It is not an exaggeration to say that it was Zuo Wenxiang's Bole. Left-born juren. Although he should have tried many times, he still fell behind many times. Later, I had to enter the shogunate of senior officials as a guest, which was also the home of many juren at that time. After the outbreak of the "French Rebellion", under the recommendation of Zeng Guofan, Zuo entered the shogunate of Luo, then the governor of Hunan Province, and gradually made his mark in the Xiang Army, and then established his own clique-Chu Army, becoming one of the most influential figures in the late Qing Dynasty!

Although Zuo is a strong-willed person, he dares to "blow his beard and stare" at his boss if he says something inappropriate, but he is not the kind of villain who bites the hand that feeds him. For Zuo, who was born in Xiang Army, Zeng Guofan was both his "old leader" and his own bole, and their relationship was fairly harmonious. At least, the relationship between Zuo and Zeng Guofan is far better than that with Li Hongzhang. But why did Zuo write to Zeng Guofan when Xiang attacked Jinling?

Laojiu has gone too far. After Xiang attacked Jinling, Zeng Guofan himself seemed to be on cloud nine, especially Ceng Guoquan, Zeng Guofan's ninth brother and frontline commander who attacked Jinling. After entering Nanjing, Zeng's soldiers burned and looted for seven days and nights! Xiang almost ransacked Nanjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ... Zeng Laojiu himself made a lot of money.

If only Laojiu took the opportunity to collect money himself, or helped Zeng Guofan to collect money, not only was there no problem, but Empress Dowager Cixi even enjoyed it! The reason is not difficult to understand. Greed means you have no ambition, doesn't it? But the problem is that Laojiu's soldiers ransacked Nanjing, which is equivalent to letting the whole army "rain and dew" and get enough oil and water! What is this? Is to buy morale! Rewarding merit and punishing evil after the war was supposed to be "out of kindness" and an excellent opportunity for the emperor to buy morale, but Laojiu actually "did it for him"! What would Empress Ci 'an and Empress Cixi think? What would Prince Yixin of Gong Zhong think? "Zeng Guofan, don't you want to completely turn Xiang into your own private army and court?" This is normal logic.

Zeng Guofan was carried away by victory, but Zuo was awake at that time! He didn't want Zeng Guofan to follow in Nian Gengyao's footsteps. Writing a letter to Zeng Guofan illegally is actually throwing cold water on Zeng Guofan to make him clear-headed so as not to be killed. How did Nian Gengyao die during Yongzheng? Isn't it because of "crossing the line" that the three armed forces are rewarded for reaching out and appointing and dismissing court personnel? Heroes are not terrible, what is terrible is that heroes form parties and turn their own troops into their own private armies! Zeng Laojiu's move brought Zeng Guofan closer and closer to the fate of Nian Gengyao. ...

Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Cixi's behavior towards Zeng may not be Zeng Guofan's idea, but in the view of the Qing ruling class, this is Zeng Guofan buying off the morale of the army, isn't it? Once the Xiang army is twisted into a rope, it is not impossible for the north to win Beijing! In fact, after the attack on Jinling, Zeng Guofan was already suggested to proclaim himself emperor. Although Zeng Guofan refused, he could not dispel the suspicion of Empress Ci 'an and Empress Dowager Cixi!

At this juncture, Zuo attended such a memorial service for Zeng Guofan. On the surface, he was "biting the hand that feeds him" and stabbed Zeng Guofan in the back. But in fact, Zuo did help Zeng Guofan! Why do you say that? Who's Zuo? Born in Xiang, a general and a government official, he attacked Zeng Guofan, at least giving an impression to Empress Ci 'an and Empress Dowager Cixi. Xiang is not monolithic! It can be restricted by a game of power balance that checks and balances each other. Since it is controllable, there is no need to kill. It is hard to say what Zeng Guofan's fate would be if there were no left memorials.

Although he was disintegrated by a member of the Xiang army, Zeng Guofan was not punished for it, but became a first-class assistant minister and died a fair death, which had a lot to do with Zuo's mourning. In other words, Zuo's participation in Zeng Guofan is not only "bite the hand that feeds you", but "repay you". Zuo seems careless, but in fact he has a deep mind. Later, as we all know, Zuo Li disagreed with each other. Who can say that this is not the tacit understanding between Zuo and Li Hongzhang? If the two major political forces from Hunan merge, can the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty still sleep? Waiting for the left is Li Hongzhang, it goes without saying!

To sum up, when Xiang attacked Jinling, he wrote to Shen Zeng Guofan on his left, not "bite the hand that feeds him", but helped Zeng Guofan invisibly. Since ancient times, heroes have been the focus of suspicion of emperors. Once a hero turns his army into a private army, even if there is only such a sign, I'm afraid he is not far from death ... Zuo Tang Zong saw this before he ascended the throne! To put it bluntly, it is playing tricks with Empress Ci 'an and Empress Cixi. No wonder Zuo offended so many people, but he rose step by step and died a fair death. This person seems careless, but in fact he is quite shrewd, even surpassing Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang to some extent!