The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 264 I am God's own son, Victoria is my sister (please vote, please subscribe)
Hong Xiuquan sat in the magnificent hall, with a female official standing beside him, and a guard standing outside the door. There were also 88 beautiful women of all shapes and sizes in the harem. Three meals a day were prepared by the best chefs in Tianjing City, preparing delicacies from the land and the sea.
But a few years ago, he was just a failed student who had failed the exams many times - not even a failed scholar, but just a student, and a mere junior student who had passed the county exam. Due to his lazy nature, he could not even do a good job as a private school teacher, and his only living skill was to rely on his parents.

But he never expected that the old man he was asked to chew on was actually the Heavenly Father God!
With the Heavenly Father, the God, as his "father" to chew on, it's hard for him not to be prosperous. In recent years, he has been able to sit on the throne without any worries! Although he liked the feeling of "leading millions of soldiers to dominate the world" after the battle of Hengshan City, he led his troops to fight in his "three-bedroom, one-living-room" sedan chair.

Sitting in a three-bedroom sedan chair, he could still be invincible on the battlefield, sweeping all the way from Hunan to Nanjing in a few months. Would anyone believe that he was not the son of God? Anyway, Hong Xiuquan himself did not believe it.

Yesterday afternoon, another piece of good news came that could prove that Hong Xiuquan was God’s biological son - the Western envoy from England, Sir Thomas Wade, came to Tianjing City on behalf of Queen Victoria of England to kowtow and pay respects to Hong Tianwang, the second son of God!

This is the atmosphere of “all nations coming to pay tribute”!
And last night, Hong Xiuquan dreamed of his Hakka God, who told him that he had a sister in the West named Victoria, who was the Queen of England and had sent people to Tianjing to pay tribute and ask for the true scriptures.

So when Hong Xiuquan summoned Wade today, he brought a newly printed copy of the "True Testament of the Bible".

Just when Hong Xiuquan was thinking about how to help his sister Victoria educate the English, a Hakka announcement sounded: "English envoy Sir Thomas Wade has arrived!"

"Xuan!"

Yang Xiuqing, the "Second Emperor" sitting next to Hong Xiuquan, shouted, and then the guards guarding the entrance to the hall also shouted: "Announce!"

Chen Chengrong, who was in charge of the introduction, smiled and turned back to the slightly reserved Wade-Giles and said, "Master Wade, please come in with me. Remember, you will have to bow three times and kowtow nine times later!"

"Three bows and nine kowtows?" Wade was almost tempted to turn around and leave. He originally thought that one kowtow would be enough, but now he had to kowtow so many times.
"Yes," Chen Chengrong said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do the three bows and nine kowtows. Just kowtow a few more times. It's always right to kowtow more. Remember, you are not allowed to stand up after you kowtow. You must keep kneeling."

"Do you have to keep kneeling?" Wade was about to turn around, but when he was halfway around, he saw two tall Taiping soldiers following him, and they looked at him with unfriendly eyes.

"Lord Wei, follow me!" Chen Chengrong had already called upon Wade to walk into the lobby.

Seeing that he had no way to escape, Wade had no choice but to walk into the hall, looking at the two people sitting in the hall. He saw that both of them were wearing yellow embroidered "flower" robes and hats with complicated patterns on their heads, which should be made of paper. One of them was sitting on the throne in the middle, and he looked quite dignified. He should be Hong Xiuquan!

The other one was sitting on a deputy chair on the side. He looked rather ugly and was most likely Yang Xiuqing.

In addition, there were two people wearing yellow robes embroidered with "flowers" standing in the lobby. I wonder if Luo Yaoguo was one of them?
"kneel!"

Chen Chengyong's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Wade's thoughts. He had no choice but to kneel. He could only sigh, kneel down stiffly, and then start to kowtow while counting - nine times, one more would be a loss.

"Okay, okay, that's about it."

When Chen Chengyong kowtowed seven or eight times, Hong Xiuquan smiled and told him to stop.

Wade immediately stopped kowtowing and even glanced upwards.

When Hong Xiuquan saw the foreigner secretly looking at him, he didn't get angry but smiled and waved: "Stand up."

To stand up means that you can stand up.

"Thank you, King of Heaven."

Wade quickly seized the opportunity, stood up, and looked at Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan seemed to be in a good mood. Looking at the English envoy in front of him, he became poetic and shook his head and chanted: "I am the true second son of God, sitting on the throne in my little paradise. Western brothers come to help me. Let's build a kingdom together and share wealth and glory!"

