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Chapter 238 Proposal from the Governor of Luzon Island
At this moment, Tang Ruowang regretted it. If he had known this, he would not have allowed Xu Guangqi to speak.Cold sweat kept coming out, gathering and dripping down his face.

Hu Guang glanced at Xu Guangqi, and immediately said loudly: "Their so-called governor of Luzon Island coveted the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty. He began to explore the waterways of Fujian and Guangdong earlier, and drew charts. In April 1586, he was in Luzon Island. A meeting was held to discuss the occupation of Ming Dynasty. The meeting finally drafted a memorandum containing 4 items and 97 items, led by the governor of Luzon Island and their Catholic bishop, and a total of 51 people signed and reported it to the King of Spain. I am not wrong ?”

If his words were replaced by other courtiers, they might not be able to understand.But Xu Guangqi has been in contact with these Western Yi for a long time, so he naturally knows more things, such as when 1586 AD is.

At this time Xu Guangqi heard the emperor's words so specific, there was a time and a place, a person's name and content, and Tang Ruowang didn't need to answer, he already believed [-]% of it.

Immediately, he was very disappointed in his heart, and had a faint feeling of being cheated.Xu Guangqi immediately turned his head to look at Tang Ruowang and the others, and shouted sharply, "Is there such a thing?"

Before Tang Ruowang first denied that they had other intentions in coming to Daming, and later denied that they had any connection with those colonists, but now, the bishop's signature was on the document, how could he deny it?

But if they admit it, not to mention whether they can continue to spread the teachings in Daming, just a few of them may not be able to get out of the Forbidden City alive.

Tang Ruowang was no longer in the mood 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 the situation on Luzon Island."

"You don't know? Then I will tell you again!" Hu Guang sneered, and then said immediately, "In that document, the matter of occupying our Ming Dynasty was discussed in detail, including the situation of transferring troops from the mainland. There are also plans to recruit troops from India and Japan. Among them, the post-war plan has your Catholicism!"

"After you occupy Daming, you plan to build a large number of schools to instill Spanish culture in our Ming people; build a large number of churches and spread Catholicism... You have even planned to set up 58 archbishops, bishops and archbishops in our Daming. Is this possible?"

Hearing what the Emperor Ming said so clearly, anyone with a discerning eye will know that this is not a nonsense.Tang Ruowang and the others were too scared to speak.They never thought before that the Emperor Ming knew them so well.In these matters, no matter how good their eloquence is, they cannot separate the relationship between the church and the suzerain country.

"Back to His Majesty, Emperor Daming, I...we really don't know what happened before." Tang Ruowang gritted his teeth forcefully and insisted, "Look, it's been so long, you...you said these things, haven't they happened yet!"

When Xu Guangqi heard it, he thought he was right, His Majesty has said so much, logically speaking, you can always hear some splashes, right?But there seems to be no related reports in Fujian and Guangdong!

Thinking about it this way, he wondered if there was something wrong with the emperor's words, so he turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen to see how he would answer?

"Hehe!" Hu Guang sneered after hearing this, "Your Spanish king formed the so-called Armada, and before he had time to dispatch his troops to Daming, he was nearly wiped out by the British in the northeast sea of ​​Calais. In addition, Amsterdam The rise of the King of Spain has also made the King of Spain no longer have the energy to take care of things thousands of miles away, can my words be different from the facts?"

Tang Ruowang and the others were already speechless. The Emperor Ming's familiarity with his hometown was far beyond their expectations.Even the location of the war is known, and the situation between countries is also known.

"Ding, achievement value +1, from missionary Tang Ruowang!"

"..."

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

Upon hearing this, Tang Ruowang and the other missionaries glanced at each other, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that today is really dangerous.

But before they could say anything in the future, they heard the Emperor of Ming say loudly again: "If you cut off all ties with Europe in the future, I will allow you to preach in Daming, but the teachings you spread must conform to my Daming customs. Just like Buddhism, you have to be controlled by the imperial court. In return, you must teach Western learning. If you fail to do one thing, you will be expelled immediately, and you will be banned from entering our Ming Dynasty forever!"

This fact is too great, and they can't answer it for a while.Tang Ruowang and the others looked at each other, but no one had the courage to reply immediately.

Xu Guangqi was deeply disappointed when he heard this and watched their reactions.

After a while, Tang Ruowang still bowed to the emperor, and said with little confidence: "Please, Your Majesty the Emperor, can you give us some time to think about it?"

Hu Guang sneered in his heart, and immediately said coldly: "I will give you one day!"

Then, he issued another decree: "Let the Jin Yiwei escort them back and supervise them not to wander around. When the time comes tomorrow, if there is no affirmative answer, they will be deported immediately. Missionaries in other places in Ming Dynasty will also be deported!"

Tang Ruowang and the others turned pale, and they had to leave the hall under the escort of Captain Jin Yiwei.

Xu Guangqi watched them disappear at the gate of the palace, turned around, suddenly knelt down on the ground, and played in a shameful tone: "I was deceived by them, and I still want to speak for them. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

"Xu Qing's death!" Hu Guang waved his hands and said with a smile when he saw it, "This matter is beyond Qing's knowledge. You don't know the situation in Xiyang, and they don't know what they are doing outside of Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it is impossible to see through it." Their fundamental intentions. No wonder Qing!"

In fact, even people in later generations think that these missionaries are really kind, and they have made great contributions to the promotion of cultural exchanges between China and the West.

Only those who like history can see from a large number of facts that these missionaries have always been the vanguard of Western colonists.For Hu Guang, there was a hypothetical discussion in later generations, which made him remember even more deeply. It was the suggestion of the Philippine governor to launch this war against Ming Dynasty. If it came true, which side would win?
And all of these, to the people of Daming at that time, Xiyi all looked the same, so there were still so many differences.Failure to recognize the essence is naturally excusable!

Xu Guangqi was even more ashamed that the emperor was so magnanimous.He was ashamed of his narrow vision, ashamed of his being a frog in a well, and only after making up his mind in his heart did he thank Enping again.

　Thanks to Ku Guogaowu and Suilian for their tip!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)