The flag-raising ceremony of the founding ceremony was followed by an exciting military parade, in which all the elite troops in Beijing were drawn to participate, but because the Taiping Army's fighting on the national battlefield had not yet ended, only the troops in Beijing participated in the parade. Rao is like this, the parade of the Guards Cavalry, the elite cavalry regiment of the First Division, the elite infantry, the artillery and other troops in Beijing still shocked people.

After the grand military parade, Xiao Yungui and his wife returned to the Forbidden City with officials and envoys from various countries attending the founding ceremony.

The atmosphere of the state banquet was full of laughter and laughter, especially the old brothers in the West Palace, who were all drunk, Li Kaifang and Lin Fengxiang, two men, kept drinking, and then recalled the difficulties when Jintian raised the army, and then hugged his head and cried. This kind of scene pushed the atmosphere to the commanding heights when Xiao Yungui and his wife drank with the old brothers one by one, and the emotions of these civil ministers and military generals were released at this moment, because many of their comrades-in-arms who were like brothers and sisters could not see the moment of the establishment of the new country, and thousands of hot-blooded men and women paid the price of their lives for the establishment of the new country.

Xiao Yungui also wanted to get drunk, but he still had those foreign envoys to greet, and it was about the national body, so he couldn't lose his temper too much. After he toasted to Zuo Zongtang, Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang, Ji Wenyuan, Li Xiucheng and other old brothers, he comforted them a few words, and when he saw them singing and dancing, he just went with them. Tonight's banquet, they are entitled and justified to indulge in a good time.

Then Xiao Yungui toasted the newly surrendered Manchu old minister Wenwu, Yuan Jiasan, Li Hongzhang, Hu Linyi, Peng Yulin, Shen Baozhen, Zhang Zhidong and others all got the honor of Xiao Yungui's separate drinking narration.

Then Xiao Yungui and the envoys of various countries had a separate conversation. The ministers of Prussia, the Netherlands, Spain, and other countries all congratulated the founding of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of China, believing that this new open and civilized regime would bring new opportunities to the ancient country.

The Prussian minister was still Bismarck. He was worried that the young country would face the challenge of Britain, France and Russia, and although Prussia was about to rise, their emperor had just been replaced, and the new emperor still needed to stabilize the situation at home, so he apologized for the lack of ability to contain Britain and France in Europe. Prior to this, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Prussia had already made a secret agreement, which laid the foundation for the future alliance between the two countries, but the prerequisite for the alliance was that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could contain Britain, France, and Russia as much as possible in the East. Prussia would take advantage of this opportunity to challenge France's supremacy on the European continent. Now Bismarck feared that if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not be supported for a long time, it would not help Prussia's rise.

Xiao Yungui understood Bismarck's concerns, but Xiao Yungui's words made Bismarck completely relieved: "Mr. Bismarck, our country's war with Britain, France, and Russia will not fail, because we have mobilized the people throughout the country, we are fighting a national war, and external threats and invasions will be completely crushed!" ”

While the two were talking, good news came from the military department on duty, after Xiao Yungui read it. Walked to the main seat of the banquet and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, I have important news to announce!" The people in the banquet hall quieted down and slowly gathered around, only to see Xiao Yungui raise the official document in his hand and say loudly: "Our war against Russia has achieved significant results. Three days ago, our Northeast Front defeated 8,000 Russian troops outside the city of Nebuchu, and now it has surrounded the city of Nebuchu with superior forces! ”

After a moment of silence, there was a loud burst of cheers, applause, and whistles. Even Bismarck, who was very rigid, couldn't help but whistle, and he stepped forward and said to Xiao Yungui: "Your Majesty." This is really good news, Nebuchu is very important for the Russians. If the Russians can be inflicted heavy losses here, it will definitely make the situation in Russia worse, and perhaps the Russians can be defeated first, so that they can start peace talks first, so that they can concentrate on dealing with the enemy in the south. ”

Bismarck's strategic vision is indeed unique, and he can see Xiao Yungui's strategic layout at a glance, and Xiao Yungui said with a smile: "Mr. Bismarck, your words are very right, and I think of them together, in the ancient Chinese saying, this is called the same as what a hero sees." Then Xiao Yungui raised his glass and said loudly to everyone: "Come, let's raise a glass together, and wish our Taiping army defeat our enemy!" Wan Sheng, good luck! Everyone raised their glasses together and said in unison: "Wan Sheng, Zhu Jie!" ”

Everyone drank happily, but Xiao Yungui noticed that the American Minister Pu Anchen was sitting alone in the corner, and seemed to be a little preoccupied, Zuo Zongtang came forward to remind Xiao Yungui of a word, Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang stepped forward together, Zuo Zongtang raised his glass and said: "Mr. Minister, is there anything that is not well entertained?" ”

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the First Prime Minister had come to him together, Pu Anchen hurriedly got up and raised his glass and said with a smile: "No, your country's hospitality is very grand, and we Americans have felt a friendly atmosphere. With that, the three of them drank a cup of each other.

