Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven: Ten Years of Xianfeng: Placed in a Place of Mortality

On March 27th, that day, Jieziying bravely wounded, killed and wounded the county magistrate. Get out early and inspect the camp walls.Clean up files after meals.Xuan and Shangzhai played a game of Go.Check and revise the drafts of each letter, and finish at noon.Read "Biography of Feng Bream", "Biography of Yu Yan", "Biography of Zhu Fu", "Biography of Zheng Hong", "Biography of Zhou Zhang".After lunch, I wrote several couplets, read "Liang Tong Zhuan", Zhang Chun, Cao Bao, Bei Xuan's biography, until the end of the second watch.On that day, because of Jiezi Yingyong's troubles, one person was killed and two people were shackles.Because one person bought a hat, he stole the hat from the store, hit the store's eyes, and corrected people to go to the county office to break the sedan chair and injure the county magistrate.Recently, the reputation of Jieziying was very bad, and when the ninth brother arrived, he became a businessman and changed camp officials.Shen Kesi's method of writing characters is as continuous as silkworms weaving silk, and as muscular as jade.The way of Yesi's reading is based on Hu's disciplines. The classics and righteousness should be divided into four disciplines: elementary school, Neo Confucianism, poetry and ceremony, and government affairs should be divided into four disciplines: government affairs, military affairs, food and goods, and geography.

Zeng Guofan started playing Go again. His psychological pressure is increasing, and he is considering moving to southern Anhui to prepare for the restoration of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the future.But is this consideration correct? Will the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom suddenly resort to a fierce move to completely check him to death? Not sure, so his psychological pressure is getting bigger and bigger. When the boss is in trouble, it is the happiest thing for the employees.So the soldiers seized this opportunity to make trouble and went to the hat shop to grab the hat. The hat shop owner resisted and was injured by the soldier on the spot.When the county magistrate heard the news and suppressed it, the rebels rushed into the county office and beat the county magistrate.

Those who serve as soldiers are full of anger.In the end, one of the perpetrators was killed, and the other two accomplices were shown wearing shackles.If I knew there would be this consequence, why are you still making trouble? These troublesome soldiers have a saying that they are irrational. Just be irrational. If everyone could be rational, there would be no prisons in this world.The greatest danger we face in the world is to meet the kind of person who will go to prison sooner or later.And Zeng Guofan deals with such people every day, so one can imagine the depression in his mind. The premise of all management studies is to assume that people are rational.But what needs to be dealt with more in management is the consequences of irrationality.

On March 29, Wen Yu's family was killed by thieves. Get out early and inspect the camp walls.After the meal, I cleaned up the documents, wrote Rao Zhenjun's letter to Erye, and met with guests four times.Read "Zhang Ziheng's Anthology of Poems" and add comments to it, and finish at noon.Turn to Ziheng to see him off.I went to sit in the rain pavilion again, but I didn't return.After lunch, read the biography of Zhang Zong, Faxiong, Teng Fu, Feng Yu, Du Shang, Yang Xuan, Liu Ping, and Zhao Xiao in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty".Youzheng, Guo Shunmin came, and said that his brother Yusan's relatives were captured by bandits when Dingyuan City fell on June 18, 9th year, and were killed on the 21st.On the 22nd night, a well-educated Qishui with brave eyes and rippling eyes carried the corpse out, and on the 24th day it went to Mingguang.The officers and soldiers Zhang Desheng took over the town army and went out to meet them.On the 25th, he was buried in Mingguang's coffin. Now Quancuo is in Xuyi, and he will go to Fuzi Yunyun.He talked with Shunmin for a long time at night, and criticized Peng Sheng's report to the south.

The battle of Dingyuan in the ninth year of Xianfeng mentioned in this diary was a battle related to the life and death of the Taiping Army. At that time, Shi Dakai led 300,000 people into Hunan. This army no longer belonged to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. They expected Shi Dakai to open a way out for them.Running alone, the march was chosen at midnight, and they only chose remote paths where there were no people, making it mysterious, but when they marched, they burned a torch that soared to the sky.The mighty marching team ran through the entire territory of Hunan, aiming at Baoqing Mansion, and wanted to take this important town.

All of a sudden, the battalions of the Hunan Army rushed towards Baoqing like crazy for reinforcements. Not only the regular troops were rushing, but even the private regiments with little combat effectiveness were ordered to gather in the direction of Baoqing. . The two sides are fighting fiercely in Baoqing Mansion, so is there anything good in this place that is worth fighting for? According to historians, the battle of Baoqing was related to the overall situation.If Shi Dakai takes Baoqing, it will mean the complete disintegration of the Hunan Army, and there will be no more curses.Because Shi Dakai can go to Hunan or Hubei, and drive down to Sichuan.If this is the case, the biggest threat to the Qing court is no longer Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but Shi Dakai.

But if Shi Dakai couldn't take Baoqing and enter Sichuan as he wished, then his brother would be miserable and could only become a bandit, running around and finding no base to settle down. So Hu Linyi took the opportunity to make a fuss, trying to fool Emperor Xianfeng into granting Zeng Guofan the governor of Sichuan, on the grounds that this would allow Shi Da to be blocked in Sichuan in advance.Emperor Xianfeng also knew that this was a good move, but he hesitated again and again, because Emperor Xianfeng had already figured out that he had Zeng Guofan on his side, and that was a sure win.If this is the case, then why don't you let yourself command Zeng Guofan and let him execute it for you if you don't grant him real power. No, how cool would that be?

Of course, Zeng Guofan was aware of Emperor Xianfeng's psychological activities, so he kept bullying and causing trouble, so that Emperor Xianfeng could not command him.Forcing Xianfeng to delegate real power to him, you are still the emperor, but I have always played the game, so you can't be the emperor and use me as a pawn.During this period of gnashing their teeth, in Anhui, Zhang Laole and Zhang Lexing of the Nian army suddenly rushed out and took Dingyuan to take this city as their old nest. The one guarding Dingyuan City is called Guo Peilin, and he is just a Taoist priest.But Zeng Guofan knew him well and believed that he would have great promise in the future, so he asked his second son Zeng Jihong to gather Guo Peilin's daughter Guo Yun.But that old Le Zhang was a famous vicious figure, and his historical status was on an equal footing with Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.As a result of Guo Peilin's desperate resistance, Zhang Laole broke through Dingyuan and killed Guo Peilin.So Zeng Guofan said in his diary: Yusan's relatives were killed by thieves.

