The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the largest peasant uprising in history, broke out in the late Qing Dynasty, which was the peak of the old peasant movement. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was not only huge in scale, but also subverted in all aspects, which was not found in previous peasant uprisings. What is even more frightening is that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom established its own political power.

Moreover, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom even existed for 13 years, from 185 1 to 1864. During this 13 year, the Qing army constantly besieged the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Until 1864, Tianjing, the capital of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was captured by Xiang Army.

1872, Li Wencai, the last unit of Taiping Army, was defeated in Guizhou. In this way, the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom completely disappeared. There is no denying that Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, is very powerful, and it is not easy to compete with the Qing army 13 years.

At that time, although the Qing dynasty was in jeopardy, it stood firm in pacifying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. By this time, the Qing Dynasty had gone downhill, but why did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom end in failure? Many people think that the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is due to the infighting of Hong Xiuquan and others, but this is only one-sided.

Even many people think that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has the idea of small farmers, which is too limited. In fact, this statement is also wrong. None of these are fatal causes. Zeng Guofan gave the fundamental reason for the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. First of all, this kind of hair is wrong because of infighting. You know, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were fighting each other.

Liu bang and Xiang Yu were allies at first, but in the end they had to go their separate ways, and then Chu and Han contended. But in the end, Liu Bang founded the Han Dynasty. Therefore, infighting is definitely not the reason for the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This is at most one reason for the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and it will not lead to their demise at all.

Liu Bang established a brand-new dynasty. Why can't Hong Xiuquan? Zeng Guofan commented on Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in his later years. You know, Hong Xiuquan was worse than Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty. Why did Hong Xiuquan finally get depressed? Zeng Guofan wrote "Begging Guangdong Bandits" in his later years.

In Begging Bandits in Guangdong, Zeng Guofan explained the reasons for the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Zeng Guofan thought in Searching for Guangdong Bandits that Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom failed because "it was not the emperor who angered the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but the whole ruling class". It can be said that Zeng Guofan hit the nail on the head.

The ruling class here is not an emperor, but an interest group alliance formed by monopoly businessmen and literati groups, followed by the more important landlords. Zhu Yuanzhang worked for the landlord at the end of Yuan Dynasty. These people represent economic operation and cultural public opinion.

You know, Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has never been truly recognized by vested interests. In this way, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom laid the groundwork for its own demise. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising was successful, the records in "Begging for Guangdong Bandits" began to gain power, so they began to "smash the Confucius Temple and destroy the Buddha statue", which made people feel very disappointed. At the same time, the Taiping Army also rejected Confucianism, which has been admired for thousands of years, leading the people to stand on the side of the Qing army. In short, the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is by no means a simple matter.