Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang of the Qing Dynasty certainly have the highest historical status of Zuo Zongtang, because Li Hongzhang is the richest and Zuo Zongtang has the greatest merit among the three. 1. Zeng Guofan, who takes the greatest credit for his great achievements

Zeng Guofan was a late bloomer. Until middle age, Zeng Guofan was an ordinary person in the officialdom. He was promoted and was not reused until the Taiping Rebellion in middle age. , threatened the rule of the Qing Dynasty at that time. The Qing Dynasty had been in confrontation with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At this time, Zuo Zongtang stood up and founded the Hunan Army on the civil side at that time. He led the Hunan Army to defeat the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was a threat to the Qing Dynasty. But when Zeng Guofan led the Hunan Army to invade Nanjing, he massacred a large number of people in Nanjing and also received a lot of criticism. 2. Zeng Guofan, cultivate himself, manage his family, and govern the country

Zeng Guofan was a pioneer in the modern world and a talent who made outstanding contributions to modern history. Many other generals at that time put forward some of Zeng Guofan’s ideas. In order to receive praise, Zeng Guofan set an example and clearly achieved this. He was a spiritual leader of the Hunan Army and the spiritual general of many ministers at that time. However, from our modern perspective, many of Zeng Guofan's actions are worthy of criticism.

At the same time, Li Hongzhang also made outstanding contributions to modern history. At that time, Xinjiang had always been a problem for China. The Xinjiang issue had always threatened the rule of the Qing Dynasty at that time. Once Xinjiang got out of control, Tsarist Russia would invade the Central Plains. At that time, Li Hongzhang led the army to quell the Xinjiang incident. Li Hongzhang also took the greatest credit. Li Hongzhang was the richest among the three people who managed major steel-making factories at the time. He was very important to China's modern scientific and technological progress and the development of modern industry. There are outstanding contributions.

But overall, if we look at Zuo Zongtang, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan was the one who did the most as an official, and it was Zeng Guofan who made outstanding contributions to the comrades within the Central Plains at that time.