Looking at The history of China, there are many recorded peasant uprisings, but the scale alone is large, affecting Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Li Zicheng, Hong Xiuquan, etc. Throughout the country, whose purpose was to overthrow the emperor who ruled at that time, and after many years of arduous struggle, although it failed, the impact was still very great.
However, in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, there was a peasant, leading a team of hundreds of people, but attacked the Forbidden City, wanted to kill the emperor, and then wanted to put the dragon robe he was wearing on himself, and instead, sitting on the Golden Ruan Hall, dreaming of promulgating it through his own "holy will", who dared not listen to the emperor. Isn't this the world your own? Thus, the "Decameron Change" recorded in history that shocked the Qing Dynasty occurred.
This farmer's name was Lin Qing, whose ancestral home was Zhejiang, and his father, Lin Xianben, later moved to Daxing, Shuntian (present-day Huangcun Town, Daxing District, Beijing), and his father was a scribe of the Inspection Department of Chongnan Road. When Lin Qing was seventeen or eighteen years old, he used to be an apprentice in the Jiurutang Pharmacy in Beijing's Single Arch Building, learned the craft for three years, and after leaving the school, he worked as a buddy in the Sanlihe Pharmacy, and was expelled by the owner of the pharmacy because of the incident, and was exiled outside, and once fought outside the Shuncheng Gate.
After his father's death, he took over his father's post and entered Huangcun as a Yamen scribe, holding this position for less than a year, but he was dismissed because of the Hunhe office and the private demolition of the husband's price. I had to open a tea house by myself, and after the poor management went out of business, I made a living as a wandering small worker. Later, he went to Suzhou Danyang Yamen as a long follower and went to Jiangnan to practice medicine. In the end, he was still unable to live, so he had to be hired by the owner of the grain ship as a porter and returned to Beijing. After returning to Beijing, he worked as a hawker, picked and sold quail, and then worked with a general surnamed Wang to blossom and shop.
Lin Qing, who was displaced without a place to live, has been suffering from livelihood, and when he was cornered, he joined the Ronghua Society, which is a branch of the Hongyang Sect in the Gyeonggi area, through a period of development, Lin Qing expelled the original leader from the bureau, became the boss himself, and then founded the so-called Tianli Sect, which has since stepped onto the stage of life.
After Lin Qing became the leader, he already had money at this time, "because he had been in charge of the teaching for a long time, he had accumulated silver rice, his family business was quite rich, and he had no ambition to succeed", and the Tianli Sect was also very popular in the Gyeonggi area, and the believers even included eunuchs in the palace, as well as some bannermen, which provided favorable conditions for Lin Qing to plan an attack on the Forbidden City. Lin Qing and Li Wencheng agreed to revolt together on September 15, 1818 in Jiaqing, but Li Wencheng was arrested and imprisoned and forced to act ahead.
At dawn on September 15, Lin Qing's No. 200 people divided their troops into two roads, "besieging the Forbidden City" from the east and west directions, and the eunuch Yang Jinzhong, who had his own people, should cooperate inside and outside, open the palace door to welcome the arrival of the rebel army, this group of peasants armed with spears and large knives rushed in, and the group of people who rushed in did not want to fight with the defenders in the palace, nor did they want to occupy the commanding heights, control the situation of the war, they did not love to fight or grab things, as long as you flashed away, do not block the way for me to charge forward. Grab a civilian-looking person who thinks there is no threat to them and ask, "Where is the Golden Ruan Hall?" It can be seen that they have only one goal, that is, to "sit in the temple."
At this time, Beijing, the capital of the Great Qing Dynasty, fell into unprecedented chaos, and the sound of shouting and killing was actually heard in the Forbidden City, a shadow of swords and lights, and the bloody battle continued until night.
