Zheng Group tried to drive away the Spaniards and occupy the Philippines?

Zheng Chenggong and his son tried to send troops to the Philippines three times before and after, but they failed to do so for various reasons. As for the reason, it was mainly to crusade against the Spanish colonists.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Spanish colonists came to the Philippines. At first, they adopted the policy of wooing local Chinese, because the local economic and trade development depends on the efforts and trade of Chinese. However, with the increasing influence of Chinese, the contradiction between Spanish colonists and Chinese began to stand out, which eventually led to the Great Tubo in 1603!

At that time, the Ming government was shocked to learn about this incident, but it always regarded the overseas Chinese who emigrated overseas as untouchables, so it only wrote a letter to Luzon, which was taken to Manila by a owner of the China trading fleet at the end of May and the beginning of June, 1605, and handed over to the Philippine Governor, the Supreme Court of Manila and the Archbishop of Manila. The movement did not further investigate the behavior of the Spanish colonists, as long as the Spanish colonists ensured the safety of life and property of overseas Chinese in the future, and declared that they could not bear to punish the colonists, and their overseas monks were not poor, and asked the Spanish side to "think about the majesty of the emperor and the great kindness of China".

The Ming dynasty did not send troops to crusade, and there were realistic conditions at that time. At about the same time as the Spanish colonists in Tusha, the Ming Dynasty waged three large-scale wars. Although the Ming Dynasty won all three wars, the national military and financial losses were huge.

The connivance of the Ming Dynasty made the oppression of overseas Chinese in the Philippines by Spanish colonists even more fearless, and the overseas Chinese in despair were miserable. After learning about the plight of overseas Chinese in the Philippines, 1657, Zheng Chenggong wrote to an overseas Chinese in Batavia, Java, asking him to stop trading with Xifeidang. He also proposed to lead troops to attack the Philippines as punishment.

1662, after Zheng Chenggong captured Taiwan Province Province, he wrote to the Philippine Governor, condemning his crime of robbing overseas Chinese and ordering him to turn over a new leaf.

Faced with the threat of Zheng Chenggong, the Spanish made a third collective attack on overseas Chinese. When Zheng Chenggong heard the news, he paid for the overseas Chinese who fled to Taiwan Province and organized troops to prepare for the war. So the Philippine island is once again jittery, and everyone is in danger.

However, civil strife occurred before Zheng Chenggong sent troops, and soon Zheng Chenggong died of illness. His son Zheng Jing continued to govern Taiwan Province Province and sent people to negotiate with Spanish colonists. It is said that Zheng Jing prepared to conquer Manila at 1670 and 167 1 twice, but failed to send troops for various reasons.