スペインやポルトガルは16世紀に植民地候補とする国に宣教師を積極的に送り込み、現地で諜報活動をさせていました。
The Spanish and the Portuguese in the 16th Century had been aggressively sending the missionaries to their target countries to colonize and having them conduct espionage there.
先ずは現地の民衆をキリシタンにさせ、従うべき権威は教会だけである以上、現地の権力に対して反乱を起こす必要があると信じ込ませていました。
They first had those missionaries get the local people to become Christians and to believe that since the only authority they should follow is the Church, they need to have revolts against the power there.
そして、反乱を起こす民衆を軍事支援して現地の権力を十分弱体化させたところを容易く植民地化していっていました。
After giving those who had a revolt their militaristic support and adequately weakening the local power, they had smoothly colonized their target countries.
植民地となった国の金銀財宝は略奪され、多くの民衆は虐殺、搾取されたり奴隷として売られたりしていました。
The gold, silver, and other valuable properties in the colonized countries had been plundered, and many of the people there had been massacred, exploited, or sold as slaves.
この事実を聞いた豊臣秀吉は九州征伐の後、1587年にバテレン（ポルトガル語で「神父」）追放令を出し、宣教師を国外追放しました。
Hearing this fact, Hideyoshi Toyotomi gave the order to deport the missionaries in 1587 after totally putting Kyushu Island under his control.
