I want to ruin the country

Pang Long waved his hand.

"We're new here, and we don't know what delicious food you have here, so just go for it!"

The boss was even happier, as such customers were easy to serve!

There was a clatter of knives and spoons, and soon the boss brought six dishes to the three of them.

When Pang Long saw that the store was not busy, he said,

"Boss, this is our first time here and we're unfamiliar with the place. If you have time, please have a drink with us!

Let’s chat and tell us what’s new in your area!”

The boss pushed it.

"You guys drink, I'm not busy right now, I can chat with you guys!"

Pang Long pulled the boss over.

"Don't be polite, there are so many dishes that the three of us can't finish them all, please sit down!"

The boss still wanted to be humble, Xiong Wenting said,

"Sit down, sit down, sit down. Don't you have to eat at home? We've just arrived and there are many things we need you to take care of!"

Seeing that they really wanted to give in, the boss stopped refusing and took the chopsticks and wine bowl and sat down with them.

At first everyone was chatting about random things, but after a few bowls of wine, Pang Long started talking about the God Worshipping Society.

The boss told us everything he knew, and explained the local situation in detail. Finally, he said,

"A few years ago, the first missionaries to come were named Hong and Feng. They lived in my shop at first, but after about a month, they moved out!"

"Did they stay at your place?"

"Yes, I have. That Feng guy even told me that the King of Hell and Bodhisattvas aren't good gods. They only help the rich and harm the poor."

Pang Long joked,

"How can he know if there are good and bad gods?"

The boss said,

“They said that only God cares for the poor, that God is the only true God, that we are all born and raised by God, that we are all brothers and sisters, and that we should worship God together.

After worshipping God, everyone will have food and clothing, and be free from illness and disaster. Let me join in."

Pang Long became alert.

"So you're religious too?"

The boss chuckled.

"Why would you believe it? I'm so busy with business that I can't take care of it!

Mr. Feng came to see me a few times, but I told him to talk to me later. Gradually, he stopped coming and it was quite disappointing!

"It seems that this Feng guy has a hard time too!"

The boss said,

"Who says it's not? I've even been caught!"

"Did the government arrest him?"

"I heard him say that he and the man surnamed Hong had originally come to Cigu Village in Gui County to seek refuge with a cousin surnamed Hong. After staying there for more than three months, he saw that his cousin's family was too poor, so he wanted to go back.

But the man surnamed Feng was unwilling to do so, so he went to Zijing Mountain. There was a flat mountain in Zijing Mountain area, where charcoal-making people lived.

The charcoal burners were all very poor. I don't know how this Feng guy tricked them, but they actually believed what he said, and many of them followed him and converted to Christianity!

Pang Long asked,

"Why did the government arrest him?"

“The government didn’t know at the time that they were against the rich and the landlords, which made the landlords unhappy.

One day, Wang Xiucai, a landlord from Shiren Village in Mengchong, brought militia to arrest Feng, but he was captured by the God Worshipping Society halfway.

Wang Xiucai brought more militia and arrested Hong, Feng, and several others.

Pang Long asked again,

"Have they all been arrested?"

"That happened a long time ago. Finally, the believers pooled their money and gave a large gift to Magistrate Jia of Guiping.

Magistrate Jia said that they were trying to persuade people to be good and that it was not illegal, so he sent two constables to take them back to their hometown and hand them over to local authorities for punishment.

"gone?"

"No, on the way, the two officers were persuaded by Feng to join their sect and followed them back to Pingdingshan."

Pang Longdao,

“This guy is so amazing!”

The boss said,

"Isn't it? I heard that there are quite a few followers now, and they are quite influential!"

Pang Longdao,

"Where are they operating now?"

The innkeeper said,

"It's right here, and there's a huge crowd of people around here every day. It's so impressive!"

Pang Long secretly sucked his teeth.

"This is a bit difficult to handle!"

At night, Pang Long and Xiong Wenting discussed that if they wanted to take the people away quietly, they had to find a way to get close to them.

From then on, Pang Long gave the innkeeper some benefits every now and then. They were generous and the innkeeper became close friends with them.

They asked the innkeeper to help them rent a yard as a warehouse, and decorated the several northern rooms of the warehouse extremely luxuriously, even more so than the houses of the landlords.

Several people lived and ate in the warehouse and began to collect cinnamon and star anise in earnest.

They charge a higher price, so the quantity is quite large and their business is very prosperous.

After collecting the goods, they would have their subordinates transport them one or two hundred miles away and sell them. They didn't care about making a profit or a loss anyway.

