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Hong Xiuquan shook his head with a wry smile and walked in front of Li Hongzhang: "My brother asked me if Mrs. Duran has a sister." ”

"Huh!?" Li Hongzhang was stunned and stunned, of course he recognized Madame Duran's French woman, Zhu Jishi's court manager and mistress, although she was not very young, she still had charm. It is said that this woman is Zhu Jishi's friend in distress, so her status in Zhu Ming's palace is very special, but I didn't expect Hong Xiuquan to remember someone's sister.

Hong Xuanjiao sighed softly: "My brother is still thinking about Western beauty, and the princesses in his palace are still not satisfied with hundreds of thousands of queens, and they are not afraid of losing their lives." ”

Li Hongzhang didn't know how to answer when he heard this, so he had to continue to ask: "In addition to Western beauties, what else did His Majesty the Heavenly King say?" ”

Hong Xuanjiao said: "In addition to beauties, eunuchs are also needed, there are too many beauties in the Heavenly King's Palace, and they can't be served by female officials, and it's not good to use eunuchs and castrate, do you want to ask if we have any solutions?" ”

Li Hongzhang was stunned again when he heard this, and only said after a while: "Didn't the king of the east take Beijing and Zhili?" The Hejian Mansion where the eunuch came out is also the territory of the East King, there should be a master who knows the art of castration, why didn't the King of Heaven consult the East King? ”

Hong Xuanjiao shook her head: "I don't know what to do." ”

Li Hongzhang said again: "In addition to beauties and eunuchs, do you have any other requirements from His Majesty the Heavenly King?" ”

"I still want something, the Lin Luo satin of Jiangnan...... It is best to pay tribute to the three weavings, the official kiln porcelain of Jingdezhen, the famous tea of Zhejiang and Fujian, the lacquerware of Foshan, the abalone and sea cucumber of Japan, the Korean ginseng, and the huanghuali of Qiongzhou. Burmese jade, Western wine and clocks...... In short, all kinds of good things need some. It's not in vain. and he who will pay out of the holy treasury two taels of silver. ”

"That's all?" Li Hongzhang saw that Hong Xuanjiao didn't go down. I asked again.

"Oh, I still want the beauties of Dongying, my brother doesn't know where he heard that Dongying women are soft and charming, and he knows that the king of Dongying has a good relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate, so he wants to ask for some Dongying women to enrich his harem."

"Anything else?"

Hong Xuanjiao stopped, thought for a long time, shook her head and said, "No, no...... As for militaristic affairs. Let's talk to Nanwang and Brother Renji, now here in Luoyang, the two of them are in charge of government affairs, and my brother Wang didn't pay attention to the government at all. ”

The area of the Nanwang Mansion is very large, but it is not completely completed, and the road to the main hall of the Nanwang Mansion is not long, but Li Hongzhang saw that the three halls that were half built were still under construction.

The door of the main hall was open, and under some dim light, Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, was sitting on a throne, and in front of him was a royal case covered with yellow satin. It was piled up with all kinds of papers, and Nanwang's somewhat thin body was lying on the desk. Commenting on the documents sent below, he shook his head and sighed from time to time - many officials of the heavenly kingdom were illiterate, and most of the documents sent were inappropriate and full of typos. Moreover, the gentry in western Henan were extremely stubborn, and a little farther away from Luoyang, Nanyang, and other big cities, there were still a large number of landlord militias in the countryside, and they were fighting viciously with the Taiping army.

"When I see His Royal Highness King Nan, I don't kneel!"

As soon as Li Hongzhang stepped into the main hall, the officials of the South Hall who were waiting by Feng Yunshan's side shouted loudly. Although this Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a heretical way of Christianity, it claims to be egalitarian. But if you really get the will, you have established an extremely strict system of upper and lower levels, and when the subordinates see the superiors, they need to bow and bow. Li Hongzhang was reluctant to kneel, and he was the Duke of Lujiang County, and he was only under Zheng Hong, the Duke of Yanping, among the ministers of the Southern Dynasty.

"Don't kneel yet!" When several officials in the southern hall saw that Li Hongzhang did not kneel, they wanted to step forward to take someone, but they saw Hong Xuanjiao glaring angrily and did not dare to move. It turns out that this Hong Xuanjiao has a very high status in the heavenly kingdom, and is regarded as the daughter of the Heavenly Father Emperor God, the sister of the heavenly brother Jesus, and the wife of the archangel Zhu Jishi - these are the propaganda calibers of the early Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, and the old brothers who came out of Guangxi and Xiangxi are convinced. Even Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing are not easy to deny.

