洪秀全与太平天国后期的中央集权化

太平天国后期的中央集权化政策,是与洪秀全试图张扬复辟君主权力的努力相始终的。洪秀全虽然在李秀成等人的帮助下建立起一个运行效果良好的以掌率会议嫁接五军主将集体为内容的权力结构,但他仍然煞费苦心地构建以他的宗族为核心的上帝家庭,使之凌驾于本来行之有效的权力结构之上,试图以此支配以李秀成为首的地方实力派。洪秀全狭窄的气量致使他始终把目光局限在个人权力的张扬这一有限目标上,为此目标的实现,他忽略了维护体制内各要素动态平衡的重要性。

HONG Xiu-quan and Centralization of Authority in Post Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Centralization of authority in post Taiping Heavenly Kingdom results from HONG Xiu-quan's attempt to restore to autocratic monarchy. Despite the well-operating organ of power established with the help of LI Xiu-cheng which consists of chief military generals, HONG Xiu-quan takes great pains to establish a kingdom centered on his clan so as to place himself above the established effective organ of power and control the local strength under the leadership of LI Xiu-cheng. HONG Xiu-quan's narrow-mindedness gives rise to his excessive attention to individual power for which he ignores the importance of balancing various elements in the organ of power.