This person asked Zuo Zongtang for an official position but was refused, so he went to the street to buy a fan, and when he returned, he was promoted to three levels in a row
Zuo Zongtang was one of the four great ministers of Zhongxing in the late Qing Dynasty. Representative of the Qing Dynasty's Western affairs school. The Qing Dynasty regained Xinjiang and suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. During his tenure as an official, he never became an official because the other party did not have talent, but he was related to himself. He also said that if you have real talent and practical learning, I will definitely use you, and without talent, it will only bring disaster, and I will not do such a thing. His old friends and relatives all knew about him, so they didn't go to the government to do it.
But when Zuo Zongtang arrived at the military plane. There is such a person. This person asked Zuo Zongtang for an official, Zuo Zongtang did not agree, he went to the street to buy a fan, and when he returned, he was promoted to three levels in a row. He was the son of Zuo Zongtang, a close friend of his. It's called Huang LanJie. Zhixian, who was a candidate, did it for several years and did not turn regular. Very anxious. I wondered if I was looking for Zuo Zongtang. Arrange a good location for him to give.
Huang Lanjie ran to the capital to find Zuo Zongtang. He said to Zuo Zongtang: Little nephew, I came to find my uncle this time, and there was no big deal. It's just that I have been a candidate for Zhixian for several years, and I have not yet done the position of Shangzhi County, so I want to ask my uncle to help you see if you can help me and help me to do the position of this Zhixian county. Before he could finish speaking, Zuo Zongtang slapped the table and said to him angrily: "I thought you had something very important to come to me." It turned out to be for this matter. You don't read books, you don't plant fields, you don't have a long age, you only want to be an official, is it so easy for an official to do?
Huang Lanjie was very unconvinced in his heart, and thought to himself, Don't you want to be an official, you are sixty years old, and you are not in the military plane. Zuo Zongtang said to Huang Lanjie: Xian Nephew, in my opinion, you still don't want to do this official, so that after you go back, I will send you ten acres of good land, and you are free at home, wouldn't it be better?"
Huang Lanjie was very depressed. I traveled thousands of miles from home to Beijing to seek an official. The official did not seek success, and also posted a large amount of travel expenses. Stroll to the antique street. See a small shop selling fans. The shop is full of fans, and the handwriting on the fan is very similar to Zuo Zongtang. My heart was pounding. Say to the owner of the fan shop, boss, I want to buy a fan, you give me a payment. As a result, Zuo Zongtang's model was dropped, and Huang Lanjie took the fan and went home triumphantly.
After returning home, it did not take long for it to routinely report to Governor He Zhang. Huang Lanjie triumphantly took the fan and ran to the Governor's Mansion to report to He Zhang. Governor He Zhang looked at Huang Lanjie holding a fan very strangely. Just ask Huang Lanjie, dude, this is all autumn, why are you still hot. He also had a fan in his hand. Huang Lanjie replied: No, I just returned from the capital, and Zuo Zongtang, the Lord of the Middle Hall, is my father's confidant and friend. Took good care of me and gave me a fan as a gift when I came back. So I was reluctant to put it down.
Governor He Zhang was taken aback, took a look at the fan, and saw that it was indeed Zuo Zongtang's handwriting. I thought to myself, I always thought that this Huang Lanjie had no backer, and had always been a candidate Zhixian, and I didn't care about him. If he resents me because of this and runs to complain to Lord Zhongtang, and Lord Zhongtang says bad things about me in front of the emperor, then I will be unlucky. He was very anxious to return home, and when he inquired, he learned that Huang Lanjie was Zuo Zongtang's confidant and friend. He approached his master to discuss countermeasures. After listening to what happened, Master Shi said: Governor don't worry, Zuo Zongtang, he will not harm the adults, I have never heard of it, Zuo Zongtang wrote a letter recommending others to be officials, this fan is estimated to be Zuo Zongtang's recommendation letter. As long as we give Huang Lanjie an official to do it, we can naturally make a difference to Zuo Zongtang. Sure enough, the next day Huang Lanjie made the position of Zhi County.
Once He Zhang happened to meet Zuo Zongtang in the capital, and Zuo Zongtang inadvertently said: The son of your confidant friend is now Zhi County. Zuo Zongtang replied after listening: If he is really talented, keep him, and don't have any scruples because of my relationship. He Zhang would have misunderstood Zuo Zongtang's meaning, and after returning, he continued to promote Huang Lanjie, and within a few years, Huang Lanjie was promoted to the third level to do the fourth pin Daotai.