"How should the journey of Heavenly God to the Western Paradise be compiled? Why did Heavenly God go to the Western Kingdom of Egypt to save the Jews?"
And why was a promised land given to the Jews?
Moreover, why did Xuanyu Ji Du choose to be reborn in the Roman Province of Judea during the Han Dynasty?
Since he has already come down to the mortal world, why not conquer the Roman capital, seize the throne of the Roman emperor, and establish a Roman Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"
In the study of Tianwang Mansion, Hong Xiuquan was holding a brush in one hand and an old testament in the other, pondering how to modify it to be more reasonable. The more he thought, the more worried he became.
On one hand, it's quite difficult to modify the Bible; no matter how he changes it, it doesn't seem very reasonable. On the other hand, Hong Xiuquan hasn't had a dream of his heavenly father for some time now!
After the E Tung Conference, Hong Xiuquan wanted to find his heavenly father and brother in dreams. But the more he wanted to dream of them, the less he could. Previously, he would dream of heavenly father and brother once or twice a month. He could even chat with them in Hakka dialect in heaven.
But after the E Tung Conference, he never saw his heavenly father or brother in his dreams again.
People say that daydreaming leads to nightmares. But Hong Xiuquan constantly ponders on the Lord, reciting his brother daily, yet he cannot dream of them. Could it be that heavenly father and brother no longer love him?
At the thought of this, Hong Xiuquan broke out in a cold sweat.
"Your Majesty, the Prince of the East Palace wishes to see you!"
At this moment, a voice outside announced the arrival of Eastern King Yang Xiuqing.
These days, although Hong Xiuquan has not been able to see his "dear Heavenly Father" in dreams, Yang Xiuqing, the "deputy Heavenly Father," has been quite concerned about him. He visits almost every day and often brings him delicious food and beautiful women, truly demonstrating "fatherly love."
Moreover, Yang Xiuqing has not performed grand divination for some time now. Instead, he comes to pay his respects to Hong Xiuquan as the fourth brother, in a very orderly manner.
Hong Xiuquan put down his brush and shouted, "Enter!"
Then, he saw Yang Xiuqing bowing slightly, with a low head and a respectful demeanor as he walked in.
"Xiuqing respectfully requests the well-being of the Heavenly King."
Seeing Yang Xiuqing pay his respects with a humble bow, Hong Xiuquan finally felt that his younger brother, the fourth one, was indeed somewhat refined and good-looking.
"Sit down," Hong Xiuquan gestured to Yang Xiuqing, inviting him to take a seat and speak.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yang Xiuqing respectfully thanked, sat on a chair in all seriousness, and looked like a good father.
Hong Xiuquan warmly said, "Xiuqing, what brings you here today? Have you found another beautiful woman or some treasure? I have them all here; keep them for yourself."
Yang Xiuqing cupped his fists, bowing his head apologetically, "Your Majesty, I came in a hurry today and did not bring any beautiful women or treasures. I will definitely make it up later."
He spoke politely, but he was secretly complaining in his heart: "What is the Heavenly King thinking about all day? He's either changing the Bible senselessly or talking about beautiful women and treasures. Without me, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would have collapsed long ago!"
Hong Xiuquan did not refuse Yang Xiuqing's promise to send treasures and beautiful women, but he bypassed those matters and asked directly, "What urgent matter brings you here? Is it about the southern advance of the Qing demons from Lingling?"
"No, they would not dare," Yang Xiuqing shook his head, "The husband of my honored sister and the eighth brother have taken the city of Chenzhou!"
"Oh my!" Hong Xiuquan exclaimed in surprise, "How fast! It seems that the eighth brother is truly an angel of battle. Before he descended to the mortal world, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had captured two cities in the scattered states. Since he arrived, we have already taken one prefecture, one prefectural state under direct control of the central government, one scattered state, as well as several counties."
"But these territories are all under my brother Three's control," Yang Xiuqing said in a gloomy tone.
"Ah."
Hong Xiuquan waved his hand: "Whatever Three brother has is mine."
Yang Xiuqing thought to himself: "It seems that the Heavenly King Hong only considers Feng Yunshan as an ally."
At that moment, he no longer mentioned the territory in Hunan, and instead addressed Hong Xiuquan: "The husband of my honored sister and the eighth brother sent messengers to say that they intend to expand their army in Chenzhou by sending reinforcements, and then move north to attack Hengzhou. They will likely arrive in about half an hour. Therefore, my honored sister and the eighth brother hope that we can put more pressure on zeroang and Quanzhou to prevent those enemies from leaving. If we can keep them from leaving, Changle and Pengcheng will be within our grasp."
"Good idea!" Hong Xiuquan nodded and smiled, "If we take Changsha and Hengyang, Yongfu should be no problem. Adding Guangyang and Chenzhou, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will have four prefectures and one scattered state!"
"But these four prefectures and one scattered state are all captured by Three brother, the husband of my honored sister, and the eighth brother," Yang Xiuqing spoke in a gloomy tone, "Now several counties in the southern part of Guangyang State, Chenzhou State, and Yongfu are under the control of Nan Wang and lecturers. From counties to villages, it's all them. If Changsha, Hengyang, Yuezhou, Wuhan, and Hanyang were also like this, wouldn't Three brother, the husband of my honored sister, and the eighth brother have more troops?"
