Slaying the Qing: My Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

"Father! Father, what's wrong?"

When Hong Tian arrived at the main hall of the Heavenly King's Palace, he saw Hong Xiuquan lying in a pool of blood.

Although he himself had no feelings for Hong Xiuquan.

But this body ultimately belongs to Hong Tianguifu.

Even though Hong Xiuquan was extremely licentious, he was still very good to Hong Tianguifu.

This inevitably made Hong Tian feel sorrowful about Hong Xiuquan's death.

In addition, Hong Tian was also somewhat bewildered, not expecting such an unexpected event to occur.

Hong Tian tried to rush to Hong Xiuquan's side, but Chen Yucheng held him back.

"Young Heavenly King, it was Wei Changhui who murdered His Majesty the Heavenly King!" Chen Yucheng exclaimed angrily.

"Kill him! Kill all the rebels from the Northern Prince's Mansion without exception!" Enraged, Hong Tian issued the order directly.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The guards opened fire, and the dense barrage of bullets riddled Wei Changhui with holes.

All the rebels from the Northern Prince's Mansion were also killed.

At this moment, Prince Yan, Qin Rigang, also arrived at the Heavenly King's Palace. Upon seeing Hong Xiuquan lying in a pool of blood, he was equally stunned.

Regardless of anything else, Hong Xiuquan was the leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the spiritual pillar of countless soldiers!

"Young Heavenly King, what's going on?" Qin Rigang's voice trembled slightly.

"Wei Changhui is extremely vicious. He first killed Zuo Tianhou, and then he killed Tianwang. By the time we arrived, it was too late!" Hong Tianping calmed down.

Although Hong Xiuquan's unexpected death was completely beyond his expectations.

But the deed is done, and he now has to find a way to keep the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stable. Otherwise, turmoil is inevitable, which would undoubtedly give the Manchus, who have been lurking nearby, an opportunity.

"Wei Changhui is utterly rebellious!" Qin Rigang cursed.

It was as if he was using this point to show that Wei Changhui was not one of them, not on the same path.

"Your Highness, we must immediately suppress the news and absolutely prevent the soldiers and the people from knowing about this. Otherwise, it will seriously affect everyone's morale and confidence!" Qin Rigang advised.

Hong Tian nodded: "Immediately seal off the news. Also, remove all the corpses from the Eastern King's Palace and the Heavenly King's Palace. Announce to the outside world that the Heavenly King, along with the Eastern King and the Northern King, ascended to heaven to serve the Heavenly Father!"

Hong Tian quickly responded.

In another timeline, after Hong Xiuquan killed Yang Xiuqing, he also claimed that the Eastern King had ascended to heaven to serve the Heavenly Father.

Therefore, September 4th was specially designated as the "Ascension Day of the Eastern King" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in an attempt to avoid the death of Yang Xiuqing having too great an impact.

In this new time and space, Hong Tian could naturally learn to use this technique as well.

Qin Rigang nodded in agreement.

Regardless, things have come to this point, and all we can do is minimize the turmoil and ensure the stability of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Otherwise, once the truth of the matter is revealed, it will inevitably have a very large impact.

Ordinary Taiping soldiers and civilians have come to regard Hong Xiuquan and several princes as the representatives of the Heavenly Father on earth.

But what if these deified princes were to fight for power and profit like ordinary people, or even kill each other?

This would inevitably lead to a collapse of faith throughout the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Although many intelligent people know that the so-called religion was just a disguise used by Hong Xiuquan and others to launch an uprising.

But ordinary people and soldiers believed it without a doubt!

Even if we gradually promote de-religiousization in the future, it's not the time now.

We must wait until we have completely defeated the Tartars, driven them out, and restored the Han dynasty's territory.

Otherwise, this would inevitably have a serious impact on the morale of the military and civilians.

Since the Heavenly King has ascended to heaven, he naturally cannot be buried with the same grandeur as an ordinary person or an emperor.

To maintain secrecy, the burial was hastily arranged, with the aim of keeping the matter a secret from outsiders.

That would be in line with the idea of ​​ascending to heaven.

In addition, Hong Tian ordered that Yi Wang Shi Dakai be summoned back to the capital immediately.

