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On August 1, 1861, Zeng Guofan recovered the news of Anqing, giving Hu Linyi a little comfort in his serious illness. However, Xian Feng's death became the last straw that overwhelmed Hu Linyi.
On August 26, he died in the army at the age of 50.
After Zeng Guofan learned the news, he couldn't sleep all night, sad and unable to help himself. This man who had achieved Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Li Hongzhang had changed their destiny. Endless grief made him hold a grudge and die.
Many people have said that if Hu Linyi did not die of hard work, his fame would definitely be greater than that of Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang.
Whether it is from family background, network resources, or emotional intelligence, Hu Linyi kills them in a second.
If labeled according to the background, then Hu Linyi is a typical second generation of officials and rich second generations, and the starting point from childhood is higher than that of ordinary people; while Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang are typical grassroots origins, and there are no connections and resources.
As we all know, Zuo Zongtang shouted at his benefactor Hu Linyi and was ungrateful to Zeng Guofan, in comparison, Hu Linyi is serious about righteousness, high emotional intelligence, and cultivated, which is more worthy of our learning. And his non-arrogance is also a basic ability that modern people need to learn.
When Hu Linyi was eight years old, Tao Shu returned to his hometown of Yiyang to visit his relatives, and as soon as he saw Hu Linyi, he was shocked and said, "I have a fast son-in-law!" So he betrothed a doll with the Hu family and matched his five-year-old daughter to him.
The blessed Hu Linyi, when he was a teenager, had a natural rebellious momentum, he was debauched, and for a long time he lingered in the erotic scene.
When he was 19 years old, he did not return to the Qinglou all night, so that the bride could not find the groom's cave room.
After Mother Tao knew about it, she blamed Tao Shu and promised her daughter to a prodigal son, missing her daughter's life. However, Tao Shu was still very optimistic about Hu Linyi, believing that he had potential and that there was nothing to be lustful when he was young.
This may be the difference between men and women, women are more to find a man who knows cold and knows hot to live, but men are more focused on the future, whether there will be a future in the future.
When he was a teenager, Hu Linyi could be said to be an arrogant and lascivious, light and fat horse brother. He squandered his talents to the fullest, unaware that good fortune would one day run out.
At the age of 29, Hu Linyi finally used it well.
In the twenty-first year of Daoguang, hu Linyi was implicated in the Kechang case, and Hu Linyi suffered repeated setbacks in the official arena, which made him depressed for a while.
The roof leaked during the overnight rain, and soon after the death of his father Hu Dayuan, Hu Linyi had to return to his hometown to guard the system, and his first career ended.
During the period of the township guard system, Hu Linyi began to reflect on his behavior of libertine skeletons. The setbacks of his career made him begin to dive introvertedly. Born in a family of official eunuchs, he grew up under the roots of the imperial city and was not willing to be a rich and idle person at home.
He once again donated his official to go out of the mountains to Guizhou as a prefect of Anshun, and in the eight years of Anshun, he wore short clothes and straw shoes and trekked hard in the deep mountains and forests. Eight years of experience at the grassroots level have made him calm and thick, and he has the ability to control complex situations.
Just after Zeng Guofan first went out to the mountains to found the Xiang Army, Hu Linyi took his 600 people to borrow the Two Lakes. In fact, when he was in Guizhou, his former colleague Zeng Guofan sent him a large amount of supplies and two thousand taels of silver.
This time, Zeng Guofan even recommended Hu Linyi to Xianfeng:
"Secretly speaking and recommending, it is said that it is ten times better than the courtiers."
"Courage is great, prestige is long-
"He is very careful and meticulous, and he is a member of the army."
Zeng Guofan's heartfelt recommendation is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow for Hu Linyi, which makes Hu Linyi moved. He also secretly resolved in his heart that he would repay him when he had the opportunity to do so in the future.
With the help of Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi soon became the governor of Hubei and took Wuhan in one fell swoop, holding real power. On the contrary, at this time, Zeng Guofan was once again cut by Xianfeng and idle at home. Hu Linyi knew that he was not only trying to ensure that Zeng Guofan came out of the mountain again, but also joined forces with him to take Anqing.
The fire of war made Hu Linyi grow rapidly, and finally ascended to the peak of his life, and was ranked with Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang as the "Four Famous Ministers of Zhongxing" in the late Qing Dynasty.
Lost in the east, harvested in mulberry elm. If Hu Linyi had not been implicated by the imperial examination, had not corrected his mentality, recognized his mistakes, or abandoned himself when he was implicated, there would have been no later late Qing dynasty minister Hu Linyi.
It is precisely because he dared to face setbacks, chose to prepare for the momentum in the face of difficulties, and did not flutter when he held heavy troops, and still did not change his original intention, that he achieved himself.
When Hu Linyi became the governor of Hubei, there was also an official document blocking it, which Xianfeng had specially used to monitor him.
But for Hu Linyi, who grew up in a political family, it is not a difficult task. He threw himself into his favor, provided GuanWen with a lot of money, and also let his mother's concubine Guanwen be a righteous daughter, and the two families became one family, and soon let Guanwen become his marionette.
I have to say that Hu Linyi is an excellent politician, good at interpersonal communication, but also good at political strategy.
