The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was the result of extremely corrupt officialdom in the late Qing Dynasty. For example, the examiner chooses the imperial examination for the country, sells examination questions for profit, and turns a blind eye to the gunmen who answer the questions. Hong Xiuquan, who failed in the exam seriously, set up worship meetings many times in a rage and began to rebel. He put forward the slogan of "equal land" and awakened the people oppressed by the Qing government.
After Ji, commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, died in battle, he led his troops to retreat to Shandong, joined forces with the Qing court monk Qin in Lianzhen, and launched a fierce battle with the Qing army. Even the town is small, but all Taiping troops are brave and good at fighting and died in the battlefield, so the monks' repeated attacks are in vain.
When Emperor Xianfeng heard the news, he was not only angry but also surprised: Are all the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom born with superhuman powers and tens of thousands of Qing soldiers unable to capture a small county? So Xianfeng gave a death order, ordering SengGelinqin to capture Lian Town within three months.
In fact, Sang Linqin even captured the town in three months, because the ammunition and food in the city were all used up. After the Qing army entered the city, Lin Fengxiang fought to the death, was seriously injured, was captured, and was taken to the capital by a prison van.
Emperor Xianfeng was curious when he heard that Lin Fengxiang was arrested. He wanted to see for himself whether Hou, awarded by Taiping Army, was the legendary superhuman powers. Xianfeng came to the Great Wall to see the true face of Lin Fengxiang. At this glance, Xianfeng dodged, completely out of his expectation. He thinks that Lin Fengxiang should be a strong man with a strong face, but in front of him is a Jiangnan man. He is neither burly nor magnificent, with no ferocious scars on his face and no ferocious appearance. In any case, he is not a fierce man.
Xianfeng returned to the palace disheartened: Xianfeng felt that if Lin Fengxiang was a traitor and a thug, it would be understandable to rebel and overthrow the Qing Dynasty as ambitious and guilty of insurrection; But this thin, bookish man also joined the army to fight. He was so brave and fearless. It is conceivable that an honest official must be as fierce as a tiger, and good people will be forced to rebel!