To tell the truth, his extravagance is not too far worse than any emperor in history, just look at the women in his harem. Hong Xiuquan, who was born a peasant, fought all the way from Guangxi to Nanjing, incorporating the entire south into his territory. Established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of millions of people. Such great achievements made Hong Xiuquan, who was originally from a poor background, be blinded by wealth and nobility for a while. "Rich and powerful" has become only used by his own heavenly king alone, using the so-called heavenly pilgrimage library system to facilitate his own wealth and squandering. So how extravagant is Hong Xiuquan?
How extravagant Hong Xiuquan really is, just look at what he ate in Nanjing today. After arriving in Nanjing, Hong Xiuquan began to enjoy a life. After becoming the King of Heaven, Hong Xiuquan created himself a crown of pure gold, a string of gold necklaces weighing eight pounds around his neck, and his embroidered golden dragon robe also had gold buttons on it, and the King of Heaven needed 24 gold bowls to eat every day, as well as a foot long gold chopsticks, and the bathtub and night pot were also made of pure gold.
Hong Xiuquan is in such a situation when eating, in the morning, middle and evening, there will suddenly be a clamor of gongs and drums, and firecrackers are also released, from which it can be seen that Hong Xiuquan should eat, and play music when eating, until the meal is finished. When Hong Xiuquan eats, he must use 24 gold bowls, and at the same time prepare some delicious dishes, the prince must also use gold inlays, and then use jade pot jade cups to drink water or drink wine. When eating, you have to listen to music, followed by the sound of cannons, and Hong Xiuquan's position when eating is really very large.
The number of harem concubines was even greater than that of the Guangxu Emperor. In addition to the battle of eating, when Hong Xiuquan was crowned king, there were a total of 36 concubines, which can be said to be several times more than the Guangxu Emperor at that time, and the emperor with the most concubines in the Qing Dynasty should be Qianlong, about 50. Judging from this time, Hong Xiuquan was already completely incapable of managing the national affairs of the Heavenly Kingdom. And whenever the king celebrates his birthday, someone will sacrifice six beautiful women to him. There were no eunuchs in the Heavenly King's Mansion, so a large number of women were used to replace the eunuchs, so there were 2300 beautiful women in the Tianwang Mansion who only served Hong Xiuquan alone at the same time.
The scale of the Heavenly King's Mansion was really extravagant and wasteful. In addition to these, the cost of the pavilions is even greater, such as the Tianwang Mansion where King Hong Tianwang lived, which began to be built from the second year of the Taiping Army's occupation of Nanjing, and was not completed until the fall of Nanjing. According to historical records, Hong Xiuquan's ambitions were particularly large, and he may want to build his palace into a small paradise for people.
The Heavenly King's Mansion was expanded tens of miles around on the basis of the former Liangjiang Governor's Office, surrounded by a yellow wall of three zhang high, and a deep and wide Yushui River was dug out outside the palace wall, and the ninth entrance to the last floor was a three-story building, the top floor was surrounded by a fence on all sides, the long window inside the column, climbing to the top of the building, you can look tens of miles away, and the construction of this heavy hall stacking is built in accordance with the idea of the Nine Heavenly Court in the heart of King Hong Tianwang. The palace carvings inside the Heavenly King's Mansion are particularly ornate, decorated with gold, the doors and windows are framed with satin, the walls are painted with mud, and the floor is paved with marble, which is amazingly luxurious. Living in such a luxurious palace and using such good eating utensils, you can imagine how much King Hong Tianwang knows how to enjoy.