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237 Proposal from the Governor of Luzon

At this time, Joshua Chan regretted it. If he had known this, he would not have let Xu Guangqi say anything. Cold sweat kept coming out, gathering on his face and dripping down.

Hu Guang looked at Xu Guangqi and immediately said loudly: "Their so-called governor of Luzon coveted the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty. He began to explore the waterways in Fujian and Guangdong, and drew a chart. He held a meeting on Luzon in April 1586 to discuss the invasion of our Ming Dynasty. The meeting finally drafted a memorandum containing eleven ninety-seven items, led by the governor of Luzon and their Catholic bishop. A total of 51 people jointly signed and reported to the King of Spain. Are you wrong?"

If he had been with other ministers, he might not understand his words. But after Xu Guangqi had been in contact with these Western barbarians for a long time, he naturally knew more things and knew when 1586 AD.

At this time, Xu Guangqi heard the emperor say so specifically, with time, place, and name and content. Without Tang Ruowang's answer, he believed it 90%.

Suddenly, he felt very disappointed inside, and he felt a little bit deceived. Xu Guangqi immediately turned to look at Tang Ruowang and others, shouting sternly: "Is there anything wrong?"

Before, Johnson Chan denied that they had other intentions to come to the Ming Dynasty, and later denied that they had connections with the colonists. But now this time, the bishop’s signature was on that document. How could he deny it?

But if we admit it, we would not say whether we could continue to spread the teachings in the Ming Dynasty, even they would probably not be able to walk out of the Forbidden City alive.

Joshua Chan no longer had the heart to pay attention to Xu Guangqi's question, and involuntarily reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and then stammered: "I...I don't know...I don't know what's happening on Luzon Island."

"You don't know? Then I'll tell you again!" Hu Guang heard a sneer, and then immediately said, "In that document, the invasion of our Ming Dynasty was discussed in detail, including the dispatch of troops from the local area, as well as the recruitment plan from India and Japan. Among them, the post-war plan is your Catholic!"

"You plan to build a large number of schools after occupying the Ming Dynasty to instill Spanish culture in the people of the Ming Dynasty; to build a large number of churches and spread Catholicism... You have even planned to establish 58 archbishops, bishops and archbishops in our Ming Dynasty. Is there any such thing?"

When the Emperor of Ming Dynasty said so clearly, as long as a discerning person hears it, he knows that this should not be made up. Tang Ruowang and others were so scared that they couldn't speak. They had never thought that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty would understand them so much. No matter how good their eloquence was, they could not separate the relationship between the church and the sect leader.

"Go back to His Majesty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I...we really don't know what happened before." John Tang forced his teeth and forced himself to hold on, "Look, after so long, you... have... not what you said has happened!"

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he thought to himself that he had said so much. Logically speaking, he could always hear some splashes? But there seems to be no relevant report in Fujian and Guangdong!

Thinking of this, he was a little doubtful that the emperor would have any problems with his words, so he turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen and saw how he answered?

"Haha!" Hu Guang heard a sneer, "You Spanish king formed the so-called invincible fleet. Before he could dispatch troops to the Ming Dynasty, he was almost wiped out by Britain on the northeastern sea of ​​Calais. In addition, the rise of Amsterdam also made the Spanish king no longer have the energy to take care of things thousands of miles away. What I said is different from the facts?"

Chau Wang and others could no longer speak. The Ming Emperor was familiar with his hometown far beyond their expectations. Even the location of the war was known, and even the situation between the countries.

"Ding, achievement value +1, from missionary Joshua Thompson!"

“…”

Hearing the system prompts again, Hu Guang knew that these missionaries were just unwilling to admit it. He waited for a while but didn't see their reply. He just kept wiping his sweat, and said coldly: "Don't worry, I won't kill you."

When he heard this, Johnson Chan and several other missionaries looked at each other and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that today was really dangerous.

But before they could express their feelings, they heard the Emperor of Ming Dynasty say loudly: "If you cut off all ties with Europe in the future, I can allow you to preach in the Ming Dynasty, but the doctrine you spread must conform to the customs of our Ming Dynasty, and your missionary must be controlled by the court like Buddhism and Taoism. In addition, in return, you must teach Western learning. If one cannot be done, expel it immediately and prohibit you from entering our Ming Dynasty again forever!"

This fact is too great that they cannot respond for a while. Johnson Chan and others looked at each other, and no one had the courage to reply immediately.

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he looked at their reactions and was deeply disappointed.

After a while, Tang Ruowang bowed to the emperor and said with little confidence: "Please give us some time to consider it?"

Hu Guang sneered in his heart and shouted coldly: "I'll give you a day!"

Then, he issued an order: "Please take the Jinyiwei back and supervise them not to go around. When the time comes tomorrow, there is no affirmative reply and you will be expelled immediately. Missions from other places in the Ming Dynasty will also be expelled!"

Tang Ruowang and others had pale faces. Under the escort of the Jinyiwei School Captain, they had to leave the palace.

After watching them disappear at the gate of the hall, Xu Guangqi turned around, suddenly knelt down and lay down, and said in a shameful tone: "I am deceived by them, and I still want to speak for them. Please punish your majesty!"

"Xu Qing, please calm down!" Hu Guang waved his hand and said with a smile, "This matter is beyond your understanding. If you don't understand the situation in the West and don't know what they did outside the Ming Dynasty, it is naturally impossible to see through their fundamental intentions. You can't blame me!"

In fact, even people from later generations believed that these missionaries were really kind-hearted, promoted cultural exchanges between China and the West and made great contributions.

Only those who like history can see from a large number of facts that these missionaries have always been the pioneers of Western colonists. Regarding Hu Guang, there was a hypothetical discussion in later generations, which made him remember it more deeply, that is, the Philippine Governor initiated this suggestion for the Ming war. If it really came true, which side would win?

And all of these were the same for the Ming people of the times, and the Western Barbarians looked the same, so they could tell so much. If they failed to recognize the essence, it would be understandable!

The emperor was so magnanimous that Xu Guangqi was even more ashamed of his narrow vision and his frog in the well. He made up his mind and thanked him again after he made up his mind.

Thank you to Ku Guo Gaowu, the reward of Guan Liang!
Chapter completed!
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