Hong Tiangui cleaned up the blessed king Hong Renda with thunder, and the entire court was solemn, especially the chief officials of the six departments, they did not rely on their ability to get to the top, but by meeting the horses, facing Hong Tiangui's cold eyes, one by one from the bottom of their hearts.

Hong Tiangui, who was sitting on it, sighed in his heart, unlike the strict prohibition of the Taiping Heavenly ** team, the court of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is simply child's play, especially as Hong Xiuquan became more and more addicted to pleasure, and the government was made miserable by the two peasant princes of King Fu and King Xin. Hong Tiangui has the intention to sweep these mediocre officials out of the house, but there is no replacement, so he is afraid that it will backfire.

After that, in the name of the Kingdom of Heaven, Hong Tiangui once again issued an edict to Li Xiucheng, the loyal king, asking him to suspend the attack on Shanghai and return to Beijing to report on his work.

At present, among the four major fronts of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, only Li Xiucheng, the loyal king, is in an absolute advantage, and he is also the only force that surpasses the enemy on the battlefield, and his target Shanghai is called the Oriental Pearl, where it can be described as gold everywhere, as long as the loyal king captures Shanghai, it will bring great compensation to the barren finances of the heavenly kingdom.

"Ganwang, Shanghai does have endless wealth, but it is the stronghold of foreigners in the East, and now is not the time for us to go to war with foreigners." Hong Tiangui is not Cixi, he doesn't have the courage to declare war on the world, not to mention the current situation of the Kingdom of Heaven, and he doesn't have the ability to wrestle with the great powers.

In the face of Hong Tiangui's insistence, Hong Renxuan did not continue to argue, this was the first time that the Young Heavenly King was in power, and he had to take the lead in establishing authority for Hong Tiangui.

The nondescript early dynasty ended, and the "high-ranking officials" of the Heavenly Kingdom were still immersed in the shock of the young heavenly king's ascension, and the three edicts were sent out at a very fast speed. This matter was personally grasped by the king of the Zhengjun Division, and no one dared to neglect it in the slightest.

Six hundred miles of urgency, in just one day, Tianjing's edict was sent to the front line of Luzhou, and the king of England took the edict in his hand, his expression changed.

"King Ying, what is the matter of the King of Heaven?" Auxiliary King Yang Fuqing asked in a deep voice.

After the fall of Anqing, the front command of the Taiping Army retreated from Anqing to Luzhou, and the British king Chen Yucheng was reprimanded by the king Hong Xiuquan, and was even removed from his post for a time. Although he was reinstated because of the tension of the war, the Taiping Army still exuded an atmosphere of tension everywhere on the front line. After the defeat at Anqing, the auxiliary king moved south to assist the British king in resisting the attack of Zeng Guofan.

"The Heavenly King has retired!" Chen Yucheng said strangely.

"What? The Qing Demon Zeng Department was eyeing the enemy, the situation of our army was unfavorable, and the Heavenly King actually chose to retire at this time? Is there something going on in Tianjing City? Yang Fuqing's face was full of shock, with his understanding of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, it was impossible not to distinguish the overall situation.

"The specific situation is not clear, this edict was promulgated by the Young Heavenly King Hong Tianguifu, and the Ganwang Hong Renxuan stamped the golden seal of the Zhengjun Division, which should be true."

"Young Heavenly King? The Young Heavenly King is only thirteen years old, right? Yang Fuqing said in a low voice.

King Ying nodded, in his impression that the Young Heavenly King was still a child, and even because he had been fighting abroad for many years, he couldn't remember the appearance of the Young Heavenly King very clearly.

"Is there any reason for the sudden retirement of the Heavenly King?" Yang Fuqing's expression was solemn, looking at the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven, accompanied by endless bloody rain, the Tianjing Incident made the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the middle of the day decline sharply, and the departure of the Wing King made the Kingdom of Heaven even worse, if it were not for the rise of him and Li Xiucheng, the great cause of the Kingdom of Heaven would have fallen. Therefore, the generals who led the troops abroad were extremely concerned about the turmoil in Tianjing City, and even the ugly scenes in the court were clear to these generals stationed abroad.

But the retirement of the Heavenly King was definitely extremely sudden news, and both the King of England and the Auxiliary King felt incredulous. They still know a lot about the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, and they have an unusual fascination with power, otherwise the Tianjing Incident would not have happened back then. Now they suddenly retired, and pushed out the young king Hong Tiangui, who had never participated in government affairs, which they could never have imagined anyway.

"King Ying, what should we do about the Young Heavenly King's orders?" Auxiliary King Yang Fuqing said in a deep voice. The biggest weakness of the Tian** team is that the logistics support can't keep up, otherwise how can the British king's vision divide the troops to the west in this unfavorable war.

"Now that the Young Heavenly King is in charge of the country, we have to listen, Auxiliary King, pass on my general order, and let the Western Army return to the division." The fundamental reason for his decision was that King Gan took over the household department, and the young king made it clear in his order that he would be required to supply the kingdom of heaven, and he also gave him great authority. All the forces west of the kingdom of heaven account for almost one-third of the kingdom of heaven, and this trust makes the king disobey.

At this time, among the many armies of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Zhongwang Department standing in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was the strongest and had abundant materials, while the British Wang's Department was a little difficult in the face of the Hunan army's offensive. It is not because of the decline in the strength of the army, but because of the lack of logistical baggage. Because of the successive wars, the people of the Heavenly Kingdom were not able to make a living, the collection of taxes was chaotic, and the various armies went their own way and were frequently mobilized, making it difficult for the people of the Heavenly Kingdom to settle down and engage in agricultural production.

