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Not long ago, a young Chinese man named Yung Hong also returned to Guangzhou from the United States, got off the boat in Malacca because he was sick halfway, and came to the church to find a pastor to help treat him, and Hong Renxuan was arranged to take care of him.

Because they are both from Guangzhou Prefecture, they can be regarded as fellow villagers, and in a foreign country, the relationship between the two has become intimate.

Only then did Hong Renxuan learn that Rong Hong was a native of Nanping Village, Xiangshan County, and because his family was poor since he was a child, he had no money to study, so he went to the nearby Fumen Church School, which could study for free. Later, because the principal of the school, the American pastor Brown, returned to China early due to illness, he brought Rong Hong to the United States.

Rong Hong studied in the United States for seven years, and after a year of working and studying, he had to save some silver dollars, and when he heard the news of the Taiping Holy Kingdom and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he felt that he had a place to use, so he decided to return to China.

At this time, the lucky Hong Renxuan got Rong Hong's help. After Rong Hong's illness recovered, he helped him pay for the journey, took a boat from Malacca, passed through Hong Kong Island, and finally came to Guangzhou.

In fact, if it weren't for the news of Feng Yunshan's Taiping Holy Kingdom's occupation of Guangzhou, which spread to the United States, prompting Rong Hong to return to China ahead of schedule, fall ill halfway, and bump into him by chance, in the history of another world, Hong Renxuan would have to wait for a few years until Han Shanwen returned from Switzerland and was able to arrive in Tianjing with his financial expenses.

Hong Renxuan didn't know why Feng Yunshan left Hong Xiuquan and founded the Taiping Holy Kingdom alone.

Originally, before arriving on Hong Kong Island, he was Hong Xiuquan, who wanted to defect to Tianjing. After all, Hong Xiuquan is his clan brother, although he is not very close, but he is also a blood relative.

But after arriving on Hong Kong Island, he borrowed some money from Rong Hong, and wanted to find his wife and children, but found that his wife and children had returned to their hometown in Huaxian County. And he learned from the mouths of others that there was a civil strife in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom recently, and although Hong Xiuquan was still the king of the heavenly kingdom, the princes under his command had become a unique king.

Hong Renxuan has followed Hong Xiuquan for many years, so he naturally knows the character of his brother. greedy for power, but with low eyes, and so suspicious, this is also one of the reasons why he didn't follow him and didn't look down on his actions.

And, the most important thing is that Hong Xiuquan's Heavenly Kingdom, I heard that there is only a small territory in the poor Tianjing City and the surrounding areas, and the rest are either followed by the generals who defected to the Holy Kingdom and become the territory of the Holy Kingdom, or they took the opportunity to be reoccupied by the Manchus. The entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is already in jeopardy.

On the other hand, the Taiping Holy Kingdom is now huge, has occupied almost the entire south, and is still rapidly expanding its power. Even if it is poor, it is enough to divide and rule by dividing the Yangtze River with the Qing court.

From this aspect, Hong Renxuan felt that he could no longer go to Hong Xiuquan, but should go to Feng Yunshan.

But on the contrary, when he and Feng Yunshan followed Hong Xiuquan together, they had a faint suspicion, and later, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan invited him to join them several times, but they all refused.

Hong Renxuan couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.

This apprehension suddenly realized that his heart actually wanted to defect to Feng Yunshan! That way, there's no need to worry about it anymore!

Hong Renxuan said calmly: "Brother Rong, I don't need to be introduced by the pastor. I have some friendship with the Holy King, so you can go with me to see the Holy King. ”

After speaking, he turned his head and walked towards the square thirteen lines away, leaving Rong Hong with a sluggish face and a letter full of surprise.

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The next day, Feng Yunshan had just sent off the visiting pastor Hexin. When the other party returned from England, he brought a lot of modern science books, but they were all in English, and Feng Yunshan was ready to hand them over to Li Shanlan to translate them into Chinese on his behalf, compile and revise them as basic teaching materials, and prepare teaching materials for the upcoming popular education for teenagers.

Liu Shengbang came to report: "Holy King, there is a person who calls himself Hong Renxuan who asks to see you!" His subordinates wanted to get him away, but he said that the Holy King would meet him whenever he heard his name. His subordinates were afraid that the Holy King really knew him, so they had to come to report it. ”

"Hong Renxuan? It turned out to be him! Feng Yunshan stood up and said busily: "This king does know him, but he is an old man. Hurry up, please! ”

Watching Liu Shengbang send people out, Feng Yunshan secretly thought in his heart: Hong Renxuan, isn't that a famous god-king in history? After the Tianjing Incident, he came to Tianjing, and was named a military advisor and a king by Hong Xiuquan, and once the prime minister of the Heavenly Kingdom.

However, after Hong Renxuan did not have Hong Xiuquan's favor in history, his power was quickly weakened, coupled with his lack of ability, his character was timid and cowardly, and the so-called new chapter of senior government was not implemented at all, and the implementation of capitalism in China became utopian.

However, Feng Yunshan remembered another matter of Feng Yunshan, it seems that this Hong Renxuan, like that Feng Yunshan, was still the first group of people who followed Hong Xiuquan to found the God Worship Sect. It's just that he seems to be timid and afraid later, and he is attached to the road to promotion and fortune in the imperial examination, and he refused to join the group several times.

At this moment, Feng Yunshan already has historical giants such as Shi Dakai, Luo Outline, Chen Yucheng, Zuo Zongtang, Peng Yulin and other historical bulls as his subordinates, and he will not think that Hong Renxuan is a capable general because of his "gorgeous" historical appearance.

