The Portuguese came from afar. Why did the Ming Dynasty allow the Portuguese to occupy Macau?

Three years before 1556 in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1553 AD, the 32nd year of Jiajing, the Portuguese obtained residency rights in Macau, which covers an area of ??32 square kilometers. From then on, it was not until 1999 that my country Completely take back Macau.

In fact, legally, Macau became a Portuguese colony in 1887. The corrupt Qing government signed a treaty with Portugal, and Macau was officially leased to Portugal.

Many people will think that the Qing Dynasty was weak and unable to take back Macau, but in fact there is more than one reason. Macau did not have that great influence on the Qing Dynasty, and could also be used by the Qing court. The Ming Dynasty gave Macau to the Portuguese for residence only. At that time, the Ming Dynasty still had very powerful management of Macau.

At the beginning, Portugal planned to invade Macau by force. The first time it came, it was defeated by the Ming army. The army was gathered again the next year. However, the Ming Dynasty was different from Africa. Portugal failed again and later fell into disgrace. The money bribed a Ming Dynasty general, and through communication, he asked the Ming Dynasty to allow them to live in Macau and engage in trade.

Next, all major events in Macau were decided by the Ming Dynasty government, and the Portuguese living in Macau also paid taxes to the Ming Dynasty regularly, so legally Macau was not considered a Portuguese colony during the Ming Dynasty.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, after recuperating and recuperating, it has to be said that the national power was indeed strong, but Macau was still not taken back. I think, first of all, because the rulers of the Qing Dynasty did not have a global vision, they did not know the hidden dangers of continuing to allow them to live in Macau. Secondly, the dream of the Celestial Kingdom made them feel that there was no difference between a small wave of bandits in a remote area, so Didn't pay attention to it.

After the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty was extremely weak. The Portuguese began to expand their residence in Macau and gradually eroded the Qing government's dominance. At this time, many powers had begun to spy on China and were ready to get a piece of the pie. . Sure enough, in 1887, Portugal signed a treaty with the Qing government, which legally stipulated Portugal's management rights over Macau.