The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin remembers that it seemed that it wasn't until around 1565 that the Spanish sent troops to occupy the "no-man's land" of the Philippines. And the Spaniards are not without basis. Their legal basis is that although the Treaty of Tordesillas stipulates the "Pope Meridian", it does not stipulate the dividing line of the Eastern Hemisphere.

After Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe proved that the Earth was round, the two sides did not immediately determine the dividing line for the "opposite of the Earth" in the lower eastern hemisphere.

Therefore, later the Spaniards used this as an excuse to default on their debts and forcibly occupied the Philippines on the grounds that the demarcation line of the eastern hemisphere was not determined. However, there is no way to refute it...

No way. When the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, neither the Spaniards nor the Portuguese knew that the earth was round, and they did not determine the sea route to the Eastern Hemisphere. Later, the Spaniards also cheated on this point, and the Portuguese had nothing to do. Because, according to the "Papal Meridian" stipulated in the Treaty of Tordesillas, the east of the meridian belongs to Portugal. And the west of the meridian belongs to Spain... and the Philippines, if the Pope's meridian goes all the way west, it can also be reached...

Of course, this refers to the original historical situation. And this time and space, because of Marin's crossing, has undergone tremendous changes. Spain, which originally monopolized the Americas, gave up the Americas under Marin's flickering, and instead competed with Portugal for half of India's spice trade. Then, the original Treaty of Tordesillas was also repealed.

After that, the African coast, the countries of western Asia, India and Malacca, as well as the Ming Empire, were clearly assigned to the Portuguese "territory". However, in addition to the Malacca region, which is clearly a Portuguese colony, several other countries and regions in Southeast Asia have not clearly belonged to which country.

It was on this basis that Spain exploited the loopholes in the treaty and, on Marin's suggestion, sent troops to occupy the Spice Islands. But Marin didn't expect that Spain, which had already occupied the Spice Islands, was not satisfied. He also wanted to build a country based on the Spice Islands and seek to obtain the qualifications to go to the Ming Dynasty for tributary trade...

When Marin was on fire and stabbed Spain in the back, he suddenly found out—it seems that, apart from the spice islands in Southeast Asia, which does not stipulate ownership in the treaty, it seems that the Philippines does not stipulate ownership either...

At the time, when the Treaty of Rome was signed, no one other than Marin knew about the existence of the Spice Islands and the Philippines. Therefore, the treaty naturally does not stipulate the ownership of these areas. Marin did this on purpose, because other countries in the Australian region did not know about it at this time. Without clearly pointing out the location of Australia, Marin sent people to occupy and control Australia, and no one can say anything.

Unexpectedly, the unintentional act at the time prevented the Philippines from being included in the treaty provisions. In this way, the maneuverability is great...

In fact, Marin considered informing the Portuguese to occupy the Philippines, cutting off Spanish hopes of occupying the Philippines. After all, Portugal, which should have owned the entire Eastern Hemisphere according to the treaty, is understandable to seize the Philippines, and Spain can’t say anything. After all, Spain has taken a huge advantage of being able to share half of India's trading rights. Going to fight for the Philippines, if it is done before Portugal, it will be fine. If the Portuguese start first, Spain will not have the face to snatch it. After all, this year is still the 16th century, and Europeans still have to face.

Just as the French later stole the porcelain technology of China and the glass mirror technology of Venice, it actually happened during the reign of Louis XIV, the sun king who did not bathe. Because, that is, from the late 17th century when Louis XIV ruled France, European talents gradually lost their sense of shame and began to become omnipotent. By the 18th century, the shame of Europeans was completely discarded, and everyone began to contest who was more rude...

In this era, due to the influence of the Middle Ages that just passed, the nobles still pay more attention to the spirit of chivalry.

Like Maximilian I, also known as "the last knight king in Europe". In addition to saying that Maximilian I was keen on the study of actual armor, it also shows that Maximilian I is still more shameful and more disciplined.

Other European monarchs, although not as disciplined as Maximilian I, have not lost their sense of shame and will not be so bottomless. And the so-called "Sun King" Louis XIV was an important "leader" of European monarchs who had no bottom line and no integrity.

Of course, that's not to say that no one steals other people's technology the way Louis XIV did. Rather, when people do this kind of thing again in this day and age, they will feel embarrassed and cover up. And our Majesty Louis XIV, who doesn't like to take a bath, sent someone to steal technology in an open and honest way. This is true of Venetian glass mirrors, and the same is true of Huaxia's porcelain firing technology...

From the mid-to-late 17th century, European missionaries active in China were mainly dispatched from the Holy See to become French missionaries. In the name of missionary, they steal teachers in various ways in China...