After turning Guan Wen into a marionette in his own hand, Hu Linyi heard that Xianfeng wanted to let Zeng Guofan enter Sichuan, and immediately asked Guan Wen to recommend Zeng Guofan to Xianfeng as the governor.
After Xianfeng refused, Hu Linyi again offered zeng guofan to stay and let him march into Anhui together. Hu Linyi was eventually able to take Hubei and become an inspector, which can be said to be inseparable from the help of Zeng Guofan.
After Zeng Guofan went out of the mountains for the second time, it can be said that without Hu Linyi, there would be no later Zeng Guofan.
Although when they were officials in Beijing, the two were general friends, after separating in the capital, they were reunited again for thirteen years, and their temperament and style of conduct were very different.
In the eyes of Zeng Guofan, the empty-eyed and uninhibited Hu Linyi has long been precipitated and become resolute; and in the eyes of Hu Linyi, the restrained Zeng Guofan in the early years not only has a more calm personality, but also has more ability, self-confidence and perseverance.
The two pushed their hearts together, and immediately hit it off, but also realized that in the world, only people like them, working together and working together, can save the destiny.
At this point, Zeng Hu was like a family, and Zeng Guofan sighed even more after many years: "Everything is taken care of, each other's family, the beginning of a little self-exhibition today, sincerely unforgettable", and the exchange between the two has become a good story in the late Qing Dynasty.
Hu Linyi also promoted another ZTE courtier, Zuo Zongtang.
When people in the world mention Zuo Zongtang, they will think of the "wolf warrior" who carried the coffin to the expedition, but they did not know that he was depressed when he was young, and he repeatedly failed to pass the examination when he was examining the examination, so he had to read the books of the crowd and study the public opinion and the art of war.
However, he was also very lucky to meet Hu Linyi, who "loves as his destiny".
Hu Linyi spared no effort to recommend Zuo Zongtang to his colleagues, first Lin Zexu, and then to Cheng Kaicai, the governor of Huguang, many times, and called Zuo Shi "a different talent, and his character is the first in the class of sergeants in Xiang", "high in character and knowledgeable, and his temperament is incorruptible"... Unfortunately, Cheng Shi did not have the talent to know people, and was not impressed by Hu Linyi's enthusiastic recommendation.
Later, he repeatedly recommended to Zhang Liangji, the governor of Hunan, four times, and finally made the other party move and decided to hire Zuo Shi, and also recommended to Zeng Guofan, and eventually became the core staff of Zeng Guofan.
It can be said that without Hu Linyi, there would be no later "wolf warrior" Zuo Zongtang.
However, with Hu Linyi, who has rich connections and resources, he is paving the way, but Zuo Zongtang does not know how to cherish, his eyes are empty, he is arrogant and arrogant, and he leaves no room for words and deeds, and many people in the Xiangjun group are not accustomed to him.
Zeng Guofan's good friend Liu Rong hated Zuo Zongtang very much, saying that he "made meritorious contributions for a while, but he was poisoned more than ten years later."
Zuo Zongtang, on the other hand, did not think so, and still went his own way, and eventually brought the disaster of killing himself. Fortunately, Hu Linyi begged for people everywhere, and owed human affection to exonerate him.
Perhaps Zuo Zongtang's greatest fortune is to know Hu Linyi, become a close friend with him, and gain his appreciation, so that he has the opportunity to display his talents.
If the young Hu Lin wing is a wandering skeleton and looks at everything, then the middle-aged man is a makeover, the prodigal son turns back, and becomes a famous general with a heavy army.
He trained at the grassroots level for eight years, and when he borrowed the Xiang Army, he received the help of Zeng Guofan and sat in the position of inspector of Hubei.
And he was even more grateful to Tu Bao, when Zeng Guofan was cut by Xianfeng and worried about his father at home, in order to save the Xiang Army, he eventually became the leader of the Xiang Army.
In order to make Zeng Guofan recover again, he even contributed money and efforts, and tried his best to help him take Anqing, become the governor of Liangjiang, and seal the territory.
In the end, the Xiang army took Anqing's difficult bone, which made him let go of the big stone in his heart. At this moment, Xian Feng's death became the last straw that crushed him. He eventually overworked and died in the army due to illness and vomiting blood.
Throughout Hu Linyi's life, although he was once debauched, he was more loyal to the country and the imperial court, and he was loyal and loyal to him. For friends, it is two ribs to insert knives, it can be said that it is not too much to go to the soup fire. The wise can be treated with courtesy, treated his subordinates with courtesy, and is a person who repays the fountain of water.
At the same time, Hu Linyi is not only an excellent diplomat, but also an excellent politician. Born in a family of eunuchs, he had a natural sensitivity to politics under the influence of his family.
Whether it is between colleagues or with superiors, Hu Linyi maintains a good relationship.
In fact, people like Hu Linyi, who have a high IQ and high emotional intelligence, can mix well no matter what era.
Especially in the workplace, you can't speak, and low emotional intelligence means that there is no hope for promotion. As Luo Zhenyu said, in contemporary society, the most important ability is the ability to express.
Therefore, Hu Linyi can bend down to achieve the goal, and will not be proud of success, and is a well-deserved politician. And his arrogance and impatience in good times and difficulties are more worthy of our learning and admiration.
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