1983 In the spring, when quanzhou county CPPCC was collecting literature and history materials, Tang Ruoyan, a cadre of county forestry bureau, gave a manuscript left by his grandfather Tang Xiuxuan. Manuscript paper is commonly known as fringed paper in northern Guangxi. The front cover and back cover are burnt yellow, and the inner pages are dark yellow. Many pages are broken and worn. The character system is traditional, slightly running script, very vigorous and sophisticated. No paragraphs, no punctuation. * * * Transcribed thirteen poems, the third of which is the confession of Shi Xianfeng in the eleventh year (renamed "readme"). Hereinafter referred to as "readme"), the text is about 2200 words. The full text is as follows:
Q: According to Shi Guozong and Shi, he is 26 years old and comes from Longshan, Gui County, Zhou Xun, Guangxi. In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, he followed the founder Hong Xiuquan, a native of hua county, Guangxi (East); Peng Yunshan-that is, Feng Yunshan, from Huaxian County; Kevin·Z-Gui-Ren Ping; Wu Juyang (Qing)-a native of Zijingshan, Pingnan; Xiao Chaogui-a native of Zijingshan, Pingnan; Shi Dakai-a native of Guixian; Luo Gang, a Fujian native, moved to Maqiao, Lipu; Hu Yiguang (Xu)-Pingnan Wusheng; Xiaolishan-Yulin; Li (Fang) and Li (Kai) are brothers-Yulin people; Zeng Tianjin-a native of Guixian; Zeng, Wu Xuanren, was born in Jintian Village. * * * Gang of more than three hundred people, out of the Yellow River estuary. By February of the first year of Xianfeng, more than 1000 people had arrived at Wuxuan East Bridge. In June, there were three or four thousand people in Zhong Ping and Le Luoxiu. The official name of the state is Yu Siwei, a native of Yunnan. When Wudutong (Lantai) and Xiangjunmen (Rong) led the troops to attack and suppress the enemy. On the first day of leap August, Yong 'an County was breached, with nearly 10,000 people, pretending to be King Taiping.
Sainaf (Upper Afghanistan) went to the province that month and sent officers and men to fight dozens of battles. In February of two years, I fought a battle with officers and men in Longzhai (Liao). Four company commanders were killed, and the officers and men were defeated, killing more than a thousand people. On the 28th of the same day, the provincial capital was attacked, and Wudutong was shot dead at Jiangjunqiao. On the first day of April, he entered Xing 'an from Haiyang and then attacked Quanzhou. On the 16th, Quanzhou was broken and all the people were killed. /kloc-on 0/7, I set out from Quanzhou./kloc-on 0/9, I went to Huangshahe and Shui Yi Ferry and had a fight with Lord Hechun. Then I diverted to the state and entered the Lotus Hall (? ), even broken Guiyang, Chenzhou, Chaling, Liling and other places. In November, I went to Changsha provincial capital, dug tunnels to attack the city and crossed Yiyang County. In November, the boat crossed the lake and broke through the state. On the sixth day, Hubei was breached, and on the 23rd, Hanyang and Hankou were breached by pontoons. Huangzhou was broken by waterway, then qi zhou was broken, and Jiangxi Pengze was broken by qi zhou. Break through eastern Anhui again
Liu Xian and Wuhu counties. The East and West Wolf (Liang) Mountains were breached by Chao County. Anqing was broken in December and was guarded by General Pan Afa. On the first day 10, Lu Jianying, who controlled Taiwan Province, and his generals were all killed. Many people died in Chengwenwu, and residents committed suicide between 60,000 and 70,000. On the seventh day of the first month of the third year, Nanjing was established as its capital. Li Xiuquan was the heavenly king, Yang (Qing) was the eastern king, Peng (Feng) Yunshan was the southern king, Xiao Chaogui was the western king, the northern king, Shi Dakai was the wing king, Luo Gang was the Tianguan prime minister, Hu Yiguang was the local prime minister, once the prime minister, Shimonoseki prime minister, Zeng Tianjin was the Dongguan prime minister and Li was the prime minister. On the first day of August, Tianguan Luo led ten thousand people to attack Guazhou (Zhou) and was defeated in Zhenjiang. Hu Yiguang, a local official, led ten thousand troops. In December, An Wei Luzhou County was breached, and Fujun Jiang Zhongyuan was killed. Break Lu' an county and stay here.
Qiu Guan led thousands of party member to attack yingshan county, Anhui Province, and breached Nanpi County, Hubei Province, where he was stationed. At that time, officers and men were reinstated in Pengze and other places, that is, heroic generals were sent to lead 5 thousand troops to recapture Pengze and then stationed there. Li Yacai, the general of Pingxi, led 5,000 people to recapture Huangzhou Prefecture. He heard that Zhang Ruying, a Taoist priest, was killed, so he broke Qiushui County and stationed there.
1 1 month 10, the king of the north, Kevin·Z, was also ordered to lead a team of 10,000 people. At that time, Zhen Zhen followed the Northern King and made many contributions.
Posthumous title was declared General Di Yong, and he was ordered to lead five thousand troops to attack Linjiang, Ruizhou, Ji 'an, Fuzhou and other places in Jiangxi, and Wang Benwu of Ji 'an was injured. Zhen Ji is stationed in Switzerland and is in charge of all local governments. This time, Zhen Ji was also under the command of a fake SEAL. Tong (Sui) sent 5,000 people to join the Party, including Zhang, Liang Yadong, Zeng Yaxiu and Liu Yachang, and went to Huizhou, Guangdong to recruit partners. On February 14, 2004, Xianfeng recruited 40,000 soldiers in Huizhou. Immediately, he sent a group of people to attack Jianchang Mansion in Jiangxi, Huizhou Mansion in Anhui and Ningguo Mansion, that is, his five confidants were stationed in these three mansions, and they were all promoted to generals. This time, Zhen Ji was appointed as a discipline and was in charge of military power alone.
In mid-October, Tianwang appointed a general commander to attack Henan Province with 30,000 troops. Four years later, he broke through three counties near Gushi County, camped on the Yellow River, built a pontoon bridge and attacked Beijing. Later, the King of Heaven appointed a local official and prime minister, Hu Yiguang (Dan), to lead 50,000 troops, and appointed various generals to lead the troops. He heard that more than 200,000 troops took the Yellow River pontoon bridge via Beijing. This time, Zhen Ji took the pontoon bridge, added one level, and led the troops back to the provincial capital of Anhui to seal the left side. Hu yiguang's surprise attack on Beijing was unfavorable, and the whole army was wiped out, leaving only more than 1000 to come back.
In the sixth year of Xianfeng, Zhen Ji Tonggang brought 20,000 people back to Ning, and Shi Dakai, the brother and wing king of Jizu, stayed in Zhen Zhen to guard Anhui. At this time, officers and men from all over Zhang besieged the East Gate of Nanjing. Peng (Feng) Yunshan and Xiao Chaogui were killed by shelling.
Yang (Qing) was reprimanded by the heavenly king, ashamed and angry, and died by taking poison. Zhen Jisui (hence) will lead troops, scattered around, beat Zhang and others, and catch up with Danyang County. Zhen Ji is stationed in Nanking.
In March of seven years, Kevin·Z was killed in rebellion. Due to the emptiness of courtiers, Tianwang was promoted to five prime ministers and other generals, and was transferred back to Nanjing to coordinate with conservatives.
In eight years, Zhen Ji was appointed Minister of Military Affairs. Lead the troops to Anhui for two months, and then lead the troops to Jiangxi. Break Nan 'an in February (? Cheng Nan), broke the state capital of Zhejiang in June, and still returned to Jinde (Jingdezhen) town in Jiangxi for the New Year. Rotation and seal for the rule of the national flag of China, Xie Tianyi Yan. The day after tomorrow, Wang ordered Ji Town to join forces with 60,000 people to recruit troops from Guangdong and Guangxi, but the soldiers and horses did not move.
