In 1856, an infighting broke out in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the protagonists were Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing. Hong Xiuquan sent Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang and others to lead an army to raid the Eastern Palace and kill Yang Xiuqing.
The matter did not end, Shi Da drove away, and Hong Xiuquan killed Wei Changhui again.
This was the Tianjing Incident that shocked the whole country, and it also laid the groundwork for the final and complete collapse of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
So why did Hong Xiuquan launch the Tianjing Incident after fixing the capital tianjing, and extend his hand to a group of brothers who had followed him for so long?
In fact, this is a long story.
After the Jintian Uprising, Hong Xiuquan not only had tens of thousands of believers around him, but also a leading group composed of Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai and others.
The talents of these people are obvious to all, and many of them are still above Hong Xiuquan. However, at the time of the initial uprising, except for Hong Xiuquan, who proclaimed himself king of heaven, these leaders did not become kings, Yang Xiuqing was a military division at that time, and Xiao Chaogui was a right and regular army division and a former military commander.
At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom adopted a political system composed of heavenly kings and military divisions, with the monarch as the supreme head, and the government affairs were not managed by the military divisions.
So from the beginning of the uprising, these people were competing for the second place, and finally Yang Xiuqing stood out.
After conquering Yong'an in Guangxi, the various systems were perfected one by one, and Yang Xiuqing was named the Eastern King, Xiao Chaogui was the Western King, Feng Yunshan was the Southern King, Wei Changhui was the Northern King, and Shi Dakai was the Wing King, which was the original five kings.
However, as we said earlier, Hong Xiuquan did not pay attention to the government in the dynasty, and the most important thing is that he did not understand, not a random person can be a so-called emperor, Hong Xiuquan personally does not have this ability.
Therefore, over time, Yang Xiuqing's prestige in the army gradually surpassed that of Hong Xiuquan. At the same time, because he has also been presiding over administrative affairs, many people in the DPRK and China are his cronies and only listen to him.
Especially after Hong Xiuquan was in the capital Tianjing, he did not ask about the affairs of the world, and he was bent on enjoying himself in the palace, and he didn't care about anything, so naturally he would have great power.
Then Hong Xiuquan and the arrogant Yang Xiuqing naturally began to fight from cooperation and competed for leadership.
Although Hong Xiuquan has always ignored military politics, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is different from other dynasties, provided that there is a god worship cult, so the identity of the Heavenly King is still very intimidating, and he can continue to win over a bunch of people, especially those who have contradictions with Yang Xiuqing.
At that time, someone reported to the Heavenly King that Yang Xiuqing wanted to kill the king and seize the throne, which directly threatened Hong Xiuquan. Therefore, he conspired with Chen Chengyao, the Marquis of Zuotian, to confuse Yang Xiuqing on the one hand, and on the other hand to urgently contact Wei Changhui, suddenly entering Tianjing and giving Yang Xiuqing a surprise attack.
However, unfortunately, Wei Changhui and others did not have a good end, because he killed too much, so Hong Xiuquan had to get rid of him to soothe the people's hearts.