But at the beginning of this century, the Spanish royal family decided to deprive the Philippine priests of their right to manage the parish. As a result, the Filipino priests rose up to carry out the church's Fiery movement and launched a struggle against national oppression and racial discrimination. Although the priests' demands were brutal suppression by the Spanish colonial authorities, the seeds of nationalism had been planted.

At the end of last year, the new Philippine Governor Ischierdo had just taken office to facilitate the interests of the people, forcing the arsenal workers to serve labor and pay the capita tax. Most of the arsenal workers were retired soldiers and have always been exempted from these taxa tax. When the wages were paid, they found that part of the wages had been deducted as capita tax, so they resisted. Some soldiers from the local artillery regiment also participated in the uprising under the leadership of Sergeant La Madrid.

In this conflict, there were more or less shadows of Chinese merchants, which caused constant uprisings in various places, especially in the Krabi area. Many Philippine mercenaries joined the ranks of the uprising and defeated the Spanish army that went to suppress the uprising. The Spanish colonial authorities found that it was difficult to suppress the uprising by relying solely on the garrison in the Philippines, so they had to ask for help from the country.

The Spanish minister asked the *** team for support, and was naturally worried about the Chinese interference.

In fact, it is only necessary to transfer thousands of soldiers from Spain to extinguish this war of independence from the indigenous monkeys. You should know that although there are only more than 1,000 Spanish officers and soldiers in the Philippines and are even scattered in several major port cities, even if there are only hundreds of Spanish soldiers stationed in the city, the Philippine uprising army cannot attack at all. However, the Spanish are too few and it is difficult to truly extinguish the flames of uprising everywhere.

However, although the Suez Canal has been opened to navigation from Spain to the Philippines, it will take three or four months to reach reinforcements. During this period, if China uses the excuse of protecting the interests of its merchants to intervene, it is afraid that Luzon will change hands in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the domestic political situation in Spain is extremely chaotic. Last year, Spain, where the glorious revolution just took place, Queen Isabel's rule was overthrown, and the Queen went to Paris. The battle between the royalists and the republicans supported by the French was fierce. In such a chaotic political situation, I am afraid that I have no time to take care of Nanyang.

The Spanish minister asked Beijing for help, which was an excuse to reduce the interference. If it really sent troops to suppress the indigenous monkeys, it would be undesirable. Even if its army stayed in the Philippines, it would not be beneficial. Unless it publicly competed with Spain for the dominance of the Philippines, the problem is that if the Chinese had to do so, they would have done it long ago, right? They would not declare war on Spain when they had just had a feud with the British. If this continues, I am afraid that there will be no friends in the whole Europe, and no one will believe in the credibility of this great Eastern power, and they will only think that it is an aggressive threat.

What the Spanish minister thought of, and Ye Zhaozi also thought of.

Sitting in the Wenhua Hall, looking through the Spanish minister's sincere request, such as "asking for help from a civilized world", "mercy of the glorious country of the East", etc., we wore a bunch of high hats.

In fact, Ye Zhao doesn’t care about fighting with Spain now, he just depends on whether it is worth it or not.

While Beijing and London were still in contact with negotiating the fate and future of the Akanders, the two sides had actually reached a secret agreement and recognized each other's interests in South China. Obviously, the British had begun to face up to China's rise. South China is right at China's doorstep. If China must be curbed from its influence on it, it will probably cause adverse effects.

China has also promised not to build the China-Myanmar Railway, nor will it build a railway to southern Tibet, which is naturally a great compromise.

In fact, let alone southern Tibet, Ye Zhao has no intention of building a railway to Qinghai-Tibet at all. Due to technical conditions, this will consume countless manpower and financial resources. It is more cost-effective to invest these resources elsewhere. The situation in Tibet border is not urgently needed to use railways to maintain strategic intentions.

War is inevitable for the rise of a country, and the reasons are open and upright.

