Chapter 358 Old Heaven New China (please order, please vote)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Tianjing.
The bright morning glow is rising from the horizon, passing through the clouds, emitting rays of golden light, passing through the tall and majestic Tianjing city walls, and shining on the red walls, green tiles, and numerous palaces and palaces of the Golden Dragon City.
The sun slowly moved westward, shining all the way from the east gate of Golden Dragon City to the tallest and most majestic hall in the center of Golden Dragon City. Under the eaves of the main entrance of the hall hung a plaque with black characters on a yellow background, and three large characters were engraved on it.
:Sun Palace.
The main hall is vast, and the door is wide open. Dozens of female soldiers in red hats and yellow clothes stand on the steps outside the door with swords on their waists. In the main hall, there are a total of five seats, one of which is placed in the middle.
Back to the north and south, facing the open door, is a gilt dragon chair, with a piece of tiger skin spread on the chair.
A man in a dragon crown and robe is sitting on the dragon chair, with a solemn face and playing with a purple gold bowl engraved with cross patterns in his hand. He is Hong Xiuquan, the second son of God and the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
He sat quietly in front of the case, his expression became more solemn, and he had a lot more magnanimity than when Luo Yaoguo first saw him at Coiyidu.
The other four seats in the main hall are empty. They belong to Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan,
Luo Yaoguo's top position. Although they are not in Tianjing City, the top spot in the Sun Palace must always be reserved for them.
On the right side of Hong Xiuquan stood a female general who held her head high, had handsome eyebrows and sharp eyes, and was about thirty-four or five years old. She was armed with a sword and a revolver. Her temperament was somewhat similar to that of Su Sanniang.
It is none other than the most trusted female general of King Hong Tian, ​​Sanniang, the chief card maker of the Golden Dragon City Women's Camp.
In addition to Bian Sanniang, there were thirty-five other female guards with swords and guns standing to the left and right of Hong Xiuquan and inside the main hall door. They were about the same age and temperament as Bian Sanniang. They were all "old sisters" who followed Hong Xiuquan from Guangxi.
, all of them are widows who have lost their husbands and can serve the King of Heaven wholeheartedly. They all have firm eyes and serious expressions, as if they are engaged in some sacred cause.
During this period, Luo Yaoguo was busy laying the foundation for the new China in his mind, while Hong Xiuquan was consolidating the heaven on earth in his mind in Tianjing City.
Since the four living fathers Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, and Luo Yaoguo were all running their own independent kingdoms, Hong Xiuquan also obtained real power that was historically unavailable before the Tianjing Incident.
Now not only the city of Tianjing is completely under the control of King Hong Tian, ​​but also the Jiangnan part of Jiangning Prefecture outside Tianjing City, as well as the territory of Zhenjiang Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Ningguo Prefecture, Chizhou Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, and Guangzhou Prefecture.
, are also under the direct control of Hong Xiuquan’s Heavenly Kingdom Center.
In addition, the four living fathers Yang, Xiao, Feng, and Luo did not stop "supporting" Hong Xiuquan at all. They were still willing to maintain the airs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and confront the Qing Dynasty in the north.
Yang Xiuqing sent salt to Tianjing every month, Xiao Chaogui and Feng Yunshan sent hundreds of thousands of stones of rice to Tianjing after the autumn harvest last year, and Luo Yaoguo sent silver and silk and satin to Tianjing every month.
The two rounds of troop dispatches by Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai took away many troops that originally needed to be supported by the Tianjing Center.
Therefore, starting from the autumn of last year, the supply situation in Tianjing City has improved significantly, and the lives of the male and female holy soldiers who followed Hong Xiuquan have also been getting better and better, but the male and female separate camps have not been abolished...
However, the prestige of Hong Xiuquan and King Hong Tian is still getting higher and higher, and he seems to have some meaning as a living god.
At this moment, opposite Hong Xiuquan, in the empty hall, three men wearing yellow robes and paper dragon crowns were prostrate. They all pressed their foreheads to the ground and did not dare to raise their heads to look directly at Hong Xiuquan, who was above them.
"Ah, Ah Huang, Ah Gang, you three are all the founders of the Kingdom of Heaven!" Hong Xiuquan spoke slowly at this time, with a gentle tone, as if he was talking to three old friends instead of ministers, "Ah, if I remember correctly,
You and the fellow monks are my earliest believers, right?"
"A" is Hong Ren, Hong Xiuquan's younger brother, and one of Hong Xiuquan's only followers in his early years.
When Hong Xiuquan was preaching in Guangdong in his early years, he deceived two believers, one was Feng Yunshan and the other was Hong Ren. Later, Feng Yunshan followed Hong Xiuquan to Guangxi to preach and started a shocking career. Hong Ren stayed in Guangdong to preach, although
Some believers were also developed, but the achievements were not great. Before the Jintian Uprising broke out,
Later, Hong Ren twice organized believers to escort the families of Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan to Guangxi. Hong Xiuquan's family members arrived successfully, but Feng Yunshan's family members and Hong Ren himself were intercepted by the Qing army. Later, Hong Ren also organized one to two hundred people.
