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Chapter 302 God is my master, Jesus is my brother, if you don't agree, come and argue! (Please subscribe, please vote)
"Ding ding dong! Ding ding dong!"

Amid the sounds of gongs and drums, the tablet of "Heavenly Father Haotian Huangshang" was carried out of a large sedan chair by several Hakka girls. Then, under the gaze of a large crowd of onlookers, it was carried into the main hall of the Jianghai Customs North Gate Yamen which had just been renovated.

Then, a red flag embroidered with a huge yellow cross was raised on the flagpole outside the North Gate Office of the Jianghai Customs, fluttering in the wind.

Afterwards, Bian Sanniang took out a couplet written by Hong Xiuquan and asked her female soldiers to post it outside the main door of the North Gate Office of Jianghai Customs.

First line: God is my Lord!

Second line: Jesus is my brother!
Horizontal banner: If you don’t agree, come and argue!
After pasting the couplets, Bian Sanniang climbed onto a table that was moved out of the government office, put one hand on her waist, waved at the people watching, and said loudly: "In compliance with the imperial decree of His Majesty, the second son of God, the younger brother of Ji Du, the true Holy Lord of the world, today our Church of God requisitions this government office to be the Shanghai headquarters. From now on, all brothers and sisters in Shanghai who believe in God and Ji Du can come to the headquarters to worship God and listen to the teachings!

His Majesty the True Holy Lord and Heavenly King has also revised the Bible. True Testament according to God's will. This is the true Bible. All brothers and sisters who believe in God and Ji Du can come and receive it. After receiving it, recite it every day, and your soul will go to heaven in the future! "

After she finished speaking, she took the lead in raising her arms and shouting: "May Heavenly Father God bless us!"

The Hakka sisters below, each with their left hands on their waists and their right arms raised high, shouted in unison: "Father God, bless us!"

Upon seeing this scene, Wenxian, Li Taiguo, James Legge, the French Minister Bourboulon who had rushed to the scene after hearing the news, Zhao Fangji, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nanjing, and several other foreign monks from the Jesuit Society and the London Missionary Society, all had long faces.

Anyone who has ever seen the Great God knows that what Bian Sanniang and these Hakka sisters are doing now is to attract the attention of potential believers by provoking conflicts. The nature of this is the same as when Hong Xiuquan smashed idols and burned temples in Zijing Mountain, Guangxi. They want to attract villagers who originally believed in other gods to worship God through these hatred-the God worshippers can still be alive and well after smashing other people's temples and idols, doesn't it mean that they have great magical powers?

European missionaries in Shanghai were also familiar with this approach, otherwise where did so many teaching plans come from?

Don’t think that the incidents were caused by the Chinese people’s conservative thinking and their inability to accept new things. Christianity is not new to China. It has existed for a long time. It was introduced during the Zhenguan period, so what incidents were there? Later, many missionaries came during the Yuan Dynasty, but there were no incidents? In the late Ming Dynasty, there were more Jesuit missionaries, but there were no incidents either? Why did incidents occur repeatedly in the late Qing Dynasty?
In fact, at this time, Christianity was already able to flex its muscles by creating teaching plans, thereby taking advantage of people's admiration for the strong to develop believers.

This time, Hong Xiuquan gave the foreign religions in Shanghai a reverse "teaching plan"!
Openly challenge the two major factions of the Catholic Church, the Nanjing Diocese and the London Missionary Society, in Shanghai!

I now claim in front of you that I am the son of God and the younger brother of Ji Du.

There was also a banner posted saying "Come and argue if you don't agree".

Of course, Hong Xiuquan is not afraid of a fight!
The Hakka female soldiers brought by Bian Sanniang had all been on the battlefield, and they all carried Taiping swords!

In addition, all the officers of the Shanghai New Army were members of the God Worshipping Society, and the troops were under the control of the Shanghai Headquarters of the God Worshipping Society, so it was impossible for them to take action against Hong Xiuquan's people.

If the hundreds of foreign soldiers in Shanghai wanted to take action, the Shanghai New Army could only step in to stop them.

Moreover, when Luo Yaoguo negotiated with the foreigners in Tianjing last time, he had made it clear that he wanted to spread the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom outside.

This "teaching incident" in Shanghai was actually the beginning of the spread of the God Worshipping Society!
If the foreign religions in Shanghai could not be suppressed, going to Southeast Asia or the New World would most likely be a way to get killed.

