He is a veritable rich second generation, and also "the first bitter man of the Xiang Army"; with Zuo Zongtang, he has the grace of recommendation, which makes Zeng Guofan sigh;
With his endless talent, he conquered many great men; Mao Zedong took his "number" as his "character"; Chiang Kai-shek used his collection of writings as a teaching material for the Whampoa Military Academy;
He was one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, Hu Linyi.
Hu Linyi, together with Zeng Guopan and Zuo Zongtang, is the name of the late Qing Dynasty "Tongzhi Zhongxing", compared with Zeng and Zuo, two Hunan compatriots, Hu Linyi's posthumous popularity is much smaller. However, this does not prevent him from being a historical cattle man.
When he was young, he was a man of great affection and liked to have fun
Some people say that if Hu Linyi had not died prematurely, then his fame would definitely have surpassed zeng Guoping and Zuo Zongtang.
After all, in terms of background, IQ, and grassroots origins, how can they be comparable to the "open hanging" Hu Linyi.
Hu Linyi, the character 贶生, trumpet Runzhi (Chairman Mao himself is very respectful of Hu Linyi, his "character" is taken from Hu Linyi's "number"). Born in a family of official eunuchs in Hunan, he was a proper second-generation official.
A rich disciple like this is most likely to be infected with the habit of cunning, and Hu Linji is a typical disciple.
When he was young, Hu Linyi had always been uninhibited and profligate, often lingering on flowers and wine, and liked to look for flowers and ask for willows. But even if this is the case, it can't stop him from being young and successful, why?
Because people have high IQ and talent. At the age of six, he memorized the Analects, and at the age of eight, he followed his grandfather to compile the Zhishu. The talented and intelligent Hu Linji was valued by Tao Shu at the age of 8 and matched his 5-year-old daughter to him.
Tao Shu, what a powerful figure he was, and being able to be favored by him showed that Hu Linyi was superior.
Therefore, when he learned that Hu Linyi was still going back and forth to the Qinglou after marrying his daughter, Tao Shu, as his father-in-law, was not angry, and said unexpectedly: "Lin Yi's talent, he will be ten times more diligent than me in the day, and he will have no time to have fun later. "
After all, when the young Hu Linyi said the words "Today's chaos is not in the thieves, but in the hearts of the people", his life was doomed to be not ordinary. This is where Tao Shu's eyes are poisoned, and he sees that Hu Linyi is a person with potential and will become a great instrument in the future.
After going through vicissitudes, the prodigal son finally turned back
At the age of 29, Hu Linyi became a deputy examiner of the Jiangnan Township Examination, but unfortunately, there was a case of examination fraud in Jiangnan, and he was demoted. The father was also angry with this unruly son, and soon died.
The death of his father dealt a great blow to Hu Linyi, and he decided to "lie on the high ground in the pond and provide books for gu huan", and from then on, he changed his mind and was alone.
Six years later, with the help of Lin Zexu, he donated a prefect to Go out of the mountains again under Lin Zexu's men in Yunnan and went to Guizhou to become an Anshun prefect. According to the donation example at that time, Hu Linji could have chosen a developed place and picked a fat shortage to be an official. But Hu Linyi only wanted to achieve something, so he chose a remote place.
During his 7 years in Guizhou, Hu Linyi led officers and soldiers to fight against bandits hundreds of times, accumulated rich combat experience, and compiled the "Hu's Art of War".
Based on the "Hu Clan Art of War", during the Republic of China, Cai Yi integrated the military ideas of Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi to compile the "Quotations of Zeng Hu Zhibing". This book nourished the growth of generations of military generals at the Whampoa Military Academy and the Eighth Route Army. The military leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China both adhere to Hu Linyi's thinking on governing the army.
Against the Taiping Army, a generation of famous generals will eventually be cultivated
In 1854, the Taiping Army made a comeback, and Hu Linyi was ordered to hubei and Hunan to fight against the Taiping army.
However, when Hu Linyi arrived with more than 600 of his own soldiers, Wu Wenrong, then the governor of Huguang, committed suicide due to defeat. Without Wu Wenrong, Hu Linyi was also difficult to support alone, how would he fight against the menacing Taiping Army by himself?
At this moment, Zeng Guopan appeared. Zeng Guopan and Hu Linyi were fellow countrymen or old acquaintances, and he sent reinforcements to Hu Linyi. Soon after, Hu Linji successfully pacified Hubei and became famous in World War I.
Because of the pacification of Hubei, Hu Linyi was promoted by the Xianfeng Emperor to the position of Governor of Hubei.
Draught does not forget to dig wells, Hu Linyi knows his achievements, and cannot do without the help of Zeng Guofan. He knew better that the Xianfeng Emperor had promoted himself to governor of Hubei in order to "suppress" Zeng Guofan.
The wise people Zeng and Hu Erren, who were confused in the officialdom, of course knew it and tacitly agreed. Therefore, the two did not have a grudge because of this, but became more united, helping each other, and became a good story at the beginning of Xiangjun's entrepreneurship.
Zuo Zongtang's Bole recommended Zuo Zongtang five times
When we mention Hu Linyi, it is inevitable to talk about Zuo Zongtang.
Zuo Zongtang and Hu Linyi met when they first entered the Beijing Meeting, and because of their similar age, they became friends.
Zuo Zongtang's road to scientific expeditions was not as smooth as Hu Linyi's, and he failed to participate in scientific expeditions many times and fell into a trough in his life. At that time, Hu Linyi did not stay out of the matter, but went all out to recommend it. He repeatedly recommended Zuo Zongtang to his father-in-law Tao Shu, his friend Lin Zexu, the governor of Hunan Zhang Liangji, and the Xianfeng Emperor.
Because of this, when Zuo Zongtang heard that Hu Linyi had died of illness, he would be distraught and write down the "Tribute to Hu Wenzhong":
"When you are young, you cry your teeth." Since the death of the public, nothing is good. Who saves me from being poor, and who saves me? What am I worried about, and what am I happy to say? How bitter am I, why am I dying? Tracing the past, thirty years. The more you smile, the more you think about it. ”
Military philosophy influenced China
As the elder of the Xiang Army, Hu Linyi's thinking on governing the army had a profound impact on later Generations of China. The Whampoa Military Academy has a textbook, "Supplementing the Quotations of Hu Zengzhibing," which is a collection of Zeng Guopan and Hu Linyi's thinking on governing the army.
In fact, in addition to the National Revolutionary Army, the Chinese Communist Party also enshrined Hu Linyi's military ideology as a guideline. In 1943, the Eighth Route Army's "Military and Political Magazine" published the "Supplement to the Vernacular Sentences of Hu Zengzhi's Quotations" as a guide for military ideology.
Throughout Hu Linyi's life, when he was young, he spent money like dirt and did his last effort for the country, which can be described as "bowing down and dying and then dying", for friends, it can also be regarded as two ribs with a knife. It is no wonder that Zeng Guofan, one of the four generals of ZTE and a generation of Great Confucians with both German and Chinese, will say: "The talent of Runzhi (Hu Linyi) is ten times better than mine." ”