Chapter 512: Rebuke in disguise
Wang Feng did not answer Shi Dakai's words, but solemnly reminded: "In all dynasties, the emperor only dared to call himself the Son of Heaven, how could the Hong family be able to claim to be the sky?" From today, Tianjing was changed back to its original name Nanjing, and from then on, Tianjing ceased to exist. β
This result is not unexpected, indicating that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has disappeared, Shi Dakai can't help but show a lonely color, from participating in the establishment of the worship of God Religion, several near-deaths, to the Jintian Uprising, to the battle of thousands of miles, so that the Qing army is frightened, and then to the capital of Nanjing, seeing the restoration of the Han family rivers and mountains in sight, but the kings are vying for power and profit to the point of killing their siblings, and the past scenes come to mind like a horse's eye.
"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is gone, could it be that it has really been punished by heaven?" Shi Dakai's face was full of bitterness, and he muttered to himself, he once hoped that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be as its name suggested, and establish a human heavenly kingdom where everyone was equal, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was going farther and farther on the opposite path, but no matter what, this country always contained his hard work, didn't it?
Hearing Wang Feng personally say that Tianjing was renamed Nanjing, he didn't know that the Democratic Alliance had taken control of the situation in Nanjing, and the country he participated in building collapsed overnight, as if a piece of his heart had been hollowed out, his faith was gone, and his life had no goal.
Wang Feng stared at Shi Dakai tightly, and said: "When I first joined the Taiping Army, I was full of ideals like the Wing King, but the people in power were extravagant and corrupt, appointed private individuals, short-sighted, and regarded the people like pigs and dogs.
I don't know, even the Qing court is inferior to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The reason why the Winged King still lingers is because he is disgusted that the people are not enslaved and oppressed enough. Or are you reluctant to be on the throne of five thousand years old? β
"You" Shi Dakai showed an angry face for a moment, and he was dedicated to the public. Asking himself is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, Wang Feng's accusation is a humiliation of his own red fruit!
Zhang Suimou arched his hand unhappily: "Commander Wang, what kind of person is the Wing King, you don't know, since this is the case, why do you want to hurt people with words?" If it's just a quick tongue, then what's the point of the Winged King's coming? β
Yang Shuijiao followed and persuaded: "Brother Shi, don't be angry, Wang Feng is just talking about things." Actually, we all understand your feelings. β
"Sister Shui Jiao is right, of course we know your personality, Brother Shi, don't take it to heart!" Hong Xuanjiao nodded: "Let me tell you about the situation in Nanjing, our army is a step late, when we arrived, the Yang Mansion had been wiped out by Qin Rigang, and then our army attacked Qin Rigang, annihilated Qin Rigang, and then moved to Emeiling." Annihilated Wei Changhui and the three thousand elites below, and besieged the rest of Yang Xiuqing, the soldiers are currently maintaining order in the city, and captured Hong Xiuquan before dawn"
With Hong Xuanjiao's eloquent talk. Shi Dakai completely went to any luck, stood stunned for a while, and then bowed deeply in the direction of the East Wangfu and Emei Ridge. This was obviously sending Yang Xiuqing and Wei Changhui, the two righteous brothers, on the road, and then arched his hand to Wang Feng: "Commander Wang." Shi has something to ask for."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Feng had already interrupted: "But plead for Hong Xiuquan?" β
"Exactly!" Shi Da was happy. A hint of bad premonition came to my heart.
Wang Feng said lightly: "At noon, I will hand Hong Xiuquan over to the people for trial, if the people of Nanjing are willing to pardon Hong Xiuquan, I will let him live, otherwise, even if I have the heart, I can't do anything, in short, I personally have no personal grudge with Hong Xiuquan, I will not be so stingy that I have to put him to death, his life and death do not lie in me, but in the people of Nanjing, if the Yiwang is not in a hurry to go back, it is okay to take a look." β
"Good! Shi went to see off the king! Shi Dakai's eyes flashed with anger again, and he said without hesitation.
"Wing King, don't be reckless!" Zhang Suimou glanced at Wang Feng and hurriedly pulled Shi Dakai.
Wang Feng took it and said coldly: "My Wang is not going to do this, no matter whether the Wing King is an enemy or a friend with our Democratic Alliance in the future, since I come to visit today, I will send him away, this general can rest assured." β
"Haha, what Commander Wang said is good!" Shi Dakai laughed and stepped into the city gate, Zhang Suimou was so helpless that he had to follow in.
In today's Nanjing City, except for some soldiers riding horses, there are not too many soldiers of the Democratic Alliance, this is no way, the troops are not enough, they can only guard the East Palace, the Tianwang Palace, the city wall and Emei Ridge and other important places, fortunately, there was a coup d'Γ©tat in Nanjing, everyone knows that although the Democratic Alliance Army picked peaches, but it is not clear how many troops the Democratic Alliance Army has, and the officials and generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom generally retreat at home and dare not go out, which can be regarded as barely maintaining a delicate balance.
Wang Feng, Hong Xuanjiao and Yang Shuijiao accompanied Shi Dakai and the others, walked around, and even went to Yang Xiuqing's house, although the body was cleaned up, but the eyes were full of ruins and broken walls, and there were patches of blackened blood on the ground, which made Shi Dakai feel a lot of emotion.
It was close to noon, and he came to the square in front of the Tianwang Palace, although there was still a short time before the public trial, but Shi Dakai was still startled, he had never seen so many people in Nanjing.
On the square of Nuoda, there was a lot of black pressure, and there were 60,000 or 70,000 people.
In fact, almost all the people in Nanjing City are here, mainly old and weak women and children, young and middle-aged people are extremely rare, Ding Zhuang either escaped, or was forcibly conscripted into the army, and the old and weak women and children took on many heavy labor such as food production and logistics support, and they were not full, all of them were yellow and thin, their clothes were ragged, and they even looked like skeletons.
There were about a few hundred soldiers scattered among the crowd, carrying wooden barrels, distributing dough cakes or rice balls to the people, Shi Dakai could see it clearly, no matter who it was, as long as he received it, it was like holding the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and he swallowed it in a few bites.
This is the people under the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Shi Dakai suddenly felt that his nose was a little sour, as a master of chemical strength, this was a phenomenon that had never been seen before.
Wang Feng glanced at him, and said to himself: "In the spring of 1853, more than 200,000 Taiping troops attacked Nanjing, when there were more than 600,000 stubborn sons in the city, after the city was broken, there were 100,000 stubborn sons who committed suicide because they did not want to separate their flesh and bones, and then 500,000 stubborn sons were separated by other camps, working all day long, in the name of unified management, distributed according to needs, but the rations received were not enough to satisfy their stomachs, and the leadership of the Taiping Army, up to the king of heaven and the king of the east, down to the army commander and commander, all of them were extremely ferocious and extravagant.
Although all those who were captured were sentenced to death, they could not stop their determination to flee, and by September 1856, when the Democratic League broke through Nanjing, there were less than 80,000 stubborn sons, mainly old and weak women and children."
Shi Dakai can't wait to dig a pit and jump into it on the spot, especially Wang Feng is a stubborn man, this is not only a silent irony, but also a kind of rebuke in disguise, although he thinks he is honest and fair, but he is not in his position and does not seek his own government, as the fourth in command of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the people are enslaved and oppressed, he has a responsibility that cannot be shirked!
At this moment, Shi Dakai's never-bending back bent down, and his always high-spirited face gradually lowered, and he had an urge to hide his face and leave! (To be continued......)