Is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom good or bad?

Actually, this question is easy to answer. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom implemented the holy treasury system, that is, "Don't be greedy for peace and fear of hardship in the present, and go to heaven later."

That is to say, all Taiping Heavenly Kingdom believers must donate all their property, then burn their houses, and their whole families will join the army. After joining the army, you cannot live a normal family life. Men are in the men's camp and women are in the women's camp. ?Seventh day rule: Do not commit adultery or sexual immorality? Men should behave with men and women should behave with women. No mixing is allowed. Any man or woman who commits adultery is called a monster, which is the biggest violation of heaven. ?

Even if they are husband and wife, they are not allowed to talk or have any other relationships. ?Any husband and wife who violates the rules of heaven will be executed by both men and women. ?If you are not married and have sex, light a sky lantern. Everything must be according to the regulations, when can we meet and what can be done at any time. But everyone knows how many wives the senior Taiping Army officials have.

Even Hong Xiuquan himself treated his thousands of wives like this: If they serve ungodly, one should be beaten; if they are stubborn and refuse to listen to instructions, the second should be beaten; if they look at their husbands with eyes, the third should be beaten; Ask the King If you are impious, you should be beaten. If you have impure temper, you should be beaten. If you speak too loudly, you should be beaten. If you have a mute beak, you should be beaten. Beat; if you don’t speak leisurely, you should be beaten. ?

Hong Xiuquan said, "There are fields to cultivate together, people to eat together, clothes to wear, money to use, everything is uneven, and no one is not full and warm." However, the exploitation of the land-acreage system in the Celestial Empire was even more severe. All the land belonged to the King of Heaven, and all the grain produced, except for a very small amount of rations, had to be handed over.

I won’t talk about the more than 2,000 kings and 310,000 officials of the Taiping Army, but the Taiping Army supported more than 2,000 kings and 310,000 officials with such a small territory, which also shows the oppression of the people. . Moreover, the Taiping Army also restored the corvee system that had been abolished by the Qing Dynasty, and recruited a large number of craftsmen and farmers, as well as women and elderly people who accompanied the army to participate in free labor for a long time to build the palace.

The Huizhou area in southern Anhui, the long-term base of the Taiping Rebellion, was completely destroyed. There were no cattle left, and the population suffered severe losses. They could only immigrate from other areas after the war. Although the Qing Dynasty was also very bad and corrupt, it could be regarded as a general among the poor. In the end, the Qing Dynasty won.

Some people say why, the Taiping Army can still fight, and the whole family is in the army. If a man has a problem, he will settle the score with his family. If a family member has a problem, they will settle the score with the man. The ten articles of heaven serve as military discipline, and the strict internal control is unprecedented. He also made repeated promises that those who join the religion can enter the small heaven and the big heaven. Those who do not join the religion will have "snake and tiger harm" in the world. The combination of the two created the Taiping Army's combat effectiveness.