What deserves our attention is the following details. Shui Yong looked at Zhou Lian and stole Guo Peilin's body. After he carried it back, Zhang Desheng's town army of the Hunan Army came out to greet him. Guo Peilin, an official from a gentry family, is so respected in the hearts of the people at the bottom. And Zeng Guofan, as the leader of the gentry who was respected by the villagers and soldiers, launched a confrontation with Hong Xiuquan. On March 18th, there is a way to think about everything At dawn, go out to inspect the camp wall.Clean up files after meals.Read the four long biographies of Yingchuan, Li Gu and Du Qiao in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty".Read the biographies of Wu You and Yan Du after lunch.It was a day, and it rained more than ever.Worrying about things, no body fluid in the mouth, burning fire in the upper body, wandering in the room because I don't read anymore.There is a way to think about everything from the simplest to the most important, and those who cannot leave it for a moment, because they want to name it Babundang.Its purpose is: Reading is based on exegesis, poetry is based on tone, serving relatives is based on happiness, health care is based on less anger, self-esteem is based on not lying, home is based on not being arrogant, and officials are based on not being angry. Money is the foundation, and the march is based on not disturbing the people.There are so many aphorisms in the ancients, but if you want everything to have the first meaning, you must try your best to do it.Gaining it is like finding a pearl while searching for a lily, and losing it is like giving up the root and looking for branches and leaves.Although there are many aphorisms in the ancients, it is just a matter of our careful choice.In the evening, read "Parallel Prose, Notes and Slips".I received letters from home on the same day and sent them on March 3rd, one for Brother Cheng, one for Brother Yuan, and one for Jize.I also got letters from Mr. Jinghai, Zuomei, Muyun and others.

This is the eight treatises that Zeng Guofan is proud of. He talks about these eight treatises whenever he sees people, and he also talks about them when he meets people. He also changed his residence to Babendang.In short, it is very serious. Let me simply repeat the eight books first: Reading is based on exegesis. Poetry is based on tone. Doing things with relatives is based on happiness. Health preservation is based on less anger. Standing on the basis of not lying. Staying at home is based on not getting up. Resident officials are based on not having money. The march is based on not disturbing the people.

The following six books are easy to understand, except for the first two, the most important one is the first one, which can also be applied to each of us, so we need to clarify its meaning: Zeng Guofan said: Reading is based on exegesis. So what is exegesis? Exegesis is complex, but it can also be very simple.Simply put, training is to explain the meaning of words in common language.Gu, is to explain the meaning of ancient Chinese in modern words.The combination of exegesis is to use the most concise language to explain the truth in the book clearly.This means that when reading, you must read until you can use the simplest words so that people who have not read the book can understand. In other words, if you have read a book, but you cannot describe it to others in the simplest language, then you must not be based on exegesis, and the so-called read is also deceiving yourself and others.Narrate the content of the book in your own language, so that the content and ideas of this book can truly belong to you. This is the real reading. There is also the ability to read poetry aloud. According to Zeng Guofan's requirements, this ability can and must be possessed.Even if your voice is not pleasant, you have to practice yourself. The remaining six volumes need no further explanation. On the second day of April, it was heard that the entire Jinling camp was defeated In the morning, go out of the city and inspect the camp wall.Clean up files after meals.Spin and Zuo Ji Gaochang talk.Not carved out of the city for eight miles, to welcome the coffin of Luodan village, and set up a road sacrifice.Shen Kegui, write elegiac couplets and other couplets.After receiving Zhang Xiaopu's letter, the entire Jinling camp was defeated.Hechun and Zhang Guoliang retired from Zhenjiang.The overall situation is broken, which is deeply worrying.Because the money was sent to Hu Zhongcheng, I talked with Ji Gaochang at night. This diary mentions two people who must be talked about. One is Zuo Zhongtang and Zuo Jigao's visit.Another Qing general, Zhang Guoliang, who was in the process of collapsing in the Jiangnan camp, is actually a foreign body, so it is necessary to elaborate.In addition, this diary led to the famous Susong Heroes Association in history, which also needs to be said. Let's talk about Zuo Zongtang Zuo Jigao first, this guy has a great reputation in history, he is just a commoner, and there are so many friends in the officialdom who are willing to work for him, what is so special about him? In the eighteenth year of Daoguang, Zuo Zongtang and Ouyang Zhaoxiong went to Beijing on the same boat to take the exam.This Ouyang Zhaoxiong, also known as Ouyang Xiaocen, arrived in Beijing just as Zeng Guofan was about to die of illness in the inn, and he saved Zeng Guofan's life.Leave this matter aside for now.But when the boat was sailing, Zuo Zongtang was as immobile as a mountain, and he wrote home letters to his wife as fast as he could.Ouyang Zhaoxiong walked over quietly, peeking at how Zuo Zongtang was having sex with his wife, and was shocked when he didn't want to take a look. I saw what Zuo Zongtang wrote: When the boat passed the Dongting, a group of water bandits suddenly came out. The people on the same boat were terrified. The tongue made the water bandit feel ashamed, and he apologized and withdrew. Ouyang Zhaoxiong looked more and more frightened, and couldn't help but rushed up and asked: "Old Zuo, don't talk nonsense, the two of us are on the same boat, when did we encounter water bandits?" Zuo Zongtang gave him a cold look, and said: What happened last night, you slept like a pig to death, this little thing didn't alarm you. Ouyang Zhaoxiong was so choked that he couldn't speak, but the more he thought about it, the less likely it was, so he went to Zuo Zongtang's servant and asked: Did any water bandits come last night?The servant curled his lips in disdain: Don't listen to my husband's nonsense, my husband is good everywhere, even this problem of nonsense can't be changed forever.Where did the water bandits come from last night? He had a nightmare himself, woke himself up with fright, and then wrote about the truth. After hearing what the servant said, Ouyang Zhaoxiong became anxious, and went to Zuo Zongtang again, and said: "Old Zuo, you don't have to be so shameless. You even write nonsense to your wife. Isn't that too unreliable?" Zuo Zongtang sneered: Reliable and reliable, do you know what the hell is reliable?Do you think the battle of Julu, the overlord of Chu, is reliable?Do you think Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu's victory in Kunyang is reliable?I tell you, it's all nonsense.You wait until I become famous, and the letters I write to my wife now are all history, we have to have some fun for future generations, don’t you think? You... Ouyang Zhaoxiong is heartbroken: Zuo Zongtang, your shamelessness is beyond compare. You have reached the pinnacle, and you have done your best. It can be seen that this Zuo Zongtang was born to be the nemesis of Hong Xiuquan who made nonsense as a profession.When these two meet together, judging from their thick skins alone, the one who suffers must be Hong Xiuquan. Let's talk about the Qing army's Jiangbei camp and Jiangnan camp.These two battalions were used to surround Nanjing City and separate Hong Xiuquan from the surrounding Taiping Army.The reason for hammering in these two nails was to think that Hong Xiuquan had run out of spells, so he would just kill him quickly.But I didn't want the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom genius military generals Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng to be born, Chen Yucheng defeated the Jiangbei camp, and Li Xiucheng defeated the Jiangnan camp.The imperial envoy He Chun and the admiral Zhang Guoliang both died in battle. The imperial envoy and Chun Dao are fine, but the admiral Zhang Guoliang has a strange background. According to the "Drafts of Qing History": At that time, among the armies in the north and south of the river, the one most feared by the thieves was Guoliang alone.The thieves are moving from south to north, and they want to attack us in many ways. They all try to contain the country's beams, but they are defeated.At that time, there was such a song circulating in the Qing army: Kill the thief Jiang Shangjiang Shuihong, Xianggong Black Tiger Zhang Gonglong. Zhong Shan fought against the wind and rain, Zhang Gong gave birth to the dragon and the male tiger. Xiang Gong in this song is about Xiang Rong, the imperial envoy.And Zhang Gong refers to Admiral Zhang Guoliang.Because Zhang Guoliang was the champion of the three armies, the Taiping Army heard his name and tried to avoid him first. Emperor Xianfeng regarded him as a favorite general, and often issued edicts to inquire about Zhang Guoliang's battle situation.But if Zhang Guoliang couldn't sleep one night, thinking back to Emperor Xianfeng's favor to him, he would definitely burst into tears. His life experience is too outrageous.He was originally a hero of the rivers and lakes who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, by accident, he became Emperor Xianfeng's favorite general. This gave him a strange feeling that life was like a dream. It is said that in the early years on the ground in Guangdong, there was a young man Zhang Zhao who was bullied and fought back in anger. As a result, he violated the criminal law and had to flee and beg for a living as a water bandit on the water.Not long after, the Vietnamese side sent someone to contact him, secretly persuading him to join the Tiandihui, an anti-Qing and restoring Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Zhao readily obeyed.At that time, the leader of this Jianghu gang was named Luo Yasong, and Zhang Zhaoren was named the leader, ranking second.Not long after, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebelled and demanded that the Tiandihui be merged, and the two families would become one family, share the country, and sit together in the world.The elder brother Luo Yasong flatly refused, but Zhang Zhao, the big head sheep, had a lot of feelings for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so he forcibly joined the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom regardless of Luo Yasong's persuasion, and changed Hong Xiuquan as the heavenly king from then on.In order to draw a clear line with Luo Yasong's Tiandihui, the big head sheep Zhang Zhao changed his name to Zhang Jiaxiang and began his bizarre and tragic future life. Regarding Zhang Jiaxiang's weird encounters thereafter, there is an old drama called "Iron Rooster", which is dedicated to this incident.However, in order to make the plot more compact, Lao Chongguang, the governor of Guangxi, was changed to Xiang Rong, the