Eh, Superman Zeng Jize was confused, he hadn't heard of this word, he didn't know how to answer, he nodded half of his head in ignorance, Huahuang's vision, he was already very admired.The point of admiration lies in the fact that Huahuang sees people accurately, looks at things objectively, and rarely has personal preferences, or in other words, rarely confuses personal preferences with work.President Moe slapped his face.Wang Zhankui immediately opened the door and entered, "Your Majesty." ”President Meng said to Wang Zhankui: "Bring me the two books I read every day." ”Wang Zhankui nodded in agreement, and then went down.Zeng Jize was curious, and didn't know what book His Majesty was going to read to himself, "When I first started to be an emperor, I was uneasy in my heart, but now I have less and less uneasy emotions, and I am living more and more confidently." ”Hua Huang smiled and said to Zeng Jize.Zeng Jize snorted, "Your Majesty is a genius in the sky, he has achieved the ancient feat at such a young age, and he was uneasy at first because he was not familiar with it, but as he became more and more familiar with the control of the country, he would naturally feel at ease." ”Hua Huang shook his head and said: "This is not the key point, after you read my two books, you will know why I am more and more at ease." ”Zeng Jize sighed, I don't know which two books they are, there will be such power Wang Zhankui came back in less than a while, holding two books in his hand.Zeng Jize looked at the title of the book, his eyes turned red again, and tears came out.Emperor Hua didn't mean to lead Zeng Jize to cry, it was Zeng Jize who saw the injury, because the titles of the two books were called Zeng Wenzheng's Diary and Zeng Wenzheng's Father's Book There are similar works in later generations, but they are all sorted out by later generations, and they are definitely not as comprehensive as those in the hands of Emperor Hua, which is helped by the Bureau of Statistics."
If you take a look, if there is no problem, these two books will be included in the extracurricular reading books of Chinese middle school students."
President Meng smiled at Zeng Jize and said, "I have to ask for your consent for this." ”"Your Majesty, this is a great love for the Zeng family, how could I disagree Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zeng Jize took the two books from Huahuang's hands and felt heavy.Zeng Guofan's family letters, a total of thousands of letters.Of course, later generations could not find so many, and moreover, these two books were compiled by Hua Huang himself, and now they are only samples.Zeng Wenzheng's official book is divided into 10 categories: family management, self-cultivation, persuasion, financial management, emergency work, friendship, human use, marching, travel, and miscellaneous affairs.The Zeng family has always been very strict and very disciplined.Zeng Guofan was influenced by the family style, and he was also very strict with his children, and taught them earnestly.Hua Huang believes that Zeng Guofan's guiding ideology of family education has many merits.For example, in teaching their children to read, to do academics, to be industrious, to be frugal, to be self-reliant, to be persistent, to cultivate oneself, and to be an official, they have inherited and carried forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.Since modern times, Zeng Guofan has been regarded as a "model of officialdom" by politicians.He is familiar with Chinese history, has a deep understanding of the way of officialdom, and has accumulated a complete set of officialdom mastery, which he uses in Chinese officialdom to conquer everything and be invincible.Zeng Guofan is the best son who can make his parents feel relieved; is the best older brother, teaches and takes care of younger siblings, considerate; Zeng Guofan is a benevolent father and a good example for his children.His family letters emphasize the ideals of life, spiritual realm, and moral cultivation, and in the modern society, where the relationship between flesh and blood is becoming increasingly indifferent, and neighbors and relatives are strangers, they do have the value of persuading the world to become vulgar, and it is worth reading for everyone.Zeng Guofan studied diligently all his life, admired Confucianism, and emphasized pragmatism that was applied to the world, and became another "Confucian master" after Confucius, Mencius, and Zhu Xi.He revolutionized the literary theory of the Tongcheng School, and his poetry and prose presided over the literary circles of the Daoguang, Xianfeng, and Tongzhi dynasties, which can be described as the "crown generation of moral articles".Zeng Guofan's family background is okay, but the Zeng family is by no means a big landlord family.In the traditional era, farmers wanted to get rid of the embarrassing life of facing the loess with their backs to the sky, and almost only one way for their children to study.Zeng Guofan's grandfather, Zeng Yuping, all the expectations after middle age is that his children and grandchildren will get out of this world by studying.He spared no expense to provide his eldest son Zeng Linshu to study, "tempered in poor years, and expected to