In the first month of nine years, it invaded Zhangzhou, Tingzhou and Tucheng in Fujian. February
The tunnel breached Jiaying House in Guangdong, and the state official Li□ was killed, and all the people in the city were killed. on one's pins
Two months later, it crossed Shaozhou on April 26th and entered Yongming County on May 3rd.
Turn to Daozhou, Hunan, and live in two places, disturbing the homesickness. Then I went to Xing 'an in July.
County, attack Guilin province, fight with officers and men, killing two blue top officers and seven soldiers.
More than a hundred. Shi Dakai, the wing king, was also defeated by Hunan soldiers and fled to Sui Town, Guangxi.
Follow (therefore) Yining. September to Xiuren, Lipu, Poxiangzhou, passing.
In October, Laibin County invaded Binbin State. It's worth thousands of people.
That is, I want to spend the New Year in Pennsylvania, and I want to get off the horse when spring blossoms.
During the first month of the tenth year, the prefect (guest) of Bingzhou led the whole company to attack Si 'en Mansion.
City, passing through Baise. Besieged for half a month, we can't attack. Crossing the boat,
There are state officials CenYuji, Su Cen and his son, who pay tribute to the military forces and surrender, and then command them to go on, no
No harassment, so people don't move. Unexpectedly, the squadron troops arrested the male and female residents.
1000 yuan later, Zhen Ji ordered him to be released, and anyone who hides privately will be beheaded. group
Put them back in order. There is a pioneer museum in Hubei, where a woman bites privately, that is, Tianzhou (
Earth) Guan Wei's wife. If you can't find the query, come to the Grand Museum to inform Zhen Ji and reply immediately.
Three hundred arrows were sent, and they were found in Hubei Museum after strict search.
Show the pioneers to the public. Unexpectedly, he is a person from a lake, and they all say that he has a wide preference.
Therefore, Westerners took this opportunity to incite people to form a private alliance, thinking that they would assassinate Zhen Ji.
Rice. With a leaked letter to Zhen Ji, only about 1000 people have friends.
From the flood (red) underwater riverbank overnight, I'm going back to Guang (Xi) Qing (Yuan) mansion.
And Yong Wang Hebing. I was ambushed by strong training because the road to a stable place was rugged.
After five days of continuous fighting, the pioneers and the dead were exhausted, and there were countless dead in the flood (Hongshui River).
Count. Zhen Ji was injured by a long needle and was arrested.
Father Guo Shu, second brother Shi, third brother and fifth brother.
Fazhen was killed by Zhuang Lian and Zhen Ji. There is also a big brother Zhenlong, in the south.
There was a big battle between JD.COM Gate and two military gates, and the gun body was killed. Raising a son to become a great country,
Seventeen-year-old, very brave, was also killed by Zhuang Lian this time.
Shi Dakai, the king of false wings, and his former flag owner Chen Shangrong, also known as Qizhi,
Yulin, Guangxi; Lai Rixin, the Lord of Jing Zuo, is also known as Lai Pi, also known as Lai Pi.
Cut the nose, from Zhou Xun, Guangxi; After the flag Lord Lai, Pingnan County; Right flag
The master's surname is Zhu and his name is Zhu. Everyone leads 70,000 to 80,000 people.
He is also the younger brother of Wing King, whose name is Guozong, and many people call him Stone King. The rest of the former,
The left, right and post-rule were all named Wing Kings, which were controlled by Zhen Ji.
There is also Zai, surnamed Yuan, surnamed Zhang, the mastermind of the military strategist, who was named as a congenital swallow wing.
Pingnan, Guangxi, nearsighted, called Zhang Blind, accompanied Wing Wang to protect the characters.
Keith.
All events, the supply is real, ask for mercy.
According to Tang Ruoyan, Tang Xiuxuan was born in Peitianlin, quanzhou county. Born in the ninth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1870), he died in the 29th year of the Republic of China (1940). When he was young, he studied in a private school for more than ten years, but he tried every time. After middle age, I worked half-tilled and half-taught (teaching Mongolian pavilions) to make a living, and my family wealth gradually declined. He and Shantou Village (now Shitang Township). About eight miles from Peitian Village, Jiang Rumei is an old friend, and Jiang is an official in the provincial capital. Some manuscripts in the transcript are said to have been borrowed from Jiang Rumei. According to the records of county annals and selected articles in the 24th year of the Republic of China, Jiang Rumei was a clerk in the 19th year of Guangxu (1893).
