After General Fan conquered Fenghua, he set up his base camp in the Earth Temple in Fenghua City. He believed in gods, especially that there were immortals in the land. The immortals in charge of the land must be very great and could make crops and trees grow on the land.
In addition, he was born to repair Earth, and his entire body was filled with a strong sense of land. When he saw the Earth Temple, he was as excited as if he had seen his family.
He lived in the largest temple in Fenghua City. It was an ancient temple. Due to its deep history, the incense in the temple was not bad. Usually, a few monks lived in the temple and took care of all the affairs in the temple.
Although there was a war outside, the monks thought that the gods would cleanse the land and the flames of war would not burn in front of them, but Fan Ruzeng had come to ask to stay.
The monk wanted to shake his head at first, but when he saw the eyes of General Fan's trusted soldiers, he knew that they were not good people. If they resisted, the outcome would probably be very tragic.
Besides, they did not understand the Taiping Army's ways of pacifying the people. They had heard that half of them were bandits and the other half were heroes who saved the world. Were the troops in front of them bandits? Or a savior? The monks couldn't make up their minds, so they could only bend down and let them do as they pleased.
Fan Ruzeng liked the Earth God, so he didn't hate the monks in the Earth Temple. When he moved into the temple, he would pull them over to preside over the friendship. It was nothing more than a revolutionary team for the people. He represented God's will to save the people and let everyone start a new and happy life.
The host's surname was Fan. He was not vexed, but he was ordinary. Fan was about fifty years old and could be considered a middle-aged man. He had some social experience. Seeing that Fan Ruzeng was not a bad person, he was willing to talk to him from the bottom of his heart.
He introduced the past and present situation of the Earth Temple and looked forward to the future. He said that the development prospects of the Earth Temple were good, but it lacked the help of the incense master who had insight. If the general was willing to help, the temple would definitely invite the Earth God to descend to the mortal world and assist the general in achieving his achievements.
Fan Ruzeng was not very cultured. He worshiped the Earth God to find some spiritual sustenance. He would not be ignorant of the purpose of life all day long.
Hearing Abbot Fan's flattery, his heart almost flew out of his chest. He seemed to have already seen the Earth Lord. He was dressed in Confucius attire and held a ten-thousand-year-old immortal peach wood walking stick. He stood in front of him in high spirits, wishing him to become a king soon and live an immortal life.
Therefore, Fan Ruzeng was happy and rewarded Abbot Fan with a large sum of money to repair and expand the scale of the temple.
However, that large sum of money was the spoils of war after General Fan's men attacked the city. Because the Taiping Army was very particular about fairness, no matter what kind of material, they would hand it over to the public and distribute it separately.
Therefore, after taking down Fenghua City, most of the Taiping Army handed over most of their spoils of war to the General Administration. 99% of the so-called spoils of war were looted.
Although such a method would damage the image of the Taiping Army, and in the eyes of the locals, Fan Ruzheng was no different from the Qing Dynasty Tartar nobles, a wolf in human skin, he could gather a large amount of wealth in a short period of time, allowing them to immediately satisfy the wealth addiction of the nobles.
Most of the people who rebelled in the Taiping Army were materialistic people who fought for power, wealth, and sex. They had no concept of the masses or universal values in their eyes and hearts. They only relied on simple material hope to arouse their fighting spirit. Without material hope, they would not rebel even if they were beaten to death.
Therefore, the Taiping Army attacked the city like a gust of wind. They burned, killed, and robbed the Qing army, which lacked discipline. In the end, the people of the country knew that the Taiping Army was actually a group of bandits.
Therefore, the people turned to support the government, hoping that through the enlightened leadership of the government, they could eliminate the Taiping Army and lead everyone to live a good life.
Therefore, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, and a group of officials with good performance stepped onto the political stage and became earth-shaking figures in the new era of the Chinese Dynasty. It was also a natural law of evolution.
Hong Xiuquan, who was like a bandit, would never have thought that the cause they fought for would not succeed, but Zeng Guofan and the others would succeed in their glorious lives. It could not be said that it was not a wonderful irony.
Through the failure of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise of Zeng Guofan and others, history taught people a lesson about human nature. Human nature, which lacked a better perspective, would never stir up beautiful sparks. It was only worthy of being cast aside in hell.
