First, the inevitable road
When it comes to the history of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan is a figure who cannot be avoided. The 7-year-old went to private school, participated in the imperial examination 4 times, and even took the exam for 22 years, but he was still a reader who returned to his hometown in cloth clothes, and finally fell ill, so that his life was in danger. So-called: What is the difference between a person who has no dreams and salted fish.
It should be noted that Hong Xiuquan is carrying the expectations of the whole family in reading and struggling, under this huge pressure, in fact, he has been overwhelmed, so this is why such a strange thing happened.
When Hong Xiuquan was seriously ill, he suddenly had a strange dream: an old man with a white beard, who cared for him, said to him, You have come to the human world to slay demons and exorcise demons at the will of heaven.
This thing seems very mysterious, but the subtext is extremely clear: all roads lead to Rome, why squeeze into a single wooden bridge?
So this dream, if true, reflects Hong Xiuquan's struggling mentality at that time, the psychological pressure is too great, and it is urgent to transfer. Therefore, after Hong Xiuquan was cured, it became inevitable to embark on the road of Huangchao.
The situation in the Qing Dynasty at that time provided such an environment. Therefore, Hong Xiuquan's final success, to put it, is still the Qing court's own problem. Even if there is no Hong Xiuquan, there will be others. It's just that Hong Xiuquan is good enough, and this cannot be erased.
For example, Hong Xiuquan absorbed the preaching mode of the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and combined with reality, took advantage of the common fear and mystery of foreigners, "took the Western scriptures and transformed", and created the "worship of God religion". In this way, it can be said that the East and the West are integrated, and the ancient and modern are consistent. Although people today look at this set of things and smile, they were extremely useful and practical at that time!
Second, it is impossible to jump out of the historical framework
The world's great trend will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time! This famous quote from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells the historical law or historical framework of China. But it is no longer suitable for the historical period at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic. Because that period was "a great change that has not occurred in three thousand years."
Previously, the greatest external threats to the Central Plains Dynasty were from the west (such as the Xiongnu) and the north (such as the Khitans) from the land, but both external threats were eventually swallowed up by the Central Plains civilization and its culture. Because the Central Plains civilization and its culture were the most advanced at that time.
But this was not the case at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic. The so-called Heavenly Dynasty Kingdom has suffered a serious impact on civilization and its culture! Hong Xiuquan knows how to use foreigners' things, but he doesn't understand at all, and the world no longer says that the traditional sense of home and country is the world. Therefore, Hong Xiuquan's uprising, the root of the "change of dynasty", pushed to the same place of the restart, he can not jump out of the historical framework!
Hong Xiuquan cannot be blamed for this, because even Li Hongzhang, who said "the great change that has not occurred in three thousand years", is helpless! Therefore, not to mention, Hong Xiuquan, who is still considered to be a "change of dynasty", for example, from his management of more than two thousand beautiful ladies in the harem, it can be seen that Hong Xiuquan is essentially a figure like Huang Chao, and even does not have the ability to change the dynasty!
Third, how to manage the harem
The imperial harem of three thousand beautiful women is not a standard status, but a description. Because the most concubines in the harem were probably Sima Yan, there were more than 10,000 people. And Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youfan is monogamous! So how many Hong Xiuquan are there? There is really no exact number, but according to his son Hong Tianfugui after he was captured, Hong Xiuquan had 88 wives, and other female officials and so on roughly more than 2,000.
And Hong Xiuquan's management can be said to have created a miracle. Because he personally prescribed "ten dozen", that is, in the following ten cases, to be beaten!
Serving ungodly should be fought. Hard neck does not listen to the teaching of the two should be played.
Look up at the husband three should fight. Ask the king if he is not religious four should be beaten.
Impure breath is not pure five should be played. Speak loudly six should be hit.
There are seven should be called and should be played. Face affection does not like eight should be played.
Look left and right nine should fight. Speaking is not leisurely and should be played
After reading these ten articles, do you feel that this is even more timid than serving the emperor? And the most bizarre thing is that in Hong Xiuquan's harem, it is strictly forbidden to appear male. Not even his own son!
According to Hong Tianfugui, when he was just eight years old, Hong Xiuquan married him 4 wives and then let him live outside the palace, so that when he thought of his mother, he had to take advantage of Hong Xiuquan's busiest official duties before he dared to sneak in.
It also recorded the scene when Hong Xiuquan slept at night, when the female official used a fan to drive away mosquitoes for him, one on his head and one on his feet, the fan must be away from Hong Xiuquan's whole body, and no one outside the palm must touch him...
That's why it is said that Hong Xiuquan, who covets and enjoys the situation, let alone "jumps out of the historical framework", he is not even comparable to the founding emperor, so it is not unusual for him to eventually perish.