Judging from the paper quality, handwriting and copying content of the manuscript, it may be that Mr. Xiuxuan copied it when he was about 30 to 40 years old. At that time, he was still paying attention to current events (so he copied several government notices and manuscripts, etc.) ), but his eyes are not presbyopia (so his handwriting is clear and sophisticated), but he feels that the burden is getting heavier and heavier and life is difficult (so he copied a poem about Hunan women begging). If so, this manuscript should be from the last years of Guangxu.
We have consulted all kinds of relevant materials in detail, and think that "Self-report" is a transcript of the confession of military history played by Liu Changyou, governor of Guangxi in the first month of the eleventh year of Xianfeng, and it is a true historical material. The reason for this is the following：
First, the self-report content is consistent with the main points of Liu Changyou's Poem Gong recorded in Xianfeng Donghua Lu.
"Xianfeng Donghua Record" (edited by Wang Xianqian), volume 98, records:
In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, I had a heart, and I went to sea in the first month of spring (note: the tenth day of the first month). Liu Changyou plays: Shi Dakai anti-party puppet Shi, nephew Huang Guisheng, puppet Chen Yulin, etc. And rushed to Baise Hall City. After the defeat of military training, he returned to Qingyuan. After passing through Anding, he was captured by Pan Wu, the toast, and sent to Sien House. Xu Yin, the judge of the department, was nervous about the thief's atmosphere. Originally, I planned to wait for the criminals to be punished in the yamen, so I opened a road slightly to save the investigation. The minister and the governor, together with the secretary, personally mentioned the trial. According to the confessions of prisoners and others, they first harassed Jiangnan and Jiangxi provinces with Shi Dakai, then split from Fujian and Shi Dakai, fled to counties at the border of Guangdong and Guangxi, and were all led by stones until they were hanged in the forest. Shi Dakai came from Baoqing for a meeting and went to Qingyuan. Stone attacked Baise and defeated it. When criminals execute the death penalty that year, they will announce it to the public. (Note: Liu Changyou's last performance was accidentally omitted in Liu Wushen's public suicide note and was not edited)
This record in Donghua Record shows: 1. After Shi was captured, he did not "show the right method" in Si 'en House, but was escorted to Guilin, the provincial capital, where Liu Changyou personally studied and took a confession, and was later accused and executed. Therefore, it is reasonable to find a copy of this confession in Guilin. According to the comrades of Guangxi Tongzhi Museum, when they investigated the information of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Guilin 1960, they heard that Shi's confession had been reported, but it was not found later. Second, the main content of the stone sacrifice it briefly describes is completely consistent with the content of the manuscript readme. What needs special mention here is that Liu Changyou and his predecessor Cao Shuzhong used to think that it was Shi Dakai's brigade that attacked Guilin. After Liu Changyou personally tried the stone, he knew that "until Guilin, the stone is the head, and after Shi Dakai, he will come." In the seventeenth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Du Fu's Pingding Yuekou Lue and Baise Tanglu still retained their original wrong views. The "readme" recorded in detail the specific itinerary of Zhen Ji's attack on Guilin and the process of Shi Dakai's army entering Guangxi, which was completely consistent with Liu Changyou's performance and could be proved to be Liu Changyou's oral record. However, it should also be pointed out that the writing of "Shi Xianfeng's confession for eleven years" is wrong, and it should be "Shi Xianfeng's confession for ten years". Because "Donghua Record" recorded this matter on the tenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Xianfeng, that is, it received Liu Changyou's draft. At that time, a manuscript was sent from Guilin, Guangxi to the Qing court in Beijing to read. Compared with the time interval recorded in Liu Wushen's notes and Donghua Record, it usually takes half a month (for example, on July 1st of the tenth year of Xianfeng, the last performance of Liu Changyou's "Interception and Suppression of Stone Inverse" received on October 10th of the lunar calendar was a "farewell ceremony" in late last month, and it was also a "seal" for New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, so the time had to be moved forward for a few days, which was issued in late December of the tenth year of Xianfeng. The reason for this is probably because the first scribe copied the eleven years of Xianfeng, so he wrote down the year, and later scribes copied it without checking it.
