Jiang Zhongyuan, a forgotten famous general of the Xiang Army, before the age of 40, he was the highest official to the county order, from the Zhengqipin County Order to the Erpin Inspector, he only took 2 years to achieve fame, realized the counterattack of life, and created a unique miracle of career promotion.
It can really be described as "quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit".
Quiet as a virgin
Official positions in the Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty official positions were divided into nine pins and sixteen grades.
The promotion of Zhengqi Pinzhi County to Zhizhou from Wupin county takes 6 years at the earliest.
Zhizhou's promotion to prefect also takes 6 years at the earliest, and it is basically a young official from the Hanlin Academy, who belongs to the Tianzi close subjects.
Therefore, most of the Zhizhou cannot be promoted to prefect, let alone the Qipinzhi County, which is over 40 years old.
After that, he was promoted by the prefect, the envoy, the envoy, and the inspector, and was basically promoted once every 1-2 years.
Bide
Jiang Zhongyuan, who was 40 years old, was just an ordinary county order.
There are not many remarkable things, mainly the following 6 things:
1. Like Zuo Zongtang and Hu Linyi, they were all born in 1812 and were both from Hunan.
At the age of 25, he passed the examination but never passed the entrance examination.
3. Official to Qipinzhi County.
4. Got to know a big man, Zeng Guofan.
5. Meet the emperor once.
6. Formed his own armed team, Chu Yong.
World War I fame
40 years old was a watershed moment in his life.
At the age of 40, the god of luck began to take care of Jiang Zhongyuan, and Jiang Zhongyuan, who became a late master, gradually began to develop.
Guilin landscape
In 1852, he had the opportunity to lead an army alone, first capturing Guilin and then Kequan Prefecture, and taking the formation of Chu Yong to fight successive victories.
In the Battle of Yidu, Jiang Zhongyuan became famous in one battle and killed Feng Yunshan, the southern king of the Taiping Army.
Kill Feng Yunshan, the southern king of the Taiping Army
Defensive strategy
In 1852, the 40-year-old Jiang Zhongyuan entered Hunan and Changsha to seize the Tianxin Pavilion and dedicate himself to defending the city.
The officers and troops were assembled on all sides, and only Hexi was empty all the way. Heavy troops should be sent to guard back to Longtang to prevent the thieves from escaping.
Inspector Zhang Liangji was deeply a good plan, suffering from the lack of authority to restrain the men and horses of various armies, resulting in the strategy of defending the city being unable to be implemented.
Changsha Tianxin Pavilion
At the critical moment in Changsha, Zhang Liangji sent three people to invite Zuo Zongtang out of the mountain.
Zuo Zongtang was ordered to assist Zhang Liangji in relieving the siege of Changsha as a master.
In 1852, this year, Jiang Zhongyuan and Zuo Zongtang were just 40 years old, and this year was the year when they first appeared and became famous in World War I.
Although the siege of Changsha was in danger, it led to the Taiping Army breaking through from Huilongtang and capturing Yuezhou in Hunan.
Yueyang Building
The Taiping army traveled along the waterway from Changsha back to Longtang, Yueyang, Wuchang/Jiujiang, Nanchang, Hefei, Anqing and dingding to Nanjing.
If history had been, the Han governors could restrain all kinds of armies, and the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would be rewritten in Changsha.
Unfortunately, history is not as good as if, but this does not negate the importance of Jiang Zhongyuan's defensive strategy at that time.
As Zhao Erxun said
"Hunan recruited courage to go out to suppress thieves, starting from Jiang Zhongyuan.
Zeng Guofan established the Xiang Army, and Luo Zenanshi was right and right.
Park Cheng's brave style is also advocated by the two.
Zhongyuan said that the military affairs were neglected, and Zenan raised a book to aid E, which was related to the success or failure of the overall situation, and was juxtaposed to save the turtle.
This great general wind rule is not the first to be crowned by Chu Cai. ”
Highlight moments
In 1853, the 41-year-old Jiang Zhongyuan ushered in a highlight moment.
First the siege of Nanchang was lifted, then the town of Tianjia was taken, and then the siege of Wuchang was lifted.
Lien Chan Lian jie officer to Anhui Inspector, middle-aged and successful, successfully counterattacked life, embarked on the peak of life.
Wuchang Yellow Crane Tower
summary
Jiang Zhongyuan's 40 years of Taoguang cultivation, the first appearance of the sharp edge became famous, only 2 years, to achieve the career of 10 levels of continuous jumping, creating a promotion miracle more powerful than Zeng Guofan.
In 2 years, it can be said that it is unique in the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that an ordinary official with no background and who is born over 40 years old can not be promoted to a higher level, let alone 10 levels.
Zeng Guofan belonged to tianzi and had the full support of his mentor Mu Zhang'a (the emperor's side of the big red man at that time), who was a military minister at the time, and it took 10 years to rise to the 7th level, which was already a miracle within a miracle.
As the saying goes, "the first level of officials crushes people", and the first level seems to be not far away, but many people cannot cross the chasm.
Dapeng spreads its wings
From 1852 to 1853, looking at the world, Jiang Zhongyuan was the brightest star in the night sky at that time, "if you don't fly, you have already soared into the sky; if you don't sound, you have already made a splash."
Jiang Zhongyuan was like a bolt of lightning piercing through the dark night sky, pointing out the direction for the soldiers who bravely killed the enemy: military merit is the fastest and most glorious way to achieve the rise of life.