The believers revolted in Qingyuan in response to the Jintian Uprising, but unfortunately they were casually suppressed by the Qing army.
But no matter what, Hong Ren is indeed the oldest founder of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and only Feng Yunshan can compare with him.
"Yes, it's a pity that I couldn't carve out a base in Guangdong for the King of Heaven."
Hong Ren cried and said: "We were not able to save King Nan's family, and many of the believers who followed me also...
Hong Xiuquan waved his hand: "That is the test that Heavenly Father has given you. Although you have gone through many setbacks, you have persevered.
You have always been fighting for my heavenly kingdom, and today you have finally become a minister of my heavenly kingdom..:::.Your qualifications are only comparable to those of Shangao, Qingbao, brother-in-law, Zhengbao, Dabao, and Guobao. Now they
We have all been crowned kings, but you are just a prime minister."
Hong Ren said in fear: "King of Heaven, my ministers have few talents but little merit. How dare you fight with the King of the East, the King of the West, the King of the South, the King of the North?
King Yi, compared to King Wu?"
Hong Xiuquan said: "But yesterday Heavenly Father asked me in a dream that you were also Heavenly Father's son and wanted me to make you a king!"
Hong Ren took a deep breath and pressed his forehead tightly to the ground, unable to say a word.
"Yihuang, Rizang," Hong Xiuquan then said to Hu Yihuang and Qin Rigang, "Although the qualifications of the two of you are not as good as those of Qingbao, Shanbao, Gui's brother-in-law, Zhengbao, Dabao...::::But they are not at all.
You are no worse than your compatriots, and your contribution is not small. Now it’s time to be crowned king!”
When Hu Yihuang and Qin Rigang heard Hong Xiuquan's words, like Hong Ren, they pressed their foreheads tightly against the ground, not daring to breathe out.
Why don't they understand what Hong Xiuquan meant?
This is to help the two of them and Hong Ren fight against the four "living fathers" of Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Luo Yaoguo, and Feng Yunshan! No... not necessarily the "big four", maybe only the three.
After all, Hong Ren and Feng Yunshan joined the God Worshipers Association and came out of Guangdong together.
In addition, the relationship between Hu Yihuang and Feng Yunshan was also very good. Before the Jintian Uprising, Feng Yunshan and Hong Xiuquan lived together in Hu Yihuang's home.
At this time, Hong Xiuquan said slowly: "Brother, Yihuang, Rizang, I have already mentioned to my brother Shan that I will grant you the title of king, and he agrees with it! Qingbao, your brother-in-law, and my brother-in-law should not object either.
.So don’t have any worries!”
"The King of Heaven has shown great kindness, and I can only repay it by being shattered into pieces. "King of Heaven, I am ashamed that I can deserve such a great favor.
"The King of Heaven has a destiny, but I will be utterly devastated!"
When Hu Yihuang, Hong Ren, and Qin Rigang heard what Hong Xiuquan said, they naturally had no choice but to thank Tianen.
Hong Xiuquan's mouth curled up slightly, showing a very proud look.
Isn't he a king...\n...\n. If you grant a few more titles, won't it depreciate?
Thinking of this, he stood up abruptly, looked at the three people kneeling below, and said word by word: "I will issue an order to invite Qing compatriots, your brother-in-law, mountain compatriots, and national compatriots to come to the DPRK, and we will discuss it together.
As long as they have no objection to your appointment as king, you will be our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s chief king, King of Yu and King of Yan!”
On the same day that Hong Xiuquan expressed to Hong Ren, Hu Yihuang, and Qin Rigang in the Sun Palace of Golden Dragon City that he would make them kings, two steamships, one large and one small, with billowing smoke, slowly entered the road that looked like water.
The generally busy Huangpu River.
One of them is the more than 2,000-ton steam paddle-wheel frigate "Dingyuan" from England! Although this gunboat was named "Dingyuan" according to Luo Yaoguo's intention, everyone from the captain to ordinary sailors was on board.
British, but this gunboat carried Luo Yaoguo's "new
"China" dream - because Wang Libin took the Prussian elementary school and middle school textbooks on mathematics, chemistry, physics, geography, biology and other subjects translated by Moore and Friedrich, as well as some British and Prussian university textbooks, on board the
On top of this steam frigate!
The other ship is the steam merchant ship "Guangdong Fa" from Japan, which is traveling in the same direction. Hong Daquan's gift to Hong Xiuquan, Ms. Rice, and a dozen other girls, as well as some others who came to China to look for Japan.
Chapter completed!