The only survivor of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who lived until he was 96 years old, told a secret before dying
When it comes to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, I believe everyone is very familiar with it. From the middle school textbooks, we learned that this was the largest peasant war in Chinese history that took place in the middle of the 19th century. At that time, under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing and others, the rebel army was like a bamboo, and captured many provinces and cities across the country. However, just when the future of the movement was promising, Hong Xiuquan, the King of Heaven, began to be obsessed with a luxurious life, and he coveted pleasure and handed over the power to Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King. At the same time, several of the great kings began to split, and the interior fell into chaos. In the end, the huge peasant movement failed.
According to the historical data investigated by the editor, this huge peasant uprising was jointly strangled by the conservative forces of the Qing government and foreign powers. At that time, the military situation of the rebel army was deteriorating, and after Zeng Guofan led the Xiang army to capture Tianjing, he learned from a palace maid who had served Hong Xiuquan that the king had died of illness a month ago. So Zeng Guofan had his bones chopped up, then burned to ashes, and finally mixed with gunpowder, and blasted out with cannons, making him "frustrate the bones and raise the ashes." In order to deter his descendants, even Hong Xiuquan's 4-year-old son was brutally murdered, and his people were also massacred by the Qing government, and it is chilling to think of that picture.
However, Hong Xiuquan was not completely "the queen", and among his many generals, only one of them escaped this fate, and he was Lai Hanying. It is reported that Lai Hanying is the younger brother of Lai Lianying, Hong Xiuquan's wife, so he is also Hong Xiuquan's brother-in-law. Yang Xiuqing's unjust death was also his participation, and when Zeng Guofan's Xiang army entered Tianjing, Lai Hanying was entrusted by Hong Xiuquan with the heavy responsibility of protecting his wife and children from escaping, thus becoming the only survivor. Later, Lai Hanying hid in the countryside alone and lived in anonymity until the age of 96. This man also told a secret before he died, but no one believed it.
It turned out that the secret that Lai Hanying said was actually that in the "Tianjing Incident", Yang Xiuqing was not hong Xiuquan who wanted to kill, but Wei Changhui put Yang Xiuqing to death because of his own selfish interests. As for whether Hong Xiuquan still had descendants alive and where they were, he did not explain. As soon as such words are said, obviously no one will feel believed, because from Hong Xiuquan's suspicious personality, everyone will find that he killed people, and now the words of one person alone are not enough to change people's established views on him. Just think, if hong xiuquan had not killed the ring, the dream of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom might have been realized? What do you think about that? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.