imperial envoy in the play.Except for this detail, basically, the plot and history are completely reliable. At that time, Guangxi Governor Lao Chongguang came to conquer the Taiping Army. Zhang Jiaxiang faced the battle and offered a plan. He pretended to surrender to Lao Chongguang, and then cooperated internally and externally to defeat the officers and soldiers.The Taiping Army was overjoyed and immediately asked Zhang Jiaxiang to act.When Zhang Jiaxiang entered Lao Chongguang's tent, Lao Chongguang judged that this guy was a false surrender, because Zhang Jiaxiang's wife and son were all left in the regiment camp of the Taiping Army.At this time, the treacherous Lao Chongguang rolled his eyes and thought of a bad move. Lao Chongguang found someone who looked similar to Zhang Jiaxiang, and asked him to pretend to be Zhang Jiaxiang, attack the Taiping army, slash and kill several Taiping soldiers.The Taiping army was furious, and immediately dragged Zhang Jiaxiang's wife and son out to let Zhang Jiaxiang see clearly, and then slaughtered Zhang Jiaxiang's wife and children with one knife after another. At that time, Zhang Jiaxiang was very angry, unable to explain, and couldn't understand. He could only watch his wife and children being killed. From then on, he forged a blood feud with his beloved Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After that, Zhang Jiaxiang recruited the old Tiandihui again, vowed to serve the Qing court, and fought the Taiping Army to the end.Most of the old Tiandihui people including Feng Zicai came.Only the eldest brother Luo Yasong, because he hated Zhang Jiaxiang's courtship towards Qin Muchu and lacked a sense of purpose, he defected to the Taiping Army in a fit of anger, changed his name to Luo Dagang, and became a fierce general in the Taiping Army. And Zhang Jiaxiang, after being transferred to the imperial envoy Xiang Rong, Xiang Rong changed his name to Zhang Guoliang for him, and became the only general who could fight the most in the Qing army. The changing situation of the war, in the end, the heaven and the earth will split, half for the Qing court, half for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and fight each other into a ball.In the end, Luo Dagang, the eldest brother of Tiandihui, died fighting for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, while Zhang Zhao, the eldest brother of the second brother, died fighting for Emperor Xianfeng.Both of them are a little dead and do not understand. This time, the Jiangnan camp was defeated by Li Xiucheng, and the Tiandihui armed forces under Zhang Guoliang's jurisdiction were basically wiped out.Only one younger brother, Feng Zicai, fled to Zhenjiang and hid with less than 200 people.He was kept for the future battle of Zhennanguan, Feng Zicai defeated the Frenchman, made great achievements in the world, and his name will go down in history.It can be traced back to his evolution from the Tiandihui, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and then to the Qing court. It will make us feel dizzy, unable to speak clearly, and hard to hear. It's so cloudy and foggy, making people confused and confused. The Jiangnan camp was defeated, and at the same time Hangzhou was captured by the Taiping army. Governor Luo Zundian of Zhejiang committed suicide by taking medicine, and his wife and daughter died.This Luo Zundian is the Luo Dan Village mentioned in this diary.This person was the most upright official at that time. He had been an official for twenty-five years and had no money. He only sent three hundred taels of silver to his family. The death of Luo Dancun is a sad event for Shilin.It was Hu Linyi and Zuo Zongtang who came to Susong together, and went to Luo's condolences with Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, who was serving as an aide under Zeng Guofan. This is the famous gathering of the four masters of ZTE in Qing history. The Songsu Heroes Meeting decided the future direction of the battle. On the seventh day of the sixth month, until Pantuan, the most frightening thing was that everyone used ladders to go to the toilet. It's not clear yet, set up camp.After traveling for thirty li, they arrived at Pan Tuan and stationed there.Pan Tuan is also in Fuliang state.The county magistrate Jiantang sent it to Pan Tuan, and the prefect Zhang Ziwei and Ren Sima returned.In the two days of traveling among the mountains, the springs are cold and the bamboos are luxuriant, which is similar to the scenery of my hometown.The most frightening thing is that the excrement bins are five feet high, and people use ladders to go to the toilets, roof tiles are built on top of them, and they are everywhere beside the market roads, row upon row, which is unbearable.Japan and China Wen "Royal System".Until the end of the engraving.It was hot.In the evening, I set up the tent under the tree, and stayed in the tent, but I couldn't sleep at night.On that day, I received Yuzhong Cheng's letter on the 25th. I felt that (Ma Ri) delivered it too late, so I asked the Jiangxi Standard Secretary for detailed reference. Beginning on May 15th, Zeng Guofan mobilized 13,000 people and went to southern Anhui to enter the prayer gate.This was Zeng Guofan's Eastern Expedition. He wanted to choose Qimen, a strange place, to unite the three provinces of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and cut the Taiping army into pieces that were not connected to each other, and wiped them out one by one. And this also means that the Qimen Basin will become extremely dangerous. Along the way, Zeng Guofan's diary burst out exclamations from time to time, shouting in shock.Something that can shock Zeng Guofan must be no small matter. For example, in