What were the Spanish smoking thinking they can conquer China in the 16th century?
AdrianRP on
I knew Spain flirted heavily with the idea of invading China and it was called off when it was evident it was a very bad idea, but I don’t really know about the detailed plan
Rider_of_Roha on
I find it wild that the Spaniards envisioned a Genghis Khan-type reproductive magic to rule a population like China’s.
The Chinese, of course, said, “No way, Jose.”
Unlucky_Roti on
Hola me llamo chillinpín
vladgrinch on
The idea was first formulated by Hernan Cortes who conquered the Aztec empire. It involved the invasion and assimilation of the Ming dynasty by a coalition that would include Spaniards, Portuguese, Filipinos and Japanese plus potential chinese allies.
maroonmartian9 on
They even can’t even conquer Philippines fully. Mindanao and Cordilleras are not fully controlled lol
BornChef3439 on
Just for context they later tried to conquer Cambodia in 1593 and failed completely and were killed by a combination of Malays and Chams to the point that only one spaniard survived the invasion.
josephumi on
Iirc this plan also involved fucking the local Chinese til they were spanish. Which was *a* plan, if nothing else
MonkeyKing01 on
Looks like somebody’s wetdream. Would love to see what the original source material is for this fantasy.
Merenthan on
Spain trying to capture those trade nodes to route back to europe. No need to worry about AE out there.
Reasonable_Ninja5708 on
Spain actually established a short lived colony in northern Taiwan.
xxX_LeTalSniPeR_Xxx on
Can you provide any source of it?
Low-Union9512 on
Actually was also in Shogun TV series mentioned.
Responsible_Boat_607 on
Spain be like: Nah I Win
Gimmeabreak1234 on
Imagine Español being the official language of China
Hotrocketry on
Those spanians had been eu4 players 400 years before the game even released
paolocase on
So they used us Filipinos as a stepping stone damn.
I get that Spain was a great power but lol on them trying it against an empire that literally invented gunpowder.
HaggisPope on
I might try this in Vicky 3. Might not be the best strategy though as it’d be a very good way to end up with lots of discriminated peasants which can slow economic growth
thedisablednonce on
Absolute mad lads.
You know what the Spanish are like when they see native girls
_mucho beuno heheh_
shrikelet on
No one said it was a *good* plan
AIRCHANGEL on
Bolivia 2
Yu-go-slav on
I imagine the confusion of the Turkish sultan:
“My Lord, the Spaniards are invading from the east”,
“Do you mean the west?””,
“No, my Lord, from the east, from China”
….
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What were the Spanish smoking thinking they can conquer China in the 16th century?
I knew Spain flirted heavily with the idea of invading China and it was called off when it was evident it was a very bad idea, but I don’t really know about the detailed plan
I find it wild that the Spaniards envisioned a Genghis Khan-type reproductive magic to rule a population like China’s.
The Chinese, of course, said, “No way, Jose.”
Hola me llamo chillinpín
The idea was first formulated by Hernan Cortes who conquered the Aztec empire. It involved the invasion and assimilation of the Ming dynasty by a coalition that would include Spaniards, Portuguese, Filipinos and Japanese plus potential chinese allies.
They even can’t even conquer Philippines fully. Mindanao and Cordilleras are not fully controlled lol
Just for context they later tried to conquer Cambodia in 1593 and failed completely and were killed by a combination of Malays and Chams to the point that only one spaniard survived the invasion.
Iirc this plan also involved fucking the local Chinese til they were spanish. Which was *a* plan, if nothing else
Looks like somebody’s wetdream. Would love to see what the original source material is for this fantasy.
Spain trying to capture those trade nodes to route back to europe. No need to worry about AE out there.
Spain actually established a short lived colony in northern Taiwan.
Can you provide any source of it?
Actually was also in Shogun TV series mentioned.
Spain be like: Nah I Win
Imagine Español being the official language of China
Those spanians had been eu4 players 400 years before the game even released
So they used us Filipinos as a stepping stone damn.
I get that Spain was a great power but lol on them trying it against an empire that literally invented gunpowder.
I might try this in Vicky 3. Might not be the best strategy though as it’d be a very good way to end up with lots of discriminated peasants which can slow economic growth
Absolute mad lads.
You know what the Spanish are like when they see native girls
_mucho beuno heheh_
No one said it was a *good* plan
Bolivia 2
I imagine the confusion of the Turkish sultan:
“My Lord, the Spaniards are invading from the east”,
“Do you mean the west?””,
“No, my Lord, from the east, from China”
….
What’s the source on this?
China-latinas 😻
You couldn’t even wait an hour to repost, huh?