Why did Hong Xiuquan, who had no real power, and Yang Xiuqing, who had a heavy army in his hands, not be able to fight?

Today's article is to join you in nagging the story of Yang Xiuqing's death all the way.

In September 1856, Yang Xiuqing, as a military wizard born of a charcoal burner, died at the hands of Wei Changhui in his sleep, and the 9,000-year-old Eastern King disappeared into the human world. After that, Wei Changhui took the opportunity to kill the East Temple, and nearly 20,000 people died in this incident.

In order to find the scapegoat, Hong Xiuquan ordered all the soldiers to attack Wei Changhui, arrest him and unload eight pieces, and then send Wei Changhui's head to Shi Dakai. From the perspective of power struggle, Hong Xiuquan is a real victor, not only eliminating political enemies, but also holding great power. Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, Qin Rigang, Chen Chengyao, and other powerful figures were all losers in this struggle.

According to the design of the political wizard Feng Yunshan, the Heavenly King is only a vacant position, only a symbolic existence, and the real power is in the hands of the "military master". The military division here is similar to the chancellor of the Qin and Han dynasties, and is the leader of the imperial government.

In the early days of the Jintian Uprising, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui, Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui, and Shi Dakai were all members of the expedition at the beginning. In 1852, returning to Yong'an to accept the title, Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, could be said to be the head of the princes and could issue orders to the rest of the princes. From the perspective of the system, the military and political power of the state is in the hands of Yang Xiuqing, and it is difficult for Hong Xiuquan to say that he can have any real power.

But why didn't Yang Xiuqing defeat Hong Xiuquan? He even lost the life of a family member. The reason for this is only two words, that is, "popularity". As the saying goes: the big husband is in the world, and he should be a hero from all over the world. This sentence is very suitable to explain the reasons for Yang Xiuqing's failure in the power struggle.

In the "Tianjing Incident", the main participants except Shi Dakai were usually suppressed by him, so they all hated Yang Xiuqing very much and wanted to kill him with their own hands. The Heavenly King Hong Xiu was even asked by Yang Xiuqing to kneel down, and he had to endure his staff.

In 1847, Feng Yunshan was arrested and imprisoned by Guipingzhi County, and Yang Xiuqing, who was an unknown rat, used the excuse of "Heavenly Father's Descent" to appease the Worship of God, stabilize the hearts of the people, and thus establish his position in the religion. It was precisely because of this that he gained the power to "preach the word of the Father on behalf of heaven". Yang Xiuqing said one thing in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom where politics and religion were unified.

Therefore, Yang Xiuqing often encountered that there was nothing to do, and always punished all the princes in the name of "Heavenly Father's Mortals", and even Hong Xiuquan would not let go.

Once, because the palace maid did not serve him well, Hong Xiuquan punched and kicked the palace maid to vent his anger, causing the palace girl to miscarry. After yang Xiuqing knew about this matter, he immediately took out the set of "Heavenly Father's Lower Fan", "invited" Hong Xiuquan to the Eastern Palace to beat him up, and publicly executed Hong Xiuquan's staff and reprimanded him for thirty boards. It can be said that this time Yang Xiuqing let Hong Xiuquan lose face, so Hong Xiuquan can be said to regard Yang Xiuqing as his number one enemy.

And the Northern King Wei Changhui was also reprimanded by Yang Xiuqing for being cane, and repeated cane rebukes caused him to not be able to get out of bed, and was even forced by Yang Xiuqing to kill his own brother. Among the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if you ask anyone who hates Yang Xiuqing the most, it is Wei Changhui, the King of the North. Because the shame he endured was a thousand times that of others, and this shame was caused by Yang Xiuqing.

Wei Changhui was not an ordinary person, he was not from a commoner's background, but a small landlord. Unable to stand the oppression of the local large families, he joined the Worship of God Society and borrowed the power of the church to kill the people who suppressed him. It can be seen that Wei Changhui is a person who must repay with vengeance, and it is impossible to swallow his anger.

Once, Wei Changhui's brother and Yang Xiuqing's concubine brother competed for real estate, which angered Yang Xiuqing, so he angrily let Wei Changhui handle the matter himself, deliberately giving him a problem. Forced to do so, Wei Changhui could only kill his brother in order to dispel the doubts of the Eastern King.

During Wei Changhui's time in the Heavenly Kingdom Water Camp, one of his soldiers made a mistake and was slaughtered by Yang Xiuqing, and then Yang Xiuqing used the excuse of being "Heavenly Father under the heavens", taught Wei Changhui a lesson, and scolded dozens of large boards, so that he could not get out of bed for several days. It can be seen that Wei Changhui's acceptance of the Heavenly King's secret edict to Go to Beijing and carry out the "QingJun Side" is not without reason.

The Groom Incident of Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, had no power to fight back. But in fact, in terms of personal ability, Qin Rigang, the King of Yan, was originally no threat to the Eastern King, and usually the two could not get along, but Yang Xiuqing preferred to die.

One day, a groom from the Eastern King's Mansion passed by the gate of the Yan King's Mansion. Because the doorman did not pay tribute to him, the two sides had a heated argument. For this reason, Ma Fu complained to Yang Xiuqing that the people of the Yan King's Mansion looked down on the people of the Eastern King's Mansion.

Yang Xiuqing is a person with a strong desire for power, how can he suffer such "insults". Therefore, he used the excuse of "Heavenly Father's Lower Fan" to let Qin Rigang go to the Eastern Palace to apologize, and then let him personally kill the doorman, and then reprimand him and cut his title.

In this regard, Qin Rigang was very angry, thinking that his prince Tangtang Yijie King of Yan was actually inferior to a groom. Therefore, when Wei Changhui asked him to join the company, he immediately agreed and became a member of the "Tianjing Incident".

Why Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, died was purely self-inflicted. He not only offended the princes who held great power, but also offended the chancellor Chen Chengyao, who was the uncle of the British king Chen Yucheng and was in charge of the defense of Tianjing City and the defense of the Eastern Palace, and his status could be said to be very high.

So why did Yang Xiuqing scold Chen Chengyao? The reason is simple. Chen Chengyao and Qin Rigang had a very good relationship on weekdays, and after the "Mafu Incident", they were seated by Yang Xiuqing for interceding for Chen Chengyao. However, Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, did not allow anyone to challenge his position, and while reprimanding Qin Rigang with his staff, he also reprimanded Chen Chengyao.

Yang Xiuqing made these four big people unhappy, and the consequences were very serious, and he also paid a painful price for this. Later, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan had the joining of Wei Changhui Qin wang, Qin Rigang, and the help of Chen Chengyao, who was in charge of the security of the Eastern Palace, it can be said that it was difficult for Yang Xiuqing not to die, and the fact was that he was beheaded before he had time to react in his sleep.