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Chapter 237 The largest peasant uprising in history
The common people in various dynasties can empathize more with the common people in the late Qing Dynasty, and they can already predict what kind of hard life the common people lived in the late Qing Dynasty.

After all, after the failure of the First Opium War, the Qing Dynasty, as the defeated country, had to compensate the British 21 million taels of silver.

Originally, the state treasury was at its bottom in the late Qing Dynasty, and now it has to compensate huge amounts of money. It is conceivable to what extent the Qing court will exploit the people.

Although it seems that the defeat of the Qing Dynasty had nothing to do with the people, the consequences of the final defeat must be borne by the people.

Even some smart scholars in each dynasty can predict the general situation of the late Qing Dynasty, and the uprising of the common people is definitely indispensable.

They saw clearly that life was not easy for ordinary people.

Now, in order to pay huge amounts of gold and silver, the Qing court will definitely charge heavy taxes on the people, which will inevitably lead to resistance from the people.

This has been the case since ancient times. Once the common people are forced to survive, rebellion is the only option.

Sure enough, the anchor's next words quickly confirmed everyone's guesses.

"When it comes to the history of the late Qing Dynasty, we have to mention what is known as the largest peasant uprising in Chinese history."

"After reading this booklet, Hong Xiuquan finally found a direction for his life ideal that he had been unable to achieve for many years."

"So Hong Xiuquan began to tell the people in the village about his theory of wanting to be the king of heaven. The people in the village thought he was crazy again."

"Li Jingfang was very fascinated by this book, and he advised Hong Xiuquan to read it."

"The aggression of foreign capitalism has brought new disasters to the Chinese people, and at the same time, natural disasters have been severe."

He sighed deeply, knowing that if the Qing Dynasty did not change, the shame of the First Opium War would be repeated sooner or later.

"During his illness, Hong Xiuquan was in a state of madness."

“The Qing Dynasty was forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Nanjing, which stipulated compensation of 2100 million silver dollars, cession of Hong Kong Island, etc.”

The Qing Dynasty has always regarded itself as the supreme kingdom of heaven and looked down upon these barbarian countries overseas.

Although he had come out of the shadow of the First Opium War, he still looked a little ugly when he heard that the British army defeated the Qing Dynasty with only a few thousand troops.

Thinking of this, the idea of ​​a prosperous and powerful Qing Dynasty gradually came into his mind.

You must know that Britain is thousands of miles away from the Qing Dynasty, but it is such a long distance.

"Hong Xiuquan claimed to be the second son of God and officially began secret missionary activities."

"Feng Yunshan was a genius organizer and propagandist, so Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan founded the God Worship Society."

“After the Opium War, the Qing government stepped up its efforts to plunder the people in order to pay war indemnities.”

"In the summer of the same year, Hong Xiuquan's distant cousin Li Jingfang came to the house."

But these overseas foreign countries told him with bloody facts that the world had changed.

"In the mid-19th century, the corruption and incompetence of feudal rule made the Qing Dynasty fully in decline."

"The British army traveled far across the ocean, marched north along the Chinese coastline with only a few thousand troops, and defeated the Qing Dynasty, which regarded itself as the supreme kingdom of heaven."

"He said he had a dream in which he went to heaven. An old man gave him a sword and said there were too many monsters in the world. Kill them and then you can become the king of heaven."

"Britain is trying its best to expand the world market and plunder colonies."

"The rule has become more corrupt, and corrupt officials and local tyrants and evil gentry have taken the opportunity to extort money from the people."

"At the same time, I vowed not to take part in the imperial examinations of the Qing Dynasty from now on, and wait until I can take the exam to become a scholar in the world."

In his view, the defeat of the First Opium War was an unacceptable shame for the Qing Dynasty.

"According to later historical records of the Taiping Rebellion, the old man Hong Xiuquan dreamed of at that time was God Jehovah."

"After Hong Xiuquan failed to pass the scholar examination for the third time, he became seriously ill."

"In 1843 AD, the 29-year-old Hong Xiuquan completed the fourth imperial examination in his life. This time he still failed."

Yongzheng: The British army could defeat the Qing Dynasty with thousands of troops. How could the Qing Dynasty be so powerful?

"Compared to before, Hong Xiuquan seemed a little calmer. He just threw all the scriptures at home on the ground."