Of course, Emperor Zhanxi also saved his life because of this. Because, French missionaries brought cinchona, which cured Kangxi's malaria. But the funny thing is that after listening to two French missionaries talk about advanced Western medicine and other scientific knowledge, Emperor Fuxi realized that if the common people learned these things, they would enlighten the people's wisdom, then how could they fool the people? Therefore, Kang Mazi later ordered that the common people were not allowed to learn these things, but they did. Then, in order to fool the people, Emperor Kang Mazi also boasted that the Manchus were "invincible with bows and horses" and deliberately devalued firearms. As a result, his grandson Qianlong took it seriously for this set of cheating. When he saw the advanced firearms presented by Westerners, he even dismissed it... This is the highest level of cheating - not only fooling the people, but even his own descendants. Fooled lame...

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The geographical location of the Philippine Islands is very delicate - to the north is Mindanao Island, the southern tip of the Philippine Islands, and to the north of Luzon Island, the main island of the Philippine Islands, is the main colony of the North Sea in the Far East, Taiwan Island. At the same time, this is also the area ruled by Ma Yun in the future.

At present, in the entire Philippine Islands, it seems that only the Sulu Islands in the southwest have a Sulu Kingdom. In addition, on the southern island of Mindanao, there is a Green Church regime established by the Arab businessman Said in 1450.

Of course, this regime is not big. After all, it is a regime established by foreign Arab businessmen and has little influence on the local indigenous people. However, this is the beginning of the Green Church's entry into Mindanao, the Philippines. In later generations, Mindanao became a strange part of the predominantly Catholic Philippines. At the same time, because of the existence of the Green Religion, Mindanao has become an area in the Philippines where separatist forces often make trouble.

And the vast northern Luzon Island and other islands are still in the wild period, and even the Green Religion civilization is far inferior...

Of course, none of this matters. The important thing is that Luzon, the northernmost island of the Philippine archipelago, is very well located. If it was occupied by the Spaniards as it was in history, then this would become a very good place for smuggling.

At that time, as long as the Spaniards are willing to pay a high price to buy them, there will always be bold Ming smugglers who will smuggle silk and porcelain to the Spaniards regardless of the danger.

Therefore, in order to prevent this situation, Marin decided to let Comte, the governor of Dongfan Island, grab the front of the Spanish and occupy Luzon, the main island in the north of the Philippine archipelago, and most of the islands.

As long as they take the lead, the Spaniards will be late, and they will be embarrassed to take action against the obvious "ally" of Beihai Kingdom. At that time, most of the islands in the northern part of the Philippine archipelago will be included in the "Dongfan Governor's Region" and will be under the rule of Kong Tai.

As for how to conquer those Filipino natives? Marin said that this is very simple - use favorable treatment on Dongfan Island, recruit local natives as warriors, equip them with good weapons and armor, and use them to conquer the indigenous people of the Philippines...

This trick, the Japanese also played during World War II. They recruited 200,000 people to join the Japanese army on the Japanese-occupied Taiwan Island. And a large part of them were sent to Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines, which is very close to Taiwan Island.

These Taiwanese indigenous people are very adapted to the tropical rainforest climate. They are not easy to get sick in the jungle because of unacceptable water and soil, and they are extremely adapted to the climate of the tropical jungle. They were important soldiers for the Japanese army to conquer Southeast Asia during World War II.

Marin felt that this trick from the devil is worth learning. Recruited local warriors who are brave and good at fighting and familiar with the tropical jungle climate to join the army, and help them to occupy and station in Luzon and Palawan in the northern part of the Philippines. In this way, the Spaniards are not easy to snatch. Then, they naturally had no chance to use Luzon Island as a base to encourage Ming Dynasty merchants to smuggle silk and porcelain to them. And if it is based on the Spice Islands, it is too far for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty...

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 natives on Taiwan to resist their own colonial rule. After all, the most capable young warriors were recruited by themselves, and the remaining ones were even weaker against the colonial authorities. Therefore, recruiting the natives of Taiwan Island to conquer the Philippine Islands can not only use their strong fighting ability to adapt to the tropical jungle, but also weaken the ability of the natives of Dongfan Island to resist colonial rule, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In particular, Marin has always coveted the Tainan Plain occupied by indigenous people, which is the most elite part of Tai Island. It is a pity that the indigenous people on the island mainly gather here, but they are very good at fighting, making it difficult for Kong Tai to start.

Therefore, Marin decided to take this opportunity to recruit all the elite indigenous warriors from the Tainan Plain with generous treatment and take them to attack the Philippine natives. Then, let those indigenous warriors from Taiwan Island stay in the Philippines, and then take their families away... Then, the Tainan Plain will be empty, which is convenient for the introduction of Han people for development...

In this way, Kongtai does not need to use violent means to seize land from the natives, and he can transfer those natives and then get the land. Of course, those natives are not at a loss. Because, Contay will not only give them favorable treatment, after they enter the Philippines as soldiers, Marin will also let Contay allocate a lot of land to some conquered Filipino natives as their slaves. Then, those Filipino natives who are assigned to them will help them reclaim a lot of land and produce food for them... Then they can become the military privileged class on the Philippine islands...