First, why was Zhu Yuanzhang able to succeed?
Because Zhu Yuanzhang's uprising did not depart from the scope of traditional peasant uprisings, it did not introduce anything other than Confucian traditional thought.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to gain the support of the Confucian elite.
At the same time, because the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty always refused to integrate into the Central Plains, completely relying on force and the strength of their own clans and the strength of the Semu people to rule the world, they also artificially divided society into ten levels of "one official, two officials, three monks, four dao, five doctors, six workers, seven hunters, eight prostitutes, nine Confucians, and ten beggars", so that the Confucian elites on which the feudal ruling class relied on maintenance and systematic rule since the Han and Tang Dynasties were ruthlessly suppressed, so these people fell into the arms of the rebels when the world was in chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
It was under these circumstances that Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Zhu Sheng, and others defected to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang Group has both culture and martial arts, there are many talents.
As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang was full of wings and gradually had the strength to sweep away the masses and unify the world.
Second, why did Hong Xiuquan fail?
The reasons for Hong Xiuquan's failure are not complicated, because the ideas that Hong Xiuquan guided the uprising were not traditional Confucian doctrines, but some specious skins learned from the sermon pamphlets of Christ priests.
Hong Xiuquan's "worship of God" uprising was neither a peasant uprising under the guise of religion as a historical White Lotus Sect, nor was it a true Christian thought, but something that was neither a donkey nor a horse.
However, Hong Xiuquan relied on these things to exclude traditional Chinese culture.
Therefore, there was no temple, no destruction, no book and no burning.
The result of this can only be to arouse the disgust and resistance of the Confucian elite.
As a result, elites like Zuo Zongtang and Hu Linyi were pushed aside by the Qing Dynasty.
Without the support of the Confucian elite, Hong Xiuquan's uprising lost its momentum.
After all, all historically successful peasant uprisings were achieved only when a large number of Confucian elites were recruited to serve them.
However, this should not negate the positive significance of the Taiping Rebellion.
Because, if it had not been affected by the Taiping Rebellion, perhaps the conservative Qing court nobles would not have thought of making limited changes, then the foreign affairs movement might not have appeared, or at least would have been delayed.
At the same time, after occupying Nanjing, Hong Xiuquan resolutely refused the unreasonable demand of the British to recognize the Treaty of Nanking, showing the proper integrity of a peasant insurrectionist.
However, Hong Xiuquan's non-cooperation also pushed these "Western Fandi" with crosses on their chests to the side of the Qing Dynasty.
There was opposition from the Confucian elite, as well as the suppression of the armed forces of the landlord class loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and the cooperation between foreign devils and the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fell into the predicament of joint suppression by two internal and external forces.
Gordon and Wahl's yankees had inflicted serious damage on the Taiping Army.
What was particularly fatal was that the ruling class of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was also not united within itself.
After the capture of Nanjing, the leadership of the Heavenly Kingdom broke away from the masses and began to follow the example of the feudal emperor in pursuit of luxury and enjoyment!
At the same time, the power struggle between the leadership classes also intensified, and the result finally led to the "Tianjing Incident".
The "Tianjing Incident" ruined the extreme prosperity of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, resulting in the murder of Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, and his 20,000 subordinates, and the defection of the Wing King ShiDa.com.
If there is no internal unity, it will lose its cohesion, and if it loses its cohesion, it will become a scattered sand, and if it is scattered, it will weaken its own strength, and if it loses its strength, it will be difficult to save itself.
And this is tantamount to digging one's own grave under the pressure of a strong enemy.
Therefore, under the exhaustion of internal forces and the joint suppression of the Qing Dynasty landlord armed forces (Xiang Army) and foreigners on the outside, the Taiping Rebellion finally failed.
All in all: Zhu Yuanzhang was able to succeed because the Zhu yuanzhang uprising was no different from the traditional peasant uprising, and the mistakes of the Yuan dynasty also gave Zhu Yuanzhang a chance to succeed. Hong Xiuquan's failure was due to his failure to gain the support of the Confucian elite. In that particular era when Confucianism was dominant, any peasant uprising was doomed to fail without the support of the Confucian elite.