At that time, there were less than a hundred guards in the palace, and it was not known how many rebel troops there were, so the prince and minister panicked, and some people even advocated that "the forbidden inner pass is narrow, and there are inevitable changes, so you can prepare the car quickly to prepare for the concubine's trip." "The implication is that hurry up and cover this concubine, let's run." Fortunately, at that time, Prince Cheng's Yong Yao was drunk, and he let out a wild speech, "What a grass, dare to run rampant Nair." Where the thief is, strike him with his hand. ”
The rebel army that entered the Forbidden City was soon encircled, and the emperor's second son Mianning commanded the escort army and quickly captured them, and the prince's ministers also entered the palace from the Shenwu Gate. Everyone's nervous hearts were put down, and there was a shout of killing from the west, and the rebel army that had attacked Xihuamen had succeeded, they successfully entered Xihuamen and occupied the city gate, "Thieves have gathered to attack Longzongmen", preparing to take the emperor's residence, Yangxin Hall.
These peasants rushed into the palace only to find the emperor and kill him, take off the dragon robe on his body and add it to themselves, this place is really too big, to find an emperor that is equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack is so difficult, although they have already attacked the Longzong Gate, and then along the corridor over the wall, rushed to the Yangxin Hall. In fact, when these peasants wanted to rob the Jiaqing Emperor's rice bowl and were thinking of sitting in the Golden Ruan Palace, this Jiaqing was not in the palace at all, and was on vacation at the Yaji Mountain Palace.
At this time, the armies of the Nine Gates of the Forbidden City began to assemble, and the most elite firearms battalion of the Qing army at that time also joined the battle, especially the emperor's second son Mianning also shot and killed the thieves who were ready to climb the wall, which greatly stabilized people's hearts. The rebel army in Beijing was very small in number, and finally forced to go up to the city tower of Xihuamen, and they fought the final battle under the banner of "Great Tomorrow Shun". The fierce battle did not end until the night.
On the evening of the same day, the people of Beijing were panicked, and the princes and ministers who guarded the Forbidden City were even more soldiers, making a lot of jokes. At this time, the Jiaqing Emperor, who was in a foreign country, received the report and rushed back to Beijing. In the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaqing Emperor summoned his courtiers, "How powerful I was before the Great Qing Dynasty, and now that I have caused this matter, I am all to blame for Liang de' devotion." Something unprecedented since the Han, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties" After the speech, the Jiaqing Emperor cried loudly, and suddenly, there was a cry in the palace, and the courtiers all burst into tears.
More than 200 peasant rebels, whimsical to take the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty, and cut the emperor, his dragon robe draped on himself, so that he became the emperor himself, Ji'er ruled the country, this is simply too unreliable dream, really do not know the height of the sky, only a little kung fu, the powerful forbidden army in the Forbidden City gathered together, 200 peasant rebels were completely destroyed, none of them were spared, after a search, 7 Neiying eunuchs were also wiped out. Lin Qing, who wanted to "sit in the temple", was executed by Ling Chi.
After this incident, the Jiaqing Emperor was really in a trance, when he heard that the thief had directly violated the imperial palace, specifically looking for the head of this person wearing a dragon robe, he was frightened like an earth color, and issued a royal decree: In the future, whenever there is a big celebration, everyone wears a python robe together to mend their coats. Maybe so many ministers were wearing such clothes that the peasants would rush in and not recognize him.
In view of the fact that these 200 peasants invaded the Forbidden City to cut off his head and become emperor, the Jiaqing Emperor was greatly touched, and he specially promulgated the "Edict of Sin": This is something that has not happened since the 170 years of the Great Qing Dynasty, and it is also something that has not happened since the Han, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties. Even on his deathbed, his will read: "A minister of heavenly conscience, never forget the changes of eighteen years." Those who have lost their conscience have long been wiped out of the clouds. Later, in the fierce battle of Longzongmen, the arrow shot at the plaque of Longzongmen, and the Jiaqing Emperor did not let people pull it out in order to remember history, with the purpose of telling future generations to think of danger in peace and not to forget that period of history!