Why did Wei Changhui kill the East King in the Heavenly Kingdom?

In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in addition to Hong Xiuquan, the prestige of Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East, was also very high, and he was often called "nine thousand years old". Yang Xiuqing himself also thinks that he is stronger than Hong Xiuquan, didn't he Hong Xiuquan deify himself and say that he is "Heavenly Father and Heavenly Brother", I also deified myself, but as a result, he mythologized himself more powerful than Hong Xiuquan, and the people around him looked sideways. Besides, Yang Xiuqing has made many military exploits in a series of military operations of the Taiping Army, and his achievements are high!

Hong Xiuquan began to be afraid of Yang Xiuqing and was afraid that he would rebel. Wei Changhui is a conspirator, and his status is not as good as Yang Xiuqing, but he has already seen Hong's suspicion of Yang, so he saw the opportunity to kill Yang Xiuqing's entire family and wash the Dongwang Mansion in blood. He thought that Hong Xiuquan would be happy and give him a high position.

He was wrong, although Hong Xiuquan was very happy after knowing that Yang Xiuqing was exterminated, his political enemies were eliminated, and he had no worries, but he quickly killed Wei Changhui on the grounds that Wei Changhui had killed too many people and his crime was unforgivable!

This is the tragedy caused by the limitations of the peasant uprising: after the victory, they began to divide the family and wealth, and the struggle for power and profit, the small-peasant mentality and the small-scale people's consciousness prevented them from sharing happiness after suffering together. The struggle within the ruling class of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom severely weakened their strength and exacerbated their defeat.

Wei Changhui is a "feminine and treacherous person". He was always dissatisfied with Yang Xiuqing, but on the surface he seemed very attentive and obedient. In the struggle with Yang Xiuqing to seize power, Wei Changhui often pretended to be "still frightened and did not dare to say more", and did his best to welcome him.

According to historical records, Wei Changhui was "very flattering" to Yang Xiuqing, and he was very supportive, and if he didn't talk about things, he would kneel down and say: 'If it is not for the fourth brother to teach, the younger brother has a tender belly, and he hardly knows this.' ''Tender belly' Xunzhou vernacular, still shallow knowledge."

Once, Wei Changhui's brother fought with Yang Xiuqing's concubine brother for real estate, which angered Yang Xiuqing. Yang wanted to kill his brother, so he handed him over to Wei Changhui to "discuss the crime". In order to curry favor with Yang Xiuqing, Wei Changhui actually executed his brother with five horses, and also claimed that it was not enough to police the public.

Wei Changhui's subordinate Zhang Zipeng arbitrarily beat the soldiers of the water camp, provoking the Feng mutiny. Yang Xiuqing blamed Wei Changhui for hundreds of dollars. Wei Changhui's general fought for him and said:

If you are angry and insulted, what will happen to you? However, Wei Changhui said that Yang Xiuqing was "unjust" to him, and killed this general "to thank Xiuqing" in a fit of anger.

Because after the king of the east was killed, after hearing the news, Shi Dakai returned to Tianjing, oppressed Hong Xiuquan, and punished the traitor, Hong Xiuquan had no choice but to kill Wei Changhui.

Because Hong Xiuquan felt that Wei Changhui's merits were high, if he lived, it would have an impact on his claim to be the emperor.

Because Hong Xiuquan was afraid that he would be killed by Wei Changhui, Hong Xiuquan made preparations in advance and killed the other party.

Because Wei Changhui's power is too great and he has military power in his hands, it has aroused Hong Xiuquan's jealousy.