When it comes to the Philippines, Ye Zhao thinks of the United States and the Spanish-American War, which is also a war between the Americans for Spanish colonies. At that time, a national uprising broke out in the Philippines. However, after expelling the Spaniards, the Americans began to suppress the Filipino uprising. It took seven years to announce the end of the Philippine War, eliminate the Philippine Republic, and officially adopt Luzon as the US Philippines.

During the seven years of the Philippines War, the Americans sent more than 100,000 soldiers, fought 2,811 battles, died 4,243 people, injured 2,818 people, and spent 1 billion US dollars. They finally merged the Philippines, but the Americans thought it was worth it.

Of course, the Philippines' armed forces are extremely weak at present, and China is even closer to it, and the cost of war can be ignored.

Is this the best choice now to take the opportunity to declare war on Spain and then turn the Philippines into a colony?

Looking through the Spanish minister's letter of help, Ye Zhao fell into deep thought.

...

Biarritz in southwestern France was originally just a small fishing village, but Napoleon III and his wife had a special liking for it. Queen Isabel II of Spain was welcomed by Napoleon III to live in Biarritz's manor.

Isabel II, born in the most prominent Bourbon family in Europe, was declared the queen of Spain at the age of 3. At the age of 16, he was forced to marry his cousin. The queen did not like this sissy husband. On the day of the marriage, the queen was depressed to find that there were more lace on her husband's underwear than her. Soon after the marriage, the two separated and promised to give each other the maximum freedom.

Many people believe that all the Queen's children are not her husband's biological children because her husband is gay.

The queen is lewd and has been in constant love and affair throughout her life. Troubled by the feeling of guilt, she often falls into the influence of religious fanatics and cannot extricate herself.

This year, the queen is forty years old and still has charm and glamor. When Chinese ambassador to Paris He Ruzhang was welcomed by the queen at the Viares Manor, he had to sigh in his heart that he was indeed a romantic queen, graceful ***.

He Ruzhang was the top scholar in the empire for four years in the empire and the previous reconciliation of the Council of the Council. Perhaps because of his frequent excessive words, he unfortunately lost the election when the Imperial Reconciliation Reconciliation Reconciliation Reconciliation Earlier last year, and then the supervision system sent people to investigate his relationship with French merchants.

But in the end, the matter was left unresolved, and He Ruzhang was even admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an official. There are rumors that this incident alarmed the emperor. If the emperor had not spoken to protect him, the officials who intended to punish him would have ordered him to sit in prison.

This is true. He Ruzhang offended too many people. Several ministers of the ministry were questioned in person and could not get out of Taiwan. The ambassadors of the Council also felt that he was too unkind, which made the Councillor and the Council lose peace and excluded him.

Fortunately, Ye Zhao sent hope to the first ambassador to Japan in history. Knowing that he was practicing French, he sent him to Paris. At the beginning of this year, he was officially appointed as the imperial envoy to Paris.

Ye Zhao also thought that with He Ruzhang's character, it would be better to be a diplomat and to argue in everything. Although the Council of Representatives needs such a heavy artillery as his, it is not nowadays. The existence of the Council of Representatives has made many people uncomfortable, and its ultimate goal is universal suffrage for the political consultant, or at least it should lay the legal foundation for universal suffrage for future generations. Now that such a heavy artillery is mixed up, the power of conservative opposition will inevitably increase greatly, which is not conducive to promoting the innovation of the Council of Representatives. Is it because I can only bear the pain of giving up, or it will make him return to his old business in history and do diplomacy.

He Ruzhang is now far away from the whirlpool of imperial political struggle, but he is shocked to find that he may really be more comfortable in dealing with foreigners.

Two days ago, he received a secret telegram from the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister, and an oral telegram from the emperor. He Ruzhang was immediately excited and took on the important task just after being appointed as an ambassador. Naturally, he had to do his best to do his best to get things done.

