I remember the first time I met these two people in a history textbook. I only know that they are of the same era, only one year apart in age, and they have lived for a long time. Together, they suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and started the Westernization Movement. Together with Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, they are also called "four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty", that's all.
However, this time I read Zhang Hongjie's Biography of Zeng Guofan, and got a deep understanding of their life stories, from which I found some interesting things.
Zeng Guofan and Zuo are not only similar in age, but also fellow villagers, both from Hunan. But they have different personalities, so their life experiences are different.
Zeng Guofan was born in an ordinary family, with mediocre qualifications and a very low starting point. He was admitted only after taking seven examinations as a scholar, but this did not affect his decades of official life. One of the most important reasons is that his life creed is "clumsy".
Stupidity is stupidity. Zeng Guofan's "stupidity" is not a fool's "stupidity", but practical, slow and steady, with far-reaching influence. Because clumsy people are more open-minded, have higher adversity quotient, have a firmer foundation and do things more practically.
Whether he was determined to be holy in the early stage of his life, he was incompatible with the officialdom, or he "hardened his fortress and fought a protracted war" in the later stage of suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
But this is very contemptuous of the left. Zuo is a wise man, a man with lofty aspirations. In his early contact with Zeng Guofan, he found that he was an ordinary person, so he looked down on Zeng.
In particular, the Hanlin in middle school, compared with Zuo, who repeatedly failed in Jinshi, has a thriving career. Therefore, Zuo always thinks that the imperial examination is useless, which is probably the so-called imperial examination complex.
In addition, relative to the left of "Zhuge", there is often a sigh of "why am I born and bright?" He thought that Zeng's talent was not enough to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which hindered his road to great achievements.
Although he has average intelligence, he knows how to make good use of people and is open-minded. Throughout his life, he repeatedly recommended Zuo as an official. Without Zeng's support and strong support, I'm afraid I can only die in the bottom yamen all my life, not to mention later calming down the new immortal achievements of Shaanxi and Gansu.
And how did Zuo repay his gratitude? The battle of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lasted for more than ten years. Nanjing was finally captured, and the Zeng Guofan brothers thought that the young master of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was dead, so they played on the court, and then both brothers were crowned!
But in fact, the young master of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fled outside! Zuo learned that he was backward and didn't say hello to Zeng Guofan. Instead, he fought directly without saying a word, saying that the Tseng brothers spared the "young king", deceived the king, got twice the result with half the effort and won the reward!
This really kills people! Before this, Zuo had many malicious comments on Zeng Guofan. In this regard, Zeng Guofan has never refuted and defended, and he has always been so to the left.
However, this time, I poked Zeng Guofan's key! Zeng Guofan also began to defend himself and expose Left's past. The two sides exposed each other, and you came and went, killing each other.
Coincidentally, at that time, the court was worried that the Xiang army was too strong and prepared to divide and rule. In this way, the confrontation between the two of them is in line with the court's mind.
The two became enemies from then on. Interestingly, Zuo has developed a habit since then, that is, he loves to scold Zeng Guofan! Every time you meet someone, you should talk about his grievances with Zeng. As long as you talk about it, you will scold Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan is much calmer. He not only ignored it, but also warned his relatives, family and friends to treat each other with courtesy and not to fight with each other.
A friend wrote to tell him that Zuo Tang Zong would scold him sooner or later, and he was not annoyed. He wrote back that I knew about it, but I was all thumbs. It is certainly impossible to argue with him. It's best not to argue. Besides, I don't listen to compliments and have no time to listen.
Not only that, but once the most admirable thing was that there was a big plan for a country in the chest, and the big and the big were clear. Later, it was Zeng Guofan's turn to ask Zuo for a raise in the Western Expedition.
Zuo also worried that Zeng Guofan would give himself little shoes to wear because of the past. Unexpectedly, Zeng Guofan not only raised enough pay for him, but also transferred his most effective subordinate, Song-shan Liu, to Zuo Tang Zong. It can be said that Zeng Guofan strongly supported the left western expedition and made the greatest contribution!
Zeng Guofan's good for evil moved the left. After Zeng Guofan's death, leftists sent elegiac couplets:
Seek the loyalty of the country, know the wisdom of others, and be ashamed of Fu Yuan.
Unity is like gold, attacking the wrong stone is beyond redemption.
He finally admitted that he was not as good as Zeng Guofan! Zeng Guofan won the respect of his opponent with his character!
Regarding the disagreement between the two, some people say that this is actually a double spring. Both of them are smart people, and this is precisely to dispel the doubts of the imperial court, retreat for progress, and retain their own strength.
Both of them are government officials in the southeast. If they are United, how can the court trust them? Since you want to be loyal to the Qing court, you have to look down on each other. When it comes to the real critical moment, everyone Qi Xin will work together, help each other and give full support.
Because from the situation that Zuo helped to take care of his family many times after Zeng Guofan's death, we can also see that their friendship is really deep.
Of course, it does not rule out that Zuo really touched Zeng Guofan's personality charm. After all, the Sri Lankan has passed away, and there is nothing to say about it.
In short, Zeng Guofan and Zuo's life can also be called love and killing each other. Their friends once commented that the fundamental difference between Zeng Guofan and Zuo is that one is a saint and the other is just a hero. I don't know how Zuo reacted after listening to it, haha.
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