When he returned to Guangzhou, Feng Yunshan did not take the land route again, but took the ferry boat that the palace guards had prepared on the side of the Pearl River for a long time, which made Liu Shengbang worry for a while. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Since Feng Yunshan was assassinated last time, every time the Holy King left the palace, he was worried.

Nothing happened all the way. Since it is downstream, taking a boat is much faster and more comfortable than taking a sedan chair.

It was only half an afternoon before arriving at the Thirteen Lines Wharf.

The pier is very lively. There were too many ships docked, and a team of sailors who were responsible for guarding the wharf and maintaining law and order arranged for the ships to be arranged in the order of passenger ships, cargo ships, and arrivals, and coordinated the landing of several ships at the designated places.

The ship that Feng Yunshan was on did not beat out his Saint King's flag and honor guard, and those sailors and soldiers did not recognize the Saint King on this inconspicuous ship.

Liu Shengbang was about to step forward to reveal his identity so that he could land first, but Feng Yunshan stopped him: "Shengbang, you won't have to wait long, just wait." This king just took a look at the thirteen lines of docks, how busy they were! ”

Liu Shengbang happened to be worried that revealing his identity would cause a riot, so he gave up.

Not to mention, the ships at the Thirteenth Voyage Wharf are really in and out of an endless stream. Because it was afternoon, it was better to leave the port, and the ships entering the port lined up in a long line. In particular, large and small cargo ships, as well as many medium and large cargo ships that are obviously coming from the Western side, are still coming to the wharf from the river in the distance.

Since the Holy Kingdom occupied Shanghi, cut off the Manchu Qing Dynasty's port to the sea, and also cut off the way for foreigners to evade taxes from Shanghi, Shanghi and Guangzhou are the same under the control of the Holy State, the same tariffs, in desperation, they chose to trade in Guangzhou, which is closer. It is precisely because of this that many of Shanghi's passenger flows have been brought back to Guangzhou, and after Wu Chongyao became the vice minister of foreign affairs and the general manager of the Nanyang Company, he increased foreign trade, greatly increased the frequency of transactions with foreigners and the volume of goods, and also promoted a large increase in the number of merchants and cargo ships who came to Guangzhou to trade.

Looking at these ships, Feng Yunshan was a burst of joy, the more ships these traded, the stronger the national strength of the Holy Kingdom would be.

Finally, it was their turn to take the passenger ship, Feng Yunshan stepped off the boat under the support of the guards of the palace, and was about to leave the dock, I don't know who recognized Feng Yunshan and Liu Shengbang, and shouted: "It's the Holy King!" And the guards of the palace, it's really the Holy King who has come out! ”

Now, dozens of people from Hula came over, and then, before Feng Yunshan could react, hundreds of people surrounded him, and it continued.

Liu Shengbang panicked!

He was afraid that if something unexpected happened, there would be too many people, and if someone took advantage of the chaos to assassinate the Holy King, he would suffer. So, he immediately made a decision and ordered the palace guards to show their weapons, surround Feng Yunshan in the center, and reveal his identity, so that the soldiers on duty at the dock dispersed the people.

However, before the soldiers could execute, the innermost circle of civilians spontaneously dispersed, away from Feng Yunshan and the palace guards, and spontaneously surrounded the human wall, blocking the outermost people from going further.

The people on the dock spontaneously shouted, "Don't crowd, don't disturb the Holy King!" Get out of the way and let the Holy King go first. ”

Slowly, the people on the dock were all in order, and they all stood still, watching the figure of the Holy King surrounded by the guards, and slowly left the dock.

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Not far from the palace guards, a passenger ship sailed from Hong Kong Island to Guangzhou, and four people, two foreigners and two Chinese, came down.

If Feng Yunshan turned his head, he would find that he knew both of them.

Hong Renxuan looked at the palace guards who had gone away, and the people on the dock who were still in order, and couldn't help but sigh: "The Holy King is worthy of being the Holy King!" If you can be so loved and supported by the people, why worry about big things? ”

Next to him was a young man a few years younger than him, but he had short hair and looked very energetic. Hearing Hong Renxuan's words, he echoed: "In that case, why doesn't Brother Hong defect to the Holy King with Rong?" Presumably, according to Brother Hong's extraordinary knowledge, he will definitely be reused by the Holy King! ”

Hong Renxuan looked into the distance with a complicated expression, nodded, and shook his head: "Hong doesn't know what to do." ”

The young man surnamed Rong was stunned.

The foreigner behind him said in authentic Chinese: "Oh, do Mr. Hong and Mr. Rong want to seek positions in the Holy King?" Hexin can help with introductions. ”

"Pastor, do you know the Holy King?" The young man surnamed Rong asked with some surprise.

"Not bad! The Holy King treats people with kindness and regards faith as a friend. When Hexin returned to China this time, he brought back some basic natural sciences from the West, and was about to hand them over to the Holy King. If the two of them are interested, they can go with Hexin tomorrow to ask for the Holy King. Hexin calmly talked about the origin of the matter.

It turned out that the British pastor Hexin took Tan Tiyuan and Li Jianwei and others to Europe to help find Krupp in Prussia and advanced firearms in Europe, etc., after Tan Tiyuan and Li Jianwei returned to China with Krupp and others, Hexin stayed in England for a period of time because of church matters, and now he came to China with his wife, but he plans to live in Guangzhou for a long time.