The British dispatched thousands of troops and could easily defeat the Qing Empire. This has to be said to be a irony of the Qing Empire.

"In Hong Xiuquan's pile of books, he found a pamphlet called "Good Words to Encourage the World."

"But he convinced his cousin, named Hong Rengan, and his distant relative Feng Yunshan."

"At the same time, the importation of opium led to a large outflow of Manchu silver, the labor force was increasingly depleted, people's lives became more difficult and difficult, and the working people who could not bear the suffering revolted one after another."

"Hong Xiuquan was from Huaxian County, Guangdong. He went to Guangzhou many times to take the imperial examination, but unfortunately he failed."

"After more than 20 days of torment, Hong Xiuquan came to his senses."

"But the Son of God, the Emperor of Peace."

"In June 1840, Britain launched a long-planned war of aggression against China, known in history as the Opium War."

“From 1846 to 1850, floods, droughts, insect plagues and other natural disasters continued in Henan, Hubei, Guangxi and other places, and the working people fell into the plight of hunger and death.”

"The world situation at this time has undergone tremendous changes. The industrial revolution in some Western countries is booming, and they continue to expand outward with the help of strong ships and cannons."

"The book's discussion of opposing idol worship and emphasizing that believers can gain refuge in God through personal practice and daily practice left a deep impression on Hong Xiuquan."

"Combined with the previous dream, Hong Xiuquan no longer recognized that he was his father's son."

"This book "Good Words to Encourage the World" takes Shinto, humane, national customs, astronomy, and geography as its main content, and aims to preach Christian doctrine."

Li Longji: If I remember correctly, it was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement led by Hong Xiuquan.

He was deeply impressed by Hong Xiuquan. The movie had previously played a video about the students who failed to pass the exam.

This Hong Xiuquan failed the imperial examination and finally chose to rebel, launching a massive peasant uprising across the land of China.

The main reason why he was so impressed by Hong Xiuquan's deeds was that Hong Xiuquan and Huang Chao had the same experience.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao took part in the imperial examination, but failed in the examination. After returning home, he rebelled.

He had discovered that once these scholars failed to pass the exam, they would resent the unfairness of the world and choose to take revenge in extreme ways.

He was not interested in Hong Xiuquan's rebellion. What he was thinking about now was how to avoid Huang Chao's appearance.

But after thinking for a moment, he reluctantly discovered that there was no solution to this problem. No matter what he did, he would not be able to affect future generations.

Unless the Tang Dynasty had been in prosperity and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, there would have been no peasant rebellion.

But it seems that this is extremely difficult to achieve. It is a truth in the world that the moon waxes and wanes, and it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to last forever.

"In order to completely break with the previous imperial examinations, Hong Xiuquan declared that the only true god in the world is the Emperor God, and all others are evil gods and must be destroyed."

"The two first decided to operate on the Confucius tablet in the private school."

"During class, Hong Xiuquan smashed the Confucius tablet enshrined in the private school in full view of everyone."

"What he didn't expect was that this act provoked a strong reaction and students dropped out of private schools."

"Hong Xiuquan also lost his job as a private school teacher because of this, and he did not recruit any believers at home."

"In the spring of 1844, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan were forced to go to Guangxi to make a living and preach."

"In the history of China, people in the northern Central Plains region have had several large-scale southward migration movements due to war and political reasons. A large number of people from the Central Plains region have moved southward to Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions."

"These people living in foreign lands maintain their original dialects, living habits and customs, and also retain the living traditions of the Central Plains, so they are called Hakkas."

"As the local migrant population, the Hakkas will inevitably have conflicts with the indigenous people over issues of choosing a place to live and occupying farmland."

“With the economic depression caused by the Opium War, the conflict between locals and Hakkas became more acute.”

"After both Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan came to Guangxi for the Hakkas, Hong Xiuquan quickly developed more than a hundred Hakka believers in this mountainous area far away from the government."

"In order to speed up his missionary work, Hong Xiuquan began to write his own missionary pamphlets."

"Hong Xiuquan has been familiar with scriptures since he was a child, and the world of Datong described in the Book of Rites left a deep impression on him."

"The world of Datong depicts an ideal society where people have no private property or selfishness, there is no crime in the society, and the old, weak, sick and disabled are properly cared for."

"Hong Xiuquan combined the Bible with the Four Books and Five Classics and wrote works such as "Yuan Dao Awakening the World", which accelerated the speed of preaching."

Confucius: This life is really interesting. The front foot smashed my tablet, and the back foot used my thoughts.

He was speechless about Hong Xiuquan's disrespectful behavior.

After all, he is a saint of a generation, a teacher for all generations, and is deeply respected by scholars.

Hong Xiu was a scholar all his life. He failed in the imperial examination, but he blamed him and destroyed his tablet. He didn't look like a scholar at all. No wonder he failed in the examination.

There was also Hong Xiuquan’s way of combining the Bible with the Four Books and Five Classics, which was so nondescript that he could no longer complain.

The Bible emphasizes belief in the true God, while the Four Books and Five Classics emphasize that the Son does not speak of strange powers and chaotic gods.

He was very surprised as to what Hong Xiuquan was thinking and how he combined two completely opposite things.

As for the world of great harmony, it was only an ideal situation. Even he could not guarantee that this ultimate ideal could be realized, let alone Hong Xiuquan's realization of this ideal amid the many contradictions inside and outside the Qing Dynasty.

"At the end of 1844, Hong Xiuquan destroyed the Liuwu Temple, which was dedicated to men and women who died singing love songs, which angered the locals."

"Hong Xiuquan returned to Guangdong alone, but Feng Yunshan stayed in Zijingshan, Guangxi and continued to preach."

"By 1847 AD, Feng Yunshan had developed more than followers of the God-worshipping religion in Zijing Mountain."

"These believers have gradually been joined by some well-educated and wealthy children. Yang Xiuqing, a charcoal burner, Xiao Chaogui, a poor farmer, Wei Changhui, who attended a private school, and Shi Dakai, who comes from a wealthy family, are all key members."

"In July of this year, Hong Xiuquan came to Bauhinia Mountain again and was welcomed by Feng Yunshan and the God Worshiping Association."

"In such an atmosphere of overwhelming support, the leadership core of the God Worship Association was established."

"In order to find a divine identity for himself in the religious system, Hong Xiuquan claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus and the second son of God."

"Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing and others were also arranged as the younger brothers of Jesus and the third to seventh sons of God, forming a holy family with Hong Xiuquan as the core."

"Hong Xiuquan imitated the contents of the Ten Commandments of Moses, which God locked for the Jews in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, and compiled ten rules for worshiping God."

"These heavenly regulations and the pamphlets he had written before were spread throughout the Bauhinia Mountains, and more and more people converted to the God Worship Association."

"Seeing that the great situation in Bauhinia Mountain far exceeded his expectations, Hong Xiuquan was overjoyed and decided to use the powerful power of the God-worshipping religion to eliminate the heretics."

"Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan went to Xiangzhou in Guangxi and destroyed the Ganwang Temple, the most popular temple in the area. Later, Hong Xiuquan ordered that the temple should never be rebuilt."

"Then Hong Xiuquan sent people to destroy all the shrines and altars in the Purple Mountain area, and announced that the only true god in the area could be believed in, and that was the Emperor God."

Ying Zheng: Rather than saying that the common people believe in worshiping God and choose to join it, it is better to say that the desperate common people believe in that slim hope.

He saw clearly why Hong Xiuquan was able to gather 3,000 people.

It's not that those people sincerely believe in foreign gods, but that those poor people are desperate and can't see the slightest hope.

When faced with despair, if someone can provide a glimmer of light, the people who are on the verge of collapse will grasp tightly as if seeing a life-saving straw, and the God Worship Association plays the role of that life-saving straw.

He had anticipated such a situation when the Qing Dynasty faced huge compensation for its defeat in the First Opium War.

Twenty-one million taels of silver is an astronomical sum, and it is also a heavy burden to be spread evenly on the common people.

The people who were already living a hard life would fall into complete despair when faced with the heavy taxes imposed by the Qing court.

At this time, the emergence of worshiping God is the only hope of survival for these people who are forced into despair.

"In 1848, Wuxuan County Tuanlian raided the main altar of the God Worship Church and captured Feng Yunshan."

"And he was thrown into jail and accused of gathering a crowd to rebel. The God-worshiping Church has encountered the biggest crisis since its founding."

"Hong Xiuquan returned to Guangdong and prepared to petition the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, hoping to abide by the promise of allowing freedom of religious belief and requesting the release of Feng Yunshan. This idea was too naive at the time to be realized."

"At this time, Yang Xiuqing was much smarter. He advocated organizing the rescue of Feng Yunshan mainly through bribery."

"Yang Xiuqing ordered the charcoal-burning believers to pay a portion of the charcoal tax for every 100 kilograms of charcoal sold, as a bribe to fund Feng Yunshan's rescue."

"The Qing government was already quite corrupt at that time, and the magistrate of Guiping released Feng Yunshan after accepting bribes from Yang Xiuqing."

"Feng Yunshan's successful rescue was later regarded as a very important turning point in the history of the development of the Taiping Rebellion."

"Some people think that if it weren't for Yang Xiuqing, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom might have died at this time."

"From 1849 to 1850 AD, more and more desperate people joined the God Worshipers."

"People's sincere conversion to this foreign God can provide light and hope for their poor and desperate lives."

"All members of the church at that time were required to sell their property and put it into the holy treasury, and the people would receive daily necessities from the holy treasury."

"This ideal model of primitive communism undoubtedly has great appeal to the poor."

"Theoretically and institutionally, the God-Worship Association is ready to launch a revolution."

"On April 1850, 4 AD, Hong Xiuquan put on a yellow robe and ascended the throne in Pingzaishan, officially taking office as the Taiping Heavenly King."

"According to the will of Heavenly Father and Brother Heavenly Father, we began to mobilize the masses to gather."

"By November, more than 11 believers, mobilized under the unified command of Yang Xiuqing, gathered in the Jintian area of ​​Guiping County, Guangxi to prepare for an uprising."

“On January 1851, 1, on Hong Xiuquan’s 11th birthday, the God Worship Church held a ceremony to wish Hong Xiuquan longevity.”

"At the Longevity Celebration, Hong Xiuquan officially announced that the God-Worshiping Religion was revolting against the Qing Dynasty." "Hong Xiuquan claimed to be a Taiping God believer, and announced the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as the Taiping Heavenly King. Today is the first year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's new founding, and the formed army is called the Taiping Army. "

"Taiping reflects the Chinese people's pursuit of a stable ideal society since ancient times, while the Kingdom of Heaven comes from the Bible."

"The goal of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is to eliminate the Yama demon in the world under the guidance of God and realize an ideal society in which the world shares wealth and wealth."

"The Taiping Army declared the rulers of the Qing Dynasty to be demons and called them Qing demons."

"The Taiping Army no longer shaved their heads and kept their hair long in accordance with the original customs in the Central Plains area, so they were called Changmao by the Qing government."

Scholars from all dynasties shook their heads one after another, and from this we can see the reason why Hong Xiuquan was destined to fail.

The Taiping Rebellion's goal was wrong from the beginning. How could it successfully overthrow the Qing Empire?
Datong society is the ideal world of Confucius and the greatest ideal of their scholars.

The so-called ideal is a wish that is almost impossible to achieve.

As scholars, they are naturally most aware of the difficulty of realizing a harmonious society, which is hundreds of times more difficult than reaching the sky.

Even in their view, a harmonious society will never be realized.

A few days ago, they also watched the live broadcast of the current social status of future generations. Even the future generations with extremely rich material conditions have not achieved a harmonious society.

This shows how difficult it is for Datong society to be realized, let alone Hong Xiuquan’s delusion to achieve this goal.

Hong Xiuquan set unrealistic goals for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and hoped to realize a unified society in the late Qing Dynasty when the world was in chaos. This was simply a foolish dream.

The general direction was wrong from the beginning, and naturally it was impossible for a giant ship to sail to the other side of success.

"In the autumn of 1851, the Taiping Army captured Yong'an Prefecture in Guangxi. In December, they divided the kings in Yong'an City, which was called the Yong'an King in history."

"Yang Xiuqing, the chief general of the Central Army of Fengyuan, was named the Eastern King and was said to be nine thousand years old."

"Xiao Chaogui, the former military commander, was named King of the West and was said to be eight thousand years old."

"Feng Yunshan, the former commander of the army, was named King of the South and was said to be seven thousand years old."

"Wei Changhui, the former commander-in-chief of the Right Army, was named King of the North and was said to be six thousand years old."

"Shi Dakai, the former leader of the left army, became the King of Wings and ordered the kings to accept the control of the East King."

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its initial official system, ritual system, and military system based on the idea of ​​Nanwang Feng Yunshan, and implemented its own calendar, the Taiping Calendar."

"At the same time, the Taiping Rebellion officially issued a proclamation to the whole country, calling on the people of the country to overthrow the Qing Dynasty."

"Facing the revolutionary storm of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty decided to send troops to suppress it."

"By the end of 1851 AD, the total number of officers and soldiers who came to exterminate the Taiping Army exceeded 46000. Every once in a while, the officers and soldiers would launch large-scale attacks against the Taiping Army."

"On April 1852, 4 AD, Hong Xiuquan issued a mobilization order, ordering the Taiping Army to abandon their baggage and break out of the encirclement."

"After that, the Taiping Army was unstoppable, showing extremely strong combat effectiveness. They captured Anqing, attacked Wuchang, conquered Changsha, and entered Nanjing in just two years. However, the founders of the uprising, the Southern King and the Western King, died successively during the Northern Expedition. .”

"On March 1853, 3 AD, Hong Xiuquan entered Nanjing like an emperor in a sedan chair carried by 29 people, and renamed Nanjing Tianjing."

"He established his capital here, established a regime that confronted the Qing Dynasty, and implemented a series of militarized social organization construction measures in the occupied areas, mainly Nanjing City."

"First break up the family, organize the male and female population into male and female groups, and strictly prohibit the family life of men and women in private gatherings."

"All personal and family property needs to be turned over to the Holy Treasury of the Kingdom of Heaven, and a supply system is implemented for daily necessities."

"They ordered residents to chant scriptures and worship God every day, and strictly prohibited opium, alcohol, and prostitution."

"And in December of the same year, the leaders of the Kingdom of Heaven formulated a more systematic basic social system, the "Chinese Land Acre System."

“This system is based on a social ideal that enables the world to share the great blessings of the Father, Lord and Emperor.”

“We have fields to farm together, food to eat together, clothes to wear together, money to use together, everything is uneven, and everyone is kept warm. For farmers in traditional Chinese society, the greatest wealth is undoubtedly land.”

“Therefore, the core content of the Tianchao system was equal farming of land, and equal division of land according to population was the essence of this system.”

"In the late spring of 1853 AD, Hong Xiuquan announced the opening of a new examination to recruit scholars, replacing the eight-legged ancient prose in the Qing Dynasty's imperial examinations with vernacular Chinese, and the content was the religious literature of the God Worship Society."

"The candidates came from all three religions, including fortune tellers and shamans. At this point, Hong Xiuquan finally fulfilled his vow to open up a subject to become a scholar."

"Not only that, the imperial examinations of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also included women's subjects. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also banned women's foot binding, and the status of women was further improved."

"At the same time, the Taiping Rebellion also took a military offensive to seize the strategic initiative."

"Although the Northern Expedition failed, the Western Expedition achieved successive victories."

"The Taiping Army recaptured Wuchang from 1855 to 1856 AD and destroyed two military base camps of the Qing army in the south and north of the Yangtze River that besieged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

Chongzhen: More than 20,000 Taiping troops marched from Guangxi to Nanjing and captured Nanjing. It seems that the late Qing Dynasty was worse than the late Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that Hong Xiuquan had risen from Guangxi with only 20,000 troops and captured Nanjing in less than two years, he was furious.

The fact that Hong Xiuquan occupied Nanjing so easily can only show one thing, that is, the late Qing Dynasty was too wasteful.

Although their situation in the late Ming Dynasty was not good and there were great threats at home and abroad, they were not so cowardly.

Hong Xiuquan taught the Manchus a lesson as a Han. Although he was happy, he also had no good impression of Hong Xiuquan.

The Manchus were not a good thing, and this Hong Xiuquan was not a good thing either.

It sounds good to ask the people to hand over all their wealth to the holy treasury of the Kingdom of Heaven and implement a supply system according to their daily needs.

But he knew without thinking that in the end the wealth of these ordinary people would be swallowed up by Hong Xiuquan.

"However, in the process of the Taiping Army's successive victories, a huge crisis was quietly growing and spreading within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

"Initially, the senior leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom set the goal of a so-called small paradise. After the rebellion is successful in the future, they will enjoy glory and wealth, be named princes and generals, and enjoy a life like a paradise."

"So many farmers can give up everything and follow it with all their strength."

"However, those farmers who were forced to abandon their homes and careers and join the Taiping Army soon understood that the so-called paradise did not actually belong to everyone."

"Those peasant leaders who took it as their mission to liberate the peasants quickly divided the hierarchy. This regime, which believed in equality, actually fell into a swamp of hierarchy from the beginning."

"A regime that has the power to destroy everything suddenly takes a turn for the worse when it is at its peak, rapidly disintegrating and declining. It can be said that it has already perished before it has truly begun."

"After capturing Nanjing in 1853 AD, Hong Xiuquan began to build a new palace."

"The other princes in the Kingdom of Heaven also have their own palaces, which are extremely luxurious. Hong Xiuquan, who established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with the slogan of unevenness everywhere, actually went against his ideal from the beginning."

"Most of the rules formulated by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom only apply double standards to soldiers and common people at the bottom, while the kings in the management are not restrained."

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom implemented a policy of separation of men and women, but Hong Xiuquan had 88 concubines. The East King and the West King had 11 wives, the North King had 6 wives, mid-level officials had 2 wives, and petty officials and ordinary people were monogamous. "

"Secondly, the so-called holy treasury is actually a large warehouse where the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's finances are stored."

"The leadership led by Hong Xiuquan not only plundered almost all the wealth, but also turned Nanjing into a large concentration camp and religious site, implementing a strict hierarchy and theocratic rule."

"Every time during worship, people must go to worship. Those who refuse to go when they hear the sound of gongs, or who go without a serious attitude will be punished."

"It ranges from fighting to death, to beheading, and even torture such as quartering the body with five horses."

"The so-called Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is more like a huge gamble by a group of gangster proletarians."

"Their biggest dream is to kill princes and nobles and make themselves princes and nobles."

"In fact, after the small court was temporarily stabilized, people soon discovered that these emerging Chitose began to live a vengeful and debauched life."

Ancient people from all dynasties lamented the changes after Hong Xiuquan captured Nanjing, and even felt a sense of regret that iron cannot become steel.

In particular, ordinary people in various dynasties were very complicated about the changes before and after Hong Xiuquan, as if they did not know this person.

They were very optimistic about Hong Xiuquan at the beginning. After all, Hong Xiuquan proposed an ideal society in which the world would share wealth and wealth. This goal made their people excited.

So even though they had known for a long time that Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Rebellion ended in failure, they still had a good impression of Hong Xiuquan.

But now they saw that after Hong Xiuquan captured Nanjing, he had completely forgotten the ideal of sharing wealth and only focused on his own enjoyment. It was only then that they finally saw Hong Xiuquan's ugly face.

In just a moment, Hong Xiuquan, who originally stood with the people, had completely turned his back on them.

People in all dynasties were grateful for Hong Xiuquan's failure. If Hong Xiuquan had succeeded in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, the people in the late Qing Dynasty who had no hope in the first place would only have fallen into greater despair.

"Corruption in the management led to the rapid disintegration of the Taiping Rebellion from within, and soon a schism emerged within the Taiping leadership."

"There are constant frictions between the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan and the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing in terms of governing methods and power distribution."

"The overt or covert struggle for the throne between the two intensified, which made Hong Xiuquan feel a huge danger."

"He suspected that Yang Xiuqing was plotting a coup to replace him, so King Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered King Bei and King Yan to return to Nanjing to be King Qin."

"The Northern King, who had tolerated the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing for many years, decided to take the approach of eradicating the roots and not only killed Yang Xiuqing's entire family."

"He even killed many of Yang Xiuqing's subordinates, and these subordinates numbered more than 20,000."

"The King of the North, who was red-eyed by the killing, entered a state of madness. In one night, he killed all the family members of Wing King Shi Dakai who questioned his actions. Only Shi Dakai escaped from Nanjing."

"In order to search for Shi Dakai, King Bei even led people to try to break into the Tianwang Mansion and ask for Hong Xiuquan's people."

"From the beginning, I only killed one person, Yang Xiuqing, the East King, to the North King's killing game in Nanjing City."

"Since the 25-year-old Yi Wang Shi Dakai joined the Taiping Army, he fought hundreds of fierce battles with the Qing army without losing a single victory. The Qing army called him Shi Gandang."

"Such a heroic man didn't die by the enemy's sword, but his own people came from behind and beheaded him."