Hong Tianwang's poem was read in Hakka. Even Wade, an expert on China, did not understand it. He thought it was Hong Xiuquan delivering a welcome speech, so he could only nod politely and say "thank you" twice.

Hong Xiuquan was overjoyed. He smiled and said to Wade in Cantonese Mandarin: "I dreamt of the Heavenly Father last night. He told me that he had a daughter who came down to earth and came to your country of England. She is now the Queen of England and her name is Victoria. She knew that I was in power in Tianjing, so she sent people to pay tribute and ask for the true scriptures. I didn't expect that they would come so soon. Wade, you have worked so hard."

After hearing Hong Xiuquan's words, Wade was petrified.

How did the Queen of England become the daughter of God? And how did I become a pilgrim seeking the true scriptures? Is Hong Xiuquan, who sounds like the English Tang Monk, mentally ill?

While he was in a daze, Hong Xiuquan had already picked up the Bible. True Testament in his hand and said, "Wade-Giles, the true Bible that Victoria wants is here. It is the Bible that I have revised, called the True Testament. It is more authentic than the Old Testament and the New Testament."

This negotiation is not going to work!

Wade, the "old diplomat", didn't know what to say. Even Queen Victoria was described by Hong Xiuquan as the daughter of God who came down to earth. This lunatic who talked to himself even revised the Bible and compiled the True Testament.
"Quickly take the True Covenant to the British envoy."

When Hong Xiuquan saw Wade standing there stupidly, he first criticized the envoy sent by Victoria's sister as a little stupid, and then asked a female official to give the "True Testament" to Wade.

Wade had no choice but to take it, then he coughed twice and said to Hong Xiuquan: "Your Majesty, I think you have misunderstood. I did not come all the way from London. I am the British vice-consul in Shanghai. I came to Tianjing from Shanghai not to learn from the scriptures, but to discuss trade issues with Your Majesty."

Hearing what he said, Hong Xiuquan was not angry, but slapped his thigh and laughed: "I am impatient. London is tens of thousands of miles away from Tianjing. The envoys sent by my sister Victoria will not arrive so quickly. As for the trade issue, let me hear it."

Wade did not explain much. He did not know whether Queen Victoria was the daughter of God or whether she sent a "pilgrim group" to China. I will not say what I do not know. Let me tell you what I do know.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the position of our government on the ongoing war in China is still neutral. At the same time, our government hopes that the warring parties can continue to fulfill their treaty obligations and ensure free trade and the free spread of Christianity in China.

In addition, our government also wants to create favorable conditions for the expansion of Sino-British trade by revising the Treaty of Nanjing. If His Majesty the Heavenly King agrees to revise the treaty, our country can, while maintaining neutrality, give the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as much convenience as possible in purchasing foreign guns and cannons. "

Hong Xiuquan frowned, looking a little ugly: "Neutral outside? Don't you think Britain is unwilling to support me, the second son of God? Do you British people believe in God?"

"Your Majesty," Wade frowned, "I am not a priest, and I cannot confirm whether you are the second son of God! I am just a diplomatic official, acting according to the instructions of London. London believes that your war with the Qing Dynasty is China's internal affairs and has nothing to do with Britain. As long as Britain's interests in China are not affected, we should remain neutral."

With a "bang", Hong Xiuquan slammed the table.

Yang Xiuqing knew that he could no longer let Hong Xiuquan negotiate with the British. If he continued to negotiate, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would go to war with Britain. He quickly interrupted and said, "Since you want to remain neutral, then why did you come to Tianjing?"

Wade said: "I came to Tianjing to give the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a chance to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Britain!"

He said in a threatening tone: "In Shanghai, we have maintained a fairly friendly relationship with the Qing Dynasty's warlord Luo Xueyan. He also used weapons purchased from Britain to defeat your Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's King Wu in Shanghai! I don't think you want him to buy more foreign guns and cannons from Britain, right?"

"Hahaha!" Hong Xiuquan suddenly laughed, then looked at Wade with a crazy face and said, "Wade, if you have the guts, go ahead and sell more foreign guns and cannons to Luo Xueyan. I am the second son of God, and my country is already in place. Even if Luo Xueyan has a million foreign guns and a thousand foreign cannons, I can still enter Beijing! Come on, send Envoy Wade back!"

(End of this chapter)