Hexin took a boat from London, and when he passed through Malacca, two new Chinese were on the ship, and they also went to Guangzhou, so they got acquainted, and they talked very happily all the way, and when they heard the young man surnamed Rong talk about going to the Holy King, he enthusiastically offered to help.

"That's great! Thank you so much Pastor Hopson! The young man surnamed Rong was overjoyed, he remembered that he knew the other party's name, but he had never said his name, but the other party was enthusiastic to help, so he was a little embarrassed and took the initiative to introduce himself: "Pastor, my surname is Rong, and my name is Rong Hong." This is my fellow countryman, Brother Hong Renxuan. That's a lot of trouble for the pastor. ”

Hong Renxuan on the side was distracted.

He just said that he didn't know what to do, and he wasn't lying. He was struggling violently in his heart right now, and he really didn't know how to decide.

Hong Renxuan was born in Lianhuatang Village, Huaxian County, Guangzhou, and he was originally like other scholars, fantasizing about being admitted to Xiucai, winning the promotion, and then becoming an official. But unexpectedly, a distant cousin from the same village and clan completely changed his life.

This person is Hong Renkun, who later changed his name to Hong Xiuquan, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

When Hong Renxuan was twenty-one years old, his brother Hong Renkun, who was also teaching in a private school, suddenly said that he had founded a holy religion that could eliminate sin and create all people--- worship God. However, he and two other scholars from the neighboring village, Feng Yunshan and Li Jingfang, who taught together, believed it very much, and they all followed their clan brothers--- changed their names to Hong Xiuquan--- and studied doctrines.

It didn't take long for Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan to leave their hometown and go to western Guangdong to preach, but Hong Renxuan's parents forced him to study poetry and books hard because he was young, and he became famous. Helplessly, he had to continue to open the museum to teach apprentices as a teacher and participate in the imperial examination at the same time. Of course, his heart is actually the same as his parents' thoughts, and the only way out is to gain fame.

Later, Hong Renxuan also figured it out, like Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan, preaching everywhere was a little too shocking to the world. Like Li Jingfang, he has worked hard for more than ten years and studied poetry and books, so he naturally wants to gain fame.

Soon, some government officials went to Lianhuatang Village to search for the whereabouts of his brother Hong Xiuquan, but it turned out that it was Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan who were missionaries and plotted rebellion and were wanted by the government.

Hong Renxuan couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he was fortunate not to follow Hong Xiuquan to preach like Feng Yunshan.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, Hong Xiuquan returned to his hometown. However, he didn't dare to go home, so he hid everywhere, but he still remembered his old feelings and arranged him in the firewood room in the backyard of the private school library, so that he could hide for a long time.

Soon, Hong Xiuquan went to Guangxi again, and he came to Guangzhou to participate in the imperial examination, but he once again fell to Sun Shan.

Two years later, Feng Yunshan suddenly sent someone back to his hometown, took all of Hong Xiuquan's relatives and family members to Guangxi, and wrote a letter, saying that they were about to rebel and invite him to go to Guangxi to do something together.

To be honest, Hong Renxuan was a little tempted at the time, but quickly refused. In his opinion, after the rebellion was successful, he naturally did not need to participate in the imperial examination to enjoy endless glory and wealth, but from the bottom of his heart, he did not think that Hong Feng and the two could succeed in the rebellion, and it was very likely that it would be a disaster of being wiped out by the imperial court.

So, on the eve of the Jintian Uprising, Hong Renxuan went to Guangzhou to participate in the imperial examination, but once again failed to make the list.

But the hateful thing is that a few months after the Jintian uprising, the government did not find out clearly, so it directly sent troops to Lianhuatang Village to arrest everyone. Hong Renxuan, whose parents had passed away, saw that the people in the village were killed by officers and soldiers, and did not dare to stay any longer, so he hurriedly fled to Guangzhou City with his wife and children. I didn't want to, but I met the missionary Han Shanwen, and with his help, I followed Han Shanwen to Hong Kong Island alone, leaving his wife and children in the church outside Guangzhou. Later, he traveled with Han Shanwen to Singapore and Malacca.

After I don't know how long, Hong Renxuan inadvertently learned from the mouths of merchants passing through Malacca on Hong Kong Island in Guangzhou that Feng Yunshan led the righteous army to capture Guangzhou, establish the Taiping Holy Kingdom, and proclaim himself the Holy King; And Hong Xiuquan also led the rebel army to capture Jinling, proclaimed himself the king of heaven, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After learning the news, Hong Renxuan was taken aback and regretted it!

He couldn't have imagined that the rebellion of Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan, who he was not optimistic about, could achieve such great success! So, he decided to return to China and join the two.

But alas, he ran out of money! He didn't even have a bill for the journey.

After arriving in Singapore, Pastor Han Shanwen returned to Switzerland soon after, leaving Hong Renxuan to help work in the church to make ends meet. Later, the church in Singapore was too indebted and moved to Malacca, and Hong Renxuan followed him to Malacca, but he was only barely able to make ends meet, and he was penniless at all, and he couldn't return to China if he wanted to. Hong Renxuan wants to cry without tears!