So why did Wanli pay so much attention to Guo Zhiyuan's article? Speaking of which, it is related to a major historical event that made all Chinese people very angry. This is the Manila massacre that occurred in October 1603. At that time, the Spanish who occupied the Philippines and colonized the Philippines incited the indigenous Filipinos to massacre and massacre Chinese who were doing business in the Philippines. More than 20,000 victims were also detained and detained by the Spanish!

To understand this major historical event, we must first understand the historical background behind this event. In 1571, the Spaniards occupied Luzon, established the city of Manila, and formally established the colonial rule of the Philippines. At that time, Spain had discovered silver mines with huge reserves in South America. By transporting precious metals such as silver from South America to the Philippines, and then using the Chinese in the Philippines to China for silk porcelain and other items to be sold back to Europe, they made a lot of money. Of course, Chinese middlemen also gained a lot of benefits from it.

It has to be said that the Chinese in this era are still very talented in doing business. After discovering that Luzon's maritime trade is profitable, more and more Chinese merchants went to Luzon to do business, which quickly reached the scale of tens of thousands of people and established a Chinese residential area on Luzon, which threatened the Spanish colonists in Manila.

At this time, Emperor Wanli did another thing, which made the Spanish colonists feel more crisis. At that time, Emperor Wanli had just completed the three major battles that made him very proud (Ningxia Southwest Korea). Although these three battles were victorious, they also consumed most of the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Wanli, who encountered a financial crisis, found that the Spanish in the Philippines had such silver (from this, it can be seen that Emperor Wanli did not really ignore the government affairs, and he was still very concerned about the major events that happened in the world). He thought that the Philippines had huge silver mines, so he was ready to make the decision to attack the Philippines and sent a mission to the Philippines to find silver mines, but of course he had nothing to do.

But his move made the Spanish colonists in Manila who had already felt the threat of Chinese people aroused high vigilance, because they were worried that the tens of thousands of Chinese gathered in the Philippines would join forces with the Ming government forces to occupy Manila and drive them away. The Spanish, who had gained huge benefits in the Philippine colony, would certainly not let this happen, so they decided to take the initiative first and waved the butcher knife at the Chinese who were doing business in the Philippines!

Of course, the Spanish actually had no idea. After all, they were facing a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty, so they took the method of stealing the bell, which was to incite the indigenous Philippine people to attack the Chinese, and they provided support in secret. After the Philippines was occupied by Spain, the indigenous Philippine people naturally would not have a good situation. Most of them were engaged in cool labor at the bottom, and they saw that Chinese businessmen with a flexible mind earned a lot of wealth in the Philippines.

The reason is also very unbalanced. They feared the force of the Spanish colonists, but felt that the Chinese merchants who value peace could be bullied. Therefore, under the instigation of the Spanish colonists, a large-scale massacre of the Chinese residential areas in Manila. More than 20,000 people may be just a cold number in history books, but we can imagine the tragic situation of blood flowing into rivers. This is a shame that every Chinese child is furious! It is a history that every Chinese child should not forget!

Emperor Wanli was also very angry after learning about this incident, saying that it was a shame of insulting the country, and asked Fujian Governor Xu Xueju to discuss the crimes for the news, and even had the idea of ​​raising troops to attack. However, this idea just flashed. At this time, Emperor Wanli had suffered and knew it himself. After three major battles, the Ming Dynasty no longer had the financial resources to launch a large-scale national war. Especially at this time, the long-term battle between China and Myanmar also received unfavorable news, which forced Emperor Wanli to give up the idea of ​​using force and could only instruct Fujian Governor Xu Xueju to solve the matter through diplomatic means.

Xu Xueju knew better than Wanli that the combat effectiveness of the Fujian navy could not even defeat the Japanese pirates, let alone the long expedition to fight against the Spanish who were strong and powerful in ships and cannons. He immediately wrote the "Report to Retrieve the Luzon Prisoner" to relieve the emperor's emotions and explain the difficulties of going out. At the same time, he sent a letter to Pedro Acunya, the governor of Spain in the Philippines, which read: I, the emperor, unified the Xia side, and the world is consistent with the prestige. He tried to use the victory of the three major expeditions to show his national prestige and deter the Spaniards. This letter was written in a righteous and strict manner and full of literary talent, but it was apart. The Spanish, who were originally worried that the Ming Dynasty would use force, became even more fearless when they saw that the Ming Dynasty did not have any military moves, but became even more fearless. Acunya threw Xu Xueju's letter into the trash can, and did not even reply to the letter.

This matter was ultimately left unresolved in history, and in order to cover up the face, the Ming government deceived itself: The four Chinese people, merchants are the most humble, and they are not willing to use untouchables to launch military revolutions, and it is a pity to abandon them. It is precisely because the Ming government's weak reaction after the massacre of Manila that further encouraged the arrogance of the Spanish colonists. In 1639 and 1662, the Philippines once again indignantly took place in two massacres against the Chinese, which fully confirmed the truth that weak countries have no diplomacy.

