Chapter 1683
Compromise
Chapter 1683 Compromise
The dilemma Francis and his son are currently facing is certainly not a coincidence, but a situation deliberately planned and arranged by Haihan officials.After conquering Manila and driving away the Spanish colonial authorities, Haihan seemed to have successfully taken over the governance of the surrounding areas of Manila Bay, but in the specific governance process, he still faced many practical difficulties.
The Spanish colonists have ruled here for decades, leaving a deep imprint on all aspects of social life. As a latecomer, Haihan wants to re-establish the social system and laws and regulations, so that this place can be compared with Haihan's domestic The convergence of social conditions is not something that can be accomplished overnight.Especially those Spanish immigrants who have been living here since they were born, they are neither willing to leave this place they regard as their hometown, nor do they want to accept the rulers of "foreign races". Resistance, but also unwillingness to obey the various arrangements made by the Haihan government, invisibly greatly slowed down the pace of local post-war reconstruction and restoration of social order.
As the current governing body, the Manila Provisional Management Council can certainly take some coercive measures to suppress all people who are unwilling to obey the arrangement, but the disadvantages of doing so are also obvious, and it will make it even more difficult for Haihan to gain the obedience of the people.Therefore, after obtaining the permission of the Executive Committee, Qiu Yuan and others proposed a new ruling plan based on the local people's sentiments, that is, to use some influential Spanish officials in the region and set up a transitional agency to assist the Provisional Management Committee to appease the People's sentiments, maintaining law and order.
In the view of the Provisional Management Committee, the former Philippine Governor Aragones is actually the best candidate to carry out this task. After all, he knows the local people's conditions best and has a relatively large influence in the hearts of the people.But although this Spanish old man is a bit greedy for life and afraid of death, and even sells all kinds of information in his hands to save his life, he doesn't even have the slightest idea of changing his family to work for Haihan.Moreover, Aragones had already sent his family away from Manila at the beginning of the war, and Haihan had nothing to threaten him with. He could only perform the contract after clearing out the valuable information in his mind. He let go.
There are two first-class candidates again, one is Francis, the commander of the city defense, and the other is Juan Luis, the commander of the Manila Fleet. However, Juan Luis has been active at sea all year round, and his personal influence in the hearts of the people in Manila is obviously not as good as that of Francis. .Moreover, after a little inquiry, Haihan knew that Francis' only son was also living in the local area, so the follow-up operation would be much easier.
As for the local Han family who married Francis, the Temporary Management Committee actually didn't have any other intentions. As long as the Ding family didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, the Temporary Management Committee didn't plan to impose any punishment.After all, during the Spanish rule, which of these Han families who were able to thrive in Manila had an inseparable interest entanglement with the Spaniards?If the Ding family was shot because of the marriage, it would inevitably chill the hearts of the local Han gentry. This is not a situation that the temporary management committee would like to see.
Of course, taking this opportunity to beat the Ding family a little bit, so that they will not be obsessed with following the Spaniards all the way to the dark, and clarify their future position is also a very necessary measure from the perspective of the Provisional Management Committee.As for whether the Ding family will take the initiative to sever their marriage relationship with the Francis family during this process, such trivial matters are not something that the temporary management committee needs to worry about.
Now that Francis was selected as the target, the corresponding action plan was quickly implemented. The Haihan Army arrested Francis Jr. and imprisoned the father and son together, allowing them to deepen their dependence on each other in a captivity environment.In this way, when using the method of separate exile to blackmail Francis, it will have a better effect.
As Haihan expected, such measures did have an effect. When Francis faced the conditions proposed by Haihan, he was uncharacteristically hesitant.In a state of despair and helplessness, even a determined soldier like Francis inevitably began to experience emotional shakes in the end.
Before Francis and his son could make a decision, the guard came to inform them that Haihan officials would come to meet with them later and let them prepare first.
Although the matter of instigating against Francis was planned by the military earlier, all the troops have now withdrawn from Manila one after another, and the task of setting up a security maintenance agency has also been handed over to the Temporary Management Committee to be managed by Qiu Yuan.After learning about the progress here, Qiu Yuan felt that it was necessary to make more efforts to facilitate this matter, so he came to meet Francis in person.
Qiu Yuan has a lot of affairs at hand, and he doesn't want to waste too much time here, so after meeting with Francis and his son, he immediately stated his identity and purpose of coming: "I am Qiu Yuan, the current Chief Executive of Manila in Haihan Country. My position is It is probably equivalent to the previous Governor of Aragones in your country. To put it simply, I am in charge of all local affairs, of course including your stay. The general requirements have been discussed with you before. I won’t repeat it. I just want to add two points. First, if you are willing to follow our arrangement to take office, then after three years, your father and son will stay at your own convenience. Even if you want to return to Spain, we will try to arrange .Secondly, you are not the only ones who can benefit from this incident, there are also thousands of Spanish immigrants living here, so you can think about the reason.”
