Chapter 90 Rhetoric-The vassals are in the country, and ask the king what happened to the economy

Zuo Zongtang is famous for his madness. Once he had a discussion with Zeng Guofan. The two had a quarrel. As a minister of the Xu Kingdom, I asked the king what happened to the economy?" Zuo Zongtang once inscribed a couplet on Shending Mountain: "The god's support will be in virtue; the weight of the tripod may be questionable." Zuo Jiang sent a special person to send this couplet to Hu Linyi to Zeng's family. Please delete it together and test Hu Zeng. Two intentions.After Hu Kai read it, he didn't move a single word. He sealed it and turned it to Zeng. He once changed "like" to "Wei". Fei." He once changed one word to show that he did not intend to win the championship.

After Zeng Guofan captured Nanjing, many people persuaded him to proclaim himself emperor.One night, after Zeng Guofan finished interrogating Li Xiucheng, he went to his bedroom to rest. 30 generals gathered in the front hall and asked Zeng to meet him.Zeng Guofan asked Jiushuai (that is, his brother Zeng Guoquan) if he had come?After the sick Zeng Jiushuai came, Zeng remained silent for a long time, and ordered his left and right to fetch big red paper, and wrote a couplet with a pen, "The sky shines on the sea with countless flowers, and the heart knows itself when the flowing water is high", and left with a pen.Everyone was dumbfounded, sighed, nodded, and stayed dumbfounded.Zeng Guoquan was furious at first, but then became awe-inspiring, and said to everyone, whoever dares to say anything, I will bear this matter alone.After hearing this, the crowd dispersed.

Qiu Fengjia was "capable of poetry at the age of six and literary at the age of seven". At the age of 14, he was accompanied by his father to Tainan to take the college examination, and was appreciated by the chief examiner Ding Richang.Ding published the Shanglian "Jia Nian Feng Jia Zi".Qiu Dui said that "Ding Sui met Ding Gong", so he was awarded the reputation of "Dongning Talent" (that is, Taiwan Talent) by Ding. In April 1898, Kang Youwei delivered a speech at the Guangdong Guild Hall: "There are 400 million people in my China, neither noble nor cheap. Today, I am under the ruined house, in a leaky boat, and above the fire, like a bird in a cage. The fish, the prisoners in the prison, are slaves, cattle and horses, dogs and sheep, are driven by people, and are slaughtered by people. This is a strange change that has not been seen in twenty dynasties in the past four thousand years." He said: "Everyone will die today. The responsibility of the world, everyone has the right to save the world!"

When Xin Chou negotiated peace, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong disagreed. Li said: "Xiang Tao (in the name of Zhang Zhidong) has been an official for decades, and he is still a scholar." Zhang Zhidong retorted: "Shaoquan (in the name of Li Hongzhang) After discussing peace three times, do you think you are a senior?" At that time, the literati thought that this painting was absolute and full of wit.