At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement rose, and Hong Xiuquan founded the worship of gods in Guangxi. With the development of more and more believers, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement intensified.

1953, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement reached its peak, and Hong Xiuquan led his congregation into Jinling City, which is now Nanjing City. The establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's political power, anti-Qing and regaining sight, seems to have a Li Zicheng style.

After the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the limitations of the peasant uprising were magnified infinitely again, and infighting began to appear within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and finally the "Tianjing Incident" occurred. The Tianjing incident lost the strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to a certain extent and became a turning point in the decline of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After the Tianjing Incident, Shi Dakai, the wing king, left and the other three kings were killed. It is only a matter of time before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom perishes. Naturally, the Qing Dynasty would not miss such a good opportunity. Cixi Lafayette ordered the Zeng Guofan brothers to lead the troops to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in order to eliminate the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In A.D. 1864, the Zeng Guofan brothers conquered Nanjing, and the vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement ended in failure. This credit is enough to go down in history, but Zeng Guofan fell into a burst of sadness.

The reason is that Zeng Guofan's work is high. But his brother Ceng Guoquan doesn't think so. Ceng Guoquan said: "Lafayette promised that as long as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was suppressed, the generals who took the lead in invading China would be crowned king." .

At the same time, he also wrote a passbook to the capital, to the effect that he asked Cixi to honor his promise. Cixi just named Zeng Guofan the Marquis, while Ceng Guoquan was just Wei Yibo. What Cixi did undoubtedly verified Zeng Guofan's worries.

So Zeng Guofan is not calm. As early as the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, the Qing government was unable to send troops to directly suppress Hong Xiuquan and others, so Cixi had to reuse Han Chen and let Zeng Guofan lead the troops to suppress Hong Xiuquan and others.

Zeng Guofan had no soldiers at that time, so he began to form an army, which was later the Xiang Army, referring to the model of establishing the Qi Family Army in Qi Jiguang in the Ming Dynasty. Because this unit was established by Zeng Guofan's painstaking efforts, its execution and combat effectiveness are quite strong. That is, Zeng Guofan has an army in his hand.

At the beginning, Zeng Guofan needed to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, and Cixi naturally wouldn't say anything. It was originally for the Great Qing Dynasty. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was suppressed, such a large number of Xiang troops would pose a threat to the development and stability of the country.

So, after Zeng Guofan led the troops to defeat the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, his Xiang army became a thorn in the side of Cixi. At this time, Zeng Guofan already had the ability to rebel. Zeng Guofan knew the art of emperors, so he was worried.

The news brought by Ceng Guoquan made him even more uneasy, so he held a wedding for his son on the ruins of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Zeng Guofan held a wedding for his son for only one reason, and that was to show loyalty.

Zeng Guofan was a Han minister, and he had a large number of Xiang troops under his command. This army was founded by Zeng Guofan, and Cixi was not at ease with him.

Zeng Guofan held a wedding for his son on the ruins of Nanjing to express his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty. Everyone knows that Zeng Guofan was loyal to the Qing Dynasty and gained the trust of Empress Dowager Cixi with his own feelings. Of course, feelings alone can't dispel the doubts of Empress Dowager Cixi.

He also asked Ceng Guoquan to go back to his hometown for illness on the grounds that Ceng Guoquan was ill, so that Ceng Guoquan could step down from the forefront and avoid its sharpness. Wait until the limelight is over, then do the next step.

In addition to the power of recall, he also asked the Xiang army to lay off employees. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was suppressed, so many Xiang troops were not needed in theory. It is more meaningful to ask for layoffs by yourself than to take the initiative to lay off employees by the court.

Zeng Guofan's three schemes have successfully won the trust of Cixi, so that he can avoid the bad luck of a dead rabbit and a dead dog.