The Tianjing IncidentThe bitterness: Wei Changhui's indifference
In August 1856, Wei Changhui was presiding over a meeting in the camp, planning a battle plan, and planning to rectify Liu Tenghong, the general of the Hunan army, to welcome the coming of the Jiangxi Campaign. At this time, Tianjing sent an envoy to send an "edict", and the king ordered Wei Changhui to quickly return to Beijing to "King Qin" and asked him to kill Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east.
Before setting out, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai had reached a consensus to participate in the "Zhuyang Action" together, and Hong Xiuquan also agreed. Seeing the arrival of the envoy, Wei Changhui understood that the Heavenly King was fully prepared and waited for him to return to Beijing.
At the end of August, Wei Changhui led 3,000 soldiers and horses back to Beijing, and the city gate was open to them. The defense of Tianjing City was taken by Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, Yang Xiuqing and others in turn.
However, after Wei Changhui entered Tianjing, he immediately sent troops to seize important streets and set up obstacles to prevent the Dongwang army from counterattacking. Then, he and Chen Chengrong, the chief civil servant of the Eastern Palace, hurried to the Eastern Palace, and Xu Zongyang, the general of the Eastern Palace, rushed to the front, climbed over the wall and entered the palace, and went straight to Yang Xiuqing's residence.
Yang Xiuqing was very in awe of the princes and kings, and the soldiers and horses stationed in the capital were all from the king of the east, so he felt very safe. However, he did not guard against Wei Changhui's surprise attack, and soon his head fell to the ground and suffered a tragedy.
Wei Changhui took Yang Xiuqing's head to the Heavenly King's Mansion, hoping to get Hong Xiuquan's approval, but was rejected by the female soldiers. Although he was ordered to serve the king, he did not get a clear statement from Hong Xiuquan, so he could not prove his legitimacy.
Under these circumstances, Wei Changhui's sense of security began to disappear, and things began to expand.
Li Xiucheng's autobiography clearly recorded: "Only by killing the three brothers of the East King, the rest of the people cannot be killed." This is an agreement between Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai, and Hong Xiuquan also agrees.
However, after Yang Xiuqing was executed, both Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai lost news, and Li Xiucheng had to bear the responsibility of killing the East King alone, which bothered him very much.
Yang Xiuqing had a powerful army, holding power, religious power, and military power, and his subordinates were all fierce generals who had experienced a hundred battles. Wei Changhui only had 3,000 men, which was simply not enough to withstand Yang Xiuqing's army.
Fu Xuexian, the fierce general of the Eastern Palace, led his troops to attack the Northern King, and Wei Changhui was seriously wounded in the fierce battle and could barely resist. At this critical moment, his ally Qin Rigang, the king of Yan who was reprimanded by Yang Xiuqing in the "Wrangler Incident", led thousands of soldiers and horses to rush to the battle immediately.
King Yan's army attacked from the flank, Fu Xuexian was defeated and killed, and Wei Changhui escaped.
Although the soldiers of Dongwangfu counterattacked, the soldiers in the field could not understand, which made Wei Changhui feel extremely painful. In order to protect his own safety, Wei Changhui lost his mind and frantically searched for the people of the Dongwang Mansion in the city.
However, his actions led to the killing of thousands of people, and the people in the city were panicked, and the foreign generals condemned him, believing that he had killed innocents indiscriminately, and hoped that the Heavenly King would come out to solve the problem.
There was chaos in Tianjing City, and after Shi Dakai returned from the outskirts of Wuchang, he severely reprimanded Wei Changhui, believing that he had violated the previous agreement and killed too many people, and he needed to find a way to deal with this problem himself.
However, Wei Changhui complained that Shi Dakai was "late", leaving him alone to bear all the pressure, so he sent troops to attack Shi Dakai, hoping to use Shi Dakai's forces to fight back.
However, Shi Dakai escaped from the capital, and Wei Changhui simply killed his family and servants, as well as more than 2,000 people from the Yiwang Mansion. Shi Dakai was angry about this, and decided to lead his troops back to Jingshi, asking Hong Xiuquan to give an explanation.
Hong Xiuquan was afraid that Shi Dakai would attack Jingshi, so he ordered Wei Changhui to be captured and his head given to Shi Dakai to calm the situation.
