Some people praised him as "the first perfect man in history", but he was controversial because he was loyal to the Qing Dynasty and suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
At school, we are all reciting that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was a peasant regime established by a peasant uprising in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was also the largest peasant regime in the history of China.
Its leading group consists of Hong Xiuquan, Yang, Shi Dakai, Feng Yunshan and Xiao Chaogui.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom lasted 14 years and reached the peak of the old peasant war. It is not only the first peasant war in China's history that rose in the south and spread throughout China, but also an unprecedented peasant war in world history.
At the turn of the new era, a new peasant war has a new meaning. For example, the peasant uprising in China was suppressed by Chinese and foreign forces for the first time. Western religions were used to launch an uprising against the aggression of capitalist imperialism, and a set of programs, systems and policies were put forward.
Our current evaluation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement is:
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a great patriotic peasant war against western aggression and feudal rule under the conditions of the old peasant war. The far-reaching influence and inspiring revolutionary spirit of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom played a huge locomotive role in promoting the historical progress in China's modern history. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom paved the way for the Revolution of 1911. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom opened the prelude of China's democratic revolution and put forward the basic program of China's democratic revolution. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom promoted the development of social productive forces. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom concentrated the heroic spirit and patriotic spirit of the people of China against foreign aggression, prevented the western capitalist invaders from trying to colonize China quickly, and made them understand that the people of China would not be defeated silently, thus delaying the process of semi-colonization of China. /kloc-In the mid-9th century, the people of Asian countries set off the climax of the first national liberation movement, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Revolution and the Indian National Uprising were the flood peaks of the anti-colonial struggle in Asia. Although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement had its positive significance, Zeng Guofan, a famous official of the Qing court at that time, was determined to suppress this movement that endangered the rule of the Qing court.
Suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 1854 In February, the Xiang army rushed out and Zeng Guofan published "Begging the Guangdong Bandits".
In this essay, he claimed that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was a "poisonous creature" and "cited China's etiquette and ethics for thousands of years, once it was swept away. This is not only a strange change in the Qing dynasty, but also a strange change in Ming religion since the opening of the port. Confucius and Mencius wept bitterly in Jiuquan, and then called for "anyone who can read and write can sit still", standing at the commanding heights of morality, so they mobilized the broad masses of intellectuals at that time to participate in the struggle against the Taiping Army, laying a solid foundation for future victory.
Zeng Guofan appointed Chu Ruhang as the commander-in-chief of the water army, Taqibu as the pioneer of the army, with 240 large and small ships and 0/7000 naval troops. In March, the war in Yuezhou was unfavorable. In April, it was defeated by Shi Xiangzhen, the Taiping Army, in the Jinggang water war. Zeng Guofan jumped into the water in a fit of pique, but fortunately he was saved by Zhang Shoulin, the chief of staff. Zeng Guofan was dismissed by decree because of the unfavorable war.
At this point, Taqibu and garrison Yang Zaifu and magistrate Peng Yulin led the army to conquer Xiangtan.
On July 25, after reorganizing the land and water armies, Zeng Guofan set out to capture Yuezhou, killed Zeng Tianyang, the Taiping Army, conquered Chenglingji, and won three awards for his work. 65438+1October 65438+April, Wuchang and Hanyang were selected, and they were awarded two top hats for their meritorious service. They were appointed as the Governor of Hubei Province and were awarded Hualing. Because Zeng Guofan strongly refused, he was awarded the title of assistant minister of the Ministry of War. On February 2, 65438, Zeng Guofan captured Tianjia Town, killed tens of thousands of enemies, burned 5,000 ships and entered Jiujiang. Zeng Guofan was rewarded with a yellow jacket because of his good scheduling.
1855 On the night of February 12, Shi Dakai attacked the Xiang water camp in Hukou and burned more than 0/00 Xiang warships. Zeng Guofan was saved from jumping off the boat and the boat was taken away. "All the documents and books are lost." Zeng Guofan was so angry that he planned to ride a horse to die, but both Liu and he advised him to stop.
Zeng Guofan sent Li, Hu Linyi to support Wuchang, and he went to Jiangxi to recruit and build ships. In July, Taqibu died in the military camp, and Zeng Guofan rushed to Jiujiang to command the army. In August, take back the account. In September, he was awarded the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War.
1856, Shi Dakai attacked Jiangxi, and Zeng Guofan was trapped in Nanchang. At this point, Luo Zenan died in the barracks, and Peng Yulin rushed to Nanchang to help defend. On September 2, Hong Xiuquan clashed with Yang, known as Tianjing Incident, and Nanchang was cleared. In June 5438+10, Zeng Guofan set up a auspicious word camp in Changmuyong to help Jiangxi.
1857 On February 20th, his father died, and Zeng Guofan and his younger brother Ceng Guohua returned to China to attend the funeral. In July, I went to Shanghai twice and sought the final system at home, which was approved by Emperor Xianfeng. That year, the Yun Si Pavilion was completed.
1May, 858 19, Li Heyang led the land and water forces to capture Jiujiang. /kloc-in July of 0/3, Zeng Guofan was ordered by Xianfeng to run Zhejiang military affairs to save Fujian. 12, write "Love Folk Songs" to train Xiang Army.
1859, 165438+ 10, Zeng Guofan planned a four-way invasion. Zeng Guofan captured Anqing, Duolong A, outflanked Tongcheng, Hu Linyi captured Shucheng, and Li Xuyi captured Luzhou.
1February 860, Zeng Guofan broke Chen Yucheng in Taihu Lake. He Guiqing, governor of the two rivers, abandoned Changzhou and went to Shanghai, which led to the fall of Changzhou, Suzhou. In April, the Qing court ordered Zeng Guofan to rush to Jiangsu immediately, and first awarded the title of Minister of War as the Governor of Liangjiang. In June, the Governor of Liangjiang was awarded an imperial envoy to supervise the military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River. In July, Zeng Guofan supervised the military affairs in southern Anhui.
186 1 On September 5th, the Xiang army captured Anqing. On September 25th, Zeng Guofan moved to Anqing. On February 20, 65438, he was given the title of Prince Taibao and was appointed to supervise the military affairs of four provinces (Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi). The governor and the town below him are under control. In the same month, Anqing, where the ordnance was located, was established. At the end of the year, the Third Route Army decided to March: "The country of Jinling was besieged, while Zhejiang belonged to the left and the Soviet belonged to Li Hongzhang, so it set up a bureau to eliminate the southeast."
65438+65438 0862+3 1 year1month, Zeng Guofan was appointed as an assistant to the university students by the Governor of Liangjiang, and Ceng Guoquan was awarded as a provincial judge in Zhejiang. On February 14th, Zuo led an army from Jiangxi to Zhejiang. In April, Li Hongzhang led an army to Shanghai. In May, Ceng Guoquan led the army into Yuhuatai, and joined Peng Yulin Navy to camp in Tianjing. In June, Hong Xiuquan ordered the Taiping rebels to return to Tianjing. Taiping Army assembled 200,000 troops and fought with Xiang Army for more than 40 days in 10, but failed to win.