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Chapter 210 Bingzhou Situation ([-])
In the 11th year of Tongzhi, Zeng Guofan died of illness at Yuanmen, the governor of Jinling.

On November 16, the [-]th year of Jiaqing, Zeng Guofan was born in an ordinary farming-study family in Baiyangping, Heyetang, Xiangxiang, Changsha Prefecture, Hunan.

There are nine brothers and sisters. Zeng Guofan is the eldest son. His grandparents mainly worked in agriculture and lived a relatively affluent life. Although his grandfather Zeng Yuping was less educated, he had rich experience. His father Zeng Linshu was a talented school teacher. ethics education.

Enlightened at the age of five, entered the family school "Li Jian Zhai" at the age of six, and in the spring of the sixth year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan took the Changsha Mansion Boys' Examination and ranked No.7.

In the tenth year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan went to Hengyang to study in the Tang Ancestral Hall, and transferred to Xiangxiang Lianbin Academy a year later.

In the 12th year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan was admitted as a scholar. In the 14th year of Daoguang, he entered Changsha Yuelu Academy for practice.

In the 15th year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan failed the general examination and lived in Changsha Guild Hall in Beijing to study. The following year, he failed the Enke General Examination again, so he returned to Changsha and lived in Xiangxiang Guild Hall with fellow villagers Liu Rong and Guo Songtao.

In the 18th year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan participated in the general examination again, and finally succeeded in ranking. He ranked second in the top three No. 40 in the palace examination. Protégé.

Zeng Guofan was No. 3 in the first class in the imperial examination, and Emperor Daoguang personally selected him as the second, and was selected as a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

In the 20th year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan was appointed as the official examiner of the Sichuan Provincial Examination in July of the 23rd year of Daoguang.

In August, he was given a supplementary lecture by the Imperial Academy. In December, he was appointed as the school manager of Wenyuan Pavilion.

In March of the 25th year of Daoguang, he served as a co-examiner for the general examination. In May, he was promoted to Youchunfang Youshuzi in Zhan Shifu. In September, he was transferred to Zuoshuzi.

In the 26th year of Daoguang, he served as a direct cabinet official in Wenyuan Pavilion. In the 27th year of Daoguang, he took the second class in the big exam. In June, he was promoted to the title of cabinet bachelor and minister of rites.

In the 28th year of Daoguang, he inspected the affairs of the Zhongshu Department. In the first month of the 29th year of Daoguang, he was the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, and in August, the left servant of the Department of Military Affairs.

In June of the following year, Zeng Guofan was promoted to the second-rank official position step by step along this official career path during the more than ten years of Zuo Shilang of the Administration Department in Beijing.

In January of the first year of Xianfeng, Hong Xiuquan organized an uprising in Jintian Village, Guiping, Guangxi. Then he wrote "Respecting Chen Shengde and Preventing Disadvantages at Three Points" directly pointing at Emperor Xianfeng's fault.

Emperor Xianfeng "threw it on the ground angrily", and reviewed it a few days later before he was convinced and accepted the advice, and gave him a compliment.

In the first month of the second year of Xianfeng, Zuo Shilang of the official department of Zeng Guofan's office, in June, served as the examiner of the Jiangxi provincial examination, and returned home because of his mother's death on the way.

At this time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement had swept across half of China. Although the Qing government mobilized a large number of Eight Banners Army and Green Battalion officers and soldiers from all over the country to deal with the Taiping Army, this decadent armed force was no longer capable of fighting.

Therefore, the Qing government repeatedly issued orders to reward regiment training, trying to use the armed forces of landlords in various places to curb the development of the Taiping Army. This provided an opportunity for the emergence of Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army. In November, the Qing government ordered Zeng Guofan and Hunan governor Zhang Liangji handles group training.

In the third year of Xianfeng, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Qing government was eager to seek power to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he established a local regiment called Xiangyong in his hometown of Hunan, relying on complex interpersonal relationships such as masters and apprentices, relatives, and friends. And the Qing court wrote a letter to requisition Taqibu, who was only the capital.

In August, he was allowed to train troops in Hengzhou. "The model of guns, knives, anchors, sails, masts, oars, and sculls are all self-drilled and tried hard." He also sent people to Guangdong to buy Western artillery and prepare for the construction of a navy.

During the regiment training of Xiangyong, strict military discipline, opened up a new army, successively divided the 5000 Xiangyong into ten battalions, including Ta, Luo, Wang, and Li, and moved the regiment training site from Changsha to Xiangtan to avoid conflicts with Changsha's green battalion direct contradiction.

In February of the fourth year of Xianfeng, the Hunan army was mobilized. Zeng Guofan published "A Call to Cantonese Bandits". Once swept away.

This is not only the strange changes of our Qing Dynasty, but also the strange changes of famous religions since the founding of Confucius and Mencius, weeping in Jiuquan."

Then he called on "everyone who can read and write can sit quietly and don't think about what to do." This stood at the commanding heights of morality, so it mobilized the vast number of intellectuals at that time to participate in the struggle against the Taiping Army. A solid foundation was laid for future victories.

Zeng Guofan ordered Chu Ruhang to be the commander of the water army, and Taqibu to be the vanguard of the army. He led 240 large and small ships and 17000 people in the water and land army.

In April, he was defeated by Shi Xiangzhen of the Taiping Army in the Jinggang Water Battle. Zeng Guofan threw himself into the water in anger, but was rescued by his aide Zhang Shoulin.

Due to the unfavorable war, Zeng Guofan was decreed to be dismissed. At this time, Taqibu, the garrison Yang Zaifu, and the county magistrate Peng Yulin led the army to conquer Xiangtan.

He killed Zeng Tianyang of the Taiping Army and conquered Chenglingji. He was rewarded with a third-rank Dingdai for his meritorious service. On October 10, he took Wuchang and Hanyang and rewarded a second-rank Dingdai for his meritorious service.

Because of Zeng Guofan's efforts to refuse, he was awarded the title of Minister of the Ministry of War. On December 12, Tianjia Town was captured, tens of thousands of enemies were killed, five thousand boats were burned, and Jiujiang was encircled.

On the night of February 2th in the fifth year of Xianfeng, Shi Dakai attacked the water camp of the Hunan Army at Hukou and burned more than 12 warships of the Hunan Army.

Zeng Guofan was so angry that he planned to ride his horse to the enemy to die, but Luo Zenan and Liu Rong urged him to stop. Zeng Guofan sent Li Mengqun, Peng Yulin, and Hu Linyi to support Wuchang, and he himself went to Jiangxi to recruit troops and build ships.

In July, Taqibu died in the barracks and rushed to Jiujiang to command his troops. In August, he recovered Hukou. In September, he was awarded the right servant of the Ministry of War.

In the sixth year of Xianfeng, Shi Dakai attacked Jiangxi and was trapped in Nanchang. At this time, Luo Zenan died in the barracks, and Peng Yulin traveled thousands of miles to help defend Nanchang.

On September 9, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing had internal strife, which was known as the Tianjing Incident in history, and Nanchang was relieved. In October, Jizi Battalion was formed in Changmoyong to assist Jiangxi.

On February 2, the seventh year of Xianfeng, his father passed away, and his younger brother Zeng Guohua returned to his hometown for the funeral. In July, he went to the school twice and asked for a final stay at home. With the permission of Emperor Xianfeng, he built the "Siyun Pavilion" that year.

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