Chapter 383 Hong Xiuquan: Heavenly Father, Ji Du harmed me! (Happy birthday to Ji Du!)
Five chiefs and six deputy, two chiefs and one deputy, that’s a total of sixteen votes
Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing, and Xiao Chaogui counted on their fingers and realized something was wrong.
"Sixteen votes" Feng Yunshan asked Luo Yaoguodao: "Ninth brother, are these votes used to make decisions when there are differences of opinion in the kings' meeting?"
"Yes," Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "The same is true in heaven. Heavenly Father and Brother Heaven usually do not interfere in the affairs of the heavenly and human kingdoms. The national policies of the heavenly and human kingdoms are generally determined by their respective political kings or political councils. If there is no consensus, then vote to decide."
Yang Xiuqing frowned and asked, "But what if the sixteen votes are eight to eight?"
"Then ask for an order," Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "It's the same as above."
"Who should I ask for a decree from?" asked the Western King Xiao Chaogui.
Luo Yaoguo said: "Of course I am asking Heavenly Father and Brother Heaven for orders!"
Ask Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother for orders?
Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing, and Xiao Chaogui immediately understood what Luo Yaoguo meant.
The three of them were unable to contact Heavenly Father and Brother Heavenly Mirror!
Therefore, only Luo Yaoguo can ask for orders from heaven. Therefore, Luo Yaoguo will become the person holding the "highest instruction" in the meeting of kings. Even if there is no eight versus eight in the meeting of kings, Luo Yaoguo has the right to ask for orders from heaven. Will become the first person in the council of kings.
This is to use Ji Du's support to seize the leadership of the Council of Political Kings and become the regent of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Feng Yunshan and Yang Xiuqing both frowned deeply. They seemed to be dissatisfied with Luo Yaoguo's arrangement. However, before they could raise any objections, Xiao Chaogui had already spoken: "I think it will work! If something happens, it will be an eight-on-eight. It must be a difficult decision to make, and you should ask Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother for permission."
Xiao Chaogui actually agreed.
Yang Xiuqing and Feng Yunshan were both stunned, but then they understood.
Xiao Chaogui's wife Hong Xuanjiao also had a vote.
He has two votes, his wife has one vote, and his family has three votes!
If there is no situation where an eight-to-eight vote requires a petition, then his family's voting power is the largest.
According to the method proposed by Luo Yaoguo, he not only did not suffer a loss, but also took advantage. He was firmly the number two figure in the Council of Political Kings! Although he was not number one, his real power in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was always number two or number three. At that time, he even fell to No. 4. Now that he is firmly at No. 2, what else is he dissatisfied with?
"What your brother-in-law said is right, let's do it like this!"
Feng Yunshan also chose to give in. His temperament has never been tough enough. When he met Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui before, he chose to compromise, giving up his "number two" status and falling to the fourth person in the kingdom of heaven. On the seat.
Now facing Luo Yaoguo, who is holding the Heavenly Mirror, and Xiao Chaogui, who is supporting Luo Yaoguo, he will naturally not choose to fight.
Seeing that Feng Yunshan had also given in, Yang Xiuqing also knew that he could not defeat Luo Yaoguo for the time being, so he could only smile and said: "Okay, that's it. From now on, major events in our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be decided by the meeting of kings!"
Luo Yaoguo took a breath and added: "The kings will decide the policy at the meeting, and the National People's Congress will agree, which is the national policy decree!"
"This National People's Congress?" Feng Yunshan had heard Luo Yaoguo mention the countrymen and people discussing politics before, and now he heard him mention it again, so he asked him, "Is it the countrymen among the countrymen and savages?"
"What? There are also savages?" Xiao Chaogui was stunned.
Yang Xiuqing didn't understand what a Chinese savage was, but he hid his clumsiness and just looked at Luo Yaoguo, waiting for his explanation.
Luo Yaoguo nodded and explained: "More or less, the Qing Kingdom in the north is the Qing Kingdom of the Eight Banners. Our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for everyone. It's not that we don't want to, but that we simply can't do it! So only a small number of people can participate in state affairs. , sharing the world with us, these people are Chinese.”
"Then who is a Chinese?" Yang Xiuqing asked.
"The officers and soldiers of the Taiping Army must be Chinese, and we rely on their help to fight the world! Of course the officials who are already working for us are also Chinese, and the backbone of the God Worshiping Associations in various places are naturally Chinese. Without them, our local political power cannot be maintained. live.
For this group of people, we can divide them into levels based on their merits, sooner or later, and the size of their current official positions. For example, we can establish first-class Chinese people, second-class Chinese people, and third-class Chinese people, and then give different benefits to each class of Chinese people. Preferential treatment, such as allocating fields and houses of varying sizes, regularly distributing money and grain in varying amounts, and giving descendants the privilege of being hereditary citizens.
In this way, we can transfer all the hereditary official positions previously awarded to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth grade compatriots."
Luo Yaoguo was not expanding his privileges, but wiping the blame for Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing's excessive use of official positions.
When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was just established, it had no territory and could not afford military pay. In order to encourage the subordinates to fight with manpower, the only option was to use high-ranking officials and indiscriminately hand out official positions.
Moreover, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing were given hereditary official positions!
