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After Zhang Yingchen's unit was taken over by King Of The East Yang Xiuqing, the generals of the General Staff Headquarters were all nervous during the meeting. Regardless of whether Zhang Yingchen was active or passive, intentional or intentional, he was no longer under Vézé's command. Instead, he had become the direct subordinate of King Of The East Yang Xiuqing. The generals of the General Staff Headquarters were willing to continue working under Vézé. They were no longer concerned about the fact that King Of The East Yang Xiuqing had taken away one of Vézé's troops. They were concerned about what the King Of The East would do in the future. Would he continue to take troops from Vézé, or would he stop here?
Vézé no longer allowed the generals of the General Staff Headquarters to make their own battle plans. It was not suitable for him to do anything related to delegating power. "Let's continue the battle. Since we can't launch a pincer attack, we'll fight alone."
After he said this, no one responded to Vézé. Under King Of The East Yang Xiuqing's management, the quadrilateral in the General Staff Headquarters' original plan was reduced to a point in the upper right corner in the blink of an eye. Vézé's main force, which occupied Yangzhou in the upper right corner, was now in a rather awkward situation. Originally, Vézé had great influence north of the Yangtze River. Not only did he have Zhang Yingchen's troops, but he could also mobilize Yoshibuwon's troops to cooperate with him in battle.
Now, all these advantages were gone with Zhang Yingchen's actions. Yang Xiuqing had already directly ordered Yoshibuwon's troops to merge with Zhang Yingchen's troops. Both of them had 10,000 troops each. After the merger, the 20,000 troops were fully equipped. After taking control of this troop, Vézé learned that this troop had already crossed the Yangtze River and returned to Tianjing City. Tianjing City originally had 30,000 elites. With the addition of 20,000 new troops, Yang Xiuqing could command more than 50,000 troops. With just this army, Yang Xiuqing would probably be able to take care of the Jiangnan camp.
Ke Gongyu was Vézé's loyal follower. He was the first to jump out and object. "Prince Of Qi, the King Of The East has done something wrong. You're still worshipping him. Even if you don't feel touched, this subordinate feels touched! "
All the generals were thinking the same thing. With Ke Gongyu taking the lead, everyone stared at Vézé with a burning gaze. Of course, there was anger in his gaze, but there was also a considerable portion of confusion. According to Vézé, the King Of The East, Yang Xiuqing, was an absolutely wise ruler. Moreover, everyone knew that Yang Xiuqing was possessed by the Heavenly Father. Even if they didn't really believe it, they agreed with China's very broad attitude towards ghosts and gods. Therefore, when Yang Xiuqing did such a thing, everyone's astonishment came from the bottom of their hearts.
Seeing their expressions, Vézé was infuriated. He almost blurted out, "Haven't any of you worked in a large state-owned enterprise before?!"
If one wanted to do well in a large state-owned enterprise, one's ability was the most important. At the same time, one had to know how to understand one's position and adjust one's emotions. Over the past few days, Vézé had been thinking about the era he lived in and trying to find his position in it. He had some results after thinking, but the results weren't optimistic.
Vézé was currently living in a feudal system. The characteristic of a feudal system was that the layers of power were completely controlled by the layers of privileged classes. After the start of the industrial era, the social system gradually developed towards an industrialized society. As a result, the privileged classes were gradually eliminated. Vézé had heard of a European politician saying, "Democracy is the process of continuously eliminating privileges." This was much better than the saying, "Democracy is good, it's good!"
However, in the year 1854 where Vézé lived, Yang Xiuqing was a special person with countless privileges. Ever since Vézé contacted Qi Yuchang, all kinds of news began to reach Vézé. Vézé didn't know whether Qi Yuchang was a genius in intelligence or if he had other uses. News about Yang Xiuqing being very "domineering" in Tianjing City occupied a lot of space.
One of them was something Yang Xiuqing had once told Vézé. Hong Xiuquan beat a pregnant palace maid to death. In order to stop Hong Xiuquan's tyrannical behavior, Yang Xiuqing came up with the trick of the Heavenly Father descending. First, he reprimanded Hong Xiuquan for his evil behavior. Still angry, Yang Xiuqing ordered Hong Xiuquan to be beaten. The purpose was to let Hong Xiuquan remember.
The information provided by Qi Yuchang was very different from the version Yang Xiuqing told Vézé. First, the palace maid was not touched by Hong Xiuquan and got pregnant just like that. Obviously, if Hong Xiuquan thought that the palace maid was pregnant with his child, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan would become a father.
There was a very famous story in the Bible about the Heavenly King becoming a father. Mary was pregnant. When people asked her, "Who did it?", Mary replied, "It was Jehovah."
If Hong Xiuquan's palace maid did this, then Hong Xiuquan would have a younger brother or nephew. This was definitely not something that Hong Xiuquan could accept. Hong Xiuquan was most afraid of someone doing this to him.
When Qi Yuchang wrote this, it was unknown where he got the information from. There was a very sinister hint in his words. Vézé couldn't help but shake his head.