the strange place of Pan Tuan, there are row upon row of large excrement buckets stretching as far as the eye can see, more than five feet high.When locals go to the toilet, they have to climb up the ladder.Just imagine if there was a war in this place, and the large dung buckets exploded one by one, the scene would definitely be a miracle in the world. In the eyes of Emperor Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army was just such a big dung bucket. The manure bucket is a treasure, no one can live without it.But no one would solemnly put the manure bucket in the living room and put it on the coffee table.It is very important that the manure bucket should be placed in the dirtiest and darkest corner. As far as Emperor Xianfeng was concerned, Zeng Guofan was a peerless wise sage, and his Hunan Army constituted a devastating suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.This is what Emperor Xianfeng knew best, but it was something he was reluctant to put on the table.Because Zeng Guofan and his Hunan army are the armed forces of the Han people, which Emperor Xianfeng needs but is unwilling to admit. If Zeng Guofan's Hunan Army is the dung bucket most needed by the empire, then the green battalion flag soldiers belonging to the regular combat series of the empire are the vases of the empire.Emperor Xianfeng instinctively placed the vase in the most conspicuous place and hid the dung bucket. Under the arrangement of Emperor Xianfeng, the Jiangnan camp formed by the regular armed forces of the green battalion besieged the city of Nanjing in order to establish an immortal feat to completely wipe out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.Zeng Guofan and other Han gentry groups are not happy.It's useless not to be happy, in the eyes of Emperor Xianfeng, you are just a big dung bucket that you take out when you need it, and you have to be it. And Li Xiucheng successfully defeated the Jiangnan camp. At that time, Zuo Zongtang raised the quota with his hands and said: God will there be a turning point? This turning point, as Zeng Guofan saw in Pan Tuan, was armed by the Hunan Army, which Emperor Xianfeng was unwilling to admit, and became the only reliance on the survival of the empire, and was forced to be placed on the table since then. On June 27th, I talked with Ma Yingguan about the righteousness of a hero At dawn, read all the letters from Beijing sent by Hu Zhongcheng.After dinner, I went to Huaqiao to check the camp of the Shunzi Camp horse team. I occasionally talked with the battalion officer Ma Deshun and said that the heroes of the prosperity and entrepreneurship in the prosperous age regard open-mindedness as the first righteousness;It has been engraved to return, and the round trip is nearly twenty miles.Spin clean file.Write a letter from Jidi.After lunch, because of my headache and blindness, I did nothing and wandered comfortably in the room.In the next hour, Shenfu came and talked for a long time, teaching him to pay attention to talents and work hard from the weather.Clean up files overnight.I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as the second watch was over. Now Zeng Guofan is finally convinced that he is a hero.As mentioned earlier, he has become the only reliance of the empire, and he must be a hero if he is not a hero. Zeng Guofan believes that: there are two kinds of heroes, one is the hero of entrepreneurship in the prosperous age, and the other is the hero of helping the crisis in the last days. The hero of entrepreneurship in the prosperous age can also be called the hero of emerging markets. At this time, the world is full of chaos, and most people are in a state of ignorance, and you accidentally enter an industry that is on the rise, with few competitors and market profits. Super rich.At this time, if you want to become bigger and stronger, according to Zeng Guofan's meaning, you don't need to spend too much thought, you only need to be open-minded, able to tolerate the defects of subordinates, give full play to the subjective initiative of subordinates, capture more market opportunities, and make money. To more and more resources, this will do. And the hero who helps the crisis in the last days is a bit miserable.This can also be called the hero of the market recession. At this time, the industry has already declined, the market has long been saturated, the marketing profit is so low that it makes people cry, and the competitors are crazy and trying to mess with you.At this time, the competition is not about who is wise and powerful, but whose work is more solid, more delicate, and more standardized, with the highest survival rate and the longest survival period.In short, as long as you live longer than your competitors, you are eligible to be called a hero. Zeng Guofan believes that he is the second type. June 29th, there are four types of thinking about people and dealing with affairs today. Get up early, check in Shen Baocheng's camp, and return every hour.Clean up files after meals.Spin for a nap.Write a letter from Yang Houyan.Read Korean.Extremely hot after lunch, take a nap.Practice one piece of calligraphy and clean up all the files.Youke talked with Wang Renqiu for a long time, and then with Muyun.Ye, Muyun and Shaoquan are upstairs enjoying the cool.go to bed early. Today, there are about four types of people who seek people, and there are about three ways to seek them.There are about four types of governance, and there are about three ways of governance.The four categories of asking for help are officials, gentry, soldiers of the green battalion, and brave recruits.There are three ways to seek it, which are called investigation, education, and supervision.Interviews are like