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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 179: Missionaries

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    Xiao Yungui's wishful thinking has been disrupted again. This is not the first time. Ever since Xiao Yungui told Hong Yun'er that he wanted to fall in love with her behind her back, the two of them have been alone together and falling in love.  It was so pitiful that Xiao Yungui finally understood that managing a small company with hundreds of people was not the same concept as managing an army of more than 100,000 people. All kinds of complicated military, political, and civil affairs almost took up his time.  He had no choice but to fight not only with the Qing court, but also with foreigners, and even with his own people. When he was attacking Wuxi and other places, he didn't even sleep for two days.  Although Zuo Zongtang and others help him handle large and small affairs, there are still many major matters that Zuo Zongtang and others will come to him to discuss and decide. Therefore, the love process between Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er is unacceptably simple. Sometimes  It was a luxury for the two of them to talk secretly for a while.

    After hearing the report from the personal guard, Hong Yun'er blushed and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She put away her sword and said, "Let's do business first. There are missionaries visiting. They must be sent by foreigners to test us. I heard in Suzhou  Mr. Zuo said, since the Qing Yao in Shanghai hired foreign soldiers to annihilate the Xiaodao Society for them, the Qing Yao can also hire foreign soldiers to fight us. Although we have a secret agreement with the United Kingdom, the binding force of the secret agreement is too weak, so we still  Be prepared to fight with foreigners."

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "I know this, so as soon as I received the news, I immediately led a partial army to attack Shanghai. The purpose was to disrupt the deployment of Qingyao and foreign soldiers. No matter how many people the Little Sword Society has, it is just a gang in Shanghai. Foreigners  Being willing to annihilate them does not mean that the foreigners dare to fight against us, so I asked Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to attack the Qingyao in the west of the city to force the foreigners out. Even if we can't reach an agreement in the end and start a fight, we still have to put in the diplomatic efforts ahead.  Gotta do it.¡±

    Hong Yun'er hummed and said, "As long as you already have a plan in mind, Lin Qirong and I brought five thousand soldiers and horses from Wuxi to help in the battle. Mr. Zuo said that his troops are enough to cope with it. Let me  Lin Qirong and I brought troops to help you, and you sent the troops in a hurry and didn't have many rescue officers. I also brought Yao Yuan and his rescue team with me, as well as a lot of food, firearms, artillery and ammunition.  The talks with the foreigners have collapsed, and together with the thousands of people you have here, our tens of thousands of troops are not afraid of the foreign soldiers in Shanghai."

    Xiao Yungui said happily: "Yun'er, you came at the right time. With the reinforcements you brought, I will have a harder time negotiating with foreigners."

    Hong Yun'er smiled slyly after hearing this, blinked and asked, "Did I come at the right time?"

    Xiao Yungui knew that she was still laughing at his ridiculous behavior just now, so he laughed dryly and said: "Of course it's time. With you here, I will be even more powerful. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's let those missionaries come in."

    The guards went out to deliver orders.  Hong Yun'er directed the female guards outside the tent to move some tables and chairs in. Fortunately, Hong Yun'er arrived with a large number of soldiers, horses and supplies.  Xiao Yungui finally no longer has to sit on rocks in the Western King's tent.

    After a while.  Twelve foreigners followed the west hall counselors into the tent. They were all missionaries in black robes. They all stepped forward to salute Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er. The interpreter was a member of the Southern Invasion Society, the largest Christian sect in the United States.  Missionary Yan Mattai, he said to the King of the West in somewhat broken Chinese: "Dear General. I am missionary Yan Mattai from the United States of America. These are representatives of missionaries from various countries. I came here late at night to prepare for the upcoming war.  Make peace efforts. Please trust us, we have no hostility."

    Xiao Yungui sneered, these foreign devils' words are better than their singing. When the Qing army and foreign soldiers destroyed Xiaodao and there would be killings, why didn't they stand up and speak out?  Now seeing the arrival of powerful rebels, they jumped out to speak again.

