Zeng Guofan's story
The decadent Qing government betrayed the country for glory, exploited and oppressed the people, and the people couldn't even care about their own lives. How could there be extra money to turn over to the state treasury and repay the debts owed by the Qing government? The peasant uprising broke out in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, occupied Nanjing and changed its name to Tianjing to confront the Qing government.
in order to resist the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan formed a clique in his hometown and set up a small unit, the Xiang Army. On the surface, Xiang was a trained regular army. In fact, Zeng Guofan was also doing bad things secretly. When people came to protest, Zeng Guofan caught it and killed it, without even asking. ? Ever shaved your head? This nickname is what the locals call Zeng Guofan, saying that he kills people as fast and hard as shaving his head.
In 1858, the Xiang army captured Jiujiangcheng and slaughtered more than 2, Taiping soldiers and their families in Jiangxi Province. In 1862, the Xiang army captured Ningguo House (in Anhui Province) and immediately began the massacre after entering the city. After two months, the bodies inside and outside the city have not been collected and buried.
? Ever shaved your head? This nickname is not for nothing. Zeng Guofan not only killed Taiping rebels, but also pointed the butcher knife at ordinary people. After the Xiang army invaded Nanjing, Zeng Guofan carried out a terrible massacre of the people in the city. The soldiers searched house by house, robbed when they saw the finances, and killed when they saw the living. The blood in Nanjing was a river, and the bodies blocked the Qinhuai River, and the river was dyed red.
as soon as the Xiang army entered the city, it set fire to wherever it rushed. In the evening, the city was in flames, and the fire burned for three days and nights. Countless people died under the butcher's knife.
At this point, Tianjing City has become a ruin, and broken walls is everywhere, just like an empty city. People should not say that their families are ruined, but that they should meet in the afterlife.
The story of Zeng Guofan's quitting smoking
Zeng Guofan used to be addicted to smoking, and he often kept smoking. Speaking of Zeng Guofan's journey of quitting smoking, it can be said that it is full of hardships. In the early days, because he smoked too frequently, he was scolded by his teachers. Zeng Guofan had a strong self-esteem, so he made up his mind to quit smoking, and even changed his name to remind himself not to forget to quit smoking at all times. As we know, young people are full of blood, and they can't do anything. They still shout slogans in the same way. The results of this smoking cessation oath can be imagined.
quitting smoking for the second time soon began. Zeng Guofan thought that I even changed my name. Isn't this a big decision? This time, Zeng Guofan changed another way. He swore in public that he would never smoke, which would be great if he broke the contract and made a fool of himself. This poison oath did work wonders. Zeng Guofan really stopped smoking at home, but it didn't last long. Once he was away from home, he was tricked by his friends and returned to employment. Two years later, Zeng Guofan asked a Neo-Confucianism, which was a little effective. He wrote what happened every day in his diary and reminded himself once a day. Neo-Confucianism warned him to think about one thing every day, write it in his diary, remind himself at all times, and write down his own thoughts. Later, when he saw it, he would know what mistakes he had made and what he shouldn't have.
With this painful experience, Zeng Guofan finally gave up smoking completely. This has also become a point that Zeng Guofan is proud of. When educating his son, Zeng Guofan said, although you always keep me from drinking and smoking now, I would never leave my hand without you, but I changed this bad habit with my own willpower. Although the process is somewhat tortuous, the result is good!
Evaluation of Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan is a representative who has made outstanding contributions in the modern history of China. He is a pioneer in the ideological and political work in China in modern times. When he taught soldiers, he restrained his subordinates with courtesy and the influence of Confucian spirit made Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army have strict discipline in combat, and all the soldiers were even more powerful. His Love Folk Songs became the basis of Chairman Mao's army management.
Zeng Guofan also became the first perfect person in China in governing the country by self-cultivation. The ancients respected the completion of a career, becoming an example for the world to learn, and leaving works for future generations. Zeng Guofan did all these. First, he suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, saved the precarious Qing Dynasty, and then advocated learning western culture, which was unanimously recognized. Then his works were completely preserved by future generations.
Zeng Guofan is also an expert in training and recommending talents. Because of his clear decision, he has sent a large number of aspiring young people to China, provided sufficient personnel protection for modern China to learn from the West, and Zhengxing Industry. He opened his mind and was open to coachable, making everyone's valuable opinions comprehensive and comprehensive, and maximizing the effect after making full use of their strengths and avoiding weaknesses.
Zeng Guofan is the inheritor of carrying forward China's excellent traditional culture. He is filial and caring for his mother. He is a good parent. In educating his children, he is sensible and persuasive. Most of the children are influenced by Zeng Guofan's excellent qualities and later become useful talents.
Zeng Guofan is ambitious, strong-willed, studious and hard-working. No matter how hard he is hit, he can keep a normal heart and not lose heart, so he will make persistent efforts until he finishes his career and his dream of serving the country.