To what extent was Hong Xiuquan's imperial life luxurious, and could he not be able to leave the Heavenly King's Palace for more than ten years?
preface:
On March 27, 1864, tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was captured, and the peasant regime that had persisted in fighting for 14 years, swept through 18 provinces like a storm, and occupied half of the jiangnan river, and withdrew from the stage of history.
The overthrow of the front car, the lesson of the rear car. Conscientiously summing up the historical lessons of the rise and fall of the kingdom of heaven and profoundly drawing lessons from the experiences and lessons of corruption and subjugation of the country still has warning significance.
Emphasize hierarchy and enjoy feudal privileges
In March 1853, after occupying Nanjing, Hong Xiuquan and others believed that the overall situation had been decided, so they closed their doors and became the Taiping Tianzi."
Sit happily in the heavens
"Putting pleasure and privilege first,"
Now in Jiangnan, for the prosperity of the confused, pampered and excellent, specializing in sound and color goods
”。 Due to the expansion of the selfish desires of the leaders, the greed for comfort, and the wanton pursuit of power and money and beauty, the wind of extravagance and corruption spread.
At the beginning of the organization and launching of the uprising, Hong Xiuquan proposed to build a fair world that did not bully the weak with the strong, advocating that "all the men in the world are brothers; there are many women in the world, all are sisters", and proposed"
There are fields and ploughing, there is food and food, there is clothing and clothing, there is money and messengers, everywhere is uneven, no one is not full
”。
However, these "equalities" and "equalities" that Hong Xiuquan picked up from Western Christian doctrines have not been fulfilled in practice. On the contrary, with the gradual victory on the battlefield, the feudal principle and ethics dregs flooded, the idea of privilege grew and spread, and the hierarchical boundaries became stricter and stricter.
Hong Xiuquan is high above,
"He uttered a word, it was destiny
”，“
One man bows above, and all the people fall below
”。 At the end of 1851, Yong'an established the government, everything was crowned according to rank, and the Taiping Ritual System was established."
The noble and the inferior should be divided into upper and lower levels, and the system must judge the inferior
According to the law, the Heavenly Dynasty is divided into 16 levels from the Heavenly King to the two Sima Dynasties, and the boundaries between the ranks are strict, the dignity and inferiority are clear, and they cannot be crossed, and those who violate them will be punished.
A large number of civil engineering, labor and wealth
After the Taiping Army entered Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan did not consider how to consolidate the new political power and win the victory of the whole country, but dreamed of "waiting for all the nations to come to the dynasty and when the construction of the earth is great", "driving away thousands of men and women every day, and striving to build" the Heavenly King's Palace.
Heavenly King's Mansion"
More than ten miles around the city, the height of the city is several zhang, the inside and outside are double, the outer sun city, the inner golden dragon city, the hall is known as the golden dragon hall, and the garden is known as the houlin garden."
。 This classical garden building with Jiangnan characteristics,"
Exquisitely carved, golden and brilliant... Colorful and extravagant".
The Heavenly King took the lead, and other princes followed suit, not only wasting huge financial and material resources, but also bringing a heavy burden of servitude to the broad masses of the people.
Food, clothing, shelter and travel are extremely luxurious
At the beginning of the uprising, the life of the taiping army soldiers was very simple, the soldiers were "prisoners with dirty faces, quail clothes were full of knots", and the generals were also "sloppy clothes and sloppy, walking and obeying each other".
However, as Hong Xiuquan and others entered Nanjing, their nouveau riche mentality was also exposed, and they were proud of their achievements and enjoyed glory, and officials of all sizes spent days and nights drinking wine, "such as crown shoes, clothing, ceremonial guards, and public opinion horses are extremely luxurious", and they all compete for luxury and indulge in pleasure.
Hong Xiuquan's crown is made of pure gold and weighs eight pounds; a string of gold necklaces weighs eight pounds; and the embroidered gold dragon robe is inlaid with gold buttons, which is a priceless treasure. Daily necessities, from bathtubs to toilets and night pots, are made of gold.
The princes wore gold and silver to show off, and in terms of diet, they emphasized delicacies and delicacies, and their dishes were exquisite, their utensils were exquisite, and the solemnity of the dining ceremony was comparable to that of the Qing Emperor.
Surrounded by beautiful women, they perish
At the beginning of the uprising, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom proposed that "all men and women in the world are brothers and sisters", "
Whoever divides the land into people, regardless of men and women"
。 Announce"
Husband and wife, rightfully so
", regulations"
Marriage in all the worlds is not a matter of wealth
Adultery of women is forbidden, prostitution is opposed, women can "listen to the Holy Book", can take exams, and can hold official positions.
But after the overall situation has been decided, Hong Xiuquan will close the door to become the Son of Taiping and turn the women who fight in the same country and mountains into sexual pleasures for themselves.
17 days before the conquest of Nanjing, the Heavenly King suddenly issued an edict from the dragon boat on the Surface of the Wuhu River to strictly distinguish the boundaries between men and women: "Women should be responsible for internal affairs, and foreign affairs should not be heard", and used four "cuts and unforgivable" to restrict the women around them from contacting the outside world. When they entered the city after conquering Nanjing, the bamboo women who were with the Heavenly King were veiled and masked, and when they entered the Heavenly King's Palace, they were imprisoned and completely isolated from the outside world.
Hong Xiuquan had long dreamed of the imperial court life of a group of concubines. When he founded the Cult of Worship, he said that he had a room in the heavens, the Lady of the Zhengyue Palace, and called his wife the Zhengyue Palace; during the Jintian Uprising, he chose 15 concubines; a year later, in the siege of Yong'an, Guangxi, "Hong Xiuquan had 26 women in the female color";
After occupying Wuchang in Hubei Province, "the first rebellious concubine was called a concubine, so that the folk women went to the horse reading factory to listen to the lectures, and then 60 people with special colors in more than ten years old were selected"; after entering the Tianjing Little Heaven, more beautiful women were selected, and the total number of women was more than 2300 women accompanying the Heavenly King in the Heavenly King's Palace.
Hong Xiuquan entered Nanjing from the age of 41 to the age of 52 committing suicide, living in the beauty of the bush for 11 years, never stepped out of the gate of Tianjing City, neither killed the enemy on horseback, nor asked the government, only issued 25 edicts in 11 years, and did not issue an edict for 5 years from 1854 to 1858.
epilogue:
"Throughout the history of the former virtuous country and family, success is caused by thrift and thrift, and it is caused by luxury." Although 150 years have passed since the fall of the Heavenly Dynasty, its extravagant and corrupt past is not as good as smoke, and the alarm bells of its corruption and subjugation of the country are still ringing in the ears.