Hong Xiuquan was very happy recently as his Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was developing in full swing.

Here we will briefly talk about Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Revolution.

Hong Xiuquan was born on January 1814, 1. He is 1 years old this year and is in his prime.

His original name was Huo Xiu, and his clan name was Ren Kun. He was a Hakka from Huaxian County, Guangdong.

Because he failed the imperial examinations many times when he was young, he gradually came into contact with Christianity and was slowly attracted by the idea of ​​equality in Christianity. He then founded the God Worshipping Society.

He also wrote "Original Way to Save the World" to promote the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and advocated the establishment of an ancient "world for all" society.

Hong Xiuquan began to promote his "God Worshipping Society" to everyone he met.

Hong Xiuquan said: "People's hearts are too evil, politics is corrupt, and the world will be in great disaster. Only those who believe in God and join the religion can escape disaster.

All who join the religion, regardless of gender or status, are equal; men are called brothers and women are called sisters."

All beings in the world are equal. This is Hong Xiuquan’s great contribution to society.

At the beginning, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan preached near Guangzhou, but did not make much progress.

In 1844, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan came to Guangxi to preach.

Not long after, Hong Xiuquan returned to Guangdong.

Feng Yunshan stayed alone to continue preaching, and gradually the number of believers increased.

During this period, Hong Xiuquan wrote works such as "The Original Way to Awaken the World", "The Original Way to Enlighten the World", and "The Song of a Hundred Righteousness".

In early 1847, Hong Xiuquan asked to be baptized at a Christian church in Guangzhou.

The priests rejected him because they thought he had a shallow understanding of doctrine.

Helpless, Hong Xiuquan went to Guangxi to find Feng Yunshan again.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yunshan had become a big name in the local area. He was overjoyed and formulated various rules for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Because the local government was wary of them, Hong Xiuquan decided to rebel.

Historically, Hong Xiuquan began preparations in 1850 and formally announced the uprising in January 1851.

They established their capital in Nanjing in 1853, renamed it Tianjing, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Hong Xiuquan called himself the Heavenly King.

The Taiping Rebellion lasted fourteen years, swept across most of China, and almost overthrew the rule of the Qing government.

It had a profound impact on the Qing Dynasty and even the entire modern history, and created the largest peasant uprising.

After establishing the capital in Tianjing, Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had conflicts with Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, Northern King Wei Changhui and Wing King Shi Dakai.

In 1857, Shi Dakai, under suspicion, led his army to flee in anger, breaking away from the Heavenly King's command. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to decline.

In 1861, British Admiral Hope and Counselor Parkes came to meet Hong Xiuquan.

They wanted to join forces with Hong Xiuquan to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, on the condition that after the success, China would be divided into two.

Hong Xiuquan flatly refused, and they turned to support the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty betrayed national interests and colluded with foreigners to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In his later years, Hong Xiuquan fell into religious superstition. He even believed that he was a god and that God had sent him to save the world.

Zeng Guofan's army was approaching, and Li Xiucheng knew that he would be defeated, so he suggested that Hong Xiuquan abandon Tianjing and go to the Central Plains to fight guerrilla warfare.

Hong Xiuquan refused and declared that heavenly soldiers would come down to earth to help him defeat the Qing army.

Later, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated by the Hunan Army and the Huai Army.

At this time, Hong Xiuquan was already terminally ill due to consuming too much poisonous food.

On June 1864, 6, Hong Xiuquan committed suicide by taking poison because of the crisis in Tianjing.

On July 7, Tianjing fell and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed.

The Taiping Rebellion politically influenced the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty.

It once swept across most of China militarily and almost overthrew the Qing Dynasty.

In the economic field, Hong Xiuquan promulgated the "Tianchao Tianmu System", proposing an advanced policy program of "those who till the land own the land and the land is divided equally", making a huge contribution to social progress.

After establishing the capital in Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan actively engaged in normal foreign trade.

Their attitude is "All nations are open to trade. All under heaven are brothers. Things that harm others are forbidden."

The harmful substance refers to opium, and they strictly prohibit the opium trade.

Hong Xiuquan refused to recognize any of the unequal treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty that were humiliating and detrimental to the country, and thus won national dignity.

Hong Xiuquan innovated a unique clothing system and promoted Chinese culture.

Hong Xiuquan was clearly opposed to the hierarchical system in the teachings of Confucius and Mencius that deceived the people, and advocated equality for all.

Hong Xiuquan was extremely hostile to the Manchu rulers. He implemented the policy of cutting off the braids in an effort to get rid of the shadow of national slavery.