At this time, Prince Gong Yixin also heard that the God Worshipping Society had come to Shanghai to perform shaman dances, and that there was even the intention of conflicting with the foreigners!
Now he was really excited, and pulled Gui Liang, Jin Aduo, Hong Daquan, and dozens of Mongolian guards out of the Wu family garden.

As soon as he went out, he ran into Yang Xiuqing, who was leading a group of people from northern Jiangsu who spoke Cantonese accents. He had just heard that Hong Xiuquan had sent people to Shanghai to perform a shaman dance! He had to go and see what was going on, but he didn't want to let Hong the Great King and the foreigners fall out!
This "God" of his had just reached a secret agreement with the French to send a prophet to be the Pope of Rome.
Yang Xiuqing and Yi Xin were quite polite when they met. They clasped their fists and bowed to each other. After a while of greeting, they got on their carriages and headed straight to the North Gate Office of the Jianghai Customs to watch the excitement.

By the time their carriage arrived, they could no longer get any closer because the North Gate Office of the Jianghai Customs was filled with onlookers, and the crowds were so dense that they were three layers deep!

So the two had to climb onto the top of the carriage to watch from afar. After they stood on the roof, one frowned and the other was excited.

The one who frowned was Yang Xiuqing, and the one who was excited was Yi Xin.

This was because a large group of foreign priests had blocked the North Gate Office of the Jianghai Customs and were about to launch a religious incident!

"Dear Madam, as everyone knows, there is no such thing as the Second Son of God in the world."

Just when Yang Xiuqing was anxious and Yi Xin was excited, a tall and thin foreign missionary with a solemn face, wearing black clothes and speaking fluent Chinese stood up to question the authenticity of Hong Xiuquan, the second son of God.

Bian Sanniang did not answer the missionary's question. She just bowed to him and asked, "Who are you? Which sect do you represent?"

The foreigner also bowed and said, "I am from the London Missionary Society, Medhurst!"

Bian Sanniang asked again: "Can you represent the London Missionary Society?"

The foreigner named Medhurst turned around and talked to a few foreign missionaries who were dressed similarly to him in English, then turned back to Bian Sanniang and said, "I can!"

Bian Sanniang bowed to the crowd and said, "Please welcome Mr. Hong!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two people walked out of the crowd. One was a middle-aged man in yellow clothes and a yellow hat, with a white face and long beard, and a solemn demeanor. It was Hong Xiuquan! The other was a woman in a Western dress, wearing a tight corset and a puffy long skirt, which made her look particularly graceful. It was Hong Xuanjiao.

"Mr. Mai, I'm here to meet you!"

Hong Xiuquan walked to the table, and someone had brought him a chair. He sat down leisurely, crossed his legs, and looked at Medhurst with a smile. Hong Xuanjiao stood beside Hong Xiuquan, looking at the people standing around him again and again, and seemed very alert.

"Sir, there is no such thing as God's second son in the world!" Medhurst said seriously.

Hong Xiuquan simply took out the first volume of the Book of Prophets and said, "I have evidence! This is the book of prophets that God and God's eldest son Ji Du sent angels to the earth to give to God's second son on earth!
Mr. Medhurst, you say God has no second son. What evidence do you have?

Medhurst said: "The Gospel of John in the New Testament says: God loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten Son to them."

"When was the Apostle John born? About 1,800 years ago, right? The events described in the Gospel of John happened 1,800 years ago. At that time, God indeed had only one son, and later God had five more sons, two daughters, an adopted son, and a son-in-law. All of this happened after the death of the Apostle John, so it is not recorded in the Gospel of John. But it is all in the True Testament. You will understand if you study the True Testament carefully."

"You're talking nonsense!" Medhurst was almost amused by Hong Xiuquan's anger. "The father-son relationship between God and Jesus is completely different from the father-son relationship of human beings. The evidence is in the Gospel of John. Jesus said: I and the Father are one! Jesus is God's self-expression and the bridge for direct communication between God and man!"

Hong Xiuquan smiled and said, "Mr. Medhurst, you said that Ji Du is the bridge for direct communication between God and man. Can there be only one bridge over a river? How many people were there in the world 1,800 years ago? How many people are there now? The number of people has increased tenfold, so God certainly needs more bridges, so he gave birth to a few more sons.

Do you doubt that the omnipotent God can't have more sons and daughters with the Virgin Mary? God is very powerful! "

"You are blaspheming!" Medhurst was already a little exasperated.

This Chinese person is so unreasonable and unruly. It seems it is time to launch a "teaching case"!

(End of this chapter)