President Meng looked at Zeng Jize and knew that Zeng Jize had a lot of questions in his heart, and smiled slightly: "Do you know who the minister of the late Qing Dynasty I admire the most is" Zeng Jize was stunned again and shook his head, "Don't dare to guess the heart of heaven." ”"Hehe, father and son chatting, what's not heavenly" President Meng took a sip of tea.Emperor Hua's father-son chatter made Zeng Jize's tears fall at that time, "The minister doesn't dare to be, Your Majesty is serious." ”Now that it is Huaguo, there is no longer a need for the title of courtier, and Emperor Hua corrected: "You should say that I dare not be a minister, not a minister."
In the future, Siping and I will get married, aren't you my father-in-law, guess who the minister of the late Qing Dynasty I admire the most. ”Zeng Jize saw that His Majesty must let himself guess, thought for a few seconds, and said: "Li Hongzhang, because Li Hongzhang is the only one who is a former minister of the former dynasty and serves as a high-ranking official in the current Chinese government. ”President Moe shook his head, "No. ”Zeng Jize was stunned, not "That's Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang has a lot of achievements in the military, if it weren't for Zuo Zongtang, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, and even the entire northwest situation, no one cleaned up, and the place in the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, basically Zuo Zongtang was calm, and it was not easy to do a flat place and a fixed place." ”"Not really."
Hua Huang smiled.Zeng Jize called it comfortable in his heart, if it wasn't, then only his father, "Your Majesty is talking about the father of the family" "Well, Li Hongzhang is talented, handsome, Zuo Zongtang has generals, and they have all made a lot of efforts, but together, they are not as good as Zeng Wenzhenggong."
Your father's biggest failure was to kill too many people, otherwise, his contribution to the history of China would be perfect. ”President Meng said leisurely, "Before him, China was ancient, and after his death, China is modern, and Zeng Wenzhenggong is a watershed in history." ”This is not that Emperor Hua is exalting Zeng Guofan, later historians basically hold this view, and it is a great honor to divide the era of a character.Taizu and Jiang Gong also admired Zeng Guofan.Zeng Jize nodded and said yes, Emperor Hua's words, he was convinced, what his father did was actually contrary to the current policy of China, at least in terms of military discipline.The situation in the late Qing Dynasty was turbulent, and Zeng Zuo Li's grievances and grievances spanned decades.Zeng Zuo's grievances mainly come from Zeng Guofan's background in the imperial examination, and Zuo Zongtang has repeatedly failed.Huahuang actually admires Zuo Zongtang very much, Zuo Zongtang has made great contributions to the country, but Zuo Zongtang is old, and because of his personality, he is no longer very suitable for politics in China.When it was reunified last year, Emperor Hua gave Zuo Zongtang the status of a senior senator of the President's Office, and Zuo Zongtang was not very cold and went home to retire.It's not that Emperor Hua is unwilling to use Zuo Zongtang anymore, it's that there is no place for Zuo Zongtang in the new government of Huaguo, the Chinese army and the Chu army are completely different, one is a new-style army, the other is an old-style army, Zuo Zongtang's qualifications and prestige are impossible to return to the military academy, even if he can put down the shelf, his age is not allowed.Unlike Li Hongzhang, who has the talent of diplomacy in the country, the emperor can use it at will.Although Zuo Zongtang did not come from the imperial examination, it does not mean that he has no talent, on the contrary, what Zuo Zongtang learned is a study that has been applied to the world.Zuo Zongtang also used Zhuge Liang as Zhuge Liang in his early years, calling himself "Jinliang".He was famous, and many officials made friends with him.Tao Shu, a generation of famous ministers, regarded him as a genius, cited him as a friend of the year, and even married his children.Tao Shu is the one who created the Hanchen pattern.Lin Zexu and He Changling are the brothers of Zuo Zongtang's teacher, Zuo Zongtang, Hu Linyi, and Wei Yuan have all been cultivated or recommended by him, and it can be said that he is the key figure in the transformation from the Jingshi School to the Westernization School.
It is the achievement of the national domain, and it also depends on Tao Shu's introduction."
