Why was Shi Dakai of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom executed? The mystery of Shi Dakai's tragic death
Why was Shi Dakai of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom executed? 1On August 6th, 863, Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was killed in Chengdu at the age of 34. Shi Dakai (183 1 year? 1863), nicknamed Yada, Shi Gandang, posthumous title, a Hakka in Guixian (now Guigang), a famous military strategist, politician and martial artist in modern China, was first sealed? Lord Zuo Jun? The Tianjing incident was named? Wing Wang, the main commander of the Holy Power Telecommunication Army? , military and civilian respect? King Yi? I won't accept my modesty. Shi Dakai is one of the most legendary figures in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He's sixteen? Was visited by a mountain? /kloc-commanded a thousand troops at the age of 0/9, and was crowned king at the age of 20. He was only 32 years old when he died heroically. The folklore about him has been circulated in most of China where he fought before his death, which shows that he is deeply loved by people all over the world. The most perfect man in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is Shi Dakai. He is more than just a handsome guy with a sunny image. The dragon and phoenix are auspicious, the table of the sky and the sun? ), a great revolutionary, politician, strategist and writer at that time, his short life (only 32 years old when he died) showed many bright spots in Generation, which lit up the originally bleak historical sky of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Shi Dakai is a native of Guixian (now Guigang), Guangxi. Born in a farmhouse, although he lost his father and suffered a lot from childhood, he was diligent in farming and reading when he was a teenager, and he knew a lot about poetry and books, especially Sun Tzu's Art of War. Joined the worship of God in his early years. On the eve of jintian uprising, that is, in the autumn of 1847, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan visited Shi Dakai in Youxian County and invited them to discuss plans. The history books of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom call it? Visiting Shi Xianggong? , to? Look after Mao Lu? Metaphor. Shi Dakai, 16 years old, thus embarked on the revolutionary road of resisting the decadent rule of the Qing Dynasty and became the core leader of the revolutionary organization. In the jintian uprising of 185 1, Shi Dakai led more than 4,000 people to the Jintian regiment camp and made great achievements in the battle. He was named Commander Zuo Jun of Taiping Army and Wing of King Yong 'an. Wang Wu is a thousand years old. What do you mean? Winged China? . Shi Dakai was the youngest and most talented of the kings led by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He is a handsome young marshal. If he walks in the streets of today's cities, there will be many girls screaming for his coolness. Although he was famous at this time, from his brilliant life, his military career has just begun. Taiping Army marched into Jinling from Guangxi, passing through Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces. Shi Dakai is a pioneer, attacking the city slightly, invincible. Especially after Xiao Chaogui, the Queen Mother of the West, was killed in Changsha, Hunan Province on 1852, the Taiping Army fell into the encirclement of the Qing army at the gate of Changsha, and the situation was extremely critical. Shi Dakai led his troops to cross the Xiangjiang River to the west, opened up the Hexi base area, eased the food shortage of Taiping Army, repelled the invading enemy many times, and achieved? Land and water have won a great victory? After that, he led the whole army, safely withdrew from Hexi, jumped out of the encirclement, seized Yueyang, occupied Wuhan, and marched into Jinling from Wuchang East for 28 days. It was invincible and invincible, which made the Qing army fearful. Shi Gandang? . 1853 In March, after the Taiping Army made Tianjing (now Nanjing) its capital, Shi Dakai took charge of the garrison work in Tianjing and established a strict defense and alert system. He is an excellent garrison commander. According to Liu Jixing's research, after the capital was established, the hedonism of kings rose, and beautiful women were widely selected to destroy houses, with the purpose of repairing palaces. According to the wealth of the national treasury, Shi Dakai is the only one who has never participated in it, which is very valuable. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/853, Shi Dakai was ordered to leave Anqing, an important town, to control the Western Expedition. He broke the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's tradition of attaching importance to seizing the city and neglecting the construction of the base area, adopted a slow and steady strategy, gradually expanded the scope of the base area, personally commanded and conquered Luzhou (now Hefei), the temporary capital of Anhui Province, and forced the famous guarding city star Jiang Zhongyuan to defeat himself. In Anhui, Shi Dakai showed superhuman political talent. In the past, there was no grass-roots government in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and local administration was blank. After Shi Dakai arrived in Anhui, he quickly organized the people of the whole country to register their household registration, elected grass-roots officials, held imperial examinations, recruited talented people, and established a three-level local administrative system at the provincial, county and county levels, thus making the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom truly a national scale. At the same time, we should purge military discipline, restore social order, help the poor and the needy, sympathize with their sufferings, make the scholars, peasants and businessmen have their own businesses, and formulate tax laws and collect taxes to provide necessary materials for the political and military activities of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/854, Shi Dakai left Anhui and returned to Beijing to report his work amid the praise of Anhui people. The leadership of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fully affirmed his political practice, abandoned the illusion of absolute egalitarianism and fully implemented the economic policy in line with the facts. 