From 1851 to 1864, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has gone through a total of 14 years, with glory and decay, but what has always been their strong national integrity is always the same. Not bowing to foreigners, not measuring China's material resources, and tying up the happiness of the country are in stark contrast to what the Qing government did. If it were not for the double suppression of imperialism and the Qing government, perhaps there would have been a new dynasty that advanced with the times.
Fearless foreigners, benevolent invincible
In 1853, with the establishment of the capital of the Kingdom of Heaven and the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom --- peasant regimes that confronted the Qing Dynasty. Soon, a British emissary came to visit and met with Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai, expressing to them their neutrality in the struggle between heaven and the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that he was jealous of the Taiping Army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at that time. Prior to this, there had also been visits from the British, but this trip was to ask the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to recognize the Treaty of Nanking, which Was categorically rejected by Hong Xiuquan.
Hong Xiuquan
In the early years, when the Treaty of Nanking was signed, the 28-year-old Hong Xiuquan personally experienced the life of the Chinese people after the Opium War, and was miserable, so he resolutely threw himself into the anti-Qing struggle, founded the worship of God, formed the Taiping Army, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regime. In 1856, the Anglo-French coalition launched the Second Opium War and burned the Yuanmingyuan, known as the Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens. It's a lot of sin and a lot of books. All this makes Hong Xiuquan dislike foreigners, and even hate foreigners. No matter how corrupt and incompetent the Qing Dynasty is, it will not be the turn of foreigners to come and point fingers, make irresponsible remarks, or even armed aggression. His national integrity was elevated, laying a deep emotional foundation for him not to fear foreigners and not to compromise with foreigners in the future. In modern times, it is precisely because of people with a strong sense of national pride like Hong Xiuquan that the Chinese nation has not fallen rapidly; it has enabled the history of the Chinese nation to continue. After that, French ministers and American ministers frequently came to Tianjing to persuade Hong Xiuquan to compromise, but they were all strictly rejected by Hong Xiuquan, and they had to return in vain, and Hong Xiuquan did not recognize the various unequal treaties signed by the Qing government and the Western powers.
Ruins of the Old Summer Palace
Since the Taiping Army occupied many provinces along the Yangtze River, to cruise on the Yangtze River, it was necessary to obtain normal navigation with the consent of Hong Xiuquan. However, in 1858, a British warship disregarded the rules and entered the river without permission. In the face of provocation, no matter who violated the rules, the Taiping Army did not make a mistake, firing intensively at the British warships, and in an instant, the sound of artillery was continuous, and the two sides could not fight each other. In the end, under the fierce artillery fire of the Taiping Army, the British warships could only leave in a daze.
Although it has recently declined, the proud bones are not lost
Time entered 1861, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in a state of turmoil, and the slightest carelessness would cause the ship to overturn. At this time, another British emissary came to tempt Hong Xiuquan: he was willing to help the Taiping Army defeat the Qing government, and divide the Chinese land equally after the fact. Hong Xiuquan was angrily rejected: I fight for China, I want to think of the whole country, things are divided equally, the world is laughing, and after it is not successful, I will lead the ghosts into the country. Until the final fall of Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan did not forget his original intention to uphold a strong sense of national pride and national integrity, did not engage in national division, and resolutely safeguarded reunification; did not make enemies with the people and history. Therefore, in the 1952 discussion on the theme of the relief of the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Jintian Uprising led by Hong Xiuquan was included in the discussion, and finally it was successfully selected. This is an affirmation of himself, and it is also an affirmation of his national integrity and national pride at key nodes, which is a great honor.
Relief of the Jintian Uprising
Supplement: Inscription of the Monument to the People's Heroes
In the past three years, the people's heroes who died in the People's War of Liberation and the People's Revolutionary War will never die
Over the past thirty years, the people's heroes who died in the People's War of Liberation and the People's Revolutionary War will never die
From this point on, it goes back to 1,840 years, and since then, in order to oppose internal and external enemies, to fight for national independence and the happiness and freedom of the people, the people's heroes who have sacrificed themselves in successive struggles will never die
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Although the Taiping Rebellion failed, it existed in another form and continued to live. The national spirit it shows is worth learning and celebrating.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement deserves immortality!!!
Hong Xiuquan deserves immortality!!!
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