On the fourth day of February in the same year (1872, March 12), Zeng Guofan was walking in Nanjing West Garden in the afternoon, and suddenly his feet were numb. Ceng Jize helped him back to the study, sat for three minutes and died. People cry in alleys and paint statues to worship them. The court heard the news and stopped for three days. A posthumous gift was given to Tai Fu and posthumous title "Zheng Wen", and Zhao Zhong Memorial Hall and Xianliang Hall were set up, and special temples were set up in all provinces. On June 25th, the coffin arrived in Changsha. /kloc-buried in jinpenling outside the south gate of Changsha in July, 0/9.
In the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873)65438+ February 65438+ March, he was reburied in Fulongshan, Pingtang, Xiangxi, Huashan County (now Wangcheng District). Buried with his wife Ouyang.
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1. Form the Xiang Army
In the first year of Xianfeng (185 1 year), Hong Xiuquan organized an uprising in Jintian Village, Guiping, Guangxi. Emperor Xianfeng wrote to his ministers to talk about gains and losses. Zeng Guofan suggested that "the top priority today is to choose people" and recommended five people: Li, Wu Tingdong, Yan Yanji and Jiang Zhongyuan.
Again, the book "Respecting Chen Shengde's Three Ends to Prevent Abuse" pointed the finger at Emperor Xianfeng, who "fell to the ground in a rage" and reread it for a few days before persuading Cobb to give him a good answer. In May, assistant minister of right punishments. June, 5438+00, examiner of Shuntian Wuxiang.
In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), when the Qing government was eager to find an opportunity to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he established a place called Xiang Yong Yong ying in his hometown in Hunan, relying on complicated interpersonal relationships such as mentoring, relatives and friends, and the Qing court wrote to requisition Taqibu, which was then the capital.
In August, Zeng Guofan was allowed to train in Hengzhou. "All the modes of guns, knives and anchors, and the position of sails and paddles are self-tests, which exhausted their thinking." Moreover, they sent people to Guangdong to buy western cannons and build a navy.
During his stay in Yingyong, Xiang Yong, he was strict in military discipline and established a new army. He divided his 5,000 people into ten battalions, such as Ta, Luo, Wang and Li, and moved his territory from Changsha to Xiangtan, so as to avoid confrontation with green camp in Changsha.
2. Suppress the rebels
In February of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), the Xiang army rushed out, and Zeng Guofan published "Seeking 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 my Qing dynasty, but also a strange change in the famous religion since the opening of the port. I am Confucius and Mencius crying in Jiuquan. "
Then he called for "anyone who can read and write can sit still and wait for death" and stood on the commanding heights of morality, so he 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 awarded to 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.
In the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), on the night of February 12, Shi Dakai attacked the Hukou Water Camp of Xiang Army and burned more than 0/00 warships of Xiang Army. 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.
In the sixth year of Xianfeng (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.
In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), in May 19, Li and Yang led the land and water army to capture Jiujiang. /kloc-in July of 0/3, Zeng Guofan was ordered by Xianfeng to run Zhejiang military affairs to save Fujian. ? [ 13]? 12, write "Love Folk Songs" to train Xiang Army.
3. Pursuing the Nian Army
Tongzhi four years (1865), 1 month, 17 selected songs from ministers since the Han and Tang Dynasties, and compiled them into Yuan Tang Papers in Ming Dynasty. In March, he presided over the two houses of planting mountains and respecting classics. Adopt 800 lonely and cold children and donate their own class prize for raising Lian Yin. On May 26th, Zeng Guofan led an army to Shandong to suppress twisting. In June, he presided over the collation of Wang Chuanshan's suicide note, with 320 volumes, and submitted it to Jinling Bookstore for publication.
On June 18, the strategy of the northern Nian suppression army was to fortify the important towns, delimit the river circle, clear the fields and check the Wei, and the cavalry followed. In September, I arrived in Xuzhou via Yangzhou and Qingjiangpu. Soldiers deployed all the way, blocked the encirclement, and posted a list of recruits along the way. On June+10, 5438, Jinling Manufacturing Bureau moved to Hongkou, Shanghai, merged with Li Hongzhang's original artillery bureau and the iron works purchased from the Americans, and together with more than 100 machines bought back by Hong Rong, Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration was established. In February 65438, the permanent constitution and operational rules of the Yangtze River Navy were approved.
In the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866), Zeng Guofan was ordered to be stationed in Zhoujiakou, where he was an imperial minister and supervised the suppression of twisting. Zeng Guofan took the countermeasures of "focusing on defense, clearing the field and rowing the river circle" according to the characteristics of the uncertain whereabouts and mobile operations of the Nian army, but all ended in failure. Later, he established the "Shahe Baili Defence Line" from Zhoukou West to Luohe, hoping to wipe out the Nian Army by this natural moat.
4. preside over westernization
In March of the sixth year of Tongzhi (1867), Jiangnan General Manufacturing Bureau set up a shipyard to trial-produce ships. At the same time, it is planned to establish a translation library. In May, together with Li Hongzhang, the General Administration of Jiangnan Manufacturing was moved from Hongkou to Gaochang Hall, and the scope of land acquisition was expanded and laws and regulations were greatly increased. In June, it was awarded the Tijen University Pavilion.
In April of the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868), he was awarded a bachelor's degree in Wuyingdian. On May 3 1, I went to Shanghai to inspect Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration. In August, he was ordered to be transferred to the governor of Zhili. In September, the first ship trial-produced by Jiangnan Shipyard sailed for Jiangning, and once boarded the ship for trial flight, it was named "Tianji". In February 65438, Zeng Guofan arrived in Beijing to meet Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Tongzhi.
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