1In the summer and autumn of 854, the Taiping Army suffered a fierce counterattack from the Xiang Army on the battlefield of the Western Expedition and retreated thousands of miles. Shi Dakai saw that the gap between the two armies was in the navy, so he ordered people to build a ship according to the item, and stepped up the practice of the navy. At the critical moment of Xiang Bing's March to Jiujiang, Shi Dakai once again became the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Army to command his former enemies. At the beginning of 1855, he defeated Xiang twice in Hukou and Jiujiang. A navy division fled, commander-in-chief Zeng Guofan drowned himself and was rescued by his men. Western military entered its heyday. In the autumn of the same year, Shi Dakai moved to Jiangxi again. In four months, he went to seven states and 47 counties. Because of his strict military discipline, pragmatic administration, love for the people and thirst for talents, Jiangxi people rushed to support him, and many intellectuals who were unfriendly to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom turned to support the Taiping Army. The team expanded rapidly from more than 10 thousand to more than 100 thousand, and the enemy lamented? People's hearts have completely changed, and the tide has gone? . 1March, 856, Shi Dakai defeated Xiang in Jiangxi. At this point, Nanchang, where Zeng Guofan, commander-in-chief of Xiang Army, was located, was besieged by the iron wall of Taiping Army, and all external contacts were cut off. It's a pity that Shi Dakai was transferred back to Tianjing to participate in the Qing Dynasty. Next, Shi Dakai breached the Jiangnan camp and lifted the three-year siege of Tianjing by the Qing army. In September of the same year, the internal contradictions of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom leadership group intensified, and infighting broke out in Tianjing, killing Dong Wangyang and more than 20,000 people under his command. Shi Dakai heard the news and rushed back to Tianjin from Hubei. Because he severely accused Wei Changhui of killing innocent people, he was killed, that is, he escaped from Tianjing, but his family was killed. After arriving in Anqing, he left for Beijing and went to Jingnan. Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, forced by the situation, executed Wei Changhui and ordered Shi Dakai to return to Beijing to assist the government. After Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing, he was well received by all officials in the Qing Dynasty and was honored as? King Yi? . Under the deployment of Shi Dakai, the Taiping Army stuck to the pass and waited for an opportunity to counterattack. Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng, Yang Fuqing, Shi and other rising stars began to take the lead, and the passive situation caused by infighting gradually reversed. However, when the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan saw that Shi Dakai won the hearts of the people, he became suspicious and tried every means to contain Shi Dakai, even with the intention of harming him. In order to avoid civil strife again, Shi Dakai had to leave Beijing in May 1857 to avoid disasters and move to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places. In the process of establishing Sichuan base area, he entered Sichuan four times. 1In May of 863, the Taiping Army arrived in Dadu River, but there was no Qing army on the other side. (Draft of the History of Qing Dynasty) The next day, Shi Dakai ordered more people to cross the river by boat, but it rained heavily that night and the river surged, making it impossible to sail. Three days later, the Qing army rushed to protect, and the Taiping army was blocked by the unprecedented early flood of the Dadu River. It failed to cross the river many times, ran out of food and grass, and was in a desperate situation. To build? Shi Dakai is still alive? Sichuan Governor Luo sent messengers to surrender, and Shi Dakai was determined to lay down his life for the whole army. After negotiations between the two sides, the Taiping Army demobilized 4,000 people on its own, and most of them escaped. The remaining two thousand people kept their weapons and followed Shi Dakai into the Qing camp. After Shi Dakai was taken to Chengdu, the Qing army was treacherous, and all two thousand soldiers under Shi Dakai were killed. 