Title: Wei Changhui: The Real Hero of the Jintian Uprising Content: The Tianjing Incident, a fratricidal battle between brothers, plunged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom into deep sorrow.
Wei Changhui's hysteria, indiscriminate killing of innocents, cannot be forgiven, but can be understood. Hong Xiuquan, Wei Changhui, and Shi Dakai were allies, and they worked together to deal with Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, but in the end, it was Wei Changhui who bore all the consequences.
In the battle in Tianjing City, when did Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai give Wei Changhui support? Wei Changhui, the real hero of the Jintian Uprising. Without his financial support, the Jintian Uprising could not have been played.
Without his younger brother Wei Zhijun leading the "Wei Army" to fight bloodily, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not conquer Wuchang three times in a row, seize the grain-producing area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and establish a strategic barrier for the Beijing Division.
For Wei Changhui, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is his home. He sold his property and filled it all into the "holy treasury" to share it with the soldiers. And Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, and Xiao Chaogui are more like "white wolves with empty gloves", enjoying the fruits of victory.
Especially Hong Xiuquan, he hid in Guangdong and did not train a direct army, but it was Feng Yunshan who created the foundation. Wei Changhui, his contribution was not duly recognized, but his fate went to tragedy.
His story makes us reflect: how to treat heroes and how to treat history fairly?
The Tianjing Incident"The brutality far exceeded expectations, expanding from the initial three deaths to more than 20,000 deaths, which was a great tragedy in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Although Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai are allies, they cannot be on Wei Changhui's side.
The reason is that Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, was regarded as the spiritual leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and enjoyed"Heavenly Father rumors"It is unacceptable to be killed for mistakes. Yang Xiuqing's arrogance is just that he is performing"Heavenly Father descended to earth"When a kind of role-playing, this behavior is considered to be"Heavenly Father"rather than Yang Xiuqing's own meaning.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was based on the worship of God, and denying Yang Xiuqing's existence meant denying his own beliefs, which was a huge responsibility that no one could afford.
Although Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai may want to help Wei Changhui, they can't change the situation. Soon after the death of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, Hong Xiuquan rehabilitated him and succeeded his fifth son, Hong Tianyou, to inherit the title of King of the East, which is called"King of the Young East"。
Behind all this is actually the need to rebuild the belief in God-worshipping religion and unite people's hearts.
The Tianjing Incident"There are two ways to deal with it. One is that Wei Changhui committed suicide and admitted that he had unjustly killed Yang Xiuqing"Heavenly Father"Disrespectful and unable to face siblings.
Another way is to emulate Chen Ping of the Han Dynasty. In 195 BC, Liu Bang became seriously ill and asked Chen Ping and Zhou Bo to arrest Fan Hao and execute him immediately. Fan Hao is Lu Pheasant's brother-in-law and cannot be executed easily.
After Liu Bang's death, Lu Pheasant seized power, and Chen Ping was undoubtedly asking for trouble. Even in the face of the emperor's"Holy Decree", can't be disobeyed, and Fan Xu can't be killed. However, Chen Ping did not act according to Liu Bang's wishes, but escorted Fan Xu back to Chang'an and handed him over to Liu Bang to deal with.
Chen Ping deliberately delayed time and waited for Liu Bang to die. When he learned the news of Liu Bang's death on the way, Chen Ping immediately returned to the capital, wept bitterly in front of Liu Bang's coffin, told his helplessness, and revealed the news that Fan Hao was still alive.
Lu Pheasant was very satisfied with this, and Chen Ping and Zhou Bo escaped the catastrophe.
If Wei Changhui could have Chen Ping's resourcefulness, or if he was assisted by a strategist like Chen Ping, he might have been able to avoid this disaster. After raiding the Dongwang Mansion, he successfully captured Yang Xiuqing and "sent" him to Hong Xiuquan, and he successfully escaped.
As long as Yang Xiuqing is still there, Hong Xiuquan must accept Wei Changhui, and Shi Dakai must also return from Wuchang immediately to discuss how to calm down this situation. The reason is very simple, if Yang Xiuqing escapes and calls on the soldiers of the Eastern King to rise up and "appease", then the Heavenly King, the Northern King, and the Wing King will all face a crisis.