In 1848, the power struggle within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom intensified. Hong Xiu's painful choice between the monarch and the minister, the power struggle between him and the ministers became more and more intense, and the uncertainty about the future of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom became increasingly apparent.
1. The power vacuum and the rise of emissaries.
Before the Jintian uprising, Hong Xiu was facing a power vacuum. When Feng Yunshan, the actual founder of the Worship of God Sect, was captured by Wang Zuoxin, the leader of Guiping's "group training", Hong Xiuquan's control was greatly weakened. This incident caused chaos and unrest within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui took advantage of this opportunity to take the liberty of performing "Heavenly Father Descends to Earth" and "Heavenly Brother Descends to Earth" in an effort to establish their own position, thus posing a threat to the internal stability of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Second, Hong Xiuquan's power is weakening day by day.
With the rise of Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui, Hong Xiuquan's authority gradually declined. During the Jintian Rebellion, Hong Xiuquan, as the king, was unable to command himself, which weakened his prestige and challenged his position of power within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The internal power struggle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forced Hong Xiuquan to face the contradiction between the monarchy and the power of the ministers, and the future was bleak.
3. The monarchy is challenged.
The power struggle became increasingly intense, and Yang Xiuqing became more and more stubborn in performing "Heavenly Father Descends to Earth", constantly intervening and humiliating Hong Xiuquan. Hong Xiu was fully faced with the gradual disintegration and challenge of his authority, but he did not passively accept it. Eventually, for the sake of his own power and status, he teamed up with other disgruntled ministers to orchestrate the "Tianjing Incident" in an attempt to get rid of the restrictions imposed on him, but this event hastened the decline of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Fourth, the struggle in a power vacuum.
After the Tianjing Incident, power within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was dispersed, and Hong Xiuquan was unable to grasp real power. Faced with the rival's outing and fighting with other princes, he could only acquiesce to the "fiefdom system" to maintain the independent power of the princes. However, this situation hastened the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and internal divisions and power struggles became the main reasons for its defeat.
Overall, the internal power strife in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom led to the loss of Hong Xiuquan's real power as a king, while the ministers took the lead in the actual movement. This kind of struggle between kings and ministers and power struggle was an important reason for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it also became an unsolvable dilemma.
The power struggles of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period presented a complex political picture. As the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan was plagued by internal power struggles, which profoundly affected the direction and final outcome of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement.
Hong Xiuquan, as a king, was a little helpless and powerless in the face of the power seizure of the internal minister. The chaos and power vacuum within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom provided an opportunity for the ministers to seize power. Feng Yunshan, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui and others performed "Heavenly Father Descends to Earth" or "Heavenly Brother Descends to Earth" in an attempt to establish their own status, and this series of events has had a great impact on Hong Xiuquan's prestige. He was unable to personally direct the Jintian Rebellion and effectively control the power of his ministers, which eventually led to his loss of actual control within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The intensification of the power struggle within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom led to the gradual weakening of Hong Xiuquan's authority. Hong Xiuquan gradually became a "hypocrisy" in the power struggle, while the ministers gradually grasped the actual control. They kept performing "Heavenly Father Descends to Earth", etc., not only interfering in Hong Xiuquan's family trivialities, but even humiliating and restricting Hong Xiuquan. In order to maintain his authority, Hong Xiuquan tried to save the situation through the "Tianjing Incident", but in the end it accelerated the decline of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
In the power vacuum, Hong Xiuquan adopted the strategy of "fiefdom system" to maintain the independent power of the princes, but this did not change the trend of power struggles within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The princes fought with each other, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fell into a deeper **, which eventually led to the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
This history tells us that within a movement or a country, if the distribution and competition of power between kings and ministers cannot be properly balanced and controlled, it will lead to internal chaos and instability. The defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was both the result of a power struggle and the inability of the leaders to effectively control the situation, which eventually led to internal collapse. This history deserves deep reflection in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past in today's society and politics.
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