"Zeng shaved his head" Zeng Guofan

Zeng Guofan was born in Xiangxiang County, Changsha Province, Hunan Province. 9 brothers and sisters. He was the eldest son.

Zeng Guofan is from Kejia. He became an official in the DPRK. Later, he was appointed as a reviewer of the Hanlin Academy. Daoguang 27 years. He was promoted to Cabinet Minister and Concurrently Minister of Ceremonies. Two years later, he was promoted to the position of Right Attendant of the Rebbe. For the next 9 years. Served, household, worker, criminal, official and waiter. 7 promotions in 10 years. 10 levels in a row. , from seven pins to two pins. Created a miracle of being an official in the Qing court.

The peak of Zeng Guofan's political career was the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement that swept the country. In 1852. Zeng Guofan was buried at home because of his mother. By this time, the Taiping Rebellion had swept through half of China. The Taiping Army marched from Guangxi to Hunan. Although the Qing government mobilized a large number of eight flags from all over the country. The officers and men of the Green Battalion came to deal with the Taiping Army. But these decadent armed forces are not vulnerable at all. Therefore, the Qing government repeatedly issued orders to reward regimental training. It tried to use the landlord forces everywhere to contain the Taiping Army. In 1853, Zeng Guofan was in his hometown of Hunan. Rely on relatives. Friends, mentor-apprentice and other complex relationships. A local regiment was established. Historically known as the Xiang Army. Early 1854. He organized the Xiang Army into 13 battalions of the Army. 10 battalions of marine divisions. More than 17,000 people in total. Officially dispatched to fight against the Taiping Army.

The Xiang Army fought the Taiping Army for the first time. It is located in Jing Lane near Changsha. The Xiang army was defeated. Zeng Guofan was ashamed and angry, and committed suicide by throwing water. Rescued by his subordinates. A year later at the mouth of Jiangxi Lake. Shi Dakai, the Wing King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, also severely damaged the Xiang Army's marine division. Zeng Guofan was about to be captured. Throw yourself into the water again. After being picked up by the soldiers, he fled to Nanchang City.

However, the Taiping Army was in a good military form. But there was infighting. The Tianjing Incident. In this fratricidal killing. More than 20,000 Taiping Army warriors were killed. Shi Dakai also led the main force of 100,000 people to the southwest. It was later destroyed by the Qing army. This incident gave the Xiang Army a chance to breathe and reorganize. Zeng Guofan took advantage of the situation to capture Anqing. The portal to Tianjing was opened. He had his younger brother Zeng Guoquan attack Tianjing east along the Yangtze River. Zuo Zhongtang entered Zhejiang from Jiangxi. Li Hongzhang entered southern Jiangsu from Shanghai. Surrounded on three sides, Tianjing was besieged for two years. In 1864. The Xiang army blew up the city wall. Capture of Tianjing. Due to the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it contributed. Zeng Guofan was made a Marquis of Yongyi of the First Rank. He became the first person in the Qing Dynasty to be enfeoffed as a literati.

Zeng Guofan's methods of suppressing the Taiping Army were very cruel. The internal management of the Xiang Army was also very harsh. He has categorically adopted a policy of high-handedness. On the one hand, the squires were encouraged to hunt down or kidnap the local squires. The people whom the Lord dares to rebel. "If it is light, it will be punished by family punishment, and if it is serious, it will be put to death." On the other hand, he also set up a trial bureau directly at the residence of the Minister of Regimental Training. Become free to arrest people outside the judiciary. Interrogation, the institution of homicide. He advocated seizing the rebellious populace and beheading them on the spot. No trial is required. It should be used harshly, and few people who are caught survive.

The Xianfeng Emperor greatly appreciated Zeng Guofan's slaughter of rebels. But the people are very dissatisfied. Public opinion also violently flattened his policy of massacre. Because he kills like a shaved head. Therefore, he got the nicknames of "once shaved his head" and "once a butcher", it is said that when a child in Nanjing City cries, the mother only needs to scare him and say that "he has shaved his head", and the child will not cry.