The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 377 Heaven is for all, the world is a republic (ask for subscription, ask for votes)
On the second floor of Bukang Money House, a light was dim. Two scholar-like figures were sitting in the room, facing each other. They were Luo Yaoguo and Feng Yunshan.

There was a small table between the two of them, on which were placed a plate of peanuts, a plate of pickled pig ears, a plate of fried stinky tofu, a plate of smashed cucumbers, and a pot of rice wine warmed on a red clay stove. They looked like they were eating and talking, having a heart-to-heart talk.

Zeng Tianyang stood guard at the entrance of Fukang Bank, watching the bustling streets outside, while Zeng Jiumei stood guard beside Luo Yaoguo and Feng Yunshan.

In the entire Bukang Money House, there was no one else except the four of them.

Seeing Luo Yaoguo stand up to pour wine for Feng Yunshan, Zeng Jiumei quickly took it and carefully poured it for both of them. Then she took small steps back to the side and looked at Luo Yaoguo with a pout.

Luo Yaoguo had four female guards, Li Cuihua, Wei Xiulian, Ji Chunhua, and Zeng Jiumei. Ji Chunhua died in Changsha, Wei Xiulian went to the Dark Hall, Li Cuihua fell in love with Zhu Ba, and was asked by Zhu Ba to go to the Military Academy, and was about to become Zhu's wife. The youngest Zeng Jiumei was left, and she did not go anywhere, and always followed Luo the Archangel.
Feng Yunshan took a look at the girl whom he had arranged to be with Luo Tianshi, and he felt a little worried for Zeng Jiumei. She was a pretty girl with a good family background. She had followed King Luo Wu for so long, so why hadn't she become the king's wife yet?

He looked at the simple and somewhat crude side dishes on the table. King Fengnan, who had been used to enjoying them for the past two years, frowned quietly, then looked at Luo Yaoguo and said, "Ninth brother, I think you are worrying too much. This time, the king really just wants to reason with the king of the east, and there will be no more Tianjing incident! After all, King Xiaoxi and I are here, and the most important thing is you!" He paused for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, "Ninth brother, is there any instruction from above?"

Luo Yaoguo laughed inwardly at his words, and instead of answering directly, he asked, "Third brother, do you want to know what politics in heaven is like?"

"Heaven?" Feng Yunshan was stunned. "Isn't heaven the country ruled by Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother?"

"Well, not really." Luo Yaoguo said after careful consideration, "Father and Brother are the rulers of heaven, but they are not the rulers who directly govern the human kingdom in heaven."

Feng Yunshan looked at Luo Yaoguo in surprise: "Who is governing the heaven?"

Luo Yaoguo did not answer directly, but just said in a roundabout way: "The Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother who rule the heavens have infinite magical powers, so why do they need to directly come forward to govern the kingdoms of heavenly beings? The Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother only need to formulate laws and appoint angels to patrol the various kingdoms of heavenly beings to prevent demons from sneaking in, and occasionally give instructions to the saints among the heavenly beings, and let the saints govern the various kingdoms of heavenly beings."

"Who are the saints and sages among the gods?" Feng Yunshan asked.

Luo Yaoguo said leisurely: "The way of the great Dao is that the heaven is fair, selects the virtuous and capable, and emphasizes trust and harmony."

"The Book of Rites?" Feng Yunshan suddenly realized something was wrong. "Hey, why is it that the sky is for the public?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled and said, "Of course the heaven is for all. The Book of Rites is a book from heaven. The kind of world of great harmony described in the Book of Rites only exists in heaven, where material wealth is extremely abundant.

The world is short of resources and everyone has to struggle to survive, so there is more selfishness and less public spirit. How can there be such a great harmony?

Even the king of heaven is now infected by the selfishness of the world, and is more selfish than public, right? How can he still be a saint in heaven? He is clearly an emperor on earth!"

"Ninth brother, what do you want to say?" Feng Yunshan frowned and stared at Luo Yaoguo.

Luo Yaoguo said word by word: "Third brother, the Heavenly Father sent the Heavenly King down not to make him an emperor, but to make him a saint in the world, to create an ideal country in the world that is governed by saints like the kingdom of heaven. But the Heavenly King was confused by the selfishness of the world, obsessed with power, and only wanted to be an emperor."

Feng Yunshan said: "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with being an emperor, right?"

Luo Yaoguo looked directly at Feng Yunshan: "Of course the Heavenly King can be the Emperor, but that is not the purpose of Heavenly Father sending him down!

If the Heavenly Father just wanted his son to be born into an emperor, wouldn't he just be reborn into an emperor's family? If the Heavenly Father wanted to overthrow the Qing emperor and replace him with a Han emperor, wouldn't he just arrange a good birth for the fourth brother? Isn't the fourth brother better than the second brother at this? Why did the second brother have to come down to be the leader?

The Heavenly Father sent the second elder brother down to rebel against the emperor system, that is, the second elder brother led everyone to establish a heavenly kingdom on earth where everyone can eat together, wear together, use together, work together, and exercise power together. However, the second elder brother did not have the ability to become an emperor on his own.