"This..."
Hong Xiuquan also felt that something was wrong.
During this period, the strength of the three "fathers" - Xiao Zhaoqi, Feng Yunshan, and Luo Yaoguó - has increased rapidly!
The three "fathers" have worked together, and in a short period of time, they have captured both Guangyang State and Chenzhou Prefecture. These two areas are also to be awarded to Feng Yunshan, so the spoils of war and the new recruits have all been divided among the three of them.
In addition, the "lecturer class" and "distribute land, land, and floating wealth" initiated by Luo Yaoguó have also snowballed in size. Not only have they produced a large number of lecturer brothers who can cause trouble, but they have also obtained a large amount of floating wealth. Although Feng Yunshan, Xiao Zhaoqi, and Luo Yaoguó have sent some money and treasures to the heavenly king's mansion, the lion's share has been divided among the three of them.
Therefore, the Nan Wang Palace, Xidu Wang Palace, and Tianzhigong Palace have grown stronger, while the Tianwang Palace, Dong Wang Palace, Beiyu Wang Palace, and Yizhang Wang Palace are relatively weaker.
"Moreover," Yang Xiuqing saw that Hong Xiuquan seemed to have taken his words to heart, so he added more weight: "Your Majesty has read 'Fanjing'?"
"Fanjing? I've read it," Hong Xiuquan nodded, his brow gradually furrowing.
Yang Xiuqing said, "Your Majesty, I've heard people read 'Fanjing'. I vaguely remember that in the second and third volumes of 'Fanjing', it compares the current world to the Yuan Dynasty!"
"What does that mean?" Hong Xiuquan was confused.
Yang Xiuqing said, "Your Majesty, I've asked some scholars in the army. They said that during the late Yuan Dynasty, many heroes rose up because of their religious beliefs. The religious group leading the rebellion at that time was the White Lotus Sect! The sect master was Han Shantong, but unfortunately, he died before he could achieve success."
Hong Xiuquan had already understood what Yang Xiuqing was going to say. He waved his hand and looked at his "Xiuqing father", speaking softly: "Xiuqing, don't say any more."
Yang Xiuqing stopped talking as expected.
The atmosphere in the study room suddenly became quiet and eerie. After some time, Hong Xiuquan spoke slowly: "I know you are my Liu Futong. The mountain people are my Mao Gui, and Mr. Guan is mine!" His tone was solemn, "But I am not Han Lin'er, and I cannot tolerate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to produce such formidable leaders as Chen Youlang or Zhu Yuanzhang!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Yang Xiuqing stood up, and bowed respectfully towards Hong Xiuquan.
Hong Xiuquan looked at Yang Xiuqing: "Xiuqing, you do what you want. I trust you! Zheng Bao and Da will both be under your command!"
Yang Xiuqing stood up and bowed respectfully: "I, the subject, will obey your order!"
In a corner of the Qianchaobei, an office where imperial envoy Xinjiang officials are stationed, in a small courtyard used to confine official offenders, there was a single lamp like a small candle. Inside the room sat three scholars-like figures One scholarly figure dressed as a bandit. They were all shaven heads without hats. Upon approaching more closely and examining them carefully, it was discovered that these three scholarly figures were indeed Wang Kuiyi, Huang Shijie, and Zhang Dingxiang. And the "bandit in scholar's dress" character was Zhang Guoliang.
Of course, the person confined to this small courtyard was only Wang Kuiyi, who had committed an offense.
Over the past few days, the volunteer teams under Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang had expanded to over a thousand people. Although this number was not large, it was sufficient to allow Sai Shang'ea to advocate for official positions for the two of them, and Emperor Xianfeng also readily agreed.
These two have now become the "father and mother of the people" of the Qing Dynasty.
As for Zhang Guoliang, he had worked very hard to rescue Dao County and lost nearly 800 of his brothers. He suffered significant losses in strength, but he still had a few hundred men left, which were enough to ensure his safety.
However, he also found that his superior, Xiang Rong, was not very capable. Following him resulted in many losses. So, he gritted his teeth and took out a stack of "toilet paper" issued by a bank in Guangzhou. He went through the doorway of Sai Shang'ea and obtained an "Interception Merit" - a merit for "intercepting" Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang's breakthrough. He reported it to Emperor Xianfeng, who was so bewildered that he bestowed a paramilitary officer rank upon him.
Sai Shang'ea took this opportunity to give him the post of "Yongzhou Volunteer Training Deputy Commander," merging his troops with those of Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang's volunteer forces, forming a Yongzhou Volunteer Training Camp.
In this way, Zhang Guoliang, a Cantonese, and Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang, both from Hunan Province, could mutually restrain each other. This was called political tactics!
Meanwhile, the news of the capture of Guangyang and Chenzhou cities came in succession. After a consultation with Xiang Rong and others, Sai Shang'ea decided that Changsha was somewhat empty, so he dispatched Yongzhou Volunteer Training Camp to provide support to Changsha. He also asked Huang Shijie, Zhang Dingxiang, and Zhang Guoliang to take along Wang Kuiyi to Changsha on their way