1863 (two years of Tongzhi) On June 27th, Shi Dakai was tried in Chengdu court, and his generous speech made the presiding officer feel helpless and speechless. Luo led the Qing soldiers to the big opening, while Zaifu Zengshi and Zaizhong went to the execution ground. Shihe was tied to two crosses face to face. When executing the title, the executioner cut Zeng Shihe first, but Zeng Shihe was in great pain and screamed. Shi Dakai scolded him and said, how can you not stand such a short time? ? Zeng Shihe just gritted his teeth and stopped shouting. When Shi Dakai was tortured, he was cut more than one hundred times. He remained silent from beginning to end. Shi Dakai's awe-inspiring righteousness and strong will shocked the officers and men of the Qing army, and all the viewers sighed with emotion. Strange people? . Even Liu Rong, the special envoy of Sichuan deployment of hostile forces, should praise him so much? Xiao Jie's strong spirit is beyond words, but his words are neither humble nor flattering. ? When he was executed, he looked cheerful, and he was the fiercest of ugliness. ? At that time, people had great respect for Shi Dakai. For example, when Li Xiucheng talked about the advantages and disadvantages of kings? They are all in the fog, but they serve the stone king alone, saying that they are resourceful? . Chen Yucheng thinks that General Taiping? Feng Yunshan and Shi Dakai alone are not generalship? . Zeng Guofan said? Stone is the most fierce in the thief's canal, which stirs up people's voices and also takes stone as the most fierce? Zuo said him? Lingwen, known as the heart of thieves, is above thieves in intelligence. Seeing what he has done is quite anxious to win people's hearts. He is thirsty for talents and is not attached to cults. He says he is a thief patriarch. What am I afraid of? , Luo Zhangbing said he? Can you arouse people's hearts with cunning? Can you control them with fierce threats? , is it? The most cunning and good at fighting among the first evils? . A tribute student in the Qing Dynasty publicly said that he had one at the banquet of Xiang Army. The dragon and phoenix are auspicious, the table of the sky and the sun? Zhou Xun, a landlord and scholar, called it "Shu Hai Congtan"? Strange people? Until nearly 40 years after Shi Dakai's death, another landlord scholar wrote a book called "A Brief Introduction to the River Table", which stated:? Still called between Jianghuai? Shi Dakai's prestige is unattainable. ? Mcgowan, an American missionary, praised Shi Dakai in his correspondence. This young leader, as the backbone of the Taiping Army at present, has been described as heroic and chivalrous in various reports? Geng Jie, fearless and upright, is beyond reproach. He can be said to be Peiyade (a famous French general and national hero) in the Taiping Army. He is gentle and has won the love of the people. Finally, talk about Shi Dakai's literary talent. Shi Dakai in the heyday of China, Zeng Guofan once wrote five poems of surrender, which was extremely tempting. Shi Dakai answered by "answering five poems by Zeng Guofan", while reviewing his life, he expressed his ambition. He is full of literary talent, which is really a rare structure: (1) once picked him into Pan Palace to explore the autumn wind in Guangxi and Switzerland. Teenagers have settled in Yun Zhonghe, and the dust has settled and snowflakes are falling. The value of the cloud exceeds that of Hebei, and the article has already spread throughout Jiangdong. Scholars of different generations should know me, and only famous mountains will have an end. This song outlines a person's ambition as a teenager. No matter whether heaven and man are in the temple, life is gradually becoming famous. There are no cases in Qing dynasty, but there are opinions at the end of Gankun. The situation and career are all dreamland, with more pain and less pleasure. Why write a thousand years? The universe often leaves a petal of incense. (This song advised Zeng Guofan to abandon the martial arts and follow the text) (3) Generously whip the Central Plains, not hatred. I only hate heaven and want to save Yuanyuan with my bare hands. All three armed forces are equipped with horses, and the people are like sick apes. I suffered before I was an adult, and there were tears everywhere in the southeast. This song tells the story of fighting, but my revolutionary colleagues have no long-term vision. If a general is with Huo Wei, there will be several people waiting for the grass. If a person wants to draw a unicorn pavilion, he will be a tiger and a leopard at night. Eyes full of mountains and rivers robbed, and finally a hero. Knowing from a distance that a generation of Fengyun will be, after all, Gao Banglong. (This song points out that it is not easy to start a king's career, but I firmly believe that the revolution will be successful.) (5) Yu Shunxun is gorgeous and beautiful, and the royal family is the best in HarmonyOS. Let the tripod back move, and the pavilion will sing the wind. It's different from cloth. You haven't met the son of heaven for a long time. Li destroyed Cao's roots, while Emperor Wu of Song was Weng. This poem further clarifies the ambition of waiting for the opportunity to complete the great cause of rejuvenating the country. There is another poem by Shi Dakai, which is heroic and full of lofty sentiments: a thousand pearls are packed in a jar, and the king bows his head here. Wuyue embraced Optimus Prime and drank all the Yellow River water back. This was welcomed by the local Miao people in 1862 when Shi Dakai troops passed through Dading area in western Guizhou? The most distinguished guest? A ceremony to welcome Shi Dakai's army from afar? The aged wine brewed and stored with soybeans, barnyard grass, sorghum, millet, corn, millet, etc. and buried underground for many years is taken out, put into the altar, placed in the center of the flower field, and then inserted into the altar with a warm straw. Shi Dakai and the soldiers of Taiping Army enjoyed themselves with the people, sang and danced with the Miao people, covered with moonlight, held straw by campfire and drank as much as they could. During the dinner, Shi Dakai improvised this poem. This poem is one of China's few bold works for thousands of years, which is not inferior to Li Bai and Su Shi.