In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan, the Taiping Army rose up in Jintian Village, Guangxi, opposed the rule of the Qing court, quickly captured Wuchang and other places in Hubei Province, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Subsequently, it occupied a large area of land in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and broke through the Qing army's Jiangnan camp, which caused the Qing court a terrible headache, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, and it was not known how to be good.
A Tianjing Incident, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's roommates, resulted in the tragic death of Yang Xiuqing, the most militarily talented Eastern King of the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, and the execution of Wei Changhui, the Northern King, and Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, and the internal division of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to split, beginning a process of decay and demise.
Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, can be said to be the most militaryly talented person in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and in the course of the entire uprising, he realized extraordinary military ability.
He once launched a western expedition and beat zeng guofan, the commander of the Xiang army, to the point that he only dared to shrink in Nanchang City. Later, he sent Qin Rigang to blitz Yangzhou and crush the Qing army's Jiangbei camp. With the help of Shi Dakai again, with the momentum of lightning not being able to cover his ears, he attacked the Qing army's Jiangnan camp with a single blow. He proved his ability to the whole world, and also made the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rise slowly like the rising sun.
Unfortunately, Yang Xiuqing was proud of his achievements and used the heavenly father's deeds to try to force Hong Xiuquan to seal him as "Long Live". How can there be two "long live" in a regime, which is clearly forcing Hong Xiuquan to the palace in an attempt to force Hong Xiuquan to give way to Yang Xiuqing. This greatly annoyed Hong Xiuquan.
Originally, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing had a very deep contradiction, and the difference in political concepts led to a break between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing sooner or later. And this time Yang Xiuqing's forced sealing incident only completely intensified this contradiction.
So Hong Xiuquan secretly summoned Wei Changhui, the Northern King, Shi Dakai, the King of Yi, and Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, to plot to eliminate Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King. Although Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang led the army, they rushed into the Eastern Palace and beheaded Yang Xiuqing. And thousands of people up and down the Eastern Palace, regardless of men, women and children, were beheaded.
He then searched for the remnants of the Eastern King's Mansion and swept away dissidents in the Tianjing City, and the blood spilled every inch of the Tianjing City, and even the sunset was scarlet with blood, and there were broken limbs and legs everywhere. There were more than 20,000 people, and in the midst of the Tianjing Incident, under the selfish intentions of the Northern King Wei Changhui, they lost their lives forever.
The wing king Shi Dakai felt that Wei Changhui's move was too cruel, and wei Changhui was responsible for killing innocents indiscriminately. Wei Changhui was very dissatisfied, he actually led the army, and slaughtered all the men, women and children up and down the Wing King's Palace, the author thinks that Wei Changhui may be a psychopath, can be so cruel, to do such a cruel and inhumane thing.
This also led to the anger of Shi Dakai, who, after escaping from Tianjing City, raised an army against Wei Changhui and asked the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan to kill Wei Changhui to calm the anger of the people and thank the world. In the end, Wei Changhui, the Northern King, and Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, were also hanged one after another. In addition to the five kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan, the Eastern King, the Northern King, King Yan, died tragically, the Wing King Shi Dakai and Hong Xiuquan began to separate from Germany, and the Southern King had already died after being ambushed by the Qing army four years ago.
Since then, the Balance heavenly kingdom has begun to decline, and it can no longer return to heaven, and can only survive for a few more years.
In the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom, Yang Xiuqing was in charge of military power and was responsible for attacking the city for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, while Hong Xiuquan played a more important role as a spiritual leader, similar to the Western Catholic pope. If it were not for Yang Xiuqing's tragic death, with Yang Xiuqing's talent, he would surely be able to conquer more territory for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which would make the Qing court even more headache.
Unfortunately, Yang Xiuqing's concept was different from Hong Xiuquan's, resulting in no Tianjing Incident, but also other events, so the decline of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was inevitable.
The author thinks that if Yang Xiuqing and Hong Xiuquan could have the same political philosophy, work together with one heart and one mind, and work together, perhaps the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really had a glimmer of hope for the success of the uprising. Unfortunately, the limitations of the peasant uprising, as well as the existence of internal contradictions, led to the inevitable failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.
bibliography:
"Thief's Love"
History of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
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