"Half a month later, a furious Shi Dakai led a large army to Nanjing to kill the Northern King. Hundreds of thousands of Taiping soldiers met with him."

"In the end, Hong Xiuquan could not tolerate the indiscriminate killing of King Bei, so he executed him three months later, and King Yan was also executed."

"This internal strife seriously weakened the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom turned from prosperity to decline, which is known as the Tianjing Incident in history."

"The Tianjing Incident resulted in the killing of the three kings. Wing King Shi Dakai chose to leave and took away the 20 troops who were most loyal to him."

"He expressed his intention to continue the Western Expedition and expand the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he will never return."

Hong Xiuquan: Hey! I regret it! A great situation was ruined by me.

If he had not chosen to attack Yang Xiuqing, he would not be in a near-death situation now.

Choosing to engage in internal strife under the watchful eye of the Qing government was the decision he regretted most in his life.

There is no doubt about Yang Xiuqing's talent. It is precisely because of this that he is worried about being robbed of power by Yang Xiuqing, so he chooses to get rid of Yang Xiuqing regardless of external threats.

Under the threat of a common external enemy, if he and Yang Xiuqing temporarily put aside their conflicts and jointly deal with the Qing army, the results may be very different.

But he didn't expect that King Bei would be so crazy, completely out of his control, and kill others indiscriminately.

Even if the Northern King only killed Yang Xiuqing, the situation would not be so bad, but the Northern King seemed to be crazy.

If he hadn't killed King Bei in the end, it would have been doubtful that King Bei had been bribed by the imperial court and deliberately caused internal sabotage.

"After the Tianjing Incident, Hong Xiuquan became depressed and completely indulged in the extravagant harem life."

"In the four years from 1856 to 1860, the Qing government was busy deploying troops and generals to suppress the Taiping Army. The mobile troops used only to deal with the Taiping Army once exceeded 10 people."

"At the same time, the British and French forces also took advantage of China's civil strife to launch the Second Opium War against China."

“Burning the Old Summer Palace forced the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Beijing.”

"The Qing Dynasty focused its main forces on suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement and people's uprisings in various places. The British and French troops also began to join forces with the Qing army to strangle the Taiping Army."

"On September 1861, 9, under the command of Zeng Guofan, the well-trained and disciplined Hunan army surrounded Anqing. The Taiping army was cut off from food and reinforcements and finally surrendered."

"In the later period of the Taiping Rebellion, even though military geniuses like Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng commanded the battles, they were unable to reverse the losing battle."

"In 1863, Tianjing was surrounded like an iron barrel, and there was no food left in the city. Hong Xiuquan could only encourage the people to eat weeds to survive."

"In the same year, the 4 troops led by Shi Dakai were completely annihilated on the south bank of the Dadu River in Sichuan."

"Shi Dakai was captured and died in Chengdu."

"Shi Dakai was tortured by Lingchi, but remained silent from beginning to end. He died at the age of 32."

"Shi Dakai is one of the most legendary figures in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He was considerate of the people's livelihood and his life stories were recited by future generations. He is considered to be the most perfect image of the peasant uprisings in the past dynasties of China."

"On June 1864, 6, Hong Xiuquan committed suicide after a mental breakdown. Li Xiucheng assisted Hong Xiuquan's youngest son Hong Tianguifu to ascend the throne."

"On July 7, the Hunan Army blew up the Taiping Gate of Tianjing City, entered the city, and massacred the entire city."

"This peasant regime, which existed for 14 years, spanned 18 provinces across the country, and occupied more than 600 towns, finally perished."

Ancient people from all dynasties sighed after hearing this, and a massive peasant uprising ended like this.

However, no one felt sorry. After all, what Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did did not deserve their sympathy at all.

Judging from the licentious life the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom kings lived, if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom succeeded in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the exploitation of the people would be even more ruthless than the Qing court.

However, ancient people from various dynasties could also see that the Qing court was on the verge of collapse.

After all, 20,000 Taiping troops raised troops and fought with the Qing court for fourteen years. This is enough to show that the Qing court was extremely weak.

The Taiping Peasant Rebellion that lasted for fourteen years had already consumed a lot of energy from the Qing court, not to mention the Second Opium War launched by the British and French forces taking advantage of the civil strife.

In the eyes of ancient people from all dynasties, the demise of the Qing Dynasty was only a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)