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Chapter 300: Go to Rome to be the Pope? (Subscription, votes)

"What? The French ambassador. Interesting!"

Yang Xiuqing was also stunned. Before coming to Shanghai, he had asked Winston White about the positions of Britain, the United States and France towards the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he also knew that France was the most hostile to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

And he also knew the reason - the French were "pious"! Of course, they could not accept a Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that airdropped all the people listed in the household register of God's family.

But the first visitor was from the French, who were the most "pious" to God. Are they really that pious? Or is there a big difference between his understanding of "piety" and that of the French?
Even Yang Xiuqing was a little confused!
"Please ask him to meet in the living room and ask Old White to be the interpreter."

Yang Xiuqing ordered.

"King Dong, what etiquette should the French envoy follow?" Huang Xiqing asked again before leaving.

"Kowtow!" Yang Xiuqing sneered, "I am the fourth son of God. It is not too much for them to kowtow to me, right?"

"Yes."

French envoy Bourboulon came with Francis Zhao, the bishop of the Catholic Church in the suburbs of Nanjing, who served as an interpreter. When the two heard that they had to kowtow to Yang Xiuqing, they did not raise any objections. After being led into the living room, they both knelt down and kowtowed to Yang Xiuqing, who was sitting high on a throne. However, they did not kowtow three times and nine times, but only kowtowed once.

"Flat body, give me a seat."

Yang Xiuqing did not argue with it anymore, but smiled and gave the two of them seats.

Seeing the French envoy and a trembling old priest sitting in their chairs, the "Yang God" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom narrowed his eyes and asked slowly in Guangxi Mandarin, word by word, "Minister Bu, Bishop Zhao, let's stop beating around the bush and just say what you want to say! What do you want from me? What conditions can you give me?"

He was quite straightforward and got straight to the point without any nonsense.

Bulbourn glanced at Zhao Fangji, who immediately translated Yang Xiuqing's words into French.

Bulbulon immediately said to Zhao Fangji: "Let's ask about the thirty-six books of the prophets first!"

Zhao Fangji nodded slightly, and then said to Yang Xiuqing in fluent Mandarin: "Your Highness, the Eastern King, I heard that there are thirty-six copies of the Prophet's Book stored in the Wu Palace in Tianjing, which record the major events that will happen in the world thirty-six years after 1852?"

Yang Xiuqing narrowed his eyes and thought, "So the French and this foreign priest are here to tell fortunes!"

He nodded. "Yes, there are thirty-six books of the Prophets. This is a copy of the second volume of the Book of the Prophets. It records some major events that will happen next year."

As he spoke, he took out the second volume of the Book of Prophets, showed it to him, and then placed it on his lap.

These thirty-six books of the prophets are the "golden fingers" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

However, this "golden finger" is a bit special. It is not a "two-way door" or a "technology tree", but information that can be used to exchange benefits with foreigners in the 19th century.

Yang Xiuqing personally came to Shanghai to negotiate with the foreigners, of course he brought this "golden finger" with him!

But he did not have the thirty-six volumes of "The Books of the Prophets". He only had the first and second volumes. Luo Yaoguo did not give the remaining thirty-four volumes to Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing.

The first volume of the "Book of Prophets" had long been made public, that is, the first volume of the "Book of Great Prophecies", and the second volume of the "Book of Prophets" had long been given to Li Hongzhang and Wang Tao to take to Europe - otherwise how could they act as the "devil's spokesperson"?
Zhao Fangji's breathing became a little rapid. He quickly made the sign of the cross on his chest, calmed down, and then asked, "Your Highness, King Dong, what would you like to exchange for the second volume of the Book of the Prophets?"

A considerable portion of the content in the first volume of the Book of Prophets has been verified!

Therefore, the second volume of "The Book of Prophets" is extremely valuable to the Catholic Church. It is not because the church attaches great importance to its content, but because the existence of prophets, demons or angels itself can prove the existence of God!

What era is Europe in now? It is an era where ghosts are wandering everywhere and the revolutionary waves are getting higher and higher. Europeans' faith in God has been seriously shaken, and the Catholic Church is in turmoil.

If there was anything now that could prove the existence of "God", the entire church would go crazy!
Yang Xiuqing smiled and said, "I thought the French regarded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as an evil heresy and were unwilling to befriend me!"

Zhao Fangji smiled bitterly and replied, "Your Highness, the King of the East, you are certainly not an evil demon, otherwise we would not have made a deal with you.

Besides, the author of the Prophet is worth more to us if he is a devil than a liar! We will discuss what he is later, but for now, I want to know what you want to get in exchange for the Prophet.

