#"The first hype master of the Qing Dynasty" Zuo Zongtang how to raise his own value #
Seeing the article, some people say that Zuo Zongtang made his fortune and relied on hype, which is too extreme. Therefore, the article introduced how Zuo Zongtang rose up, especially how to enter the shogunate of Zhang Liangji and Luo Bingzhang, the two governors of Hunan, there are not many articles explaining this paragraph, and then assisting Zeng Guofan Xiangjun until he single-handedly blocked the side of "aiding Zhejiang" and later recovering Xinjiang.
First of all, Zuo Zongtang was first born in a poor teacher's family, and his father Zuo Guanlan always wanted to get a meritorious name, and eventually he only stopped "Living". Although Zuo's father did not achieve great achievements, he studied at the Yuelu Academy in Changsha and lived in poverty for more than 20 years, and his "teaching people to be Wen Biyi's commentary on the scriptures" still accumulated some connections, including Zhou Shiyu, who later became Zuo Zongtang's father-in-law, Hu Dayuan, the father of Hu Linyi, and He Changling and He Xiling's brothers.
Secondly, Zuo Zongtang himself had a smooth journey before entering the Beijing exam. In the seventh year of Daoguang, he took the Changsha Provincial Examination and won the second place; the Xiangshui School Jingtang, which had been the first in the seven examinations; daoguang twelve years, Zuo participated in the provincial urban and rural examinations, and once he was admitted to the examination. His learning ability and basic skills should not be underestimated, these achievements are inseparable from his own smart efforts, and may also be the role of his father's words and deeds.
Since zhongju, Zhou Zhiyu, as his father's companion, has been very optimistic about this child since he grew up, and he himself has no son, so he chose him as a son-in-law and hoped that he would be rich. The conditions of the Zuo family were not good at that time, and the conditions of the Zhou family in Xiangtan were very good, and zuo father had no choice but to have limited ability, hoping to use the Zhou family to help his son develop in the future. The Xiangtan Zhou family is a family of scholars, although there is no one-pin official, but there are many officials such as imperial court attendants, and there are many connections, especially the most Hunan officialdom.
After Zuo Zongtang got married, he took the entrance examination for six consecutive years, and all of them fell behind. After that, he immersed himself in Changsha to learn the study of the practical application of the scriptures, which is actually astronomy, geography, military, economy, water conservancy and other contents, before the death of his mother, he began to contact these, which laid a good foundation for his subsequent rise. At the same time, these new learnings were very recognized by He Xiling, who was once a classmate of Zuo's father Yuelu Academy in Changsha, and later Zuo Zongtang worshiped him as a teacher. He Xiling also recommended Zuo Zongtang to his brother He Changling, who later transferred to Guizhou and Yunnan and failed to recruit Zuo, but the He brothers endorsed him in the Hunan officialdom, saying that Zuo "can stand on his own feet, but he has indeed gained from his studies." Zuo is also not modest, since he is more than the present Dynasty Zhuge Liang (zhuge liang of the present dynasty), often talk about some geographical and military content, fool a bunch of officials properly, and think that he has great talent. At present, the peasants are revolting everywhere, the bureaucracy is corrupt, the Green Camp is unreliable in fighting, and it is gradually defeated, and the feudal landlords and bureaucrats in Hunan want to try medicine with a different lead.
However, in the end, it was not the He brothers who played a decisive role in Zuo Zongtang's entry into Hunan to inspect the shogunate, but Hu Dayuan and Hu Linyi's father and son, especially Hu Linyi. Hu Dayuan and Zuo Zongtang's father are friends with the same window, Zuo Jinjing examination specially visited Hu, the two families belong to the family. Hu Linyi also very much recognized Zuo Zongtang's talent, Hu's personality was open-minded, broad-minded, and he could tolerate Zuo Zongtang's arrogance, so Zuo Zongtang Zeng Guofan was not convinced, and the most obedient person was Hu Linyi,the brother of the world. Hu's father and son recommended Zuo Zongtang everywhere, and finally Hu Linyi wrote to Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, four times in order to find a position for Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, Zhang was at the time when the Taiping Army attacked Changsha, he was the old-fashioned, he knew that he had a few pounds and a few pounds, he was worried about it, he was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and finally he could not stand asking Zuo to preside over the defense of Changsha five times, and guessed that it was also a dead horse as a live horse doctor. You know, at that time, there was more than one left and a bunch of old gentlemen, and the left was still a young head at that time.
In the end, the result of the defense of Changsha was victory. Shi Zai: Zuo Zongtang "adjusted the army's food day and night, governed documents", and "district painting and guarding tools", most of the suggestions were adopted and immediately put into practice, and finally the Taiping Army besieged Changsha for three months and withdrew to the north. Left, from then on, it was out of control. Even if Zhang Liangji later left, Luo Bingzhang came, saw that the medicine worked, and continued to take it, so he left to continue in the shogunate. In this way, Zuo eventually succeeded in becoming the "chief military division" of the two governors of Hunan. And with this platform, assist the Xiang Army in logistics, provide grain and pay, and finally pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and achieve immortal feats.
In summary, it can be seen that first, Zuo Zongtang does have some practical talents, and he is very studious and has made real achievements; second, many of Zuo Zongtang's key upper positions rely on the accumulation of his father's connections, not all rely on Zuo Zongtang's own speculation to believe in others, and those officials are not fools.