First, after Qinhuai Huai Chun Yan Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan settled in Nanjing. In order to revitalize the local economy, he followed the advice of his subordinates and decided to resume the tourism of Qinhuai River. This ten-mile Qinhuai was originally a golden pot called "Six Dynasties Gold Powder". In the studio on the balcony, in the shadow of the paddle, literati and geisha raise their glasses and drink. Why not? Some officials under Zeng Guofan had already been unable to hold back and dared not act rashly, so they encouraged Zeng Guofan to "inspect". Zeng Guofan knows it well and shows it. He met a geisha with a stage name Shaoru for the first time. This lady is excellent in color art and quite clever. I hope she can send me a pair of couplets to improve my social status. Zeng Guofan was originally a famous couplet, but it was only a couplet, so he planned to use her stage name "Shaoru" as an inlay couplet to avoid spoiling it. Book one: live less and live less; What geisha wrote was not her original intention at first glance. Before Zeng Guofan wrote couplets, she preemptively said that I would like to renew couplets for adults. I wonder what adults think? Zeng Guofan didn't expect geisha to have literary talent, so he nodded naturally. This little sequel is: do what you want. Zeng Guofan saw it, and he was amazed at this woman's good intentions. Zeng Guofan's official duties are complicated. Because of his affection for Qinhuai geisha, whenever he has free time, he always invites some friends of his staff to Qinhuai River for dinner and listening to songs to ease his nervousness. Once, he hosted a banquet in a restaurant in Qinhuai to entertain a friend who came to Nanjing, and invited a geisha named "Chun Yan" to sing. That Chun Yan is not only beautiful in appearance, but also has the skill of "lingering for three days" in his singing, which attracts many people. Later, Chun Yan became the concubine of a wealthy businessman and left Qinhuai. Zeng Guofan went again and was empty. I once wrote the following couplets of Huai with a sense of loss: I am not sentimental, but I remember the wine, Qinghong, and I left without saying goodbye and went to spring; Deja vu, when can I see Yan again? The couplet is embedded with the word "Chun Yan" in the upper and lower couplets, which is sad, sad and sincere. You can also see the other side of Zeng Guofan: he is also a human being and has ordinary people's secular desires! Second, the sacred custom Zeng Guofan once had dinner and chatted with several aides to comment on today's heroes. He said: "Peng Yulin and Li Hongzhang are both great talents, which is beyond my reach. I can promise myself, but I don't live well. " An adjutant said: "each has his own strengths, Peng Yong is brave, and people dare not bully;" Gong Li is so smart that others can't bully him. " Zeng Guofan asked, "What do you think of me?" Everyone bowed their heads and meditated. Suddenly, a young man in charge of copying came out. He interjected: "Ceng Shuai is a benevolent person, and people can't bear it. People can't be bullied." Hearing this, everyone clap their hands together. Zeng Guofan proudly said, "I dare not sell myself short." After the epigenetic excused himself, he asked, "Who is this man?" The staff told him: "This person is from Yangzhou, educated (scholar), poor family, and cautious." Zeng Guofan said: "This man is a great talent and cannot be buried." Soon, Zeng Guofan was promoted to the governor of Liangjiang and sent the young man to Yangzhou as a salt carrier. Lao Zeng was always worried about "swearing", but he couldn't stop the magical power of invisible swearing. Thirdly, Zeng Guofan, the other side of Zeng Guofan, was a famous figure and official in Qing Dynasty. After he entered the official career, he moved seven times in ten years and rose ten levels in a row. Becoming a second-class Beijing official at the age of 37 can be described as smooth sailing. But throughout Zeng Guofan's life, his words and deeds are often inconsistent, duplicity, wearing two masks. After the fall of Tianjing, Jia Duo, an imperial envoy, went to Beijing and asked the court to order Zeng Guofan to find out the vault of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and report it to the headquarters for preparation. This was such a fierce move for the Tseng brothers that they could hardly cope with it. At that time, the young king fled for his life, and it was impossible to take all the gold, silver and jewels of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the Xiang army entered the city, it robbed all these accumulations, and it was impossible to "report to the Ministry for reserve". Even if there were few robberies, the Tseng brothers were unwilling to hand them over. However, what should we do in the face of imperial orders? Zeng Guofan said in his memorial to the imperial court: "It is unheard of to reclaim the old nest without any wealth, which is not my wish." Of course, the court didn't believe him. But at this time, the court didn't want the relationship with the Tseng brothers to be too stiff, so it said in a letter to him that according to your memorial, there was no thief library in the city (referring to Tianjing), which is a fact. In this way, the court gave the Tseng brothers a decent step. However, a wave of unrest, a wave of rise again. After Li Xiucheng was captured, the Tseng brothers did not release the prisoner from Beijing, but killed Li Xiucheng in a hurry after 17 days. When the news reached the capital, public opinion exploded, saying that the Tseng brothers were overbearing and secretive, leaving the Tseng brothers in trouble again. It turned out that Zeng Guofan's compromise on June 23 was also to ask the court for instructions. Li Xiucheng and Hong Renda "asked whether to send the capital or teach the law in Jinling." . Supposedly, Zeng Guofan should act after the court's "judgment", but he didn't do so. Instead, he put Li Lingchi to death on the sixth day of July after Li Xiucheng was released. Sending Li Xiucheng sill to Beijing was the consensus of all parties at that time, even Zeng Guofan himself thought so. But why did he put Li Xiucheng to death in a hurry without waiting for the court's order? He explained to the court. In his view, except Hong Xiuquan, there is no need to send the rest to Beijing. Chen Yucheng and Shi Dakai are ready-made examples. Moreover, Li Xiucheng knew that he was guilty and would die wherever he went. I was worried that he would go on a hunger strike on the way, or run away, leaving a disaster, so my brother Ceng Guoquan and I discussed it repeatedly, unified my opinion and implemented it on the spot. Zeng Guofan was afraid that such an explanation could not be explained to the court, so he further explained in another memorial that Li Xiucheng had a good popularity, many cronies, high prestige and strong appeal. If you don't kill him quickly, it will cause endless harm, so kill him. The truth is, Zeng Guofan was afraid that once Li Xiucheng was escorted to the capital, Li Xiucheng's confession was inconsistent with his own throne recently, so that he committed the crime of deceiving the monarch and would be prostrate. For example, Zeng Guofan said that when Jinling was broken, he killed hundreds of "thieves". At that time, there were only more than 30 thousand residents in the city. How did you get100000? As for Tianjing's "vault", Li Xiucheng is naturally loud and clear ... Thinking of these situations, the shrewd Zeng Guofan naturally won't send Li Xiucheng to Beijing. Zeng Guofan dared to make up any lies to protect himself. It turned out that in the imperial edict of June 29th, the court explicitly ordered him to "send appropriate personnel to escort Li Xiucheng and Hong Renda to Beijing". Zeng Guofan received an imperial edict on the sixth day of July and killed Li Xiucheng on the same day. After half a month, he slowly repeated on July 20 that I didn't receive the imperial edict until the tenth day. After careful calculation, I should have received the imperial edict on the sixth day, but I don't know why it was four days late. The imperial edict spread from Anqing to Jiangning, and I don't know which station went wrong. In order to use Zeng Guofan, the court ordered a strict investigation, but in the end there was no result and it had to be dropped. Zeng Guofan has the reputation of "a famous minister of Zhongxing", "a leader of Westernization Movement", "an idol" and "the father of modern history". Through these beautiful light rings, we see another real Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan