Chapter 108: Politics and Religion
After the East King gave an order, Xiao Yungui shouted like the others, but he glanced at Hong Xiuquan, but saw his resentful eyes staring at Yang Xiuqing in front of him, which made people shudder, and turned his gaze to himself, Xiao Yungui's heart was slightly shocked. Hong Xiuquan also seemed to notice that Xiao Yungui was looking at him, his strange eyes were fleeting, and he saw Hong Xiuquan smile slightly, stood up casually, walked to Yang Xiuqing's side, and cheered with everyone.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yungui's heart tightened, and he secretly thought that this Hong Xiuquan is not a good man and a woman, so he can also endure it, it seems that Hong Xiuquan's depth in the city is still above Yang Xiuqing, no wonder Yang Xiuqing Shili was so big later, and he was still removed by Hong Xiuquan quietly. Even Xiao Yungui thought about it, could it be that Hong Xiuquan had actually saved the killing machine a long time ago, and he had been holding back, and when Yang Xiuqing was empty-eyed and invincible, he suddenly made trouble and cut off the East King in one fell swoop?
After discussing military affairs, we talked about political affairs. Speaking of political affairs, Hong Xiuquan seems to have more opportunities to speak. First of all, he said that the city of Changsha did not implement the doctrine of God worship enough, and asked the army to gather the people in the city, and set up one or two Sima for every 25 households, and a small holy treasury for each of the 25 households, for the daily expenses of these 25 households. The two Sima and the same officials at all levels also preached more truths, let the two Sima of each army set up more churches in the city, and let Wei Changhui preside over the destruction of the school palace, the Confucian Temple and the temple inside and outside the city.
Hearing this, Xiao Yungui was a little uncontrollable, after he entered the city, he has not been engaged in the opening of the holy treasury, the establishment of more churches, the destruction of the school palace, temples, because he feels in his heart that freedom of belief, forcing others to believe in religion seems to provoke a lot of people to resist, so he has been using the heavy military as an excuse, just routinely send a few wardens every day in the market, the square to reason, but there are still people listening, but there are not many people, Zeng Shuiyuan has repeatedly asked for more wardens, but Xiao Yungui deduced that let the warden draw the drawing, and he can't spare manpower. There are not many literate people in the Taiping Army, and the wardens are all literate people, and there are very few in the army, Xiao Yungui sent a lot of wardens to draw maps, and Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help it, so this matter has been so perfunctory.
Unexpectedly, Hong Xiuquan arrived at this time, and even knew about it, as the leader of the God Worship Sect, he naturally could not tolerate such a mission. Since the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the families of the people accompanying the army have always been organized according to the military system, and there are generally two Simas, pawn commanders, brigade commanders, division commanders, etc., each of which has jurisdiction over 25 households, and a small church is set up for the soldiers and civilians to worship. After Hong Xiuquan entered the city, his butt was not hot yet, so he impatiently continued to implement his strategy of coercing the people.
At that moment, Hong Xiuquan arranged political and educational affairs, and spoke at length again, Yang Xiuqing simply went back to his seat and sat down, quietly sipping tea and listening, without making a sound. If Xiao Yungui has an understanding, it seems that there is a division of labor between these two people, and Yang Xiuqing's words shall prevail in military and political affairs, and Hong Xiuquan will naturally have the final say in this teaching and civil affairs, but if Hong Xiuquan has any educational arrangements that affect military and political affairs, Yang Xiuqing will naturally make a noise, and Heavenly Father will come down to give advice.
After all, it is wartime, so it is convenient to concentrate manpower and material resources and manage the people. But when it comes to destroying temples and learning palaces, Xiao Yungui is a little opposed, you just preach your own teachings, why do you want to destroy other people's teachings? Even if Christianity does not promote idolatry, I have never seen foreigners smash other people's temples when they preach, let alone the Temple of Literature.
In Xiao Yungui's view, Confucianism is not a sect of righteousness, and Confucianism is not like other sects such as Buddhism, which believes that there is a supernatural mystery or entity outside the reality of Shijie, which has absolute authority over all things, dominates natural evolution, and determines the fate of the world, so that people can have awe and worship of this mystery, and thus lead to belief cognition and ritual activities. Confucianism is more about regulating people's morality and behavior, and it is also the code of conduct for Chinese people for thousands of years. Just as the Chinese people believe in Buddhism, but they mostly act according to Confucian norms, there is no conflict between the two.
Xiao Yungui thought that it was obviously unfeasible for Hong Xiuquan to use the worship of God to defeat Confucianism, to suppress the Confucian rules implanted in the bones of the Chinese people with sects and ghosts, and to assimilate the cultural roots of thousands of years with the doctrine that has only been rooted for several years. But Hong Xiuquan seems to be very happy with this, and in his opinion, the importance of teaching affairs seems to be more important than military and political affairs, and he can't be sloppy at all.
Xiao Yungui turned sideways, and wanted to say a few words, knocking on the side to persuade a few words, but when the words came to his mouth, he saw Yang Xiuqing glaring at him, and swallowed the words back.
