"Juan, actually I am reluctant to leave you, after all you have paid so much for our Guards." Zheng Kezang said to Juan de Vargas Hurtado across the dining table.

The unkempt Juan lost his former aristocratic demeanor and sat dejectedly on the chair, looking at the food on the table with no interest.

After listening to the translation, Juan said excitedly: "Your Highness, do you mean to send me back to Spain?"

"No, no, my man, I will send you to a better place." Zheng Kezang looked at him with pity.

"Your Highness, is this the New World? It's not a good place. There are too many barbarians. It's not suitable for a noble person like me." Juan obviously didn't understand the situation and refused.

"Man, let me tell you the truth. I will send you to meet the souls of the Ming Dynasty who died tragically in this land."

Zheng Kezang's eyes were like looking at a dying person, which deeply hurt Juan's nerves.

"No, Your Highness, it was not me who gave the order. This is unfair!" Juan said excitedly.

"No matter what, you are the Spanish Governor in Luzon, and you have to bear certain responsibilities no matter where you stand."

If they want to be exempted from guilt, they must report the situation to the village chief as soon as possible, otherwise they will be punished with the same crime.

Of course, the native tax will be higher.

However, foreigners who do business must apply for a residence permit before they can do business in Luzon.

Under the jurisdiction of Zheng Kezang, the natives were obedient and no one would bully them. As long as they dared to resist, they would be immediately taken to work as slaves in mining.

"Your Highness, what should we do with those Spanish confederates?" Liu Guoxuan asked.

If your family has labor force, you can also go to Manila City to work as a hired worker to earn money, and you do not need to pay taxes on this part.

The Duhu Mansion was under the jurisdiction of the Yanping Palace, and Zheng Kezang was the first Grand Protector of Luzon.

Ten villages form a town, and the town has a mayor who is mainly responsible for managing them.

Zheng Kezang's tone remained unchanged, still gentle, but to Juan's ears, it sounded like the whisper of a devil.

"Yes, Your Highness!" After receiving the instructions, Liu Guoxuan knew what to do, so he left and went to work.

Zheng Kezang paused and said in a deep voice: "Those Spanish confederates will pick out those who have the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty on their hands and bring them back to Yizhou Island to offer prisoners and behead them, and the rest will be used as coolies.

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"Haha, this is easy!"

However, conquering Luzon is not difficult, but governing Luzon is the most difficult problem.

In addition, some of these natives will always be disobedient.

Regardless of whether they are indigenous or Chinese, all taxes are linked to their crop yields and will not increase unnecessary tax burdens.

As for the Chinese in Luzon, the land was divided directly. If there were many indigenous slaves, they would be given a share.

"You devil, God will punish you, devil!" Juan, who was talking nonsense, was dragged away by the Guards before he even had time to eat his last meal.

After having officials, Zheng Kezang asked them to start strictly counting the population and household registration of Luzon.

The first thing Zheng Kezang did was to announce the establishment of the Luzon Protectorate!

For those disobedient natives, the Protectorate used methods such as sowing discord, dividing and buying them to kill each other, and used the Congong Army to arrest the disobedient natives and make them slaves.

At this point, most of the Spaniards in Luzon Island and all the resisting native villages were wiped out by the Guards.

"As for those indigenous people, those with blood debts have been purged. Don't kill the rest. They can all be used as slaves and let them come to build roads and mine. Whatever is dangerous, let them do whatever they want!" Zheng Kezang said coldly.

Luzon is rich in fishery resources, and the Duhufu will establish a special fishing team to send the caught fish to Yizhou Island for sale and consumption.

After Juan was sent away, Liu Guoxuan came to see Zheng Kezang.

He was escorted by the Guards all the way to the bank of the Pasig River outside Manila, where he was skinned and stuffed with grass and executed as countless Luzon Chinese watched and cheered.

The village chief needs to report to the town mayor if something happens, and the town mayor is directly under the jurisdiction of the local officials of the Duhufu.

In addition, each group of ten families must supervise each other and manage themselves. If one family makes a major mistake or betrays Ming and Zheng, the ten families will be executed.

Zheng Kezang does not restrict their coming and going, but they must have proof of identity. Those without any proof of identity are not allowed to enter Luzon Island.

No matter who enters Luzon, they must abide by the laws and regulations of Luzon, otherwise they will be punished. In the light case, they will be sent to mine, and in the serious case, they will be beheaded according to the law.

Liu Guoxuan said with a bit of a wry smile: "Your Highness, you don't know that these natives are too lazy to make people laugh. If you expect them to work, you might as well expect sows to climb trees!"

In addition to the taxes they pay from their annual harvest, the remaining income is enough to sustain their lives.

Ten indigenous households form one group, and ten groups form one village. Each village has a village chief.

Most of all income and tax burdens, except for expenses and wages and military salaries, were handed over to Zheng Kezang's treasury.

How many indigenous people, how many Chinese, how many businessmen and diplomatic officials from various countries are stationed in Luzon? All personnel in Luzon must be registered.

Zheng Kezang said with a smile: "There are still a lot of clean Spanish Confederate soldiers. Let the ones who kill the most ruthless people be pulled over to serve as overseers and complete the tasks of road construction and mining on time. The overseers can have good food, drink and wages. If they can't finish it,

If they complete the task, the Guards will deal with them severely!"

In the Luzon Protectorate, whether they are trading partners, the British, or other European countries, those who want to do business and are willing to abide by the rules are welcomed with raised hands. Those who want to go to war, the Guards are always waiting.

This Luzon Island, which is nearly three times the size of Yizhou Island but more fertile, finally became an unbreakable land under the rule of the Guards.

In order to better govern Luzon, Zheng Kezang launched a civil service examination in a unique way.

The first is the public security issue in Luzon. If you want to run Luzon well, a safe environment must be your top priority.

Now that Luzon has been included in Zheng Kezang's territory, the small court of Zheng in the Ming Dynasty will not levy their poll tax as unscrupulously as the colonies did, causing people to live in dire straits.

Zheng Kezang has also figured out the character of the Spaniards during this period. Those who survive are basically those who bully the weak and fear the strong. When the time comes, Juan's example will serve as a warning to the monkeys, and they will only cooperate and work obediently.

His skin was hung in the city of Manila until it started to stink, and then it was removed and burned.

In order to prevent the indigenous people from being incited to rebellion, it was decided to strictly manage them.

Zheng Kezang already had a plan in mind on how to govern Luzon.

Juan, the Spanish governor, finally completed his historical mission after being squeezed out of his last trace of use value.

Luzon is finally peaceful.

Determine what kind of official position you will get based on your grades and interviews.

Zheng Kezang used such cruel methods to avenge the bloody death of countless Ming people who died tragically that year.

In a sense, the Xie Cong Army has become a slave-catching brigade.

By the way, Zheng Kezang also made changes in commercial tax.

Businessmen in Luzon, whether Chinese or from other countries, must pay commercial taxes to the Protectorate as long as they operate in Luzon.

The commercial tax burden is tentatively set at 20% of operating income, including manors operating in Luzon, and will be adjusted based on actual conditions in the future.

The Luzon Protectorate was conquered by Zheng Kezang. He has the final say on what to do here. It is simply a natural experimental field. If these internal policies are effective, they will be fully promoted in the future!
Chapter completed!