The late Qing government treated the prisoners of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cruelly. How did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom treat Qing prisoners?

Kindness is greater than forgiveness. "This is what Zeng Guofan said in his son's will. Moreover, Zeng Guofan has always advocated respectful bowing and forgiving others. However, it is this man who looks like a bodhisattva, but after breaking through the Tianjing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he slaughtered the soldiers and people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is said that about 200,000 people were killed. Once called "the butcher".

According to historical records, "the more the Taiping Army suppressed, the fiercer the attack." Xiang suffered heavy casualties and lost morale. Advocating revenge and venting anger, rejuvenating the country and fighting Daye, capturing 134 people, "the eyeballs are dug out"; Capture 12 people outside Jiujiang City and immediately "know the state"; In addition, 13 people were captured alive and "dug underground".

The Nanjing Massacre was solved. In three days, more than 100,000 thieves were killed, and the Qinhuai River was a corpse. Jinling city broke for three days and nights, and none of the more than 100,000 thieves surrendered and gathered to set themselves on fire without any regrets. This is a rare drama in ancient and modern times.

So what makes a refined gentleman who often talks about benevolence and forgiveness become so cruel? To sum up, it is mainly two words. A word "fear" and a word "hate".

What are you afraid of? Think back to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, where a single spark can start a prairie fire. Every time a Buddha kills a Buddha, it is unstoppable and completely suspends the Qing army. The Qing soldiers were almost powerless and retreated again and again. In less than three years, it won the economic center of the Qing Dynasty and controlled the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the economy was the most prosperous. Zeng Guofan was forced to jump into the river. After experiencing such a crisis, Zeng Guofan was not afraid, so after breaking Tianjing, they left without being able to stay, bent on uprooting the grass, leaving no future trouble, and not giving the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a chance to make a comeback. Why don't even the people in Tianducheng take care of them? Zeng Guofan later revealed the sins of feudal rulers in one sentence. He said: Let the people be more afraid of us than the Taiping Army, that is, be tougher than the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Zeng Guofan was worried that the people in Tianjing would be bought by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he would rather kill by mistake than miss it.

Except for the fear of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom coming back. The second is a word "hate". As we all know, the Qing army executed almost all the captured soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the year of death, killing all the soldiers. After Shi Dakai surrendered, he was beheaded with thousands of knives, and thousands of his men were all executed. Eight Suzhou defenders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom collectively surrendered, but none of them were left by Li Hongzhang. The captain of the foreign gun cursed Li Hongzhang for being shameless and wanted to kill him with a gun.

There is no love for no reason, and there is no hate for no reason. Although it is not appropriate to use it here, it can be seen that the Qing government's inhuman practices against the prisoners of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are not only the vicious rulers, but also the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's own karma.