Unexpectedly, Hong Yun'er behind Xiao Yungui suddenly said: "Second brother, this Changsha City is not as good as Guangxi and other places, there are more scholars in Xiangzhong, and many of them are still talented people. The little sister thinks that it is okay to preach the teachings of the heavenly kingdom, but Changsha is an academic powerhouse in Hunan Province, and the destruction of the school palace and the Confucian Temple is afraid that it will discourage the world's scholars, and I ask the second brother to think twice. ”
As soon as these words came out, the hall was quiet for a while, and everyone looked at each other a few times, and Zuihou all looked at Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven. You must know that since the establishment of the Worship of God Religion, it has been destroying temples and smashing school palaces, and when he was still preaching in Bauhinia Mountain, Hong Xiuquan often led the congregation to smash local temples and Confucian temples, and everyone has always been accustomed to it. Now there are people who speak out against it, and it is also Hong Xuanjiao, the mother of the West Wang, you must know that Hong Xuanjiao is the sixth daughter of God's Heavenly Father, and when she preached the doctrine in the past, she also strongly agreed, why did she suddenly say this at this time?
After hearing this, Xiao Yungui secretly shouted that it was not good, the four-eyed sister did not know the height of the sky, and she was so outspoken, it would definitely anger Hong Xiuquan, and even Yang Xiuqing would take the opportunity to kill her, and at that moment, while everyone had not come back to their senses, she hurriedly got up and said: "King of Heaven, King of the East, Xuanjiao means that our kingdom of heaven was first set in Changsha, when the hearts of the people are gathered first, and now Changsha is facing enemies on all sides, and the missionary matter can be handled greatly, but it also gives the people and literati in the city more time to listen to the truth of the Heavenly Father, hoping that they can understand it themselves." After some time, they will still be stubborn and will destroy again, and then we will surely have a great victory over the Qing Demons by our Heavenly Saint Soldiers, and we will have enough manpower to act. In this way, only by saluting first and then soldiering can the virtue of the king of heaven and the king of the east be demonstrated. ”
Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing were originally stunned together after listening to Hong Yun'er's words, but after listening to Xiao Yungui's words, they seemed to come back to their senses a little. But Hong Yun'er didn't seem to have the strength yet, and frowned: "No, I'm not ......"
Before the words came out, Xiao Yungui really got up and glared at Hong Yun'er fiercely, blinked his left eye, and said angrily in a low voice: "That's what it means, are you uncomfortable?" Why don't you go down and see how your lunch is prepared? ”
Hong Yun'er was stunned for a moment, only then did she find that almost everyone in the hall looked at her with strange expressions, and then she realized that she had said the wrong thing, Xiao Yungui was relieving herself, and then she sighed, got up and saluted Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, and said respectfully: "Two brothers, you continue to talk about things, little sister go and see how the lunch diet is prepared." ”
Hong Xiuquan's tense face loosened slightly, and he smiled and said, "Sixth sister is hard, let's go." ”
In this way, Hong Yun'er lowered her head and walked quickly into the inner hall in full view of everyone. Xiao Yungui saw that the atmosphere in the hall was weird, and said with a dry smile: "The woman should go back to the kitchen, what kind of mess is there, it is really getting more and more unruly, the two brothers can rest assured, the younger brother will be disciplined well." ”
Seeing Xiao Yungui's appearance as a manly man, everyone knew how much the king of the West was afraid of himself, but now he was talking big and couldn't help laughing together.
Yang Xiuqing came back to her senses at this time, and regretted that she didn't take advantage of the situation to clean up Hong Xuanjiao, but now everyone laughed so much that the atmosphere was diluted, and Hong Xiuquan seemed to be very good at seizing the opportunity, stood up and said with a smile: "Compatriots, don't come back and let me make peace for you two when you turn around." ”
Everyone laughed again, Xiao Yungui laughed dryly, sat back in his seat, although he was teased, but fortunately, the reckless behavior of the four-eyed girl was finally exposed, and it was worth it, but his palms were all pinched in a cold sweat.
After laughing for a while, Hong Xiuquan pressed his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then talked about teaching affairs, he also adopted Xiao Yungui's words, postponed the destruction, and waited for the Qing army to separate the victory and defeat before acting, he was also afraid that the troops were insufficient and the bullets could not suppress the people in the city.
After talking about the teaching affairs, Yang Xiuqing talked about the matter of the holy treasury, and now the general holy treasury of the Taiping Army is personally in charge of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, and there are Hu Yihuang, Chen Chengying, the third commander of the left of the palace, and others. Speaking of this, as Yang Xiuqing said to Xiao Yungui in the sedan chair, Yang Xiuqing ordered all armies to strictly investigate the rich merchants and gentry in the city, once they found out that these people had dealings with the Qing demon, they would all be punished as the crime of communicating with the demon, and all the money and grain in the house rushed into the holy treasury.
Speaking of this, Xiao Yungui remembered his promise to Zhu Changlin and others, so he had to stand up and speak for Zhu Changlin, Wei Helin and other wealthy businessmen who were more prestigious in Changsha City. followed Zeng Shuiyuan also stood up behind to corroborate that after he entered the city, he had been dealing with these rich businessmen, and he also knew that what Zhu Changlin and Wei Helin did not do was a big evil, so he also opened his mouth to intercede. Zeng Shuiyuan also cited the amount of money and grain donated by Zhu Changlin and others, as well as the fact that several of them actively ran to buy winter clothes and clothes for the army, and stabilized the prices in the Changsha market, which did have some credit.
Zuihou Yang Xiuqing looked at Xiao Yungui before slowly nodding and saying, "It's okay, since these people have meritorious service to the Heavenly Kingdom, I won't embarrass them." Chaogui, you go and tell them, as long as they can donate all their family property like the North King and the Wing King, and follow our heavenly kingdom, they will not lose the title of official and lord, if they don't want to, they still want to be demons! The same must be punished! You don't have to say it again, this is already extremely magnanimous! ”
Xiao Yungui secretly complained in his heart, but he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he had to accept it for the time being.