Taiping's Quick Success  After several major battles with government troops, the Taipings took control of the ancient capital, Nanjing, which became its capital  They also took control of important cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, and Anhui and with this areas as their military bases, continued to launch military and cultural campaigns against the Manchu rulers  The expansion of the Taiping and its forceful implementation of the Christian faith resulted in the Taipings' conflict with the people Jintian where Hong started his uprising
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