At the end of October of the 20th year of Chongzhen, news about Annan spread to Manila, Luzon. For a moment, the Ming army occupied Annan and directly under the jurisdiction of Annan became a topic of discussion among most people.

For the local Ming people, they were all very excited.

"I didn't expect that the emperor would personally enlist in such a faraway place to clean up the Annan monkeys!"

"You don't know that they were not friendly to us Ming people in the past. When they came to Luzon, they didn't dare to approach the coast of Annan!"

“…”

In addition to applauding, there are also people who are also surprised by the situation in the Ming Dynasty.

"When I left home at a young age, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos. You don't know that the Jianlu of Liaodong rushed into the pass, and it is said that even Jinan Prefecture was captured by them. That was so miserable. Most of the people in the city were slaughtered, and then a fire burned, and the rest were plundered to Liaodong."

"No, except for the Jianlu in Liaodong, there are also rebellions everywhere. Aren't Fengyang's imperial tombs all excavated by the Eight Kings? At that time, I thought the dynasty would be changed soon!"

"Yes, at that time, people were living in poverty, there were rioters everywhere, and hungry people everywhere. The emperor issued two consecutive edicts for self-criticism, and felt that the court was no longer able to do it. Then I escaped and came to Luzon to eat."

"So too. The country is so messy. It's better to come out!"

"But, judging from the current appearance, the turmoil in the country should be calmed down, right? Otherwise, how could the emperor personally lead the commander to such a far south?"

"Yes, if the north is not determined and the thieves continue, the emperor should not be able to fight south, right?"

"I always feel that it is a bit impossible. It's only been so many years since then that the disaster of Jianlu and the thieves in Liaodong have been suppressed? Could it be... Could it be that the emperor moved the capital to the south, regardless of the decay in the north, so we must consolidate the situation in the south?"

“…”

In Luzon, the news about the domestic situation was not timely. These Ming people in Luzon opened their brains and guessed the domestic situation.

However, no matter how they guess, few people think that the domestic situation should be better and they can return to China. Overall, only some elderly people have this idea and want to return to their roots. However, now they are limited to discussions.

Of course, they cannot blame them. After all, they have been in Luzon for so many years, and have been working hard to get rich through traditional virtues. They have families and careers, and it is impossible for them to leave just by saying that.

When they speculated on the domestic situation, the local natives were not so happy.

"What, Ming Kingdom took Annan? This is impossible!"

"What's impossible? This news is already spreading. You don't know. The Ming army killed the Annan side so bloody. It is said that the Annan people's bodies were blocked even the surface of the river."

"So cruel, will they occupy other places, such as ours, and will they kill us too!"

"Don't talk nonsense, why did I hear that the people of Annan have all been assigned to the fields!"

"How is that possible? Look at when those men have considered the common people and distributed land to them. So why did they work so hard to fight Annan?"

"That's right, it seems I've heard it wrong!"

“…”

Annan has the ability to escape, and by the way, the news spreads, are usually the landlords and powerful people in Annan. As for ordinary people, after hearing about the policies of the Ming Dynasty, how could they escape? Moreover, in terms of their strength, they cannot escape!

Therefore, the news that was spread was mostly unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty and smeared the Ming Dynasty.

Although different people will hear different news. Those who are more powerful will hear more news. However, it may not be friendly to the Ming Dynasty. For example, the largest power in Luzon, the Spanish colonists, is even more worried about the outside news.

"The Ming army occupied Annan and killed all the Dutch. I heard that the Portuguese continued to hold Ming's thighs, but it was fine."

"It's not just Annan's. Isn't there any news before that the Dutch in Taiwan were also wiped out by the Ming Navy!"

"These are all rebellions in our Spain, and it's better if we die!"

"You can't say that. With them in front of you, we don't have to worry about Ming's intentions. Now that they have all been destroyed, the power of Ming's independence has been extended. What if there is any intention on us in Luzon?"

"Haha, how could the Ming Kingdom send troops to our Luzon Island? You have forgotten that when we killed all the Ming people the previous few times, the Ming Kingdom did not send troops!"

"Hey, right, you said that, it's true!"

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What these Spaniards mentioned were the three massacres of the Ming people on Luzon.

The first time was in the 30th year of Wanli. Emperor Wanli was fighting three major levies. He had no money, so he followed the words of the mine tax envoy Yan Yinglong and Zhang Yi, and sent Zhang Yi, the magistrate of Haicheng County Wang Shihe, and 100 households to explore the mines in Jiyishan, Luzon. But at that time, Luzon was no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but was occupied by the Spanish.

