During the Chinese New Year, the heads of state of the Chinese ethnic group can go to the front lines to boost morale and discuss battle plans. This is something that no other force can do.

In Tianjing City, the kings also began to enjoy their first New Year in Tianjing City.

At this time, the busiest person in Tianjing City may be Meng En. He is busy selecting women for the kings and senior officials as New Year gifts for them.

Mengden was a general of the Taiping Army. His original name was Sheng Sheng. He was from Pingnan, Guangxi. He participated in the God Worshiping Association in his early years. In the winter of 1851, he participated in the Jintian Uprising and served as the imperial guard and the second commander from the right. After Tianjing was established as the capital in 1853, he was awarded the title of Chunguan.

The Prime Minister. He is in charge of the affairs of the women's camp.

Some people say that the corruption of the higher-ups in the Kingdom of Heaven has a lot to do with Mondern. But Mondern is just a pimp, and the prostitutes are corrupted. Should the pimp be blamed?

From the very beginning, Mondern has been working as a guard beside Hong Xiuquan. It can be said that he is Hong Xiuquan's man. And Mondern is really good at figuring out the thoughts of the princes.

His rise began with giving women away.

The purpose of the Taiping Army's original female battalion was actually to improve the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army, so that those soldiers would no longer be tied down by family and relationships, and women could participate in labor and combat, both in terms of the number of troops and the production efficiency of materials.

All improved.

This is a bit like raising animals after castration, then the meat production rate will be greatly improved because they do not need to expend energy on breeding offspring.

As we all know, almost all living things exist to reproduce. They obtain energy from nature, and in the end most of it is consumed in fighting for the right to reproduce, or in the process of reproducing offspring.

But reproduction is the instinct of all living things.

Since the uprising, the life of the Taiping Army leadership has been in a state of corruption. Each of the top leaders has dozens or hundreds of women.

Even Shi Dakai, who was recognized as a lecherous man, actually had three wives and four concubines. He had fourteen wives publicly, including Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, and Wei Changhui, who were even more difficult to count.

Meng De'en was specifically responsible for selecting concubines for each king. The Taiping Army was originally divided into male and female battalions, mainly to improve work efficiency, and secondly to facilitate the selection of concubines for each king.

Meng De'en used New Year's holidays and birthdays as excuses to present teenage beauties to the kings. When the Taiping army conquered the city, they would also select beauties from various places to offer to the kings.

It is normal for men to be horny, but it is abnormal for men who are not horny at all. The serious Zeng Guofan was actually horny at heart.

But everything has a degree, and lust has an end. The Taiping Army’s senior leaders are no longer ordinary lust, but a state of hunger and thirst. It is a crazy self-compensation for their low-level background and the suffering they have endured. It is a kind of pathology.

psychology.

Sexual resources are only a part of power. When this kind of psychology is placed on power, more serious feedback will occur.

When 30-year-old Yang Xiuqing took control of the entire kingdom of heaven, he was no longer the charcoal-burning foreman he was when he first met Feng Yunshan. He enjoyed the pleasure of power but was also afraid of its power.

When a person has great power, he had better have the personal ability, team authority, psychological construction, and political level that match the power.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is like a start-up company. The team's development to this day was built out of the Bauhinia Mountains in Guangxi with real swords and real guns.

Its military chief has always been Yang Xiuqing, so Yang Xiuqing has no problems with his personal abilities and team authority.

The problem lies at the psychological construction and political level.

Power is a double-edged sword. It faces both the enemy and oneself. When you take up power, you can take people's lives. When you put down power, your life may be taken at any time.

Anyone who has tasted the taste of power knows how terrifying it is, so everyone is afraid of each other, afraid that power will be taken away, and afraid that the power will not be enough.

Nine-thousand-year-old Yang Xiuqing already has supreme and real power in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he is still not satisfied, but he is still very afraid.

This fear comes from Hong Xiuquan. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Although Yang Xiuqing holds power, the nominal leader of the Kingdom of Heaven has always been Hong Xiuquan. He is the legitimate son of the Heavenly Father.

After entering Tianjing, Hong Xiuquan enjoyed life in the majestic Tianwang Palace, occasionally studied theology, and published some neurotic theological papers.

He had 1,600 established officials serving him. These officials were of very high rank, so high that a personal attendant beside Hong Xiuquan was equivalent to a senior officer in the army.

The soldiers were killing people on the front line, and they were killing so many people that they finally managed to sneak into the deputy office. Here, they could easily do it by serving tea and water every day.

Each of these 1,600 people and their subordinates were busy waiting for Hong Xiuquan to eat, drink and have fun every day. When Hong Xiuquan was eating every day, the number of people playing music alone was 348, and when traveling, he sat in a large yellow satin sedan carried by 54 bearers.

, 88 wives take care of him every day, and he lives a fairy-like life in the house.

But do you think Hong Xiuquan was really raised as a pig?

He understands the art of kings, and he can sit safely in the position of king of heaven because he is familiar with the art of balance.

Yang Xiuqing often used his power to suppress other kings, and most of these people did not like Yang Xiuqing.

Then they can only side with Hong Xiuquan. Therefore, Hong Xiuquan does not need to take power, he only needs to distribute power to other kings.

Yang Xiuqing is the person with the most power, but the combined power of the other kings may not be less than that of Yang Xiuqing.

In the luxurious palace of the Heavenly King, a night banquet was going on. In the spacious hall, a group of graceful girls were wearing uniform gauze skirts and uniform high buns. With their slender necks, they all looked like dancing figures.

Swans are like fairies descending from heaven.

Hong Xiuquan and his brothers sat on a high gold-inlaid throne, with fine wine and delicacies in front of them.

Yang Xiuqing's thin figure sat next to Hong Xiuquan, seeming to judge.

Hong Xiuquan was tall, with a Chinese-character face and a beautiful beard. Yang Xiuqing was extremely short because of poverty and malnutrition since he was a child. He probably did not grow more than 1.6 meters (but it was considered normal at the time), which was another negative consequence of lack of nutrition.

, but he was often sick and looked very weak.

In addition, there have been more women around him in the past two years, which has emptied Yang Xiuqing's already weakened body, and his back has become a bit rickety.

Sitting next to the handsome Hong Xiu, he looked even more vulgar.

"Hahaha, brothers, our Kingdom of Heaven can be as grand as it is today, thanks to your sincere unity and unremitting efforts. Today is New Year's Eve, and we will not go home until we are drunk. I will stay up with all the brothers."

Hong Xiuquan raised his hand to temporarily stop the music, and then said to the kings present.

"The existence of the Kingdom of Heaven today is all due to Brother Heavenly King. It is under your leadership that millions of brothers in our Kingdom of Heaven can unite together to fight against the demons." Wei Changhui has the deepest hatred for Yang Xiuqing, so he is the most loyal to the Heavenly King.

advocates.

Yang Xiuqing, who was sitting aside, was a little unhappy.

"Alas... It would be great if the King of the West and the King of the South could see today's grand occasion." Yang Xiuqing said with a hint of sadness.

Nowadays, few people mention the West King and the South King anymore, especially the South King Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan was one of the founders of the God-Worship Association and one of the important leaders in the early days of the Taiping Rebellion. He studied classics, history, astronomy, and geography since he was a child. He took part in the imperial examinations, and later set up a school in the village to teach apprentices, and worked as a private school teacher.

In June 1852, when the Taiping Army was passing by Coiyi Ferry, Feng Yunshan was hit by artillery fire from Jiang Zhongyuan of the Qing Army who was ambushing here, and died of serious injuries. He was granted the title of King of the South, and he was seven thousand years old.

The doctrines and various rules and regulations of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were actually founded by Feng Yunshan.

He was the actual founder, Hong Xiuquan was more like an initiator, and Feng Yunshan was the executor of the early Kingdom of Heaven.

Therefore, Hong Xiuquan was still somewhat afraid of Feng Yunshan. There were even rumors that Yang Xiuqing had Feng Yunshan killed by Hong Xiuquan.

At this time, when Yang Xiuqing mentioned Feng Yunshan, she was undoubtedly disgusting with Hong Xiuquan. It meant that if there was no King Nan, you Hong Xiuquan would be nothing.

"Then let's toast our departed brothers with this glass of wine." Hong Xiuquan then said with a serious face.

"Alas, I don't know how my brothers Fengxiang and Kaifang are doing now." Hong Xiuquan understood what Yang Xiuqing meant and immediately fought back verbally.

Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang were sent to the north by Yang Xiuqing to die, but Yang Xiuqing has not sent reinforcements until now.

It is said that Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, the commanders of the army, drove out Zhili and Beijing was shaken. Emperor Xianfeng appointed Na'er as a special minister and ordered Shengbao to be the Imperial Envoy, Prince Hui Mianyu to be the General of the Order, and Gegelingqin, the king of Horqin County, to be the Counselor.

He led 4,500 cavalry and infantry troops to intercept them.

At the same time, a patrol post was set up in the capital and martial law was declared. On October 22, the Northern Expeditionary Army abandoned Shenzhou and took advantage of the opportunity to march eastward, including Kexian County, Jiaohe, Cangzhou and other places. On October 29, they occupied Jinghai and Duliu Towns in the southwest of Tianjin.

The forwards arrived at Shaozhikou Village, 5 kilometers outside Tianjin, and prepared to attack Tianjin. The entire capital was shaken. Emperor Xianfeng could not even care about the convoy occupying Guangdong, and concentrated on dealing with the Taiping Army in the Northern Expedition.

In this respect, the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition actually helped the Guards.

On November 1, they were attacked by the landlord armed regiment led by Xie Zicheng, the magistrate of Tianjin, and others, so Lin Fengxiang's troops turned back to Jinghai and Duliu Town.

At this time, the Taiping Army of the Northern Expedition had grown from more than 20,000 people at the beginning to nearly 40,000 people. After the Taiping Army occupied Jinghai and Duliu Town, they stationed here, built wooden cities, dug trenches, built watchtowers, and buried mines.

, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

Lin Fengxiang sent many groups of troops southward to seek help.

Shengbao gathered his troops and stepped up the siege against the Taiping Army. Seng Gelinqin moved his camp to Wang Qingtuo to prevent the Taiping Army from advancing on the capital.

At this time, the Taiping Army encountered their biggest enemy - Winter in the north.

Most of this Taiping Army are old brothers from Guangxi, so their combat effectiveness is very strong. Otherwise, how could they fight all the way from Yangzhou to Tianjin?

But they didn't bring any cotton-padded clothes.

At this time, tens of thousands of Lin Fengxiang were surrounded in Duliu Town, and it was impossible to collect cotton-padded clothes locally.
Chapter completed!