Chapter 16: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Finally, it was the big day when Hong Xiuquan ascended the throne and became emperor, and Jintian Village was filled with a festive atmosphere. The heavenly soldiers of the heavenly kingdom all wore brand new yellow turbans and neat yellow robes. The whole village was cleaned up, and the word "happy" was hung up, just like the New Year.
The heavenly soldiers gathered on the martial arts arena, with red ribbons wrapped around the handles of their swords, red tassels on their spears, and red saddles on their war horses, standing in rows and rows very neatly. At the front of each row are brothers who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, with big red flowers on their chests and holding battle flags, like groom officials.
Hong Xiuquan wore the emperor's crown, wore a dragon robe, and sat on the dragon chair symbolizing the emperor's power under the support of everyone, and reviewed the troops in the martial arts arena. In the name of the newly established Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he named Yang Xiuqing as the left auxiliary military and the chief general of the Chinese army; Feng Xiao Chaogui is the right Bi and the main army division, leading the former army commander; Feng Yunshan is the leading deputy military division and the commander of the rear army; Feng Wei Changhui is the rear guard and deputy military division, leading the right army commander; Feng Shida led the chief general of the left army. (This is the ancient division auxiliary system, that is, "left auxiliary right Bi, before the suspicion and then Cheng", the auxiliary is to assist the Son of Heaven in decision-making, equivalent to the prime minister, suspected of preparing the Son of Heaven for consultation, is an advisory officer, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom refers to this model, are all named military divisions.) )
Hong Xiuquan calls himself the king of heaven, and below him are the four major military divisions. Yang Xiuqing is the chief military advisor, and the military and political power is concentrated in one, and one person is above 10,000 people. Feng Yunshan ranked third after Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui.
Hong Xiuquan read out the ten heavenly rules to everyone: first, worship the emperor God; 2. Do not worship evil gods; 3. Do not falsely claim the name of the emperor God; 4. Worship on the 7th day of praise to the Emperor God; 5. Filial piety to parents; 6. Do not kill or harm others; 7. No**; 8. Do not steal or rob; 9. Don't tell lies; 10. Don't be greedy. He made God the emperor God, which is also a combination of Chinese and Western, the emperor and God, which is conducive to the understanding of the Chinese people, and adapted the Ten Commandments of Moses into the Ten Heavenly Commandments of the Kingdom of Heaven, which can be regarded as a doctrine.
In the sound of drums, Hong Xiuquan began to award flags to the armies. Each army is a yellow silk flag, and the Chinese army is red and green, with the book "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Left Auxiliary Army Division Yang"; The former army is red, red, and white, with the book "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Right Bi and Zhengjun Shi Xiao"; The rear army is red-lettered and red-edged, and the book is written by Feng, the leading deputy military division of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; The right army is in red and black, with the book "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Hou Hu and Deputy Military Division Wei"; The left army is red-lettered, red-lettered, and blue-edged, with the book "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Left Army Chief General Stone". The surnames of each general are embroidered in the center of the flag, which is one-third the size of the flag, golden, eye-catching and eye-catching.
Yang Xiuqing and the four main generals knelt on the ground to receive the flag, and Hong Xiuquan announced that the middle and low-level generals were all promoted to one level, the former commander is now promoted to the brigade commander, and the former brigade commander is now promoted to the division commander, and the crowd was suddenly excited, and the soldiers on the martial arts field shouted: "Long live the Heavenly Father!" ”
"From now on, we will be people of heaven. Everyone must work together to kill the demons. Wherever the military flag is pointed, everyone will follow it, strictly abide by military discipline, and live and die together! Yang Xiuqing held the flag and said loudly.
There was jubilation again, all kinds of flags waved together like waves, the kingdom of heaven was established, and everyone had something to rely on.
After the ceremony, everyone returned to their stations one after another.
Yang Xiaoshan followed the crowd back to the Holy Treasury, he was also promoted to one level, and now he has become the commander of the division.
Suddenly, there was a commotion from the armory, "Why did the other teams change their spears, and our Boy Scouts still use long bamboo poles, it's not fair!" We're going to use spears too. ”
Yang Xiaoshan walked to the armory curiously to see who it was. What greeted his eyes was a very handsome young man, with red lips and white teeth, big eyes and high nose, long and jade, although he looked immature, but he had a vigorous and heroic spirit, and there was a sharp air between his eyebrows.
"What's the situation?" Yang Xiaoshan asked Ah Cai of the armory.
"My lord, this kid is clamoring for a hundred spears. There aren't many spears in our library, and there are a lot of new recruits recently, so it's not enough at all. Ah Cai replied.
"You're all a teacher, and you don't look much older than me." The troublesome teenager looked at Yang Xiaoshan.
"Which team are you from?" Yang Xiaoshan also smiled bitterly, this young man looks thirteen or fourteen years old, and he is only sixteen years old, he is indeed not a few years older, what people said is right.
"I'm Sima of the Boy Scouts, and now I'm the pawn chief, my name is Chen Yucheng, what's your name?" The young man asked rhetorically.
"Bold, how do you talk to adults?" Ah Cai said angrily.
"Ah Cai, forget it, children are unscrupulous." Yang Xiaoshan first appeased Ah Cai. What surprised him the most now was that this young man was named Chen Yucheng, in addition to the four kings of the southeast, northwest and northwest, his limited historical knowledge only remembered the two kings of the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, one was the loyal king Li Xiucheng, and the other was the British king Chen Yucheng. And this King of England is standing before him now.
"The long bamboo pole can kill the enemy even if it is sharpened."
"It's too cold, just now in the martial arts arena, our boy scouts are still holding bamboo poles, and everyone has iron guys." Chen Yucheng said loudly.
"Vanity is quite strong, how many demons have you Scouts killed?" Yang Xiaoshan deliberately teased him.
"We haven't had a chance to go to war yet, I've begged my uncle a few times, but he won't let us go." Chen Yucheng said helplessly.
"Who is your uncle?" Yang Xiaoshan asked again.
"Chen Chengying, Heavenly Father's penman." Chen Yucheng said proudly.
"I see, no wonder I'm so bold." Yang Xiaoshan thought to himself.
"Then ask your uncle to pick it up."
Chen Yucheng is silent, and his uncle is the most disagreeable to go to the battlefield by himself.
"Ah Cai, does the chief have the authority to receive general ordnance?" Yang Xiaoshan decided to help this kid, who made him the king of England in the future.
"Yes, yes, but 。。。。。。" What else did Afu want to say.
"Then give them a hundred spears, we don't lack that. The Boy Scouts are also a team of the kingdom of heaven, don't chill their hearts. Yang Xiaoshan spoke for Chen Yucheng.
"Well, since you say so, boy, come with me." Ah Cai took Chen Yucheng into the armory.
Ah Cai asked his subordinates to tie up the spears, and then said to Chen Yucheng, "Press a handprint here." ”
At this moment, Chen Yucheng's mind was attracted by a bright silver gun in the warehouse, he couldn't help but go up and stroke the body of the gun, and then grabbed it in his hand and danced a few times, the length was just right, and he couldn't put it down for a while.
"Master Yang, can I get this?" Chen Yucheng seemed to like the bright silver gun very much.
"This is not good, it is beyond your authority." Ah Cai hurriedly shook his head.
"Call me big brother, I'll send you." Yang Xiaoshan said with a smile.
"Brother Yang, you are so interesting!" Chen Yucheng jumped up happily.
Yang Xiaoshan smiled in his heart, is this called borrowing flowers to offer Buddha? I can be regarded as a future younger brother of the King of England.