It has been almost 2 months since the Taiping army captured Jiangning City. On the basis of the original Manchu Liangjiang Governor's Office, the second commander www.biquge.info of the palace, Meng Deen, organized the Taiping Army and the reconstruction of the people in the city, and has begun to take shape.

No, Meng Deen, who had worked hard for nearly two months, ran to report to the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan: "King of Heaven, De'en was ordered to build the palace of the king of heaven, and now the temple of the true god and the temple of Christ have been completed, and there are eight living rooms, the largest of which has the throne of the king, which is taken from the dragon chair of the original Ming Imperial City, carved by 18 top carpenters for more than a month, and there are two rooms of the king of heaven and two privy rooms, all of which are complete. Now the Heavenly Kingdom Wenwu respectfully asks the Heavenly King to move. ”

Hong Xiuquan, who was wearing a yellow gilt dragon crown, frowned, and said, "Deen, tell me how to build it?" ”

When Meng Deen heard Hong Xiuquan's tone, he secretly said that it was broken, and the Heavenly King was a little unhappy. Hurriedly and cautiously replied: "A month ago, after the villain ordered the construction of the Heavenly King's Mansion, he summoned a group of Heavenly Kingdom officials and hundreds of house craftsmen in Tianjing City to start planning, on the basis of the original Qing Demon Governor's Yamen, expand outward for ten miles, requisition more than 10,000 idle people every day, demolish more than 10,000 houses of all kinds of Qing Demon, take good bricks, stones and wooden beams, rebuild the Heavenly King's Mansion, and build two main halls, the Temple of the True God and the Temple of Christ. ”

When Hong Xiuquan heard this, his face softened slightly, and he said earnestly to Meng Deen: "Deen, you are also an old man who follows me." How can you not understand my suffering? I try my best every day to seek a kingdom of heaven on earth for the people of the world, and I need an open and comfortable environment. In this way, I will overcome it for the time being, and move into the Heavenly King's Mansion. But the construction of the palace has just begun, and I have time to talk to you about how it was built. ”

Meng Deen's face was happy, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward to make a respectful appearance.

"Deen, find someone to inquire about the size of the Demon Imperial City where the Xianfeng Demon Chief lives, I am the king of the Heavenly Kingdom, and it can't be smaller than the Xianfeng Demon Chief's residence. Moreover, it is more gorgeous than the demon chief's and more in line with the identity of the lord of the Celestial Empire! Hong Xiuquan saw Meng Deen's courtesy to him, nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "The Heavenly King's Mansion is roughly divided into three parts! ”

"One is to build a Sun City, which is an outer city. Let the light of the Emperor of Heaven and I shine throughout Tianjing. The main gate of this city is named Tianchao Gate, there is the imperial ditch of Tianchao in front of the door, the depth and width need two zhang, the ditch builds the golden light bridge, the bridge needs 108 coiled dragon gilt jade carvings, the bridge stands a piece engraved with the stone workshop of the 'Heavenly Empire', and the stone workshop of the 'Shangguo' is erected behind the bridge. In addition, the construction of the Heavenly Father Terrace, the east and west outer court houses and the Celestial Dynasty archway and the ministers come to the pilgrimage to rest the hall of the hundred officials. The road is paved with white marble slabs between the halls, and there is no trace of grooves, and there are some exotic flowers and rare earths on the side of the road. ”

Meng Deen hurriedly took out a blank piece of paper and wanted to write it down, but he couldn't write, so he had to follow what Hong Xiuquan said, whether he could understand the east and west, only he knew clearly.

