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Chapter 378 Hong Xiuquan: I want to rebel! (Please subscribe, please vote)
“Praise God as the Holy Father, the only true God; praise Brother God as the Savior, the Holy Lord who sacrificed his life for mankind.”

In a large hall where tablets of "Heavenly Father Haotian Huangdi" and "Heavenly Brother Ji Du" were enshrined, Hong Xiuquan was leading Hong Rengan, Qin Rigang, Hu Yihuang, Hong Daquan, Bian Sanniang, Meng De'en, Chen Chengrong and others to kneel in front of the tablet of Heavenly Father, chanting something.

In the huge hall, only Hong Xiuquan's Hakka accent floated around. It was unknown how long it took before his voice suddenly stopped. After a few dozen breaths, the people who were kneeling upright with their foreheads pressed against the ground suddenly heard Hong Xiuquan's somewhat excited voice: "Don't lie down, stand up and look at me!"

Hong Rengan, Qin Rigang, Hu Yihuang and others hurriedly straightened up and looked in the direction of Hong Xiuquan's voice, only to find that King Hong was already sitting upright in his chair.

Hong Xiuquan looked very excited, his fair face was full of red light, his eyes were also bright, looking at his confidants below, waving his fist and said: "Okay, today I will expose Yang Xiuqing's fake God in front of tens of thousands of heavenly male and female saints, and beat Yang Xiuqing with a stick. I want everyone to know that there is no God at all!
As long as Yang Xiuqing surrenders, Luo Yaoguo and Xiao Chaogui will not be a concern. Next, I will take back Luo Yaoguo's Tongtian Mirror and break Xiao Chaogui's words on behalf of Brother Tian. Only I can speak on behalf of Father Tian and Brother Tian!"

"The Heavenly King is holy and wise!"

The seven people kneeling below all shouted in unison, with determined expressions, as if they were ready to follow Hong Xiuquan to the end.

Hong Xiuquan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Although I have to expose Yang Xiuqing's scam today, Yang Xiuqing is a hero of the Heavenly Kingdom after all. Although he has done some crazy and rebellious things in the past, his merits still outweigh his faults. Moreover, his crazy and rebellious behavior was probably tempted by the devil, not his original intention. So I am exposing his scam today just to help him exorcise the devil, not to take his life, nor to deprive him of his title. As long as he repents and apologizes to me, the Heavenly Father, and the Heavenly Brother, I can forgive him."

At this moment, Hong Xiuquan had no intention of killing Yang Xiuqing, he just wanted to force Yang Xiuqing to plead guilty and surrender.

After all, Yang Xiuqing's East Palace is not in Tianjing, but in Yangzhou, and three of the four central armies under the East Palace are in Jiangbei. Yang Fuqing, Yang Yiqing, Yang Runqing and other Yang family generals are commanding the army in Jiangbei. If Yang Xiuqing was killed in Tianjing, the Yang family generals in Jiangbei would most likely unite with Luo Yaoguo in Suzhou to "avenge God." Therefore, the best policy is to break the "feudal superstition" belonging to Yang Xiuqing and strengthen the "feudal superstition" belonging to Hong Xiuquan himself.

As long as Yang Xiuqing's feudal superstition was broken and he was forced to give in to Hong Xiuquan, Luo Yaoguo in the southeast would be alone and powerless.

If Luo Yaoguo had known better, and handed over the Tongtian Mirror and the Purple Gold Bowl, and also handed over the territories of several prefectures and most of the troops, he might as well have been made the King of Shanghai.

Once Luo Yaoguo surrenders, Xiao Chaogui in the west will also have to submit. His brother Dai Tian said that he can't do anything without Luo Yaoguo's purple gold bowl!

As long as Xiao Chaogui is willing to surrender, it would be fine for him to continue to be the King of Wuchang.

By then, half of the country will be named Hong, and Hong Xiuquan will be the second Zhu Yuanzhang in a blink of an eye. No, he will definitely be more powerful than Zhu Yuanzhang!
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was just an ordinary man, and he was a god!

Thinking of his divine power, Hong Xiuquan's face gradually darkened, and his tone became extremely stern: "If Yang Xiuqing is really stubborn and tries to resist the power of heaven, and the soldiers under his command dare to help the devil to commit atrocities, then I will also have thunderous means!

Hu Yihuang, Qin Rigang, are you ready? "

"We're ready! Three thousand elite soldiers under my command entered Golden Dragon City last night!"

"Heavenly King, my three thousand holy soldiers have also entered the Golden Dragon City, waiting for your order!"

