Chapter 574 Feng Yunshan, the southern king of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, answers reporter Moore's question
"Go to China...::::" Bai Siwen was a little homesick when he heard Friedrich's mention, and said softly, "Then go! I'll go with you...:::.More, are you going too?"
Bai Siwen looked at Moore, a short beard. Moore showed a little embarrassed expression. He was not as rich as Friedrich and Bai Siwen. Friedrich was a capitalist, Bai Siwen was an expert in China, a best-selling writer, translator, and an adviser to Prince Albert. Although he had not received the official salary from the Qing court for a long time, he had long realized financial freedom by writing books to himself, translating the works of Luo Yaoguo and Hong Xiuquan, and consulting British officials and capitalists.
I recently bought a house in South Kensington District and my life was so comfortable.
"Moore," Bai Siwen knew that the short beard was devoted to academic research and didn't care much about making money, so he smiled, "I'll talk to the prince to start a magic investigation project in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and cheat some money from the Magic Committee to spend... Isn't the travel fee to China?"
"I'm going to China to study magic?" Moore frowned, "I'm an atheist!"
"Then let's expose the scam of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" Bai Siwen smiled, "We can use the money from the Magic Committee to prove that magic does not exist at all!"
Moore nodded and smiled, "It makes sense! Svensen (Bai Sven's foreign name), then I will go to China with you."
Bai Siwen smiled and took out two invitation letters from his dress pocket and handed one to Moore: "Moore, before we go to China, we have to go to Buckingham Palace first..." Then he handed another invitation letter to Friedrich, "Friedrich, this is yours."
Moore took the invitation and saw, "Press Reception? Nan Wang Feng Yunshan wants to answer reporters' questions?"
Bai Siwen smiled and said, "I think the readers of Mercury News must be wondering how Feng Yunshan will explain his Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the True Talk?" As he said that, he also took out an invitation letter, "I also have one, go in the name of the reporter of the Tax Newspaper."
Friedrich took over his invitation letter: "Buckingham Palace...I have never been in!"
"Then let's go back and change your clothes quickly. The press conference will be this afternoon." Bai Siwen said that, and then reached out to stop a taxi car.
Buckingham Palace, blue living room, a press conference is underway.
The gorgeous and overly chandeliers sprinkled light on the Persian carpet covered with various patterns. Feng Yunshan, the southern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, stood behind the gilded podium with the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his "daughter" Rinko and Wang Libin, the ambassador of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to Britain, France and Opp, stood on both sides as interpreters.
Prince Albert leaned against the carved gallery columns and stood in an inconspicuous corner. He also wanted to know how his wife's "soul brother" Feng Yunshan would explain the Taiping Heavenly Revolution that swept across China in a very short time?
Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has not yet unified China, everyone knows that the overall situation of Taiping Unification has been decided.
In today's China, there is no other central government that can compete with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There is only one Later Jin who nominally bows to the Heavenly Kingdom and is actually regarded as a sign by a group of warlords.
And the secret to the success of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...:::.For ambitious or revolutionaries in other parts of the world,
It is very attractive. Today's press conference is a good opportunity to expose the "revolution" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Thinking of this, Prince Albert's eyes swept over the press conference seat and stayed on his Chinese friend Bai Siwen.
"Your Highness of the Southern King!" Bai Siwen suddenly stood up from the reporter's seat of the newspaper "Tez" and spoke Chinese, "I am Svensen White, the reporter of the newspaper "Tez", what is the religious policy implemented by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Does the True Deeds be the state religion? Are other beliefs, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, etc., already prohibited or restricted?"
The first question was enough to explode, and it was asked by an Eastern Conference. The press conference reached its climax from the beginning!
"You asked three questions in total," Feng Yunshan picked up the tea cup from Jingdezhen and sipped the tea. "But I can still answer them one by one. First of all, the religious policy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is free. As long as the religion is not illegal and does not threaten the national security of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the people can believe freely. Secondly, there is no so-called national religion in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ::::. There are not many believers in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
As for Confucianism and Taoism...:::. In fact, they also believe in Haotian God like us, and use Haotian God as the source of all things in the universe! In fact, the God that other Christian sects respect in China is also Haotian God! Therefore, Confucianism, Taoism, and True Covenant School are actually brother sects, regardless of each other. We Chinese have always been tolerant of religion, and they will not build religious organizations just because the name of God is slightly different. In Buddhism, they do not have a clear Supreme God, but there is no problem. They can still believe in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
If any of you doubt what I said, you can go to Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for a walk! Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is open to tourists all over the world!”