succeed".However, Zeng Linshu's qualifications are too poor, although under the strict supervision of his father, he has been poor for many years and has studied tirelessly, but he has failed to take the Xiucai exam seventeen times.As the eldest grandson, Zeng Guofan carries the hopes of the previous two generations.However, the genetics of the Zeng family do not seem to be very smart, Zeng Guofan has participated in the county examination since he was fourteen years old, and he is also the first on the list, and none of the four younger brothers of Zeng Guofan, who has been named Sun Shan seven times in a row, have succeeded in studying.The Zeng family had become accustomed to the frustration after failing the exam, and they were almost resigned to their fate.However, at the age of twenty-three, Zeng Guofan's fate suddenly took a turn for the worse.This year, he won the show, and the next year, he won the lift.Five years later, in the eighteenth year of Daoguang, the twenty-eight-year-old Zeng Guofan was awarded the Jinshi and awarded the title of Jishi of the Hanlin Academy.Zeng Guofan, who has just passed the year of establishment, has many shortcomings, big and small, like every ordinary person.One is that he is impetuous and can't sit still.Zeng Guofan is naturally willing to socialize, likes to be lively, and is witty and humorous.In the first two years in Beijing, he spent too much time socializing, and every day he had to "go out and go to the west", go to the east and west, drink and eat, talk poorly, play chess and listen to plays.Although he set a self-study schedule for himself, the implementation was not good, and he had too little time to study seriously, and he couldn't calm down when he had time to study."
I've read Zeng Guofan's diary in its entirety."
Emperor Hua said to Zeng Jize.In June of the twentieth year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan said in his diary that after "staying in the museum" in April, he "had to work hard", but "I played every day, and I didn't realize that more than 40 days had passed".He summed up that in the past 40 days, in addition to writing a few letters to his family and making a birthday poem, "the rest are all neglectful, and the days have passed, so there is no record of the days."
Therefore, he set up a daily lesson for himself in his diary, got up early every day, wrote 100 large characters, reviewed scriptures, read historical books, and wrote poems and compositions.Open the diary, and the records of blaming yourself for "feasting", "impermanence", and "too much love to go out" are everywhere.The second is arrogance and poor cultivation.Although his qualifications are not particularly excellent, Zeng Guofan is finally outstanding among his friends in the countryside of Hunan, and he is a teenager, so he once looked forward to being self-assured.On the occasion of leaving home to serve as an official in Beijing, his old grandfather, who was not literate but well-informed, gave him this parting gift: "Your is good, your official is inexhaustible, if you are not proud, it will be better." ”Of course, a proverb from the old grandfather was not enough to sweep away the sharp edge in him.In the first few years of his life in Beijing, the most common human defects of "being inferior to others" and "seeing that he is and others are not" were evident in him.Several of his close friends have outspoken about his "arrogance".His good friend Chen Yuanyan told him: "The first thing is to quit slowness, which means that I am slacking off everywhere." ”"I also said that I am not shrewd in dealing with troubles, and I am too mean, so I must be careful every step of the way."
The second is "self-is", not listening to different opinions, "it is said to read poetry and be more obsessive".Because of his poor cultivation and fiery temper, Zeng Guofan had two big fights with his friends in the first few years of his stay in Beijing.The first time was with Zheng Xiaoshan, a fellow villager and head of the Criminal Department, because of a disagreement, he spoke ill of each other, "wantonly abused, disregarded anger, and almost forgot about his body and relatives".Another time was in the same year and fellow villager Jin Zao had a quarrel because of a small reason, "the big anger was uncontrollable, although after being told by friends, he still recklessly abused, and he was absolutely unscrupulous."
These few lines of description vividly depict the violent and impulsive side of Zeng Guofan's character.The most common mistake that ordinary people make in social interaction is to be insincere and hypocritical.For example, he often says good things in social situations, and he is used to wearing high hats to others.For example, boasting about oneself, not knowing how to pretend to understand, showing oneself, and boasting.These normalities in human nature exist in Zeng Guofan, and even more prominently.Shao Yichen, a friend of fear, pointed out that his third shortcoming is "false, which means that he can make a few faces on people." ”In Zeng Guofan's diary, he reflected on this shortcoming many times.For example, on the fourth day of October in the 22nd year of Daoguang, his friend Li Jiyun came to visit, "showing that he has recently composed poems."
