As we all know, the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty were: Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong. Among these four people, Zeng Guofan is the most famous. Whether it is Li Hongzhang or Zuo Zongtang, it is under the promotion of Zeng Guofan that they have achieved future achievements. It is often said that "there were three half-saints in ancient China", except for Confucius, Zhuge Liang and Wang Yangming, Zeng Guofan was the remaining half-saint.
Zeng Guofan
The reason why Zeng Guofan will get such an evaluation, in addition to his military achievements, lies in his success in "self-cultivation, family unity, governance of the country, and peace in the world". Therefore, some people also praise Zeng Guofan as "the first perfect person in the ages". Zeng Guofan's family letters, as well as the art of xiangren, "Ice Book", are still being studied. As a "disciple" of Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang also learned a lot from Zeng Guofan. Today, I will introduce to you the story of Li Hongzhang's transfer to Shanghai and the pacification of the Shanghai land snake.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Li Hongzhang was transferred to Nanjing</h1>
In the Xianfeng Decade (1860), the Taiping Army conquered the Qing army's Jiangnan camp, drove straight down, captured Changshu and Suzhou, and forced Shanghai. Wu Xu, the envoy of Jiangsu Province, joined forces with his fellow villager Yang Fang to hire the American rogue Huaer to form a foreign gun team. At the same time, Wu Xu colluded with the British and French consuls in Shanghai and asked them to jointly suppress the Taiping Army. Under the joint strangulation of Chinese and foreign forces, the Taiping Army marched into Shanghai and lost.
Taiping Army
In the winter of the following year, Li Xiucheng, the loyal king of the Taiping Army, attacked Shanghai again after taking two grams of Hangzhou. The Shanghai gentry hurriedly asked Zeng Guofan for help, and at that time Zeng Guofan was busy fighting the Taiping army in other places, and he was exhausted, so he arranged for Li Hongzhang to lead the Huai army. At that time, Li Hongzhang was not very famous, but Zeng Guofan attached great importance to him and hoped that he could take this opportunity to let the Qing court know. Zeng Guofan also intended to recommend Li Hongzhang as the governor of Jiangsu.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Zeng Guofan's plot</h1>
But if Li Hongzhang serves as the inspector of Jiangsu, it is bound to move the "cake" of the local people in Shanghai, and how can they give up? Moreover, Li Hongzhang shouldered the heavy responsibility of suppressing the Shanghai Taiping Army, and if the Locals of Shanghai did not cooperate, this task could not be completed. As a student of Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang naturally would not watch him being bullied by the Shanghai ground snake. Therefore, before he set off, Zeng Guofan pointed out: "First train the soldiers, fight a good battle, and use Wu Xu to suppress the Taiping Army." Then use the prestige of the PacificAtion Taiping Army and the identity of the future governor of Jiangsu to get Wu Xu. ”
HuaiJun
After having a plan in mind, Li Hongzhang arrived in Shanghai with 5,000 Huai troops. However, compared with the foreign gun brigade hired by Wu Xu and others, Li Hongzhang's Huai army was simply "called The Flower Army". Li Hongzhang was also aware of the gap between the two, so he seized the time to train troops and hired foreigners to serve as military advisers to the Huai Army. When the Taiping Army attacked Shanghai, the first to block it was the local army in Shanghai. The local army could not resist, and then arranged a foreigner's "foreign gun team", and finally his Huai army.
Since the Taiping Army had come from afar and was depleted by the morale of the Foreign Gun Corps, Li Hongzhang decided to defeat the Taiping Army at the Battle of Hongqiao. The Huai army was replenished and received new weapons and tactical guidance, and successfully defeated the Taiping Army in this battle. Seeing that Li Hongzhang had completed the first step, Zeng Guofan immediately wrote to the imperial court, saying that Xue Huan, the governor of Jiangsu, and Wu Xu of the Shanghai Daotai were corrupt and incompetent, which led to the fall of the city. Li Hongzhang was requested to act as inspector of Jiangsu.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Li Hongzhang to get the ground snake</h1>
The Qing court agreed to Zeng Guofan's petition and appointed Li Hongzhang as the governor of Jiangsu. Next, Li Hongzhang began the second step. Zeng Guofan sang white face, and he began to sing red face. On the grounds that Wu Xu had made meritorious contributions in fundraising, he applied to Zeng Guofan to revoke the punishment of Wu Xu. This was originally agreed between the two, so Zeng Guofan quickly agreed, and the Shangqu imperial court revoked the punishment of Wu Xu. Wu Xu was grateful to Li Hongzhang, and as a confidant, he almost prostrated himself.
Li
After gaining Wu Xu's trust, Li Hongzhang began to work on his authority. He separated the two revenues of the Customs, and Wu Xu was no longer responsible for the gold, but only the Customs, and the revenue of the Customs needed to be fully accounted for. Wu Xu has always been accustomed to corruption, and Li Hongzhang's sudden move makes him very passive. But Li Hongzhang quickly said: "This is the meaning of the imperial court, privately, as long as you do not do too much, I will not ask." Moreover, the funds of our Huai Army will depend on you in the future. ”
After receiving Li Hongzhang's "guarantee", Wu Xu was still as corrupt as ever. One day, Li Hongzhang invited Wu Xu to dinner. After three rounds of drinking, Li Hongzhang pretended to be embarrassed and said to Wu Xu: "Recently, someone has always come to me to report you, and although I have suppressed you, it is inevitable that they will not go elsewhere to complain." Give me the bottom of how much money you have, and I'll help you with it when the time comes. ”
Wu Xu
Wu Xu saw that Li Hongzhang was bent on "thinking" of him, and under the impulse, he took out the ledger and asked Li Hongzhang to help the staff. And Li Hongzhang worked hard to finally get evidence of Wu Xu's corruption and perverted the law, successfully overthrew him, and leveled the ground snake in Shanghai. After that, Li Hongzhang opened his own road to soaring. And these contents are recorded in the "Complete Works of Zeng Guofan", which also contains some of Zeng Guofan's feelings in the official field and life, which is very inspiring to everyone. Favorite friends can click on the link below to buy.
Reference: The Complete Works of Zeng Guofan
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