Marx's famous thesis that "the economic base determines the superstructure" is that it will not become obsolete in another thousand years. The smooth outbreak of the Jintian Uprising of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, led by Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, also proved the correctness of Marx's thesis. That is to say, the success of the Jintian Uprising is also inseparable from the economic foundation, and the Taiping Army's uprising funds, in addition to a small amount of investment from the members of the "Worship god", most of the remaining funds are from the donation of Hu Yihuang, a large household on the local rich side.
Hu Yihuang was a native of Luowen Village, Pingnan, Guangxi Province, whose original home was Linjiang Province, Jiangxi, and when his great-grandfather arrived, his family moved to Guangxi. Originally, the Hu family was a rich family, but in the generation of Hu Chen, the father of Yi Huang, because of his long-sleeved and skillful means of dancing and collecting money, and the exploitation of tenants was yin and fierce, the Hu family soon became the largest local landlord, and its field industry spanned the three counties and districts of Pingnan, Fujian County and Jinxiu Yaoshan.
So, why would the children of a wealthy and noble family like Hu Yihuang join Hong Xiuquan's "Worship god religion"?
Hu Chen had three sons, the eldest Hu Yizhao, the eldest Hu Yihuang, and the old third Hu Yiyang. When Hu Yihuang was not yet ten years old, his father Hu Chen died of illness, and the inheritance left by his father was inherited by the three brothers.
In addition to the inheritance of the family property by the three brothers of the Hu family, because they talk about pomp and circumstance, they are more generous with each other, and when they grow up, the property left by their father is almost squandered by them, and then the brothers disagree and divide the family. Hu Yihuang has since moved to Datong Lishanren Village.
Hu Yihuang did not like to read but was good at learning martial arts, zeng Wu Xiucai, when he participated in martial arts, he should have been in high school, he was injured due to excessive force caused the bow string to break, so he left the field.
After Hu Yihuang fell, because of his father's old vendetta with the squire Zhuo Clan, the Zhuo family challenged Hu Yihuang as soon as he had the opportunity. Once, Hu Yihuang passed by the Zhuo family on horseback, because the Zhuo family ordered him to get off the horse and refused, as a result, Hu Yihuang was forcibly dragged off the horse by the Zhuo family, and tied him into the cowshed, not only shaving his yin and yang head but also beating him.
In the feudal era when parents who paid attention to the skin of the body did not dare to damage, a person being shaved with a yin and yang head can be regarded as a great shame. It just so happened that at this time, because Hong Xiuquan founded the "Worship God Sect" because of repeated attempts, after Hu Yihuang and Hong Xiuquan met, after all, there was a lot of ink in Hong's belly, Hu Yihuang thought of his current predicament under his preaching, and Hu Yihuang entered the religion without hesitation.
At that time, Hong Xiuquan had already eaten this meal and not that meal, and the rich man Hu Yihuang immediately injected vitality into the "worship of God" after he entered the religion, after all, real money and silver were more attractive to people than empty preaching.
In order to make Hu Yihuang completely believe in Hong Xiuquan, Xiao Chaogui, who had become a heavenly brother, took advantage of the opportunity of worshiping God once and suddenly came to the venue in the name of Heavenly Brother, and after a meal of divine flickering, Hu Yihuang was determined to be the true son of Heaven sent by God.
After the Jintian Rebellion, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was established in Yong'an Prefecture, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and Hu Yihuang had poured all their support for the "Worship of God Sect" in the past, and during the period when Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan were ordered by Brother Tian to go to Hu's home position, when the Qing army came to attack, Hu Yihuang did his best to protect the Lord, and made Hu Yihuang the official of the Spring Dynasty. This position was ranked second only to the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, the Western King Xiao Chaogui, the Southern King Feng Yunshan, the Northern King Wei Changhui, the Wing King Shi Dakai, and the Heavenly Official Zheng Xiang Qin Rigang.
After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established the capital Ofte, Tianjing, Hu Yihuang was ordered to lead his troops on a western expedition. When the Western Expeditionary Army was defeated by Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army, Hu Yihuang was ordered to lead his troops to capture Luzhou.
When the Xiang army made Jiang Zhongyuan the governor of Anhui, after he saw Hu Yihuang's troops leave Anqing, he went all the way down to Jixian Pass, and then broke tongcheng and Shucheng, and when the soldiers pointed directly at Luzhou, Jiang Zhongyuan immediately moved from Nanchang to Luzhou.
In order to preserve the military stronghold of Luzhou, the Xianfeng Emperor strictly ordered Jiang Zhongyuan to stay in Luzhou, and on the other hand, sent various reinforcements to rescue Luzhou.
The qing army's troops were specifically arranged below, with the general of Chuzhou, Yushan, stationed outside the arch gate, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Shu Xing'a, who was stationed outside the city of Tunlu Prefecture, the general Yin Debu led the Dian troops to guard the jujube forest, and the Xiang army Jiang Zhongyuan was stationed at Xipingmen Wuliyan.
In the face of the Qing Zhulu coalition forces, Hu Yi assessed the situation and quickly decided on the countermeasures. He knew very well that if he wanted to take Luzhou, he would first defeat the enemy reinforcements, so he adopted the tactic of encircling points to fight for reinforcements.
Hu Yihuang first set up an earthen fortress around the seven gates of Luzhou to isolate the enemy inside and outside, and then personally led a team to attack the weaker Yushan troops in the enemy reinforcements with strong pawns, and after a hand-to-hand battle, Hu Yihuang killed the general soldier Yushan, and the Chuzhou soldiers scattered like birds and beasts, and then led his troops to take advantage of the victory to attack Shu Xing'a and Yin Debu's troops, and quickly defeated them.
After solving the reinforcements, Hu Yihuang attacked the city of Luzhou by digging tunnels and attacking the city with gunpowder and mines, and with a loud noise, the Taiping Army, under the leadership of Hu Yihuang, attacked the city from the gap. Frightened, Jiang Zhongyuan hurriedly abandoned the city and fled, when he fled to the Shuiguan Bridge, because his guards encountered the Taiping army that entered the city one after another, he was afraid to abandon him, and Jiang Zhongyuan, who was left behind, rolled down in the pond under the bridge in order to avoid the pursuit and killing of the Taiping Army, and after several struggles, Jiang Zhongyuan, who was clad in armor, was drowned in the water. This Qing court eagle dog, who had pursued the Taiping Army all the way from Guangxi and had also killed Feng Yunshan, the king of the South, in the Battle of Ziyidu, died at the hands of Hu Yihuang.
After the war, Hu Yihuang was made the Marquis of Protectorate by the Heavenly King, then changed his title to The Marquis of Protectorate, and then the Prince of Yu, thus making him one of the early kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after qin rigang, the heavenly marquis of Ding, was made the king of Yan.
However, Hu Yihuang, a legendary figure, has been missing since 1856. There are two theories in history about his ending, one is that he died on the Jiangxi front, and the other is that he died in the civil unrest of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom".