Chapter 22 Chapter 21 Tongzhi Nine Years: Prelude to Crazy

On February 11th, tomorrow's college exam questions will be released Clean up files after breakfast.Spin and see the guest once.Read "Literature General Examination Suburb Social Examination".The approval book of the department has been approved.In the afternoon, read "Jiaoshe Kao" again.After lunch, read today's documents.A letter written by Li Shaoquan, about 500 characters.Very tired, close your eyes and sit less.Take an evening nap.After the lights, the questions will be set, and tomorrow I will take the college entrance examination.Wen "Historical Records · Xiang Yu Ji (Ji)" and a pair of "Returning Fang Comments".Three o'clock sleep.Recently, due to blindfolded eyes, I often have dizzy weather. I have no other way to cure it than to sit in meditation. I made a couplet to warn myself:

Walking on the book with one heart and facing the depths, fearing the lessons of the sky.fear of God; Two eyes bask in the sun and the moon, from tranquility to bright, from respect to strength. At the age of 60, Zeng Guofan felt powerless, especially his eyes became more and more dim, and he often couldn't see things clearly.The old man used his consistent perseverance, and Du Lian used himself as a policeman. However, his body is like an old machine that has passed the critical value, and because of the lack of good care and maintenance, those damaged parts have gradually entered the vision of the times:

On February 29th, the color of the black pearl in my right eye was broken Clean up files after breakfast.Immediately see the guest once.Very tired, take a nap for half an hour.Approval book of spin nuclear department.Fang Cunzhi came and talked for most of the time.Read today's documents after lunch.The eyes are so blinded that Ji Ze looks at my sun, the right eye is black, and its color has been damaged. Because the hand covers the left eye, the right eye has no light, and there is nothing to see.Ji Ze said that his pupils are still good, and he is expected to recover his eyesight, but I'm afraid it may not be inevitable, because he closed his eyes and dared not treat things, so he fell asleep at the beginning of the year.After getting up from the lamp, I also closed my eyes and sat quietly without reading a word.After the second watch, I talked to my son about the chapter "Yuan Rui" in Korean.Go to bed at five.

Zeng Guofan was blind in his right eye. His condition is retinal necrosis and detachment. As long as he finds a donor for the eye mask and performs a small retinal transplant, his old man will be able to recover his eyesight.But unfortunately, in the age of his old man, medical technology has not yet developed to this point. We can only wait for Zeng Guofan's indifferent state of mind to slowly digest and accept this accident. However, a more frightening omen struck again. On the tenth day of March, the doctor said that Yu's left eye would also be damaged. Clean up the documents after breakfast, see the guests twice, and the yamen period is also.Spin took a long nap.The approval book of the department has been approved.Read "Zhu Zi Chronicle" in the afternoon.Talk to Pan Xieshan.After lunch, I read the documents of the day, and asked Li Zhuling for a pulse diagnosis, and then asked the ophthalmology department for a consultation, saying that the left eye will also be damaged.Extremely anxious, he walked around the room.The small eyes on the bed twice.Long sleep in the evening.Read "Zhu Zi Chronicle" at night.Sit with your eyes closed.Talk to Ji Hong after the second watch.Reading the knowledge and articles of this life has achieved nothing, and I am ashamed and regretful.I went to bed at four o'clock, and moved to the signing room for accommodation, and woke up repeatedly at two, four, and five o'clock.

After losing sight in his right eye, the doctor officially notified Zeng Guofan that his left eye would also go on strike.And this means that he may become a blind man. Blind people live in darkness ever since.Zeng Guofan was terrified, and walked around the room, unable to do anything. We must find a way to solve this problem. Although retinal surgery has not been invented yet, this matter cannot wait, and a solution must be found immediately. We can only try our luck from the traditional culture. March 26 Clean up files after breakfast.The guest who sits and sees twice, and the one who sees immediately once.Take a long nap.I have been reading the approval book of the department.At noon, Li Zhuling sent the "Bright Sutra Mantra".If you recite it thousands of times, your eyes will recover.Shao Tangpu came to sit down and urged Yu to take Yang-tonifying medicine.After lunch, read today's documents and make a list of the previous river labor insurance cases.Recite and recite the "Guangming Sutra Mantra" every hundred has four characters, which is also based on the words of Taoism.Recite dozens of times.Take a long nap.After dinner, I recited the "Sutras and Mantras". It was Rishen who wrote seven couplets, and went to bed at two o'clock and four o'clock.Proximately due to eye disease, I do not do anything every day, and I am ashamed and apologetic.

The traditional culture is really broad and profound, and there are even ways to treat eye diseases.A professional told Zeng Guofan that as long as he recited the "Bright Sutra Mantra" 10,000 times, his eyesight would immediately recover. real or fake? Believe it or not, anyway, Zeng Guofan has to believe it at this time. So Old Master Zeng lay on the bed and started chanting mantras.While thinking about it, he suddenly had a new life experience. On March 30th, the rest of the heart is not smooth, it is always because the name heart is not dead Clean up files after breakfast.Sit and see the guest twice.Go to the inner arrow path to watch the arrow, and sleep for a long time.The approval book of the department has been approved.In the afternoon, read "First Business Briefing".Read today's documents after lunch.Read "First Business Briefing" again.A short nap, stormy, depressing.In the unitary engraving, I had a long talk with Li Zhuling.Take an evening nap.Under the night temperature, "On".Go to bed at two or four.During the day, due to eye disease, I am getting old and useless, and I am very anxious.Investigating the reason for those who are depressed and unhappy, it is always because the fame and heart are not dead, so you should quit it painfully to support the rest of the year.

