The establishment of the base area in southern Jiangsu brought an important figure to the kingdom of heaven, that is, Hong Renji, the younger brother of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.

Hong Renji, like Hong Xiuquan, is an elderly child who has repeatedly failed to pass. When Hong Xiuquan founded the God Worship Church, Hong Renji was the first batch of believers he developed, and the relationship between the two can be described as quite close.

However, by mistake, Hong Xiuquan went to Guangxi later, and Hong Renji was unable to go with him because of his mother's illness, so he didn't keep up with one step, and he didn't keep up with him step by step.

Hong Xiuquan rebelled in Jintian, Guangxi, and Hong Renji heard that he had set off from Guangdong many times, but he had not succeeded in going to the rendezvous. Later, the Qing court searched for Hong Xiuquan's relatives and friends in his hometown, but Hong Renji had no choice but to hide in Hong Kong for refuge.

In the past few years in Hong Kong, Hong Renji has paid attention to Western culture, and through study, Hong Renji's ideological understanding has reached a new leap, and he is no longer the person who only has the consciousness of peasants in the past, he has become an intellectual with modern consciousness.

During this period, he also went to Shanghai many times, trying to join Hong Xiuquan in Tianjing, but he was unsuccessful. This time, the Taiping army finally opened up the communication line in southern Jiangsu, so Hong Renji got the news and hurriedly came to Shanghai from Hong Kong, and then arrived in Tianjing from Shanghai, and reunited with his brother Hong Xiuquan, who had been separated for eight or nine years.

For Hong Renji's arrival, Hong Xiuquan was overjoyed. The six righteous kings of the kingdom of heaven can walk and die, and now the main generals are all young and young. Hong Renji is his old subordinate and the patriarch of the God Worship Sect. On the day of the reunion, Hong Xiuquan named Hong Renji the "Chief General of the Nine Gates of the Heavenly Empire", which shows the importance he attaches to him.

Hong Renji was in his thirties at this time, it was the time when he was in the prime of life, he was very smart, his vision was also broad, and his talent was not many times higher than that of Meng Deen, who couldn't support the wall in the mud, and more than a month later, Hong Xiuquan handed over all the government affairs that gave him a headache to deal with with this clan brother.

Then what is jaw-dropping is that the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan also broke the convention of "no longer being crowned king" after the Tianjing Incident, and named Hong Renji "the king of the Jingzhong army of the opening dynasty".

This time, the whole Celestial Empire has blown up, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiu have not been crowned kings for such great contributions, this Hong Renji has not done anything, and he has actually been crowned king.

Hong Xiuquan also knew that the hearts of the people below must be unbalanced, and after sealing the king. In order to gag other people's mouths, he successively crowned Chen Yu as the king of England and Li Xiu as the king of loyalty. Since then, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has opened the "king" mode.

However, what Hong Xiuquan didn't expect was that Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng came to resign from the king.

"Why, you don't think my reward is enough?" Hong Xiuquan said a little unhappily.

"The minister doesn't dare, this capture of Sufu Province was planned by the prince behind the scenes, and the greatest credit should be owned by the prince. But the prince is only a two-character king, and he is not talented, he does not dare to take credit, and he does not dare to bear the title of loyal king. Li Xiucheng knelt down and played.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Chen Yucheng knelt down together, and he also meant the same.

Hong Xiuquan listened and pondered for a moment. He admired Yang Xiaoshan very much, but after the Tianjing Incident, he would rather use his two incompetent brothers than hand over the government to outsiders, just for fear that there would be another strongman like "Dongwang", who would elevate himself and let him, the king of heaven, sleep unsteadily.

"The minister is brave, since the king of the east was killed by Wei Changhui, there is a saying in our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the father of heaven kills the brother of heaven, and it is always in vain. The king of the east is dead, and the Heavenly Father is also gone, so whether the content of our doctrine is right or not, everyone is very puzzled. Chen Yucheng gritted his teeth and reflected the following situation in front of the Heavenly King.