Those old brothers and sisters who joined the group before the Coiyi Crossing had such hereditary official positions. The total number was almost 30,000, and there are still 20,000 or so who are still alive today.
The hereditary rights of official positions held by this group of people must be resolved as soon as possible, and cannot be delayed forever. Now these people have just lived a better life, and they are not big-hearted yet. They should be given a good house and a monthly payment of food and grain. Most of them are satisfied and are willing to replace the hereditary rights of official positions with hereditary citizens of different levels.
If in a few years they become big-hearted, it will be difficult.
After hearing what Luo Yaoguo said, Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui all nodded.
Luo Yaoguo then added: "We can also let the big businessmen, big farmers, and big workers who pay more taxes become Chinese people who pay us money and food, and we need to be coaxed to some extent!
In addition, we must open up the examination as soon as possible to obtain scholars. This is the road to heaven for ordinary people. It has been reserved for people in all dynasties. We cannot change this rule. Anyone who passes the examination, even if he is a scholar, will be given the status of a Chinese.
However, these two types of Chinese people cannot be hereditary, and they can only be Chinese people in their own generation."
Feng Yunshan nodded again: "The arrangements are quite thorough, but what are the benefits of being a Chinese?"
"Of course there are benefits," Luo Yaoguo said, "First of all, the Chinese people have a distinguished status and can meet officials without kneeling, just like the famous scholars from Qingyao.
Second is the people's deliberations on government affairs. The people's deliberations on government affairs are not only discussed at the National People's Congress in Tianjing, but also at local levels.
From now on, all prefectures, states, and counties will have Chinese people to discuss government affairs. They will support our holy soldiers, the backbone of the God-Worshiping Association, the big businessmen, big farmers, and big workers who pay us more taxes, as well as the people we have built up by dividing the land. Officials from local farmers' associations can enter local political assemblies.
The second is to serve as an official. From now on, only Chinese people can be officials in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
The third thing is that the children of the Chinese people can have priority to enter the government-run primary schools. Of course, in the future we will definitely want everyone to have books to study. But if we can’t do it now, we can only let the children of the Chinese people enter the government-run primary schools first. .”
When Luo Yaoguo said this, he paused for a moment and took in the expressions of Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, and Feng Yunshan. He found that they all seemed to agree, so he smiled and said to them: "Third brother, fourth brother, your brother-in-law. , if you don’t have any objections, then let’s discuss it with the other princes tomorrow, and wait until the 15th of this month to go to the King Tomorrow together.”
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"Okay, let's do it!"
"Okay, you make up your mind!"
"Okay, that's it."
"What a joke, my eldest brother, Ji Du, has caused great harm to the child! He has even knocked me down from the mortal world, and he still refuses to let me go. He actually sent a black angel down to earth to deprive me, the king of heaven, of this world! This man named Luo The black angel is simply a devil! Lao Dou, you must support me and send a good angel down quickly to help me deal with the black angel named Luo! Lao Dou, woo woo woo.”
In the Golden Dragon City, the Palace of the Sun, and in the deep palace, there is a side hall where the memorial tablet of "Heavenly Father Hao, Emperor God" is held. Hong Xiu, the Heavenly King who failed in the rebellion, almost fainted from crying in front of the tablet.
The only two women guarding him were Bian Sanniang and Dao Zi. Among them, Bian Sanniang was holding the handle of the knife and gritting her teeth.
Daozi was lying on the ground next to Hong Xiuquan, with a sword used for hara-kiri - she had just asked Hong Xiuquan to apologize for committing hara-kiri, but she was slapped twice by Hong Xiuquan and scolded for not allowing her to do so. He committed suicide, but his heart felt warm and he became more loyal to King Hong Tian.
Now I heard Hong Tianwang crying in front of the Heavenly Father's memorial tablet, and I felt extremely sad. He suddenly opened his throat and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please allow Dao Zi to return to Japan to bribe assassins, and kill the black angel Luo Yaoguo for His Majesty the Heavenly King!"
As a result, her suggestion was met with a blank stare from Hong Xiuquan: "Assassin? What kind of assassin can assassinate a black angel? He is really a black angel who fell from the sky. He has magic power! Does the assassin you found have magic power?"
"It's hard, can we just watch him do evil?" Daozi said with an angry look.
Hong Xiuquan said confidently: "He won't be arrogant for long, because Heavenly Father will definitely stand up to me, and He will definitely send someone to help me!"
"Woo"
With a whistle blowing, a "giant ship" with a displacement of three thousand tons, spitting out black smoke, slowly sailed into Wusongkou, and entered the golden Huangpu River under the sunset, where ships came and went.
On the deck of this ship, a Western nun with picturesque features, stunning appearance, and graceful figure was standing, none other than Maria de Clementine Doria.
"We're here, we're finally here!"
A loud voice speaking English came from behind Maria. She turned her head and looked back, and saw an excited Li Hongzhang holding Mathilde's wrist and walking together from the luxurious cabin where they lived. Walked out.
Maria asked him with a smile: "Master Li, have you arrived in Shanghai?"
Li Hongzhang smiled and nodded: "Yes, Maria, your Chinese is getting better and better."
Maria smiled sweetly: "Isn't it true that you are a good teacher? By the way, I heard you say before that you have a good relationship with Luo Xueyan, the governor of Shanghai?"
Chapter completed!