    Xiao Yungui said calmly: "We are guests from afar. Let's sit down and talk. Mr. Yan Matai, you'd better introduce some priests first."

    Mrs. Yan Matai immediately introduced several missionaries. Among them were Weng Yige, president of the Jesuits in Shanghai, France, and missionaries Madus and Luo Weilin of the London Mission in England, as well as their respective entourages.

    After listening to Mrs. Yan Matai's introduction, Hong Yun'er introduced Xiao Yungui and herself in fluent English, which surprised the British and American missionaries. They did not expect that Mrs. Xi Wang in front of them could actually speak English. At least, there was not much communication between the two parties.  Obstacle, and knowing English means that the Queen of the West must have had contact with British and American people, and she should not have much hostility towards Britain and the United States.

    Then Hong Yun'er repeated it in French, which surprised the old French man Weng Yige. He stood up excitedly and said: "God bless me, I saw an angel in the east who can speak two languages. It's hard to believe  I believe this beautiful lady can also speak French."

    Hong Yun'er's elective foreign language in college was French. After hearing Weng Yige's praise, she smiled lightly and said: "French is a romantic language. Of course I prefer it to rude English. Not all European aristocrats  Think of it this wayIs it true?  "

    As soon as this statement came out, the British and American missionaries looked a little embarrassed. At that time, in the European continent and even in the world, English had not become the world's first language as it would later become. People mostly spoke French, Dutch or Spanish.  European aristocrats regard elegant French as the mainstream language for upper-class communication. Everyone is proud to speak French. English is even a vulgar language in the eyes of the aristocrats.

    Yan Matai coughed lightly and said: "Mrs. Xi Wang seems to know European culture very well. I hope our conversation will not be affected by language. God treats people who speak different languages ????fairly."

    Xiao Yungui listened to Hong Yun'er's translation, snorted and said: "Yes, we in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also believe in God and believe in his omnipotence and fairness in treating all living beings. Unfortunately, the purpose of your coming tonight seems to be very unfair.  A few days ago we heard that a serious massacre broke out in Shanghai. Thousands of people were driven to the north gate by mercenaries from various countries and the Qing army to massacre them. I would like to ask those of you who claimed to be saviors at that time.  Where are the missionaries? When our benevolent and righteous troops from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom arrived to seek justice for those who died and to defeat the brutal government and army, you came out again and said that you would work for peace. Are you asking where this justice is?"

    Hearing this, several missionaries were startled. Luo Weilin hurriedly said: "Dear Your Majesty the King of the West, we are not aware of this killing incident. What the government told us is that they suppressed a long-planned rebellion. As for the  There are volunteers from various countries participating in this crackdown. It is out of the volunteers' voluntariness. I think they just want to maintain law and order in Shanghai and better protect the citizens of Shanghai."

    Xiao Yungui finally saw what it means to be a wolf in sheep's clothing. The shamelessness and sophistry of these missionaries angered Xiao Yungui, but before he could speak, Hong Yun'er had already retorted: "Mr. Luo Weilin, as a substitute for God  Messenger of the gospel, your statement is shameful. The current Shanghai government is no longer a government that seeks the welfare of the people. They are bullying the citizens. Squeezing them, when the citizens of Shanghai want to overthrow this cannibal government.  At that time, your people not only did not help them, but instead helped the government executioners to suppress the citizen uprising in Shanghai. When the killings occurred. You chose not to know, are you doing it as the work of a missionary? "

    Following Hong Yun'er, she looked at Luo Weilin and Madus and said, "You two played a disgraceful role in the Qingpu religious case back then. With tens of thousands of people protesting, you actually dared to hurt people.  , aroused public outrage, and finally you received the so-called compensation under the protection of that shameless government. I want to ask, did God send you to the East just to defeat the people under the protection of a cruel government?"

