in the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, in 1864 AD, the Qing army invaded Tianjin (now Nanjing), the capital of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement failed. However, as the person in charge of the Qing Dynasty, who made great achievements in the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, was in extraordinary horror. This sense of horror is no less than the sky falling: because Zeng Guofan discovered that the " Holy Library " of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was actually empty. Previously, there was a saying in the late Qing society that the Holy Curry of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had at least 30 to 40 taels of silver. Now, Zeng Guofan is involuntarily in a state of panic in the face of the empty Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Holy Custody: How should he explain to the court? Just tell the court that there is no money?
1, Holy Ku
At the beginning of its establishment, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom implemented the "Holy Ku system": that is, the wealth on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom territory is concentrated in the "Holy Ku" and then rationed according to the Holy Ku management department. The territory occupied by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was the Jiangsu and Zhejiang region - this region was the main source of the Qing Dynasty's finances. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's occupation of this area means that in terms of economic development, it implemented the Qing Dynasty to "stop wealth and blood". Therefore, in later history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was regarded as a force that could compete with the Qing Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty.
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lasted for fourteen years from beginning to end, and there were forces in the southeastern provinces and implemented the holy database system. Therefore, in this context, the holy database of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom left people with a lot of imagination: in this context, it would be strange if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had no money.
Therefore, before the Qing army captured Tianjing, the Qing court's person, Empress Dowager Cixi, was also very concerned about the wealth issue of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Now, Zeng Guofan opened the holy library of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but found that the entire holy library was empty. Zeng Guofan really felt that he could not explain this situation to the court.
For this reason, Zeng Guofan almost dug three feet of the ground in Nanjing City, but even so, he could not find the wealth left by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is said that in the Republic of China decades later, the Republic of China also discovered and sought this wealth, but it also returned in vain.
2. Guess
So the question is: Where is the whereabouts of these wealth of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Regarding this issue, in Chinese history, it can be described as an "unsolved mystery". Because to this day, no one can provide reliable evidence to prove the mystery of the whereabouts of this wealth.
There is a saying that this wealth was embezzled by Zeng Guofan's clan brother Zeng Guoquan and then transported it to Hunan. However, this statement is actually speculation. Moreover, under the circumstances at that time, the Qing court had already been suspicious of Zeng Guofan and Zeng Guoquan. If Zeng Guoquan embezzled the treasure and was confirmed, it would be no less than a catastrophe for the Hunan Army Group. Therefore, it is really doubtful whether Zeng Guoquan had such a bold move to embezzle this wealth. In addition, there are also sayings that Zeng Guofan embezzled this wealth, but this is essentially the same as Zeng Guoquan's embezzlement.
Of course, there are also sayings that after the Hunan Army invaded Tianjing, the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Holy Cutter were privately divided by the soldiers of the Hunan Army as spoils. But if the private division is true, then the Zeng Guofan brothers are obviously resistant to the order, and there are so many people and so many Hunan army, it is difficult to ensure that no one will spread the news that the two brothers resist the order.
transfer says. Some people also believe that it may be in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and when Hong Xiuquan saw that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in a desperate situation, they ordered people to find a place to hide the treasure of the Holy Library and use it as a funding for making a comeback. However, this statement cannot be verified or falsified. Moreover, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was surrounded at that time, and there were not many places where this wealth could be hidden. Considering that Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army and later the Republic of China could not find this wealth even though they dug three feet into Nanjing, this statement is probably doubtful.
is a relatively reliable statement that: in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Holy Ku system actually collapsed. The top leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom continued to privately divide the wealth of the Holy Deposit. So before the Qing army broke through the city, the holy database had been emptied. I personally agree with this statement. After all, in the circumstances at that time, this was the most likely statement.
