bookcurios Chapter 238 No kneeling, everyone stand up!!!
Chapter 238 No kneeling, everyone stand up!!!
[Unfortunately, all this changed after the Tianjing Incident.
The problem that had been selectively ignored by everyone finally broke out at this time. The crisis of faith triggered many rebellions.
In the early days, the Taiping Army, which had strong religious beliefs, fought bravely against the enemy and was always victorious. In the later days, the Taiping Army, which had weak religious awareness, no longer knew why they were fighting, and failure was inevitable.
But if we look at it from God's perspective, it was only a matter of time before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's crisis of faith broke out.
First of all, the teachings of the God Worshipping Society, which is the main theme of the Taiping Army’s ideology, should follow the will of heaven and the times, be combined with reality, and constantly enriched and added with new content.
However, in his later years, Hong Xiuquan no longer thought about "saving the world" and engaged in personality cult, trying his best to exaggerate that he was the true emperor. It can only be said that power corrupts people's hearts, especially those who were poor at the time. It is easy to lose themselves after gaining power. If Hong Xiuquan could understand and correct the teachings of the God Worshipping Society in time, perhaps the ending of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be different.
The most important thing is that the solemn promises made by "Heavenly Father" and "Heavenly Brother" to the Taiping Army were not fulfilled.
Hong Xiuquan and others even said that the great cause achieved at the cost of the blood and sacrifice of the Taiping Army soldiers was achieved with the help of God the Father and God the Brother in his dreams.
It can be seen that the high-ranking officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were out of touch with the masses and no longer thought about why they had worked so hard to preach and recruit people. If they did not believe in the power of the masses, they would eventually be backfired by the power of the masses.
The Taiping Army realized that what a beautiful paradise it was, it was just a change of dynasty where they worked for the Hong family instead of the Tartars. 】
＜There is no unchanging guiding ideology. The guiding ideology must change with the times＞
＜The early path is similar to ours [covering face]＞
＜They lack a true scholar, someone with a broad perspective and strategic vision＞
＜That being said, at that time, any educated person who wanted to have anything to do with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom thought that they were just a bunch of roughnecks and charlatans＞
＜Well, all the benefits went to the high-ranking kings, and the common people at the bottom got nothing＞
＜Personality cult…sigh＞
＜How could you have forgotten the reason for the uprising? Do you really believe that you have the power of Heavenly Father and can destroy the Qing demons with it?＞
＜The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which forgot the power of the masses, really deserves to die!＞
＜Long live the power of the masses!!!＞
＜Anti-Qing but not anti-feudal＞
[Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han: It is important to have someone to clear the fog for you at a critical moment]
[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin: If you don’t give any benefits, who will work hard for you?]
[Sima Guang, the third year of Song Xining: All peasant rebellions are like this. They decay quickly, and we can drag them out until they disintegrate on their own]
[Wei Zheng in the third year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty: The Taiping Army and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom complement each other. A slight mismatch in the balance means the eve of failure]
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Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng thought of the rebellion of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of the Qin Dynasty... No, it should be an uprising.
The people of Qian are also human beings.
Because of the corrupt officials of the Qing Dynasty who levied heavy taxes and the political situation was corrupt, they gave rise to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom achieved success by relying on these oppressed lower-class people, but they did not give them any benefits and only ruthlessly plundered them, so they were doomed to fail.
For the common people in Qin, the Legalists were harsh, and after the war, what they needed was rest.
At this moment, Ying Zheng finally resolved the knot in his heart about the demise of Qin II.
If the root problem cannot be solved, what difference will it make even if you live another ten or twenty years?
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Zhu Yuanzhang thought of Zhu Sheng, who proposed the strategy of "building high walls, storing grain, and slowly claiming the throne" in Huizhou. Although he had been following this strategy before, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very excited when Zhu Sheng summarized it and presented it to him. He had to say that it was this policy that led to his success today.
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When mentioning the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, everyone will talk about the internal strife. Before the world was at peace, the Heavenly Kingdom was already divided.
The Tianjing Incident was the turning point of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's decline. At first, the high-ranking officials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had their own grievances and were fighting for power. Later, it gradually expanded to the point where Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, was no longer satisfied with his current status and posed a serious threat to Hong Xiuquan.
Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered the Northern King Wei Changhui and the Wing King Shi Dakai to deal with the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing. After killing Yang Xiuqing, the Northern King Wei Changhui slaughtered people in Tianjing, which aroused public anger. In the end, the Northern King Wei Changhui was also executed. Hong Xiuquan began to suspect the Wing King Shi Dakai, which led to Shi Dakai's departure.
In fact, we can see that their most fatal flaw is that their ideology is still that of a small workshop.
You should know that Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, was known as the incarnation of the Heavenly Father, but he was killed by the Northern King. This shows how much of a shock this was to those who believed in the God Worshipping Society.
Not to mention that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's top leaders quickly became corrupt after entering Tianjing. The people could not wait for the day of peace and unification, and could not see the future that the Heavenly Kingdom would have. Even though Hong Xiuquan later claimed that "peace will soon come to the world," people's hearts were divided, and they were no longer the Taiping Army they once were.
In the early period, the Taiping Army had few soldiers but strong combat effectiveness, while in the later period, the Taiping Army had many soldiers but weak combat effectiveness.
We must understand that any movement to deify oneself will ultimately turn into nothingness.
Religious belief was no longer a blessing. The Taiping Army, which had lost its faith, and the corrupt Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, had lost the support of the people and the basis of its rule. Seven years after the Tianjing Incident, Tianjing fell. One year later, the vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement came to an end.
＜Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai, they seemed to be in their 30s when they died＞
＜Alas, in fact, perhaps everyone did not really believe that he was the Son of Heaven, but everyone longed for equality and warmth. Unfortunately, he did not achieve it…＞
＜One person stood up＞
＜How could it be just one person? A group of people gathered around him, and then he led more people to stand up＞
＜Short but glorious＞
＜The Han people with backbone have already stood up to destroy the Qing demons, while the spineless ones will only kneel down and continue to serve the Qing demons as slaves＞
＜When I think of the history of that time, I feel an indescribable pain. How could the Qing army, which faced heavy attacks from the Taiping Army, just run away when faced with foreigners? [Eat melon]＞
＜Regarding the evaluation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party affirmed its achievements and highly praised it. During the Republic of China period, a special case was even issued to prohibit slander of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Unfortunately, after 49, Taiwan has always used this to insinuate us, with more criticism than praise. Around 2000, the so-called elite class in my country belittled and completely denied the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Boxer Rebellion.
I don’t think the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was completely right, but I don’t think it was completely wrong either. To know the merits and demerits, right and wrong, go and see the Monument to the People’s Heroes [scatter flowers]＞
＜Let me just end by announcing that Jerusalem belongs to King Hong! [狗头]＞
[Yang Yong in the 10th year of the Sui Dynasty: Hey, there really is a Northern King]
[Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian: Evenness? Can it really be achieved?]
[Wang Anshi in the third year of Song Xining: Why are the comments section full of ambiguity and unclear words?]
[Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty Zhu Houzhao: Alas, the hateful Qing demon has been given another life extension! ! ! ]
[Huo Qubing in the fifth year of Yuanshou in the Han Dynasty: Everyone should stand up. The Han people must not kneel down and be slaves!]
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: The Qing Dynasty was a truly hateful dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was useless]
[Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Youjian, you must hold me back. If you allow the Manchus to enter the country again, you will be kicked out of the family tree.]
[Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di: Descendants of later generations, we must never let China fall again, either internally or externally!]
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