Old Master Zeng was chanting the "Mantra of the Bright Sutra", and suddenly he woke up. What do you think I read this thing for?Do I still have to restore my vision?Is restoring vision so important to me?I'm sixty years old, and I'm getting old.Do I have any more pursuits in life?Is there a bigger official waiting for me to do it?Is there more fame waiting for me to fight for?It seems that there is no more? Now I am a carrion that everyone is vying for. Those who seek fame regard me as their opponent, those who seek profit consider me an opponent, the court is worried about their superiors, and the courtiers hate me.At this time, I close my eyes, I still can't hide, why do I open my eyes, and invite endless open and dark arrows?

Do you think I am sick? Zeng Guofan thought. Then he heard his wife Mrs. Ouyang moaning in pain, and the old wife called him, so he had to open half of his eyes, and hurried over with a cane: On the first day of April, I am deeply ashamed of the lethargy and depression of the whole family At dawn, I went to the Confucian Temple to burn incense and salute.Talk to Si Dao.Home, clean up files after breakfast.Spin took a long nap.The books of manuscripts approved by the departments have been approved.At noon, Ding Leshan came to talk.Read "First Business Briefing".Read today's documents after lunch.The wind and rain, the image of drought.Read "First Business Briefing" again.Xing Yuankai, the head of Zhili, and Li Shourong, the head of Hunan, came to talk one after another.You Ke did not write a poem.At night, after reading "Gu Wen·Zou Yi Lei", I was very thirsty and sleepy.I went to bed at two or four, but I couldn't sleep well.Recently, my wife was ill, her tendons were convulsed, and she slept for a long time, so she was massaged.Yu Yi fell asleep repeatedly all day long, and the whole family felt lethargic and depressed, and felt deeply ashamed.

Poor Mrs. Ouyang, she has been with Zeng Guofan all her life, and has never enjoyed a single day of blessing. She has worked hard all her life, and when she is old, she is so angry that the old man wants to buy a concubine.At this time, she was bedridden, her tendons were cramped, and she urgently needed someone to massage her. Who will massage Mrs. Ouyang? It can only be the old man Zeng, who has been an old couple for a lifetime, if he doesn't give massages, who will do the job?What's more, Mrs. Ouyang's illness was caused by him wanting to buy a concubine. But after this massage, Zeng Guofan came to his senses again: No, I can't just go blind like this, I have to get medical treatment, at least I have to find a place to massage my wife.I can't even see it with my eyes, and I can't press it.

So Zeng Guofan plunged into the mud pit of traditional culture again, looking for a prescription to restore his eyesight. He was not disappointed. On the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, sit quietly with your eyes closed and learn the method of inner vision After breakfast, I will have a pulse check and talk, and clean up the files.Read "Guo Chao Wen Lu".After taking a nap for half an hour, Huang Jingxuan came to talk for a long time, and advised me to sit quietly and focus on the dantian with my eyes, because I cited four key points: But condense the hollow heart, don't condense the heart;

But to extinguish the fascination, not to extinguish the mind. Also known as the second language: Learn to die before you die, and kill when you are alive. Birth is the birth of delusion, and killing is eradication.It is also said that this is connected with Mencius's "don't forget, don't help".What I said is also similar to Zhu Zizhi's commentary on the section on Zhonghe.After lunch, read today's letter and review the manuscript.Sit quietly with your eyes closed and learn the method of inner vision.Read "Guo Chao Wen Lu".Take a half hour nap.You are asking Zhu Ling to diagnose the pulse.A game of Go.At night, sit quietly for a long time.Going to bed at 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock, dreaming that the flood is turbulent and terrifying. This time, Zeng Guofan found a wonderful method for treating eye diseases, which is called inner vision method. This method is very systematic, it is a classic formula of Taoism, with formulas and rules of luck.But condense the empty heart, don't condense the heart, but extinguish the turbulent heart, never extinguish the illuminated heart.In the final analysis, it is to open the third eye in the frontal lobe of the brain to replace the current two eyes that are not very bright. The magic of Taoism is really effective. It was Ye Zeng Guofan's dream that the flood was turbulent and terrifying. Why dream of raging water? Judging from the diary, Zeng Guofan's personal understanding is obviously that he is facing the blow of fate, and he is trapped in many sieges from which he cannot escape.But psychoanalytically speaking, the meaning is exactly the opposite. The floods indicate the return of the most primitive dreams and ecology of human beings, that is, the age of instinct.This shows that Zeng Guofan is still unwilling to give up, and is eager to go further in his career journey to make up for his lack of emotion. Alas, it would be great if I could buy that concubine back and let her take care of us. This is Zeng Guofan's exclamation in his dream, but he will not say this sentence.He's not the type to blame others. Since then, Zeng Guofan continued to study with his left eye, which still has weak eyesight. Read a book you didn't expect. April 26 Get up early, check the pulse, and clean up the files after meals.In the same year, Zhang Lianquan Jihao and Sun Xingzhai Lianfang came to see each other.Read Ji Gong's "Notes".Take a long nap.After lunch, I read Ji Gong's "Notes" and reviewed several manuscripts.Youke sleeps for a long time.Read Ji Gong's "Notes" at night.Go to bed at two or four. Afterwards, he will spend a long time just reading Ji Xiaolan's book. This book is a complete collection of strange events, which integrates many strange things that are difficult to tell whether true or false. Confucius taught his disciples to grasp everything that can be grasped in life, instead of hoping for unrealistic illusions.But at Zeng Guofan's age, the doubts in his heart can no longer be solved by the realistic theoretical system.Why is it that he has reached the pinnacle of his career?But those outstanding people before, such as Jiang Zhongyuan and Li Xubin, died on the battlefield.If they were alive, would the world still be the way it is now?What kind of force is it that makes the world one way and not another? Ji Xiaolan doesn't know the answer to this kind of question.But Zeng Guofan always had to start from an endpoint and start thinking. In this long exam that was destined to have no answer, he waited for his long-awaited Tianjin lesson plan. On the tenth day of June, live in Tianjin Start at the second quarter of Yinchu.Walk forty miles to the fried rice shop.Sit and see the guest three times.Chenzheng set off for another twenty or thirty li and lived in Tianjin.Twelve miles away from the city in the middle, Si Dao greeted him at Shaozikou and sat down with tea.Five miles away from the city, Chong Shilang greeted him at the Jiaojun Field and sat down with tea.First, I pay homage to the minister, and then I go to the mansion, but I don't arrive.Very tired.Clean up files after lunch.Sit and see the guest seven times and read today's documents.Talk with Wu Zhifu and others in the evening.Tonight, Leshan came to talk.Spin to take a nap several times, and go to bed at two o'clock and four o'clock. Notes: Guerrilla Zuo Baogui, Yan and Lu Sicheng saw the two corpses in person on the sixth day of May, without eyes or heart. Zhou Daoyan sent General Chang Rong to investigate, but he saw skeletons, no skin, no flesh, no eyes and no heart. On June 11th, Bo Dao and Chen Dao saw a coffin in which three corpses were buried. Looking at the horror records in the diary's appendix, the madness of the foolish people has begun again. Tianjin teaching plan is similar to Yangzhou teaching plan.If there is a difference, it is crazier, more ignorant, more evil and dirty. The process of the Tianjin missionary case was very simple. First, rumors swirled around Tianjin.In fact, these rumors were often released by senior officials in the court. For example, Yun Yuding, who was an editor of the Imperial Academy during the Gengzi period, recorded in his diary that: Boxers found a lot of evil things from the church, such as human eyes, hearts, and hearts. , penis and so on, there are dozens of cylinders.They even skinned people, cut off the fetus and thought it was a demon, causing sad and miserable eyes, and the sorrow and anger of the passers-by. The credibility of the testimony of a person like Yun Yuding is extremely high, which is equivalent to official information, and the impact on society can be imagined. In fact, these horror stories such as gouging out eyes and cutting penis were not original creations of the scholar-bureaucrats at that time.At the earliest time, it should be used by folks to frighten disobedient children, which has been handed down from the early era of White Lotus Sect.In the era of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, these abnormal events naturally fell on Hong Xiuquan's head. At that time, there was a book "Record of Exorcising Evil", signed by the most sad person in the world.The name of this book is Documentary, but the content is 100% nonsensical. For example, in the second volume of this book, there is such a record: Hong Xiuquan, the Red Scarf Army, used the barbarians to communicate with them, kidnapping men, women and children and offering them to the barbarians in exchange for guns, gunpowder and other things.The barbarians won women and scrambled to fight.Then apply the medicine on the navel and rub it, the uterus will come out from the vulva, and then cut it.There are also those who pat the shoulders with their hands and the uterus will come out.For children, the kidneys, hearts and livers are cut off.The wine merchant Han returned from Jiangnan and witnessed this for Yuyan. Did you see that this disaster was linked to Hong Xiuquan at first.But Hong Xiuquan committed suicide by taking medicine, but the rumors still spread like before, flying into the homes of ordinary people.In addition, Tianjin is close to Beijing, and the sinister scholar-bureaucrats contributed to the flames, so the Tianjin religious case was not an accidental event, but an inevitable outbreak of group madness. And this completely nonsensical "Documentary of Exorcising Evil" was distributed widely from the south to the north by Chen Guorui, who once served as a boy scout in Hong Xiuquan's camp.In other words, all the rumors were made by Chen Guorui, why did he make these rumors?Because he was the worst victim of Hong Xiuquan, and was sent to the battlefield at a young age, and he and Hong Xiuquan had nothing to do with it. After further investigation, the reason why Hong Xiuquan succeeded in entrapping Chen Guorui was because of the support of Jesus, because Hong Xiuquan claimed to be Jesus' younger brother.In this way, Chen Guorui put the blame on the foreigners. Driven by this kind of madness, the unemployed hooligans in Tianjin, known locally as gangsters, ran around the streets like crazy, and beat people who saw churches without reason. The hooligans saw that they were beaten half to death on the spot, and they turned it over to the newspaper officer, insisting that Shen Xibao had