After hearing this, Felipe IV threw a piece of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty on the spot: "What qualifications does he, the Holy Emperor of the East, have to decide the sins of this king!"
”Clang.After the porcelain shattered, Felipe IV regained some of his senses and continued to ask: "Tell this king, what really happened in Manila?"
”"Our governor Catusi was informed by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom that he had ordered all the Ming people to be hanged, so the Ming sent a fleet to occupy Manila and kill the Spaniards in the whole of Luzon, including Manila!
There is not a single mouth left alive!
”The Spanish merchant replied."
Damn!
This is simply a great affront to my Spanish Empire!
A great disgrace to my Spanish Empire!
I, the Spaniards, have never suffered such insults at the hands of the Orientals!
”The great nobleman Juantu was furious at this time, and said to Felipe IV: "Your Majesty, we should send troops to teach these barbarians from the east a lesson!"
”"No!
We have just experienced the war with France, and now we should recuperate, and we must not start a new war, otherwise our country will collapse!
”Another nobleman, Diveck, said.Felipe IV couldn't help but say at this time: "But the problem now is that the fleet in the east has taken the initiative to come to the door, and there is no question of whether we are willing to start a war or not." ”"This is because there is a misunderstanding in it, and we can resolve it through negotiations!
What's more, we also need trade from the East. ”Divek replied.Felipe IV couldn't help but look at Duwick very seriously and asked, "They want to arrest this king, and they want to take this king to their capital to be tried and convicted!"
Do you mean that you are going to sacrifice this king and let him be judged by them?!
”"Your Majesty is angry, that's not what you mean!
In the following case, we can negotiate to get them to give up this demand. ”Divek replied.Most of the other nobles also agreed, agreeing to negotiate with the Holy Emperor's fleet from the east.Because they really don't want to pay huge taxes to wage war.I have to say that the Holy Emperor's fleet sent by Zhu Youxiao came at the right time, just when the whole of Europe was about to end the Thirty Years' War.Throughout the European continent, the forces of all sides have been greatly reduced because of the war.Moreover, there are great contradictions on all sides.So, although Felipe IV was furious, he also had to accept the advice of the nobles and chose to compromise with the Great Ming."
We have no intention of offending your country!
Our king regrets the massacre in Manila, and is willing to apologize for the incident and provide compensation, and in addition, without taking into account your country's behavior in Manila, can you ask your country to stop the army and resume trade between the two countries?
”The emissary sent by King Felipe IV of Spain, Divej, therefore came to Ceuta and spoke to Zhang Shouyao, the general of Zhenhai of the Ming Dynasty who had arrived here.After hearing this, Zhang Shouyao smiled faintly and said, "General Ben does not accept an apology!"
If you Spanish nobles want to keep Spain, you must honestly sacrifice your king, let them follow us to accept the condemnation, and sign the relevant compensation agreement and trade agreement with us, otherwise, the general can only lead his army and destroy your country!
”Diveck was very annoyed when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Why is your country so domineering!"
You blame our people for killing your people in Manila, do you think you should kill our people in Luzon?!
”"That's right!
That's how it should be!
Because they have been deprived of the right to life by the Holy Emperor!
They all deserve to die!
”Zhang Shouyao replied with a smile.Dewick couldn't help but stand up for a moment, glaring at Zhang Shouyao, but he couldn't say anything.He had to admit that these Orientals were really arrogant."
However, according to the Holy Emperor's instructions, your Kingdom of Spain can continue to exist, but you must take the initiative to sacrifice your king, accept the relevant compensation, and sign the relevant trade agreement!""
This is not harmful to you Spanish nobles, after signing the trade agreement, some of you nobles can become trading partners with Ming officials and merchants, and you can get a lot of commodity agency rights because of your status as a trade partner, you can process and package these goods into your own country's goods, and then use your country's commoners to support your own goods, and make a fortune!
You can even take advantage of this mentality and make more money by selling higher and applying for lower tax rates in your home country. ”Zhang Shouyao continued.After listening to Zhang Shouyao's words, Diwick was quite moved.Because after 30 years of war, the national ideas of European countries began to appear, so De Wick also believed that as long as he could get fashionable goods from the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and then package them, and sell them under the banner of revitalizing his own national products, he would definitely make a lot of money.But Dewick didn't agree directly, after all, if he wanted to cooperate with Daming, he had to betray the king.......
"Dispatch the fleet and prepare for battle!"
”After learning that the Ming insisted on punishing him, the Spanish king Felipe IV had to give up the illusion of making peace with the Ming and decided to face the Ming Emperor's fleet.Zhang Shouyao also knew that if it didn't take a war to let the Spanish ruling class know the power of the Ming Empire, these people would not easily sacrifice their king.Therefore, Zhang Shouyao has always been preparing for war against Spain.To this end, Zhang Shouyao also specially negotiated further cooperation with Portugal.The Ming Empire supported Portugal's independence, but Portugal needed to accept the convention of the basic global order drawn up by the Ming Dynasty, and jointly send troops to Spain with the Ming Empire on the grounds of the massacre of the Spanish king.Portugal accepted the invitation of the Ming Empire to cooperate and declared its acceptance of the basic global order stipulated by the Ming Empire.And in this basic order, the most important rule is not to kill civilians without permission.Because Portugal needs the practical interests of the state to support its independence, it took the initiative to admit that the killing of civilians is indeed not something that God wants to see, and is willing to send troops to conquer Spain with the Ming Dynasty.Therefore, Zhang Shouyao took advantage of the opportunity of cooperation with Portugal and adopted the method of advancing by land and water to attack Spain.Even, Zhang Shouyao also put the main attack on land warfare.Zhang Shoujiao personally led 6,000 officers and soldiers of the Daming Naval Division, 5,000 Korean soldiers, 5,000 Japanese soldiers, 3,000 Ryukyu soldiers, 1,000 Annam soldiers, and 5,000 soldiers and horses sent by the Ming clan vassal states such as Chongzhen and Hirado Kingdom, totaling more than 25,000 soldiers and horses, and 8,000 soldiers and horses dispatched by Portugal themselves, starting from Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, and advancing along the Tejo River, with the peak of troops pointing directly to Madrid, the capital of Spain.The rest of the officers and men of the Holy Emperor's fleet were led by Zhu Yujian, the chief instructor, into the Mediterranean Sea and advanced towards Barcelona, making a trend of directing the troops to the north.Spain was fooled, so they gathered a large number of main forces around Barcelona.7017k