Under the rule of the Qing court, the late Qing Dynasty had reached the point where the people were struggling to make a living, both socially and economically rotten. Under these circumstances, the peasant revolt was easily provoked, and the Taiping Rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan broke out.
However, after Hong Xiuquan occupied Nanjing, he had no intention of ruling the government, he put his mind on the harem, and began to recruit a large number of palace maids and concubines, and Hong Xiuquan was very strict in selecting concubines, although he had 3000 beauties, but there was a requirement that was difficult to accept.
Hong Xiuquan was born in Jiaqing, a native of Huaxian County, Guangdong, his family was poor, his father was a farmer, but his father also provided him with education until he was 16 years old, and then dropped out of school to teach in the village.
Hong Xiuquan began to be full of confidence in his career path, like other scholars, he also participated in the imperial examination, but unfortunately his two imperial examinations ended in failure, and in the end he only took the exam.
The frustration of his career made him doubt his life, but when he took the exam in Guangzhou, he was exaggerated by the priest, and then he fell seriously ill, always had some strange dreams, and when he recovered, he claimed that he dreamed of God and received God's instructions.
After that, he simply created his own faction, spread a lot of propaganda everywhere, attracted a lot of people, and finally organized people together and began activities with the aim of overthrowing the Qing court.
In the summer of 1850, Hong Xiuquan raised troops in Guangxi, and after occupying Yong'an in September, he named the country the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he called himself the king of heavenThe Qing court also sent Qing soldiers to enter the siege of Yong'an, and in the second year of Xianfeng, Hong Xiuquan successfully broke through and went to Hunan.
Hong Xiuquan and others confronted the Qing soldiers, and finally got Wu Sangui's weapons, and grabbed many ships, and then approached Wuhan;He attacked all the way to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and in the spring of the third year of Xianfeng, he attacked Nanjing.
In the early days, the Taiping army had strict discipline and strong combat effectiveness, so the Qing army was repeatedly defeated, and when Hong Xiuquan conquered Nanjing, he set the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom as the capital here, proclaimed himself the king, and began his founding work.
But his ambition is not to build a new society, and he no longer cares about the affairs of the court, but chooses to live in the harem, enjoy the treatment of the emperor, start the construction of the palace, and recruit a large number of palace maids.
However, Hong Xiuquan's selection of concubines is very strict, he has 3,000 beauties, and there is a requirement that is unacceptable.
First, choosing a concubine should not only be good, but also a lotHong Xiuquan's harem has more than 3,000 people, including his concubines, female officials, palace maids, etc.
Second, it must be a woman of a familyBecause this kind of woman is not only knowledgeable, but also good-looking, and has talents.
Third, it must be a yellow flower girl who has not been out of the cabinetBecause Hong Xiuquan's church advocates purity, this kind of woman who has never been in contact with men is the most stringent standard for Hong Xiuquan in choosing a concubine, and it is also an unacceptable standard.
It can be seen from this that although Hong Xiuquan set the capital in Nanjing, his mind was not at all on building a new dynasty, but on living in the deep palace, enjoying the blessings of the emperor, collecting money, gold, silver and jewelry, and recruiting concubines and palace maids everywhere, and his mind was not in the government at all.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Qing soldiers in the late Qing Dynasty was not as good as before, and with the sinicization, the bravery of the cavalry gradually disappeared, but after the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it also went to the road of degeneration.
When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed, the people were so miserable that they wanted to drink dew to satisfy their hunger, and finally Hong Xiuquan committed suicide, and the Qing court completely overthrew the remnants of Hong Xiuquan and overthrew the so-called Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and those concubines and heirs were also reduced to prisoners, and the end was not good.