abducted the child.Liu Jie, the magistrate of Tianjin County, opened the first trial. Hey, Shen Xibao brought his own child. Why do you think these hooligans beat him? Ordinarily at this time, as long as the magistrate of the county shows his power, arrests and beats up this gang of troublemakers, and then sends troops to protect the church, worse things can be avoided.But it didn't work, as soon as Hun Xingzi moved out, there was a sea of ​​people, tens of thousands, and the dark crowd surrounded the county government, making Liu Jie dare not move lightly, and could only sit and wait for more terrible things to happen. No matter what happens at this time, it will detonate a large-scale madness. Unfortunately, Wu Lanzhen, a human trafficker, fell at this juncture, and has since entered the annals of history as a witness of the imperialist invasion of China. According to records, human trafficker Wu Lanzhen was captured by local residents in Taohuakou and sent to Tianjin County for first instance. Hey, Wu Lanzhen confessed that it was Wang San of the Catholic Church who gave him a pack of drugs and asked him to be enchanted.After the trial, the magistrate Liu Jie, together with several officials, escorted Wu Lanzhen to the church for questioning.After entering the church, Wu Lanzhen's eyes were darkened. The layout of the church he said was completely different from this one, and he was clearly lying.Let the disciples stand in a row, and Wu Lanzhen can point out which one is Wang San who drugged him, and Wu Sanzhen can't even point it out. It is obvious that the reason why Wu Lanzhen planted the church was because he was persecuted by the people who turned him away. If he dared to say that he had nothing to do with the church, then his life would definitely be over. At this point, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, martial law must be imposed on Tianjin.But the magistrate of the county had no soldiers to transfer, so he could only let the gangsters run around in the street and continue to disturb.At a critical moment, the French consul Feng Daye came to the county government to argue. According to the testimony of the three ministers of trade and commerce, Chonghou, Feng Daye was so rude that he actually smashed the county government's belongings and shot at the crowd outside.Afterwards he wanted to leave, Chonghou said that he advised him not to leave, there were huge crowds of people outside, and the crowd was furious, going out would be death, but Feng Daye refused to listen, and went out and met the county magistrate Liu Jie, so Feng Daye shot Liu Jie .As for why Feng Daye shot at the county magistrate, Chonghou didn't say anything about it, anyway, the result was that the scumbags swarmed up and beat the French consul Feng Daye to death on the spot, and all his followers were also killed. Then the crowd rushed into the church and beat ten nuns to death, seven priests without whole bodies, three unlucky Russians, two Belgians, one British and one Italian, all of them were killed. kill.Thirty to forty Chinese Christians were killed, and six churches were burned. The case process is very simple, but it is quite difficult to deal with it. Where is the difficulty? The difficulty is that the Chinese are unreasonable. If the case goes through legal procedures and the perpetrators are severely punished, the Chinese will not do it, saying that this is not patriotic.Then instead of going through legal procedures, we can only go to war with the whole world.If there is a war, these people who do not agree to go through legal procedures will not go to the battlefield, so you said that these people did not deliberately cause trouble? Moreover, the French are also savage, and they must find Liu Jie, the magistrate: On June 22, the foreigners wanted to take the prefecture to their death, but I couldn't bear it and had no choice Clean up files after breakfast.Meet a guest once.Sui Shuai came to talk three times in Chenke, Jike, and Youke.Chen is taking a pulse.Go twice.Take a nap.Read today's documents after lunch.Meet the guest twice.One revised manuscript.On that day, because of a foreigner's letter, he wanted to take the government and county to his death, and because he asked the government and county to be handed over to the Ministry of punishment for punishment, he had the heart to hurt him and felt extremely ashamed.Sitting down again with the guest, Wu Tongyun came to sit down.nap for a while.One draft of the night reform note, and the approval book of the nuclear department.Blindfolded day by day, sleep at 2 o'clock or 4 o'clock. Zeng Guofan resolutely refused to hand over Liu Jie, the county magistrate. What's wrong with Liu Jie?Why should he atone for the Frenchman?But the three ministers of trade and commerce, Chonghou, were persistent and entangled Zeng Guofan, and he must make Liu Jie atone for his crime. Why did Chonghou want to mess with Liu Jie? It turned out that Zeng Guofan pursued the rumors that the church had gouged out his eyeballs and had a cesarean section, and at the end of the investigation, he found Chong Hou: ... After the minister arrived in Tianjin, the gentry and the people had nothing to say when they inquired whether there was any evidence for the gouging of the eyes and the heart.One of them said that the eyeballs were brought into Beijing by Marshal Chen, and that the marshal was commonly known as Chen Guorui, but it is no longer possible to argue that this is a false rumor.It was originally rumored that Chong Hou came to Beijing on the 24th of the previous month and told the prime minister's office that there were a lot of eyeballs in the search.At that time, it was rumored in a hurry that the biennium had not been verified, which led to this error. Look, this incident