The so-called Tongguang Zhongxing, the prosperity of Hunan talents, all originated from Tao Shu, and even Zeng Guofan himself was also influenced by Tao Shu.Zuo Zongtang can marry such a person as a son and daughter, and his talent can be seen.He later served as a staff member of the governor of Hunan, and it was his other son-in-law, Guo Songtao, who pleaded in many ways, that he came out of the mountain under the critical situation of the Taiping army besieging Changsha, and planned for Zhang Liangji to protect Changsha.Guo Songtao and Zeng Guofan are also sons and daughters, and Zuo Zongtang once observed the Taiping Army and had the idea of joining the Taiping Army.Zuo Zongtang's staff should be tough, he, his staff, the governor will listen to him.Whether it was Zhang Liangji or later Luo Bingzhang, they all obeyed him, so although he did not have an official status, he was the actual governor of Hunan.Zeng Guofan's recommendation of him as the prefect may be an exception in the eyes of others, but it may be difficult for Zuo Zongtang to condescend.When he was studying with He Changling in his early years, He Changling said to him, "Fortunately, don't be small, limit yourself", this sentence is indeed a wise saying for Zuo Zongtang, of course he will not limit himself for a prefect.And the real evil between the two was actually during this period, before the Taiping Army perished.Zeng Guofan was ordered to organize regimental training and exterminate the Taiping Army, but at that time, the Qing court wanted the horses to run and the horses not to eat grass, so many military salaries had to be raised by themselves.Forced to be helpless, Zeng Guofan thought of a very immoral way to extort donations.This is a more elegant statement, to put it bluntly, it is no different from a bandit kidnapping, whoever has money, kidnaps people, and lets their families ransom people with money.And Zeng Guofan, who has always read the books of sages and advocated loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, to do this is really insulting.Among the people who kidnapped the ticket of Zeng Guofan, the most famous person is called Tao Shu, who is the son of the famous minister Tao Shu.Smart people may have guessed that Tao Wei is still Zuo Zongtang's student and son-in-law, which means that Zeng Guofan tied up Zuo Zongtang's aunt.At that time, Tao Shu was already dead, but his prestige was still there, and Zeng Guofan's move was tantamount to being an enemy of the entire Hunan gentry, and caused an uproar in the entire Hunan officialdom.Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Hunan at that time, personally ran over to intercede with the Tao family, but Zeng Guofan still didn't give face, and insisted that the Tao family pay the money before releasing him.Is it tolerable or unbearableZuo Zongtang was not a good-tempered person, and in a fit of anger, he united with the Hunan gentry to drive Zeng Guofan out of Changsha.The Hunan army couldn't stay in Changsha, so they had to move to Hengzhou.This was the beginning of the bitterness between the two.Later, although Zeng Guofan had the grace of recommending Zuo Zongtang, it was difficult to settle the gap between the two.Many years later, Zeng Guofan also said to people: Zuo Ji Gao Zuo Zongtang used me to persuade Tao Shaoyun and Tao Huan's family to donate, but he did not allow it, so that there was a feud. ”There is no love without a reason in the world, and there is no hate without a reason.The so-called perfect saint and moral perfection are all halos that were added to Zeng Guofan later, and it is impossible for a moral perfection to accomplish anything.Zeng Zuo's grievances are not a fair and upright, selfish and narrow-minded that can be summed up.Zeng Jize was curious, I don't know what Emperor Hua suddenly mentioned his father, what does it have to do with my visit to Germany, President Meng smiled slightly, as if he saw the thoughts in Zeng Jize's heart: "Everyone admires your father, mainly not because of his talent, but because of his emotional intelligence, at least I am like this, Zeng Wenzhenggong has no special talent, and it can even be said that he is similar to an ordinary person, but he has relied on ordinary qualifications to achieve extraordinary achievements, which ordinary people can never achieve.
Therefore, Zeng Wenzhenggong has always been a role model for me to secretly learn. ”"Your Majesty."
Zeng Jize looked at Hua Huang with emotion, his heart was warm, and he seemed to understand the purpose of Hua Huang's talk to him, "I can't match my father's case." ”"The current international situation, in fact, is very favorable for us in China, after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, in order to maintain the Manchu rule of an inertial recovery stage.In 1860, the Qing government cooperated with Britain and France, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom collapsed, and there was a period of political calm.Some people also refer to the period from Xianfeng to Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty as Xiantong Zhongxing as a stage of inertial recovery, but it is generally believed that the recovery period was mainly during the reign of Tongzhi.In fact, at this stage, Huaguo's economy has been consolidated, and Jiangnan's economic development speed is also very good. ”Emperor Hua said to Zeng Jize.Zeng Jize didn't know why His Majesty talked about the economy from his father again, and nodded, "What Your Majesty said is that the development situation of the entire Huaguo is very good now. ”t1706231537: