Twenty years before the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1840 AD,
With the outbreak of the First Opium War
China gradually transformed from a traditional feudal empire under the rule of the Qing Dynasty into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial social state. Since then, even in 1912, the beginning of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, this seventy-two years of late Qing Dynasty,
Modern China can be called a meeting of the storms
The vast land of China ushered in a turbulent era in which conspiracies and war changes were intertwined; countless talents and heroes emerged, and heroes and heroes abounded.
Zeng Guofan (曾国藩), a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty, served successively as the governor of Liangjiang, Zhili, and a scholar of Wuyingdian University, and was given the title of Marquis of Yiyong of the First Rank, with the courtesy name "Wenzheng" and later known as "Zeng Wenzheng".
He is a famous theologian, politician, calligrapher and writer in modern times;
This marvelous late Qing Dynasty courtier left a strong mark on the history of modern China, and his influence is still shining in the field of literature to this day.
It is called together with Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong
"The Four Famous Ministers of Late Qing Dynasty"
One of them, Zeng Gong's life, can be called the extraordinary excellence of Wenzhi martial arts; in terms of political achievements, Zeng Guofan rectified agricultural affairs and was also one of the initiators of the foreign affairs movement, in martial arts, he was not only a Confucian general who was good at reforming the military system and cultivating generals.
Even more to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom,
Heroes who swept away the twisters everywhere. However, what this article wants to talk about is not the past deeds of Zeng Guofan and his people, but the story of the descendants of the Zeng family who are still thriving under his cultivation and admonition.
The third son is Double Jie, and the second son is the restoration of the country
Zeng Guofan had two wives in his lifetime, and had three sons and five daughters, the three sons were:
The eldest son, Zeng Jize, the second son, And Zeng Jihong, the third son; the five daughters were; the eldest daughter, Zeng Jijing, the second daughter, Zeng Jiyao, the third daughter, Zeng Jichen, the fourth daughter, Zeng Jichun, and the fifth daughter, Zeng Jifen.
Zeng Guofan's family education is very strict, but it is not ancient and rigid, so except for the eldest son Zeng Jidi, who died early, who did not see the talent, the other two sons were all masters of the time, and the five daughters were also extremely gentle and dignified bridesmaids. The five daughters of Zeng Guofan were married to all the noble talents of the late Qing Dynasty, and their later years were not miserable, and they are not too much to say here.
Zeng Jidi, the eldest son of Zeng Guofan, was born in 1837.
However, in 1839, he died of illness.
The third son, Zeng Jihong, was born in 1848. Although his father was Zeng Guofan, a heavy minister who had a deep influence on both the military and political circles of the imperial court, Zeng Jihong did not rely on his father's prestige and official prestige to sway, originally relying on Zeng Guofan's fame and merits, Zeng Jihong wanted to enter the official field, and the test was just a formality.
But Zeng Jihong did not do so, and Zeng Guofan did not use means to the examiners of the imperial examination.
Zeng Ji Hongkao was selected
All by virtue of the true ability to be unique to others. Later, Zeng Hongji was appointed as the military commander of the Military Department, but at that time there was already official corruption within the Qing Dynasty; Zeng Jihong did not want to mix with the dirty affairs within the official field, so he was happy to hang up his empty title, focus on mathematics, and also practice astronomical geography knowledge.
Zeng Jihong is a well-deserved modern mathematician,
Many mathematical works such as: "Logarithmic Commentary", "Illustration of Pi Examination", "Sobbing Grass", etc. are all written by him;
However, what makes people sigh is that due to too much investment in mathematical calculus, Zeng Jihong's life rules are very disordered, day and night are reversed, sleep and forget to eat, and finally die early due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
He was only thirty-three years old.
The eldest son died early, did not see the talent, although the third son made outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics,
But he also died young
The remaining second son of the Zeng family, Zeng Jize, seems to have gathered the glory that the two brothers who died early had not achieved.
Zeng Jize has studied Chinese and Western, is good at poetry, fine calligraphy and seal carving, and his ink painting skills are also superb, especially he can draw lions, tigers and beasts. Like his father Zeng Guofan, Zeng Jize was also a minister of the late Qing Dynasty.
