The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 687 Get rich all at once

Xi Yi was so afraid of death that he was hit by three cannons on the fort and started to run inside.

"Get out, get out, use the cannon to destroy Mingren's trebuchet." Donas yelled frantically, but no one heard it, no one wanted to go out and be burned.

The Ming army's trebuchets were much faster than the cannons, and the cannons on the opposite side were silent. Of course, they were throwing wildly here. After a while, more gasoline bombs were thrown over.

Bang, bang, all the crenels on the fort immediately turned into flaming mountains, burning everywhere, making people nowhere to be haunted.

Donas' tower was not safe immediately, and the Ming army kept throwing in, so he hurried downstairs and ran to the inside of the castle.

When it was over, he knew in his heart that this Fort San Diego could not be defended.

When Fort Santiago was built, many defensive methods had been thought about how to deal with the enemy's attack.

Their walls are as thick as ten meters, which ensures that no matter how powerful the enemy's artillery is, they will not be able to penetrate their walls.

They were built by the sea, and there was a moat in front of them. Even if they were attacked by fire, they would have water to deal with it.

But now, they met the world's first opponent who used petrol bombs.

The speed and power of burning are not comparable to ordinary rockets.

There are 100 defenders in Fort Santiago, almost the largest number of defenders in Manila. At this time, they all gathered in the castle in horror. Some wanted to attack, and some wanted to defend.

But now if you don't go to the east wall, you don't know what's going on outside.

When they were in chaos, Chang Jiangang's twenty or so catapults had already pushed within 70 meters.

"Throwing" With an order, a large number of petrol bombs were thrown into the interior of Fort Santiago.

The Xiyi soldiers who were gathering together suddenly saw many black spots falling from the sky.

"Not good." Donas turned pale with fright, and ran west quickly.

Petrol bombs fell one after another, and Fort Santiago became a sea of ​​​​flames.

By the time Donas ran out from the west gate with a dozen people, Fort Santiago was already surrounded by flames, like hell.

"God, this is hell, this is hell." Donnas was about to cry outside.

The Ming army didn't care what was in Fort Santiago at all, and just threw a lot of petrol bombs and burned everything inside.

The flame kept igniting the gunpowder inside, boom, boom, Fort Santiago kept blowing up, and the ground in Manila was trembling.

When Xu Erxian and Zhao Dashan also set foot on the north bank, the ministries have already reported the results of the battle to them one after another.

At this time, all those who dared to resist on the south bank had been cleared away, and a large number of people on the north bank retreated to the Manila Cathedral.

Chang Jiangang also said that in the Governor's Mansion, they found more than 400 million silver pesos, which were robbed by various ministries, or not, and countless Chinese wealth were brought back.

They made money as soon as they arrived, Zhao Dashan and Xu Erxian looked at each other and smiled, and sure enough, winning battles is the most profitable industry.

The Governor of the Philippines, Coquila, has retreated to the cathedral and sent someone to send a signal that you cannot attack the holy church, and we are willing to negotiate peace.

Zhao Dashan immediately said: "Let them surrender unconditionally, and everyone will come out and hand over their weapons within a quarter of an hour, otherwise they will be killed."

Governor Coquila was still hesitating when he got the news, but suddenly, boom, the artillery pushed by the Ming army began to bombard the cathedral.

"God." Archbishop Amon hurriedly gestured for surrender.

So at about three o'clock that afternoon, with the surrender of Governor Coquera, Manila Archbishop Eamon, the Chief Justice, the Attorney General and others, the entire city of Manila fell under Ding Yi's control.

In this battle, more than 500 Xiyi, Japanese and local aborigines were killed, and the rest were captured alive.

Zhao Dashan's casualties were less than two hundred, which can be described as a complete victory.

But Zhao Dashan was shocked when he heard that more than 3000 people had been killed. The forwards were the Manchurian and Mongolian Allied Army and the Fan Army.

Zhao Dashan immediately called several chief officials over and scolded them well.

We are benevolent and righteous, and we have always been reasonable. How can you be so cruel? Be more careful next time.

Several people nodded.

On the day when Manila was captured, Zhao Dashan announced the ban on the whole city, regardless of the country, all the people stayed at home and did not come out, and sent Xiyi to summon troops outside Manila.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon that day, Zhao Dashan brought over tens of thousands of horses and all of them entered Manila.

The next day, Zhao Dashan issued orders one by one.

Mengman teamed up with five people, searched from door to door, and got back the wealth of the original local Chinese.

The local governor, Coquila, expressed strong protest. You are robbers, and our side is our own private property.

At that time, Shuo Tuo directly raised his mouth, and Corquila immediately shut up knowingly.

Then mobilize the native captives to expand the fort on the south bank. There were originally more than [-] artillery pieces on the south bank. They will further expand and put another [-] artillery pieces.

Then mobilize the Xiyi prisoners and Japanese prisoners to build the North Bank Fort.

Zhao Dashan planned to spend one year perfecting and strengthening the forts on both sides of the north and south banks. Even if the navy five times stronger than the generals came to fight, it would be impossible to capture here.

Historically, Spain had only two warships here. In 1646, the Dutch fleet came to rob Luzon, but they lost.

As long as the turret is strong enough, the battleship really has nothing to do with the turret.

All materials and funds for the construction of the fort were provided by the local residents and aboriginals, and they were requisitioned unconditionally.

