The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was initiated by Hong Xiuquan and eventually buried in Hong Xiuquan's hands. Hong Xiuquan's greatest ability is to be able to fool people. With a three-inch tongue, he gathered countless followers who followed him with a dead heart, thus beginning the Jintian Uprising.
After the Taiping Rebellion, although it suffered twists and turns, it was generally stable, thanks to Hong Xiuquan's personality charm, attracting a large number of struggling people to join and support, and also inseparable from the support of his good brothers. To sum up, there are six founding kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in addition to the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan, there are also the eastern king Yang Xiuqing, the western king Xiao Chaogui, the southern king Feng Yunshan, the northern king Wei Changhui and the wing king Shi Dakai.
Among these six kings, if Hong Xiuquan is the convener of tens of thousands of believers and the initiator of Jintian Village, Yang Xiuqing is the military dispatcher and the executor of the system, he has personality charm, and his dispatching ability is strong. At the same time, the enforcement system is also rigid, but he is too arrogant, and when he is most rampant, even the Heavenly King Hong xiu dares to fight, which is a big taboo.
Xiao Chaogui was brave and strong, and in the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Army, he almost always assumed the role of a vanguard, which can be called a pioneer.
Because of his strong communication skills, Wei Changhui can be called a diplomat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Later, when the foreigners interfered in China's internal affairs, Wei Changhui often held "meetings" with them, so that the foreigners did not dare to act recklessly, so that the Taiping Army could free its hands and feet to confront the Qing army.
Shi Dakai was a cattle man who was both literate and martial, and because of his outstanding military achievements, he could be called a warrior in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
In fact, among these six kings, Feng Yunshan is the real "perfect man", he can write and fight, has courage and strategy, is not only the planner of the uprising, but also the planner of the development of the rebel army, but also the founder of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system.
In short, the six kings of the founding of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom each had their own advantages, and they performed their own duties, so that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom grew rapidly after its establishment, and soon occupied half of the country.
However, with the premature deaths of the two great kings Feng Yunshan and Xiao Chaogui, the pattern of unity and the distribution of power at the highest level of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom underwent a qualitative change.
In particular, the death of Feng Yunshan can be said to be the root cause of the ultimate failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
You must know that in addition to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan can be called the Dinghai God Needle in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his ability to organize and coordinate or fight is first-class.
Unfortunately, Feng Yunshan died prematurely. There are two main theories about Feng Yunshan's death.
One is to say that Feng Yunshan died in Jeonju City, and the other is to say that he died in Jeonju City.
After investigation, the experts came to the conclusion that Feng Yunshan died in Jeonju City.
There are two main reasons: First, the record of the "Collection of Thieves' Feelings" shows that Feng Yunshan was killed by the Qing army in the Guilin area when he led his troops to attack jeonju City. Second, when Zeng Guofan recorded Jiang Zhongyuan's merits, he did not mention the killing of Feng Yunshan. Third, Jiang Zhongyuan once wrote a letter to a friend explaining the fierce battle of the Battle of Ziyidu, but did not mention the killing of Feng Yunshan. It can be seen that Feng Yunshan has already died at this time.
Experts also restored the process of Feng Yunshan's death. In April 1852, the Taiping Army marched toward Hunan and did not want to attack Jeonju. As a result, when passing through Jeonju, the defenders there thought that they had come to attack Jeonju and took the initiative to fire, killing and injuring many Taiping troops. At that time, the leader of the rebel army, Feng Yunshan, was furious and immediately ordered an attack on Jeonju City.
Because of the siege of the city, Feng Yunshan did not pay attention to defenses, and as a result, because the palanquin he was riding was too eye-catching, it attracted the attention of the Qing army, and the heavy artillery was fired at it, and Feng Yunshan was unfortunately shot, and finally died because of his injuries.
Hong Xiuquan, who was sitting in the rear defense, was devastated when he heard the bad news, and Feng Yunshan was his military god and the Dinghai God Needle of the Taiping Army. In order to avenge Feng Yunshan, Hong Xiuquan ordered the Taiping Army to attack Jeonju City as much as possible. In the end, the Taiping Army took Jeonju. Subsequently, Hong Xiuquan issued an order to slaughter the city to vent his hatred.
In short, Feng Yunshan's death eventually caused the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to undergo "infighting" in its heyday and go into decline. If Feng Yunshan does not die, with his wisdom, he will be able to deal with internal problems and let Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing live in peace, it can be said that Feng Yunshan does not die, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will eventually replace the Qing Dynasty as a new dynasty.