Famous politicians and diplomats in modern times,
The second minister stationed abroad in China's modern history. In the third year of the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Jize inherited his father's title and then became the minister in England and France in the fourth year of Guangxu.
In the sixth year of Guangxu, Zeng Jize concurrently served as an ambassador to Russia and negotiated with Tsarist Russia to recover Ili.
When Zeng Jize was stationed abroad, he was strict with his discipline, saved public expenses, abandoned greed, advocated honesty, and was respected by foreigners, and everyone said that he had the style of his father Zeng Guofan. Speaking of the exploits of this second son of Zeng Wenzheng, the most prominent of them is undoubtedly the recovery of a large area of territory for the country.
Weak countries have no diplomacy, and Rao Jize is familiar with public international law and diplomatic negotiations, and he has also suffered a lot during negotiations with Tsarist Russia. In order to be able to successfully recover Ili Zeng Jizawa' painstaking efforts,
He did everything in his power to safeguard national sovereignty
, step by step, cautious and cautious, can be called bloodshed.
In the course of the negotiations, Zeng Jize received humiliation from Tsarist Officials several times and three times, and also reached an impasse several times.
But he was well versed in the way of his father Zeng Guofan's "repeated defeats and repeated battles",
Fortitude, tenacity, accommodation and open-mindedness, it can be said that without this superb and tenacious diplomat, if you want to successfully recover the Ili Qing court and the innocent Chinese people, you will have to spend more and greater costs, and Zeng Jize will play an indispensable role in the recovery of Ili.
In the seventh year of Guangxu, that is, in early 1881, Zeng Jize signed the Sino-Russian Amendment Treaty with Tsarist Russia for the representatives of the Qing court, which also meant that some of the power in the land and territory of the Ili Turks River Basin was returned to China, which was a rare and successful diplomatic operation in the late Qing Dynasty.
The sixteenth year of Guangxu is 1890
After zeng jize's death, the Guangxu Emperor posthumously gave him the title of crown prince Taibao (太保).
"Hye Min"
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She is married to a female revolutionary who is a founding marshal
In addition to the Zeng Jize Zeng Jihong brothers, there is actually no shortage of heroes among the descendants of the Zeng family. Zeng Guofan's ninth brother, Zeng Guoquan, a major minister of the late Qing Dynasty and a general of the Xiang Army, had a granddaughter of the fifth grandson named Zeng Xianzhi.
Zeng Xianzhi this
woman
She is not only the third wife of Ye Jianying, the founding marshal of New China, but also a rare hero in modern China and even new China.
When Zeng Xianzhi was young, he was admitted to the girls' team of the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, and after graduation, he participated in the Northern Expedition and joined the Communist Party in 1928. Zeng Xianzhi's life can be called a rare legend among women in that era,
Admitted to the military school, participated in the Northern Expedition,
He stayed overseas and participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan and Liberation, and was also one of the outstanding organizers and leaders of the national women's movement.
Zeng Xianzhi was the vice chairman of the Women's Federation and worked diligently in the Women's Federation for forty years.
Participate in the daily work of the All-China Women's Federation
It can be said that Zeng Xianzhi made indispensable contributions to the development and construction of the all-china women's federation organs and the extensive unity between the women's masses and the party and the government.
Personal achievement depends on whether you are diligent and hardworking, but the rise and fall of a family, family style and tutoring are the core. The glory of the ancestors is difficult to shade the descendants,
Treasures and treasures are also difficult to ensure the peace of a family from generation to generation,
What really makes a family stalwart is the inheritance of the spirit. The Zeng family has prospered for several generations, and the descendants are the dragon and phoenix among the people, not because the Zeng Guofan brothers are the pillars of the Qing court and the dynasty, but because after Zeng Guofan reigned as a very popular subject, he can still not forget his heart, and leaving admonitions for the family for future generations is also the secret that made him go to the peak in the first place:
Respectful and rigorous, humble and stoic