birds of prey begging for food, like merchants begging for money; interviews are obtained, and you can also distinguish whether they are worthy or not, and check their authenticity.The one who teaches is to teach people to be kind and guide them with what they can't;Supervision and responsibility, Shang Yang's method of erecting trees, and grandson's idea of ​​beheading beauties, the so-called daughters come first, and tigers follow. The four categories of administrative affairs are military affairs, salary affairs, official affairs, and communication affairs.There are three ways to govern it, which are called analysis, brief introduction, and comprehensive examination.The one who dissects it is like cutting the bones and horns, and cutting like the one who treats jade.Every thing has to be cut into two pieces first, then cut into four pieces from two pieces, and then cut into eight pieces from four pieces. The more you cut it, the more hanging it will be, and the more you cut it, the finer and denser it will be. When criticizing gaps and guiding questions, there will never be a kind of ambiguity or a trace of ambiguity.To be brief, although there are many things, the main points are just one or two words.For example, although the human body is large, there are only a few acupuncture points in the veins, and although there are many volumes, the abstracts are only a few sentences.The way to control the crowd, the method to teach, is easy to understand, simple to follow, and a bit complicated to make people believe and refuse to follow.The comprehensive core, like the way of learning, not only knows what is dead every day, but also has to never forget what it can do every month.The things that are treated every day will be reviewed again in January and two months.For military affairs and official affairs, there are lessons every month and exams every year; for salary affairs, there are daily turnover numbers and monthly summaries.The latter is always better than the former for entry.For these two, study the mind every day, think about it early and night, and think about it more than half of the way to be a governor. Zeng Guofan said: I have been thinking about it for a long time. There are four sources and three ways to find talents.The specific work can be divided into four categories, and there are three methods of work. There are four sources of talents: one is officials, that is, to find among civil servants. After all, the quality of civil servants lies here.The second is the gentry, that is, go to private companies to find them, and those who can break out of the secular siege have several hands.The third is the green battalion soldiers, that is, go to competitors to poach people. The green battalion and the Hunan Army are competitors.The fourth is courage, that is to go to the talent market to recruit. If you are lucky, sometimes you can really recruit capable people. There are three ways to cultivate talents. The first is to visit, that is, to find out where there are more capable people, and to trick him into working for you.The second is enlightenment, that is, Chunchun teaches and practices to bring out potential talent seedlings.The third is supervision and accountability, that is, appropriate rewards and punishments, that is, carrots and sticks.Zeng Guofan's statement is even more extreme, saying that the daughters come first and the tigers follow. Let's talk about the four categories of work, the first one is the business department, and military affairs.The second one is the finance department, and the payment is also involved.The third one is the administration and human resources department, and the official affairs.The last one is the marketing and public relations department, which is also about communication. Although the nature of the work in different departments is completely different, there is no difference in the method of work, but there are three types: one is to decompose the entire work and assign it to different personnel to complete it together, which is called analysis.The second is that the sub-item work must be simple, so that even the most unqualified employees can do it well for you, that is, simple.The third is the integration and integration of sub-items, which is called comprehensive review.The classification of this working method is for senior managers, and as an individual employee, it is also the same way for the work at hand: First, continue to divide the work into sub-items, called analysis.Then find out the core and most critical points, and summarize your work, saying briefly.The last is to connect your current work with your previous work to make it systematized, which is called brown core. Of course, when Mr. Zeng said these words, he did not mean what we understand now.But 150 years have passed, and it has gradually evolved into what we mean now. Even if it is not, it is more close and reliable. August 6th Early, not out of town.Clean up files after meals.Rewrite Luo Zhongcheng's letter and Li Xi'an's letter, and clean up the documents.Nap at noon.After lunch, I checked and corrected three letter manuscripts, including one letter from Xia Taofu, and I was able to check and correct it after a few books written by Qu.Qu said that Zhu Zi's learning was difficult, so he was the teacher of the world as a second language, and he deeply felt it.There is nothing in the world that cannot be achieved for a long time without hard work.Spin clean file.Stop at night to write four paintings on the hanging screen.Reading Xia Taofu's book at night, my eyes are quite cloudy. Zeng Guofan was very annoying during this time. Emperor Xianfeng tried his best to deliver an edict, telling him to save Hangzhou for a while, and to