After Qiu Yuan finished speaking, he leaned back in the chair and told the interpreter he brought: "Tell them what I mean."
Francis and his son listened carefully to the translation, but in fact Qiu Yuan's words had nothing new to say. Even the two added points had already been mentioned by the officer who interrogated Francis before.It's just that when these words are spoken by ordinary military officers, they will naturally have a different impact from the personal promises made by senior officials like Qiu Yuan.
After three years, it is undoubtedly a very attractive condition. As long as Haihan works as a post for three years, he can recover his freedom in the future, and this post is an official, and he can even get financial rewards. It is much better than being exiled overseas to be a coolie on a plantation or a miner in the dark.
As for the second point that Qiu Yuan added, Francis never thought about it.After Haihan captured Manila, there will inevitably be many native Spanish immigrants who will choose to stay here, but these people may not be able to obey the management of the Haihan government, or follow the Haihan who communicated with him before. According to the Han military officers, there is a lack of an intermediary agency that can act as a buffer between the Spanish people and the Haihan Provisional Management Committee.The Provisional Management Committee hopes to appease the emotions of the local Spanish people through such an intermediary agency that obeys its own orders, and mobilize them to resume production and normal social order, instead of adopting various resistance and non-cooperation against the new ruler, or even Deliberately disturbing the law and order to cause trouble.
"Then if I still choose to refuse, what will happen to you?" Francis stared at Qiu Yuan and asked.
After listening to the translation, Qiu Yuan smiled and said, "I don't have much time to spend time with you, so if you still choose to refuse this time, then both of you father and son will leave here before dark, and your son will probably be sent away. To the front line thousands of miles away in the north, our army is fighting the barbarian countries in the north, and we just need a young and strong man to serve as a civilian husband. If he is lucky, he may live another year or two. As for you, you may Be sent to the tin mine in Bangka Belitung Island, or the coal mine in Annan Black Earth Port, or the Shilu Iron Mine in Hainan Island... In short, be mentally prepared, because the rest of your life is likely to be in the mine Spent."
Qiu Yuan's words were not false threats, he really didn't have the patience to bargain slowly with the prisoners of war, as long as Francis rejected the proposal, then he and his son would have lost their most important use value to Haihan, and could only be sent to Haihan. Went overseas to extract the last labor force.As for their life and death, Qiu Yuan is not a merciful person. During his tenure in Haikou, he signed orders to execute many criminals, and two more are not too many.What's more, these two people will not be executed directly, but sent to a remote place to let them die slowly.
Needless to say this truth, Qiu Yuan believes that Francis can also figure it out.If he is so stupid that he can't even think clearly about the stakes in the process, then there is no need for Hai Han to use amnesty treatment in exchange for him to submit.
After Qiu Yuanjian finished speaking, Francis still had a hesitant look on his face, and immediately added with a frown: "If you can't make up your mind, I'll go see the next person. I think there are more than a dozen Spanish prisoners locked up in this building." Officials, it’s impossible for everyone to be like you, still so hesitant about the opportunity to come to your door. If you don’t do it, someone will always be willing to do it. Even if you refuse to cooperate with us, you still can’t change anything.”
These words are quite heart-wrenching. Francis is really not sure whether the other officials imprisoned here will reject the proposal of the Haihan people. In fact, he also knows that there must be someone who is willing to exchange this opportunities, and I am not a special existence that no one can replace.He could completely imagine that the Haihan people would even use his fate of not cooperating to blackmail the next partner.This special organization will inevitably be established, and someone will inevitably choose to cooperate with Haihan, but the ending of the father and son will not affect the future situation in Manila at all.
If they can live well, how many people are willing to choose to sacrifice themselves, suffer and suffer, or even die in obscurity.Francis is more willing to be loyal to the Kingdom of Spain in his heart, but it is a pity that he is just a sinner to Spain now. Even if he and his son are executed by the Haihans, this established fact cannot be changed, and it is impossible to obtain the royal family after death. forgiveness.
Now that there is no way out, Francis seems to have no choice, so he asked Qiu Yuan: "Then my son, how are you going to arrange him?"