not only involved Sui Hou, but also the perpetrator, Chen Guorui, who caused trouble, was also exposed. In the end, Zeng Guofan partnered with Chonghou and sold Liu Jie, the magistrate of the county, but the rest were dealt with impartially: On the fifth day of July, British Consul Jarre Sway came to see After breakfast, Sui Shuai came to talk.Rotate the pulse once.Two games of Go.Sleeping soundly all day long, nothing will be cured.The sick body is cured.The second time I met with guests, there was the British Vice Consul, Jalesway, who was sent by the Minister's Office.Sleep for a long time after lunch many times.Shen Zheng met a visitor once.In the unitary period, Mao Xuchu, Shangshu Changxi, came from Beijing to deal with foreign affairs, and talked with him for a long time.I slept for a long time at night, and fell asleep at two o'clock and four o'clock.It is a Japanese nuclear folding manuscript and two letter manuscripts. Notes: On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Tian Er, a native of Hedong, confessed to beating foreigners with a watermelon knife. At the end of Songyin, after the church was burned, the common people took it to the county, and the knife wounds were all cut by the common people. Ansan, after the church was burned, all the people took it to the county. There were burns everywhere, knee injuries on the left and right knees. Li Zhaoheng, from Ningjin.The day after the church was burnt, Xiaoguan gangster Wang and others took him to the county. Liu Changqing insisted that it was Li Miguai, who had club wounds and burns. Zhao Rong, a native of Renqiu.After the church was burned down, the common people seized it and sent it to the county. The interrogation did not use torture, and the injuries were caused by the common people. Wang San, a native of Tianjin County.After the church was burned, all the people took her to the county. Wu Lanzhen confessed to be Wang San, but she confessed that it was not Wang San, but Wang Er, who was wounded by sticks and kicks. The case was over, and Zeng Guofan hated to death those gangsters who murdered and set fire like madmen, and ordered the arrest of the bastards: Note, July 15th, No. 53 Failing to arraign persons serving in churches and consular offices hello, did not say goodbye non-torture trainee Advise to take the mixed stars and the fire and water association Needless to say, the gentry in Gyeonggi were very dissatisfied with Zeng Guofan's verdict. The gentry in Beijing gathered together and destroyed the plaque that Zeng Guofan had written for the Hunan Guild Hall.But Zeng Guofan didn't bother to pay attention to these people at all, because these people would only gather crowds for violence. If they sat down in the hatchback to reason, the other party would not be able to say a word.It is precisely because I am ignorant that I hate all the reasonable things in this world. But Zhang Guangzao, the prefect of Tianjin, and Liu Jie, the prefect of Tianjin, were sentenced by the Ministry of Criminal Justice to exile in Heilongjiang. Write a letter to the generals in Shengjing, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, take good care of these two unlucky officials, they did nothing wrong, they just got hurt because of that bastard Chen Guorui's rumors. The eldest son Zeng Jize disagreed with Zeng Guofan's approach. Jize believed that offending the mob would have more serious consequences and ruin his reputation.Father should stand with the mob and go smash the church together. In other words, Zeng Jize, Zeng Guofan's son, finally went to Qingliu, thinking that the Tianjin case was a righteous act, and that the empire should stand with the people and adopt the strongest attitude towards the big powers. So Zeng Guofan or Zeng Jize, which of them is more reasonable? Zeng Jize, of course Zeng Jize! History textbooks clearly stated that the root cause of social turmoil at this time was that the superstructure seriously hindered the development of productive forces.The superstructure is the dominant royal power, and the productivity is the beginning of the era of capitalism characterized by freedom and equality.One is extreme power, and the other is the awakening of civilian consciousness. The conflict and connection between the two sides is obvious. The reason why the people in the Tianjin teaching case were able to make a fuss was because each of them felt aggrieved and angry, and felt that the world was too unfair to them.Although there is no absolute unfairness in this world, the imperial power system is absolutely unfair.The Japanese Emperor’s family was the first to understand this truth. They knew that the people were causing trouble for one reason. They felt that they had been wronged. If there were too many people who felt that they were wronged, then the society would be in trouble. Therefore, Japan quickly realized the constitutional monarchy, and the constitutional monarchy may not be very fair, but since then, the emperor and his family can hide behind the scenes of modern politics and use elected politics to protect themselves.Once the common people feel that injustice is about to rise up, there will be politicians at the level of the prime minister to take the lead.That's why Japan has a good habit of killing the prime minister. When the prime minister is killed, the common people realize that they have caused trouble and rush away.Arrange a new prime minister and kill him when everyone makes trouble. Therefore, with the buffer board of democratically elected politics, Japan can always maintain the political system without impact. No matter how chaotic the society is, it will eventually return to the old track. The Aixinjueluo family in China is quite angry.The Yangzhou teaching case, the Tianjin teaching case, the reason why the people are making troubles is that foreigners are just an excuse, and the essential reason is that everyone is unhappy.The root cause of everyone's unhappiness lies in the absolutely unfair power system.If the Aixinjueluo Huang family understood this truth and quickly established a constitution, then they would not be overthrown with the chassis in the era of the Republic of China. Wisdom is advancing when the time is right, but stupidity is not knowing the time to retreat. Zeng Guofan understands this, but he is already 60, please leave this matter to his disciple Li Hongzhang.In the end, Li Hongzhang also failed to convince the idiots of the Aixinjueluo Huang family, which is not Zeng Guofan's responsibility. On September 22nd, think carefully about the ancient people's kung fu, there are about four ways to be effective Walk a thousand steps after breakfast.Clean up files.Li Zhongtang sat for a long time after seeing the guests five times.At the beginning of the afternoon, four Japanese envoys came to meet and talked for a long time.Walk a thousand steps after lunch.Six times for those who sit and see, and two times for those who see immediately.What I saw today is all sent off home, and I will start my journey tomorrow.Shave once.Ji Hong'er has come to report his resignation at noon, and will send his family members to the south of the Yangtze River by water, while Ji Ze will wait for Yu to go to Beijing.Clean up the parts on the case at night.Sit with your eyes closed.The shogunate came to talk for a long time, and went in the middle of the night. It is the daily thinking of the ancient kung fu, and its effects are especially effective. There are about four ends: being cautious and independent makes the heart peaceful; Those who are cautious and independent, curb their desires without ignoring them, follow the principles without delay, introspect without guilt, so they have a peaceful mind. Those who worship the Lord are neat and solemn on the outside, quiet and pure on the inside, and they are unremitting in the village, so they are strong in body. Those who seek benevolence, the body is to nourish the mind, and the use is to give to the people. Those who think sincerely have a loyal heart, speak the truth without deceit, and sincerely feel each other, so they are admired by gods. When the results of the four are accomplished, the effects of the four are self-improving.Yu is old, and he still thinks less about contributing to my merits, in order to be effective in case of emergency. The Tianjin teaching case has been sorted out a lot, and Zeng Guofan came to Beijing again, and there are new troubles, waiting for his old man's arrival. According to historians, Zeng Guofan felt extremely ashamed and guilty about the Tianjin teaching case.In fact, the only ones Zeng Guofan felt sorry for were the two exiled officials of the prefect and county magistrate of Tianjin. In other places, there is nothing to feel guilty about doing things according to reason.Whoever sees the unfair judgment of the Tianjin religious case, you can go and judge it, put any normal person in Zeng Guofan's position, this is the judgment method, there will be no difference. Thinking about it again, the former Zeng Guofan entered Beijing, and when he saw poems written on the wall on the way, there were poems mocking him.At that time, he had already started to be ridiculed before he did anything. Now that the Tianjin religious case has been reviewed, no matter what his judgment is, everyone will be even more ridiculed. Everyone doesn't care how the case is tried, they are targeting him. Because everyone is unhappy, everything is not pleasing to the eye, and everyone is angry.The more famous a person is, the more everyone hates him, so everyone scolds him desperately. Those of you who scold you, I, Zeng Guofan, should be cautious and respectful, and seek benevolence and sincerity. Zeng Guofan remained calm. On September 26th, pay homage to the emperor and the empress dowager Early, get up at the third quarter of Yinshi.At the second moment of Yinzheng, he set off from his apartment, went to Donghua Gate in a big sedan chair, and then took a small sedan chair to Jingyun Gate.Maochu went to the court room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had talks with Shen Jingsheng, Li Lansheng and Wen Bochuan, the ministers of military aircraft.Spin with King Gong, then retreat to the Jiuqing court room on the East Road, and wait for a long talk with Huang Shu.Just as he was calling, because he entered the gate of Qianqing, he sat down at the military plane outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.At three o'clock in the middle of the day, I entered the east room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, kowtowed to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor Sheng'an, and immediately kowtowed to thank heaven. The Empress Dowager asked, "When will you start from Tianjin?" Right: Departure from Tianjin on the 23rd. Question: Have the perpetrators in Tianjin been brought to justice? Right: Not executed.After hearing the words of the consul, the Russian envoy is about to arrive in Tianjin, and the French envoy will send people to Jin to check, so they cannot be killed suddenly. Question: When does Li Hongzhang plan to execute Yi and others? Right: I received a letter from Li Hongzhang on the night of the 23rd, planning to execute the criminals on the 25th. Question: Is it a good thing for Tianjin people to make things difficult for them? Right: At this time, the people are already quiet, and things are not going well. Question: What is the intention of the prefecture and county to flee to Shunde and other places? Right: When the prefecture and county were dismissed at the beginning, they