Of course, Emperor Wanli still did not give up the hope of resolving this matter through diplomatic means. Although it had been a year since the massacre of Manila, because of the slow spread of information in this era, the Ming Dynasty was still arguing with the Spaniards about this matter and sent several diplomatic missions to negotiate with Spain. However, through this matter, the Spaniards saw that the Ming government was not confident and its attitude was stronger every time. Now no officials are willing to serve as diplomatic envoys to negotiate with Spain, because they are worried that they will never come back if they go!

Wanli could not randomly assign an official to the Spanish to negotiate. This person must be familiar with diplomatic affairs and have enough courage. Otherwise, if the negotiation fails, it would be bad to lose the face of the Ming Dynasty? So Wanli's eyes lit up after reading Guo Zhiyuan's article, and he said to himself: I didn't expect that this kid is still familiar with the Westernization Affairs and is brave, but he is a good candidate, but this kid is too young. Can he take on this important task?

Finally, Wanli pondered for a long time and patted his thigh hard and said: It’s this kid! This kid is so capable, let him go and do the Spanish!

Since Qin Shou submitted a memorial to impeach Guo Zhiyuan, he has been waiting for news from the court. Although Wanli has issued an order to remove Guo Zhiyuan from his post, the appointment and removal of grassroots officials like this still requires the Ministry of Personnel to go through procedures. Even Shen Yiguan couldn't wait to see Guo Zhiyuan's unluckyness and urge the Ministry of Personnel to complete the procedures as soon as possible. However, with the madly low administrative efficiency of this era and the delays on the long journey, Qin Shou did not wait until more than a month later to wait for the official documents of the dismissal of the Ministry of Personnel General Guo Zhiyuan.

After receiving the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel, Qin Shou immediately took the official documents from the Ministry of Personnel and took Liu Qidong and a large number of followers to Gutian in person, because he couldn't wait to see Guo Zhiyuan's unlucky appearance, and it would be best if Guo Zhiyuan crawled under his feet and shivered, so that he would feel relieved.

However, when he came to Gutian County with his followers with a strong aura, he was stunned. The yamen runners at the guard's yamen told him that Guo Zhiyuan was not there, and Qin Shou felt like he had punched him hard. He was so angry that he grabbed the yamen runner's neck and roared: Where did Guo Zhiyuan go?!

The yamen runner was also frightened by him, and pointed to the street outside and said tremblingly: Master, you are going to the newspaper office.

Newspaper! A cold light flashed in Qin Shou's eyes, and he gritted his teeth. In his memorial to impeach Guo Zhiyuan this time, it also mentioned that Guo Zhiyuan privately runs newspapers and spreads fallacies. However, before Guo Zhiyuan was in charge, he was not easy to move Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper, but now Guo Zhiyuan has been removed from office, so he can naturally seize Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper at any time!

It is also easy to find Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper, because Guo Zhiyuan moved the newspaper to the most prosperous location in Gutian County and rented a whole building as an office location. It was very conspicuous. Today is the day when the new newspaper was officially launched. Several famous Fujian scholars who were friends with Guo Zhiyuan came to congratulate him. The door of the newspaper was full of people watching the bustling. When Qin Shou brought his people to arrive, Guo Zhiyuan was holding a plaque covered with red silk to hang it on the door!

Guo Zhiyuan! Qin Shou shouted loudly, squeezed out of the crowd with his entourage, then waved his hand majestic to the entourage behind him and said coldly: Seal this place for me! His entourage immediately stepped forward with a fierce look to prepare to seize Guo Zhiyuan's newspaper office!

Guo Zhiyuan stopped hearing the sound, turned around and saw Qin Shou but did not show any panic. He just said coldly: It turns out that Lord Qin? I wonder why Lord Qin wanted to seal Xiaguan’s newspaper office?

Qin Shou proudly raised the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel in his hand and sneered: Guo Zhiyuan, the emperor has approved the memorial to impeach you by my official, and you have been dismissed! The official is for the official to convey information. Since you have no official status, of course you cannot run a newspaper. I will seal your newspaper office now!

Now Guo Zhiyuan has an extraordinary reputation in the hearts of the people of Gutian. So before Guo Zhiyuan could speak, the people around him immediately shouted angrily when they heard that Guo Zhiyuan was removed from office: Why should our county magistrate be removed?! They all stepped forward to stop Qin Shou's followers and fought with them.

Qin Shou did not expect that these people who were like ants in his heart would dare to stop him. He shouted in anger: This official is the prefect of Fuzhou, Guo Zhiyuan has been removed from office and investigated. Do you and other bad people dare to stop our government from handling the case? Do you want to rebel?!
Chapter completed!