Between the first year of Xianfeng and the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, one of the largest peasant uprisings in China in the mid-19th century was launched from Jintian Village, Guangxi, and this famous war later led to the famous "Taiping Rebellion".
And one of the masters of this history, Hong Xiuquan, is the protagonist of this article. A few strokes in history record the life of this legendary figure, but I don't know that if you delve into the secrets of the past, you will find many unknown affairs.
Hong Xiuquan is no exception, it is said that after he became the leader, he was very picky in choosing concubines, in addition to his good appearance, there was also an unknown requirement, and let's see what is going on first!
First of all, briefly introduce Hong Xiuquan.
Hong Xiuquan's life
Hong Xiuquan was born in a place called Shuiyuan Village in Guangdong, belonging to the Hakka family, and later moved to Guanlubu Village, where he went to school since he was seven years old, planting a seed of "reading to gain fame" in his heart since he was a child, so he read poetry hard, and was also familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and some ancient books.
In the hope of the village's fathers and fellow villagers, he stepped on Huaxian to take the exam in Daoguang for seven years and achieved good results, but in the next Guangzhou prefectural examination, he failed, and later took the second and third exams, all of which ended in failure.
Under the successive blows, Hong Xiu returned home completely discouraged, and even fell seriously ill. Hong Xiu had a dream during his illness, claiming that he had dreamed of the gods in the sky, and the gods gave him swords and jade seals, and ordered him to "kill demons and remove demons".
After Hong Xiuquan woke up, he seemed to have been opened up to the second vein of Ren Du, determined to create a faction by himself, "worship God", he publicized his faction everywhere, and also got to know Feng Yunshan and others, and pulled gangs and factions to drive many people, laying the foundation for the later uprising movement.
In the first year of Xianfeng, Hong Xiuquan called Wang the success of the uprising, appointed himself the king of heaven, and named the country the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but this country created by the proletariat was defeated and fell after a short period of time, which is the famous "Taiping Rebellion" in history.
Hong Xiuquan's emotional history
Throughout history, there are very few emperors and their own wives or empresses who have a lifetime and a couple, Hong Xiuquan is no exception, just sat in the position of the king of heaven, in addition to consolidating the imperial government for the first time, he did not forget to enrich his harem.
After the Jintian Uprising, Hong Xiuquan gave himself fifteen concubines, and later intensified, ignoring the country's imperial politics, and even successively included thirty-six concubines.
Later, according to Hong Xiuquan's son, Hong Xiuquan's harem had about eighty-eight concubines, which shows that Hong Xiuquan's later life was really extravagant, and the wine pond meat forest! You know, if a person is overly addicted to lust, then he is not far from destruction.
Hong Xiuquan's strange proclivities
Hong Xiuquan, this person, came from a humble background since childhood, was originally a poor scholar, and later became the head of a country.
But the nature in his bones still can't be changed, it is said that he accepts the concubine, there are many requirements, and many times the conditions prescribed are incomprehensible, Hong Xiuquan not only requires the other party to look very good, but also requires the other party to have a good family, the family is either rich or expensive he can see it, otherwise it will not be able to enter his eyes.
And the very good appearance here does not mean the general beautiful face, it is the kind of beauty who falls in love with the country, and the character who looks like a fairy is eligible to be included in his harem.
History records that Hong Xiuquan is "tall, oval face" and "a copper face tanned by the sun", Hong Xiuquan's appearance is not prominent, ordinary people's face, but many requirements for his harem, conditions can even be said to be harsh, which is also closely related to his own growth experience and self-righteous personality.
Hong Xiuquan thinks that he is now a high-ranking ruler, holding heavy power, with a brave and combat-ready army under him, and still living in the magnificent Heavenly King's Mansion, he feels very good about himself, he thinks that such a self, in the future life, is to make some changes and requirements for the people around him.
Therefore, he proposed that in order to become his concubine, she must first be a woman from a noble and distinguished family. However, many people can still grudgingly accept these requests, but another request he made made many women feel embarrassed.
Hong Xiuquan asked that the person who came to select the score must be a virgin, and he also needed to verify whether the other party was a virgin. In short, it's very filthy.
Once, he was enjoying flowers in the back garden of the Tianwang Mansion, and by chance met a beautiful woman passing by, and saw that the other party looked unusually beautiful, and Hong Xiu was shocked.
And the woman's exit is a chapter, and her speech and behavior are also generous and decent, and he has already decided to bring people back, so he asked his subordinates to inquire about the background of the other party. It turned out that the other party was just a sprinkling palace maid in the Tianwang Mansion, born in a rural area, who was sent in some time ago. Hong Xiuquan suddenly felt bored and waved his hand.
Hong Xiuquan seems to attach great importance to the origin of harem women, why is it? In fact, this is somewhat inseparable from his own background in an ordinary family, people's psychology is like this, the more lacking something, the more emphasis should be emphasized, Hong Xiuquan is probably this kind of psychology.
Coupled with the fact that he failed three times before and could not enter the career path, it is also a pity, if Hong Xiuquan was born in a wealthy family from the beginning, he may have to take a lot less detours.
Therefore, for his own missing "prominent background", he has to make up for it in his harem, and many people who have bad experience or study well will feel an unusual desire for their own superior origin, beautiful and excellent partners, which is also inevitable. So to sum up, Hong Xiuquan's psychology is completely inseparable from the original family.
Although Hong Xiuquan himself held a high position and belonged to the king of the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" at that time, due to Hong Xiuquan's low background, many high-ranking and prominent families could not look down on him.
For his arrogant and unreasonable demands, whether they were high-ranking officials in the court or subordinates of the army, they felt more or less speechless, and there were some thoughts similar to contempt in their hearts.
Even if Ming Media is married, when they think of Hong Xiuquan's grassroots identity, high-ranking officials and nobles do not want to give their daughters out for nothing, and they always feel that Hong Xiuquan is not worthy.
In the eyes of the nobles, the idea of birth status has been in their hearts for many years, no matter how powerful the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is, in their eyes, the ruler who is high is just that.
In addition, there are some girls who do not have a "three-inch golden lotus", or who have a slight smell on their bodies, or even a small scar, who fail and cannot be sent to the palace.
These unwritten rules and restrictions are a great shame for the women who are eliminated. After being thrown home, it must be indispensable for the eyes of the people around you and the gossip behind them that are like knives!
At the same time, these regulations also made the ordinary people below and the soldiers under them laugh or express dissatisfaction with Hong Xiuquan behind their backs.
The so-called dripping water into a river, a slap can not sound, Hong Xiuquan became extremely perverted in his private life in his later years, extravagant, not only wantonly built official residences, but also lazy to deal with political affairs.
Day after day, how can a country with such rulers not perish!