did not intend to commit a crime, so Qu and others went out boldly. Question: Do you still have light energy vision in your right eye? Right: There is no light in the right eye, so I can't see it.The left eye is still bright. Question: Are all other illnesses cured? Right: Other illnesses are better. Question: Isn't Ma Xinyi's incident strange? Right: This is very strange. Q: Ma Xinyi is doing very well. Right: He works peacefully and finely. Immediately exit the palace gate.Go back to the apartment and see guests four times.After lunch, I sat down to see the guests three times.Turn out the door to pay homage to Gong's residence and Bao Shangshujun's house, and return to the apartment after the light.Meet the guest twice.Write today's diary.Go to bed at two o'clock. Zeng Guofan met the Queen Mother for the fifth time. The first three times were when he first entered Beijing, the empress dowagers of the two palaces immediately dated him three times.When he resigned from Beijing to serve as governor of Zhili, he used the name of farewell to meet the two empress dowagers for the fourth time. That time he skillfully managed the two empress dowagers.This time, it was the turn of the two empress dowagers to care about him. He was sent to investigate the strange case of the assassination of Liangjiang governor Ma Xinyi. This was one of the four strange cases in the late Qing Dynasty.And the Queen Mother's sentence: Isn't it strange about Ma Xinyi?How to explain it is still unclear to everyone. In this case, the dual cognition of the people and power widened the gap.This matter, Zeng Guofan will have a diary to detail it in the coming year. On September 27, he entered the imperial court and met with the Queen Mother After breakfast, wander around in the apartment for a while.On the third quarter of the first day of the Chen Dynasty, he went out and entered the court, and waited for the propaganda in the Jiuqing court room in Jingyunmen.After the third quarter of the first day, I was called in and sat in the inner court room.It's been three quarters to see you. The Empress Dowager asked: How much have you trained in Zhili? Right: The minister trains three thousand recruits, and the former governor officer Wen trains four thousand soldiers from the old chapter, a total of seven thousand.It is planned to practice another 3,000 to make 10,000. It has been discussed with Li Hongzhang, and it will be handled according to the rules and regulations set by the official. Question: Troop training in the south is also the most important thing, foreigners are very worrying, you should do it well. Right: The foreigners are really something to worry about. We can't fight with them on the sea, but we still have to try to defend them.The minister plans to build forts at important places in the river to prevent ships. Question: It is good to be able to defend, and this church is often troubled. Right: Churches have caused troubles everywhere in recent years, the parishioners like to bully the people who don’t like the church, the priests like to protect the parishioners, and the consulate likes to protect the priests.When France renews the contract next year, the missionary section must be rectified. Q: When will you leave Beijing? Right: Wanshou is here, and after the minister salutes with the class, he kneels down and asks for training. The Empress Dowager spoke with Jingshou, the six-headed son-in-law whom she brought to see, and ordered Yu to hand over the card tomorrow.Spin out of the hall.On the way home, thanks to Mr. Shan Dishan.After arriving at the apartment, I sat and saw the guests four times.After lunch, sit and see the guests for the second time.When I went out to visit the four families, only Huang Shu could meet them, talk for a long time, and return in the evening.Two games of Go at night.Check the last year's respect book, and record those who should worship, and go to bed at two o'clock and three o'clock. This time, there was still nothing to talk about between the two parties. The reason why the empress dowagers of the two palaces asked Zeng Guofan again was because the old man was here and you couldn't see him.When they met, they were called holy relatives, which meant to give the old man a face, but everyone understood, so there was no need to say too much. And Zeng Guofan also needs to get in touch with the empress dowagers of the two palaces more. The two sides chat with each other when they have nothing to do, and they can take care of each other when they have something to do. So after a while, the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces invited old man Zeng to eat meat: On the first day of October, he was sent to Kunning Palace to eat meat On that day, Meng Dong Shixiang was sent to Kunning Palace to eat meat.Yinzheng starts at the moment and enters the court after dinner.At 1:50 a.m. Maochu, I went to the Ministry of War to report to the room, and sat and talked with the ministers for a long time.At the second moment of Maozheng, it was introduced to Qianqing Palace, and had talks with the kings and ministers.Enter at three quarters, pass Jiaotai Hall, and arrive at Kunning Palace.The emperor sits on the southwest corner, with his back to the south window facing north.The kings and ministers sat facing the west in order, and the south was the top.The first row: the south head is King Dun and King Gong, and then go north.The second row runs from south to north, and Yu sits first in the south of the fifth row.For the first time, a plate of side dishes, pickled melon, etc., for the second time, a large silver plate of white meat, for the second time, a bowl of rice with shredded pork, for the next time, for a glass of wine, and for the next time, a cup of milk tea. After about two minutes, I