"Long live the Heavenly King!" Yang Xiaoshan found that Hong Xiuquan was also here, and hurriedly saluted.

"It's Xiaoshan, why did you come here today?" Hong Xiuquan asked with a smile.

"This is Mr. Ji, a talent here in Daozhou, Xiaoshan wants to introduce him to Prime Minister Chen to see if there is a suitable position arrangement." Yang Xiaoshan explained the intention.

"This is really unfortunate, I just arranged for Chen Chengxiang to do something, and he just went out. Xiaoshan's recommendation must be a good talent, Mr. Ji, please. Hong Xiuquan is still very polite, now that the team has grown, people are needed to manage everywhere, and the positions of cultural people are even more scarce.

"In the next season, I have seen the king of heaven." Zuo Zongtang seemed neither humble nor arrogant, neither humble nor arrogant.

Hong Xiuquan liked it at first sight, "Since Mr. can come to my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he must have his own unique opinions." What does Sir think of our kingdom of heaven, and do you think that our kingdom of heaven can be a great thing? This remark is not only a consultation, but also a test of Zuo Zongtang's talent.

"Today's turmoil, internal and external difficulties in the imperial court, and the misery of the people are unspeakably apocalyptic, it is a scene of the last days. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sprung up, and there were many people who followed it everywhere, which shows that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was very popular and developed in full swing. If this trend continues, it is not impossible to fight until Beijing replaces the Qing court and unifies the Central Plains. "Zuo Zongtang is still quite optimistic about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at this time, otherwise he wouldn't have come here to find out.

"And what advice does the gentleman have for my kingdom of heaven?" Hong Xiuquan asked again, this is the point.

"I don't dare to make any suggestions, but I have a few doubts." Zuo Zongtang paused.

"Sir, please make it clear." Hong Xiuquan became interested.

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom erected a banner in Yong'an as early as possible, and this is not impossible. But after the founding of the country, you should have attacked quickly and smashed the key points of the Qing court, but you stayed in Yong'an for half a year, which seems to be a suspicion of losing the warplane. Zuo Zongtang was prepared for his homework and came prepared.

"That's right, our army is indeed a little sluggish in Yong'an." Hong Xiuquan nodded, in fact, at that time, the Taiping Army generally had the idea that a little wealth is peace, and the ambition was not so big, and the inconvenience of the army was also an important reason.

"Worship God is a foreign religion, have you ever wondered if it is inappropriate to use a foreign religion to raise a banner? Our people are conservative and have some resistance to foreign affairs, and over the years, foreigners have deceived us too much, and the use of foreign religion may make some people feel disgusted. Zuo Zongtang's words are already very bold.

Hong Xiuquan was a little unhappy when he heard it, saying that the military mistakes had nothing to do with him, but the religion was created by himself, and he couldn't listen to Zuo Zongtang's suggestions. He distinguished: "God has existed in China since ancient times, and the word God is in the Book of Books. Although the worship of God is a reference to the Christianity of the foreigners, it is similar in form. However, this religion was initiated by Hong Xiuquan, the clerical authority is mine, the doctrine is mine, the religious interpretation is also mine, and the congregation is all Chinese, so how can it be said that it is a foreign religion? Mr. may not know, this Christianity is also divided into Catholicism and Protestantism, that Catholicism is a foreign religion, but Protestantism has many branches, not affiliated with each other, I worship God Church born and raised in China, and the foreigner's Christ is a juxtaposition, but not a belonging relationship. When it came to religious issues, Hong Xiuquan was a little excited.

"But your doctrine classifies the Qing court as a demon, how can you classify Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism as a demon, you and I are both scholars, if this Confucianism is also a demon, doesn't this push the scholars out? Without the support of scholars, how will the country be governed in the future? Zuo Zongtang expressed his biggest doubts.

"Yes, I have been reading the books of the sages every day since I was a child. It is precisely because of this that I feel that this way of Confucius and Mencius is the most undesirable. Confucius kept saying that kings, ministers, fathers, sons, fathers and sons, and his mind was full of hierarchical concepts, and there are many men in my heavenly kingdom, all of them are brothers, and there are many women in the world, and they are all sisters. The reason why foreigners are strong and powerful is that doctrinal equality is also the key. Confucius and Mencius thought has long been the old yellow calendar, and it should be replaced by the worship of God. Hong Xiuquan generously stated that he had seen foreigners in Guangzhou and was more or less influenced by foreigners.

This passage not only impacted Zuo Zongtang, but also impressed Yang Xiaoshan on the side. Yang Xiaoshan originally thought that Hong Xiuquan was just a formal sect leader, but he couldn't help but admit that his thinking was new, which was rare in this era. The difference is that Zuo Zongtang does not approve of it, while Yang Xiaoshan knows that both the May Fourth Movement and Chairman Mao strongly advocated criticizing Confucius, that is, to oppose pedantic old ideas and establish new ideas that are in line with this era.

"Then Buddhism and Taoism and other religions have been spread for thousands of years, why should they be eradicated?" Zuo Zongtang asked.

"The first emperor unified the text and let the seven kingdoms unify to create our Great China, but we have never been unified in religion, and even today the hearts of the Han people are divided, I worship God to sweep away these deceitful and stealing people, if they really have such a good effect, why didn't their lord show up when we smashed the temple? Only by smashing them can the people wake up and join us to worship God, and only we can let the people of the world have land and plough together, have food and food, keep warm everywhere, and be uneven everywhere. "Hong Xiuquan's religious ideal is the Confucian world of harmony.

Zuo Zongtang was silent, he felt that Hong Xiuquan's words were a little naïve and naïve, not to mention that the way of Confucius and Mencius had already been an unbreakable sage in his heart, and all dynasties were established in accordance with the law of the ancestors, and he felt that Hong Xiuquan's words were a little unrealistic and very nihilistic.

Yang Xiaoshan thought differently from Zuo Zongtang, in his time, this was called an idealist, Hong Xiuquan was the kind of stubborn religious idealist in his heart at this time, he had his own opinions, and it was not unreasonable, he also firmly believed in this. But Marx said that the productive forces have not yet reached that point, and such a proposition cannot be realized.

"Of course, in the future, we will also hold examinations to recruit talents, but we must abandon Confucius's thoughts, oppose his monarchy, oppose his ethics, and emancipate women is what I need to adhere to in worshipping God." Hong Xiuquan continued.

"The words of the king, Ji has been taught." Zuo Zongtang said that he was taught, but in his heart he was extremely unrecognizable, and the status of Confucius's most holy teacher was unshakable in his heart, which completely violated his values. His heart was already set to leave the kingdom of heaven.

On the night after leaving the Heavenly King, Zuo Zongtang sneaked away and returned to his home in Changsha. Later, he was introduced as a staff member of Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan.

Yang Xiaoshan's historical knowledge is not enough, he doesn't know that Ji Gao is Zuo Zongtang's character, otherwise it would be impossible to let him go, so a generation of famous ministers Zuo Zongtang passed by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.