: Though Defeated, Still Glorious; An Unyielding Cry!

"Restore China!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's roar echoed throughout the Ming Dynasty.

This is not just a slogan, but the starting point and the destination of his life's work.

Seeing his descendants, after two centuries of decline, once again shouting this slogan and sacrificing their lives for it, filled him with indescribable excitement.

He looked at the Taiping soldiers and the people of Tianjing on the sky, who had cut off their queues and were crying tears of joy. It was as if he saw himself and his brothers who had risked their lives with him back then.

"This is what the Han people should be like!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's tiger-like eyes gleamed, and he praised loudly.

Other dimensions were also inspired by this indomitable spirit of resistance.

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, nodded slightly.

"Although they were refugees and bandits, their aspirations were commendable."

"Resisting tyranny is a matter of course!"

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin looked at Hong Xiuquan on the sky with a complex expression.

"Using religion as a pretext to rally support is not a bad tactic."

"However, the name 'Heaven' is presumptuous. But considering that they are rebelling against those barbaric boars, it is somewhat understandable."

In the eyes of these ambitious emperors, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's actions were full of problems, but in the face of the great cause of "expelling the Manchus," all the problems seemed to be temporarily ignored.

What they saw was the Chinese nation's will to survive after being oppressed to the extreme!

However, this enthusiasm did not last long.

Zhu Dijun's voice, tinged with regret and sorrow, rang out once more.

"However, this momentous uprising, which carried the hopes of countless people, ultimately failed."

Failed?

In the vast universe, the hearts of those who had just begun to feel hope suddenly sank.

Zhu Yuanzhang's smile froze.

Why did they lose?

He asked the question almost instinctively.

In his view, the Taiping Army had already occupied Nanjing, a strategically important location, and had the righteous cause of "restoring China." They were poised to sweep across the country and were just around the corner. How could they possibly fail?

The reasons for the failure are complex.

Zhu Dijun sighed, and on the sky, several key figures and events began to be listed.

Leading them were several nobles.

[Dongwang Yang Xiuqing]

[Xiao Chaogui, the King of the West]

【Feng Yunshan, the Prince of the South】

[Northern King Wei Changhui]

[Wing King Shi Dakai]

"In the early stages of the uprising, these leaders were of one mind and were invincible."

"But when they established their capital in Tianjing and achieved a phased victory, the ugliest side of human nature was exposed."

Zhu Dijun's voice turned cold.

"After establishing the capital, Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, as the spiritual leader, indulged in the harem and became complacent, handing over power to Eastern King Yang Xiuqing."

"After gaining real power, Yang Xiuqing's ambition swelled rapidly. He became arrogant and domineering, and even disregarded the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. He repeatedly used the name of 'the Heavenly Father descending to earth' to openly punish the Heavenly King with a cane."

"The power struggle has reached a point of irreconcilable conflict!"

Upon hearing this, all the emperors frowned.

Infighting!

This is the thing that all those who achieve great things should avoid the most!

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he slapped his thigh:

"Foolish! Foolish indeed!"

"The barbarians have not yet been driven out, how can they kill each other! How can Hong Xiuquan be so lenient with his subjects? And how dare Yang Xiuqing be so presumptuous and rebellious?!"

He recalled how he controlled those arrogant and unruly soldiers back then—killing those who deserved to die and disciplining those who needed to be disciplined, showing no mercy whatsoever!

These Taiping Heavenly Kingdom leaders were far too inexperienced compared to him!

"Finally, in 1856, the conflict fully erupted."

"Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered the Northern King Wei Changhui to return to Tianjing and kill the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing."

"But Wei Changhui took this opportunity to go on a killing spree, not only killing Yang Xiuqing's entire family, but also slaughtering more than 20,000 of the Eastern Prince's subordinates and their families!"

"The entire city of Tianjing was awash in blood!"

"When Prince Yi Shi Dakai returned to the capital, he accused Wei Changhui of indiscriminately killing innocent people. Wei Changhui then tried to kill Shi Dakai. Shi Dakai fled Tianjing overnight, but his family members in the city were massacred by Wei Changhui."

