After listening to Xiao Ruxun's words, Ricci cursed in his heart.
They could not send out troops, but who didn't know how to play dirty tricks? There were too many ways to bring down a regime. If you did not allow merchant ships to do business in the Philippines for three months, they would take the initiative to escape. Then, they would not be able to survive. They were not only afraid of your soldiers, they were also afraid of your methods!
"General naturally has ways to punish those Spaniards other than military means. After the bishop and I explained to them the severity of the situation, they agreed with our point of view. In order to maintain a good relationship with General Xiao, they are willing to accept your conditions and take the initiative to cooperate. They will also send people to apologize to you and send gifts of apology."
Xiao Ruxun raised his eyebrows.
"There is an apology gift? Oh, they are quite willing to spend money. It seems that the spice business in Luzon has made a lot of money! Gifts that can satisfy me are not cheap. Can they afford it? "
"As long as they can do it and what General Xiao needs, they are willing to prepare and give it to General Xiao as a token of their apology."
Ricci also understood in his heart that this time, the governor was scared and did not dare to make any more roundabout moves. He directly suppressed the opinions of the military opposition and reached an agreement with the church and the civil officials to send the Chinese out of the country. In order to prevent Xiao Ruxun from finding other excuses to attack the Philippines, he took the initiative to apologize and stop Xiao Ruxun from turning his back on them.
Although this group of people who were proficient in political struggles expressed themselves differently from the Chinese, civilized countries all over the world understood that if you want to incriminate someone, you can always find a pretext. Otherwise, the United States would not hold an unknown object in a test tube and insist that it was evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Who knew what was inside? Maybe it was simple laundry detergent.
Once the decision was made to go to war, even if an American ant was trampled to death by the Iraqis, it could be used as an excuse to start a war.
However, if you were to turn your back on them after accepting the gift, compensation, and apology, then your table manners would be a little too ugly, and international public opinion would torment you to death.
However, the Spaniard did not seem to understand the political environment around the region he was in, nor did he understand how the status and mentality of China's Celestial Empire was formed.
If I say it's right, then it's right. If I say it's wrong, then it's wrong. Only I can say it. Shut up! Wait for my arbitration!
This was the external strategy of the Celestial Empire.
This was also Xiao Ruxun's external strategy.
Xiao Ruxun was not afraid of Spain at all. Even if their Invincible Fleet came, Xiao Ruxun was confident that he could fight them head-on at sea.
I'm not even afraid of your family, so why would I be afraid of a little wife like you?
This was Xiao Ruxun's mentality. The so-called excuse to start a war was just a thought of by Xiao Ruxun. If both sides shed all pretenses of cordiality and started a war, the Chinese would be the natural hostages. Xiao Ruxun could not ignore the lives of tens of thousands of people and could not guarantee that he could save them when he started a war. He could only bluff Ricci and the Catholic Church to help him get the people back.
"Alright, I got it. You've done well to get the tens of thousands of Hans back for me. I'm very grateful to you. After I get the Hans back, I'll allow you to preach in Myanmar."
This was Xiao Ruxun's explanation.
Ricci was overjoyed and thanked him profusely: "Thank you so much! General Xiao! Your existence is the fortune of the people of the East. You're their gospel! After they experience the gospel of the Lord, they will definitely thank you! You will become a famous figure in the world! "
Xiao Ruxun smiled and declined, showing his modesty.
After Ricci went back in ecstasy to report the news, Xiao Ruxun turned around and sneered as she watched his agitated back.
The gospel of the Lord?
The people who died because of the Crusades and the people who died because of the Inquisition all laughed.
When a bewitching tool of governance lost its effective restraint, it was very likely that it would use its bewitchment to override its former master. This kind of counterattack was not uncommon in history. From China's Confucianism to Europe's Catholicism to the Middle East's Green Religion, how many such lessons were there?
The tool of governance was not scary. What was scary was the bewitching and brainwashing effect. All the famous religions were once supported by the government to become the state religion. Their purpose was only to fool the people and make it easier for them to rule. However, those governments and emperors would never think that their tools would stab them in the back and stand on their heads.
From this point of view, Daming's death was not worth it. On the other hand, because the Manchurian Qing had never come into contact with it, they did not understand it. At the beginning, they killed like hotheads, killing those shameless people until they were completely terrified. Only then did they realize their role.
Therefore, they quickly stopped the slaughter and turned around to make use of it. As a result, the shameless people all hugged the thighs of the Manchurian Qing. Unknowingly, this method had the effect of stabbing a knife and giving a sweet date, creating an entire class of Stockholm Syndrome.
This knife was very deep, so the shameless people were very obedient in the Manchurian Qing Dynasty and obediently became the tool of governance. When Emperor Chong Zhen met his former enemies in the underworld, he did not know whether to cry or laugh.
Xiao Ruxun never intended to allow Christianity to spread in Daming. The reason why he agreed to Ricci's request so easily was that there was a deeper trap waiting for Ricci to walk.
Myanmar was not only made up of Han people. The total number of Han people was less than 1.5 million. Further west, in a large area in the western border of Myanmar and the eastern part of Bangladesh, there were more than 2 million Myanmar aborigines. Their population was even more than the Han people. If it was not for Xiao Ruxun's absolute power and illustrious reputation, it was really hard to guarantee that these people would not turn around and rob the wealth of the Han people.
These years, Xiao Ruxun used military force to restrict them and then recruited able-bodied men to do mining and other things to suppress their internal growth. They had to do this. After seeing that the Han people occupied their original land and developed a very rich city, they were quite dissatisfied with Xiao Ruxun's previous arrangements. However, they did not dare to act rashly because of the power of the Ming Army.
When Xiao Ruxun was worried that he did not have a reason to deal with them, Ricci came into his sight.
If he did not make use of such a good scapegoat, it would be really unfair to himself and to Daming. If he did not let this scapegoat and those missionaries divide and disintegrate the internal affairs of the aborigines, once they twisted into a rope and rebelled, it would be really difficult for Xiao Ruxun to deal with the military force in his hands.
It was not easy for Myanmar to develop to what it was today. This was his private territory and he would not allow anyone to touch or destroy it. This was the only thing that Xiao Ruxun was sure of.
As for Ricci, he was also very easy to fool. These years, Ricci had been tricked by Xiao Ruxun many times and he had always enjoyed it. He was silly and such a chess piece should be used well.
He had even thought of a reason.
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