However, all this will change because of Yining's time travel.

Hong Xiuquan didn't know that a young man from the future had secretly woven a huge net for him to catch them all in one fell swoop.

It’s not that Yining doesn’t recognize the contributions made by Hong Xiuquan and others to social progress, but because Yining has more effective means than Hong Xiuquan to make the impoverished and weak China prosperous and strong as soon as possible.

Most importantly, Yining was also able to save many Chinese people who died in the Taiping Rebellion.

Based on this point alone, Yining cannot be lenient towards Hong Xiuquan and his men.

Let’s talk about Hong Xiuquan again. Although he is happy now, he also has some hidden worries.

As their influence grew, the government paid more and more attention to them.

Hong Xiuquan felt increasingly insecure, so he decided to start a rebellion as soon as possible. If he did it openly, he wouldn't have to worry all the time.

So, after discussing with everyone, he decided to raise the banner of rebellion and fight against the court in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.

Everyone knows that rebellion requires swords, spears, horses, food, and military pay.

Before troops move, food and fodder must be prepared first. Moreover, their situation is not just food and fodder, but also weapons and horses. We can't let people fight the government troops with sticks and kitchen knives.

There is no rebellion yet, and we cannot openly rob. We have to fight to support the war, so we can only spend money to buy it.

Now they have some silver in their hands, which is donated by the believers.

It's no problem for them to use this money for food and drink, but it's not enough for them to fight a war.

Getting a large amount of silver before starting the uprising became a top priority.

This is also Hong Xiuquan’s biggest headache now!

On this day, Feng Yunshan found him.

"Brother Ertian, the followers down below said that some merchants from the north have arrived."

Hong Xiuquan asked vigilantly,

"Where are they from?"

Feng Yunshan replied,

"They say it's from Zhili!"

Hong Xiuquan asked again,

"How long have you been here?"

Feng Yunshan said,

"More than half a month!"

Hong Xiuquan said,

"What kind of goods do they deal in and how much have they received?"

Feng Yunshan replied,

"Some local medicinal herbs, in large quantities, pick them up and go!"

Hong Xiuquan asked,

"What are their financial resources?"

Feng Yunshan said,

"Judging from their words and actions and the goods they received, they are big merchants. They are usually very generous. They should have hundreds of thousands of silver coins!"

He asked again,

"Really? Where do they live?"

"At first they lived in the inn where we used to stay. Now they've rented a large yard to use as a warehouse, and they're living there too."

Hong Xiuquan said,

"Northern merchants? Even if they believe it, what can we do? They'll be gone in a few days!"

Feng Yunshan said,

"Not necessarily. I heard they said they want to live here permanently, and it seems they're planning to buy that big yard!"

Hong Xiuquan suddenly became interested and thought about it. Now their followers are increasing every day. People have a herd mentality. You teach me, I teach you. It is not surprising that more and more people believe in religion.

If we can get the money from these merchants, wouldn’t that be like finding a pillow for a sleepy person?

"Very good! Send two capable brothers to have in-depth discussions with them and make sure they join us!"

Feng Yunshan also meant this.

"I've already arranged someone, don't worry!"

Hong Xiuquan said.

"We still need to develop more powerful followers, otherwise we will be short of things when the time comes!"

After a period of time, Pang Long and his friends gradually became familiar with some local people. When people talked about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they pretended to have just heard of it and acted quite interested.

Gradually, two religious believers came to brainwash them.

Pang Long and his friends treated him warmly to delicious food and drinks, and he pretended to listen.

The two men came for several days in a row and asked them to join the church.

Pang Long and the others didn't say whether they would join or not, just keeping them in suspense.

The two men hurried back to report to Feng Yunshan, and Feng Yunshan quickly sent two people of higher rank to do the work of Pang Long and his team.

Pang Long said deliberately,

"You let us join the church, aren't you just for our money?"

Of course these people are also for the money, but it cannot be said that

Pang Longdao,

"We think it sounds good, but we can't just join casually. We need your boss to give us a guarantee."

"What big boss? We are not bandits. We call each other Brother Tian in the sect, but our Second Brother Tian is very busy!"

Pang Longdao,

"Forget it, I'm afraid of being fooled!"

The man had no choice but to say,

"Let's go back and ask for instructions!"

They went back and reported to Feng Yunshan, who decided to do the work of Pang Long and the others himself.

After Feng Yunshan arrived, he promoted the doctrine to Pang Long and others and introduced the current situation within the church.