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"Oh? Debating on the scriptures?"

Luo Yaoguo was surprised: "Is this true? Fourth brother, is the news reliable?"

"Of course!" Yang Xiuqing said firmly, "Although he only talked about the debate with my sixth brother, Hong Rengan, Hu Yihuang, Qin Rigang, Hong Daquan and a few others, and only Bian Sanniang and Daozi were present, I still know what they said!"

Among these people are Yang Xiuqing’s spies!

Luo Yaoguo thought to himself, "It is impossible for Hong Rengan, Hong Daquan and Daozi to be in contact with Yang. The possibility of Bian Sanniang being in contact with Yang is also very small. That leaves only Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang and Hu Yihuang. One of them may be in contact with Yang, or they may all be in contact with Yang!

This Yang Xiuqing is really scary. I have to be careful with him!"

Luo Yaoguo was immediately impressed and gave Yang Xiuqing a thumbs up, saying, "Fourth brother is really amazing. I admire you! But as the saying goes, a wise man is always safe. What perfect arrangements did you make? Tell me about them and I'll try to imitate you."

Yang Xiuqing chuckled and said, "The 13,000 soldiers of the First Central Army will enter Tianjing with me. My son Bingzhao will be guarded by Yiqing and Runqing to stay in Yangzhou, and the Second Central Army will also be stationed in Yangzhou. In addition, the 12,000 soldiers of the Third Central Army will be led by Fuqing to guard Puzikou in the north of the Yangtze River. If there is any change in Tianjing City, we can immediately cross the Yangtze River!"

Can we cross the river immediately?

Luo Yaoguo thought: "That means that Tang Zhengcai, the chief of the water camp, is probably also in cahoots with Yang!"

Yang Xiuqing paused, and then said to Luo Yaoguo: "Fourth brother, this time he summoned the kings to the capital, ostensibly to investigate your collusion with the demon, but in fact he wanted to use the theory to force me to give up the right to speak for the Heavenly Father. Although I have made some arrangements, my third, sixth, and eighth brothers are all in Tianjing, and I can't fight with my second brother with weapons, so I still have to use the theory. But."

"Don't worry, I'm here!" Luo Yaoguo patted his chest and said with a smile, "I'm not afraid of him when it comes to reasoning! He has the True Testament, and I have the Anti-Scripture, the Prophets, and the Theory of Heaven. I also have a copy of the Celestial Kingdom's Land System, and I'm also the chief lecturer of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

Besides, as long as he argues with us in public, we have already won!"

"Already won? Why?" Yang Xiuqing looked puzzled.

Luo Yaoguo said with a smile: "How can a monarch and his subjects sit and discuss the Dao? The fact that he can sit and discuss the Dao with us shows that he is equal to us, and there is no difference between the superior and the inferior. If this discussion is successful, then the righteousness of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will not be decided by swords, but by discussing the Dao.

Also, do you know who will judge the outcome of this debate?"

"Who is it?" Yang Xiuqing was stunned.

He had never thought about this question.

Luo Yaoguo said with a smile: "It is about the thousands of Taiping Army soldiers and their families below the stage. They are our countrymen, and this is the way for our countrymen to discuss politics!"

"This"

Yang Xiuqing did not understand what "national people's political discussion" meant, but several kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were debating on the stage, and tens of thousands of Taiping troops were listening to their debates. In the end, they had to make a judgment, and their judgment could determine the outcome of the debate and even the national policy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Luo Yaoguo said: "This is true sharing of power! Not only can we kings share power, but the people below can also share some of the power."

Yang Xiuqing's pale face showed a look of doubt: "Isn't this inappropriate?"

"What's wrong with that?" Luo Yaoguo said with a smile, "These people followed us all the way from Hunan and Guangxi to Tianjing, fought in hundreds of battles, shed blood on the battlefield, and conquered half of the country under the guns and cannons of the Qing demons. Don't they have a share of this country? Aren't they our brothers and sisters? Shouldn't we discuss national affairs with them?

Now the Heavenly King wants to use the discussion of the Dao and the scriptures to seize our power, and we can only resist him by sharing the power."

"Think about it, we can't deny that he was sent by Heavenly Father to be the King, right?"

Yang Xiuqing said in a deep voice: "I really have to admit this, but..."

"But he can be removed, right?" Luo Yaoguo pointed upwards, "The higher-ups don't agree."

And above
Yang Xiuqing looked at the sky and was speechless for a moment.

Luo Yaoguo’s “coming” proves that the above exists!
The existence of "above" restricted the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom kings, including Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and Eastern King Yang Xiuqing.

Therefore, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom no longer actually has unrestrained power.

Otherwise, people like Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing would not have thought of discussing theories first instead of engaging in fighting in the city of Tianjing.

They were also afraid that while they were having a great time, someone would be sent down from heaven.
What Luo Yaoguo needs to do now is to change the constraints from above into constraints from below, introduce "shared power" to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, let the "Taiping Army" participate in politics, use them to contain the kings and prevent them from messing around. At the same time, once the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom progresses from "shared food, shared clothes, shared money, shared fields" to "shared power", then the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will begin to transition to the Taiping Republic.

In the middle of the 19th century, a republic that ruled over about million people, even if it had no industry, no "Book of Prophets", and no "God" in heaven, would be regarded as an inviolable power and have the right to sit at the table for dinner.

Today, the population of Southeast Asia is very small. The most populous island of Java has only about a thousand people. The Philippines, Siam, and Vietnam have only a few million people. Myanmar used to have more than 10 million people, but now it has been beaten twice by Britain and only has a few million people left. Moreover, the central dynasties of East Asia have not completely lost their traditional sovereignty over these territories.
"Fourth brother, since we cannot deny him as the Heavenly King, then we can only use the people below to restrain the Heavenly King." Luo Yaoguo said, "So what I mean is to follow the Heavenly King's own proposal to discuss the truth and debate the scriptures, and to promote the principle of sharing power and the people's participation in politics!"

its not right!
When Yang Xiuqing heard this, he felt something was wrong.

Luo Yaoguo was suppressed by Hong Tianwang on the charge of "collaborating with demons", so he should be panicked and passive! But why does the current situation seem to be under his control?

It was obvious that the purpose was to investigate his collusion with demons, so how did it muddle along to "discussing doctrines and debating scriptures" and then slide to "sharing power" and "national discussions on politics"?

However, even if he discovered something was wrong, it would be impossible for Yang Xiuqing to side with Hong Xiuquan now.

Because once he gives up the power to "speak for God the Father", he will turn from Hong Xiuquan's "father" into Hong Xiuquan's dog!
You've been a father for so long, how can you be willing to be a dog?
Moreover, Yang Xiuqing went too far when he was Hong Xiuquan's father. Once God possessed him, Hong Xiuquan would have to kneel down and kowtow.

If he became Hong Xiuquan's dog, wouldn't Hong Xiuquan kill him and eat his meat once he no longer needed him?
Therefore, he would rather let his subordinates "share power" than become Hong Xiuquan's dog.

Otherwise, you will be abandoned sooner or later!
At this time, Luo Yaoguo said again: "Fourth brother, we can't let the second brother become Zhu Yuanzhang no matter what!"

"Yes!" Yang Xiuqing narrowed his eyes and nodded heavily: "We can't let him become Zhu Yuanzhang!"

He only said half of the sentence. The other half was - if anyone wants to be someone, it can only be me, Zhu Yuanzhang!

Tianjing, Palace of the Sun.

"Heavenly King, Your Majesty, the memorial to the Nine Thousand Year Old King of the East has arrived!"

Daozi quickly walked into Hong Xiuquan's study, knelt down, and held up a silk scroll in his hand.

Hong Xiuquan, who was sitting behind the desk, stood up immediately, walked quickly to Daozi, picked up the scroll she handed over, and then unfolded it to read.

Feng Yunshan who was sitting on the side, Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui who were standing, Hu Yihuang, Qin Rigang, Hong Rengan and Hong Daquan who were kneeling, all turned their eyes to Hong Xiuquan.

Hong Xiuquan's brows gradually furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "He wants to lead the Zhongyi Army into Tianjing!"

"Don't worry," Feng Yunshan said with a smile, "We have 50,000 troops, we are not afraid of his more than 10,000 troops."

Wei Changhui immediately patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, my king. If the King of the East dares to rebel, my 20,000 elite soldiers from the right army will fight him!"

Hu Yihuang and Qin Riguang also spoke up immediately to express their opinions.

"Heavenly King, if the King of the East dares to rebel, I will fight him!"

"That's right. If he dares to rebel against the king, I will be the first to lead the troops to kill him!"

The determination sounds great.

But there is a prerequisite - the King of East rebels!

But why did the King of the East rebel? He was the "Representative God"!

If God rebels, can he call for rebellion?
Hong Xiuquan frowned even more tightly.

"King of Heaven," Hong Daquan said decisively at this time, "If King Dong follows the rules and discusses the Dao with you, no one will touch him. If he breaks the rules, then he is not the spokesperson of Heavenly Father, and then all the brothers and sisters of Heavenly Kingdom in Tianjing City will be his enemies!"

Hong Xiuquan nodded heavily and said proudly, "Yes! If he dares to break the rules, I will not forgive him!"

(End of this chapter)