As you may know, in the more than 200 years of the history of the Qing Dynasty, there have been a total of 12 emperors. The emperors in the early Qing Dynasty still had some deeds, but later they were not as good as a generation. In 1850, after the death of the Daoguang Emperor, his fourth son, Aisin Kyora. Yi Xuan succeeded to the throne, and he was the future Xianfeng Emperor. The Xianfeng Emperor was also the last emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty to hold real power in his hands.
The Xianfeng Emperor could not tell whether he should be happy or sad for him. I am happy because the emperor is a symbol of supreme power, holding the power of life and death for anyone, and enjoying the glory and wealth that no one can match. But the Xianfeng Emperor was unlucky, and it could even be said that his fate was tragic. Because not long after becoming emperor, the largest peasant uprising in China's feudal history, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, broke out. Not only that, coupled with the aggression of the Western imperialist powers, the entire Qing Dynasty became full of holes, and even if the Xianfeng Emperor had the intention to change this situation, he was powerless to return to heaven.
In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, the 31-year-old Xianfeng Emperor died at the Chengde Mountain Resort. Before his death, he also left a will, "The King of the Guest Restoration of Jinling". The meaning of this sentence is that no matter who it is, as long as the Jinling is recovered, it will be crowned king. From this point, it can be seen that the Xianfeng Emperor still wants to do something. This testament of his was also equivalent to a driving force for the ministers of the DPRK.
As a result, within three years of the xianfeng emperor's death, Zeng Guofan led his Xiang army all the way to conquer Anhui and other places, and finally successfully recovered Jinling. The reason why Zeng Guofan contributed so much was because he had not forgotten the will and testament left by the Xianfeng Emperor. However, just when Zeng Guofan asked the imperial court for credit and wanted the imperial court to fulfill its promises, she never expected that Empress Dowager Cixi, who held real power in her hands, would not agree to it.
Cixi did not agree, even if Zeng Guofan stole chickens and did not become corrupt rice, Cixi was worried that Zeng Guofan's military power would pose a threat to Manchu Qing rule, so he tried every means to weaken the military power in Zeng Guofan's hands, and also installed a lot of cronies in the Xiang army. Zeng Guofan was also a wise man, and he knew that Empress Dowager Cixi was wary of himself, so he took the initiative to propose disarmament. Maybe this is a game between masters!