In September 1856, just when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Qing army were stalemate on various fronts, Wei Changhui received the "Decree of Yang Mi" from the Jiangxi front line, and led 3,000 troops back to Tianjing from the Jiangxi front line and drove back to Tianjing on a starry night. Halfway through, he pulled Qin Rigang, who had already been dissatisfied with Yang Xiuqing, and went straight to the capital Jingnan. With the cooperation of the internal official leader Zuo Tianhou Chen Chengying , Wei Changhui and others successfully entered the city, seized important places, and then rushed to the East Prince's Mansion, and solved Yang Xiuqing with his sword, opening the prelude to the " Tianjing Incident ". There are many different opinions on the reason for the outbreak of the "Tianjing Incident" now, and there is no consensus. The more popular view is that Yang Xiuqing is arrogant and domineering, and never takes the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan seriously. He dares to threaten and blame the Heavenly King in public, that is, to spank, which makes the Heavenly King have no face at all and cannot raise his head in front of the civil and military ministers. In addition, Yang Xiuqing was not satisfied. He also asked Hong Xiuquan to come to the East Prince's Mansion in person in the name of "Heavenly Father descending to earth", and named him "Long Live" and the wolf's ambition was fully exposed. Because of this, Hong Xiuquan had to kill Yang Xiuqing to avoid being plotted against usurping the throne.
Friends who are familiar with history know that Feng Yunshan At the beginning of the establishment of the God-worshiping Church, they formulated a political system for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that is different from the monarchical autocracy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, that is, the "military advisor responsibility system". Feng Yunshan believes that monarchy will have a series of disadvantages, with great power above and little power below, and the organization failing to operate. Therefore, he sought inspiration from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and established the position of "military advisor" to take charge of state affairs. The king of heaven was the head of state "empty throne" and ignored the government when he was in power. In addition, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was founded by religion, and Hong Xiuquan claimed to be the second son of God Jehovah, so he naturally should not come out to govern the country to maintain a sense of mystery.
Yang Xiuqing, born in a charcoal burning process, used the "Heavenly Father to descend to earth" to stabilize the congregation's emotions, thus gaining the power to "rumor on behalf of the Heavenly Father". When Hong Xiuquan was king in Wuxuandong Township, he formed the "Five Army Head General" system and named Yang Xiuqing the chief general of the central army and also the "Left Fuzheng Military Advisor". In December 1851, when the Yong'an system was established, Yang Xiuqing was appointed as the King of the East, and was able to control the kings below the King of the West, and basically had military power. In September 1852, the Western King Xiao Chaogui was killed in Changsha, and Yang Xiuqing could basically control all the princes. In March 1853, when the capital was established in Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan stayed in his door and Yang Xiuqing East Hall became the central government. In June 1856, the Qing army's " Jiangnan Daying " was captured, and Yang Xiuqing's prestige reached its peak.
From the above, we can see that by June 1856, Yang Xiuqing had basically mastered the regime, military power and church power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and was like the "uncrowned king" and the actual helm of the Heavenly Kingdom. So, why did Yang Xiuqing still force Hong Xiuquan to force him to be titled "Long Live"? Could it be that he wants to be a king without real power? In the view of "Zongheng National History", the reason is very simple, that is, Yang Xiuqing did not "force the ban" at all, which may be a wrong interpretation of Yang Xiuqing by later generations. Let's take a look together.
First of all, let’s see where the saying “Long Live forcing a Long Live” comes from
When I was in middle school, when I was in the class of “Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement”, there was a paragraph about the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing who was dissatisfied with the current title of “Nine Thousand Years” and forced Hong Xiuquan to name him “Long Live”. One day, Dong Wang Yang Xiuqing pretended to be "the Father descended to earth", and used the tone of God to let Hong Xiuquan come to Yang Xiuqing's bedroom in the Dong Wang Mansion, and arranged hundreds of knives behind the scenes. After Hong Xiuquan arrived, he immediately knelt down (Eastern King Yang Xiuqing is God at this time, his father), and asked what instructions did God have? God said: Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King, made such great contributions, why can't he be named "Long Live"? Hong Xiuquan: Can the Eastern King be granted "Long Live"? God: Should the son of the Eastern King be given "Long Live"? Hong Xiuquan: The generation of Queen Dong will be "Long Live" for generations. Obviously, Yang Xiuqing was demonstrating to Hong Xiuquan to seize the position of the Heavenly King.
