1843, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan, Hua County, Guangdong Province, founded the worship of the gods and began to spread the teachings in Guangdong and Guangxi. 1845, Feng Yunshan took a fancy to Zijing Mountain when he was looking for a secret activity base. He merged here as a teacher and began to spread his teachings. 1846, under the influence of Feng Yunshan, Yang joined the worship of God.
At first, Yang was just an ordinary member and had not stood in the forefront of the anti-Qing struggle. 1847 At the end of February, Feng Yunshan was imprisoned in Guiping for leading his congregation to destroy the temple, and Hong Xiuquan returned to Guangzhou for rescue. At this juncture, the worship of God was suddenly persecuted by the landlord forces, and the meeting was paralyzed because there was no head of state, which shook people's hearts. At this time, Yang stood up and used the local superstitious witchcraft to disguise himself as a "spiritual possession" to convey the imperial edict on behalf of the heavenly father, thus consolidating the worship of God. After Feng Yunshan was released from prison, he and Hong Xiuquan returned to Guangxi. Although they knew that Yang disguised his heavenly father as left-wing witchcraft, they saw that it played such a big role in the people and thought it could be used. Therefore, Yang officially achieved a special position in the worship of God and became one of the leaders of the worship of God.
At the end of jintian uprising 1850, Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan deployed uprising work in huashan village, Huazhou, and issued a group camp order, requiring all local members who worship God to concentrate their land sales in Jintian Village, and set up a group camp headquarters in Jintian Village, presided over by Yang, Xiao Chaogui and Shi Dakai. After receiving the information, the local landlord forces joined forces with the Qing garrison to contain the congregation gathered in Jintian village. With the help of "Heavenly Father", Yang organized teams to fight back many times, which opened the way for jintian uprising. 65438+ February, jintian uprising succeeded.
185 1 In February, Hong Xiuquan ascended the throne in Wuxuan Dongxiang, claiming to be the king of heaven and making Yang the army division, officially announcing the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At the beginning of the uprising, the carelessness and selfishness of farmers greatly affected the fighting. Yang repeatedly preached and conveyed the victory belief of "heavenly father descending to earth" and successfully assembled the will and strength of the whole army. 185 1 In the summer of, because the Qing army began to encircle the insurgents and constantly strengthened its strength, Yang decided to lead the army to break through. In September, on the way to break through, Yang successfully ambushed the Qing army, the magistrate who came to suppress it, in Pingnan Guan Village, and made the latter retreat from Pingnan County. Yang took the opportunity to direct the Taiping Army northward, and on the 25th, he conquered Yongan Pass and successfully broke through.
185 1 At the end of the year, Hong Xiuquan was enfeoffed as the king of Yong 'an and Yang Lingdong as the commander-in-chief of Taiping Army, and officially took charge of the military power. After the Taiping Army conquered Yong 'an, the Qing Dynasty mobilized troops to besiege and bribed Zhou Xineng, commander-in-chief of Taiping Army, to attack Yong 'an County from the inside. Yang, who got the news, took Zhou Xineng away in the name of "Father" and exposed the fact that he defected to the enemy. The intelligence acquisition and handling of this rebellion not only destroyed the plan of the Qing army to attack Yongan from the inside, but also greatly encouraged the Taiping Army and strengthened their belief in victory.
1in April, 852, Yang commanded the Taiping Army to break through Yong 'an and take Guilin in the north. On the way, he successfully ambushed and annihilated more than 2,000 of the four general commanders of the Qing army in Dadonggu, Longliaoling. After the attack on Guilin was blocked, Yang turned to lead the army north to take Quanzhou and prepare to March into Hunan. Due to the ambush on the way and heavy losses, coupled with the sacrifice of Feng Yunshan, the king of the South, Yang was forced to change his route to the north, passing through the three towns of Zhou, Jianghua and Yongming. In June, the Taiping Army entered Hunan.
1In June, 852, Yang and Xiao Chaogui, the queen mother of the West, jointly published three articles, namely, the Decree of Killing Demons in Fengtian to Help the World and Protect the People, the Decree of Seeking Cloth in Fengtian and the Decree of Saving Everything, to denounce the Qing Dynasty. These three essays successfully triggered the uprising of all nationalities in various places.
1In July, 852, Yang led the Taiping Army to besiege Changsha. Two months later, because Changsha could not be captured for a long time, there were differences within the leading group on the next strategic action. Yang sized up the situation and put forward the strategic policy of marching into the south of the Yangtze River, which was endorsed by most leaders including the heavenly king Hong Xiuquan. The formulation of this strategic policy pushed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement to the whole country. In February 65438, Yang led the Taiping Army to attack Wuchang and Hanyang from both land and water, and captured the two places in June the following year. 1In March, 853, Yang commanded the Taiping Army to March along the Yangtze River to Nanjing. 1 1 later captured Nanjing. At this point, the plan to March into Jiangnan was completed.