With such a major incident, Yi Wang Shi Dakai played a crucial role in stabilizing the situation.

Now, of the eight kings who first rose up, only Wing King Shi Dakai and Yan King Qin Rigang remain.

The other princes all died.

Especially on this one night, three people were killed, and they were the three with the most power.

It's easy to imagine the upheaval that would occur if the news got out.

In addition, Hung Tin sent someone to Hong Kong in advance to invite his cousin Hung Yan-kan.

Among Hong Xiuquan's brothers, Hong Rengan was the most capable.

In another timeline, after the Tianjing Incident, Hong Xiuquan appointed Hong Rengan as the Gan King, giving him full authority to handle the affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In this timeline, Hong Tian also thought of Hong Rengan.

Hong Rengan also wanted to go to Tianjing to assist Hong Xiuquan.

However, because the Tartars were keeping a close watch on him, he was unable to make his trip to Tianjing despite his repeated attempts.

This time, Hong Tian sought help from the people of the Sun Never Sets.

After all, over the past two years, Hong Tian had bought quite a few things from the British, making them a lot of money. Having the British help transport goods and bringing someone along to Tianjing was naturally not a big deal.

Even the British, who never set sun, would not refuse this.

In addition, Hong Tian ordered the immediate expansion of the Imperial Guard.

The Imperial Guard demonstrated its formidable strength in the battle on September 4th.

Even the rebel army of the Northern Prince's Mansion was no match for the fully armed Imperial Guard.

Even though the rebels still had a numerical advantage, they were still overwhelmingly crushed by the Imperial Guard.

Next, if Hong Tian wants to successfully take control of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, strong military power is indispensable. This is his true foundation.

Therefore, the expansion of the Imperial Guard is imperative.

Under Hong Tian's orders, the three battalions of the Imperial Guard recruited sixteen- or seventeen-year-old boys from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's scouts to join the Imperial Guard.

The three battalions were subsequently expanded into three infantry regiments. Each infantry regiment, in addition to having three infantry battalions, also included a reconnaissance company, an artillery company, and a cavalry company. With the regimental headquarters, the entire infantry regiment had a strength of 3,500 men.

Three infantry regiments, plus the division headquarters, a cavalry battalion, an artillery battalion, an engineer battalion, and a supply battalion, constitute an infantry division. Each infantry division, at full strength, has a total of 15,000 men.

Among them, the regimental artillery company is equipped with six of the latest 75mm mountain guns produced by the Orphan Battalion.

The division's artillery battalion is equipped with 24 75mm field guns.

This infantry division was named the 1st Guards Infantry Division, and its commander was Chen Yucheng, the deputy commander of the Guards.

In fact, Chen Yucheng felt very guilty for not completely eliminating Wei Changhui in the Eastern King's Mansion, which led to the death of Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.

He even once expressed his intention to commit suicide and follow the Heavenly King in front of Hong Tian.

Hong Tian naturally disagreed.

Chen Yucheng was a general he had carefully groomed; how could he possibly follow Hong Xiuquan? That would be a complete waste!

Although mistakes occurred during this operation.

But for Hong Tian, ​​this may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Hong Tian originally intended to take charge of the affairs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the name of the Young Heavenly King after suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Wasn't Hong Xiuquan a pleasure-seeker? Then let him continue to indulge in debauchery in the Heavenly King's Palace.

As long as he doesn't interfere with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's future development, it's perfectly acceptable for him to indulge in pleasure and procreate all day long.

But in that case, it would ultimately be neither legitimate nor justifiable.

Now, Hong Xiuquan is dead.

This would certainly cause great turmoil to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But this also gave Hong Tian another option.

That means he would directly succeed to the throne and become the new Heavenly King.

He was originally the young Heavenly King, the successor to the Heavenly King.

Now that the Heavenly King has ascended to heaven to serve the Heavenly Father, it is only right and proper that he should inherit the throne of the Heavenly King and continue to lead the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The only problem is that he is too young.

However, he possessed considerable strength, had recruited Prince Qin Rigang of Yan, and received the full support of Prince Shi Dakai of the Wing.

Then, none of this is a problem.

Hong Tian ascended to the throne and became the new Heavenly King; everything fell into place naturally.