    The Qingpu religious plan mentioned by Hong Yun'er was the first religious plan after the introduction of Protestant Christianity into China.  In March 1848, three missionaries, including Madus and Luo Weilin of the Shanghai London Association, violated local regulations.  Unauthorized entry into Qingpu County, Jiangsu Province to distribute gospels.  At that time, there were more than 10,000 sailors on the ship stranded there. The boat people surrounded the nobles, the missionaries brandished their canes and injured people, and the people held poles to ask questions.  A conflict ensued.  The Qingpu County magistrate hurriedly escorted the missionaries back to Shanghai, and Shanghai Daotai also promised Medus to capture the "culprits."  However, the British consul in Shanghai at the time, Aliguo, took the opportunity to cause provocation, resisted the payment of tariffs, blocked the water supply, and dispatched warships to Nanjing to threaten the governor of Liangjiang.  As a result, the local magistrate was dismissed from his post and investigated. Ten villagers were tortured and the missionary was compensated 300 silver coins.

    At this moment, Hong Yun'er mentioned the matter again, both Luo Weilin and Madus' faces turned red. Madus stood up and said: "Those people are madmen. They surrounded us at that time and wanted to do us harm.  , and beat us with bamboo poles.¡±

    Hong Yun'er sneered and said, "You were the one who hit people with your sticks first."

    Medus said angrily: "They disrespect God, throw away the Gospels everywhere, and laugh at us."

    Hong Yun'er smiled lightly and said: "That's because the way you preach is wrong. Chinese people have Chinese habits. You have to know that under the rule of this corrupt government, the literacy rate of the people in our country is very low. Don't say you have many gospels.  People cannot understand, even if it is a government proclamation, they need someone to read it before they can understand it. If you don¡¯t listen to the advice and rush into the countryside to preach, and you don¡¯t understand the local folk customs, of course you will be watched and laughed at.¡±

    Without giving Madus and Luo Weilin a chance to speak, Hong Yun'er continued: "My kingdom is different. Since Guangxi, we have been spreading the gospel of God. Now there are hundreds of thousands of people who believe in God."  , has far exceeded the number of believers you have accumulated over the years, and the reason is very simple, you do not understand the customs of the Chinese people."

    Xiao Yungui was secretly amused. This four-eyed girl was indeed a strong debater. Both he and she knew very well that the God that Master Hong talked about was not related to the God that the missionaries talked about, even though there were many similar words in the teachings.  things, but they are essentially different from Christianity and the Catholic TrinityThe other thing is that Master Hong has come up with an anti-Trinity. Although the theological theory of anti-Trinity has been proposed by Christian sages in the second century AD, the biggest problem with Master Hong is that in addition to anti-Trinity, he has incarnated the anti-Trinity body of God into a mortal.  , his belief that he is the second son of God drives preachers of all denominations crazy.  Hong Yun'er's quibbling at the moment was based on the missionary's lack of understanding of the God-worshiping religion. Xiao Yungui knew that if the discussion on this issue continued, it would turn into a theological discussion, so he hurriedly changed the subject.

    "We will wait until the current dispute is resolved about the missionary matters. I want to hear what you missionaries are saying about peace. Do you want us to withdraw our troops?" Xiao Yungui said calmly, holding his chin with his hand.

    Yan Ma was relieved and finally got to the point. He hurriedly said: "In order to prevent the people of Shanghai from suffering from the war, and to prevent the merchants from various countries in Shanghai, a trading port, from being harmed, we would like to ask His Excellency the King of the West to withdraw his troops and negotiate with the Qing government.  To resolve the dispute, we are willing to act as a mediator between the two parties."

    Xiao Yungui sneered, stood up and said loudly: "I think some missionaries are too wishful thinking. In the eyes of the Qing demons, we are rebels and rebels, and in our eyes, the Manchu Qing and its lackeys are Hunu.  It is a target that must be eliminated! Unless the government and army of Shanghai City surrender to us unconditionally, our army will not stop moving!" (To be continued.)

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