From the next day, people from Xiyi and Xu Erxian, who surrendered, counted the population together.

At this time, Manila had more than 2 permanent residents, nearly 7000 indigenous people, nearly [-] Japanese, hundreds of Chinese, more than [-] Spaniards, and a small number of people from other European countries.

All soldiers, except the rest, have been driven to build batteries.

The rest are either ordinary people, businessmen, officials, or military families.

Xiyi, who was outside, also quickly got the news and planned to counterattack.

On November 25, the Xiyi and Aboriginal coalition forces suffered a disastrous defeat at the later Jiawanatuan, and were severely defeated by the Chang Jiangang and Mengjin coalition forces, resulting in over a thousand casualties.

On December [-], the Xiyi and Aboriginal allied forces were defeated again by Chang Jiangang's army near Binan Aonan, the later generation.

After the disastrous defeat of the two Western armies with the largest number of people outside, they finally decided to surrender, thinking that their families were all in Manila.

As soon as Xiyi surrendered, the aborigines immediately surrendered upon hearing the news, and the leaders of all ethnic groups sent people to present gifts.

Zhao Dashan led [-] soldiers and horses, and after two months, he finally completely defeated the resistance on the island.

Back then, the Spaniards conquered the Philippines with a few hundred men.

The Spanish conquest of the Philippines can be divided into three stages.The first stage was the conquest of the central part of the Philippines, the second stage was the conquest of the northern region, and the third stage was the conquest of the southern region.

The first stage of conquest played a decisive role in the Spanish conquest of the Philippines.Legazpi succeeded in bringing the productive Philippine island of Panay into Spain's sphere of influence. In 1569, the King of Spain appointed Legazpi as the Governor of the Philippines, under the control of the Deputy King of Mexico.

From 1570 to 1577, Spain aimed its firepower at the northern part of the Philippines.There are gold and spices in the northern part of the Philippines, and through the northern part, Spain can also trade with China.On balance, Spain decided to conquer the north first and then the south.Spain's actions at this stage were also successful. It successfully occupied Manila, an important area in the north, and occupied the entire Luzon Island.

However, when Spain wanted to conquer the south again, it encountered relatively strong resistance, and the natives in the south resisted strongly. Therefore, until the 200th century, more than 19 years later, Spain's conquest of the southern region had no substantial results.

In the early 17th century, Spain's effective control over the Philippines was the following places: the coastal areas of Luzon Island (except the east coast of Luzon Island and the mountainous interior), most of the Visayan Islands (including the product-rich Panay Island) Wait).Manila became the center of Spanish activity in the Philippines.

After Spain conquered these places, it established provinces in various places, and these provinces were controlled by high officials and governors.Economically, these places practiced feudal land confiscation and mercantilism, and trade with the rest of the world lasted for 250 years.In terms of religion, the Spaniards promoted Catholicism in the north-central part of the country, so that the Filipinos in the north-central part of the country could identify with Catholicism, thereby strengthening their identification with Spain.

After Zhao Dashan defeated the resistance forces, he had to consider how to conquer them.

In this regard, the Spaniards have experience when they conquered here, and when they defeated the Dutch, a large group of people.

The first is to confiscate all the property of all local Spaniards, indigenous businessmen, and Japanese businessmen. Simply put, as long as there are rich people in Luzon, all their property will be confiscated, and then they will be escorted to build cities and forts.

It’s just that property was confiscated in this step. Zhao Dashan received a total of 960 million silver pesos, 140 million taels of silver, and 12 taels of gold (including more than 5 gold coins), most of which were originally owned by Chinese businessmen.

Ding Yi is more experienced in dealing with ordinary natives, learning from the Spanish-style feudal land expropriation system.

Regardless of whether the Dutch are in Dayuan or Ding Yi is in Lushun and other places, it is basically the same.

Ding Yi's routine is to collect less tax than his predecessor.

Whether he conquered the big officials, occupied Jeju, or lived in Daming Dengzhou, he relied on collecting less taxes than his predecessors in the early stage to attract people's hearts.

In the later period, the output will increase, and then the tax will be raised, and there will be various tax exemption policies.

Spain’s taxation standard in Luzon is: the local indigenous hoarding land, the tax per mu is [-]%; the Chinese hoarding land is [-]% tax per mu.

Indigenous people who do business are licensed at five pesos per person per year; Chinese businessmen are licensed at eight pesos and five riel per person per year.

In the past, the standards for Chinese people were quite high, because many Chinese people migrated with their families, and a family of three, regardless of male or female, was counted as a head fee.

Assuming that a couple has a son, they have to pay 25 pesos a year, which is equivalent to 17 taels of silver.

Ordinary people can't afford so much money, only businessmen can.

Zhao Dashan re-enacted the new tax rate in February.

The aborigines hoard land, and the tax per mu is [-]%, and the business license fee is changed to the approved commercial tax: five taels of silver per household per year. (Regardless of how many people are in a household.)
The tax for Chinese hoarding land is 5%; for Chinese businessmen, the approved commercial tax varies according to the industry, and each household has three taels of silver per year-[-] taels.

For small businesses such as haircuts and shoe repairs, the Spanish authorities charge eight pesos and five reals per person, and a family of three is 17 taels.

Now for this kind of small business, the approved business tax is only three taels, which immediately aroused the applause of the Chinese businessmen.

A Chinese businessman asked, what kind of business tax should I receive 5 taels a year?
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