When Hong Tiangui learned about the current financial situation of the Kingdom of Heaven from Hong Renxuan's mouth, the whole person was a little stupid.

"Uncle Ganwang, are you sure you didn't lie to me? The entire Heavenly Household doesn't even have a single piece of silver? Hong Tiangui said with some annoyance. Although Hong Tiangui knew that the finances of the Kingdom of Heaven were not good, after all, he knew from history that the Kingdom of Heaven had persisted until 1964, and there would always be some foundation, but after he really took power, the last fig leaf shrouded by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was removed, and the entire Heavenly Kingdom Household Department did not have a single amount of silver, and according to Hong Renxuan, all the one million taels of silver from the Household Department before the year ago were used to repair the mansion of the Heavenly King's Mansion, and the armies took food on the spot, but they did not need the Heavenly Kingdom to allocate silver taels.

"Your Highness, it is indeed not, the first payment of the heavenly tax will not be received until June, and now the household department is empty, and the official's income has not yet been found this month!" Hong Renxuan had a bitter face, he had known that the household was empty, but he didn't expect it to be empty to this extent.

"Then what can Uncle Wang do? The king has already issued an order that the salaries of the British royal department shall be settled by the kingdom of heaven, and no empty cannons shall be discharged under any circumstances. Hong Tiangui said angrily.

"Would you like to borrow some silver?" Hong Renxuan said tentatively.

"Borrow money?" A gleam flashed in Hong Tiangui's eyes. But soon his vision dimmed again. It was common knowledge that there was no money to find a bank loan in later generations, but in this turbulent era, the rich regarded the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as a flood of beasts, and it was impossible to lend them money.

"Borrowing from whom?" Hong Tiangui smiled bitterly.

Hong Renxuan groaned for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Young Heavenly King, it is impossible for domestic businessmen to lend us money, why don't we find foreigners?" ”

"Foreigners? Powers? Hong Tiangui frowned, from the heart, borrowing money from the great powers is the easiest thing to do, but this is not the time when the national strength of Huaxia is thriving in later generations, Huaxia at this time is a piece of fat in the eyes of the great powers, and borrowing money from them is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger.

"Your Highness, I have been to the West, they are indeed much stronger than us, and their banks are not owned by the state, as long as we contact the private banks, we can borrow a large amount of silver." Hong Renxuan said.

"This is not a bad way, but as far as I know, now that the foreigners are on the side of the Manchus, and they have formed a foreign gun team to confront the loyal king, is it possible for us to borrow money from them at this time?" Hong Tiangui expressed concern.

"Your Highness has forgotten Mr. Smith?" Hong Renxuan said with a smile.

"Smith?"

"The missionary of the Kingdom of Prussia who came to Tianjing two years ago, and the minister has always been in contact with him." Hong Renxuan said cautiously.

"Kingdom of Prussia? Isn't it the German Reich yet? Hong Tiangui said subconsciously. After saying that, he regretted that Germany was now only a region, and it was only after the Franco-Prussian War that the Kingdom of Prussia became the German Empire.

Hong Renxuan was stunned, and a look of suspicion flashed on his face. How could Hong Tiangui say such a thing as the German Empire? Could it be that the Young Heavenly King also cares about the Western countries as much as he does?

"Go on, this Prussian kingdom can give us a loan?" Hong Tiangui asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, but they are also conditional. Compared with Britain and France, Prussia's conditions were easier to accept. Hong Renxuan said helplessly. The Western powers regard China as a piece of fat, and everyone wants to take a bite.

"What are the conditions of Britain and France?" Hong Tiangui keenly grasped the loopholes in Hong Renxuan's words. This elevated god king is not as simple as it seems, and it is actually connected to all Western countries.

Hong Renxuan looked at Li Tianxiang's eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Britain and France demand that the loyal king withdraw his troops and ask the Kingdom of Heaven to accept all the treaties of Britain and France against the Manchus. ”

Hong Tiangui's face was ugly, and Britain and France took advantage of the fire to rob and want to take advantage of it.

"What about the Tsarist Russians? That damn Russian bear wouldn't be so quiet. Hong Tiangui asked through gritted teeth. If Britain and France plundered China more of wealth, then the Russians were embezzling land, and all the land lost by modern China fell into the hands of Russian bears.

"The Russians have no interest in us, and the Russians are not as rich as Britain and France, and I am afraid that they are not even as good as Prussia in terms of financial resources."

"Uncle Ganwang, you send people to contact the Western powers, I want to know their conditions." Hong Tiangui said with a cold face. Although he knew that cooperating with the Western powers was tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, the Kingdom of Heaven was no longer the Kingdom of Heaven when the capital was just set in Tianjing, and now there was only an empty shelf left in the Kingdom of Heaven, and it was just looking for death at this time.

"And what about our conditions?" Hong Renxuan was a little excited and a little nervous. Dealing with the Western powers is definitely not easy.

"I want money, arms, and veterans, and as for the only condition at present, the Taiping Army will not attack Shanghai."

"I'm afraid that a condition of not attacking Shanghai will not satisfy the appetite of the great powers." Hong Renxuan said in a deep voice.

"Talk slowly, don't be in a hurry, now that the loyal king's troops are pressing the border, the great powers are in a hurry than us." Hong Tiangui said with a sneer. Although he knew that Zhongwang's attack on Shanghai had failed, the pressure he brought to Shanghai was absolutely sufficient.