Of course, in order to hide his uneasiness and not leave a bad reputation as a bandit in the eyes of outsiders, Fan Ruzeng had to contact a group of famous people wherever he went to show his elegance.
Unfortunately, his men did not want to buy his words and continued to burn, kill, and plunder in private. When Fan Ruzeng found out, his men explained in unison that they had killed bandits and robbed the ill-gotten gains of the landlords and bullies.
In addition, Fan RuZeng was too selfish. He only wanted to rely on his subordinates 'loyalty and work hard to become king as soon as possible. He did not want to work for the people in reality.
Therefore, he didn't want to interfere too much with his subordinates 'actions, for fear of offending them. In the future, no one would fight for him. A commander without a commander would be a shadow in the eyes of others wherever he went. It would be suffocating to be angry every day.
Although he had played with the officials and people of several places when he fought in Zhejiang, causing them to feel deep regret in despair, and the era hoped to escape from the clutches of the Manchurian Tartars, but they did not expect to fall into the black hole of the Taiping Country, his bad reputation did not immediately ferment. The people of Zhejiang, and even the whole country, knew his name.
Therefore, after he attacked Fenghua City, most of the people in Fenghua still worshipped him as a hero who saved the world. On the day the main army entered the city, a group of citizens stood on both sides of the road to welcome them. Some families even thought that they could live a good life of equality and safety in the future. They took out the good food that they were willing to eat at home to entertain the Taiping Army.
Fan Ruzeng and the others enjoyed the respect of the people. They thought that they were the best heroes, and their hearts were filled with arrogance. In addition, they had just won the battle, so they needed to relax their fatigue.
Therefore, on the night when the Taiping Army entered the city, the common people's vision of eating, drinking, and having fun was revealed. Fan Ruzeng was invited by Zhang Deshui and other aristocrats to the largest restaurant in Fenghua City to eat and drink. Finally, he invited a famous prostitute from the Cuihua Pavilion to serve General Fan. Fan Ruzeng, who did not have much experience, called life happy. The days before were simply not human.
General Fan was eating a luxurious feast outside. His monkeys were not to be outdone. They could not go to the Golden Phoenix Restaurant or the Emerald Flower Pavilion. They could go to places of lower quality to eat and play. They could even go directly to the homes of ordinary people. They could eat whatever they wanted. If they liked a woman, they could play however they wanted.
They were the saviors of the Fenghua people, so it was only natural to eat them. Otherwise, the revolution was just to be Lei Feng. Many of the people in the Taiping Army, who were greedy for enjoyment, would rather lower their humanity to live than be saviors for nothing.
Therefore, true heroes who cared for the people and others were all people who had considerable spiritual and moral pursuits. They did not live their lives just for money and sex.
There was basically no such person in the Taiping Army. Therefore, they relied on their emotions to take advantage of the contradictions between the Manchu and Han Dynasties. At the beginning of the uprising, it seemed to have a bright future. However, due to the lack of spiritual pursuit, the Taiping Army had unknowingly turned into bandits.
Because the Taiping Army required men and women to grow hair, which was different from the ruling hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty, the people called them Long Hair according to their long hair. In addition, the long hair turned bad, and the long hair was followed by a thief. They were called Long Hair Thieves.
The people hated the Taiping Country Army for being so disappointing, and they used the term " long-haired bandits " to vent their disappointment and anger.
The Taiping Army could not blame the people for their disrespectful reaction. As the saying went, the eyes of the masses were always bright. Long Hair's bandit behavior had indeed hurt most of the people, whether physically or mentally. The people had suffered repeated injuries from the Qing Dynasty to the Taiping Country. It was simply inhumane.
Therefore, the people had the right to vent their anger. It was not too much to call him a long-haired thief.
Although the Virtuous King Li Shixian was considered a good official in Taiping Country and had a low level of ugliness, his subordinates were still like bandits. Wherever they went, they would hurt the people and tarnish the image of the Virtuous King.
Even if the Virtuous King had heard or even seen his subordinates wreaking havoc, he did not dare to manage it openly. If he angered his subordinates, no one would fight for him, and his dream of being a general would come to an end.
Therefore, if a good person lacked management skills and courage, it was best for him to be at the grassroots level and concentrate on the peaceful and ordinary life of a good person. He must not sit in a leadership position and let some people who destroyed humanity do whatever they wanted.
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