This sentence undoubtedly showed an attitude of compromise. Qiu Yuan suppressed his heart and promised Francis: "As long as you are willing to stand up, he can regain his freedom immediately. If he wants to be an official, then we can too." Arrange a decent position for him, at least to ensure that you and your son can live in this area in a good and prosperous manner for a period of time in the future. Remember, if you cooperate with us, then you are our people, and we have always taken care of our own people .Do you have any other questions?"
Francis turned his head and looked at his son, seeing the uncontrollable joy on his face, obviously excited for the upcoming freedom, he took a slow breath and said to Qiu Yuan: "Yes, I have two requests. First, please change us to another place, there are too many cockroaches in this damn place!"
"No problem, what about the second one?" Qiu Yuan responded immediately after hearing the translation.
"Second... Please give us a decent meal. Every day there are rotten fish and rotten shrimps. I haven't eaten beef for about half a month." Francis complained unceremoniously about the food here.
Given his living standards when he was the commander of the city defense, it is naturally difficult to bear the food arrangement in this prison, but in fact this is already regarded as preferential treatment for these special prisoners of war. Otherwise, according to the standard of food in the prison camp, there would be only Two bowls of vegetable porridge in the morning and one night, even seeing oily flowers in the bowls is an extravagant hope, and after three or five days, I will feel dizzy when walking.As for wanting to eat beef in it, he really thought too much.
But having said that, Francis, who is quite particular about the standard of living, can bear it for so many days, these complaints must have been held back for a long time.If Qiu Yuanlai hadn't reached a consensus with him in the interview, then he would probably have to continue to hold his nose and eat what he called rotten fish and rotten shrimp every day.
Qiu Yuan almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard this request. I dare say that the Spanish officer is most concerned about the quality of life. Of course, there is nothing to refuse, just agree.
"Arrangement, it will be arranged immediately." Qiu Yuan agreed without hesitation.Being able to win the cooperation of Francis is worth far more than a few cows, even if he can eat enough.
Haihan's work efficiency has always been very high. After the meeting between Qiu Yuan and Francis, a carriage arrived soon and took Francis and his son to another manor closer to Manila.Hot water and a change of clothes have been prepared here, and after they are bathed and changed, they will enjoy a fresh steak meal.
"Besides not being able to leave here, try to meet their requirements." Qiu Yuan's arrangements for Francis and his son can be said to be very generous, which is also to further disintegrate their will.Cannibals are soft-spoken and short-handed, and when they are arranged to do things later, there is no reason to refuse.
(End of this chapter)
The dilemma Francis and his son are currently facing is certainly not a coincidence, but a situation deliberately planned and arranged by Haihan officials.After conquering Manila and driving away the Spanish colonial authorities, Haihan seemed to have successfully taken over the governance of the surrounding areas of Manila Bay, but in the specific governance process, he still faced many practical difficulties.
The Spanish colonists have ruled here for decades, leaving a deep imprint on all aspects of social life. As a latecomer, Haihan wants to re-establish the social system and laws and regulations, so that this place can be compared with Haihan's domestic The convergence of social conditions is not something that can be accomplished overnight.Especially those Spanish immigrants who have been living here since they were born, they are neither willing to leave this place they regard as their hometown, nor do they want to accept the rulers of "foreign races". Resistance, but also unwillingness to obey the various arrangements made by the Haihan government, invisibly greatly slowed down the pace of local post-war reconstruction and restoration of social order.
As the current governing body, the Manila Provisional Management Council can certainly take some coercive measures to suppress all people who are unwilling to obey the arrangement, but the disadvantages of doing so are also obvious, and it will make it even more difficult for Haihan to gain the obedience of the people.Therefore, after obtaining the permission of the Executive Committee, Qiu Yuan and others proposed a new ruling plan based on the local people's sentiments, that is, to use some influential Spanish officials in the region and set up a transitional agency to assist the Provisional Management Committee to appease the People's sentiments, maintaining law and order.
In the view of the Provisional Management Committee, the former Philippine Governor Aragones is actually the best candidate to carry out this task. After all, he knows the local people's conditions best and has a relatively large influence in the hearts of the people.But although this Spanish old man is a bit greedy for life and afraid of death, and even sells all kinds of information in his hands to save his life, he doesn't even have the slightest idea of changing his family to work for Haihan.Moreover, Aragones had already sent his family away from Manila at the beginning of the war, and Haihan had nothing to threaten him with. He could only perform the contract after clearing out the valuable information in his mind. He let go.
There are two first-class candidates again, one is Francis, the commander of the city defense, and the other is Juan Luis, the commander of the Manila Fleet. However, Juan Luis has been active at sea all year round, and his personal influence in the hearts of the people in Manila is obviously not as good as that of Francis. .Moreover, after a little inquiry, Haihan knew that Francis' only son was also living in the local area, so the follow-up operation would be much easier.
As for the local Han family who married Francis, the Temporary Management Committee actually didn't have any other intentions. As long as the Ding family didn't take the initiative to cause trouble, the Temporary Management Committee didn't plan to impose any punishment.After all, during the Spanish rule, which of these Han families who were able to thrive in Manila had an inseparable interest entanglement with the Spaniards?If the Ding family was shot because of the marriage, it would inevitably chill the hearts of the local Han gentry. This is not a situation that the temporary management committee would like to see.
Of course, taking this opportunity to beat the Ding family a little bit, so that they will not be obsessed with following the Spaniards all the way to the dark, and clarify their future position is also a very necessary measure from the perspective of the Provisional Management Committee.As for whether the Ding family will take the initiative to sever their marriage relationship with the Francis family during this process, such trivial matters are not something that the temporary management committee needs to worry about.
Now that Francis was selected as the target, the corresponding action plan was quickly implemented. The Haihan Army arrested Francis Jr. and imprisoned the father and son together, allowing them to deepen their dependence on each other in a captivity environment.In this way, when using the method of separate exile to blackmail Francis, it will have a better effect.
As Haihan expected, such measures did have an effect. When Francis faced the conditions proposed by Haihan, he was uncharacteristically hesitant.In a state of despair and helplessness, even a determined soldier like Francis inevitably began to experience emotional shakes in the end.
Before Francis and his son could make a decision, the guard came to inform them that Haihan officials would come to meet with them later and let them prepare first.
Although the matter of instigating against Francis was planned by the military earlier, all the troops have now withdrawn from Manila one after another, and the task of setting up a security maintenance agency has also been handed over to the Temporary Management Committee to be managed by Qiu Yuan.After learning about the progress here, Qiu Yuan felt that it was necessary to make more efforts to facilitate this matter, so he came to meet Francis in person.
Qiu Yuan has a lot of affairs at hand, and he doesn't want to waste too much time here, so after meeting with Francis and his son, he immediately stated his identity and purpose of coming: "I am Qiu Yuan, the current Chief Executive of Manila in Haihan Country. My position is It is probably equivalent to the previous Governor of Aragones in your country. To put it simply, I am in charge of all local affairs, of course including your stay. The general requirements have been discussed with you before. I won’t repeat it. I just want to add two points. First, if you are willing to follow our arrangement to take office, then after three years, your father and son will stay at your own convenience. Even if you want to return to Spain, we will try to arrange .Secondly, you are not the only ones who can benefit from this incident, there are also thousands of Spanish immigrants living here, so you can think about the reason.”
After Qiu Yuan finished speaking, he leaned back in the chair and told the interpreter he brought: "Tell them what I mean."
Francis and his son listened carefully to the translation, but in fact Qiu Yuan's words had nothing new to say. Even the two added points had already been mentioned by the officer who interrogated Francis before.It's just that when these words are spoken by ordinary military officers, they will naturally have a different impact from the personal promises made by senior officials like Qiu Yuan.
After three years, it is undoubtedly a very attractive condition. As long as Haihan works as a post for three years, he can recover his freedom in the future, and this post is an official, and he can even get financial rewards. It is much better than being exiled overseas to be a coolie on a plantation or a miner in the dark.
As for the second point that Qiu Yuan added, Francis never thought about it.After Haihan captured Manila, there will inevitably be many native Spanish immigrants who will choose to stay here, but these people may not be able to obey the management of the Haihan government, or follow the Haihan who communicated with him before. According to the Han military officers, there is a lack of an intermediary agency that can act as a buffer between the Spanish people and the Haihan Provisional Management Committee.The Provisional Management Committee hopes to appease the emotions of the local Spanish people through such an intermediary agency that obeys its own orders, and mobilize them to resume production and normal social order, instead of adopting various resistance and non-cooperation against the new ruler, or even Deliberately disturbing the law and order to cause trouble.
"Then if I still choose to refuse, what will happen to you?" Francis stared at Qiu Yuan and asked.
After listening to the translation, Qiu Yuan smiled and said, "I don't have much time to spend time with you, so if you still choose to refuse this time, then both of you father and son will leave here before dark, and your son will probably be sent away. To the front line thousands of miles away in the north, our army is fighting the barbarian countries in the north, and we just need a young and strong man to serve as a civilian husband. If he is lucky, he may live another year or two. As for you, you may Be sent to the tin mine in Bangka Belitung Island, or the coal mine in Annan Black Earth Port, or the Shilu Iron Mine in Hainan Island... In short, be mentally prepared, because the rest of your life is likely to be in the mine Spent."
