"The Prophets... Thirty-six books? Can they prophesy from 1853 to 1888? This, this, this..."
After hearing what Wetoma said, Wen Xian's face was filled with shock and surprise, his eyes almost bulged out, his mouth was wide open, and he was speechless for a long time.
Predicting major events in the next thirty years... This is the divine power or magic that is enough to change history and change the rise and fall of one or even several world empires!
Just imagine, if Emperor Napoleon could have foreseen the disastrous defeat he would encounter in Russia and the defeat of his invincible French army in Spain, his empire would most likely have existed until today. And the British Empire would have always existed.
Facing a nearly unified Western and Central Europe, although Britain can still organize anti-French alliances and fight against the emperor again and again. But if the emperor can predict the future...even the invincible British Royal Navy cannot guarantee continuous victory, right?
Although the British Empire today is glorious and prosperous, it is far from being able to sit back and relax!
Western and Central Europe are beset by crises and ghosts are lingering. A giant country is quietly rising on the other side of the Atlantic. Although the Russian Empire in the East is strong on the outside and weak on the inside, its huge territory and large population cannot be underestimated. Even India under the rule of the British Empire
It has also been unstable over the past few years...
The British Empire's homeland is small and sparsely populated, with limited room for growth. It is unable to crush all potential enemies and threats. If we can predict who the biggest threat is in advance and use all our strength to accurately suppress it, the empire's
Only in this way can hegemony be maintained as long as possible.
But who is the enemy that poses the greatest threat to the British Empire? Who should the British Empire unleash all its firepower on?
If the British Empire could predict the future, wouldn’t the empire’s glory last forever?
Of course, once this terrible power of predicting the future is mastered by enemies or even friends of the British Empire, the consequences will be very serious! If the Tsar, Napoleon III, and the red necks of North America mastered the power of the "Prophet"
, then the Russian Empire, the French Empire, and the United States of America will definitely rise quickly...
Therefore, if the British Empire cannot fully grasp the power of the "Prophet", it is best to destroy it completely!
And when it cannot be destroyed, it can only reluctantly cooperate with the "devil"... When the "devil" becomes a "devil of mass destruction", the British Empire can only treat it as a
The "good devil" who maintains world peace.
Of course, whether it should be controlled, destroyed or cooperated is not something that he, the little minister of the British Empire in China, can decide.
His mission was just to find out the details of the "Book of Prophets" and then find out the prices of Hong Xiuquan and Luo Yaoguo.
Thinking of this, Wenxian quickly asked Witoma to ask Mr. Wang to lead them to see the thirty-six "Books of the Prophets".
The library where the "Book of Prophets" is stored is a heavily guarded hall. The windows are covered with wooden poles as thick as a child's arm. There are four armed guards at the gate, and the inside of the hall is covered with thirty-five wooden cages.
A raised coffee table and a coffee table without a cover.
There is a copy of the Prophets on each coffee table, from Volume 1 to Volume 36.
The first volume is uncovered, and the remaining thirty-five volumes are covered with wood and cannot be read casually.
"Mr. Wang, can we watch?" Witoma asked Wang Yan.
Wang Yan pointed to the coffee table without a cover: "Please."
Witoma immediately walked over to the coffee table, picked up the first volume of the "Book of Prophets" and started reading it. The content inside was similar to the first volume of the "Great Book of Prophecy", but it was not expressed in the form of doggerel. , but records with concise language and clear meaning.
After reading the first volume of the "Book of Prophets", Wei Tuoma wanted to read the second volume, but Wang Yan shook his head: "Mr. Wei, those things that cannot be shown to you and Minister Wen now... You and Minister Wen just need to Just know they exist."
In fact, only the first volume of the thirty-six "Books of the Prophets" here has content, and the remaining thirty-five volumes are all "wordless heavenly books", which are just a pretense for Bonham and Wade to read. .
It was to clearly tell Wen Xian and Weitoma that the angel Luo Yaoguo could not only predict major events in 1853, but also predict major events in the next thirty years.
This was a force sufficient to subvert the British Empire's world hegemony, and also a tool sufficient to help the British Empire extend its world hegemony.