"This is the famous 'Tianjing Incident' in history!"

Zhu Dijun's voice was filled with endless sorrow.

"A catastrophe of infighting wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's most elite generals and soldiers. Its strength was severely damaged, and its people were scattered."

"Even the most outstanding commander, Shi Dakai, was forced to leave in a huff, and ultimately suffered a defeat at the Dadu River, with his entire army wiped out."

"From this point on, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom went from prosperity to decline, and was no longer able to reverse the situation."

The myriad realms and timelines were utterly silent.

Everyone was shocked by this bloody and foolish infighting.

What a great situation!

They destroyed it with their own hands!

"A mere commoner! They're all just commoners!"

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, was furious at his lack of ambition.

"Possessing only the courage of a common man, but lacking the wisdom of an emperor! He will hardly achieve great things!"

Zhuge Liang held a feather fan, shook his head slightly, and looked on with disappointment.

"The greatest taboo for an entrepreneur is to become arrogant after achieving success and to be tempted by profit. What a pity, what a tragedy!"

They all realized that the failure of this uprising stemmed from the serious lack of vision and ability of the leaders.

They can be heroes in times of chaos, but they cannot be rulers in times of peace.

"Besides internal strife, there were also strategic errors and the rapid corruption of the leadership."

"More importantly, the enemy they faced was far too powerful."

Judy Jun's voice was directed at the group of pig-headed statues.

"This corrupt Qing Dynasty, in order to suppress the Taiping Rebellion and preserve its rule, did not hesitate to sell out national interests in exchange for the support of Western powers. Britain, France and other countries directly participated in the war."

"They formed the Xiang Army and Huai Army, traitorous armies led by the traitors Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, and colluded with foreign mercenary armies. Chinese and foreign reactionary forces joined forces to strangle them!"

Finally, in 1864, Tianjing (Nanjing) fell.

"Hong Xiuquan died of illness before the city fell. His son, the Young Heavenly King Hong Tianguifu, was captured and executed by slow slicing."

"This peasant uprising, which lasted for fourteen years, swept across eighteen provinces, and caused the deaths of tens of millions of people, came to an end in an extremely tragic manner."

On the sky, there were images of the fall of Tianjing City and the Xiang Army soldiers' frenzied slaughter.

It was the raging palace and the figures of countless Taiping soldiers fighting to the last man.

Tragic and devastating.

The myriad realms and timelines fell silent once more.

This time, no one criticized the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for its stupidity and internal strife.

All that remains is a deep sense of powerlessness and sorrow.

They failed.

But were they wrong?

No.

"Our ancestors."

Zhu Dijun's voice resonated in everyone's hearts.

"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had many limitations. They had the narrow-mindedness of the peasant class, religious superstition, and the corruption and stupidity of their leaders."

"They even made a lot of mistakes in the occupied territories."

"but!"

Zhu Dijun's tone suddenly became incredibly firm!

"We cannot deny that they are heroes!"

"In an era when the entire nation knelt, they were the first to stand up! With the blood and lives of millions, they issued an indomitable cry against that evil dynasty!"

"Although they failed, they dealt a heavy blow to the rule of Mite Clear, shaking its foundations!"

"They awakened the national consciousness that had been dormant for a century in the hearts of countless Han people!"

"Through their failures, they paved a bloody path for future revolutionaries!"

Judy walked up to the pile of pig head statues and kicked them all back to the ground.

"They taught us, the descendants of the Chinese nation, a lesson!"

"Faced with this bunch of usurpers, these traitors and lackeys who recognize the enemy as their father, any compromise or illusion will lead nowhere!"

"The only way out is—"

"revolution!"

"We must use the most thorough and resolute means to sweep them, along with all the evil they represent, into the dustbin of history!"

After Zhu Dijun finished speaking, he turned around and bowed deeply towards the empty main entrance of the "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum".

"A hero, though defeated, is still glorious!"

The word "revolution" exploded like a thunderclap in the hearts of all emperors!