quit and listened to the newsroom at the Ministry of War. rise.It has been scattered.When I returned home, I saw guests six times, and once after lunch.I went out to visit the three houses, but I didn't meet.After sitting for a long time at Mrs. Tai's house at the Tajun Gate, it's already afternoon.nap for a while.Two games of Go after dinner.Read the excerpt of "Biography of Famous Officials of Past Dynasties" sent by Chong Dishan.Go to bed at two or four. This palace meat banquet, and the previous palace banquet attended by Zeng Guofan, are the most precious and precious historical materials. It is rare for anyone to record the details of that time in such a detailed way.The meat menu and seating arrangements at that time had extremely high academic value. For example, at the last state banquet, Zeng Guofan ranked first in Hanchen, but this time he was ranked fifth.The people in front of him are all the most patriotic Qingliu people who advocate taking tough measures against the big powers. Of course, these patriots have one thing in common. They don't work, they are only responsible for finding faults and working as supervisors.Every country has such a bunch of people, it's normal.But it is only in China that they gain recognition of power against those of superior ability. This seat was equivalent to slapping Zeng Guofan on the face, causing burning pain. And his fault was that he was doing specific work. This is the greatest tragedy of Zeng's life. (10) See the Empress Dowager Seven On the 9th day of October, I went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to see the Empress Dowager Cixi Early, starting at three o'clock in the morning, eating, cooking and other things.Yu Chenchu ​​went out at the second quarter, the road was muddy, he dared not take a sedan chair, so he hired a car.Walk for six quarters, until you have initially arrived at Jingyun Gate.I have asked for training today, and I have already been summoned to meet him. I rushed to the Qianqing Gate and went to the inner performance office to sit with the six-headed concubine Jingshou.About three quarters later, I entered the east room of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Empress Dowager Cixi asked: When will you leave for Jiangnan? Right: The minister will enter the house tomorrow to salute with the class, and set off for Jiangnan three or two days after the ceremony. Question: The matter in Jiangnan is very important, I hope you will go there sooner. Right: go as soon as possible, don't dare to stay in the pavilion. Question: Jiangnan also needs to train troops. Right: Ma Xinyi, the former governor, dispatched 2,000 troops to train in the provincial capital. When the minister arrives, he should conduct training as usual. Q: Sailors also need to be trained. Right: Naval drills are important. There are ships built at sea, but none of them have been drilled.The minister is going to try out the drill. In the middle of the Yangtze River, he plans to build a fort at a key pass. Even if foreigners cannot rush to fight it, they must also try to defend it. Question: How good are the people you used before? Right: There are not many good ones now, but Liu Songshan is good. This year has been a mess, what a pity! Q: What a pity!Are there any good civil servants? Right: Among civilian and minor officials, there are good ones in every province. Question: Are there any good generals in the navy? Right: There are very few good generals. If you want to train a ship, you must ask the owner first. The queen mother stopped short and didn't ask.Then he told the son-in-law of six foreheads, saying: "Order him to kneel down." Yu Li got up and retreated to the front of the curtain, knelt again to ask Shengan.Immediately out of the dry cleaning door.至东华门外，拜客五家，惟官中堂及宝大司农两处得会。申初至恭王处，未会。归寓已酉初矣。夜围棋二局，将本日公事及各处送礼稍一查阅。Go to bed at two or three. 这是曾国藩第七次与西太后面谈，也是最后一次。 彼此心知肚明，曾国藩命不久矣，身体就象是台年久失修的机器，随时都会散架。此次回返两江，不过是埋骨家乡而已。 他走了，淮军刘铭传的铭军调到了直隶，构成了京畿皇家最信任的防卫力量。人们总觉得这时候的曾国藩，似乎还能再多做点什么，但是他真的不能，因为有清流的存在。 清流就是不做事，专门冲着曾国藩破口大骂的人。这些人数量若是不多，曾国藩倒也不放在心上，但是他们的数量太多了，因为他们坐拥道德资源，他们从未干过具体工作，所以也就从未犯过错。慈禧太后以清流的力量维系皇权，为中国社会整体性崩溃埋下了引线。 事实上，曾国藩终其一生，都在和神经不正常的人对抗，先是洪秀全，而是淮上巨捻，现在是民意中汹涌的骚乱欲望。what else can we do?他就处身于这样的一个时代。 （11）丧失希望的未来 十二月十五日，至下关验新造之轮船 早饭后，辰正出门，将至下关验新造之轮船。在于旱西门外登舟，与黄军门同坐舢板前往舟次，遇逆风骤雨，至午正始至下关。又因风大，不敢出江。旋冯卓如自坐洋舢板来接，乃出江登轮船，司道及武营等皆在船中伺候，聚谈半时许。未正试轮船，行三十里至大胜关。一面在舟中小宴。申正回到下关，停二刻许。坐舢板行二十里，灯后至旱西门，舍舟登舆，风雨甚大。归署夜饭。阅本日文件甚多，二更三点阅毕。Review and approve manuscript books.Go to bed at four. 心理学家说，当人们内心遭受到挫折的时候，就会逃避到最擅长的琐碎之事中，以期获得心灵的慰籍。曾国藩也不例外。 他回到下关，回到他亲手开创的机械局，手摸着自己推出来的工业时代的机械，内心中充满了酸楚与悲凉。 这些东西，会管用吗？会让聚集在天津街头，打死善良的修女们的那些暴民们冷静下来吗？想一想，那些疯狂向女人孩子施暴的男人们，他们会沉静下心，接替自己把事业继续下去吗？ 他从一个充满了希望的时代走来，面对的是一个丧失了希望的未来。 老喽，不想那么多了。 (12) Supplements to events in this chapter Chronicle of Zeng Guofan involved in this chapter: 同治九年，公元1870年，曾国藩60岁。 正月，甘肃金积堡回民起事，刘松山死。其侄刘锦棠接统其军。 三月，肝病渐重，左目视线模糊，右目完全失明。 四月二十一日（5月21日），奏请病假一月。 五月二十二日（6月20日），继假一月。 五月二十三日（6月21日），天津教案发生，暴民殴毙法国驻天津领事丰大业等外国人二十名，焚毁教堂等外国机构多处。 五月二十六日（6月24日），接奉赴天津查办教案之命。 六月初三日（7月1日），预写遗嘱数条给二子，以防不测。 六月初六日（7月4日），由保定启行赴天津。 六月初十日（7月8日），抵天津。 六月十六日（7月14日），天津道员周家勋、知府张光藻、知县刘杰革职。 六月十九日（7月17日），会见法国公使罗淑亚，释放涉案人武兰珍、教民王三。 六月二十一日（7月19日），法国对普鲁士宣战，普法战争爆发。法国公使罗淑亚向祟厚提出三员底抵要求，并以战争相威胁。祟厚欲许之，曾国藩不敢答应，二人相对涕泣久之。 六月二十二日（7月20日），法国公使罗淑亚来见曾国藩，要求惩处张光藻、刘杰并陈国瑞三人，为丰大业命案之事，遭曾国藩拒绝。 六月二十三日（7月21日），上奏案情，请求将张光藻、刘杰二人送刑部治罪。 六月二十六日（7月24日），以身体不支，奏请另简大臣来津协助查办教案。 七月初五日（8月1日），工部尚书毛昶熙至天津会办教案。 七月初六日（8月2日），曾国藩闻普法战争爆发，确信法国无力向中国开战。 七月十三日（8月9日），清廷令祟厚赴京，三口通商大臣暂由毛昶熙署理。 七月十四日（8月10日），时任中国海关总税务司的英国人赫赫德来天津活动，与曾国藩久谈。 七月二十日（8月16日），再次同赫德久谈。 七月二十五日（8月21日），江苏巡抚丁日昌，至天津协办教案，即日悬赏缉拿案犯。 八月初二日（8月28日），两江总督马新贻遇刺身死，曾国藩调任两江总督，李鸿章调补直隶总督。 八月二十五日（9月20日），李鸿章至天津。 九月初六日（9月30日），交御关防印信。 九月二十三日（10月17日），由天津启行入都。 十月十五日（11月7日），由京启行南返。 闰十月二十日（12月12日），抵江宁，暂住江宁盐巡道衙司。 十一月十七日（1871年1月7日），奉命充任通商事务大臣。 十一月二十九日（1871年1月19日），刑部尚书郑敦谨，至江宁查办马新贻被刺案。