On the contrary, Feng Yunshan, who was studying the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, had seen another statement, and Feng Yunshan felt that it was not unreasonable.

Some foreigners who stand on the position of a neutral person commented on Hong Renxuan, saying that he "has very high aspirations and is lazy", and he wants to save face, and can put forward all kinds of incisive opinions, but he lacks the courage to persist and promote, and is incapable of implementing them.

In fact, after Hong Renxuan became the king of cadres, he originally advocated governing the country according to law, advocating streamlining the administration of elite troops, and advocating strict control of the promotion of officials, but when it was his turn to make his own decisions, he rewarded dozens of people for promotion for no reason.

He was once resolutely opposed to evasion, but later, even the commonly used words such as "fire", "division", "lord", "light", and "ming" were not allowed, and the name of the treasurer was changed to "wealth pillar", and the division commander was changed to "director". Not to mention that he swore that God worship was wrong and that he would correct the path back to Christianity.

He had always been against polygamy, but within a few months of his ascension to the throne, he had a large number of wives and concubines, and he said that it was the will of God and the king of heaven.

In general, this person is suitable to be a staff member, not a specific executor. This is Feng Yunshan's evaluation of him.

After a while, a short and fat man in his thirties and a young man in his twenties with a heroic face, one after the other, followed Liu Shengbang into the palace and came to Feng Yunshan.

"Hong Renxuan greets the Holy King! Long live the king, long live, long live. The short and fat man was Hong Renxuan, and when he saw Feng Yunshan, they recognized each other, and fell to the ground first, shouting long live, which made Feng Yunshan feel uncomfortable for a while.

Rong Hong on the side also hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

"Haha, Renxuan and Yunshan are their own brothers, why do you need to salute like this? See the outside, see the outside! Feng Yunshan walked over with a smile, personally helped Hong Renxuan up, and pulled Rong Hong up next to him, and asked, "Who is this brother?" ”

"Oh, Holy King, this is a kind brother who has helped me along the way, and just now America has returned with the intention of defecting to the Holy King. Renxuan is the same, and he hopes that the Holy King will take him in! Hong Renxuan was not ambiguous, and by introducing Rong Hong, he talked about his own intentions by the way.

"That's great! Around this king, there is an urgent need for talents like Renxuan and Brother Rong who have learned Western studies! Feng Yunshan said happily, "The two brothers will stay in the king's palace, and they will be the counselor next to the king, okay?" ”

Feng Yunshan was really happy, not for anything else, but for this person named Rong Hong.

For Rong Hong, a person who is capitalized and written in history books, and later known as the father of modern Chinese students, Feng Yunshan has a very high evaluation.

Rong Hong studied in the United States for seven years, not only learned the advanced modern natural sciences in the West, but also saw the advanced and practical nature of Western education, which contributed to the implementation of a large number of government-sent international students in modern China, and made immortal contributions to modern China. Moreover, Feng Yunshan also knows that this person has insights beyond this era in modern politics, military, economy, education and other aspects, and can be described as a great talent.

Perhaps, he has to thank Hong Renxuan, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been able to meet this person so soon, and he also recruited him as his subordinate.

"Thank you, Holy King!" Hong Renxuan and Rong Hong thanked each other in unison.

And Hong Renxuan saw that the Holy King did not canonize him for a specific position, and he couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, thinking that in order for the Holy King to pay attention to himself, he had to show some sincerity. So, he gritted his teeth and took the initiative to ask: "Holy King, now my Holy Kingdom has basically occupied the land south of the Yangtze River, except for a few places occupied by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Ren Xuan dared to suggest that he recommend himself to go to Tianjing to persuade my brother Hong Xiuquan to lead a cadre of soldiers from the Heavenly Kingdom to surrender to the Holy Kingdom! ”

"What? Brother Renxuan, are you going to Tianjing to persuade Hong Xiuquan to surrender? Feng Yunshan was taken aback, shook his head again and again, and said, "This, I'm afraid this will be difficult to succeed!" Brother Renxuan, think about it, who would let the good Heavenly King not do it, but return to the Holy Kingdom? ”

Feng Yunshan said this, but his heart moved, let Hong Renxuan try, for the Holy Country, there is no loss. However, he still couldn't believe that Hong Xiuquan would submit to him! Think about it, his cousin, but the dignified king of heaven, the monarch of the kingdom of heaven, will he lose his face and surrender to his former subordinates?

"Holy King, how can you know if you can't do it without trying? Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Holy Kingdom is powerful, and it will be a matter of time before the demons are destroyed. And the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been weakened by civil strife. It is better that the Holy King still respects him as the king of heaven on the surface, finds a place to put him under house arrest, and let him be a prince of peace and happiness for a lifetime, that is. ”

Feng Yunshan's face changed, Hong Renxuan's idea was a relatively safe way at present. But the point is that it is really difficult to accept that I can re-declare that I respect Hong Xiuquan as the master.

Moreover, there is one of the biggest hidden dangers of this method, that is, once this is really the case, if Hong Xiuquan refuses to retire and falls out, he will be unable to retreat. What's more, according to his understanding of Hong Xiuquan, he has extremely selfish desires, and when the time comes, he not only wants rights, but also makes many demands on himself, is he satisfied or not?

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan said: "No! This king is the Holy King of Peace, and it is impossible to honor others as the Lord, even on the surface! He can only surrender to this king! That's what you say to him! ”

Hong Renxuan could only agree with a sad face.