after the taiping army captured nanjing and established its capital city there, renaming it to tianjing, yang xiuqing's relationships with the other kings gradually worsened. the north king wei changhui was flogged on yang xiuqing's orders once, as his subordinate had offended yang. later, wei's relative had a dispute over property with yang's relative, which angered yang. yang xiuqing called wei changhui to decide the punishment for wei's relative together, and wei replied that his relative should be torn into five parts. once, the yi king shi dakai's father-in-law huang yukun offended yang xiuqing and was ordered to be flogged 300 times, and his nobility title removed and demoted. in the same incident, the yan prince qin rigang and another high-ranking official chen chengrong were also flogged on yang xiuqing's orders. even the heavenly king was not spared from being flogged, as yang often pretended that the 'holy father' had possessed him and used the name of the 'holy father' to punish hong xiuquan. yang xiuqing monopolised the power of the kingdom and became increasingly influential, making him feared and hated by the others, but none dared to oppose him.