When talking about the title of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom , most people's first reaction was the kings that were flooded in the later period. Hong Xiuquan had more than 2,700 kings, and more than 200 were famous and had to be verified. This behavior of abusing title of the title of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is generally regarded as important evidence of the immaturity of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's politics. The kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were also laughed at by people, which was worthless. However, in fact, it is not Hong Xiuquan's original intention to be a king. Even the five kings of Chuyi who were originally in Yong'an were the result of Hong Xiuquan's compromise.
Hong Xiuquan
To talk about the king of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, first of all, we must understand what the "king" under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system represents? The system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is extremely special. In the eyes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there is only one person in the world who can be called "emperor", that is, "the Father, Lord, and the Lord, God". As for the rest of the people, including Hong Xiuquan, they can only be "kings". As for the emperors in Chinese history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom demoted them to "marquis". That is to say, in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom system, the five kings of Hong Xiuquan, the "Heaven King" and the east, south and north wings of , Yang Xiuqing, and others are essentially "kings", and the Heavenly King is not as supreme as the emperor.
Therefore, from the perspective of a ruler, Hong Xiuquan must have been resistant at first. This is true. The Taiping Army captured Yong'an on September 25, 1851. According to the Qing Dynasty archives, the Taiping Army leaders mentioned at the latest in the report of Sai Shang'a on October 31 that the Taiping Army leaders began to call Long Sui, Nine Thousand Sui, Eight Thousand Sui, etc. in sequence. Can we think that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has begun to be crowned kings at this time? Obviously not. Yang Xiuqing and the other five people officially won the title of king until December 17th.
Yong'an King
What is the reason for this situation? First of all, look at the meaning of the names "Long Live" and "Nine Thousand Years". Hong Xiuquan founded the religion on the grounds of dreaming of God. Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui fabricated the identity of the Son of God for himself and Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan and others through the "Heaven Father" and "Tian Brother". From Long Live the Heavenly King, 9 Thousand Years of the East King to Five Thousand Years of the Wing King, this ranking is essentially "family status". Hong Xiuquan is called the second son of God, Feng Yunshan is the third son, Yang Xiuqing is the fourth son, etc. Hong Xiuquan admits the identity of the five people "X Thousand Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years of the Years
However, although Hong Xiuquan gave these five people the honorific title of "X Qiansheng", after nearly three months of entering Yong'an, Hong Xiuquan refused to accept the title of king. It can be seen that he was obviously hesitant in this matter. Being a king is obviously beneficial to strengthening momentum and winning people's hearts. There are two reasons why Hong Xiuquan is unhappy to do it.
First of all, as mentioned above, in order to ensure the unique authority of the Heavenly Father, Hong Xiuquan himself cannot be called emperor under the system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. If he is granted a king again, it is equivalent to admitting that these people can approach him in their status. Second, religiously speaking, the doctrine of the God Worship Society initially believed that "king of kings" belonged to the "false example of the mortal world" of the old dynasty and "somewhat offends the Heavenly Father", so Hong Xiuquan was reluctant to be crowned kings for a long time.
Hong Xiuquan's image in film and television dramas
However, Hong Xiuquan finally compromised. From the analysis of the status and power of the five kings of Yong'an, Yang Xiuqing has the unique status of "Heavenly Father" descending to the earth, and since Jintian Uprising to date, Yang Xiuqing has the greatest contribution, and Xiao Chaogui has the special status of "Heavenly Brother" descending to the earth. During the preparation stage of the Jintian Uprising, because Yang Xiuqing was seriously ill, Xiao Chaogui once gained power and also had great prestige. The conferred Xiao Chaogui can somehow balance Yang Xiuqing. Feng Yunshan, Wei Changhui, , and Shi Dakai, , can be regarded as Hong Xiuquan's allies. Whether it is a compromise on the power of Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui, or the consolidation of their own allies, it is necessary to be the king.
This time, Yong'an was named king. During the four or five years of the Tianjing Incident, only Qin Rigang and Hu Yihuang were named King of Yan and King of Yu for their merits. However, these two are not members of the "God family". Although they were named Kings, their status cannot be compared with the five kings of Yong'an. In addition, Hong Xiuquan's relatives, including their close brothers, can only be called national relatives, not kings.
The real change was the Tianjing Incident. After Yang Xiuqing and Wei Changhui's family were killed one after another, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was once ruled by Shi Dakai. At this time, Hong Xiuquan, who was under the siege of Yang Xiuqing for a long time, no longer trusted the king of the other surname. In order to restrain Shi Dakai, he signed his two brothers, Hong Renfa and Hong Renda as kings. Under the suspicion of the Lord and the constraints of the two kings, Shi Dakai finally ran away in anger and took away more than 100,000 elite soldiers. Hong Xiuquan, who regretted it, canceled the throne of the two brothers and announced that he would no longer be crowned kings.
Tianjing Incident
But Hong Xiuquan said this soon, and his clan brother Hong Renyu Traveling to Tianjing to meet Hong Xiuquan. Hong Renyu is a figure with a modern vision. He learned a lot of scientific knowledge and political system from modern Westerners from foreign missionaries. Even in the scope of the entire China, he was a rare figure at that time. A clan relative like
came to Tianjing, which is of great significance to Hong Xiuquan. The abolition of the throne of Hong Renfa and Hong Renda is by no means Hong Xiuquan's original intention. It is purely because the two of them are too mediocre and cannot be employed. He has always hoped that a truly talented clan relative could help him take charge of the government affairs. Therefore, Hong Renyu was named Gan Wang and Zheng Military Advisor less than a month after he came to Tianjing.
Hong Renyan
But this caused dissatisfaction with the new generation of powerful factions such as Li Xiucheng . As a last resort, Hong Xiuquan named Chen Yucheng , Li Xiucheng and others as kings. Since then, the title of kings seems to have become a common method of comforting Hong Xiuquan. With the gradual warlordization of local forces in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the later period, the generals from all sides have become a faction. Hong Xiuquan kept title of kings as if he had given up treatment, and the king's title became increasingly worthless. However, the title of kings is indeed the product of constant compromise for Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiuquan has poor political means. After Yang Xiuqing's death, there was no longer a person in the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who can take the overall situation in ability and prestige. In the end, there was a strange phenomenon of more than 2,700 kings. Although it was shocking, it was not impossible to clarify the reason.
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