Hong Xiuquan saw that Meng Deen was like this, but he didn't pierce it, and continued to say loudly: "The second is to build a Golden Dragon City, which is the inner city. The main gate of the Golden Dragon City is named the Holy Heavenly Gate, and the east and west sides of the door should be built with a three-storey 'court', and the front is the Golden Dragon Palace. There are two halls, three halls, and a harem forest garden behind the Golden Dragon Palace. The Golden Dragon Palace must be magnificent and tall, the tile roof is heavy, the carved beams and paintings are painted, etc., Deen, you let people ponder it well, it must reflect the majesty of the Heavenly Dynasty and I am the son of the Emperor of Heaven, the golden dragon, the four walls of the body of the palace have painted dragons, tigers and lions, very magnificent. There are east and west gardens on the east and west sides of the Golden Dragon Palace, and when the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom conquer the area of southern Jiangsu, you will pass on my will and let them collect some rare things everywhere, as well as the gardens in the area of Suzhou, and it is appropriate to pick some of them to be demolished and transported to build gardens. In addition to the current temple of the true god and the temple of Christ, seven other towering halls were built to form the 'Nine Heavens', and with this as the core, some supporting halls, warm pavilions, and halls were built. Make no mistake! ”

At this time, Meng Deen knew that the Heavenly King had already made up his mind about building the Heavenly King's Mansion, and he couldn't help but sigh that his cultivation was not enough, and he didn't even guess the true intention of the Heavenly King. hurriedly responded: "Obey!" While memorizing with his heart, he made a mark on the paper according to what the king said.

Hong Xiuquan said and continued: "The third is to build a heavenly city. I haven't thought about this yet, let's take my time, wait for the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom to capture the capital of the Xianfeng Demon Chief, demolish its palace and take its bricks and wood materials, dig up its ancestral grave and demon veins, get its soil, and build a paradise city that has belonged to the Zhenhong family for generations! ”

Hong Xiuquan was about to continue, when he heard Chen Chengying, the deputy prime minister of the local government, hurriedly waiting to see him, and said: "That's it, these are the third, next time, Deen, you step back and prepare for me to move into the Heavenly King's Mansion." Tomorrow I will stay in the Heavenly King's Mansion! ”

After speaking, the maid next to the name, Chen Chengying, stepped forward to meet him.

Chen Chengying waited for Meng Deen to leave, and then stepped forward to pay respects, and said: "Heavenly King, the East King ordered the villain to report that on the Yangtze River outside Tianjing City, there are several Westerners who have come to worship my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The East King asked the villain to ask the Heavenly King, how to deal with it? ”

"Oh? Are there Xiyi people coming to court? Hong Xiuquan was a little disappreciative and said, "Do you know what your identity is?" ”

"Hui Tianwang, I heard from the East King, it is the British minister, the French minister, and the American commissioner." Chen Chengying replied.

"What a priest, I don't see! What a big deal! A little thing, but also to annoy me? Disturbed my mind about arranging the Heavenly King's Mansion! Hong Xiuquan snorted unhappily, and after speaking, he added impatiently: "Prime Minister Chen, you tell my fourth brother and let him go back to those Xiyi people directly." Unless the Emperor Naxiyi came in person, he would not see it. ”

Chen Chengying respectfully responded, bowed and retreated.

He got out of the temporary Tianwang Palace, took a four-person sedan chair, and hurried to the East Palace.

The current Dongwang Mansion is actually the second Dongwang Mansion.

Two months ago, after Yang Xiuqing entered Nanjing City in a sedan chair from Shuixi Gate, he first lived in the Manchu Jiangning Domain Office in Jubaomen, which was the first Dongwang Mansion. But three days later, Yang Xiuqing felt that his feng shui was not good and the location was relatively remote, so he moved to the former Ming Imperial Palace to garrison the city, and later changed to the Jiangning General Office of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is now the Dongwang Mansion.

When the East Wangfu was originally the general's office, it was built luxuriously, there were three gardens with pleasant scenery, and even the Manchu Kangxi Emperor also lived here as a palace when he toured Jiangning in the south.

After Yang Xiuqing selected the General Office as the East Palace, he "collected all the space outside the Department", relaxed the wall, expanded the scope of the palace, and built a five-story building inside to look at the enemy army outside the city.

However, ten days ago, Xiang Rong, the minister of the Qing Demon, led an army to garrison Xiaolingwei and established a camp in the south of the Yangtze River, which was only two miles away from the East Wangfu and separated by a city wall. Recently, the outside of the Dongwang Mansion has also been constantly attacked by the artillery fire of the Jiangnan camp of the Qing Demon, although there were no casualties, but it also disturbed the Dongwang Mansion to live in peace, for this, Yang Xiuqing was very troubled.

"Boom!" Yang Xiuqing got up and stood in front of the window of the conference hall on the third floor, and scolded depressedly: "Dog Qing Demon, you have opened fire again to disturb this king." Come! ”

Zeng Shuiyuan, the left prime minister of the East Palace, and Fu Xuexian, the secretary of the East Hall Rite Department, hurriedly flashed out, saluted Yang Xiuqing, and said, "The subordinates are here, what is the will of the East King?" ”

Yang Xiuqing said: "Fu Shangshu, you go and talk to the guards of Dongcheng, just say that it is the king's order, and bombard the Jiangnan camp of the Qing Demon with a hundred cannons to extinguish the evil spirit of the Qing Demon!" ”

Fu Xuexian took the order and turned away. Zeng Shuiyuan stepped forward and suggested: "King Dong, now that the Qing Demon is building a camp in the south of the Yangtze River in the Xiaoling Guard in the east of the city, the East Wangfu is too close to it, why not order someone to choose a treasure to build the East Wangfu again, and move to the past as soon as possible, the province has disturbed the East King to think about the great affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom!" Dongwang blindly saved, but let the construction there, but the gains outweighed the losses. ”

Zeng Shuiyuan imperceptibly nodded in the direction of the newly built Tianwang Mansion, and Yang Xiuqing naturally understood what he meant. It is because he is Yang Xiuqing's confidant that he will speak like this, and if he changes to someone else, he will definitely not dare to say such a rebellious thing in front of the East King.

Yang Xiuqing waved his hand and pointed outside the door, signaling Zeng Shuiyuan not to say anything, but the smile on his face couldn't hide his appreciation for his henchman.

"Water source, you said that this king asked Chen Chengying to inform the other side, will he summon those foreigners?" Yang Xiuqing looked out the window, not far away, Chen Chengying was hurrying to the Dongwang Mansion Council Hall here.

"Probably not. The subordinates guessed that they would only let Dongwang dispose of it cheaply. Zeng Shuiyuan hesitated and replied.

Yang Xiuqing didn't speak, just looked at the door with a smile. Not long after, the royal swordsman led Chen Chengying into the palace chamber.

Chen Chengying reported it, Yang Xiuqing and Zeng Shuiyuan looked at each other and smiled. However, then, Yang Xiuqing frowned and said: "The will of the Heavenly King, let this king directly return to those foreigners, unless the other party is the emperor to ask to see him, otherwise I won't see it?" That being the case, then go back to those foreigners! ”

Zeng Shuiyuan said in embarrassment: "King Dong, those foreign brothers also came all the way to Tianjing, and they came to meet my Heavenly Kingdom, which can also show the status of my Heavenly Kingdom!" The King of Heaven and the King of the East are so noble, naturally they don't need to meet them in person, it is better to let the people below see them, on the one hand, you can listen to their intentions, on the other hand, you can also trade with them, communicate with them! Shui Yuan heard that Guangdong's side traded with these foreigners and bought foreign guns and cannons, which quickly defeated such a large force as Liangguang. ”

As soon as he heard the situation of Feng Yunshan, who occupied Liangguang, Yang Xiuqing paid attention to it: You can't lag behind that person!

He took two steps back and forth, then thought about it, and said: "In this case, Qin Rigang, the Marquis of Dingtian, and the water source, the two of you will go to meet those foreigners outside the city together." There are two points to pay attention to, one is not to fall into the majesty of my heavenly kingdom, and the other is to negotiate well, regardless of the price, buy more of their foreign firearms and come back. ”

Zeng Shuiyuan hurriedly took the order and left. (To be continued.) )