Slaying the Qing: My Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Mobilizing the working masses is a proven and feasible method in another time and space.

In this timeline, Hong Tian would naturally not abandon the correct path and try other methods.

Hong Tian has made a decision: next, he will eliminate local tyrants and evil gentry, distribute land to the poor, and truly ensure that the tiller owns the land.

Chinese people have a very deep affection for the land.

But the poor have no way of owning their own land.

Once they own their land, they will fight to the death for it if anyone tries to take it away.

If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could successfully mobilize these impoverished people, it would be absolutely invincible in its war against the Manchus.

The next step is to find a way to mobilize these poor people.

"I hereby declare that, from this moment forward, the official system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be reformed in order to end the chaos!" Hong Tian said.

Subsequently, Hong Tian announced his plan for reforming the official system.

The official system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was extremely complex and chaotic.

The civil service system included high-ranking officials such as military advisor, prime minister, general, and ministers of the six ministries.

The position of military advisor was unique in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, ranking above the king. In the early days, there were four military advisors: Left Assistant, Right Assistant, Vanguard, and Rear Guard. Later, Hong Rengan was appointed "Loyal Military Advisor," and Li Xiucheng was appointed "True Loyal Military Advisor."

In the early stages of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, 24 prime ministers were appointed to six different positions, each responsible for different administrative affairs. Later, the prime minister's status declined, and they became low-ranking military officers.

The position of Zhang Shuai was established later and was divided into four levels: Zheng (正), Youzheng (又正), Fu (副), and Youfu (又副). It was held concurrently by the king and other generals and was responsible for managing political affairs.

The six ministers were appointed from the East, North, and Wing palaces. These were the Eastern Prince's Palace, the Northern Prince's Palace, and the Wing Prince's Palace, and each palace had its own ministers in charge of the six ministries: Personnel, Revenue, Rites, War, Justice, and Works.

This not only led to extreme chaos in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's official system, but also resulted in an excessive dispersion of power.

Under such circumstances, how could the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom possibly have developed?

"The Heavenly Kingdom will appoint a Prime Minister to be responsible for forming a cabinet and handling national affairs. The Prime Minister will be accountable only to the Heavenly King. The first Prime Minister of the Heavenly Kingdom will be Hong Rengan," Hong Tian announced.

"Your subject obeys!" Hong Rengan replied.

"The Cabinet consists of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Industry and Transportation, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Education."

The Minister of Military Affairs was appointed by Prince Yi, Shi Dakai, and the Vice Minister was appointed by Prince Yan, Qin Rigang.

Hong Tian then announced the appointments.

Shi Dakai, who commanded over 100,000 elite troops in the Western Expedition and was also Hong Tian's father-in-law, naturally had a right to take charge of the military affairs department.

Qin Rigang had already joined forces with Hong Tian and was also one of the eight kings who led the uprising.

Appointing him as Shi Dakai's deputy was also a way to check and restrain Shi Dakai.

"Your subject obeys!" both Shi Dakai and Qin Rigang replied.

Subsequently, Hong Tian announced the appointments for other cabinet ministries.

Among them, Huang Yukun, the Minister of Justice, was appointed. He was Shi Dakai's father-in-law. He was known for his impartiality and had previously headed the Ministry of Justice. However, because he had offended Yang Xiuqing, he was temporarily dismissed from his post and sent to lead troops in battle at the front.

Hong Tian intended to rebuild the judicial system of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and naturally thought of Huang Yukun.

A country that lacks a sound judicial system and allows the powerful and wealthy to run rampant and oppress the people is clearly not sustainable in the long run.

Even now, it is extremely difficult to establish this.

But Hong Tian has already begun preparations for this.

Especially in the military, military law must be consolidated and established.

There must never be another instance of the military harassing, oppressing, or even massacring civilians.

We cannot allow the military to become a disaster in the eyes of ordinary people.

In this way, the Taiping Army and the Qing Army would be completely different in the eyes of the people.

The image of the Taiping Army will improve. And the Manchus will gradually lose the support of the people.

The Minister of the Interior was appointed by Zeng Zhaoyang.

He is Zeng Shuiyuan's nephew.