"Forget it, give me a seat." Feng Yunshan waved his hand, stopped the officials of the South Palace, and said to Hong Xuanjiao with a smile, "Sister Xuanjiao, you can also sit." ”

"Brother Nanwang, the king of my family sent Li Shangshu as an envoy to Luoyang to congratulate the Heavenly Kingdom to take Beijing." Hong Xuanjiao sat on a chair placed next to Feng Yunshan's imperial case, this chair is only qualified for a Hou Ye of Hong Renji's level, and Hong Xuanjiao also has this qualification. However, Li Hongzhang could only sit on a brocade pier below, allowing Feng Yunshan to look at it condescendingly.

"Oh? Do you still remember the agreement that the first to enter Beijing will be the king? ”

"Naturally, I remember." Li Hongzhang said: "It's just that His Majesty the Heavenly King has not yet entered Beijing!" ”

Feng Yunshan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, originally he just wanted to use words to suppress Li Hongzhang, but he didn't expect the other party to use this reason to prevaricate.

"The King of Heaven and the King of the East are all one, and whoever enters Beijing first will end up in my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

Li Hongzhang smiled: "His Majesty the Heavenly King has never entered Beijing after all. He looked at Feng Yunshan, "His Royal Highness the King of the South, Beijing is the home of the emperor after all, the palace is complete, the city is strong, and it is ten times better than Luoyang." And His Majesty the Heavenly King gave up Beijing and set up the capital Luoyang, for the sake of it, is it really impossible for the people of the world to see through and see through? ”

One country, two masters, one religion and two gods! There are people of insight in the world, who don't know this dead hole of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

Feng Yunshan shook his head: "What kind of emperor's house is Beijing?" Can it be compared with Luoyang, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties? Can it be compared with the danger of one hundred and two rivers and mountains, which can tower the hopes of the princes, and lift the world's shape to win, compared with Chang'an in Guanzhong? In the past, Emperor Hongwu and Prince Yiwen both advocated moving the capital to Chang'an. If it weren't for Prince Yiwen's early death, Chang'an would probably be the former capital of the Ming Dynasty, right? If the Ming Dynasty had been based on Luoyang and Chang'an, would there have been changes in Jiashen? ”

"Oh, then, does the Heavenly King intend to go west to Chang'an?" Li Hongzhang saw Feng Yunshan change the topic and also stepped down.

Feng Yunshan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "The Heavenly King is indeed preparing to go west to Guanzhong and rescue the people of Sanqin from hanging upside down, but the foreign guns and gunpowder are not yet ready. ”

He set his eyes on Hong Xuanjiao. Hong Meiren laughed softly: "There are foreign guns and gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty, as long as the little sister goes to tell the king, they can be sold to heaven." ”

Feng Yunshan looked at Li Hongzhang again, and Li Hongzhang said: "I don't ban the export of guns and gunpowder, but most of the commercial houses that manufacture foreign guns and cannons are in Guangdong, and they are too far away from Luoyang, so why don't we open a mutual market in Xiangyang?" The location is in the south of Xiangyang City. ”

"Xiangyang Mutual Market?" Feng Yunshan thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It can be opened, but the jurisdiction of this mutual market is ......."

"It has to be managed by two families." Li Hongzhang said.

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Luoyang City, Tianwang's Mansion.

Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan looked at Feng Yunshan, the king of the south, and said: "It's just a mutual market, even if Zhu Ming has any plans, at most it is just to lose Xiangyang City." As long as you can buy guns from Zhu Ming, you will be a little more sure of the Western Expedition. This Luoyang City, after all, can't compare to Chang'an City. ”

Feng Yunshan sighed and said: "It's hateful that Yang Xiuqing has a second heart and has turned Beijing and Zhili into the territory of the Yang family, otherwise our heavenly kingdom is united, why can't we destroy Zhu Ming!" ”

"I have the blessing of God the Heavenly Father, Zhu Ming will die in my hands sooner or later, let Zhu Jishi and Yang Xiuqing go to fight with the two tigers, I will go to Guanzhong to accumulate strength, there will always be a time to go out of the customs to take the world."

"The battle of the Western Expedition, I'm afraid it's not very easy to ......," Feng Yunshan sighed and said, "Now Seng Lingqin and Qi Liaozao have joined forces in Guanzhong, and they have recruited the Mongolian tribes in Qinghai and the H Hui in Ganxi to help, and the momentum has been restored." ”

Hong Xiuquan smiled and said, "So what? I have the blessing of God the Heavenly Father, and I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat the waste of Monk Greenqin? King Nan, if you don't want to go this way, I will send someone else to go. ”

Feng Yunshan smiled bitterly: "Heavenly King, my brother is willing to go to Guanzhong." ”

Hong Xiuquan nodded: "Just give 500,000 soldiers to Er Tian, and in July, we will raise troops to conquer Guanzhong in the west, and lay the foundation for the kingdom of heaven for eternity!" ”

500,000 heavenly soldiers sounds like a lot, but Hong Xiuquan's number of soldiers and horses here has always been very empty. The so-called 500,000 soldiers are just more than 30 armies, each with 13,000 to 15,000 families. (To be continued......)