Chapter 22 "Tianjing Incident"

In September 1856, Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang (historical data said that Qin Rigang did not receive Hong Xiuquan's secret order and was dragged into the water by Wei Changhui) to lead the troops back to Beijing to rescue him.Wei Changhui responded positively and led three thousand elite troops to rush forward. He joined Qin Rigang outside Tianjing City. With Chen Chengrong's support, he secretly entered the city under the cover of night and raided the East Palace. Yang Xiuqing was not mentally prepared to be killed at all, and a generation of heroes was killed in his sleep!

It stands to reason that Hong Xiuquan should be very happy when Yang Xiuqing is finished, but Hong Xiuquan is really hard to be happy, because although Yang Xiuqing's people died, his authoritarian spirit did not go away with him.Comrade Wei Changhui perfectly inherited Yang Xiuqing's authority and arrogance. After killing Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui didn't stop. Instead, he continued to raise the butcher's knife and killed nearly 20,000 people. Of course, he said that he was engaged in the glorious counter-insurgency cause, and all the people he killed were Yang Xiuqing's people, they were rebels.

However, the power to define who is a traitor is in his hands, Wei Changhui.In short, he said that whoever wants to rebel must want to rebel, and he can kill whoever he wants. Many colleagues who offended Wei Changhui did not die by the sword of the Qing army, but died by their own hands. Wei Changhui neither asked Hong Xiuquan for instructions before the murder, nor informed Hong Xiuquan after the murder, which made Hong Xiuquan very worried. Fortunately, Shi Dakai is a good comrade. Hong Xiuquan was worried that Wei Changhui would become the next Yang Xiuqing, and no one could control him, so Shi Dakai came to his door.

To show his sincerity, Shi Dakai only brought a few entourages back to Beijing to mediate, so that Wei Changhui would not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Wei Changhui did an arithmetic problem before replying to Shi Dakai. Feng Yunshan and Xiao Chaogui were killed in battle, and Yang Xiuqing was killed in the six-member leadership team. Now only Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui himself, and Shi Dakai are left. How broad Wei Changhui's vision will be in the court!Then how wide will Wei Changhui's performance stage be! Dazed by his higher status and greater power, Wei Changhui gave Shi Dakai a very special answer: I will kill you and get rid of your stumbling block!

An accident happened. Shi Dakai won the hearts of the people because of his perfect life and work style. Before Wei Changhui led a large army to surround Yiwang's Mansion, he escaped from Tianjing in the dark with the help of everyone. The deep night perfectly concealed Shi Dakai's escape route, but it couldn't conceal the furious anger of Wei Changhui, the head of Tianjing city. The fury burned Wei Changhui's little rationality: I, Wei Changhui, can't kill you, Shi Dakai, so I will kill you first in Tianjing. The family members charge some interest! Wei Changhui's impulsive thought ruined his vitality.The reason is simple:

1. If you don’t kill Shi Dakai’s family, Shi Dakai will not necessarily mobilize his army to resist; if you kill his whole family, Shi Dakai will mobilize his army to resist.What's terrible is that Shi Dakai not only has a lot of men, but also has a strong fighting capacity. 2. Killing Shi Dakai's family will make more people stand on Shi Dakai's side. 3. It is better to put Shi Dakai's whole family under house arrest than to kill Shi Dakai's family, to threaten Shi Dakai and leave a way out for himself. Wei Changhui couldn't even understand such a simple truth, he could only say that he was crazy, and a crazy person doesn't need a reason to do things.

Shi Dakai, who escaped with his life, received the bad news that his whole family was killed before he had time to enjoy the joy of the rest of his life. Wei Changhui, if you don't take revenge, I, Shi Da, swear that I will not be a human being! Shi Dakai quickly moved his troops into Nanjing and asked Hong Xiuquan to kill Wei Changhui to thank the world. Wei Changhui originally wanted to catch Hong Xiuquan and kill him, but outside Shi Dakai Chen Bing's city, the soldiers and civilians in the city already hated him as a murderous madman. With a strong army outside and a mass base inside, how could Wei Changhui succeed?

As expected, Wei Changhui's rebellion failed. It's over, everything is over, and those who play with fire will surely bury themselves in the fire! Next, Hong Xiuquan killed Wei Changhui, Qin Rigang, and Chen Chengrong on the charge of rebellion, rehabilitated Yang Xiuqing, and nominally asked Shi Da to take charge of the prime minister's government affairs, but in fact promoted his brothers to be kings, coercing Shi Dakai everywhere. In 1857, Shi Dakai, who deeply felt that he was not trusted by the leaders, did not want the tragedy of power struggles to recur, so he set up a new stove and led troops on an "expedition" without returning.

Six years later, Shi Dakai moved to Sichuan, but was hindered by the early flooding of the Dadu River, which had not happened in a century, and the exhausted hero came to an end. There are natural dangers in the front, and chasing soldiers in the back; the battle is invincible, and the soldiers are defeated and captured.Later, he was tortured by Ling Chi and ended his brilliant life at the age of 32. Facing Ling Chi's pain, Shi Dakai remained silent.All his life, he was full of glory, and he was used to looking at the autumn moon and spring breeze. No matter how many successes or failures, in the end it would be nothing but nothing.

With a sigh, the only way is to offer wine to heroes. ... People's hearts were scattered, the team was not easy to lead, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom turned from prosperity to decline. This is the "Tianjing Incident", also known as "Yang Wei Civil Rebellion". Many people are puzzled by Hong Xiuquan's practice of giving Wei Changhui the hat of rebellion but rehabilitating Yang Xiuqing. In fact, as long as you stand on Hong Xiuquan's standpoint, it is easy to understand this matter. The reason is very simple. Yang Xiuqing has the "privilege" of the heavenly father's descending to earth. The believers firmly believe that if Yang Xiuqing, the heavenly father descending to earth, is classified as treason, then what is Hong Xiuquan, the son of the heavenly father descending to earth?In this way, the legitimacy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may be shaken.

What's more, Yang Xiuqing was not directly killed by Hong Xiuquan, and Wei Changhui's deeds were too rampant for everyone and Hong Xiuquan to tolerate, so the aftermath treatment must be to push all the blame on Wei Changhui, continue to affirm Yang Xiuqing and use his Surplus value after death. According to the normal plot, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom after the "Tianjing Incident" should have been severely injured, slumped until it perished, but this did not happen. Because another genius general was born after Shi Dakai, in the following years, with his own strength, he almost turned the tide.He was born in poverty, and grew up step by step from a small soldier to a general of hundreds of battles. He is both civil and military, wise and brave. This person is the loyal king Li Xiucheng! In 1858, Li Xiucheng defeated the Jiangbei camp rebuilt by the Qing army! In 1860, Li Xiucheng broke through the Jiangnan camp rebuilt by the Qing army! The smoke of the Jiangnan camp has not yet cleared. Li Xiucheng has led an army to recover the entire territory of Jiangsu and most of Zhejiang except Shanghai and Zhenjiang, and control the finance and taxation of Jiangnan. This is the so-called "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ZTE". Li Xiucheng was able to achieve such brilliant results, first of all thanks to the hard work of all the excellent colleagues represented by Chen Yucheng (Chen Chengrong's nephew), and then thanks to Master Hong for not making too many troubles to hinder his progress. Thanks to the strong cooperation of a friendly army, this friendly army shared a lot of the firepower of the Qing army for him in the north.