When Feng Yunshan's answer was translated into English, there was a sensation in the blue living room of Buckingham Palace. After a while, Friedrich suddenly raised his pipe and covered the whispers in the room with a little German accent: "I am Friedrich, a reporter from Mercury. May I ask, your Taiping Heavenly Kingdom once claimed to establish a country where everyone is equal, but you have now established a feudal dynasty..."
Friedrich's problem is even more acute!
"But our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not a feudal country, nor is it a hereditary dynasty!" Feng Yunshan's answer was even more shocking.
"Aren't you the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" Friedrich asked.
"Yes," Feng Yunshan smiled, "but I have neither my own kingdom nor my own fiefdom. My 'king' is just a title used to get a salary. This cannot be considered feudal, right? I am one of the founders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. I have worked hard to conquer the country and get a little more salary. Isn't that fair?"
"But isn't the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a country with hereditary rule of monarchs?" Friedrich asked again.
"No!" Feng Yunshan explained, "Our greatest 'king' is no longer in the world, and the throne he left was not passed to his son, but was reserved for him forever. Therefore, there is no monarch in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom now."
"Who is leading the country?" Friedrich asked another question.
Feng Yunshan said: "Of course it is the meeting of the kings and the National People's Congress! Sir, what kind of country do you think our country is?"
Such an answer, of course, caused another sensation!
After a while, it was finally Moore's turn to speak: "I am Moore, a reporter from the Mercury newspaper. Why did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom implement fair land policies in rural areas while maintaining and even encouraging private ownership in cities? In addition, in recent years, a large number of poor Chinese people have been sold to North America, Australia, Dutch East India, Straits colonies and the Philippines to work hard labor, and frequently clash with local residents, which has caused diplomatic disputes. Does this mean there are problems with the development route of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"
Another bunch of problems!
If it is a European politician, it is probably necessary to speak Luoquan. However, Feng Yunshan is more realistic and still answered truthfully: "Since the past, there were tens of millions of people in the world, how many people do we have in China? More than 400 million! It accounts for one-third. One of every three people is Chinese. How big is our territory? How much cultivated land is? No matter how small arable land is divided equally, it is impossible for so many people to live a life of full and warm clothing...:::. The equal division of land can only reduce the number of people who die due to hunger. If so many people live a wealthier life, they must develop industry and commerce. In China, to vigorously develop industry and commerce, it is necessary to have the people.
The government works together, and the government runs large factories with more investment and slow returns. The private companies run small factories and businesses.
In addition, the government has to work hard to run education...:::. All Chinese people can understand the text and make arithmetics so that the country's industry can develop better and faster. As for those Chinese who go abroad to work hard...::.\n. You Europeans don't run around the world? Don't you often have misunderstandings with local people? As long as you improve understanding and maintain goodwill to each other, you can still live in peace and develop together."
This is beautiful.::::. But it was not the case for Europeans in the 19th century that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was about to be imperialism! They developed industrialization in order to become stronger, and a strong country would be hegemony!
What's more, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a great power, a great power with a population of one-third of the world.
If such a country has achieved industrialization... how can it not seek hegemony?
The blue living room of Buckingham Palace gradually became quiet.:::
New York Harbor January 15, 1857.
Xianfeng, who had just got off the boat, stood in the cold wind of New York Harbor, watching the dock workers use crowbars to poke open the cargo box that was about to freeze into ice.
"Fekeer.
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Suddenly, a swearing word in Irish exploded, and more than thirty strong Irish men with red-headed coins wielded oak sticks and rushed out of the warehouse. A group of daggers from foreigners who came to the United States from somewhere were shining cold in the fog.
"Squat down!" Lei Laohu suddenly pressed Xianfeng's head. A wooden stick stained with snow water wiped with Xianfeng's bishop crown flew over. Xianfeng lay behind a pile of silk and shivered. Suddenly, he remembered the scene of himself fighting and killing the Taiping Army in Huai'an Prefecture.
Chapter completed!