Wanli 1592

Chapter 437 The Chaotic Governor's Mansion

Xiao Ruxun doesn't trust me?
Do not trust our Catholic Church?
Do not trust the Holy See?
After many years of preaching, Bishop Alexander finally heard such a sentence, which is basically unheard in Europe, but in China, missionaries have been tortured by this sentence, Chinese Confucian scholars They look down on them at all, and they don't trust this religion. It took them a lot of effort to pry a hole in China's solid ideological barriers, and they could see the stitches in front of them. As a result...

A gunshot, and everything came to naught.

He is not the governor, and has no connection with the Spanish government, but he is very clear that the Holy See and the Spanish government have a mutually beneficial relationship, an equal ally relationship. If you give me political support, I will give you ideological recognition and cooperation. In terms of status, the annexation of Portugal by Spain was justified by the pope himself.

Without the support of Spain, the most powerful country in Europe, the Holy See may be even more precarious. Without the help of the Holy See, the Spanish government will be in chaos first. The Portuguese will definitely rise up and restore their country. Fighting three ways at the same time?

If you think about it, you will understand that the two sides are equal allies. There is me in you, and you in me. Neither of us can do without the other. But judging from the short-term conclusion, the Holy See will slowly decline if it leaves Spain. It is better to say They have always been in decline, but this trend has slowed down after the alliance with Spain.

And Spain has no Holy See, and by the way, the Pope will say a few words to disgust the Spaniards, then the Portuguese will immediately rise up and restore their country, and Spain, which is still fighting with Britain, France and the Netherlands, will be extremely passive and fall into serious internal and external troubles.

The Holy See has a lot of room for maneuver, but Spain has no room for maneuver. The war mad emperor has brought them into the quagmire of war and they cannot extricate themselves. How much effort is needed, and how strong is the desire to open up new dioceses in China.

Now because of the recklessness of a stupid and short-sighted bastard, the decades of hard work of missionaries have been ruined. China is the center of the East. There is no doubt about it. What cannot be recognized in China will not be recognized in the entire East. Acceptance, if you want to spread Catholicism in the East, you must let the highly civilized Chinese accept Catholicism!
"We have spent decades running the East. Don't you get any benefits from it? We established the parish to get the congregation and a part of the land, and the rest of the administrative jurisdiction and gold and silver belong to you! Isn't that enough? At this point, you actually still want to hinder our missionary work, good! Very good! Very good!"

Bishop Alexander brought up all the officials who said they could not get sick, took turns to criticize and scold them with his congregation, and asked them to come up with a solution immediately, otherwise he would put this matter to rest. Tell the Holy See, let the Holy See know how stupid these officers are!

The pressure on the Holy See on Alexander's side is very severe. The relationship between the Spanish Empire and the Holy See and these guys know that the Holy See is indispensable for their ability to establish colonies.

One piece of paper and one weapon stabilized the place and facilitated long-term occupation. Therefore, the Holy See began to open up new parishes and develop to the world. China is the top priority.

But now because of a small-scale military conflict, Xiao Ruxun said that the originally promised missionary permission was cancelled. Lord Xiao was very angry, no longer trusted Bishop Alexander, and no longer allowed him to visit him. The people in the Governor's Mansion explain it themselves, and he does not listen to other people's explanations.

The governor was so frightened that he looked at Xiao Ruxun's official note again and again, but there was nothing he could do, he just yelled something like "It's over, it's over". Most of the officials were also quite annoyed and didn't know what to do manage.

Only a small number of officials came to their senses - we have killed more than 200 soldiers, and we have been in the world for so long, when did we suffer such a big loss?Now it's already talking about compensation and apology instead of getting back on the table?When did we become so cowardly?

At this time, the Spaniards were not as cowardly as they were 100 years later. As the empire on which the sun never sets in this era, the huge financial and manpower and material resources accumulated by the triangular route for more than 100 years made the Spanish Empire extremely powerful. The mainland is at war with Britain, France and the Netherlands at the same time.

Not to mention Britain and France, the Netherlands was once a stronger sea coachman than the UK, and its strength can be imagined, but now the three of them combined can compete with Spain. How powerful do you think they should be?
It is precisely because of this tyranny that a Spanish governor who did not understand China's strength dared to attack and colonize China with 4000 soldiers. Fortunately, neither Zhu Houcong nor Zhu Yijun knew about it. If they knew that there was once a small country in the West Trying to conquer Daming with [-] people, it is estimated that they will send troops to Europe immediately in anger.

But now, although they have learned the strength of the Chinese, their arrogance, which has been in the world for a long time, is not so easy to get rid of. They are entitled to be proud, even if they are facing the tyrannical Xiao Ruxun, they have also fought against Xiao Ruxun face to face courage.

Only at this time did some officials realize that their thinking had been misled by the governor. The governor didn't even think about fighting and fighting back. He only wanted to satisfy Xiao Ruxun and calm things down. Apologizing for compensation, this is quite a morale-destroying thing. When did the empire shrink back like this?
Something is wrong with the governor!
"Governor, let's not talk about the loss of the Chinese. We also lost two hundred soldiers. This is not a small number. This is a defeat that needs to be reported to His Majesty the Emperor and explained to him, and an explanation must also be given to the families of these soldiers. If it is resolved like this How is this matter different from surrendering and admitting defeat? We still have an army of more than 1000 people to fight!"

An official offered to bring this up.

"Yes, governor, two hundred comrades died in battle. The soldiers are very angry and want revenge very much. We can't suppress the morale of the soldiers, but boost the morale of the soldiers!"

Another official of the main combat faction stood up.

The governor looked up at the two men blankly.

The officials of the peace faction next to him stood up and angrily reprimanded these people with ulterior motives.

"What are you talking about? Isn't it because you are messing around underground that Xiao Ruxun has an excuse to attack us? This matter can be resolved soon. If we need labor, we can continue to recruit. Why do we have to be Chinese? We shouldn't provoke people like Xiao Ruxun!"

(End of this chapter)