The folly of the King of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
After killing Yang, the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan remembered his deep affection for his brother, so he specially created a festival for the East King, called the Ascension Festival of the East King, saying that the East King Yang was possessed by the heavenly father in the ascensiontide and the whole family went to heaven together. Then Hong Xiuquan adopted his son Hong Tianyou to the East King, inherited the mantle of the East King and became the young East King.
Dong Wang was determined to forge ahead when he was alive, and the cause of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reached a peak. Hong Rengan, a military strategist of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, commented: In the past, when Dong Wang was alive, he expanded his territory, and he still has the potential to open a hundred miles a day. Now he is retreating, defeating the attack, and much worse than then!
It is said that Dongwangyang liked it when he was alive, and he should be bisexual. In order to meet the needs of the East King, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom once castrated a large number of boys. The story of Jinling is about the scene at that time, saying that the Taiping Army castrated 6,000 boys at a time. Because of the high risk of surgery, more than 700 survived more than 6,000.
Are there really as many as six thousand people? It's hard to say, but it should be true, and it is also mentioned in "Clearing Money".
These castrated teenage boys, who are not good-looking, are assigned to do rough work, which is called fanning. For those who are good-looking, Yang, who is required to bind his feet, chooses what he likes first, then gives it to boys, and gives a white handkerchief to those who don't like it. These boys will be assigned to other princes who have this hobby.
What if boys refuse to bind their feet and change clothes?
It was also written in Jinling Notes that a child was cut off on the spot because he refused to bind his feet.
Taiping Army claims to be advanced, allowing women to be free and have the same rights as men.
But for his own pleasure, he wanted to kill the boy.
The number of wives and concubines of Dongwang is not less than that of Tianwang, but he still looks around for his favorite beauty, including Fu Shanxiang, the only female champion in China history.
Fu Shanxiang was admitted as the top scholar, hoping to contribute to the cause of the Kingdom of Tian Ping, but in the end she only contributed to the East King.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom not only encouraged women to get the top prize, but also encouraged them to dive and chop wood like men.
Now it seems that this is a small progress, but it was at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and this system was a bit cruel to those women who had successfully bound their feet.
Tian Pingjun is mainly active in South China. Many women in Jiangnan grew up with little feet and were wrapped in three-inch golden lotus. These little women can't grow back even if they put their feet on. Let them do the same job as men, that is, kill them. How can they work when they can't even walk steadily?
It's like asking a woman to wear high heels against a gas tank. The original intention was for the sake of equality between men and women, but it didn't take into account many practical situations at all.
Tianpingjun was born in poverty, and Hong Xiuquan is probably the best student in the upper class of the kingdom of heaven, so it is inevitable that many things are thought out.
However, the heavenly king also has advanced times, especially when pursuing women. The heavenly king keeps up with the situation. Hong Xiuquan, who entered Nanjing, likes gentle women in the south of the Yangtze River and hates vulgar women brought to his hometown. He wrote a poem:
Can't keep up with the Lord, forever,
Never see the sun!
My face stinks, my body stinks,
Hungry mouth stinks and burns sulfur!
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Text: Xue Bai pao
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