Praise has insincere words, talk about poetry and make deep words".Words of admiration do not come from the heart.And while chatting, he deliberately showed off his profundity and talked exaggeratedly.There are countless such accounts.During the banquet, the face is smiling, there is a sense of honor, and the language is more humorous, so it is frivolous, and the so-called gentleman is not heavy.For the average person, this is a harmless social habit, just like accidentally making a noise when drinking soup, and almost everyone can't avoid it.But for the saints, it is quite a serious problem.Because Confucianism believes that the foundation of self-cultivation lies in "sincerity".Be sincere to yourself and others, one is one, two is two, and you are meticulous in order to make yourself pure and firm.Proper "white lies" are indispensable lubricants for social interaction, but when insincerity becomes a habit, "hypocrisy" will arise, and the human face will become vulgar and hateful.The age of 30 was the most important watershed in Tsang's life.The greatest significance of Zeng Guofan to future generations is that he proved with his own practice that a Chinese person can become a superman by "cultivating change".In other words, if a person is sincerely committed to self-improvement, his skills can be increased tenfold, his knowledge can be increased tenfold, his mind can be expanded tenfold, and his temperament can be purified tenfold.Foolish people, through self-sharpening, can also see through, stand firm, say it, and do it.People who are buzzing can also become as calm and quiet as the breeze and the moon.Paranoid people can also be open-minded and unreserved.Daoguang's entry into Beijing as an official in 20 years was not only the beginning of Zeng Guofan's career, but also an important part of his life's self-improvement.As the political and cultural center of the country, Beijing gathered the top talents of the time, and the Hanlin Academy was the source of the elite.As soon as he entered Hanyuan, Zeng Guofan saw most of the people with good temperament, going back and forth, and always enjoying the breeze and ease.Zeng Guofan found that the spiritual temperament of these people was very different from that of his former friends.They were all believers in science and had a puritanical moral fervor.They are strict and strict in their self-requirements, sincere and serious in their treatment of others, and firm in the face of rolling red dust.Before the age of thirty, Zeng Guofan's goal in life was only to become famous, rich, and glorify his ancestors.After getting acquainted with these good friends, I examined myself, felt ashamed of myself, and resolutely made up my mind.It was in the year of 30 years that Zeng Guofan set up the ambition of "learning to be a saint"."
Sage" is the highest life goal of Confucian believers.One of the most basic psychological tendencies of human beings is to make themselves perfect.The three schools of Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are extremely perfect in the design of life goals.Taoists believe that through cultivation, people can avoid eating grains, inhale wind and drink dew, be free from fear, live forever, and become "supreme people", "true people", and "gods".Supernatural exaggeration is too illusory, but apart from these ethereal factors, the Confucian theory of "sage" is, after all, the most operable personality ideal in traditional Chinese culture, which has a reasonable core that conforms to the basic psychological experience of human beings."
How's it going?"
asked Hua Huang.Zeng Jize nodded and said, "It's very comprehensive, many of which I haven't even seen." ”"Well, I had someone collect it.You can add one more. ”President Meng smiled: "I specially asked people to find my grandfather and previous masters, and I originally wanted to get a biography, but I don't want a biography." ”Zeng Jize nodded, understanding what Emperor Hua meant, His Majesty appreciates his father's life, self-discipline, these aspects, but he still has reservations about his father's entire life, especially his career experience in the Qing court in the second half of the year.However, Emperor Hua can respect his father so much, which has already moved Zeng Jize very much."
When you can't figure out what to do, take a look."
Hua Huang smiled and said to Zeng Jize, "There is nothing that cannot be solved."
Remember, to the Germans, or to all the great powers, there is no need for us to lower our posture" Zeng Jize nodded, his eyes lit up, and His Majesty finally said that he would go to Germany for a visit."
After you arrive in Germany, you will have more contact with all sides, and you will not be in a hurry to contact Bismarck, and when the time comes, I will talk to him personally.Of course, if he takes the initiative to summon you, you can talk to him.Germany, Austria-Hungary, these rising stars on the seas, are allies that we can choose first, because for the time being there is not much conflict of interest with us. ”President Meng instructed directly."
Okay, Your Majesty" Zeng Jize said secretly, I know all these things, but I'm afraid that Deao won't pay attention to us and ignore us at all, what should I do, but Zeng Jize didn't ask this question, as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, this kind of question should also be asked of His Majesty, and what else do he want to do Zeng Jize wanted to say and stopped, Emperor Hua is the same, Zeng Jize is much younger than Li Hongzhang, and he is much closer to himself, in the original history, Zeng Jize died at a young age because of illness, and now it is the era of Huaguo, The level of medical care in Huaguo has improved.t1706231537: