bookcurios Chapter 237: With the blessing of faith buff, everything goes well
Chapter 237: With the blessing of faith buff, everything goes well
The 29th year of Hongwu
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh heartily: "The Tartars want to rule our Han land, but don't they know that we have so many capable and ambitious people? It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, and there are still people who want to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Oh, it really... moves me!"
"That's right. How can our Ming Dynasty be compared to those Tartars?!" Everyone echoed His Majesty's words.
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Qianlong
Although less than 40,000 people were sent to quell the Lin Shuangwen Rebellion in Taiwan, learning what happened to them afterwards from the light screen touched the sensitive nerves of Emperor Qianlong Hongli.
He ordered to continue arresting members of the Tiandihui in Fujian, Guangxi and Guangdong.
Some of the members of the Tiandihui, who were trapped in a desperate situation, changed their names, some fled abroad, and some integrated into the countryside...
"This person has been in office for decades. As long as we can get through this period, everything will be fine..."
The leader was actually not quite sure whether the Qing Dynasty was still plagued by frequent uprisings as Guangmu had said.
"Emperor Jiaqing is this man's grandson. Before Emperor Jiaqing came to power, our lives were already in trouble. Corrupt officials were rampant and were amassing wealth. Even if we were to survive, what hope would we have?"
"Why don't we all flee first, attracting poor and exploited people from all over the place to strengthen ourselves. When the time is right, we can agree on a time to rebel together again!"
"it is good!"
"Goodbye!"
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[In the last years of a dynasty, when the political situation is dark and a storm is about to come, some people hope to revive the dynasty under the leadership of wise rulers and virtuous ministers, some people advocate reforming bad policies to make the dynasty stronger through reforms, some people do nothing and spend their days in darkness, but there are also people who embark on the path of changing dynasties. If the old dynasty doesn't work, then overthrow it and create a new one!
After completing a series of ideological struggles, Hong Xiuquan finally gathered more than 1851 people on January 1, 11, launched the Jintian Uprising, and named the country "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."
Religious beliefs added a buff to the Taiping Army. They longed for an equal life in the future. They believed that God existed. They believed that the omnipotent and omnipresent God would protect them in the war and would still be blessed even after death and ascending to heaven.
Therefore, with the buff of religious belief, the Taiping Army exerted an overwhelming force. Before the Tianjing Incident, the Taiping Army was an army that was not afraid of death and bravely moved forward.
After establishing its capital in Nanjing, the total strength of the Taiping Army was only 100,000, but it was able to conquer north, west and east, conquer more than 600 cities and sweep across 18 provinces.
Wherever he went, he confused the Qing court's generals and local scholars and literati.
"Everywhere we go, there seem to be fools gathering one after another. Once they join the rebellion, they are all fearless. All the captured people in the battlefield and the local spies are tortured. They have no fear or pleading for life. They follow the absurd teachings of their heavenly father and brother and will not change their minds until death..."
The spiritual power of the early Taiping Army, who believed in the God Worshipping Society, was terrifying.
When I was making the video and writing about the early Taiping Army, I thought of our party’s Long March spirit, where we crossed mountains and rivers, walked through barren grasslands and climbed over snow-capped mountains, faced the Kuomintang’s planes and artillery, fought more than 600 battles, and finally ended the 2-mile journey.
There is also the Battle of Stalingrad, a turning point in World War II. Facing the German army's encirclement and suppression, the Soviet army still insisted on killing the enemy in the ruins of a building, a street, and finally won the victory with blood.
The Taiping Army was a group of people with religious beliefs, while the latter were people with firm ideals and beliefs.
＜The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was really glorious in its early days, sweeping across the south, and basically all the people were willing to follow them.＞
＜After watching The Taiping Rebellion, I hate Zeng Guofan even more. He was pushed to become a half-saint…[rolling eyes]＞
＜I remember seeing other up masters saying that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a regime built according to the storytelling books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". They admired military advisors such as Zhuge Liang, Gongsun Sheng, and Liu Bowen very much, so the highest official positions later were all military advisors [dog head]＞
＜Oh my god, I was just saying that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom seemed to be quite cultured, so why didn’t they have any educated people? After reading this, I understand. Hmm…it turns out that Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the biggest secret of the rebellion, I am laughing to death [covering my face]＞
＜Thinking of those who were conscripted to fight in the battlefield, they basically had no fighting power and fled after being attacked. But for the Taiping Army, they had religion to unite their thoughts and knew what they were fighting for. Such people were not easily defeated.＞
＜Hong Xiuquan and his people did use religion to fool the people, but the people knew whether it was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom or the Qing Dynasty that would be good to them.＞
＜Hmm… I feel that both the Qing Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were pretty bad. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also killed a lot of people in the south＞
＜Which of them is worse, I don’t know, and I don’t want to compare. But it is obvious that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the Qing Dynasty. They brought bad consequences upon themselves, and they suffered the consequences of their own actions. It’s like [eating melons]＞
＜In the later period of the Qing Dynasty, the army could not be paid. In order to solve this problem, the imperial court allowed the Hunan Army to plunder in Jiangnan to pay for the military pay. This operation was really out of line＞
＜In modern times, I support everything that is against the Qing Dynasty, except for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Boxer Rebellion also had a tragic ending [call]＞
＜The Red Army is not afraid of long marches, and thousands of mountains and rivers are just a piece of cake!!!＞
＜How to go on the Long March? Follow. Who to follow? Follow that belief, follow the party, follow the faith [work hard]＞
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted 200 days, with a total of about 190 million casualties on both sides.
＜The Germans underestimated the Soviets, and even more so the Soviet Red Army. The mustache guy also underestimated the weather in the Soviet Union [eating melon]＞
[Emperor Cao Cao of Wei: Fighting wars depends on that crappy book Romance of the Three Kingdoms???]
[Sun Ce in the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty: Huh? No wonder it is praised as one of the four great masterpieces. In my opinion, the author of this book, Luo Guanzhong, has too many selfish motives, so it cannot be considered a good book!]
[Li Jing in the third year of Tang Zhenguan: Unity of thought, why to fight...if you fight, you will win]
[Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han: Every dynasty is like this in its last years. No matter how many glorious moments there were before, it is inevitable that it will be rotten in its last years!]
[Sima Guang, the third year of Song Xining: If a ruler is not wise and his ministers are not virtuous, and he is not kind to the people, he will eventually suffer the consequences [sigh]]
[Song Shenzong Zhao Xu: Isn't the Qing Dynasty's later operation of not being able to pay the army similar to Tang Suzong's asking the Uighurs to help fight the An Lushan Rebellion and letting them plunder Luoyang in the end?]
[Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao: It seems that the Qing Dynasty is not well-received by the younger generations. I also support anyone who is against the Qing Dynasty!]
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: The Long March, the Red Army, the National Army, this is talking about the civil war between the Republic of China and the future China after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Crossing mountains and rivers must have been very difficult. Was it their ideals and beliefs that they relied on?]
[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: The little mustache refers to Hitler, the art failure who triggered World War II. Germany may not seem like a big place, but it is surrounded by enemies. How dare it invade the Soviet Union and drag the whole world into it?]
[Han Yu in the 13th year of Tang Yuanhe: The Soviet Red Army and the Long March Red Army. Do they believe in the same "red"?]
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Tang Dynasty, the third year of Zhenguan
Li Shimin asked someone to unfold the world map, and Zhenguan frowned and pondered over the map the whole time.
“Not to mention the small countries around it, just look at the area Germany has, with France to the west, Poland to the east, and Austria, Italy and other countries to the south. It’s a place surrounded by enemies, just like the Wei State in the Warring States Period. How did Germany break through the shackles?” Ma Zhou knew that he could not lead troops to fight, but he had read a lot of history books. When he saw Germany, he immediately thought of the Wei State, which was also surrounded by enemies.
World War II, it's incredible.
Du Ruhui stroked his beard, looked at Ma Zhou, who was recently highly praised by His Majesty, and said with a smile: "Hey, how come Censor Ma forgot the joke Guangmu told earlier?"
"Eh?"
"In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the light curtain mocked Zhang Zhao and others for surrendering without a fight, saying it was the French. This shows that the French fighting power should not be strong. Perhaps they directly announced their surrender under the attack of Germany."
"And Poland in the east, do you remember the non-aggression pact signed between Germany and the Soviet Union when we talked about Mongolia? I'm afraid Poland has already been divided up by these two countries."
"In this way, Italy and Austria to the south will either surrender or side with Germany."
Ma Zhou was upset that he didn't look at the light screen carefully, "Thank you for your teachings, Prime Minister Du."
In the future, we should not only think about the shortcomings of the government, but also look more at the light curtain and understand the future trend.
Li Shimin nodded. 190 million people died in the Battle of Stalingrad alone. How many casualties would there be if China was dragged into the battle... ?
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