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Chapter 1089: Valley of Exile

Chen Mu browsed the official documents, and had to admit that the Spanish feudal aristocrats and upper-level court bureaucrats of Fei Laoer were attentive to "their New World", at least very attentive in terms of policy constraints, even better than the Japanese armed with half-baked traditional officials. military mansion.

It's just that under the cover of absolute military and economic advantages, this political intention is not worth mentioning.

Yang Tingxiang’s report indicated that the sixteen high-ranking officials of the Indian Affairs Committee were all descended from prominent Spanish nobles. They were appointed by King Philip himself and held all the powers in the New World instead of the king.

Recommend to the country suitable candidates for senior officials in the New World; draft policies and edicts on the New World for the king, promulgate the laws of the New World, and review the rules and regulations drawn up by the governors; dispatch inspectors to the governors' districts to inspect the governors and officials at all levels; Senior management such as the resigned governor will review, review and hear civil and criminal cases in the New World; everyone who enters the New World from the Old World must obtain the New World Exploration Charter issued by them, be responsible for the defense of the New World, maintain the smooth trade of various places, and inspect all areas. City accounts, but also to supervise the trade in various places.

"The powers of the establishment of the Western Country Committee are interlocking, but there is only one loophole." Yang Tingxiang waited patiently for Chen Mu to show all the official documents, and then introduced: "They are not strong enough. Spain never thought that the enemy would appear from the west, so in the In dealing with our war, the officials at all levels are tied up, and the governor of New Spain must report to the committee for any business, so as to delay the war opportunity."

"After the war, the committee had no precedent for enforcing decrees on the border between the two sides or even the shared area. The communication between the upper and lower levels was poor, and there was neither consciousness nor strength to grab power. Now New Spain has almost given up all power and lost popular support at the same time."

Yang Tingxiang moved the neatly arranged decorations on the table one by one with his hand gestures as if he was telling a very interesting thing, and said: "They are nobles who own plantations in New Spain, merchants who have lost the war, Alva Withdrawal of troops, two large departures from New Spain in two years, followed by continued small departures or entry into Mexico City to set up shop."

"In the beginning, they would put the manor and plantation at a selling price and put it on the Indian Affairs Committee for people to buy, but no one could buy it."

When talking about 'no one can buy', Yang Tingxiang showed great confidence on his face, and said with his hands slightly open: "General Lin's soldiers have been around New Spain, and the old guerrilla soldiers who have been exposed to the wind and sun all year round will have holidays. He went to Guatemala or Colombia in the south to teach Lautaro’s rebel army, but at the same time he also recruited some guerrillas from the indigenous people, liberated some slaves today, led two horses tomorrow, and burned a piece of land the next day.”

"Until those nobles and businessmen find out that it is a better way to hang the manor in the Mexican government. Of course, the price should be lower."

"These lands will be bought by immigrants who have won over in a legal way. They are all immigrants who have made a lot of money in the west. They hire the aborigines to repair the plantations, produce them, and build enclosures."

Yang Ting pointed out four fingers, and said: "From the border fort built by Alva to Daxi Port, there are now more than forty surrounding buildings under construction, and one surrounding building is a village commune, governing a ten-mile radius. There are more than 160 registered nobles and merchants who are still in New Spain, but their manors and plantations are only [-] or six."

Chen Mu frowned: "There are 160 six places?"

Chen Mu wished that the entire New World belonged to Ming. He would not be happy to have a single Spaniard, let alone more than 100 Spanish plantations. Spaniards.

The Eastern Military Government should eliminate the influence of the Spaniards in the New World as soon as possible, and only leave the merchants in the city to send silver to Ming merchants, just like the Spaniards who only left Peru to dig silver for Ming, this is enough .

But he didn't expect that what Yang Tingxiang was going to say next was probably the darkest fact after the Ming Dynasty's military government arrived in the New World, even darker than Chen Mu's letting the Spanish enslave the aborigines to mine silver in the Viceroyalty of Peru.

Yang Tingxiang, Governor of New Spain shook his head, arched his hands and said, "Commander, in the end, the Governor General of New Spain will leave one hundred plantations under the control of Spanish plantation owners, and gradually relocate them and the nearly 2 slaves they own. , to a valley north of Mexico City called Tehuacancucatlán by the indigenous people."

Yang Tingxiang was expressionless, and his tone was calm: "Whether he is a native immigrant, a bannerman, a Korean, a Japanese, a Spaniard or an aborigine, Ming Dynasty does not accept people with Spanish diseases."

"The environment in that valley is good. I have visited it in a humble position. There are green mountains and green waters, and there are all the trees and fields that should be there. It is a good isolation place."

Chen Mu knew that what Yang Tingxiang was talking about was syphilis, a virus that spread wildly in the lands where Europeans lived, and it was a terminal disease of this era, just like tuberculosis.

The impact of this infectious disease was unintentionally ignored by him. Thinking about it now, the culprit who formed the last one hundred Spanish plantations in Yang Tingxiang's plan should be the one he gave to the border officer Fu Yuan when he confronted Mingxi. An order: take what should be taken away, and keep what should be left behind.

At that time, he didn't expect that the order he gave casually would be carried out extremely thoroughly on this land. It seems that they have always adhered to this order. On every inch of the map, the Dongyang Military Mansion does not accept sick people.

So where can those who are sick go?They had no choice but to go to the Spaniards, who did not have such constraints. In the end, the healthy aborigines all went to Daming, while the sick aborigines all went to the Spaniards.

Seeing that Chen Mu had no clear objection, Yang Tingxiang continued: "Then the valley will be sealed off, officials will be selected from the people in the valley to manage it, reproduction will be prohibited and entry and exit will be prohibited, and hundreds of households will be set up at all exits."

"They must be kept under strict supervision. It is easier for military doctors to treat them, and it can also prevent the disease from spreading among the banner troops."

Yang Tingxiang paused a bit when he said this. Speaking of which, most of the banner troops can strictly restrain themselves. The biggest hero is Zhao Shizhen. Thanks to his writing of the "Guide to Preventing Gunshots", every banner army knows that they are here. What can and cannot be done.

It is inevitable to count on the chief to restrain, but it is more that the Banner Army knows that it restrains itself, which is more useful than anyone's supervision.

"A sin made by Spain."

Chen Mu said a sentence without beginning or end, got up and walked around the square table and patted Yang Tingxiang who was pretending to be calm: "We will eradicate smallpox, and we can also eradicate Spanish disease."

In his memory, China has indeed eliminated this infectious disease.

"It seems that when I return to Changsheng this time, I will not only go to see Prince Zheng Fan, but also Dr. Chen."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)