In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, there was a very tragic figure, he was Hong Xiuquan's son and the young king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Tianguifu. After Hong Xiuquan's death, Hong Tianguifu ascended to the throne in a confused way and became a nominal religious and political leader. However, since the Qing army had already besieged the city of Nanjing at this time, Hong Tianguifu was facing a precarious mess.
Hong Xiuquan, who has repeatedly lost his name to Sun Shan, is extremely proficient in the art of power and is very good at thought control. In the early years, Hong Xiuquan single-handedly founded the Worship of God Society and recruited a group of believers, thus breaking with the Qing court and laying half of the country. After arriving at Nanjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan began to indulge in the victory in front of him and hid in the Heavenly King's Mansion.
Hong Xiuquan stills
In order to stabilize his power, Hong Xiuquan racked his brains to implement thought control, even his own son. When Hong Tiangui Fushang was ignorant, he had already begun to live, learn and grow according to the model set by Hong Xiuquan, so that he was raised into a veritable silly white sweet.
Hong Tianguifu, who is well known as Hong Tiangui, was originally called Hong Tiangui, and later Hong Xiuquan deliberately added a "Fu" word after his name in order to highlight his honor. However, the name Hong Tianguifu, although the meaning is very good, did not bring blessings to this child.
When Hong Xiuquan was alive, Hong Tianguifu had just understood things, so he was "driven" out of the Heavenly King's Mansion and stayed elsewhere. According to Hong Xiuquan, within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, including mother and son, sisters and brothers, men and women are not allowed to be too close. The young Hong Tianguifu was isolated from his birth mother alive, and even when they met on weekdays, they had to go through "please" and "grace", and their daily lives were strictly regulated.
Because Hong Xiuquan himself had repeatedly lost his name to Sun Shan, he was particularly resentful of traditional texts, and only allowed and forced Hong Tianguifu to read his own doctrinal canons, so that he was isolated from other books. According to the regulations, Hong Tianguifu had to write a daily invitation to Hong Xiuquan, the Heavenly King, and its content was mostly "Little Boy Tianguifu kneels and asks Daddy to be relieved and safe", which is extremely empty.
Hong Tian Guifu
Under the almost stylized educational mechanism, Hong Tianguifu's world is almost only Hong Xiuquan and some empty teachings, and he knows nothing about the world. However, in the face of such a silly and sweet son, Hong Xiuquan was extremely proud. After all, even their own flesh and blood are extremely respectful to themselves, and even worship, which is naturally an "achievement".
However, when Hong Xiuquan died, Hong Tianguifu's misfortune followed. Soon after Hong Tianguifu claimed to be the Young Heavenly King, the Qing army attacked Tianjing, but fortunately, some of the people swore to take him out of the city in disguise. However, after hiding in tibet for a while in the outer east, Hong Tianguifu still fell into the hands of the Qing army.
When he was captured by the Qing army, the young heavenly king Hong Tianguifu was already sixteen years old. But unfortunately, according to the Qing army, Hong Tianguifu was innocent like a child. The official in charge of the interrogation at that time was also very surprised, because this was the easiest interrogation in his life, and he did not even need to use the punishment, and the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in front of him confessed everything one by one.
Among the people who "cajoled" Hong Tianguifu was a man named Tang Jiatong, who was an official under Shen Baozhen's account. Tang Jiatong had promised Hong Tianguifu that when he had explained everything, he would send him back to the south, and then offer him to study and participate in the Qing Dynasty's imperial examinations, so that he could take the Xiucai, Zhongjuren, and Zhuangyuan. However, the naïve Hong Tianguifu was convinced, obeyed Tang Jiatong's words, and dreamed of the day when he would become a leader.
Unfortunately, however, when the Qing government received Hong Tianguifu's confession, it quickly ordered that the silly and sweet young heavenly king be executed by Ling Chi. In fact, whether it was Tang Jiatong, who was in charge of the interrogation, Shen Baozhen behind the scenes, or Empress Dowager Cixi who was far away in Gyeonggi, they all knew that Hong Tianguifu was just a poor child, and the rebellion actually had nothing to do with him.
However, as far as the situation at that time was concerned, although the city of Nanjing had been taken by the Qing army, there were still remnants of the Taiping Army who were in turmoil with the Qing army. In this way, if someone deceives Hong Tianguifu and recruits forces to continue to rebel, it will be difficult to control the situation. More importantly, if the Qing government opened up to the Young Heavenly King, then what would it do to maintain its own majesty?
Qing Dynasty Ling Chi execution scene
Based on various considerations, although Hong Tianguifu was an ignorant teenager, because he was the son of Hong Xiuquan and the young heavenly king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he could not escape the fate of being sentenced to capital punishment. In this way, Hong Tianguifu, who was only sixteen years old, was still dreaming of being a champion, so he was dragged to the execution ground and slashed with a thousand knives.
/Text: Shi Hai Rotten Keren // Original works, strictly prohibit plagiarism //