Secondly, the tablet of Jigong written by Pan Wushu, the toast of Anding, proved the authenticity of the readme in kind.
The inscription "Monument to the Duke of Pan and Feng Gang in the Period of Stability" (Meng Dongli in the second year of Guangxu) published in the fourth issue of Guangxi Local Records Newsletter 1985 proves that the "self-report" in the following three extremely important plots is not forged. I. About Shi Zaipifu Temple (formerly known as the stable toast). Jingsheng Township, Du 'an Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi, was captured on March 22, the tenth year of Xianfeng ("March 12, the year of Gengshen, a dozen vicious and mature [hostage]". He said that he was arrested after leaving Baise and fought for five days in a row ("... the Ministry began to attack Baise Hall City on October 14th of the lunar calendar. After the siege in January, the Qing army fought back in Hideki on March 15th, and the Taiping Army retreated on March 16th. It played for five days in a row, that is, from 17th to 21st, and was captured at Pifuguan on 22nd. The captured time mentioned by the two people can just be connected in time. 2. Regarding the title of stone, the inscription says: "Call it King, and mark Jinning as Xie." This and "eight years ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June ... June.
The title "Xie Tianyan" has not been recorded in all official and folk writings of Qing Dynasty and works of modern scholars, but was mentioned by Cao Daguan, an official of the Qing Dynasty, in A Brief Introduction to Curtin. Until the autumn of Xianfeng's ninth year, in the official documents of the Qing Dynasty, he was still called "the pseudo-Shi Guozong Nie" and "the pseudo-Shi Guozong Nie", and he knew little about history. 3. Regarding the location and interrogators of the stone martyrdom, the inscription reads: "Let the eldest son of Guangdong pass on the knowledge of the strong, relieve the thieves from entering the province, and let the eldest son Zhong Cheng help his relatives and pay tribute to him, which is the right way." This can be mutually confirmed with the above-mentioned record of the tenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Xianfeng in Volume 98 of the Records of Xianfeng Donghua, and it also proves the authenticity of the self-report.
Third, the main content of the self-report is basically in line with historical facts.
The "readme" summarizes the events in the twelve years from the 29th year of Daoguang in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1849) to the 10th year of Xianfeng (1860), and the main events and figures are basically in line with historical facts. Now twelve years will be divided into three phases for textual research.
1. Before the uprising, the capital was Tianjin. Major events in this period, such as the flood in the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang.
In the first year of Xianfeng leap, Xiuquan broke Yong 'an Mansion at the beginning of August, and killed four company commanders, including Chang Rui, in Longliaoling in February the following year. On February 28th, he attacked Guilin and Wulantai and died in Jiangjunqiao. On April 16th, he broke the Quanzhou tragedy and marched into Hunan. On December 4th, he broke Wuchang (mistakenly changed to 6th), and on February 10th, three years later, he killed Nanjing and Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, all of which were consistent with historical facts.