Hong Xiu's face was red and green for a while, Chen Yucheng's words were reasonable, he and Yang Xiuqing endorsed each other back then, he admitted that Yang Xiuqing was the spokesperson of Heavenly Father, Yang Xiuqing admitted that he was the second son of God, and several people united to confirm the existence of God and his God family. The spiritual crisis of the kingdom of heaven is indeed a very real problem now.

For Yang Xiuqing, Hong Xiuquan now misses more of the time when he was united and shared honor and disgrace. If he hadn't forced him to seal Long Live it, Hong Xiuquan would not have attacked him.

"The destruction of the East King's Gate was all done by the northern traitor Wei Changhui, not my original intention, and I am ashamed of the East King. In this way, from now on, all of Yang Xiuqing's honorary titles will be restored, and the 27th day of the seventh month of the heavenly calendar (that is, the day Yang Xiuqing was killed) will be designated as the Dongsheng Festival, and all the subjects of the heavenly kingdom will commemorate the ascension of the Eastern King to heaven. "Is Hong Xiuquan going to fully rehabilitate Yang Xiuqing, or is he going to raise the banner of Heavenly Father and improve and repair his religious system.

"What about the son?" Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng asked at the same time, this is the question they are most concerned about.

"The prince Yang Xiaoshan has worked hard and made great contributions and immortal feats to the Heavenly Kingdom, and I will not forget him. There is no queen of the East King, Yang Xiaoshan is his only righteous son, I announced that the son Yang Xiaoshan inherited the title of the East King, changed the King of Heaven to the East King, hereditary replacement, and fully restored his honorary title. Hong Xiuquan knew that the current second generation of the Kingdom of Heaven was headed by Yang Xiaoshan, and in order to envelop them, Yang Xiaoshan must be exalted. Now that Hong Renji is here, the government is in the hands of his brother, and Yang Xiaoshan is carrying out the task of assassinating Xianfeng in the Qing court, which has not affected his status.

For Yang Xiaoshan, Hong Xiuquan is a little contradictory, he wants to use Yang Xiaoshan, but he is afraid that he will follow Yang Xiuqing's path, because both of them are very capable people, so strong that he is afraid. But at this time, he can't press Yang Xiaoshan anymore, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng are Yang Xiaoshan's descendants, and if the two of them don't do it, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be over.

"Heavenly King Holy Judge!" Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng looked at each other and smiled, since then the spiritual shackles that pressed on their heads have been lifted, the Eastern King family has fully restored its honor, and the most surprising thing is that Yang Xiaoshan inherited the throne of the Eastern King, and now he can finally raise his eyebrows.

In any case, Hong Xiuquan's move is right, although his administrative ability is poor, but he still has political wisdom, which alleviates all kinds of contradictions in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and also improves the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

Yang Fuqing, who followed the winged king Shi Dakai to go together, heard the news of the rehabilitation of the East King, left Shi Dakai, and took the initiative to return to heaven from Jiangxi.

But there is one person who left the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forever, he is Cheng Xueqi, after he successfully provoked the gap between the Eastern King and the Heavenly King, he knew that there would be changes in Tianjing, so he found an excuse very cunningly and left Tianjing.

and defected to Zeng Guofan in Jiangxi.

Since Cheng Xueqi has been in the East Hall for many years and knows a lot of secrets, his information is very helpful to Zeng Guofan.

"Yang Xiaoshan, where is the son of the East King now, did he die in the Tianjing Incident? Do you know? Zeng Guofan was too impressed by Yang Xiaoshan, he originally thought that Yang Xiaoshan died in the Tianjing Incident, but he didn't confirm it, he vaguely felt that Yang Xiaoshan was such a powerful person, and he would not die like this.

"Zeng Dashuai, that Yang Xiaoshan disappeared before the Tianjing Incident, the little one doesn't know where he went, the little one once turned a corner and asked Yang Xiuqing, he didn't even tell me, it should be a secret of the Kingdom of Heaven." Cheng Xueqi also has lingering palpitations about Yang Xiaoshan, this person always seems to be able to be a prophet.