After putting down the wine glass, Xiao Yungui pulled the two of them to sit down, and said with a smile: "I know that Mr. Pu Anchen must be worried about the domestic situation. Pu Anchen nodded with a wry smile, in the last year, in 1860, Lincoln, who advocated the abolition of slavery, was elected president of the United States, and the states represented by the southern slave owners rebelled one after another, and the southern slave states became independent, and formed a Confederate government in February 1861 this year, with Davis as president. In April of the same year, the Confederate forces preemptively captured Sumter Fortress, and the American Civil War officially broke out. The war lasted until October, and in the Battle of Manassas in July, the Northern Army suffered heavy losses, and in the Battle of the Peninsula, the Northern Army was also bogged down.

Anson was a staunch abolitionist, and on June 2, 1856, he delivered his famous speech, "The Defense of Massachusetts," which was an important document for the emancipation movement in the United States. In 1854, a group of people who opposed black slavery founded a new political party, which is today the Republican Party of America, and Anson was one of the founders of the Republican Party of America, and thanks to his help, the party was founded in Massachusetts. In 1855, he entered the U.S. Congress, where he served for several years as a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1860, shortly after President Lincoln's inauguration, he appointed Anson Pouson as the thirteenth U.S. minister to China. At the beginning of the year, Pu Anchen arrived in Beijing and became one of the first foreign ministers to settle in Beijing, the new capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. From the very beginning of his tenure as minister to China, Anson began to actively implement the policy of cooperation with China proposed by US Secretary of State Seward: to conduct impartial diplomacy to replace military diplomacy. The treaty ports will neither claim nor occupy the concessions, nor will they ever threaten the territorial and sovereign integrity of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of China. In contrast to the tyranny of Russia, France, Britain, and other countries, the United States' attitude toward China has won the favor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it also has special trust in Pu Anchen.

At the same time, Pu Anchen also actively implemented the "Wartime Far East Trade Treaty" left by his predecessor Lev Weilian, and he contacted other countries to abide by the agreement, and when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Britain, France, and Russia were in a state of war, he still actively promoted trade activities, so that the trade in the south did not come to a standstill. And many British and French merchants even secretly participated in it, their merchant ships flying the American flag, and still doing business with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a hostile country, in response to the phrase "With 200 percent profits, they dare to trample on all human laws!" ”

Xiao Yungui comforted: "Please rest assured, Mr. Minister, that our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has always supported the government of the north, and the government of the north is the legitimate government of the United States, and the separatists in the south are traitors, and we will not have any contact with them." Although Xiao Yungui said this, but his stomach was full of bad water, he secretly thought: "The American Civil War has just begun, and the Northern Army will first suffer a defeat for one or two years, and then it can slowly recover the situation, now we will first make friends with the North and buy some weapons for them, and wait until two years later, Lao Tzu will almost end the war between Britain, France and Russia, and at that time he will begin to support the Southern Army, and also buy weapons and provide them with funds, so that the American Civil War can be fought for a longer time." ”

Thinking of this, Xiao Yungui nodded at Zuo Zongtang, and Zuo Zongtang said knowingly: "In order to show our support for the United States, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will let the company we hold in the United States provide a batch of weapons and materials to the northern government cheaply, and those weapons are the latest weapons. ”

Hu Xueyan has been in the United States for several years, constantly investing in and merging with some potential companies in the United States, with factories in New York, Los Angeles and other places, and 60 percent of the technology and important machinery imported in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also come from these companies and factories, and at the same time, these enterprises and factories are also important taxpayers and economic pillars of the northern government, especially several of its arsenals, which have now received many orders from the northern government of the United States and are speeding up arms production.

At this time, the Americans believed in the free market and free trade, and they were not too interested in the investment and holding of domestic enterprises by foreign capital, and at that time they had not raised their concerns to the perspective of national security, and they did not have a full understanding of the dangers of the domestic oligarchy economy and monopoly economy, and the United States' control over the economy was raised to the perspective of national security, and it was not until the beginning of the 20 th century. Therefore, for some American companies controlled by Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Americans at this time were not disgusted, but were very grateful for their help during the Great Depression in the United States.

Nine years later, in 1870, the United States introduced a series of laws such as the National Economic Control Act and the Restriction of Monopoly, which can be regarded as another proof of Xiao Yungui's change in history. (To be continued......)