save Zhejiang for a while.Zeng Guofan pretended not to have received the imperial decree, but because the Pan Tuan feces bucket incident had aroused him too much, he also put an oversized bucket outside the door, appealing to the general public to offer advice and suggestions.This old Zeng can really mess up, the people have this ability, what do you want Zeng Guofan to do? In the end, Zeng Guofan looked up to the sky and sighed: It is difficult to be a man, it is difficult to be a hero, and it is extremely difficult to become a famous hero.There is nothing in the world that does not come from hardships and can last for a long time.It means that a famous hero is more tolerant, more able to endure, and more able to withstand pain and pressure than others. The handed down thought of "Ting Jing" was born from this. There are 18 items in Zeng Guofan's "Standing Classics", one of which was passed on to his mischievous disciple Li Hongzhang, and the rest was hidden in his stomach, and he never told anyone. According to Li Hongzhang's personal account, the first article of the Quintessence is that an old man asked his son to go out to buy vegetables, but the son did not return for a long time after going out.The old man was puzzled, and when he went out to look, he saw his son carrying a load, standing on the field stalk with a shopkeeper, you won't let me, I won't let you, just stand here like this. So the old man stepped forward and asked the shopkeeper to back off to make way for his son.The salesman flatly refused: why should I give in?If you want to give in, you have to give in.At this time, the old man said: How about this? You give me the load, and I will carry it for you. After you go around, I will give you the load. How about it? The peddler said, "Rather than make you bother, I might as well give in and let it go." So the salesman backed away, and the problem was solved smoothly. This is the first article of Zeng Guofan's "Standing Scripture", which means that just watching others stand up and coming up with ideas will not work. You have to be involved in the situation and lift up the burden for others.The burden of the world is on you, and only by standing up can you impress others and resolve the deadlock. This is how Li Hongzhang understood it.But the problem is that Zeng Guofan's side can still survive, but Emperor Xianfeng's side can no longer survive. On the seventh day of the eighth month, I heard that the Yi people occupied Tianjin, and I was shocked and angry when I read it. In the morning, go out of the city and check the Xeon camp.Sixteen miles back and forth.See guests three times after dinner.He wrote Yuzhongcheng's letter, Zhang Kaizhang's letter, and changed four manuscripts.take a nap.During lunch, Ciqing arrived, and talked with him after dinner.See the guest three times.Compile the magazines of ancient Chinese into a catalog, and write a letter from Jiudi.At night, I received Hu Gongbao's letter, knowing that Tianjin was defeated on the fifth day of the seventh month, and the monk's residence retreated to Tuizhou.The Yi people occupied Tianjin, and the reading is thrilling and indescribable.Talk with Ciqing and Shaoquan for a long time.Second watch, clean up the files until four o'clock.I can't sleep well, and I don't want to break up with current affairs. While Zeng Guofan was praying hard to practice "Ting Jing", Emperor Xianfeng played with unspoken rules and used palace conspiracy as politics. As a result, devils from Britain and France came to Beijing, and Zeng Guofan was stunned and didn't know what to do. measures. The cause of the incident was when Hong Xiuquan made a big fuss about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong at the time, found a ship called the Arrow, with the British flag flying, and thirteen Chinese sailors on board.Ye Mingchen was furious, you Chinese went to the British ship to apply for a job, isn't this a traitor?Then he ordered the sailors to board the Yarrow, pull down the British flag and throw it away, and then arrested all the Chinese sailors. The British flag was raised, which was tantamount to declaring war on Britain. The British protested angrily, but Ye Mingchen didn't know the seriousness of the matter and pretended not to hear it.However, in the city of Guangzhou, mobs took advantage of the opportunity and gathered commercial houses, foreign houses and thirteen foreign firms from Britain, the United States and France, and burned them down.The British were about to go mad with anger, so they broke in, and the Guangzhou mob dispersed. Governor Ye Mingchen was captured by the British and taken to Calcutta, where he was locked in a glass cage and charged for public exhibitions. So the "Sino-British Tianjin Peace Treaty" was signed, which insulted China. How is this treaty an insult to China? For example, Article 2 of the treaty stipulates that when officials of the two countries negotiate, they shall use equal ceremonies according to their ranks.Another example is Article 5 of the treaty, which stipulates: British citizens who commit crimes shall be punished by British consuls; Humiliate China. The British want equality, which is called insulting China. Being equal and humiliated, Emperor Xianfeng was very painful and desperate. Emperor Xianfeng, who was humiliated for no reason, ordered the British and French warships who came to exchange contracts not to go to Baihekou, but to go to Tanggu, Tianjin. Why let the great powers go to Tanggu?Relevant history books explain: This is a big conspiracy against our country by the imperialist powers, and it is a naked and blatant excuse for aggression. Hey, that's not right, it was Xianfeng's decree to go to Tanggu, how could it become an