When facing Queen Isabel, He Ruzhang was even more cautious and had a lot of etiquette. However, he was a little fat man. Although he looked energetic in a white Zhongshan suit, Queen Isabel obviously still couldn't raise any spirit to talk to him. His eyes were a little dazed, and perhaps he was immersed in the beauty of yesterday's dance.

If the Chinese minister in front of him was a handsome young man, the effect would be different.

If China hadn't gradually become a powerful country that cannot be underestimated, Queen Isabel would have ended the conversation long ago, and as a member of the Bourbon family, the Queen's French language was fluent.

Sitting on the western bench bench next to him, He Ruzhang expressed his admiration and comfort to Queen Isabel, but saw that the queen seemed to be becoming more and more absent-minded. He Ruzhang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, yesterday I received a domestic telegram, and the emperor brought it to Your Majesty with a secret oral order."

Queen Isabel was stunned, her expression became focused, and her eyes also looked at He Ruzhang.

He Ruzhang said: "The Emperor greets Her Majesty the Queen and deeply sympathizes with His Majesty's experience."

Queen Isabel nodded slightly: "Please tell His Majesty the Chinese Emperor, I am very grateful for his concern." If it weren't for thousands of mountains and rivers, Isabel would really want to meet this mysterious Eastern Emperor. The legendary powerful East controls the entire empire with great power. For the European royal family, there is only envy.

He Ruzhang said: "The Emperor also fully supports Her Majesty the Queen's right to rule over Spain, and is willing to do his best to help you. In addition to providing you with low-interest loans, we will also support weapons and supplies loyal to Her Majesty the Queen's army if she needs it."

Isabel was stunned, but he really didn't expect the Chinese to suddenly support her, the declining queen.

He Ruzhang also said: "My country can also publish a statement to recognize Her Majesty the Queen's Kingdom of Spain, but it is important that our two countries are far apart. This statement will not have any beneficial effect. The emperor believes that it is better to sign a contract secretly."

Isabel thought for a while and asked, "Does the loan provided by China be paid in silver dollars? Materials and weapons are carried from China?"

He Ruzhang said: "The loan will come from a British bank, and the firearms and ammunition will be transported from our fleet to Istanbul and then transferred from Ottoman merchant ships to Barcelona, ​​so that it will not attract attention. Of course, if His Majesty can purchase weapons from Europe, there will be no need to travel thousands of miles from China."

Isabel nodded slightly.

He Ruzhang also said: "The first payment of a low-interest loan is 5 million pounds. The emperor instructed him to help Her Majesty the Queen achieve the final victory of the war." Indeed, since military expenditure is provided to help him fight, the victory of the war must be guaranteed. If Isabel cannot be regained power, then he will lose all his money?

Isabel showed a look of shock on his face. He really didn't expect that the Chinese support was so strong. Although Napoleon III spared no effort to support him, he was more just a verbal lawsuit and had no practical actions.

He Ruzhang said: "The Emperor also kindly believed that Her Majesty the Queen will be able to coordinate the various political factions of your country, share power, and dismantle your political opponents."

Isabel nodded silently, after a while, he looked at He Ruzhang and asked, "What does the Chinese emperor hope to get?"

He Ruzhang said: "A promise. Now on Luzon Island in Nanyang, your soldiers and merchants are in trouble. Your country's ambassador to the capital has asked our country for assistance. The Chinese government also believes that only by sending troops can the order of Luzon be restored. Our country intends to help the Filipino people establish a dominant government in the central region and give it part of the power of autonomy. We hope to obtain the consent of Her Majesty the Queen, and China is willing to share its trade rights in Luzon with Spain."

To be kind, the so-called sharing of trade rights, with the geographical advantages of the Chinese and industrial trade production capacity, is actually equivalent to taking away the Spanish colony in Nanyang. As for helping the Filipinos establish a self-dominated territorial, it is also in line with the consistency of China's foreign policy.

Isabel pondered, saying, "I will seriously consider your advice."
Chapter completed!