In fact, Bulbulon and Zhao Fangji regarded Yang Xiuqing as a liar!

But Luo Yaoguo is obviously not a liar! He could be a real devil, or he could be a prophet. So Bourboulon and Zhao Fangji could not make a deal with Luo Yaoguo now. Even for the sake of France and the Roman Church, they were unwilling to risk their souls going to hell after death.

But there is no problem in doing business with Yang Xiuqing!

Because Yang Xiuqing was just a liar bewitched by the devil or the prophet.

This is what Bulbulon and Zhao Fangji think of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing were both liars who were bewitched by the devil or the prophet. However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really had a devil or a prophet!

Proving that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had demons or prophets would consolidate the foundation of the Roman Church, and the Roman Church was a supporter of the Second French Empire. If the foundation of the church was consolidated, the empire would also be consolidated.

The logic here is a bit complicated and Yang Xiuqing certainly couldn't understand it, but there was one thing he understood, that is, he could use the second volume of "The Book of Prophets" to exchange for the good things he wanted!

"Bishop Zhao," Yang Xiuqing said with a smile, "I want foreign guns and cannons, enough to arm 30,000 new troops, and I also want French foreign generals to help me train the troops!
In addition, I also plan to open up Guazhou Port in Yangzhou Prefecture as a port to trade with other countries. I also want to manufacture foreign guns, cannons, and bullets in Yangzhou, and I hope France can provide help. "

Yang Xiuqing is also going to implement new policies!
The Westernization Movement is being promoted quite vigorously in China today!
Not only Luo Yaoguo was doing it, the Qing Dynasty was doing it, and even Yang Xiuqing, who was a shaman, wanted to do it!

Of course Zhao Fangji could not agree to Yang Xiuqing's request, so he told the French Minister Bourboulon.

The French envoy thought for a moment and replied: "If King Yang can pay for the provision of foreign guns and cannons to King Yang, then I can agree to it. The head of the French Remy Company will come to you tonight to sign the contract.

General Rauel, the commander of our East India Fleet, who has sent out military advisors, is on his way. When he arrives in Shanghai, I will negotiate with him and try my best to fight for His Royal Highness the King of the East.

We certainly welcome the opening of Guazhoupu in Yangzhou Prefecture as a port.

As for helping the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom build its military industry, this requires the approval of His Majesty the Emperor! However, as long as His Royal Highness the Eastern King can assist the French side and the Catholic Church in finding out the true identity of that person, the French Emperor will definitely agree. And investigating the true identity of that person is the second purpose we want to achieve by coming to you today."

After confirming the existence of demons, prophets or angels, Napoleon III and the Pope of Rome naturally had to find out who Luo Yaoguo was?
It is a devil, of course it must be destroyed!
Since he is a prophet, of course he should be invited to Rome to "become a monk".

If it was an angel, this seemed unlikely.
"Of course my ninth brother is an angel!" Yang Xiuqing gave the "truth" after hearing Zhao Fangji's words, "He fell from the sky, and many people saw it with their own eyes!"

Zhao Fangji shook his head. "Your Highness, the King of the East, have you also descended from the sky? This does not mean that he is an angel. In fact, we are more inclined to believe that he is a prophet! He seems to have called himself so. The word prophet in the Book of Prophets explains this point. According to the Bible, there are more than twenty known prophets."

Of course he couldn't say that Luo Yaoguo might be a devil. There was no point in talking about that!

"So, if he is really a prophet," Yang Xiuqing asked with narrowed eyes, "how are you going to deal with him?"

Zhao Fangji made the sign of the cross again and said devoutly, "Of course, please go to Rome!"

"What are you going to do in Rome?" Yang Xiuqing became interested.

"He will probably become a cardinal first," Zhao Fangji said, "and he may become the Patriarch of the Roman Catholic Church in the future!"

"The Patriarch?" Yang Xiuqing stared, "Isn't that the most important leader of your Catholic Church?"

"Yes!" Zhao Fangji nodded and said seriously, "If he is really a prophet sent by God, he is of course the leader of the universal church!"

This is a good thing!

Yang Xiuqing thought to himself: "If Luo Yaoguo becomes the head of the Roman Catholic Church, he will not return to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Then I will have the final say in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from now on!"

Thinking of this, Yang Xiuqing asked again: "What if he refuses to go to Rome?"

Zhao Fangji smiled and said, "Why wouldn't you agree?"

Unless he is the devil, of course, this cannot be said.

Archbishop Zhao smiled and said, "Your Highness, King Dong, we can work together to find a way to invite the prophet to Rome!"

(End of this chapter)