In this article, the topic that the author wants to bring to you is that after the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Tianguifu could not escape Ling Chi, only because he was Hong Xiuquan's son.
In China's feudal history, uprisings are not uncommon, the so-called "officials force the people to rebel, the people have to rebel", the decay of the dynasty and the oppression of the people will eventually cause the oppressed to resist. In these large and small rebellions, some succeeded, some failed, and the defeated insurgents had no other fate but to die. Successful rebels tend to build a new dynasty, and perhaps that dynasty will flourish for a while. But then a few emperors will decay, and then they will be reincarnated by rebellion and replacement. Of all the uprisings, the Taiping Rebellion was an exception.
At the beginning, the equality and freedom proposed by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement were unimaginable to no one in the feudal environment at that time, and because of this, this movement was supported by the broad masses of the people from the beginning. However, in the end, the uprising ended in failure, and The Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan died before the uprising failed completely, and was not tortured by the Qing army. His son Hong Tianguifu was not so lucky, and lingchi was executed after being captured. For a 15-year-old "stupid" young heavenly king, why did Cixi have such a poisonous hand? Only because he is Hong Xiuquan's son.
Since the establishment of the imperial examination, the vast number of literati have taken it as their lifelong goal to embark on a career path through the imperial examination. However, not everyone can be valued by the imperial court, and Hong Xiuquan is one of the many students who have repeatedly fallen off the list. The difference is that no matter how uncomfortable the other students are, they will not rebel against the Qing Dynasty, while Hong Xiuquan began the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement after dreaming of God. It can be said that Hong Xiuquan's goal at the beginning was indeed extremely noble and attractive.
The idea of one world, shared peace, egalitarianism, and egalitarianism was unimaginable in the feudal dynasty at that time, but Hong Xiuquan put forward it. As a result, it was also respected and trusted by many people, so the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was born. Only after becoming the heavenly king, Hong Xiuquan could not escape the tacky, corrupt, degenerate, feudal, dictatorial, and everything that the feudal emperor did, he did it again, completely deviating from his original intention.
Of course, the Qing Dynasty did not care whether he was corrupt or incorruptible, as long as he hindered his rule, he was a rebel, so the Qing Dynasty never stopped suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Even so, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stubbornly survived from 1853 to 1864. In 1864, King Hong Xiuquan died, and his son Hong Tianguifu became the Young Heavenly King. Becoming Hong Xiuquan's son is probably the most unfortunate thing for Hong Tianguifu. Hong Xiuquan was completely extreme of his education, and from childhood to adulthood, Hong Tianguifu did not have a serious teacher, only his own sister had taught him. And his reading materials are all textbooks written by Hong Xiuquan himself, which is completely misleading.
Under this teaching, Hong Tianguifu was neither talented nor incompetent, or even ambitious, a typical representative of educational failure. Even so, Hong Xiuquan still wanted to give him his power. When Hong Tianguifu was 11 years old, Hong Xiuquan wanted him to establish his prestige in the hearts of his courtiers. Therefore, every will of Hong Xiuquan was issued in the name of Hong Tianguifu, and the great seal of the young lord would be stamped, although he had the intention to let his son inherit the throne, but he had not taught anything.
After Hong Tianguifu ascended to the throne, he would not govern the government at all, and everything had to rely on Li Xiucheng and Hong Renfa to support him. After more than 40 days on the throne, Tianjing was finally captured, and Hong Tianguifu rode a white horse to and fro, bent on survival, but was eventually captured by the Qing army. After all, he was just a 15-year-old child, Hong Tianguifu was stupid, he didn't know anything at all, he only knew that he was probably dying.
His desire to survive was also very strong, and he even humbly wrote poems to the Qing army, hoping that the Qing army would let him go, but this was simply impossible. Soon, Hong Tianguifu was taken to the execution ground, and he was given Ling Chi by Cixi. From morning to evening, from the head to the calf, the entire execution ground was filled with Hong Tianguifu's wailing and heart-rending cries, and after more than a thousand knives, the 15-year-old child was finally "liberated".
Why did Cixi inflict such a cruel punishment on a 15-year-old child? Obviously he hadn't done anything. For Cixi and the Qing government, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a rebellion against the Qing government, and even almost destroyed the Qing Dynasty. After more than ten years of struggle, this big problem was finally eliminated, how could Cixi not be relieved? Unfortunately, the most hated Hong Xiuquan is dead, but it doesn't matter, the father pays the debt, and the sin of using his son to pay Hong Xiuquan is almost over.
The so-called defeat of the so-called king and the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom should accept such punishment. From another point of view, if the victory was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, then they would not let go of the Qing Dynasty and would not let go of Cixi. There was another reason why Cixi did such a cruel thing, and that was the warning. She wanted to warn the whole world with such cruel means, but anyone who wanted to rebel against the Qing Dynasty would not end up well. Therefore, from various angles, Cixi could not easily let go of Hong Tianguifu.
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