Zeng Shuiyuan was once one of the most famous prime ministers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. However, he was killed because of Yang Xiuqing's suspicion.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is temporarily responsible for all affairs within the Heavenly King's Palace.

But in Hong Tian's plan.

Next, the Ministry of the Interior will be transformed into the Ministry of the Interior, establishing a nationwide police system.

Through cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior, the power to adjudicate cases was taken back from local officials.

Local officials in the Qing Dynasty often had to also handle legal cases.

Perhaps there are some honest officials. But the vast majority are often involved in collusion between officials and businessmen, disregard for human life, and committing bribery and other illegal acts.

It can be said that the Qing Dynasty was already rotten to the core.

It's because the officials at the lower levels are too greedy.

Hong Tian wanted to put the power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in a cage from the very beginning, so as to avoid repeating the mistakes of previous dynasties.

The Minister of Industry and Transportation is Yung Wing.

Yung Wing can be considered one of the first generation of students to study abroad. After returning to China, he devoted himself to developing industry.

They held a sympathetic and supportive attitude towards the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Hong Tian sent someone to Songjiang Prefecture to invite Rong Hong to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

To this end, they pledged to provide strong support for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's industrial development and railway construction after the crisis was resolved.

Hong Tian knew very well that for a country to truly become powerful, it must possess a strong industrial base.

Developed transportation is also an indispensable and important part of promoting national industrial and economic development.

With Yung Wing in charge of these two directions, Hung Tin could rest assured.

Lai Wen-kuang was appointed as the Minister of Finance.

In another timeline, Lai Wenguang was later enfeoffed as the Prince of Zun, and naturally he was quite capable.

Furthermore, Lai Wenguang was also ostracized by Yang Xiuqing at one point.

The Minister of Agriculture was He Zhenchuan.

He Zhenchuan was a confidant of Hong Xiuquan and was extremely loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In Hong Tian's plan, the Ministry of Agriculture will be responsible for mobilizing the poor and distributing land to them, which is undoubtedly a very important position and should naturally be in the hands of a loyal person.

The Minister of Education and Culture was a rather legendary figure.

This person is Su Sanniang, the most famous female general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Su San Niang was not actually surnamed Su, but rather the wife of Su San, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society. She was involved in anti-Qing and restoration activities. After Su San was killed by the Manchus, she led the members of the Heaven and Earth Society to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Su San Niang was also hailed as the most beautiful female general in the Taiping Army.

Even Hong Xiuquan once tried to forcibly possess Su Sanniang.

However, they were unable to succeed.

For Hong Tian, ​​although Su San Niang was very beautiful, she was ultimately much older than him.

He is not yet seven years old.

Even if they have some ideas, they are powerless to change them.

By the time he was able to put his plan into action, Su San Niang was already middle-aged.

Aren't those seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls appealing? Why does it have to be an older woman?

The appointment of Su Sanniang as Minister of Education was mainly based on other reasons.

On the one hand, propaganda and education are both very important areas. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom attached great importance to this in its early stages. However, after establishing its capital in Nanjing, it no longer paid attention to this aspect.

Next, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom needed to spread its ideology to a wider audience, especially the ordinary poor, so that they could accept and embrace the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, thereby gaining their support and endorsement.

This will be a very challenging task for the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Hong Tian has already come up with some solutions, and he will have the Ministry of Education take charge of their implementation.

Meanwhile, Hong Tian would also require the Ministry of Agriculture to fully cooperate. This was to ensure that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could quickly gain the support of the common people and establish a solid base.

On the other hand, Hong Tian always believed that women should stay away from the battlefield. At the very least, they should not be allowed to take on the role of the frontline fighters.

It is feasible to serve as a medical worker, a communications officer in the command center, or even a service worker.

But going directly to the battlefield would be far too bloody.

Moreover, the Tartars and their enslaved lackeys never let the Taiping soldiers go unpunished.

Once captured, death is often the only outcome.

For female soldiers, the fate would be even more tragic.

Unlike Hong Xiuquan and other high-ranking officials who didn't care about the lives of their rank-and-file soldiers, Hong Tian didn't want such tragedies to continue.