In 1881, the 71-year-old Zuo Zongtang spent a candlelight night in the cave room, and the bride was 17-year-old Zhang Yi. When Zuo Zongtang entered the door, he saw the bride hurriedly greeting him and said, "Sir, are you going to rest?" The concubine is your wide robe. Looking at the woman's red and swollen eyes, Zuo Zongtang sighed and said: Don't be busy, what kind of concubine I have at this age, you will be my granddaughter in private in the future.
Zuo Zongtang was born in 1812 and was originally a scholar. On May 3, 1875, Zuo Zongtang, who was in his sixties, was ordered to recover Xinjiang, and when faced with the situation that the enemy was strong and weak, and he was stretched, Zuo Zongtang formulated a series of strategies and finally succeeded in recovering northern and southern Xinjiang, then in the end only Ili remained, but will Tsarist Russia let go easily?
After the negotiations for the return of Ili, Zuo Zongtang was dissatisfied with the results of the negotiations, and he knew that negotiations were not possible, and he also had to have excellent military means. So the 68-year-old Zuo Zongtang ordered his men to carry the coffin into Hami to make his position clear. For a while, the army's heart was shocked, and finally 1.66 million square kilometers of the country were recovered.
It is such a piece of the last hard bone of the Qing Dynasty, and the reward must be indispensable after returning, and what gold, silver, jewelry, jade and curios are not a problem. At the celebration banquet that day, Cixi asked Zuo Zongtang: Lao Zuo, you want your wife not to. Saying that, he gave his personal maid to Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang was speechless for a while, although his wife has been dead for many years, but he is already a lot of age, there is no need for any aspect at all, why do you want your wife? And she is also a little girl film that can be her granddaughter.
But due to Cixi's obscenity, Zuo Zongtang had to accept it, and quickly knelt down and said: "Thank you Lao Foye for being compassionate."
And this palace maid is Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi was originally the daughter of the prefect of Xi'an, and she is also a beautiful lady, originally planned to enter the palace as a concubine, who knew that she was first seen by Cixi and became her personal palace maid.
Zhang Yi thought, it's good to be around the Empress Dowager, and you can often see the emperor, maybe one day you will be seen by the emperor, fly on the branch and become a phoenix? So she honestly stayed by Cixi's side, because people can pat horses when they talk sweetly, and Cixi loves her very much, which makes Li Lianying, the big popular person who was originally Cixi and him, taste it.
So Li Lianying thought of a way to get her away. Just when Zuo Zongtang returned, Li Lianying said to Cixi: Lao Foye, this Lord Zuo has made great achievements, but it is not easy to restrain him. It is better to arrange for someone to be by his side and monitor his movements at all times.
Cixi thought that it made sense, so she sent Zhang Yi as a reward, and her beautiful name made her red sleeves and fragrance.
When Zhang Yi was sent to Zuo Zongtang's mansion, he cried a sad person, and it was a sin that he spent the same age to marry such a bad old man. This does not mean that I will never be able to become a concubine in the future, and it is even sadder to think of this.
At this time, there was a sound of pushing the door outside, and Zhang Yi quickly wiped away her tears and welcomed her with a forced smile. Who knew that Zuo Zongtang said: I can be your grandfather at this age, in private you are my granddaughter, you live in my house first, and when the limelight passes in a few years, I will find you a good family.
When Zhang Yi heard this, he couldn't help crying and said: "Thank you, sir, in the future, I am willing to be a cow and a horse, and treat you as my own grandfather." After that, Zhang Yi took care of Zuo Mansion in an orderly manner, and later Zuo Zongtang became seriously ill, and Zhang Yi also stayed in front of the bed day and night to take care of him until Zuo Zongtang died.
And just before Zuo Zongtang died, he specially found his son and said: Zhang Yi is a good girl, don't delay people after I go, find her a good family. After saying that, I went.
Later, Zuo Zongtang's son found her a good family, and the two lived a happy little life.
It has to be said that Zuo Zongtang is worthy of being the last hard bone of the late Qing Dynasty, not only has a great contribution to the country, but is also admirable in terms of private morality.