Marin remembers that it seemed that it was not until around 1565 that the Spanish sent troops to occupy the Philippines, a "borderland". The Spanish were not without basis. Their legal basis was that although the Treaty of Todd Silas stipulated the "Police Meridian", it did not stipulate the dividing line in the eastern hemisphere.
After Magellan's global sailing proved that the earth was round, the two sides did not immediately determine the dividing line of the "reverse of the earth" in the lower eastern hemisphere.
Therefore, later the Spaniards used this as an excuse to refute the debt, and used the reason that the dividing line in the eastern hemisphere was not determined as a reason, forcibly occupying the Philippines, and put forward the shameless statement that the dividing line in the eastern hemisphere was bounded by the western side of the Philippines, which made the Portuguese people very angry. However, they could not refute...
There is no way. When the Treaty of Todd Silas was signed, neither the Spaniards nor the Portuguese knew that the earth was round, so they did not determine the sea route to the eastern hemisphere. Later, the Spaniards were cheating on this point, and the Portuguese had no choice. Because, according to the "Police Meridian" stipulated in the Treaty of Todd Silas, the east of the meridian will return to Portugal. The west of the meridian will return to Spain... And the Philippines, if the Pope Meridian will continue to go west, it can be reached...
Of course, this refers to the original historical situation. And this time and space have undergone tremendous changes due to Marin's travel. Spain, which originally occupied the Americas, gave up the Americas under the deception of Marin, and instead competed with Portugal for half of the Indian spice trade. Then, the original Treaty of Todd Silas was also abolished.
Afterwards, the African coast, countries in western Asia, India, Malacca, and the Ming Empire were clearly classified as the "territories" of the Portuguese. However, except for the Malacca region, which was clearly a Portuguese colony, several other countries and regions did not clearly belong to which country.
It was precisely based on this that Spain exploited the loopholes in the treaty and at Marin's suggestion, it sent troops to occupy the Spice Islands. But Marin did not expect that Spain, which had occupied the Spice Islands, was not satisfied. She also wanted to establish a country based on the Spice Islands and seek to obtain the qualification to trade tribute to the Ming Dynasty...
While Marin was in a big fire and stabbed Spain in the back, he suddenly realized that it seemed that the Southeast Asian region had no right to belong except for the Spice Islands in the treaty, but the Philippines also had no right to belong...
At that time, when the Rome Treaty was signed, except Marin, others did not know the existence of the Spice Islands and the Philippines. Therefore, the treaty naturally did not stipulate the ownership of these areas. Marin did this on purpose because, at this time, other countries in Australia did not know. If they did not clearly point out the location of Australia, Marin sent people to occupy and control Australia, no one could say anything.
Unexpectedly, the unintentional action at that time actually prevented the Philippines from being included in the treaty provisions. In this way, it is very operational...
In fact, Marin considered notifying the Portuguese to occupy the Philippines and cut off Spain's hope of occupying the Philippines. After all, it is understandable that Portugal, which originally had the entire eastern hemisphere as a treaty, seized the Philippines region, and Spain was not good at saying anything. After all, Spain has already taken a huge advantage in being able to get half of India's trade rights. If they fight for the Philippines, it would be fine if they took action before Portugal. If the Portuguese took action first, Spain would not have the same face to grab it. After all, it was still the 16th century and Europeans still had to be more shameful.
Just like the French later stealing Chinese porcelain technology and Venetian glass mirror technology, they actually happened during the reign of the Sun King Louis XIV, who did not take a bath. Because, from the late 17th century when Louis XIV ruled France, Europeans gradually lost their shame and began to use all their best. By the 18th century, Europeans' shame was completely abandoned, and everyone started to compete with each other, who had no moral integrity...
In this era, influenced by the medieval era, the nobles also paid more attention to chivalrous spirit. For example, Maximilian I was also called "the last knight king in Europe". In addition to saying that Maximilian I was keen on the research on armor, it also showed that Maximilian I was still more shameless and more law-abiding.
Although other European monarchs are not as obedient as Maximilian I, they have not lost their shame and are not so unrestrained. And the so-called "Sun King" Louis XIV is an important "leader" who has no bottom line and no moral integrity in the European monarch.
Of course, it is not that no one has stole other people's skills like Louis XIV in this day. Instead, when people do this in this era, they will still feel embarrassed and cover up. His Majesty Louis XIV, who doesn't like taking a bath, openly sent people to steal skills. This is the case with the glass mirrors of the Venetians, and the porcelain firing technology of China...
From the mid-to-late 17th century, European missionaries active in China were mainly sent from the Roman Catholic Church to the French missionaries. They used the name of missionary teaching to steal various stolen teachers in China...
Of course, Emperor Kuanxi saved his life because of this. Because French missionaries brought Jinjinafen and cured Kangxi's malaria. But what's funny is that Emperor Kuanxi later realized that after listening to two French missionaries talking about advanced Western medicine and other scientific knowledge, he realized that if the people learned these things, they would open up the wisdom of the people, how could they fool the people? So, later Kang Mazi ordered that the people not be allowed to learn these things, but he learned these things himself. Then, for the sake of fooling the people, Emperor Kang Mazi boasted that the people were "invincible in the bow and horse" and deliberately belittled the firearms. As a result, his grandson Qianlong took this trick and saw the advanced firearms offered by Westerners, he actually disdained them... This is the highest level of fooling people - not only fooling the people, but also fooling their descendants...
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The geographical location of the Philippine Islands is very delicate - to the north it is Mindanao Island at the southern end of the Philippine Islands, and to the north of Luzon Island, the main island of the north of the Philippine Islands is the main colony of the North Sea Kingdom in the Far East, Taiwan Island. At the same time, this is also the area ruled by Jack Ma in the future.
At present, the entire Philippine Islands seem to have only the Sulu Islands in the southwest. In addition, on Mindanao to the south, there is a Green Church regime established by the Arab businessman Said in 1450.
Of course, this regime is not big. After all, it was a regime established by foreign Arab merchants and did not have a great influence on the local indigenous peoples. However, this was the beginning of the Green Cult entering Mindanao, Philippines. In later generations, Mindanao became a strange area in the Philippines, dominated by Catholicism. At the same time, because of the existence of the Green Cult, Mindanao became an area where separatist forces often cause trouble in the Philippines.
Luzon and other islands in the vast northern region are still in a wilderness period, and even the Green Cult civilization is far inferior to that in...
Of course, none of these matters. What is important is that Luzon, the northernmost part of the Philippines, has a very good geographical location. If it is occupied by the Spanish as it was in history, then it will become a very good smuggling location.
At that time, as long as the Spaniards were willing to buy it at a high price, there would always be a bold Ming Dynasty smuggler who would smuggle silk and porcelain to the Spaniards regardless of the danger.
Therefore, in order to prevent this situation, Marin decided to let Conte, the governor of the Dongfan Island, seize the main island of Luzon, north of the Philippine Islands, and most of the islands.
As long as they take the lead, the Spaniards will come late and feel embarrassed to attack the Beihai Kingdom, an open "ally". At that time, most of the islands in the north of the Philippine Archipelago will be included in the "Dongfan Governor's District" and will be under the rule of Kong Tai.
As for how to conquer those natives in the Philippines? Marin said it was very simple - use generous treatment on Dongfan Island to recruit local natives as soldiers, equip them with good weapons and armor, and use them to conquer the natives in the Philippines...
The Japanese also played this trick during World War II. They recruited 200,000 people to join the Japanese army on the Japanese-dominated Taiwan Island. A large part of them were sent to Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines, which is very close to Taiwan Island.
These indigenous people of Taiwan are very adapted to the tropical rainforest climate. They are not prone to illness in the jungle because of the unacceptable environment and are extremely adapted to the climate of the tropical jungle. They are important vanguards of the Japanese conquering Southeast Asia during World War II.
Marin felt that the devil's move was worth learning. He recruited local native warriors who were good at fighting and familiar with the climate and environment of tropical jungle to join the army, and helped him seize and enter Luzon and Palawan in the northern Philippines. In this way, the Spaniards would not be able to steal it. Then, they naturally had no chance to use Luzon as a base and encourage Ming merchants to smuggle silk and porcelain for them. If the spice archipelago was used as a base, it would be too far away for Ming merchants...
In addition, recruiting a large number of indigenous warriors from the natives of Taiwan can not only help occupy and control the Philippine islands, but also reduce the potential of the indigenous people on Taiwan to resist their own colonial rule. After all, the most capable young and strong warriors were recruited by themselves, and the remaining people had a weaker ability to fight against the colonial authorities. Therefore, recruiting the natives on the natives on the island of Taiwan to conquer the Philippine islands can not only use their powerful combat capabilities to adapt to the tropical jungle, but also weaken the indigenous people on the Dongfan Island's ability to resist colonial rule, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
In particular, Malin has always coveted the Tainan Plain occupied by the indigenous people, which is the most important part of Tai Island. Unfortunately, the indigenous people on the island mainly gather here, but are very capable, which makes it difficult for Kong Tai to start.
Therefore, Marin decided to take this opportunity to recruit all the elite indigenous warriors on the Tainan Plain with generous treatment and take them to attack the indigenous people of the Philippines. Then, let the indigenous warriors of Tainan Island stay in the Philippines and then take their families away... Then, the Tainan Plain was empty, making it easier to introduce Han people to the development...
Chapter completed!