollars for one yuan, and as soon as the Western merchant ship left, the silver price slowly returned to its normal level.After such manipulation, the Western colonizers soon discovered that the vast majority of the profits from their trade were made by the profiteers of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not take any risks.After a few times, Spain and other countries felt a little boring, but the goods and the right to speak were in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, but they had no choice but to become a wage earner of the Ming Dynasty.However, in recent years, the situation has gradually changed, one is that the handicraft industry in Britain, France, Denmark and other countries began to develop, and Spain has a new purchase channel, and the other is that Spain in order to get rid of its dependence on the Ming Dynasty, it also began to establish handicraft workshops in New Spain to imitate Ming Dynasty products, so that Spain gradually decoupled from the Ming Dynasty economically, and did not want to be exploited by the Ming Dynasty in trade.Spain was far away from the Ming Dynasty, and although Spain resented Luzon and the contradictions over trade, it was able to give up.Now, the Spaniards did not go to find trouble with the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty sent people to the Americas and sent them to the door, how could the Spaniards endure it.After more than 100 years of development, Mexico City, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, has become a city with a population of 70,000 or 80,000 people, and many European buildings have been built.The city has settlements, workshops and, essentially, a Catholic church.At this time, the governor's residence, Gary Charles, the governor of New Spain, was listening to the captain's report returning from near Vancouver."
Your Excellency, Commander Ross has found out that the stronghold of the Chinese should be here!"
The captain pointed to the map.Gary Charles glanced at the map, and the area was a bay, and if the Chinese were allowed to develop, they would soon establish one stronghold after another on the west coast, thus threatening the colonies of the empire.Gary Charles said in a deep voice: "The Chinese have seized the Philippines of the empire, and they actually want to get involved in the New World.This group of damned yellow-skinned monkeys, heretics, will become a threat to the Empire's domination of the New World, and even to the entire Christian world.The empire must eradicate the Chinese, let Count Sofitel, lead the fleet, and immediately go to destroy them. ”The Yiming official was a little worried: "Your Excellency, will this make the relationship between the empire and China completely deteriorate and affect trade?"
”Gary Charles shook his head, "It doesn't matter.Now trade with China, and the empire will not be able to gain much.The Chinese have expanded too strongly, and their fleets have reached India, the Ottomans, East Africa, and now the New World.This is not only a threat to the Empire, but I think it is also a threat to the entire Catholic world.God's people should unite and wage a holy war against the infidels. ”Charles ordered in a deep voice: "Send people to contact the British, the French and the Netherlands, the empire hopes to reach a consensus on the issue of the New World and the Chinese, and no country can trade with the Chinese in the New World."
In addition, posting the disparity, telling the barbaric natives that if they peeled off a Chinese's scalp, they could be rewarded with twenty silver coins. ”(ask for a commuter pass, recommend, subscribe) ()