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Body 266 [Spanish, Portuguese and British]

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    Macau, Governor's Mansion.

    More than ten years ago, this place was still a fort.

    At that time, the Spanish king jointly ruled Portugal, and the Portuguese in Macau never recognized it.  The king of Spain sent the first governor, which not only detonated the conflicts between the two countries, but also detonated the conflicts between the mainland and the colonies, and then detonated the factional conflicts within the Catholic Church.

    ?Three contradictions superimposed, Macao MPs united with Jesuits to stage a coup to expel the Governor.

    ?The first Governor of Portugal and Macau suppressed it by force and occupied the fort of the Jesuits, which was directly converted into the Governor's Palace of Portugal and Macau.

    "Your Excellency the Governor!"

    The adjutant said anxiously: "The envoy we sent to Guangzhou was expelled back by Zhao, the rebel leader of the Ming Dynasty. Zhao threatened that His Excellency the Governor must go to Guangzhou to negotiate in person, otherwise he would starve to death the Portuguese in Magang."

    Paulo Shi, the sixth Governor of Portugal and Macau, his full name is: D. Sebastian Loboda Silveira.

    This guy just came to Macau two months ago, before his butt was hot, Macau was deprived of food for 20 days.

    Shi Paulo asked: "How long will there be enough food?"

    "At most half a month." The adjutant replied.

    Shi Paulo asked again: "This rebel leader Zhao, have you found out more information?"

    The adjutant took out a handwritten material: "Zhao's full name is Zhao Han, and he was given the title of 'Heavenly King' when he rebelled. Heavenly King is the king of heaven"

    "Wait," Shi Paulo interrupted, "is this man religious?"

    "No, no, no," the adjutant explained, "The heaven of the Ming Dynasty is not a paradise for Catholics. The supreme ruler is called the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor is equivalent to the emperor of heaven, and the king of heaven is the king of heaven."

    Paul Shi suddenly realized: "I understand the difference between the Roman emperor and the Spanish king. This Zhao is a Taoist believer. He launched a rebellion and wanted to establish a Taoist country, which is very detrimental to us. Fanatic religious elements, he  Will expel European missionaries and destroy our churches and hospitals."

    The adjutant has only been in Macau for two months, and he said confusedly: "But I heard from the Macau Council of Elders (Parliament) that there are very few religious fanatics in Ming Dynasty, maybe things are not as bad as imagined."

    "This Zhao must be a fanatic of Taoism," Shi Baoluo said, "Daming is a powerful country, and only religious fanatics can quickly rebel and grow. I heard that he is about to completely occupy Guangdong Where is the map?"

    The adjutant brought a map of the world. Japan and North Korea were marked in more detail, and the few coastal provinces of Ming Dynasty were also more detailed.

    But for the inland provinces, only a rough outline is drawn.

    "Jiangxi is here. They have reached Guangdong and are still attacking Huguang," Shi Baoluo said. "This is a very powerful rebel force. Maybe we can help the Ming Dynasty. As long as the rebel army is wiped out, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will surely  It will pay off and we will get more benefits."

    "No, no, no," the adjutant said anxiously, "Your Excellency, Da Ming is about to die. I heard from the elders that there are rebels in the north of Da Ming, and they are powerless to quell the rebellion in the south. In the next few years, even decades,  Guangdong will be under the rule of Zhao, and we must cooperate with Zhao. It won¡¯t even take that long, and the Spanish and Portuguese in Magang will starve to death in one month without food.¡±

    "But he has no sincerity and refuses to meet my envoy." Paul Shi was very angry.

    The adjutant suggested: "Your Excellency Governor, I think you should go to Guangzhou yourself."

    "No, I can't go," Shi Paulo slapped the table and said, "That's a Taoist fanatic, and I'm a devout Catholic, he might kill me in Guangzhou! I want to transfer troops, I want to transfer troops from the Philippines,  I want to take down Canton. This is just a rebel army, and it is certainly no match for the Spanish warriors."

    The adjutant reminded: "Your Excellency, you have no right to deploy troops in the Philippines. You can only mobilize the Magang Guard and the Ming (China) Japan Trade Fleet. Moreover, these troops may not obey orders."

    There are a total of 300 Magang guards, 100 Portuguese and Macao soldiers, and 200 Spanish and Filipino soldiers.

    Especially those Macau soldiers are all Portuguese born and raised in Macau.  Their relationship with Portugal is relatively indifferent, not to mention the governor sent by the Spanish king.

    Now two-thirds of the armed forces in Macau come from the Philippines, the purpose is to suppress the Portuguese rebellion!

    "Boom boom boom!"

    "Please come in."

    A Portuguese-Macau congressman walked into the governor's office, took out a council document and said: "Your Excellency, please leave for Guangzhou immediately, and you must bring three members of the council with you. Otherwise, the council will guide the cityGuangzhou, the greatest city in the Ming Dynasty.  I thought, this is an opportunity, I must contact Zhao, otherwise I can only return empty.  Damn Portuguese!  "

    "Zhao is very young, God, he can speak English. Although his broken English seems to be taught by a farmer in the countryside, he can barely communicate."

    "Zhao told me that my understanding of the Ming Dynasty was too biased, like arriving at a port in England and thinking that I knew the whole of Britain. Perhaps, this is true. Zhao and his rebels are like other Chinese people I have seen.  People are different."

    "In my long-term contact, the Ming people, or the Chinese, are xenophobic, cowardly, greedy, and superstitious. They can break out a peasant war in order to fight for a cemetery. They don't contact foreigners and let them lead the way  , always asking for a lot of silver coinsAfter Zhao came, he slowly began to change. Officials did not dare to ask for bribes anymore, at least on the surface, they secretly asked for silver coins without telling Zhao."

    "Zhao said that he would deal with these corrupt officials. He invited me to dinner, and the dishes were not extravagant, which is different from other wealthy Chinese"

    "But it's a pity that Zhao, such an excellent young man, actually eats with chopsticks like other Chinese people. Some of them hold the bowl, and some put the bowl on the table, just like a pig digging in a trough. I  It is totally unacceptable that many Chinese people wear luxurious silk and use exquisite porcelain, but eat like pigs. My good yearning for Chinese people is shattered because of their way of eating"

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