The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 591: Your Highness, we are sent by your sister, Queen Victoria
It was late at night and it started to rain.

However, in the guest room where Friedrich stayed in the Seoul Guest House, the oil lamp was still lit.

Bonham, Sir Sutton, Consul Styron and Bai Siwen did not sleep late at night and all ran to Frederick's room. Each of them held a cup of coffee and stayed up late to discuss theological issues related to Moore with Friedrich - this left Friedrich speechless, as Moore was a staunch atheist!

This group of old superstitious people from the East and the West now believe that Moore was a Christian saint or prophet in his previous life because of the nonsense said by a Japanese "mikoto". They also believe that Moore was very close to Jesus' family in his previous life!

I wonder if Queen Victoria would make Moore a British nobleman when she found out about this?

Thinking of this, Friedrich was really at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Gentlemen, how could Moore be the reincarnation of a Christian saint and prophet? He is not even a Christian!" Friedrich originally wanted to say that Moore was an "atheist", but considering that both he and Moore obtained sponsorship from Prince Albert using false identities, he did not say anything about "atheism".

Bai Siwen asked: "Then are there any Christian prophets or saints who are not Christians?"

"Of course there is!" said Lord Sutton. "John the Baptist was not a Christian. He was the one who baptized Christ."

Friedrich pressed his forehead. He actually forgot about John the Baptist!

"When John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River," Lord Bonham, the director of Oriental Mysteries of the Magic Committee, analyzed randomly while holding a Bible, "he also wore camel hair clothes and ate locusts and wild honey - which is completely consistent with Mr. Moore's simple lifestyle."

Sir Sutton, the British Consul in Nagasaki, was so shocked that his monocle fell into the coffee cup. The splashed coffee soaked his pants, but he was unaware: "Sir Bonham, do you think Moore's previous life was John the Baptist? That... That was a relative of Jesus and Mary, and the forerunner of Jesus! And Her Majesty the Queen is the reincarnation of Jesus' sister Mary, and John the Baptist is also the Queen's spiritual relative!"

This is another upgrade! Friedrich thought to himself: "Moore has become a royal relative of the British Empire. When he returns to England, the Queen will give him a higher title and reward him with an Oxfordshire manor?"

The Dutch Consul in Nagasaki, Stirlen, didn't care whether Moore was a relative of Queen Victoria or not. He just wanted to quickly promote a ceasefire between the Dutch East Indies authorities and the True Covenant Archdiocese of Nanyang. He put down his coffee cup and interrupted, "If Prophet Moore is really the reincarnation of Hereditary John, then he can definitely persuade His Majesty the King of the East to mediate the conflict in the Dutch East Indies."

Friedrich shook his head repeatedly: "Don't you think it's ridiculous? He doesn't even believe in God."

"John the Baptist was also questioned by the Pharisees!" Wen Xian interrupted Friedrich and suddenly recited the Gospel of Matthew in Latin. His voice trembled in the rainy night: "'The kingdom of heaven is near, you should repent!'"

"Crack."

Thunder roared, the oil lamp flickered a few times, and the religious atmosphere in the room became even stronger. Bai Siwen took the opportunity to get close to Friedrich and whispered: "It won't do any harm to Moore and your career to let people think that Moore is the Queen's spiritual relative."

There was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the corridor. Moore pushed the door open and walked in. The invitation letter from the Korean royal palace in his hand was soaked with rain. "Friedrich, the King of the East will summon us tomorrow at 3 p.m."

Everyone gave Moore strange looks, except Friedrich.

And Moore also found something unusual. Why were all the people gathered in Friedrich's room? Except him?
What are they discussing behind my back?
While Moore was thinking, Friedrich suddenly spoke up to break the awkwardness: "Moore, what did you discuss with that Japanese witch?"

Moore closed the door, walked into the room, threw the invitation letter he had just received from the Korean royal palace on the table, then pulled a chair and sat down, and Friedrich poured him a cup of coffee.

"Kusumoto Inoko wants to know how North Korea, which is small, poor and lacks resources, can develop a powerful military industry?" Moore took a sip of coffee.

Bonham, Sir Sutton, Consul Styron and Bai Siwen all thought it was impossible! But Moore might be the reincarnation of John the Baptist. Then nothing is impossible!

"Is that possible?" Friedrich asked. "It's possible!" Moore said, "Although North Korea lacks capital, resources, technology, and its geographical location is not favorable, and it doesn't even have enough food. But North Korea has 16 million hardworking people who have cleared out feudal forces and have a strong regime. North Korea's neighbor Japan has now become a semi-colony of China and North Korea. North Korea can make huge profits of hundreds of thousands of taels of gold every year from the Japan-West Coast trade. Moreover, Japan is known as the country of gold and still has relatively rich precious metal resources. This means that North Korea's military investment has channels for realization and profit!"

