Hong Xiuquan, like countless emperors, was bright and faint. After having glory and wealth, there was some drifting, and for the wind and rain of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he basically did not care about anything in the later stage. However, the kings under him were not reconciled, and they wanted to save the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In the last moments of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Xiucheng, the King of Zhong, proposed a plan to "let the city not go". This plan was said to be the only one that could save the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so why didn't Hong Xiuquan listen? Let's analyze it.
One: Let the city not go
First of all, what is the purpose of telling the city not to go? At that time, Zeng Guoquan of the Xiang Army had already pressed the Taiping Army outside Nanjing to the ground and rubbed it, and there was a Tianjing Incident in Nanjing City, which was very dangerous for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Hong Xiuquan was the emperor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and if this person was captured or killed, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not have a backbone, he would die. So Li Xiucheng, the King of Zhong, put forward an opinion:
Let the city not go, Xu Tu after the plan
These eight words mean that run quickly, don't stay in Nanjing City, you can make a comeback later!
However, it is a pity that Hong Xiuquan did not listen to Li Xiucheng's opinion! The Chongzhen Emperor at that time also suggested moving south, but he did not listen. How similar is the history! But the reasons for their disobedience are different!
Why didn't Hong Xiuquan listen
I think there are several reasons for this.
Hong Xiuquan over-believed in God, feeling that God was omnipotent and would definitely save him. He has believed in God since the beginning of the Kaneda Rebellion and used this to deceive the people. Having faith is good, overbellying is stupid!
Hong Xiuquan did not believe Li Xiucheng at all. By the later stage of Hong Xiuquan, especially after the Tianjing Incident, he had completely distrusted anyone around him. As soon as Wei Changhui died, Shi Dakai ran away again, who else was around him? Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, two such excellent generals, were still not trusted. This can only be blamed on Hong Xiuquan himself.
Ten years of extravagance and lasciviousness have made Hong Xiuquan lose his fighting spirit. At the beginning of the uprising, Hong Xiuquan was still very capable, but after entering tianjing, he began to enjoy the life of the emperor. The first is to collect countless gold and silver treasures and begin to eat, and the second is to loot countless beauties, and these beauties have even reached the point of numbering. At the last moment, Hong Xiuquan only had women around him, and of course, he left countless children, who were also pitiful, and his father was almost not a normal person.
Therefore, in the end, Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed, on the one hand, the Qing army was indeed powerful, and the joint attack of the Xiang Army and the Huai Army was difficult for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to support. On the other hand, I am afraid that there is disunity between Hong Xiuquan and some senior leaders, especially Hong Xiuquan himself has begun to degenerate!