In the late Qing Dynasty, Shen Baozhen became famous in the Guangxin War, and at the recommendation of Zeng Guofan, Shen Baozhen also became a Daoist member of Guangrao Jiunan Province, and Shen Baozhen was better at managing local security than defending the city.
Shen Baozhen has a unique set of methods for managing local security, one is to ensure his own incorruptibility, and the other is to be fierce and cruel.
It is very difficult to ensure one's own honesty in the official arena, but Shen Baozhen has done it, and Shen Baozhen's fierce cruelty is reflected in the elimination of harm for the people. According to the practice of the Qing Dynasty, the punishment of a person must be approved by the superior, but Shen Baozhen did not pay attention to the laws of the imperial court, he chose to directly order the execution as long as the evil person was caught, and some people counted that Shen Baozhen had to kill fifty people every day.
At that time, Shen Baozhen still carried the glory aura of Lin Zexu's son-in-law, coupled with his single-minded desire to seek happiness for the people, it can be said that Shen Baozhen at that time was very popular with the people.
Later, Shen Baozhen went to Jiujiang to become an official at the behest of the imperial court, and the people who heard this message of Guangxin opposed the holy will of the imperial court one after another, and even put forward the order that whoever dared to carry Lord Shen Baozhen out of Guangxin would be killed, and whoever dared to let Lord Shen Baozhen take his boat would burn down his ship. When Zeng Guofan learned of this news, he was also instantly amazed.
Shen Baozhen is so loved by the people, but he is not valued by the Yongchen, Shen Baozhen also has his own unique method of dealing with the Yongchen, and after dealing with it, his official road will be smoother.
At that time, the elderly put on small shoes for him, and Shen Baozhen directly chose to resign and return to his hometown, which was the golden period of his official road, although Shen Baozhen abandoned his official position, but he once again won the hearts of the people.
After Zeng Guofan gained the power of the governor of Liangjiang, the first person he wanted to reuse was Shen Baozhen, in a sense, Zeng Guofan was deceived by Shen Baozhen's original dormancy.
After Zeng Guofan's promotion, Shen Baozhen achieved the position of inspector of Jiangxi, and such promotion was also very rare at that time. According to common sense, Shen Baozhen twice made himself step into the official field because of Zeng Guofan's promotion, and Shen Baozhen should maintain a grateful heart for Zeng Guofan, but what Shen Baozhen did next was really shocking people's jaws.
In Zeng Guofan's view, Shen Baozhen was his own family, and he was made the governor of Jiangxi because he wanted him to assume the responsibility of providing food for the Xiang Army, but at this time, Shen Baozhen already had his own plan. Shen Baozhen decided to train a group of his own troops, and his idea was quickly seen through by Li Heng, so the secret war between Zeng Guofan and Shen Baozhen began.
In September of the first year of Tongzhi, Zeng Guoquan led the Taiping Army to fight Li Xiu, and Zeng Guofan was very worried that his brother would die in the war, but all he could do was to ensure that there was enough food and ammunition. At a moment of great anxiety, he actually received the news that Shen Baozhen wanted to intercept the army supplying the Xiang army, and Shen Baozhen's move was very surprising to Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan was a well-informed person, and he privately wrote a letter to Shen Baozhen, in which he wrote that he supported Shen Baozhen in forming his own army, and hoped that Shen Baozhen could withhold half of the silver. In the face of such a humble private message as Zeng Guofan, Shen Baozhen chose to ignore it.
Zeng Guofan did not receive a private message from Shen Baozhen to himself, so he chose to do official business, but Shen Baozhen's reaction was still not allowed. When Zeng Guofan learned of this result, he thought of removing Shen Baozhen from his position, but Zeng Guofan did not do so, because his official position did not allow him to do so; deposing Shen Baozhen would also bring unnecessary trouble to himself. Zeng Guofan chose to endure this evil breath in his heart, but soon after, Zeng Guofan regretted it.
At that time, Zeng Guofan applied to the imperial court for the military salary of the Xiang Army, and this time Shen Baozhen wanted to withhold the military salary on the grounds that Cai Jinqing had not applied to him in advance, at this time Zeng Guofan knew what kind of person Shen Baozhen was, but what Shen Baozhen did next made Zeng Guofan even more angry.
During the critical period of Zeng Guoquan's attack on Jinling, Zeng Guoquan expanded his army a lot, and the monthly military salary also increased to half a million taels, but when Zeng Guofan felt uncomfortable, the xiang army's military salary had not been issued for several days, and the soldiers could only rely on drinking porridge every day.
At this time, Shen Baozhen gave Zeng Guofan another cruel move, and Shen Baozhen applied to the imperial court to give him full authority to deal with the silver two allocated by the imperial court to Jiangxi. Shen Baozhen's move undoubtedly wanted Zeng Guofan's life, and Zeng Guofan was completely angry.
Zeng Guofan rarely wrote a very resentful letter to the imperial court, and the imperial court's reply to Zeng Guofan made Zeng Guofan shudder. How did the imperial court reply? The specific content is: Zeng Guofan has difficulties at home, and Shen Baozhen is right, so the silver money allocated is half of one person. It shows that Zeng Guofan won, but in fact, Shen Baozhen won.
If Zeng Guofan wins Shen Baozhen himself will definitely be criticized by others; if he loses, his authority will also be challenged, on the contrary, Shen Baozhen, digging a pit for Zeng Guofan in his difficult moments, or digging a pit for Zeng Guofan in the name of the locality, it can be said that the minds of the people in the imperial court and Jiangxi are very appropriate.
Although Shen Baozhen's move would be attacked by the Xiang army, the people of Jiangxi would not think so, because whoever defended their interests was the great hero in their minds.
After this series of events, many people with heads and faces expressed their own views - Shen Baozhen is really too shrewd, and I can't catch up with him!