In the two Opium Wars, the corrupt and cowardly Qing government not only failed to eliminate opium, but was also forced to sign a series of unequal treaties and was saddled with heavy debts. In order to pay the so-called "war reparations" to Britain, it was painful for the common people.
The Qing government increasingly plundered the common people, and people had no way to live, and had to resist in order to survive. Among them, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom peasant revolt led by Hong Xiuquan was the largest. If it weren't for that big event, maybe the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could really change history? However, things were uncertain, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement eventually failed.
Hong Xiuquan carried the slogan of "the cultivator has his land" and founded the country under the title of "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom". They are united in their will, invincible, and the team is developing very fast. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty were seriously threatened, they were defeated and retreated, and later they did not dare to fight at all, and could only stick to the city, and the strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached its peak.
Just when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was extremely strong, an unexpected change occurred. After Hong Xiuquan established the state name "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", he proclaimed himself The Heavenly King, and then named Yang Xiuqing the "Eastern King", Xiao Chaogui the "Western King", Feng Yunshan the "Southern King", Wei Changhui the "Northern King", and Shi Dakai the "Wing King".
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had already achieved little success, and the great kings began to have ideas, and they all wanted to fight for greater benefits, so infighting broke out. They fought for power and profit, swords and soldiers met each other, and they fought hard. This change was the turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from strong to weak. In fact, the changes in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were not accidental, he was just a general outbreak of contradictions within the leading group.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom achieved great victories after the establishment of the capital in Nanjing. These peasant leaders were carried away by the victory, became greedy for pleasure, pampered and superior, had no revolutionary will, and forgot the idea of "equality for all".
In fact, the world is not theirs at this time, but they don't think about those anymore. Start calculating how to get more power, how to enjoy it better, how to live a luxurious life. They built palaces, established feudalism, and were already severely detached from the masses. With such a leader, the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was inevitable, and it was not surprising.
First of all, the "Eastern King" Yang Xiuqing was becoming more and more powerful, and he believed that the time had come to establish his supreme dominance. Therefore, he forced Hong Xiuquan to recognize his status. However, Hong Xiuquan, as the supreme ruler of the "Heavenly King", certainly would not agree. Hong Xiuquan joined forces with Wei Changhui and others to destroy Yang Xiuqing. When the "Wing King" Shi Dakai heard about this, he angrily sued Wei Changhui for almost being killed, so he had to flee in a hurry. Later, in order to calm the matter, Hong Xiuquan killed Wei Changhui again.
Although the changes subsided, due to their cannibalism, the strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was greatly weakened by the big fight. Although hong xiuquan's many remedies have been made, it cannot change the fate of failure. Although the Taiping Rebellion ended in failure, it also dealt a heavy blow to foreign invaders and the corrupt Qing government, shook the foundation of Qing rule, and greatly accelerated the process of the qing dynasty's demise...