History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
The history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not far away from today. In 1851, Hong Xiuquan led a peasant revolt in Jintian, which was exploited by the Manchu Qing government, and in 1864, the Tianjing City was destroyed, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement lasted for a total of 13 years. At the beginning, it can be said that the wind and water are smooth, and most of the country and mountains are at the fingertips; however, the helpless leaders are peasants, gods and sticks, and their quality is low. After the establishment of the capital Tianjing, the infighting gradually escalated, resulting in the eventual collapse of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Hong Xiuquan's position in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was roughly equivalent to that of a spiritual leader, and the specific authority and affairs were in the hands of Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King. At first, everyone had a common goal, but also had no worries, no money left at home, and I was barefoot and afraid that you would wear shoes, so I could unite sincerely and fight to the death.
In 1851 (the first year of Xianfeng), Hong Xiuquan led the disciples to launch an anti-Qing uprising and establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Wei Changhui scattered his family wealth and fully supported the uprising, in September of the same year, the Taiping Army conquered Yong'an, in the Yong'an system, Wei Changhui was crowned the Northern King, called "Six Thousand Years Old", second only to yang Xiuqing, the eastern king, Xiao Chaogui, the western king, and Feng Yunshan, the southern king. Subsequently, the Taiping Army moved north, and Wei Changhui led the Taiping Army to make many military achievements, but in April and December 1852 (Xianfeng II), the Southern King Feng Yunshan and the Western King Xiao Chaogui successively sacrificed heroically, and any military and political affairs were subject to Yang Xiuqing's adjudication, resulting in the excessive concentration of power of the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, and Wei Changhui's power was second only to Yang Xiuqing, causing the contradictions between the two to intensify in the future, laying the root of the Tianjing Incident.
Hong Xiuquan pretended to admit it. After returning to the Heavenly King's Mansion, he immediately planned to eliminate Yang Xiuqing. At that time, among the five kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Xiao Chaogui, the western king, and Feng Yunshan, the southern king, were killed in battle, and the northern king Wei Changhui and the wing king Shi Dakai were urgently transferred to other places by Yang Xiuqing. In tianjing, there were only Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king, and Qin Rigang, the later king of Yan. Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, and Qin Rigang to eliminate Yang Xiuqing's forces. Under the secret orders of Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui rushed back to Tianjing with 3,000 soldiers overnight, and with the cooperation of Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, he invaded the Eastern Palace and took control of Yang Xiuqing's entire family and his henchmen. At Wei Changhui's order, Yang Xiuqing's entire family and thousands of men and women and his henchmen were killed. Later, Wei Changhui slaughtered Yang Xiuqing's subordinates in the name of hunting down the "Eastern Party".
The Tianjing Incident shocked the whole country, Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing to witness the tragic situation, angrily condemned Wei Changhui, Wei Changhui even Wanted to kill Shi Dakai at this time, Shi Dakai fled, but all his family members who remained in Tianjing were killed by Wei Changhui, the angry Shi Dakai raised troops to Jingjing, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was very dissatisfied with Wei Changhui's killing, Hong Xiuquan, in order to appease the people's grievances, decided to kill Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang and others, in November 1856 (Xianfeng 6th year), Hong Xiuquan ordered Wei Changhui to be divided into five horses, Wei Changhui died at the age of 33, after killing Wei Changhui The coup d'état was finally quelled, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was seriously injured and could no longer recover. Due to the death of the Eastern, Western, Southern, and Northern Kings, Hong Xiuquan suspected that Shi Dakai, the wing king, led his troops to flee, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom changed from a strategic offensive to a defensive, and then to a battlefield defeat, until July 1864 (the third year of Tongzhi), tianjing fell and the Taiping heavenly kingdom fell.