Among the thirteen leading figures of Taiping Army listed, except Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan, Yang, Xiao Chaogui, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, and Li, eight of them are well-known. Only he can point out that Luo Gang once "turned to Zhanmaling and Lipu" and "Li and he are brothers", which shows his profound understanding of the leadership of Taiping Army. As for "Zeng Tianjinwei", according to the fact that he moved to Wuhan, defended Wuhan and served as prime minister, it is likely that he copied "Zeng Tianjinwei" by mistake, and "Zeng" may also be a mistake of "Zeng". The readme also said that among the leaders of Shouyi, there was Xiao Lishan from Yulin, and he searched all the historical materials about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he was nowhere to be seen. It is only recorded in Article 9 of County Records in the 31st year of the Republic of China that in the 27th year of Daoguang, there was an "inner-party rectification meeting" between Lei, a Yao native of Xinning County, Hunan Province, and Li Shide, a native of Xiyan (now Ziyuan County, Guangxi). In the 29th year of Daoguang, Li Yuanfa made an insurrection in Xinning County, followed by Lei and Li Yu. Later, this rebel army moved to Yaoshan, Xiuren, Guangxi. Therefore, regarding Xiaolishan, we think there are three possibilities: first, there is a Xiaolishan in Yulin, but it was omitted by the past data; Secondly, Xiao Lishan, a Yao native of Ziyuan County, went to Xiuren Yaoshan with Li Yuanfa's troops and moved to Guiping and Guixian to participate in the Taiping Rebellion. Third, Liu Changyou of Xinning County and his men added the name "Xiao Lishan" to the "self-report" to shirk their responsibility for failing to capture Xiao when they practiced thunder, thunder and Li Yuanfa in Xinning Prefecture. What kind of possibility is needed to be further explored. Among the six honest officials listed in the readme, there are Xiangrong and He Chun.
These five people are all real, and there is also a Yunnan native ("In June, I went to Le [Luo] to study, and the state official was Yu, a Yunnan native". ) According to Zhong Ping and Shura, they all belong to Xiangzhou, so the imperial edict of Yusi is known to Xiangzhou. Through the investigation of official and folk writings, only Hua Yilun's Collection of Li Yuxuan, Volume I, A Record of Bauhinia Going to the Soldiers, mentioned "Xiangzhoumu" without naming names. In the Directory of Officials of Xiangguo Records compiled by Zheng Xianfu in the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, only the name of Xianfeng's year of knowledge was missing, so it is not certain that he is the knowledge of Xiangguo until conclusive evidence is found. However, Yu, a native of Yunnan, is a real person. According to Wang Wenshao's "Continuing Yunnan Tongzhi Draft and Selected Annals" compiled in the 24th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty, he was the 48th juren of Wu Zike in the 8th year of Daoguang reign and a scholar in Kunming, Yunnan in the 16th year of Daoguang reign. It can be seen that the materials recorded in the readme are quite true. As for a passage, calling "Heavenly King" the "King of Peace" may be the abbreviation or abbreviation of "Heavenly King of Peace", and mistaking the title of Yong 'an for the title of King behind the capital Tianjing may be a memory mistake. This kind of inversion and error of time memory is also common in Li Xiucheng's self-report.
2. Run from Dean Tianjin to Wang Hao. The "readme" describes the occupation of Zhenjiang by Luo Jianling and his stationing in Zhenjiang respectively. In the third year of Xianfeng, Hu Yihuang, the Western Expedition Army, was killed in Luzhou and Jiangzhong. Qiu Guan, the prime minister, once recruited other departments to capture the surrounding area of Wuhan and killed Zhang Ruying, the platform of Hanhuangde Road. Wang Hao recruited the Guangdong Heaven and Earth Society, joined forces with Jiangxi, moved to Jiangxi and Anhui, and participated in major wars such as breaking camps in the south of the Yangtze River in six years. Except for the confusion and reversal of individual events, individual events are wrong. Another example is Guangdong Tiandi Huige, who is from Lechang and Shaoguan in northern Guangdong, but not Huizhou. ), which is in line with historical facts. After the infighting in Tianjing, "the five prime ministers were promoted to the main generals." Both Hong Rengan's self-report and Li Xiucheng's self-report explain it. The infighting in Tianjing, loyal to Zhen Ji of Taiping Shi Tian, was based on the taboo of venerable man.
For the purpose of washing one's dirty linen in public, he only said that "Yang (Qing) was reprimanded by the heavenly king and died of shame and anger" and that "Kevin·Z was killed in rebellion" in March of seven years, so it was really his painstaking efforts to cut off the causal relationship between the two events. During this period, what is even more suspicious is that in 14 10, he claimed that he would lead troops to build a pontoon bridge in Gushi, Henan Province, for Hu Yihuang's army to cross the Yellow River Northern Expedition, and was promoted to prime minister. According to historical records, since Li and his men led the Northern Expedition in Xianfeng three years, from the first month of four years, the East King sent Huang, Chen Shibao, Xu Zongyang and Huang Chuwan to support the North, all of which failed. In June of four years, Qin Rigang and Luo Outline re-planned to enter Luzhou from Shucheng, Anhui Province, and then went north, but they were blocked by Qin Dingsan, the magistrate of Guizhou Province, and retreated in July. However, as a witness, Shi told the story vividly, which is hard to deny. This must be left to dig deep into the data for research.