If the rulers of the British Empire realize the true power of the "Prophet", then Luo Yaoguo will have a bargaining chip with them... Aren't "weapons of mass destruction" used to intimidate and make deals?
Moreover, Luo Yaoguo is more inclined to maintain the British Empire than to destroy it. After all, the British Empire has inherent shortcomings, so its world hegemony can only be based on compromise with regional powers.
Today's China is too backward, and there is no possibility of replacing it, so "realizing" the power of the "Prophet" through compromise with Britain is the best choice for Luo Yaoguo, a prophet.
"Mr. Wei," Wang Yan picked up the first volume of "The Book of Prophets" and handed it to Wei Tuoma, "This book is for you. If most of what is written in it comes true, we will discuss the other thirty books. The question of the "Book of Prophets"...this is also the meaning of His Highness the Holy Angel King Wu!"
Witoma translated Wang Yan's words into English and conveyed them to Wenxian.
Wen Xian frowned, part of the content in this "Prophet" has come true! If all the content in the entire book comes true, then the remaining thirty-five "Prophets" will...
After understanding what the other party meant, Wenxian said to Wade: "Tell Mr. Wang that I want to meet the Holy Angel, His Highness King Wu!"
Wade immediately translated this passage into Chinese.
Wang Yan smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Holy Angel Wu King was sent by the Heavenly Father to help the Heavenly King fight off the demons. If Lord Wen wants to see the Heavenly King, he should meet the Heavenly King first!" Witoma understood what Wang Yan meant. If he wanted to see Luo Yaoguo, he had to first To meet the King of Heaven, Hong Xiuquan, you have to kowtow to see Hong Xiuquan... When Macartney met Qianlong, he just knelt down on one knee. Later, during the Jiaqing period, Amherst came. Because he refused to kowtow, he even went to the Old Summer Palace. In the end, he didn't Meet Jiaqing.
If Wenxian kowtows to Hong Xiuquan, then the news will spread back to England, and Wenxian's envoy will probably be finished.
"Mr. Minister, Sir Wang means that you should meet the King of Heaven first..." Witoma said, "If you want to see the King of Heaven, I'm afraid you have to kowtow!"
"Thomas," Wen Xian suddenly said to Wade with a rare pleasantness, "I am the Minister Plenipotentiary on behalf of the Queen, and I cannot submit to the Taiping Heavenly King... But you are not the Minister Plenipotentiary, you are just a Vice Consul, and you cannot represent the Queen. His Majesty."
When Weitoma heard this, he understood that he was being asked to kowtow to Hong Xiuquan!
Just when he was about to refuse, Wenxian spoke again: "Thomas, because the thirty-six "Books of Prophets" are of great significance, we must have first-hand information. If you have face-to-face contact with the highest level of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I think you should You can accompany Sushun, Li Hongzhang and others to Europe.
When we arrive in the UK, I believe that Viscount Palmerston will be very satisfied with your work... After all, you brought a high-level mission to the UK that could represent the Qing Dynasty, and you also heard about "devils" and prophecies. Important information about the book.
If you can make such a big contribution to the empire, what does it mean to kowtow a few times?" It seems... makes sense!
Witoma nodded slightly. He is a motivated patriot, a top student at Cambridge University, and a self-taught China expert. Being a deputy consul in Shanghai cannot reflect his value. He has to make progress!
After Witoma agreed to kowtow, the time for his meeting with the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh sons of the God's family was quickly finalized - meeting four sons of God at one time was really something that Witoma would have spent his entire life cultivating. What a blessing!
There are so many people in the West who read the Bible, not to mention the Son of God, even the Grandson of God! However, Waitoma, who followed Chen Chengrong as he walked in the Heavenly King's Mansion, did not feel that he was very lucky. As a Chinese Tong, he knew very well how outrageous the rulers of this country were with their arrogance. Now he could only hope that the Taiping King would be clear-headed and be able to recognize the reality and understand the power of the British Empire.
But then again, what's going on with the "Book of Prophets"? What's going on with the Holy Angel or the Bull Demon King?
Could it be that what he wants to see today is the true son of God’s family?
Chapter completed!