The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 410 Fellow countrymen, I have "New Treatise on Political Advice" (Please subscribe and vote)
"Heavenly King!" Luo Yaoguo shouted at the top of his voice, "Why don't you understand what the rules of this world are? Now it is a world of great contention, just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The rituals and music have collapsed, and only the law of the jungle remains. If you don't want to be a knife or a fish! If you believe in God, you can avoid being attacked by the great powers, then what about Britain, France, Sars, and Turkey going to attack Russia? Britain, France, and Russia all believe in God, but Turkey believes in Allah.

Look at the United States. From 1846 to 1848, it attacked Mexico like a bully, and took away half of Mexico's land. That was tens of thousands of miles of land! Mexico and the United States both believe in God, but they did not live in peace just because they believe in the same God. They still fought each other to the death.

Going back another 40 or 50 years, in Europe, Emperor Napoleon was so powerful that he conquered the east and the west like a god of war. The blood flowed like a river, and he destroyed so many countries that it was impossible to count them. Which of those people who were killed and the countries that were destroyed did not believe in God the Father and God the Brother? Even Emperor Napoleon himself was a loyal believer in God the Father and God the Brother!

Besides, didn't China get beaten badly by the expeditionary force sent by England, which was so far away, more than a decade ago? The Qing Dynasty's Daoguang was useless. In the end, he couldn't defeat them. He had to cede land and pay compensation. He also gritted his teeth and agreed to open the customs, allowing the harmful opium to be sold freely in China, and he couldn't impose any more taxes.

Until now, England still holds the Treaty of Nanjing signed with the Qing Dynasty and wants our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to abide by it!"

At this point, Luo Yaoguo pointed his finger at Bonham and Bourbouron, who had come with him to the foot of Parliament Hill, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can ask these two foreign brothers. They are the envoys of England and France!"

His words were transmitted far away through the "magic speaker" and could be heard clearly by a large group of people around. Countless gazes were like arrows, all shot in the direction of Luo Yaoguo's finger towards the two pale-faced guys Wen Xian and Bulbrunn.

Wen Xian and Bulblom both came with translators, and they knew everything Luo Yaoguo said. When the two guys heard this, their faces turned green, and they cursed in their hearts, "Fuck you!" What the hell is going on? They obviously just wanted to watch the fun, so why were they pushed onto the stage for no reason?
What could they say? They couldn't just say it didn't happen, right? The British Empire hadn't planned to give up the privileges granted to them by the Treaty of Nanjing in all of China! If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was easier to deal with, Britain would have wanted to make a fortune and ask Hong Xiuquan for more benefits!

But now it seems a bit difficult...

Luo Yaoguo didn't care how embarrassed the two ministers were, and asked in front of everyone: "Minister Wen, Minister Bu, can you tell me, is there a rule in the world today that those who fall behind will be beaten?"

As soon as he finished asking, he immediately threw the microphone in his hand to Zeng Jiumei. The little girl reacted quickly. Without saying a word, she jumped off the round table and ran to Wen Xian and Bulblom. She thrust the microphone forward and shouted in the crisp English she had just learned: "Please."

Wenxian was confused for a moment, not knowing how to respond. He quickly turned around and winked at the French envoy Bourboulon, which meant: "How about you speak first?" The French envoy did not hesitate. He cleared his throat, leaned forward to the microphone, and spoke in French: "British Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston has a famous saying, which is the most appropriate to answer the question of Your Highness the King of Wu. That is, the British Empire has no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!"

Wenxian could understand French, so when he heard this, he was so angry that he glared at Bourboulon and probably thought in his heart: "This Frenchman really has no good intentions!" But once the words were spoken, they were like water spilled, and he couldn't take them back, because Zeng Jiumei had already handed the microphone to Maria.

Maria was not vague and immediately translated Bulbron's words into Chinese. Now, the eyes of the Taiping people around the intersection under Parliament Hill looking at Wenxian suddenly became solemn. They were probably thinking in their hearts: "It turns out that the British Empire is really a profit-seeking country!" Wenxian also reacted quickly. He thought of a way to deal with it. He waved to Zeng Jiumei and called back the "magic microphone": "What Mr. Bulbron said just now is not only the diplomatic principle of the United Kingdom, but also the diplomatic principle of civilized countries all over the world! Every country has the right to defend its own interests by all means they can think of!"

Maria translated Wenxian's words into Chinese. Although most of the Taiping people had not received much education, they could still understand the words "take all means to defend their own interests". Isn't this just using any means to bully the weak? Isn't it just saying that those who lag behind will be bullied? Everyone couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: "Why do the rules in this world feel no different from those in the underworld?" Someone began to think: "It seems that the king's method doesn't seem to be reliable!"

All the questioning eyes turned to Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan could no longer sit still. He stood up and got out of his sedan chair with three rooms and one living room. He stood on the small platform outside the curtain and asked loudly, "Tianshi Luo, according to what you said, what kind of industry will our Heavenly Kingdom have to invest in? We have to learn from England and France and desperately build foreign guns and steam warships, and then fight with England and France to grab territory? Aren't you afraid that England and France will take the initiative and beat us? In addition, where will the money for industrial development come from? The people can hardly eat, so how can they have money to build factories and warships? Even if you can squeeze out some money, can you really build the factories and warships? Aren't you afraid that the people will rebel because they have no food to eat before the factories and warships are built, and then the Western powers will take the opportunity to add insult to injury?"

Hong Xiuquan's words were first amplified by the "human megaphone" and then translated into English and French by the translators brought by Wenxian and Bourboulon. When the two ministers heard it, they couldn't help but nod frantically in their hearts: "Hong Xiuquan is absolutely right, that's what we think!"

Actually, up to this point, outside the European Christian white civilization, there are many countries that want to learn from the Western powers to set up factories and train new armies, but few have succeeded. For example, Ali Pasha in Egypt, the Sikh Empire and the Mysore Kingdom in India were very active in learning from the West, but they didn't get any good results. It would be better for them to just lie down and do less work. And the Ottoman Empire, if Britain didn't want it to end, its Westernization reforms would definitely have ended badly.

If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really developed to the point where the British Empire felt it was a threat and had to be contained, then all kinds of means would have continued to emerge to bring disaster to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

At this time, Luo Yaoguo took out a thread-bound book that he had just written, held it high, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, and people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, this book is called "A New Treatise on Aids to Government". The book explains how our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should move towards industrialization step by step after basically completing the distribution of land and allowing most people to have food to eat. This book covers a wide range of aspects, including how to reorganize the court of our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, how to divide the various prefectures of our Heavenly Kingdom into garrisons of the kings and territories directly under the court, how to expand exports by supporting industries such as silk, tea, and porcelain to raise capital for industrialization, how to rectify the silver and money industry so that it can serve industrialization, how to develop a new army and navy, how to acquire overseas land while developing to find a way out for the excessive population in the country, and how to establish national education in our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom..."

He paused, and then said to Hong Xiuquan: "Heavenly King, this is really not the place to talk. Let's go to Congress Hill, sit in the hall of the National Assembly, and discuss it! My "New Treatise on Aids to Government" has been printed for several hundred copies, enough for all the representatives of the country. After everyone has read it, we can discuss whether to turn it into a national policy. How about it?"

"it is good!"

Hong Xiuquan gritted his teeth and uttered the words, "Let's go to Capitol Hill!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Maria again and thought, "Junior sister, now it depends on whether you can drive a fallen angel to hell!"

(End of this chapter)