Those Spaniards suspected that the Ming Dynasty would capture Luzon Island, and they suspected that the Ming people in Luzon would become internalists, so they became slaughtered.

At the beginning, they were very cautious. They were afraid that the massacre operation would fail, so they deceived the Ming people and said they would attack the other countries and purchase iron tools at high prices. As a result, the Ming people in Luzon sold all their profits and were unarmed. Then the Spanish Governor ordered that they would record all the names and information of the Ming people and let them gather together, and after completing these things, they would massacre them all, which was very easy. This first massacre, they killed about 25,000 people.

Later, the Spanish colonists deceived the Ming Dynasty and said that the Ming people wanted to rebel, and they had no choice but to kill those Ming people.

In December of the 32nd year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli issued an order: Luzon chief killed merchants and civilians without permission, and governors discussed crimes for the purpose of hearing. Governor Xu Xueju and others then sent an edict to Luzon, and several crimes were punished by the crimes without permission, and ordered the deceased wife to return.

Seeing that the Ming Dynasty court had just this attitude, these Spanish colonists were relieved and no longer paid attention to the officials of Ming Kingdom at all. The Ming Dynasty officials were just perfunctory and ignored them. The matter was over.

Six years later, the Ming merchants who gathered again in Luzon to make a living could not bear the heavy taxes from the Spanish colonists, so they protested against excessive taxes and demanded exemptions. As a result, the Spanish colonists were very straightforward this time and directly killed all the Ming people and robbed their caicos. In this second massacre, more than 20,000 Ming people were killed.

However, Emperor Wanli believed that the merchants who lived in Luzon for a long time no longer belonged to the people of the Ming Dynasty. Whose responsibility for overseas disputes has not been clarified? More importantly, among the four people, merchants are the cheapest, so how can they start a war for the untouchables?

Of course, this is also related to the national conditions at that time. Emperor Wanli did not have so much energy to send troops to Southeast Asia at all. In addition, this was subjective, so the matter ended like this again.

By the 12th year of Chongzhen, the Spanish colonists forced the Ming people to pay high-priced ID card tax and rent tax, and wanted to squeeze out all the hard-earned money of the Ming people. Of course, the Ming people were unwilling to do so, so they began to resist such heavy taxes. As a result, this time it was very straightforward. The Spanish colonists directly slaughtered the Ming people and stole their wealth.

At this time, it was when Emperor Chongzhen came over. At that time, Dorgon led an army of 200,000 to rage in the pass, and the southernmost end had even reached Jinan Prefecture. Even the south of the Yangtze River was panic. Many people fled to the South Ocean.

Coupled with the previous two reactions from the court, no one had any hope of the court and felt that the court would uphold justice, so this matter was gone at all.

With these three massacres, the Spanish colonists on Luzon have no scruples about killing Ming people. Just like raising pigs, they will kill and eat them when they are almost raised. After eating, they will introduce preferential policies to attract Ming people to Luzon.

Now, after hearing the situation in Annan, the Spanish colonists were a little worried and suggested to their governor Diago that in order to prevent the Ming people from becoming the inner supporters of the Ming army, it might harm Luzon and kill them as soon as possible to avoid the consequences.

After hearing this, Diago did not hesitate, and immediately learned from his former governor, and then massacred the Ming people in Luzon again.

In the original history, Luzon massacred the Ming people for the fourth time, but it was until the 16th year of Yongli. At that time, Spanish colonists were also worried that the Ming people in Luzon would become the supporter of the Ming army, so they killed them directly. Due to domestic turmoil, hundreds of thousands of those who fled to Luzon were already killed.

Zheng Chenggong was furious when he heard this and immediately prepared for war. Just before setting off, he did not expect to fall seriously ill and die young. However, his successor began to fight for power and profit and started an internal struggle. Therefore, the matter of conquering the Spanish in Luzon and avenging the Ming people was left unresolved.

But on this plane, when the news of the massacre on Luzon Island spread again, after arriving in Annan, Lu Xiangsheng was furious and immediately reported to Emperor Chongzhen to prepare for war.

Those who violate the Ming Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away! The Western barbarians on Luzon Island are so rampant. How can they spare the courage to massacre Ming people so blatantly!

In addition, the three previous massacres of the Ming people were also revealed, and Lu Xiangsheng was even more furious and issued a decisive order. None of the Western Barbarians on Luzon Island was left behind.

Of course, foreign wars must be obtained from the will of Emperor Chongzhen, which is the duty of a minister. Therefore, while preparing for the war, Lu Xiangsheng anxiously waited for news from the capital.
Chapter completed!