Part of the Qing army surrendered, accepted by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then given "lanterns". Or don't accept surrender, then who will dare to surrender? The Qing army was asked to surrender, but Hong Xiuquan and Yang refused, so they had to massacre after breaking the city. Why didn't the Qing army fight to the death? Maybe there's a way out. This road was cut by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom itself.
The purpose of offering sacrifices to the gods in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is contrary to the traditional thinking, and even the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom itself is somewhat unacceptable. Worship can only be believed in God, but other local immortals can't, which is very different from the local culture and is unacceptable to many people. It is forbidden to sacrifice ancestors, and this one alone has been divorced from the masses. Husband and wife are separated and their property is confiscated. Who wants to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? These regulations of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were seriously inconsistent with the thought and reality at that time. After the Ming generals surrendered, Jin also needed to overcome the hurdle of disloyalty in order to enjoy generous treatment. There is no way out without touching their interests. In addition, if you don't fall, you may worry about your life safety.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is gradually going downhill, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Not only did the Qing army not surrender in the later period, but even many people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom surrendered to the Qing army. After the defeat, Ding committed suicide to thank his fellow villagers. He was once a member of the Taiping Army. There are many generals who surrendered to the Qing army by the Taiping Army. Internal strife in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has greatly reduced its strength. The victory of the Qing dynasty has become inevitable. The decline of the Ming Dynasty is hopeless. There is a peasant uprising inside, and there is money outside. The funds are getting stronger and stronger. Of course, the Ming generals had more money after they surrendered.
The failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom depended on the Xiang Army, and the local permanent salary was guaranteed. Zeng Guofan and others fought against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with the idea of making contributions, which was much better than that in the late Ming Dynasty.
Because this is a struggle between two completely opposite classes. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom killed Clear The Demon, and the generals of the Qing army were mostly big landlords and evil gentry. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom issued the slogan "Land to the tiller, and the rich and the poor are treated equally". No matter how corrupt their leaders are, they are completely ignorant. However, there is no doubt about the revolutionary nature of the early uprising.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom does not accept surrender.
Of course, it is a policy issue. You still need to read more books. The two sides kill each other's prisoners, and most people dare not surrender. Of course, the Qing army was much better, mainly because people in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had brain problems, so they just closed their heads and killed them in the city.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom didn't think about governing the country, but just a bunch of people who were carried away by their beliefs. SLR has a clear strategic goal. In the early Qing Dynasty, the military attack of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could not be carried out by green camp alone. Later, the attack power was dispersed, which made the Qing Dynasty change its mind and allowed local armed forces to resist the military actions of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The wars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were different. At that time, there were only tens of thousands of Qing troops, many of whom were Han Chinese who plundered the past in the early days. If it really wants to scorch the earth, it is estimated that no one will hit the Yellow River. Just a few people, you can fight a few battles now, stand a few battles, just give up resistance and let you fight casually. How many cities can you occupy?
In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Han people fought against the Han people. Most of the troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were armed by peasants, brainwashing the people and despising the Manchu soldiers. It should be that they think it is dangerous and not easy to brainwash.
Propaganda reasons: the former is the opposite of the increasingly prominent ethnic contradictions; The latter is the need of orthodox geopolitics.
Objective reasons: the former is an exclusive political context with a single religious feature; The latter is the need of changing dynasties and employing people.
Subjective reasons: the former is that poor scholars have led many collective unconscious civilian movements; The latter is the change of consciousness that nomadic people need the support of Han people to enter the Central Plains, which makes the tribal civilization of "ruling the world under horses" enter the agricultural civilization.
The main target of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is Manchu (the flag bearer), and Manchu is the commander-in-chief of the army. Will you surrender when others come to kill you? Therefore, the battle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is to defeat the Qing army, and the senior generals of the Qing army (Manchu, landlords and gentry are more) absorbed the Han Chinese soldiers in the Qing army, which is also the reason why Zeng Guofan's landlord and gentry's domestic armed forces slaughtered the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, the Liaodong Army, a traitor corps, was always in the front line, which was equivalent to pointing out the direction for the local troops of the Ming Dynasty. Coupled with a series of Sao wars in Chongzhen, more and more peasant troops were directly made, and most of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed. In the eyes of local troops, their luck is almost exhausted.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a peasant uprising and was extremely hostile to the Qing court. The surrendered generals of the Qing army are not only difficult to reuse, but also afraid of being beheaded. The post-Jin Dynasty is a new political power, and it is particularly tempting to admire and reuse the generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Since ancient times, the central farming civilization has often been subverted by nomadic civilization. In the Millennium when the south unified the north, a Zhu Yuanzhang appeared ... As for the Ming Dynasty, Daming died in Li Zicheng, and the southern kings killed each other, and Daming's luck was exhausted ... Li Zicheng's liquidation of former ministers in Beijing ... can't always fall to Li Zicheng.
Ming and Qing dynasties changed generations. In the early days of the founding of the Qing court, it was certainly sages and talented people who accepted talents, while the Ming dynasty was already on the decline, even terminally ill. Chongzhen killed Yuan Chonghuan by mistake, which completely chilled the hearts of all Ming generals and completely lost their loyalty and faith. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is different. At best, it is a peasant uprising and a rebellion. By the Qing dynasty, all the rebellions were delayed, so even if you want to surrender, you will be killed.