After the capital was Tianjing, Yang first rectified the camp regulations and legislated to protect the people. After Hong Xiuquan took office, he and Hong Xiuquan agreed to formally declare Nanjing as Tianjing, with its capital here, and formally established the peasant revolutionary regime of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom against the Qing Dynasty. 1In May of 853, Yang was sent by Tianjing to explore the capital in the north and Hunan and Jiangxi in the west. The Northern Expeditionary Army was wiped out in Fengguantun, Shandong Province on 1855 for lack of backup. The striker of the Western Expedition Army 1854 arrived in Xiangtan at the beginning, and Zeng Guofan suffered heavy losses after the Xiang Army, and retreated all the way from Xiangtan to Hukou. At the critical moment, Shi Dakai, the king of Yang Mingyi, reinforced, and achieved a great victory in Hukou at the end of 1854. The Western Expedition Army took the opportunity to recapture vast areas in Hubei and Jiangxi.
/kloc-at the end of 0/853, when the Taiping army was mainly engaged in the northern expedition and the western expedition, the Qing army began to hoard troops outside Tianjing, set up camps in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and launched an uninterrupted attack on Tianjing. In order to improve the situation in Tianjin, Yang decided to dispatch troops from the battlefield of the Western Expedition and destroy two camps. 1February, 856, Yan Wang Qin Rigang broke camp in Jiangbei. After months of fighting, the army was very tired. After the camp was broken in Jiangbei, Qin Rigang wanted to lead his troops back to Tianjing to rest. However, considering that the Jiangnan camp was isolated, Yang wanted to take advantage of the situation and attack high, so he ordered Qin Rigang to continue attacking the Jiangnan camp. Even Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng failed to shake his determination. 1In June, 856, Taiping Army attacked Jiangnan Camp and threatened Tianjing for three years. Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps were finally eliminated.
1856 After the Taiping Army captured the Jiangnan Camp, Yang's reputation was also at the same time. He is the supreme ruler of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, combining religious power, political power and military power.
After the Tianjing Incident made Tianjing the capital from 1853, Yang frequently used the privilege of giving orders on behalf of God, mostly to deal with internal contradictions and exclude dissidents. 1856 In August, after Yang commanded the Taiping Army to attack the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, he used this great achievement as an excuse to send a decree on behalf of the heavenly father, asking Hong Xiuquan to seal him from "nine years old" to "long live". Taking this as a lesson, Chen, the official in charge, told Hong Xiuquan that Yang wanted to usurp the throne. Hong Xiuquan immediately ordered Wei Changhui, the king of the North, and Shi Dakai, the wing king who led the troops outside, to return to Tianjing to kill Yang.
1On September 2, 856, the Tianjing Incident broke out, Wei Changhui led 3,000 troops to attack the East at night, and Yang and his followers were almost slaughtered.
Political talent Yang Zi 185 1 became the chief strategist and prime minister of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Under his management, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was highly centralized, and all the government affairs of the whole country were centralized in the central government. Hong Rengan's "Declaration on the Establishment" said: "That is, the rise and fall of the last rank officials must be decided by heaven, and the publication must be promulgated from Beijing."
Yang strictly maintains order and enforces discipline. According to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Politics and Education, "all people, without exception, have their assigned posts and responsibilities, and all actions follow the track and rules, just like clockwork".
Yang selects and employs people, and rewards and punishments are moderate. "Tales of Thieves" records: "The statutes are very strict. If you lose, you lose. If you violate private wealth, cut it. If it's light, you deserve it. You don't dare to favor one over the other and have no tolerance. " Those who have made meritorious deeds have also been promoted beyond the time limit, but those who are unruly are willing to be obedient and have no regrets in the field.
Yang, a military talent, 185 1 took charge of military affairs. In the same year, the rules and regulations of the Taiping Army were promulgated, including "Ten Rules for Establishment of Battalion" and "Ten Rules for Battalion".
1855, yang organized personnel to sum up experiences and lessons, and formulated and issued the "March essentials", which required the troops to comply with it. The "March General Order" made specific provisions and requirements for amphibious troops to March and camp, guard patrol, command assembly, roll call, and night inspection.
Li Xiucheng, a loyal monarch of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, commented on Yang in "Li Xiucheng's readme": "East politics is strict, legislation is safe for the people, and it is admired by the people."
Zhang Dejian, editor of Xiang Army in Qing Dynasty, commented on Yang in "Thieves' Sentiments": "I am quite familiar with the situation of mountains and rivers." Although I haven't studied and don't understand the art of war, I am cunning and alert, and I can start a prairie fire with poison. "
Hong Rengan, a military strategist of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, commented: "In the past, when Dong Wangjian was around, he expanded his territory, and it is still a hundred miles away. Now, he has repelled the attack and defeated it, much worse than when he was alive! "
Luo Ergang, a historian, commented: "Yang was the chief culprit of the Tianjing Incident by relying on the emperor to make the princes."
Yang's father, mother and uncle are family members. The three brothers are Yang, Yang Runqing and Yang Chuanqing. The names of children and wives are gone.
After the Tianjing Incident, the Yang family was slaughtered. 1860, Hong Xiuquan cherished Yang, adopted his fifth son, Hong Tianyou, and attacked the young East King.