Introduction: China's long civilization history of more than 5,000 years is a unique existence in the world, of which the feudal dynasty alone has more than 2,000 years. In the feudal dynasties in China's history, the founding monarchs were mostly founded through leading peasant wars, so they were often able to understand the sufferings of the people at the bottom, and they were able to implement a more enlightened policy of governing the country, so the country could develop steadily and create a peaceful and prosperous world. And because their descendants did not have such an experience, it was easy to become tyrannical and violent, causing the people to revolt, so the ancient history of feudalism in our country is actually a history of peasant uprisings.
Jiaqing from the network
The law of the development of peasant uprisings in ancient China
The occurrence of peasant uprisings in ancient China always has the characteristics of sparks, that is, at the end of a feudal dynasty, because the rulers are too corrupt and dark, and the tyranny of the conquests makes the people unable to survive, there will be a small rebellion in a certain place, and then it will cause a little uprising everywhere, and finally form a nationwide uprising to overthrow the dynasty. It can be said that the peasant uprisings in the history of our country have all followed this law.
But nothing will remain static, and the peasant uprising is no exception. The Yanyou Uprising that occurred in Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty was like this, almost without warning, the rebels directly attacked the imperial palace and caught the Qing court by surprise, which was a miracle event in the ancient history of our country.
History's first fierce Han Lin Qing
At that time, in Beijing at the foot of Tianzi, a peasant named Lin Qing outside the city created an organization called "Tianli Sect", and naturally as the founder, he was the leader. According to the current understanding, this Tianli Sect is very similar to a cult organization. Because Lin Qing did a good job in propaganda work, not only did many people be fooled into it by him, but even some forces were developed in the palace. In general, though, the power of this organization is not very large, only a few hundred people.
Lin Qing from the network
Lin Qing can definitely be regarded as the most courageous person in the history of our country, and all the heroes in history are not worth mentioning in front of him. The reason why I say this is because although Lin Qing only has the strength of a few hundred people, his ideals are very ambitious, and the key is that he is very brave - he decided to challenge the Qing Dynasty, and it is a direct attack on the Qing Imperial Palace!
You know, although the Qing Dynasty in Jiaqing was obviously declining, after all, it was still the tail of Kang Yongqian's prosperous world, and the skinny camel was bigger than the horse! Lin Qing dared to challenge the Qing Dynasty with only a few hundred people, and was his courage unique and unprecedented in Chinese history?
Jiaqing Emperor stills (from the internet)
The rebel army entered the palace
On September 14, 1813, Lin Qingqin led more than 100 troops to go out. At noon the next day, with the cooperation of Neiying, Lin Qing's army successfully entered the Forbidden City. The rebels slashed east and west, and all the way to the Yangxin Hall, the military attack was very smooth. Unfortunately, the Jiaqing Emperor was not in the palace and failed to achieve the predetermined goal!
Next, the rebel army continued to expand its achievements and kill the palaces of the concubines. The rebel soldiers were indeed very brave, and the generals who would be guarding them were frightened and fled!
However, it was unthinkable that when Lin Qing's army was killing Zheng huan, he actually encountered a woman who was not simple, and it was precisely because of this woman's existence that he finally wanted his life. This woman was the Empress Dowager of the Jiaqing Emperor, and she was not frightened during the turmoil, and she calmly sent someone to find the emperors and grandchildren to rescue her.
Empress Niuhulu (from the internet)
The rebels were defeated
The emperor's second son Min Ning (later the Daoguang Emperor) was also somewhat courageous, and he did not flee after receiving urgent military information, and personally guarded the Yangxin Hall with his own shotgun, and then commanded the officers and soldiers who rushed to attack the rebels. However, the battle has not progressed much, and the rebels have never been able to defeat it.
Fortunately, the last rapidly dispatched more than 1,000 musket teams finally played a role, and the war finally achieved a major victory, not only achieving a major record of annihilating dozens of nominal troops, but also successfully driving the remaining about 50 or so nominal troops out of the palace.
After that, Lin Qing continued to lead the rebel army (more than 50 people) to fight. But after all, the imperial court's military strength was superior, and under the siege of thousands of Qing troops, Lin Qing fought tenaciously for two days or was defeated and arrested.
Conclusion
In this uprising, the large army led by Lin Qing was limited after all, only more than 100 was indeed not much, but it actually successfully invaded the palace and almost killed the emperor. Under the attack of thousands of well-equipped Qing troops, Lin Qing could still fight for several days, which had to be said to be a miracle. Of course, this miracle belongs to Lin Qing, but also belongs to the Qing Dynasty - its combat effectiveness is too amazing! Do you have any comment on that?