The defense of Jinlong City was originally in the charge of Bian Sanniang's female soldiers, but in a while, tens of thousands of Taiping Army men and women will enter Jinlong City and watch Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing "reason" in the square outside the Sun Palace. Among them are Yang Xiuqing's more than 10,000 men and the people from the West Palace and Wu Palace who stayed in Tianjing. Although they cannot bring weapons into the city, it is still a little unsafe to control them with only 3,000 female soldiers.

So early yesterday morning, Hong Xiuquan issued a secret order to Hu Yihuang and Qin Rigang, asking them to each mobilize 3,000 elite soldiers and march into Jinlong City fully armed.

In this way, together with Bian Sanniang's female battalion, Hong Xiuquan had 9,000 elite soldiers at his disposal, enough to control the tens of thousands of people entering Jinlong City.

As for the central army, upper army and front army camps outside Jinlong City, the East King's Palace, West King's Palace, Wu King's Palace, and the mixed Xiaguan commercial port, they will be controlled by the elite troops under the command of Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai, and the surface of the Yangtze River will also be blocked by Wei Changhui's troops.

In short, everything is ready!

Daozi came in at a trot, knelt down in front of Hong Xiuquan and said, "Report to the Heavenly King, the troops from various palaces are beginning to enter the city!" "Good!" Hong Xiuquan took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind. "Everyone, remember that Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother are my followers. Don't worry about anything, just go for it!"

"Yes!"

The square outside the Sun Palace was extremely wide, large enough to accommodate 40,000 to 50,000 people kneeling and listening to Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing "reasoning."

To the north of the Sun Palace Square is the main hall of the Sun Palace, to the south of the square is the main gate of the Golden Dragon City, and on the east and west sides are two side gates of the Golden Dragon City. In addition, there are two small doors on both sides of the Sun Palace main hall, which lead to Hong Xiuquan's deep palace. Now, except for the main gate of the Golden Dragon City, which is wide open and people are constantly letting in, the other side gates are all closed.

At this moment, the square was already crowded with people, and the order was a bit chaotic. Many of them were in pairs - of course, men and women were paired! The system of separating men and women was still being implemented in Tianjing City. These male and female saint soldiers had to live in the male hall or the female hall even if they were married, so it was rare for them to see each other.

Today's "Square Sermon" should be divided into male and female teams, with the male camp belonging to the male camp and the female camp belonging to the female camp.

But three days ago, rumors began to spread in all the men's and women's halls in Tianjing that the "separate camp system for men and women" would soon be abolished! The Heavenly King and the Eastern King convened the "Square Forum" mainly to announce this matter.

Next, we will allocate houses for everyone in Tianjing City, and send everyone food and wages every month, so that everyone can live happily and enjoy the fruits of victory.

Not only was the news spread with great fanfare, but many officials in charge of the men's and women's halls even received verbal instructions from above, saying that the men's and women's halls would be abolished soon.
Naturally, no one thought about it anymore, after all, the system of men's halls and women's halls was unpopular. This system was previously required for marching and fighting, and it was inconvenient to bring families with you, so the strong men and women and children had to be organized separately.

But now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has had its capital in Tianjing for more than a year, and it is meaningless to continue with this practice. Everyone is looking forward to its cancellation, and now the wait is finally over. With only a few days left, no one wants to abide by the rules anymore. After entering the Sun Palace Square, the men's and women's camps dispersed and went their separate ways.

Yang Xiuqing and Feng Yunshan, who had arrived early, pretended not to see anything and just sat on a platform outside the Sun Palace, which was much higher than the ground, chatting, looking like they were having a very pleasant conversation.

The officials from the East Palace, South Palace, West Palace and Wu Palace who followed them onto the stage, of course, didn't care about this trivial matter.

Seeing that they all didn't care, the people below became even happier. They were either pouring out their heartfelt feelings to each other or discussing the good days in the future - even if they were still single, they would not have to worry about not being able to find a wife or get married.

They are all “compatriots” of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

The whole square was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. No one cared about the "angels communicating with demons", and few people noticed that their king was actually going to rebel.
"Why is it so chaotic outside?"

At this time, Hong Xiuquan had already arrived at the main hall of the Sun Palace, surrounded by Hong Rengan, Meng De'en, Chen Chengrong, Bian Sanniang, Hong Daquan and others. Naturally, he heard the noise coming from outside and immediately felt displeased.

Bian Sanniang hurried forward and asked, "Your Majesty, I will take people to maintain order immediately."

Hong Xiuquan nodded and waved his hand: "Go quickly!"

"Yes!"

Bian Sanniang waved her hand, and half of the five hundred female soldiers who had escorted Hong Xiuquan to the Sun Palace immediately followed her out of the hall to maintain order.

After about two quarters of an hour, the noise outside the hall gradually stopped.

Hong Xiuquan then took a deep breath, took a step forward as if he didn't care about anyone, and walked out of the hall with big strides!

(End of this chapter)