What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Whenever the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is Hong Xiuquan, who relied on the incendiary power of the Worship of God Society and the sharp social contradictions of the late Qing Dynasty to create a strong force of the Taiping Army. But today Xiaobian wants to talk to you about not Hong Xiuquan, but a hero in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.
Shi Dakai is one of the most legendary figures in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, who was interviewed in the mountains at the age of sixteen, commanded thousands of troops and horses at the age of nineteen, was crowned king at the age of twenty, and bravely volunteered in Chengdu at the age of thirty-two. His life was vigorous, sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and his life deeds were praised by future generations.
The Hong Xiuquan uprising was able to succeed, and Shi Dakai had great merit, and his ability was beyond doubt. After the victory of the uprising, the imperial capital was established, but this was only a blank check, only a title, no power, no country at all, where did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom come from? After Shi Dakai arrived in Anhui, the first thing he did was to register his household registration, then select grass-roots administrative personnel, hold examinations to recruit talents, and then establish a top-down political system of provinces, counties, and counties, while not forgetting to rectify the army, and after the war was over, he also had to appease the people and open warehouses to provide grain. In the end, after each post was able to function normally, a tax system was also put in place to ensure that the national treasury would not be in deficit. In various ways, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was built into an ideal country.
In 1856, there was infighting within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, his own people killed his own people, and more than 20,000 people led by Yang Xiuqing died in this civil war, after which Shi Dakai was transferred back to Beijing to assist the government, and Shi Dakai received the love of the civil and military officials with his style of life and his ability to live in the world, calling him the Righteous King. After this, Hong Xiuquan began to have some concerns in his heart, and Shi Dakai was forced to leave Tianjing to travel around. In 1863, Shi Dakai led his Taiping Army to the Dadu River, which at this time had about 30,000 or 40,000 people. There were no Qing troops on the other side of the river, and Shi Dakai ordered his men to prepare more bamboo rafts for the next day to cross the river, but due to the heavy rains that night, the water level was so high that it was impossible to sail.
Shi Dakai and his men were trapped by heavy rainstorms that had not been encountered in the Dadu River for a hundred years, and three days later the Qing army came to the other side of the Dadu River, and the Taiping Army failed to cross the river many times, ran out of grain and grass, and fell into a desperate situation. Wang Songlin, the capital of the Nanzi camp, went to the Taiping military camp to negotiate, and Shi Dakai decided to give up his life to the entire three armies. Among them, 3,000 people in Shibu were absorbed by Wang Songlin, and the remaining 2,000 people kept their weapons and stationed at Dashu Fort. Later, seven hundred of the two thousand crossed the river, were dismissed or killed. However, what people did not expect was that just after Shi Dakai was escorted to Chengdu, the Qing army betrayed his faith and attacked more than a thousand people remaining in Dashu Fort at night, except for three hundred old and young who survived, all of whom were killed.
According to historical records, when Shi Dakai was tortured, he was cut with more than a hundred knives without a word. The Qing soldiers tied Shi Dakai, Zaifu Zeng Shihe, And Zhongcheng Huang Zaizhong to Changshi, and Zeng were tied face to face with two cross-beams. When Ling Chi was executed, the executioner first cut zeng Shihe with the first knife, and Zeng Shihe was in pain, screaming and screaming, and Shi Dakai reprimanded him: "Why can't you stand this time?" Zeng Shi and This Talent gritted their teeth and stopped shouting. Shi Dakai's awe-inspiring righteousness and strong will shocked the officers and men of the Qing Army, and Liu Rong, the envoy of the Sichuan Government, said admiringly that he was "full of strength and strength, and his words were not humble or profane, and he did not wag his tail and beg for mercy." At the time of execution, he looked pleasant and was the toughest of the ugly. ”
Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is mostly ugly, Shi Dakai is a true hero! Chairman Mao's appraisal: The first hero of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he does not hesitate to bless Haojie, this is a real Chinese!