Introduction: From 1856 to 1860, during the decline of the Qing Dynasty, there was a deep hatred between Zeng Guofan and He Guiqing. In the 11th year of Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan saw that he was almost a child, so he went to the imperial court and offered to help Zhejiang with his subordinate Zuo Zongtang. A few days later, he secretly beat up the Qing Palace, saying that Wang Youling was not qualified to serve as the governor of Zhejiang, and Wang Youling committed suicide and died.
At the end of the eleventh year, Xianfeng accepted Zeng Guofan's proposal to Zuo Zongtang to be the governor of Zhejiang Province. After taking revenge on Wang Youling, Zeng Guofan set his sights on Xue Huan, the governor of Jiangsu Province. Xue Huan was a native of Sichuan and once became a glorious prisoner of war camp for the Xiang Army in Jiangnan. Xue Huan and Wang Youling are the same, they are both guys who have been abducted and deceived. After the assassination of Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu Province, Xue Huan continued to serve as the inspector and was stationed in Shanghai.
Logically, the Xiang army has been putting pressure on Tianjin, and the Taiping army died to defend the city, but I don't know what happened, it actually wants to find a way out of the city. Faced with a letter from the Shanghai municipal government and an order from the imperial court, Zeng Guofan came up with a way to postpone it.
He submitted a written statement: The Hunan Army was not able to save Hangzhou in the past, and it cannot do so now, but the Huai Army established by Li Hongzhang has won many battles for his officials, and it is a powerful force that he can go. Soon, Zeng Guofan played the piano again, accusing Xue Huan of not holding the position of inspector of Jiangsu Province and demanding that he be removed from power.
The conclusion was that Xue Huan was incompetent and the government was corrupt again. Therefore, only 17 days after Li Hongzhang arrived in Shanghai, the Qing court officially appointed him as the inspector of Jiangsu Province. The Xiang army was very helpful in fighting against the Taiping Army, so everyone could see that at present, Jiangshan had to rely on the big tree of Zeng Guofan to support. Whatever he suggested, Cixi agreed.
He Guiqing and Zeng Guofan are two kinds of people. He Guiqing is known for his ability and agility, ability to speak and speak, and good looks, especially to build relationships with all parties, which is recognized as something that all parties are capable of doing. Zeng Guofan's appearance is not high, his speech is not good, he does things roughly and rudely, and he follows the rules.
The Jiangnan camp collapsed, and He Guiqing should organize a garrison in Changzhou. According to Qing law, abandoning a city was a capital offense. But He Guiqing was a treacherous man, and in order to escape, he made an excuse, that is, to take the army to Suzhou to defend. If he did not flee but fought to the death, surviving the arrival of the rescue team for two days, he would not only not die, but also re-consolidate his strength.
But history has no ifs. He Guiqing was a master of unspoken rules, and before he was arrested, he had ordered himself to bring a lot of money to Beijing, and as long as you could say it, he would give gifts one by one. He thought someone could speak for him, so he boldly came to Beijing.
When he went to prison, he remained full of faith, believing that he could be resurrected and returned. But on the other hand, the people who want to kill him are also very powerful. Seeing these two forces in the contest, Cixi and his brother-in-law remained silent, first of all, as spectators to watch the play. One of the keys to He Guiqing's case is to first find out why he fled Changzhou.
If it's just to escape, you're going to kill your head. But if there's evidence that he's really resisting more effectively in organizing, he probably won't die. When he was interrogated by the Ministry of Punishment, he said that several of his subordinates told him to go back to Suzhou to pay back the money, so he took out the public reports of Xue Huan and others. Because the papers of Xue Huan and four other people are cited as evidence.
Zeng Guofan had many eyes and ears in the Beijing Division, and of course he was well aware of the development of He Guiqing's case. He must cut the grass and remove the roots and kill He Guiqing. In order to avenge Luo Zundian, who died unjustly, and also to sacrifice his brothers in the Hunan army.
He said: First of all, I have been working outside the army for many years, and I know that the governor has a high position and great power, and the people below are doing what is said above in order to calm down, and whether this public report is out of touch with reality or forged, the investigation is very complicated, there is no need to investigate. Then he added that he had a history of Guiqing's falsification.
In July 1860, 10 years after Xianfeng, dozens of guards from the Jiaxing camp asked to stay in He Guiqing, Jiangsu Province, and at present they have not sent anyone to the Beijing Division Headquarters, and the central government asked Zeng Guofan to play for him. Zeng Guofan found through investigation that this matter was only the business of a few people in the army, so he did not fight. Therefore, the information of Xue Huan and the other four cannot be used as evidence.
His words hinted at the imperial court, that my troops were out fighting for the Qing Dynasty, and you wouldn't let me down. It doesn't matter if this guy really sent out the army. In addition, I have evidence of his escape. That is to say, because feudalism mainly defended the city-state, this was not only a requirement of the imperial court, but also a dignity of the scholar-doctor's day. In order to kill the people, the minister used this article to enough, there is no need to investigate the public. According to the edict, he abandoned the city after being beheaded.