Chapter 882 blatant extortion
On the second day of September, the Manila Governor's Office was busy and busy, and finally counted the Chinese corpses in Manila City before the time specified by Zhu Cixuan.
The final counting result was that in this ongoing riot, a total of 1,456 Chinese were killed and 2,832 disabled people were disabled.
In Santiago Fort, Zhu Cilang looked at the data sent by the Spanish and obviously didn't believe it.
According to the estimates of the Jinyiwei who was placed in the Governor's Office, this data must at least double!
Zhu Cilang handed the Chinese letter to Zhu Cijiong beside him and said, "King Ding, I appoint you as the imperial envoy, and I will represent the Ming Dynasty to negotiate with Spain."
"I obey the order!"
Zhu Cijiong responded, but was still a little confused: "Your Majesty, what do I want to talk to them?"
Zhu Cixuan found a place by the window and sat down, saying, "What are you talking about? Of course, I am talking about compensation. My Ming people were killed in their Spanish colonies. Shouldn't we ask them for compensation?"
"Compensation......My Majesty, won't we take Manila?"
Zhu Cijiong became even more confused. According to his understanding of his own brother, could he miss this opportunity?
The several ministers around me didn't understand. I didn't understand what His Majesty the Emperor intended. Do you make money? It's not very similar!
Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "We are not robbers. My Ming Dynasty is a civilized country. How can we bully the weak and rob other people's territory at will!"
"this......"
Zhu Cijiong looked at Zhu Cilang carefully, as if he wanted to discover that this was a fake emperor, and he was definitely not my eldest brother, Emperor Tianwu!
He asked tentatively: "What your Majesty mean is...how to make them compensate?"
Zhu Cilang stretched out a finger and said in a deep voice: "Every Chinese victim, Spain must compensate 10,000 Ming silver dollars as a pension!"
He continued: "Every injured Chinese, Spain must compensate for medical expenses for treatment and compensation of at least one thousand silver dollars. The disabled Chinese will receive at least five thousand silver dollars in compensation!"
"For Chinese women, Spain also needs to compensate for mental losses, so we will set 5,000 silver dollars."
"Spain must pay full compensation for all the property lost by the Chinese during the riots, and no copper coins are left behind."
After Zhu Cilang said this, the civil and military ministers and palace maids and eunuchs around him were completely stunned.
King Ding Zhu Cijiong first reacted, isn’t this just robbing money?
Can the Spanish Governor’s Office take out tens of millions of silver, or even hundreds of millions of silver, or hundreds of millions of taels of silver?
Even if it is a local Spanish country, it will almost be bankrupt!
I heard the fierce Emperor Tianwu say again: "During negotiations, give them an ultimatum time, and a less copper plate means declaring war! This is the bottom line of my Ming Dynasty!"
Only then did King Ding Zhu Cijiong realize that the person in front of him was sure that he was his eldest brother, Emperor Tianwu!
In the meaningful eyes of everyone, Zhu Cilang sighed and said, "Don't say that I don't give them a chance. I have always been polite and love peace. Everything I do is forced to do..."
The next day, the official negotiations between Manila City, Ming Dynasty and Spain began.
Zhu Cijiong, the King of Ding, who was instructed by Emperor Tianwu, spoke up at the negotiating table and offered a series of compensation conditions.
If it weren't for the rehearsal several times in advance, Zhu Cijiong would have felt embarrassed to open his mouth and say these conditions.
Sure enough, several Spanish officials at the negotiating table were stunned, just like a gun barrel was stuffed into their mouths.
Governor Sarcodo said gloomyly: "Your Highness, please don't joke!"
"Who was joking with you?"
Zhu Cijiong said seriously: "My Emperor Ming Dynasty said, this is the bottom line of my Ming Dynasty. You must accept it unconditionally. You must not lose any compensation! Otherwise, you will declare war on my Ming Empire!"
Salquor's mouth twitched a few times, and temporarily closed his mouth, thinking about how to deal with it next.
A Spanish official with good mathematics said: "Governor General, I have calculated initially that we will compensate the Ming Dynasty for at least 60 million silver dollars, equivalent to Spanish silver coins..."
His voice became smaller and smaller, obviously shocked by the series of numbers.
Governor Salctor slapped the table and said angrily: "You are blackmailing! It's simply naked blackmail!"
Zhu Cijiong could naturally understand his mood at this moment. He sighed: "Governor General, my Emperor of Ming loves the people as much as his son. Manila, under your jurisdiction, suddenly died and injured such Ming people. He was very heartbroken!"
He continued: "You must know that the value of the people is priceless in the eyes of my Ming Emperor! We use these vulgar money to measure, and the emperor has made great concessions. I hope that the Governor can think carefully and understand us!"
Salkedo sat down, shaking his beard up and down, and said angrily: "I can't understand! You are blackmailing!"
Zhu Cijiong smiled and said, "Of course, if the Governor has any magical technique to bring back the dead, he can also use it to resurrect those Chinese who died tragically, so that your country will not have to compensate for a silver coin, and everyone will be happy! What do you think?"
"It's ridiculous!"
Sarquedo, who had just sat down, left on the spot, and did not want to stay here and be humiliated.
Zhu Cijiong imitated the Western devils to spread his hands and said to the remaining Spanish officials: "Your Governor has a bad temper and is not suitable for negotiation."
One of the foreign devil officials reluctantly said: "Your request is really unacceptable, and there are too many compensations..."
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said, "Silver and money are all small problems. If you don't have enough funds, you can also consider replacing it with a colony. For example, this Manila City, we can convert gold and silver for you according to the acres, such as one acre of land... to the silver rounds of my Ming Dynasty..."
Spanish officials all looked very ugly, and another one left the seat, obviously not supporting the idea of Prince Ming’s demolition of the colony.
Another Spanish official said with a gloomy face: "You are too unreasonable!"
Zhu Cijiong was very patient and still kept smiling. He said, "To be honest, if I was arrogant and unreasonable in the Ming Dynasty and sent troops to occupy the entire Luzon, or the entire Nanyang, why should I sit down and talk to you!"
"We are already very restrained. These are reasonable requirements. After all, one person commits a crime against another, and the same is true for the country."
As he said that, Zhu Cijiong's face changed and he sneered: "You Spain don't want to play hegemony, bully me, the Ming Dynasty, right? If so, I will be with you to the end!"
Before the last Spanish official left the seat, Zhu Cijiong had already stood up and said seriously: "Give you two days to consider it. At 9:00 the day after tomorrow, if your country does not agree to the compensation conditions, it can only be regarded as a declaration of war on our Ming Dynasty!"
"At that time, my Ming army will come to take Manila by itself, and the compensation you have hidden in the treasure house!"
Chapter completed!