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Why did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, which was originally a shoo-in, finally fail?
When it comes to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, we must first understand the historical background at that time! When the Opium War broke out, China began to become a semi-colonial and semi-closed society. Western powers began to invade China politically and economically. A large number of opium exports led to a fiscal deficit, tax revenue increased by one to three times, and because of the massive dumping of foreign industrial products, handicrafts were destroyed, farmers and industrialists lost their jobs and went bankrupt! The landlord class took the opportunity to annex land and increase exploitation!

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With the intensification of ethnic contradictions, various places began to revolt. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement happened under such a historical background! So the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is an out-and-out peasant uprising! Although it dealt a heavy blow to the decadent rule of the Qing dynasty, it accelerated the demise of the Qing dynasty and also dealt a blow to foreign invaders. As the representative of small producers, the peasant class lacks the guidance of advanced theory and cannot undertake the important task of leading the democratic revolution in China. Failure is also inevitable!

And the Taiping Too Sad Movement used religion to incite many farmers! However, the use of religion and feudal superstition did play a role in propaganda and mobilization in the preparation, launching and early stage of the uprising, and touched the hearts of thousands of poor farmers in Qian Qian, Qian Qian. However, due to the inherent conservatism and hypocrisy of religion, it is decided that using religion as a cloak will eventually have serious negative effects. This is one of the reasons that led to the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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The direct cause of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was economy, and one of the reasons for its failure was economy. The promulgation of China Farmland System has attracted a large number of farmers to participate, but it is ideal and easy after all, completely unrealistic! ? Have land to farm, food to eat, clothes to wear and money to earn? However, the standard of becoming the lower Taiping Army was not implemented by the upper level, so class differentiation gradually appeared in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Advocating egalitarianism excessively restricts economic development and hinders social communication and progress. The unreasonable economic distribution policy and the gradual decay of the leadership of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also indirectly hit the morale of the Taiping Army at the bottom.

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the system of sealing the king was in the embryonic form of feudal regime, and its internal hierarchy became more and more strict and its identity became more and more distinct. Strict hierarchy and? I am the world? The imperial power system is the basic structure of feudal autocracy. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were thousands of enfeoffment kings. Because of the influence of Little Paradise's enjoyment, all kings began to live a decadent life of arrogance and extravagance! The situation in the army can be imagined! And there are many kings, which leads to the struggle for power and profit between kings. After the Tianjing Incident, the weak flame of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was finally extinguished.

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Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement raised the banner of anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, the uprising broke out by the peasant uprising class still had great limitations. Because the main reason of peasant uprising is not enough to eat and not warm to wear! After winning the fruits of victory, the limitations began to be exposed! At the same time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is slowly disintegrating!

Moreover, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement also destroyed normal family life, and the outbreak of this movement destroyed family organizations. Not only that, it also abstains from men and women emotionally, which goes against the natural attributes of human beings. In addition, it also destroyed the social economy and seriously dampened the enthusiasm of craftsmen. At first, it won the support of the people, but later it became increasingly unpopular, which may be one of the important reasons for its failure.

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Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement failed, it dealt a heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty and imperialism and accelerated the disintegration of the feudal system in China, which was of great significance. And we should know that in semi-feudal and semi-colonial old China, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal tasks were beyond the reach of the peasant class.