"Moore!" Friedrich looked at his old friend in surprise. "You mean that North Korea wants to obtain the capital needed for development by invading Japan?"

Moore frowned and said, "Friedrich, you have witnessed with your own eyes how vicious those Japanese feudal lords and their lackeys are, and how grateful the Koreans are to the East King. In Japan, there are not a few Japanese lower-class people who hope that the army of the True Treaty will liberate them! Therefore, the East King's Korean Heavenly Kingdom overthrowing the feudal forces in Japan is likely to comply with the will of the Japanese people, and it can also liberate Japan's productivity to the maximum extent. As for aggression, I don't think the Westphalian system is applicable to East Asia at present."

"That's right!" Sir Bonham nodded in agreement. "Those warriors who kill people at will are simply demons! If there was such a country in Europe, it would have been torn apart by the storm of the Revolution!"

"But how will the Kingdom of Korea obtain the start-up funds to develop its military industry?" Bai Siwen asked, "They don't have that much money now, right?"

Moore took a sip of coffee and said, "Of course not, but it is not impossible to raise funds. The solution I suggest is to establish the Bank of Korea and the Korea Pacific Trade Co., Ltd., and let them raise funds from Japan, and use the money of Japanese merchants and feudal lords to develop Korea's industry."

When Moore repeated his method of handing over his message to Rice to Lord Bonham, Lord Sutton, Consul Styron and others, they looked at Moore in a different light - this man was not an editor of the Mercury at all, but a minister of the British Cabinet!

Sir Bonham secretly decided that when he returned to England, he would recommend Moore to Viscount Palmerston and Prince Albert.
"Mr. Moore," Stirren, the Dutch Consul in Nagasaki, asked anxiously, "Do you have a way to ask the Eastern King to mediate the conflict between the Netherlands and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?"

Moore looked at the Dutch diplomat and thought to himself, "There are 500 million of them, which is 40 percent of the world's population!"

"Mr. Consul, what is your goal?" Moore asked.

"Cease fire!" Styron said, "All conflicts must be stopped immediately. Then Britain and North Korea will mediate and achieve a just peace through negotiations."

Moore just nodded slightly, thinking: "It seems that you Dutch people are trying to buy time to send more fleets and troops from Europe to the Dutch East Indies."

Degong Injeongjeon.

Daozi led Moore and others through the former Korean royal palace, which seemed cramped and shabby everywhere, and walked into the not-so-large hall covered with "cross-patterned" carpets. Suddenly, Wenxian's leather shoes slipped on the carpet - he saw three thrones in the hall, on which sat three "human gods" of the True Covenant sect, namely Yang Xiuqing, Hong Ren'gan and Maria, who represented the interests of Luo Yaoguo.

Maria, who brought the Spear of Langnuski to Luo Yaoguo and established Luo Yaoguo's "divine power", appeared in Changdeok Palace and sat next to Yang Xiuqing. This should indicate that the relationship between the Kingdom of Korea and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not as bad as Westerners imagined.
"May Your Highness the King of the East, Your Highness the King of the Gan, and Your Highness Maria be blessed with good health and longevity." Daozi kowtowed to the three high-ranking people, Yang Xiuqing, Hong Rengan, and Maria.

More, Bonham, Frederick, Styron, Sir Sutton and others who followed her in bowed to the "three gods".

Yang Xiuqing glanced at the crowd and said, "Please take a seat."

"Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom greets the four sons of Heavenly Father." Wen Xian did not take a seat, but bowed 90 degrees to Yang Xiuqing who was sitting in the middle. "Her Majesty, as the reincarnation of Mary, the sister of Jesus Christ, has specially sent us to pay a visit to her spiritual brother."

Yang Xiuqing's full attention was on Moore - the more he looked at him, the more familiar he felt! Suddenly, he heard Wenxian say these words in Chinese with a Cantonese accent, and for a moment he was a little moved.

When Hong Xiuquan proposed this view, he thought that the guy who claimed to be "the son of God" was crazy, but he never thought it was true! The Queen of England is really the daughter of God. It seems that the fact that he is the fourth son of God must be true!
Otherwise, why would "Tianshi Carl" come to help him? Why would Queen Victoria send someone from so far away to recognize her relatives?

Wenxian certainly did not come empty-handed. After bowing, he took out a gift list and an envelope and handed them to Daozi: "This is the gift list of Her Majesty the Queen for Your Royal Highness, and there is also a handwritten letter from Her Majesty the Queen."

Daozi hurriedly took the gift list and the Queen's handwritten letter and presented them to Yang Xiuqing. Yang Dongwang first picked up the gift list and opened it. He narrowed his eyes and whispered, "20 Armstrong breech-loading guns, 2000 5-pound shells, 10 Enfield rifled guns, and 600 -horsepower compound steam engines."

(End of this chapter)