3. From leaving Tianjing to settling down and being captured. In the sixth year of Xianfeng, Zhen Ji and Yongan Wang broke the Jiangnan camp.
Afterwards, I stayed in Tianjin. After Wang Hao left Beijing for Anhui and Jiangxi, he entered Zhejiang and Fujian, and entered Guangxi from Longhu via the border of Hunan and Guangdong, attacking Guangxi. According to Pennsylvania, he plays Baise. The self-report describes the course of this battle, except for two things: "breaking Nan 'an in February" and "returning to Jiangxi for the New Year (Jingdezhen)", the place and time are wrong. With regard to the promotion of his position over the years, the general's command, discipline, prime minister and military affairs prefect of Zhou nationality all conform to the official system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but the title of "General Di Yong" does not conform to the Han system. His father is called "Uncle Guo" and his adopted son is called "National Phase", which is also in line with the etiquette of the kingdom of heaven. Mou (called Zhang Blind), Chen Shangrong (A Brief History of Curtin by Cao Daguan, and other books are mostly Heng Rong), Lai Yuxin, also known as Lai Pipi (also called in Shi Dakai's readme), Lai (probably Yu Zhongfu) and Zhu Xiezi (probably Zhu Yidian in Hubei) are all important officials and war generals under Shi Dakai. In addition to all the above facts, Readme has put forward new materials for the reason why Baise was defeated but firmly captured, namely, when Zhen Ji attacked Baise and passed Tianzhou, he accepted the surrender of CenYuji and Censhu in Tuzhi, but his subordinate Hubei Pioneer kidnapped Censhu's wife and refused to release her. Zhen Ji killed Hubei Pioneer to rectify the military discipline. At this critical juncture, Zhen Ji led thousands of cronies down the Hongshui River, intending to meet Wang Hao in Qingyuan, but was defeated and captured in Anding.
Before we found readme, we were all at a loss about the situation of the stone troops outside Baise. Liu Changyou's last play and Ping Gui lue are both said to be "thieves" and "infighting". The "Baise Tangzhi" published in the seventeenth year of Guangxu only said: "(Xianfeng) ten years in February, (Tianzhou local official). "Pan Fenggang Jigong Monument" even boasted that Zhen Ji had "200,000 people exhausted at one time". The discovery of readme uncovered the truth of this incident. In addition, every sentence in the whole readme is to flatter the enemy and beg for mercy, which shows that the Taiping Army outside Baise is not an ordinary "infighting" or a stone "disunited cadre", but a serious struggle to maintain the military discipline of the Taiping Army. Shi is a young revolutionary general who is loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, serious in military discipline and honest.
In a word, from the archives of the Qing court, folk objects, and the paper, font and content of the self-report, the self-report transcripts are all true historical materials.
As for the individual inconsistencies with historical facts in the self-report, we think this transcript is a copy of Liu Changyou's interrogation transcript. The original record is a transcript on demand, not a memoir written by Shi himself. Due to the following possibilities, such as: the time sequence of questions is reversed and confused, the recorder himself is unfamiliar with this period of history, Liu Changyou's Hunan staff can't hear Shi's Hakka clearly, Shi's memory is wrong when he hurried back, and there are mistakes and omissions in copying, etc., all of which may occur. Therefore, it is understandable that there are some inconsistencies in the self-report, and the authenticity of the whole historical materials cannot be denied.
History is an "old revolution" that jintian uprising followed Hong Xiuquan the year before last. Because of his identity, some issues worthy of attention and discussion are also put forward in the readme, which is of certain value to the in-depth study of the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the life stories of Shi Dakai Gui Gui and Shi, and deserves the attention of historians.