Putting this aside, when Yang Xiuqing asked for Hong Xiuquan to be beaten, the North King, Wei Changhui, and the others were present. At this time, Hong Xiuquan had already been pinned down. The North King, Wei Changhui, hurriedly threw himself on top of Hong Xiuquan. He begged the "Heavenly Father" to let Hong Xiuquan go and just beat him. In the end, Yang Xiuqing really dragged Wei Changhui away and gave him a good beating.
This news didn't surprise Vézé much. He had seen his fair share of jerk leaders. What surprised Vézé was that Yang Xiuqing had waited until now to beat Vézé. This meant that Yang Xiuqing was already very polite to Vézé.
It was obvious that Vézé's subordinates didn't know this. They even felt a little sad from having their dreams shattered. This made Vézé sigh. People from an agricultural society were really more stupid and ignorant than people from an industrial society.
After thinking for a moment, Vézé said carefully, "If we want the King Of The East to stop touching our people, there's only one way. We've been fighting all this time. The King Of The East really has no reason to touch our people."
When he said this, everyone was even more surprised. Ruan Xihao asked with a puzzled expression, "Why didn't the King Of The East touch us in the past?"
Before Vézé could explain, Wei Changrong had already explained, "At that time, we were doing things that other people couldn't do. The King Of The East didn't believe that we could do it, but other than us, no one else was willing to do it. Naturally, he had to wait and see if we could do it. The King Of The East isn't stupid. If something needs half a year to complete, he will give us half a year. "
Fortunately, the brothers in the General Staff Headquarters were experienced. In order to complete the vision that Vézé had outlined, they had all gone through a lot of training. Therefore, the King Of The East only made full use of Vézé's troops. When the cruel reality was thrown in front of them, they didn't fly into a rage or feel disappointed. All the brothers stared at Vézé again, waiting for him to speak.
When Vézé saw the situation, he said straightforwardly, "Brothers, now that I am the Prince Of Qi, I will definitely have my own territory in the future. Follow me, I won't let you down. If you think that following me will have a bright future, then stay. If you think that following someone else will have a bright future, then I won't stop you! "
"Hey! Chief of General Staff, if you think that our brothers are rebelling just for fame and fortune, then aren't you looking down on us too much? "Ruan Xihao immediately shouted.
"Don't! I'm rebelling for the sake of fame and power! But I don't think fame and power are enough. I really want this little Kingdom of Heaven! "Ke Gongyu said.
Lin Asheng had always been a man of few words, but at that moment, he said in a serious tone, "I followed the Southern King when I was in Guangdong. I joined the Taiping army for this Kingdom of Heaven. Chief of General Staff, you said that Heavenly King Hong is unreliable, so I believed you. Chief of General Staff, you said that the King Of The East is reliable, so I believed you. But in this situation, the King Of The East is also so disloyal. If the Heavenly King and the King Of The East are both like this, Chief of General Staff, you have to say whether this Kingdom of Heaven can be built and how it should be built. "
These words were very representative, and all the brothers in the General Staff Headquarters expressed their agreement. An idea came to Vézé, and he said, "I want everyone to vote now. Who among you is the one who really built the Kingdom of Heaven? Raise your hand and show me!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Asheng immediately raised his hand. Ke Gongyu, Ruan Xihao, Ju Junfeng, and the others raised their hands one after another. After that, even Lei Hu and Wei Changrong raised their hands in embarrassment. Vézé knew that the reason why the two of them were embarrassed was not because they felt embarrassed to raise their hands, but because they realized that they actually kind of believed that the Kingdom of Heaven could be built. They thought that they had such a "childish" idea, which made them feel very embarrassed.
This result surprised Vézé. Vézé absolutely did not believe that the Kingdom of Heaven could be built. But Vézé could also see that his subordinates were sincerely looking forward to building the Kingdom of Heaven. This kind of political ideal was indeed an important reason why they were united under the banner of the Taiping Rebellion.
"If you really think so, I would like to ask everyone a question first. We have fought our way from Guangxi to here, and we have gone through a lot of hardships. Which victory was won by some deity descending to earth? Which enemy was killed by a deity? Sun, rain, mosquito bites in summer, and flea bites in winter. Every day, everyone still trains, makes weapons, investigates, studies, and calculates. Only then can we win the war. What do you think? "Vézé asked.
After hearing such words that completely denied the existence of deities, the group of generals fell silent.
And Vézé did not hope that this group of people would immediately establish atheism. He continued, "I still support the King Of The East. Why should I? Because a Heavenly King is just a Heavenly King. Other than being regarded as a deity, he is nothing. The King Of The East is the supreme commander of the Taiping army. I won't say how good we are at fighting. I will only say that in the nearly 300,000 Taiping army, if we give orders to others, no one will listen to us. But once the King Of The East gives an order, everyone will really do it. And the King Of The East can still lead everyone to victory! Just this point alone, I support the King Of The East! "
"Other than knowing how to fight, the King Of The East also knows how to bully us!" Wei Changrong said very unhappily.
"That is another matter. How about this, I only want everyone to work hard and follow me for one more year. If you are not willing to follow me after one year, then you can go. But within this one year, I only want you to do one thing! "Vézé said.
Everyone's gaze fell on Vézé. Vézé looked back at everyone's doubtful gaze and said, "Just what is this world like? I want to tell you the true face of this world that I know!"
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