imperialist conspiracy? If you dare to ask this question, you will definitely fail to pass the history test.It is said that there is only one person in the world who knows the inside story of this matter, and this guy is Guo Songtao. He was working in the Imperial Academy in Beijing at the time, and like Zeng Guofan, he had a bad habit of keeping a diary. In the book, the conspiracies and bad intentions of the imperialist powers were exposed with conclusive evidence: ...Prince Yi came to the camp and said that he was a secret merchant: if a barbarian does not follow the rules at the entrance, he can be attacked quietly. He is only said to be a villager, not an officer or soldier.Yu said: "Everything must be right and sound, and it must be discussed slowly."Yidi is ridiculous.The monk's residence discussed again and again, wanting to order it to detour to Tianjin from the entrance of Beitang.The debate has been repeated again and again, and the attached film is played out. It turns out that this conspiracy is like this.Emperor Xianfeng passed on a secret decree, and the monk Seng Gelinqin led the regular army, disguised as patriotic masses, and gave the British a head-on blow. and then? In the view of Emperor Xianfeng, there was no reason for this matter. You were beaten by the heroic patriotic masses, and you blame yourself. 可是英国人是真的有然后的，没有也不可能，因为爱国群众太爱国了，突然重炮狂轰，当场将英国兵炸死炸伤四百三十人，法国兵炸伤十六名，击沉炮舰四艘。这些爱国群众，硬是给力。 英国人这次真的气疯了，就派了铁匠的儿子巴夏礼，带了三十九名随从来说理。爱国群众再次大显神威，在谈判桌上将巴夏礼等人逮走，关入到牢房里。据巴夏礼讲述，爱国群众就当着他的面，把他的随从手脚反捆，按在地上，用温和的手法慢慢虐待死二十名，还有十九名慢慢等着虐杀。 胡闹到这种程度上，第二次鸦片战争再不爆发，那就太不讲道理了。 但是咸丰皇帝终究是英明神威，他睿智的提出了避免战争的一揽子解决方案，只要英国佬别再辱他了，来北京城对他叩首谢恩，再就是不得追究爱国群众虐杀二十名谈判使者的事。这事就算过去了，这么优厚的条件，你答应不答应？ 答应才怪！ 英法联军摧师大入，攻入北京城。而后巴夏礼写信法国公使葛罗，提出焚毁圆明园以惩罚中国人，否则的话，中国人铁定会以为英国人就跟野生的猫狗一样，可以随意捕杀，还不需要承担刑事责任，这样绝对不行。 咸丰皇帝北狩热河，并传旨曾国藩的湘军火速北上勤王。 （10）员工总归要闹事 June 14 早，出城，至震字营查阅。饭后清理文件。写毓中丞信、家信，寄澄候一件、张凯章信一件。天气热甚，小睡。中饭后见客三次。清理文件颇多。写挂屏六幅，白板绫的又写二幅。因天热，不克写完。酉刻，与邵位西鬯谈。灯时大雨，而热气未息。夜阅《古文书牍》。是日次青赴徽州，余与约法五章：曰戒浮，谓不用文人之好大言者；曰戒过谦，谓次青好为逾恒之谦，启宠纳侮也；曰戒滥，谓银钱、保举宜有限制也；曰戒反复，谓次青好朝令夕改也；曰戒私，谓用人当为官择人，不为人择官也。 是不是应该北援勤王，曾国藩真的很痛苦。徜若北援，则多年苦心经营，付之一炬，此后的太平天国再成气候，就更难平灭了。可如果不北援，这岂不是不忠君？这个帽子太大了，曾国藩戴不起。 但是曾国藩最后还是义无反顾的，戴了这顶帽子。因为得意弟子李鸿章说：这次北京的事儿，最多不过是赔人家洋人一点钱，不会有麻烦的，咱们还是在这里玩吧，这里蛮好，就是祈门地形是个绝地，不安全，建议搬家。 于是曾国藩派李元度李次青，统五千五百人驻防徽州，替曾国藩把守祈门的大门。之所以把这个重要的工作交给李元度，那是因为李元度是追随曾国藩时间最长的人，历次危难，别人能跑的跑，能躲的躲，唯有李元度在身边。为此曾国藩先后给李元度写了好多感谢信，信中甚至有三不忘的铭语，表示终生不忘李元度对的厚爱与友情。正是基于这种高度信任，曾国藩委重任于李元度。 都说曾国藩会相人，这次却是真的漏了底。曾国藩不唯不懂得相人，连最基本的观察能力都欠奉。 要知道，派谁去把守祈门的门户，都没问题，唯独这个李元度，是最最不合适的人选。 Why do you say that? 想一想，李元度有什么最重要的生理特点？ 他近视，而且还是两只眼睛高度近视，走路要扶墙，见人就要撞。他之所以在危难之际仍然追随曾国藩，不舍须臾，很有可能是他看不清楚路，不知道该往哪儿逃。这么说有点搞笑，但让一个高度近视去统兵，这绝对是曾国藩的错。 事实也正是这样，李元度到了徽州之后，就轻率出城开仗，结果惨败。但他有可能是眼睛近视的厉害，错把城门当家门了，稀哩糊涂的与太平军发生了冲突。此后李元度逃走，徘徊于浙赣交界地带，一个多月也不回来。史家说他玩失踪，但很有可能是他近视，找不到回来的路。 但最终他还是成功的摸回来了，回来后不跟曾国藩打照面，自己摸到粮台，把老板拖欠自己的工资领足，回家休假去了。 曾国藩爆跳如雷，怒火万丈，要奏参李元度——或许这个奏参只是个态度吧，咸丰皇帝因为英国人要求平等而被辱，正被追得往热河方向逃窜，哪还管得了你这闲事？ 但不曾想，一听说要弹劾李元度，李鸿章等人一窝蜂的闹了起来。坚决反对。概因这帮弟子们，都是属于员工级别的，这次参了李元度，下次就轮到他们了，所以才胡闹起来。李鸿章扬言，他将拒绝替曾国藩写弹劾奏章。曾国藩也毛了，说：老子自己会写，用不着你。李鸿章见此，干脆一撒手，辞职报告也不打，不告而辞了。 李鸿章那厮极是鸡贼，走得精明。祈门这个地方太重要，已经成为了太平军务须攻克之地，堪称一日数警，险情不断： 十九日，骇闻贼破羊栈岭而入 早饭后清理文件。旋与尚斋围棋一局，写左季高信，张凯章信。中饭后清理文件，积牍为之一清。傍夕闻贼破羊栈岭而入，为之忧骇异常。余于十一日看羊栈岭，大雾迷漫，目无所睹。十二日看桐林岭，为雪所阻，今果疏失，天也。是夜札饬鲍、张等。竟夕不能成寐。 曾国藩，他就是这样被置于绝域死地，还有机会再挣脱出来吗？ （11）队伍不好带了 十一月二十五日，凯章报假仗为余所破 早饭后清理文件。旋见客一次，写厚庵信一件、九弟信一件、季高信一件。中饭后拟作摺稿，又以懒慢不耐烦，未及作就。申刻后清理文件颇多，至二更丝。日内思作摺，而心绪不甚安贴，而不耐烦，如往年将作诗古文时，往往因心不耐烦，操笔中辍之状。是日，凯章报二十四日获一胜仗，余有探卒在彼目击，实未开仗。凯章近来以战阵之事尽委之各旗长，自己从不临阵，又好报假仗，此军恐不能振矣。夜，倦甚，乃食燕窝少许。是日午刻围棋一局，酉正又一局。 曾国藩说：人心散了，队伍不好带了。 就好象人会从年轻走向衰老，组织也是这样。一支军队，刚刚开始的充满战斗力，充满了光明和阳刚。但过不了多久，军队就慢慢的消沉了，好比人之衰老，各种毛病统统发作出来。这时候这个组织已经不再是解决问题的手段，它成为了你需要解决的问题。 老湘军张凯章，也是追随曾国藩多年的人。但是现在，他已经丧失了最初的干劲，老本足够吃了，再也不肯临敌战仗了。最搞笑的他老是统计做假，虚报战功。此前这事也有多次，当时曾国藩是假装不知道，但是现在，张凯章的本事只剩下了统计造假，曾国藩不得不考虑重建新湘军，以取代暮气沉沉的老湘营。 十一月三十日，接和约条款不觉呜咽 早饭后清理文件。旋与尚斋围棋一局，写希庵信一件。接江西总局新刻英吉利、法郎西、米利坚三国和约条款，阅之，不觉呜咽，比之五胡乱华，气象更加难堪。中饭后，又与尚斋围棋一局。与树堂鬯谈最久。树堂因时事日非，愤闷异常，阅看以资排谴。余亦阅之。下半日闻贼匪破大洪岭下之湘源地方，心为悬悬。夜复江军门信一件。亥正闻湘源之贼已退，为之少慰。 内忧外患，太平军不停的发起攻击，员工纷纷逃逸，或是造假欺蒙老板，这边洋鬼子又来添乱。曾国藩的心里，就一个字，烦！ 何以解忧，唯有红楼。小说，此后就成为了曾国藩的手边书，截长补短的拿起来翻翻，以此逃避现实生活过于强势的压力。 （12）本章事件补 Chronicle of Zeng Guofan involved in this chapter: 咸丰十年，1860年，50岁。 正月初十日（2月1日），清军攻陷江浦，九伏洲，天京合围。 正月十九日（2月10日），金国琛、余际昌率军越潜山之天堂水孔岭，至小池驿后山，袭击太平军之背，鲍超趁机冲出重围。 正月二十五日（2月16日），各路湘军联合发动反攻，太平军大战失利。 正月二十六日（2月17日），陈玉成再战复败，放弃太湖，连夜退走。 三月初五日（3月26日），李续宜至宿松会见曾国藩，议定曾国荃进攻安庆，多隆阿围攻桐城，李续宜驻兵青草塥策应。 闰三月十六日（5月6日），太平军再破清军江南大营，天京解围，张国梁，和春相继死。 闰三月二十六日（5月16日），左宗棠自英山来见。 闰三月二十七日（5月17日），曾国荃抵宿松。朱品隆、李榕已于数日前带吉字等营抵集贤关。 闰三月：刘长佑升授广西巡抚。 四月初一日（5月21日），奉东援苏州，常州之令，曾国藩以兵力单薄为由，拒不从命。 四月初三日（5月23日），曾国荃自宿松动身赴集贤关军营。 四月初十日（5月30日），曾国荃率军进围安庆。 四月十三日（6月2日），太平军攻克苏州，江苏巡抚徐有壬死，两江总督何桂清及其他江苏官员逃往上海。 四月十八日（6月7日），左宗棠回湘募勇，预计自成一军，在景德镇一带作战。 四月二十一日（6月10日）两江总督何桂清革职拿问。曾国藩奉命赏加兵部尚书衔，署理两江总督。此时清政府尚不知苏州、常州已为太平军所占，数日之内连下谕旨，令曾国藩撤安庆之围，驰援苏州、常州。 五月初二日（6月20日），在湘军水师配合下，原太平天国韦俊投入官方大营，引兵攻陷枞阳镇，安庆对外联系断绝。 五月初三日（6月21日），曾国藩复奏安庆之围不可遽撤，拟于长江南岸布兵三支，自任由祁门进图溧阳一路，以固江、浙之人心。 五月初八日（6月26日），接到寄谕一道，应胡林翼奏请，令左宗棠以四品候补京堂襄办曾国藩军务。 五月十五日（7月3日），自宿松启行前赴祁门，带鲍超、张运兰等军万人随行，留曾国荃继续围攻安庆。 五月二十六日（7月14日），奉旨兼顾皖南军务。 六月初一日（7月18日），抵祁门驻扎。 六月二十四日（8月10日），奉旨实授两江总督，并授为钦差大臣，督办江南军务。 七月初十日（8月26日），置木匦于营门外，许军民人等投书言事。 七月二十四日（9月9日），张运兰至祁门。 七月二十八日（9月13日），命张运兰自祁门出发，由旌德进援宁国府。 八月初一日（9月15日），奉旨督办宁国军务，原督办宁国军务、湖南提督周天受听其调谴。 八月初七日（9月21日），李元度领军至祁门，曾国藩令其据守徵州。 八月十二日（9月26日），太平军攻克宁国府，周天受丧命。 八月二十日（10月4日），鲍超至祁门，其部已由宋国永统带赴援宁国，曾国藩令其速赴军营。 八月二十五日（10月9日），太平军攻克徽州府，平江勇溃散，李元度逃走。 八月二十六日（10月10日），接奉廷寄，令曾国藩速派鲍超率勇两三千名兼程前进，克日赴京。 九月初三日（10月16日），接恭亲王咨文，知咸丰皇帝由圆明园逃往热河，英法联军由通州进逼北京。 九月初六日（10月19日），采纳李鸿章的建议，奏请派万人北上赴援，而统兵人选必须由咸丰皇帝从曾国藩、胡林翼二人中指派，一俟接到明谕，立刻带兵启程。企图以往返奏报拖延时间，静观事态的发展。 十月十九日（12月1日），李秀成大军由羊栈岭进山，攻克黟县，距祁门六十里。曾国藩写下遗书，准备一死。 十月二十日（12月2日）。鲍超、张运兰两军驰至，李秀成连战失利，退出岭外，绕道入浙江。 十月二十日（12月2日），左宗棠所募新勇至景德镇，严树森任河南巡抚。 十一月初四日（12月15日），太平军攻克建德，宝勇溃散。九江镇总兵普承尧不久即被革职拿问。 十一月初八日（12月19日），复奏承询借夷助剿和委托洋商采米运津两事，认为这是同列强搞好关系的好机会，“目前资夷力以助剿、济运、得纡（纾）一时之忧，将来师其智以造炮制船，尤可期永远之利。”是为曾国藩洋务思想之始。