If the Heavenly King insisted on becoming the emperor, there would be no Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and we would not have the blessing of God. The Tianjing Incident would still have happened, but the situation would have been different. After the Tianjing Incident, everyone would have to fight for the world based on their own abilities.

"Third brother, do you think the King of Heaven has that ability? If he wasn't the son of Heaven, how could he be where he is today? If you want him to conquer the world with his own ability, then you are harming the King of Heaven and ruining the Kingdom of Heaven!"

Feng Yunshan looked at Luo Yaoguo: "Old Nine, what do you want to do?"

Luo Yaoguo stretched out a finger and shook it gently a few times, then pointed upwards and said with a smile: "Third brother, it's not what I want to do, it's what the higher-ups want!"

"Up?" Feng Yunshan looked up.

"It's Brother Tian!" Luo Yaoguo said, "Brother Tian is the eldest brother of the King of Heaven, and he knows the King of Heaven's temperament and abilities best. Brother Tian means that if the King of Heaven doesn't want to be a saint, we will help him become a saint!" "Help him become a saint?" Feng Yunshan asked, "How can he become a saint? How can we help him?"

"Of course, the saints are the kings who rule the country with ease. The power of the world is shared by all the kings and discussed by the people. The king of heaven can be one of the kings, but he cannot be the master of the kings!" Luo Yaoguo tapped the table with his fingers. "This system is called a republic in heaven! This is the best for the king of heaven, for us kings, and for the people of Taiping below.

Third brother, you know the king's temperament and ability best. If we let him become our master and monopolize power, the consequences will be..."

Luo Yaoguo shook his head, then emphasized: "And it can't be done!"

"Can't do it?" Feng Yunshan narrowed his eyes slightly, "There are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses from the Yulin Army, the Left Army, the Right Army, and the Rear Army in Tianjing City now!"

Luo Yaoguo stood up with a smile and said to Feng Yunshan, "Third brother, I have a rooftop here. We can see the night view of the river and the north of the river. How about we go and see it together?"

"Jiangshang and Jiangbei?"

Feng Yunshan's face changed and he stood up immediately.

In the sky, the moon is bright and the stars are twinkling.

On the river, lights flickered, and the outline of a "giant ship" could be vaguely seen anchored on the Yangtze River near Pukou.

The dots of fire in the north of the river connected together into one, and at first glance it looked like the stars in the sky had fallen to the ground.

On the rooftop of Bukang Money House, Feng Yunshan was shocked: "Ninth brother, this is..."

"The big ship on the river is the Dingyuan gunboat made in England. It is a huge ship of more than 2,000 tons and equipped with 68-pound bombardment cannons! To the north of the river, there are my Upper Army and my fourth brother's Middle Army! In addition, the Western King's army is also coming down the river."

Luo Yaoguo turned his head and looked at Feng Yunshan, the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in the moonlight: "Third brother, how about we help the Heavenly King become a sage king who enjoys all the glory in the world?"

"Okay! Just what I want!"

Golden Dragon City, Sun Palace.

The lively and festive music began to play.

The Heavenly King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan, and the Eastern King, Yang Xiuqing, were drinking and chatting happily in the main hall, and the Northern King and the Wing King were also accompanying them.

Now it was time for the guests, hosts and all three parties to have enough wine and food, and there was nothing left to talk about. Finally, Yang Xiuqing put down his wine glass, smiled and clasped his fists towards Hong Xiuquan, who was sitting on the throne, and said with a smile: "Heavenly King, you asked me to come to Tianjing, but was it because of my ninth brother's communication with the demon?
This is a misunderstanding. My ninth brother used Luo Xueyan's name to defraud Shanghai, communicate with foreigners, win over Zuo Zongtang, etc., which is very beneficial to our Heavenly Kingdom. We now have so many foreign guns and cannons, aren't they all imported from Shanghai? In addition, the customs duties in Shanghai alone are now 600,000 to 700,000 yuan per month! The monthly income of Shanghai alone is almost over one million."

Hong Xiuquan said with a smile: "Qingbei, now someone has exposed Guobei's collusion with the demon, and there are also rumors in Tianjing that he is in collusion with the demon. As the Heavenly King, I can't just ignore it, right? So this time, I will take advantage of the opportunity that you and Shanbei and Dabei have returned to Tianjing to hold a meeting. In front of the Heavenly Kingdom soldiers in Tianjing City, you will come forward and tell everyone about this matter. What do you think?"

"Okay!" Yang Xiuqing said with a smile, "At worst, we can ask Heavenly Father to come down and tell us."

Hong Xiuquan smiled slightly: "Besides, I invited you to Tianjing not only for the sake of my compatriots, but also to add three more kings to the Heavenly Kingdom. Qing compatriots, do you think Gan, Yihuang, and Rigang can be crowned kings?"

"Of course!" Yang Xiuqing laughed, "But Hong Rengan, Hu Yihuang, and Qin Rigang are not children of God!"

Hong Xiuquan laughed and said, "Whether they are the sons of Heavenly Father or not, you have to ask Heavenly Father!"

"Okay!" Yang Xiuqing raised his eyebrows, "Heavenly King, when do you plan to ask?"

"What about three days later?" Hong Xiuquan asked.

Yang Xiuqing nodded: "Okay, three days later!"

(End of this chapter)