or above stories, historical materials are derived from Zhang Runan's "A Brief Record of the Difficult in Jinling Province". "You and the King of Dong are both my sons. The King of Dong has made great contributions, so why are they only called Nine Thousand Years?" This is a historical record of the Qing Dynasty. The truth is still to be doubted, and it is likely to be intentional smear.Of course, there are also relevant historical records in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Li Xiucheng said in the "Self-Report": "Because the King of the East is honest and has too much power, we must force the King of Heaven to confer him. At that time, all the power was in the hands of the King of the East, and we had to confer him. Force the King of Heaven to confer him in person." Li Xiucheng was the pillar of the late Heavenly Kingdom, and his remarks deserve attention. However, during the "Tianjing Incident", Li Xiucheng had a low status and was not in Tianjing. How did he know about this? In addition, the original manuscript of "The Self-Report" was modified too much by Zeng Guofan. The saying "Long Live the Envoy" may have been added by Zeng Guofan, and it was also out of the need to discredit the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Secondly, since it was "Long Live the Envoy", why did King Qin Rigang know nothing in advance? Instead, he went to the city of Tianjing with Wei Changhui to learn about the "Jingnan"
When Feng Yunshan overcomes all obstacles and goes deep into the barren mountain to preach in Guiping Zijing Mountain, Hong Xiuquan, who had no hard-working spirit, returned to Guangdong Huaxian to continue teaching. When Feng Yunshan made a world in Zijing Mountain, Hong Xiuquan hurried to take over the market and became the leader. Therefore, Hong Xiuquan did not have much prestige among the Zijing Mountain believers. After all, he took over the market halfway and had no communication in normal times. However, Hong Xiuquan and Qin Rigang have a very close relationship, just like a loyal friend. You should know that Qin Rigang is the only master of Zijing Mountain who has been developed from Hong Xiuquan to the church, which is of great significance. In addition, after Qin Rigang's death, Hong Xiuquan felt very guilty and was granted the title of king of all the five brothers of the Qin family to show preferential treatment.
Qin Rigang is Hong Xiuquan's loyal friend. If Yang Xiuqing "forced long live the title", King Hong Tianwang would not have told Qin Rigang. The Irish missionary Kenneng, who had served under Qin Rigang twice, said in his memoirs: "After receiving the order from the King of Dong, Qin Rigang took his army to Anhui for garrison. On the way, he met Wei Changhui. Wei Changhui asked where he was going? Qin Rigang replied: Follow the order of the King of Dong to go to Anhui. Wei Changhui said: You have to go back to Nanjing with me, because I have a letter from the King of Heaven, which is something you don't know. When you returned to Tianjin, you told me to kill the King of Dong." From this we can see that Hong Xiuquan issued a "secret edict". After all, Wei Changhui dared to say with confidence, "I am following the edict to fight against the thief", but Qin Rigang did not understand the actual situation. Just imagine, if Yang Xiuqing had "Long Live the End of the Confession", how could the king's brothers not know, and he followed the King of Northern back to Beijing stupidly, and only then did he know what he was going to do when he arrived at his destination. In addition, in Ken Neng's memoirs, there is never a talk about "Long Live the Crown".
Finally, if Yang Xiuqing really "forced long live the title", why did Hong Xiuquan rehabilitate him? He also adopted his fifth son Hong Tianyou to the East King to inherit his successor
In Chinese history, any minister who commits rebellion will definitely be thrown into the eighteen levels of hell, the whole family will be slaughtered, or be exiled torture, or be sent to the army or slave, and endure inhuman torture. For example, the fake eunuch of Qin State, Lao Ai, who claimed to be the fake father of Qin Shihuang, relied on the favor of Queen Mother Zhao to make a rebellion, and eventually the whole family died tragically. The relatives and friends related to it were either beheaded or exiled. On the other hand, not long after Yang Xiuqing died, Hong Xiuquan made a major change of 180 degrees to him and ordered him to be rehabilitated. In addition, a "East King Ascension Festival" was created, "In July, the seventh East Ascension Festival is celebrated, and the heavenly kingdom will not be forgotten from generation to generation"; his fifth son Hong Tianyou was also adopted by the East King to inherit Yang Xiuqing's bloodline. Just imagine, if Yang Xiuqing really "forced long live the title" and plotted to invade the enemy and cause trouble, would Hong Xiuquan give him such good treatment? Nearly impossible.
From the above content, we can see that Yang Xiuqing's "Long Live the Crown" theory lacks strong historical evidence and cannot withstand factual scrutiny. Therefore, the saying "Long Live the Crown" may be a false proposition. So, since Yang Xiuqing did not "force long live the title", why would he still be killed? Welcome to leave a message.
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