Qiu Yuan's words were not false threats, he really didn't have the patience to bargain slowly with the prisoners of war, as long as Francis rejected the proposal, then he and his son would have lost their most important use value to Haihan, and could only be sent to Haihan. Went overseas to extract the last labor force.As for their life and death, Qiu Yuan is not a merciful person. During his tenure in Haikou, he signed orders to execute many criminals, and two more are not too many.What's more, these two people will not be executed directly, but sent to a remote place to let them die slowly.
Needless to say this truth, Qiu Yuan believes that Francis can also figure it out.If he is so stupid that he can't even think clearly about the stakes in the process, then there is no need for Hai Han to use amnesty treatment in exchange for him to submit.
After Qiu Yuanjian finished speaking, Francis still had a hesitant look on his face, and immediately added with a frown: "If you can't make up your mind, I'll go see the next person. I think there are more than a dozen Spanish prisoners locked up in this building." Officials, it’s impossible for everyone to be like you, still so hesitant about the opportunity to come to your door. If you don’t do it, someone will always be willing to do it. Even if you refuse to cooperate with us, you still can’t change anything.”
These words are quite heart-wrenching. Francis is really not sure whether the other officials imprisoned here will reject the proposal of the Haihan people. In fact, he also knows that there must be someone who is willing to exchange this opportunities, and I am not a special existence that no one can replace.He could completely imagine that the Haihan people would even use his fate of not cooperating to blackmail the next partner.This special organization will inevitably be established, and someone will inevitably choose to cooperate with Haihan, but the ending of the father and son will not affect the future situation in Manila at all.
If they can live well, how many people are willing to choose to sacrifice themselves, suffer and suffer, or even die in obscurity.Francis is more willing to be loyal to the Kingdom of Spain in his heart, but it is a pity that he is just a sinner to Spain now. Even if he and his son are executed by the Haihans, this established fact cannot be changed, and it is impossible to obtain the royal family after death. forgiveness.
Now that there is no way out, Francis seems to have no choice, so he asked Qiu Yuan: "Then my son, how are you going to arrange him?"
This sentence undoubtedly showed an attitude of compromise. Qiu Yuan suppressed his heart and promised Francis: "As long as you are willing to stand up, he can regain his freedom immediately. If he wants to be an official, then we can too." Arrange a decent position for him, at least to ensure that you and your son can live in this area in a good and prosperous manner for a period of time in the future. Remember, if you cooperate with us, then you are our people, and we have always taken care of our own people .Do you have any other questions?"
Francis turned his head and looked at his son, seeing the uncontrollable joy on his face, obviously excited for the upcoming freedom, he took a slow breath and said to Qiu Yuan: "Yes, I have two requests. First, please change us to another place, there are too many cockroaches in this damn place!"
"No problem, what about the second one?" Qiu Yuan responded immediately after hearing the translation.
"Second... Please give us a decent meal. Every day there are rotten fish and rotten shrimps. I haven't eaten beef for about half a month." Francis complained unceremoniously about the food here.
Given his living standards when he was the commander of the city defense, it is naturally difficult to bear the food arrangement in this prison, but in fact this is already regarded as preferential treatment for these special prisoners of war. Otherwise, according to the standard of food in the prison camp, there would be only Two bowls of vegetable porridge in the morning and one night, even seeing oily flowers in the bowls is an extravagant hope, and after three or five days, I will feel dizzy when walking.As for wanting to eat beef in it, he really thought too much.
But having said that, Francis, who is quite particular about the standard of living, can bear it for so many days, these complaints must have been held back for a long time.If Qiu Yuanlai hadn't reached a consensus with him in the interview, then he would probably have to continue to hold his nose and eat what he called rotten fish and rotten shrimp every day.
Qiu Yuan almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard this request. I dare say that the Spanish officer is most concerned about the quality of life. Of course, there is nothing to refuse, just agree.
"Arrangement, it will be arranged immediately." Qiu Yuan agreed without hesitation.Being able to win the cooperation of Francis is worth far more than a few cows, even if he can eat enough.
Haihan's work efficiency has always been very high. After the meeting between Qiu Yuan and Francis, a carriage arrived soon and took Francis and his son to another manor closer to Manila.Hot water and a change of clothes have been prepared here, and after they are bathed and changed, they will enjoy a fresh steak meal.
"Besides not being able to leave here, try to meet their requirements." Qiu Yuan's arrangements for Francis and his son can be said to be very generous, which is also to further disintegrate their will.Cannibals are soft-spoken and short-handed, and when they are arranged to do things later, there is no reason to refuse.
(End of this chapter)