From 1856 to 1859 the Nian leaders consolidated their bases north of the Huai River by winning over the masters of the earth-wall communities, consolidated villages that had been fortified for self-defense against the Taiping.
In one of his trances, Yang claimed that the Lord demanded Hong be whipped for kicking one of his concubines (although Taiping followers were allowed no sexual relations with members of the opposite sex, Taiping leaders maintained enormous harems).
But the region was beset with many disorderly gangs escaped from China, including the Black Flags, who were under the command of Liu Yung-fu, a confederate of the Taiping.
After the Taiping Rebellion (1850 64) and the Nian Rebellion (1853 68), the use of the canal as the major supply line to Beijing was abandoned, and the canal gradually fell into disrepair in its northern sections.
In 1861, during the Taiping Rebellion (1850 64), the city fell to the rebels and suffered severe damage.
In the mid-1850s, while the Qing government was embroiled in trying to quell the Taiping Rebellion (1850 64), the British, seeking to extend their trading rights in China, found an excuse to renew hostilities.
Daoguang died just as the great political-religious upheaval known as the Taiping Rebellion (1850 64) was beginning to sweep South China.
The tax originated in 1853 in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu as a method of financing troops to aid in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion (1850 64).
Hangzhou continued to be a great cultural centre until 1862, when it was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion (1850 64).
In 1859 he finally made his way to the Taiping camp with the intention of teaching the Taipings the correct version of Protestant Christianity and helping them improve their relations with the Western countries.
The region was seriously affected during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1850s and '60s, and Nanjing became the Taiping capital in 1853, remaining under Taiping control until the demise of the rebels in 1864.
