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Chapter 54 Zuo Zongtang! Hong Xiuquan!
  [The seventh place is Zuo Zongtang.

Zuo Zongtang, a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, is also a famous failure in history. Zuo Zongtang was born in a small mountain village in Hunan. He had great ambitions since he was a child. He followed his father to Changsha to study at the age of four.

Zuo Zongtang studied very hard and was appreciated by many teachers. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 20. After that, he went to Beijing to take the exam, but failed three times.

Zuo Zongtang, who failed in the imperial examination, originally wanted to go home and farm, but gold will always shine.

Zuo Zongtang's political and military talents were appreciated by Lin Zexu, Zeng Guofan and others, and he was promoted. In the end, he relied on his talents to become an important figure in rewriting the fate of the country. 】

"Zuo Zongtang regained Xinjiang and made great contributions to the country"

"Zuo Zongtang is known by the West as the last hard nut of China's late Qing Dynasty"

"As soon as Zuo Gong came out, an old Cixi woman was raped online"

"Zuo Gong regained Xinjiang and his reputation will last forever"

"Without Zuo Zongtang carrying the coffin, all the Xinjiang cantaloupes we eat today would have to be imported."

"Carrying the coffin to regain Xinjiang, based on this, Zuo Zongtang will be a shining star in the history books a thousand years later"

Qing.

Zuo Zongtang: OK! good! good! Xinjiang was finally recovered, and I did not become an eternal sinner of the Chinese nation.

Looking at the coffins in the army, and then looking at the praises from later generations, tears filled his eyes at this moment.

Tsarist Russia blatantly invaded and occupied Xinjiang, but the imperial court was not prepared to send troops to recover it, and wanted to hand over nearly 160 million square kilometers of Xinjiang to foreigners.

At this time, he stepped forward, against all opinions, and wanted to personally lead troops to regain Xinjiang.

The reason why he persisted was because he knew that if he did not surrender thousands of miles of land and mountains with a single soldier and a single shot, they would inevitably become the eternal sinners of the Chinese nation.

But he also knew that Tsarist Russia was so powerful that his expedition would probably never return and he would die on the battlefield.

It is precisely for this reason that he carried the coffin and went to war, just to show his determination to succeed or succeed.

He originally set out to conquer Xinjiang with the determination to die, but now that he knows the final result, he can't help but his old eyes turn red.

The reason why he was so excited was not because his eternal fame was praised by future generations, but because he finally succeeded in regaining Xinjiang.

Xinjiang was not lost in his hands, and he did not become the eternal sinner of the Chinese nation. This was what excited him most.

"Let's go!"

After giving the order, the army continued to march towards Xinjiang.

Qianlong: It’s really not easy! I thought that whenever the Qing Dynasty appeared, future generations would only abuse them. I didn't expect that there was a positive example. This Zuo Zongtang was worthy of being a minister of my Qing Dynasty. He earned face for my Qing Dynasty. It was really good.

Lin Zexu: I did not misjudge Zuo Zongtang. He deserves to be an eternal hero of the Chinese nation.

Zeng Guofan: Mr. Zuo regained Xinjiang and preserved the integrity of the country. He deserves to be remembered forever, and it is also in vain that I worked hard to promote him.

Guangxu: It is a blessing for the Qing Dynasty that I have such a talented and strategic minister. It has brought honor to my Qing Dynasty. When Zuo Aiqing returns triumphantly from regaining Xinjiang, I will definitely reward him well.

Cixi: See your own position clearly and understand who is calling the shots in the Qing Dynasty.

Cixi glanced at Guangxu coldly, with a hint of disdain in her eyes.

She was the master of the Qing Dynasty. Even if she wanted to reward Zuo Zongtang, she would do it.

[Eighth place, Hong Xiuquan.

Hong Xiuquan was born in 1814 in a farming and reading family in Huaxian County, Guangdong. The elders of the family had high hopes for him, so he started attending private school at the age of seven and was familiar with the Four Books, Five Classics and some other classics. In 1827, 13-year-old Hong Xiuquan went to Huaxian County to take the county examination for the first time and ranked among the best. This also doubled his confidence in the scientific examination.

In the same year, Hong Xiuquan came to Guangzhou to take the imperial examination, but unfortunately failed. Because his family was financially poor, he began to work part-time and continued to take the imperial examination.

But he still failed in the next two Guangzhou Prefectural Examinations. Hong Xiuquan was already 25 years old when he failed the third time. This time he was even more hit. He fell seriously ill after returning home and did a strange thing. It was this dream that changed Hong Xiuquan's life trajectory.

After that, Hong Xiuquan no longer believed in Confucianism, but he still longed for fame and fortune. Unwilling to fail repeatedly, he took the college examination again in 1843, but he still failed. At this point, Hong Xiuquan gave up his ambition to pursue an official career.

Later, Hong Xiuquan launched an uprising in Jintian Village, Guangxi in 1851. He became the King of Heaven and was named the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Although the uprising was eventually suppressed, it was severely hit by Chinese and foreign reactionary forces and left a profound impact on China's modern history. 】

"Zuo Zongtang inspected the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and found that it was impossible to give up."

"Hong Xiuquan was very upright in terms of national justice and was a patriotic man."

"Hong Xiuquan is still quite fierce. Without foreign intervention, the Qing Dynasty would definitely be over."

"If the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom keeps moving north, the Qing Dynasty will definitely be doomed, but it is a pity that there is no internal unity"

"Once you achieve a little bit of success, you start to enjoy the glory and wealth, fight for power and gain, and lose unjustly."

Qing.

Hong Xiuquan: If there is internal unity and no struggle for power, can we overthrow the Qing Dynasty?

Not long after he launched the peasant uprising, he was very confused about the future direction and didn't know what the final outcome of the uprising would be.

But now that later generations told him that the uprising was suppressed, he felt relieved.

Because he knows the future direction, he can be well aware of it and not be worried all day long.

More importantly, he knew why the uprising failed.

Later generations have summarized for him the reasons for the failure of the uprising, including external and internal reasons.

The external reason was foreign intervention. The Qing Dynasty colluded with foreign countries, which led to the failure of his Taiping Rebellion.

Of course, the most important thing is the internal reasons.

Internal disunity and struggle for power caused the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to fall apart and be defeated by the Qing Dynasty.

Now that he knows the cause of the failure, he should be able to avoid making the same mistake again as long as he takes the right medicine.

Fortunately, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had just revolted, and everything was still under his control.

As long as he always pays attention to internal unity, he should be able to overthrow Yao Qing this time.

Xianfeng: I thought the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was just an ordinary peasant uprising, but I didn’t expect it to cause such a big commotion and almost overthrow my Qing Dynasty.

He had received news of the rebel Hong Xiuquan's rebellion before, but he didn't pay attention to it at that time and casually sent a group of troops to quell the rebellion.

But now with the reminder of later generations, he realized that he was completely wrong. This rebel Hong Xiuquan almost killed half of the Qing Dynasty in the end.

Now that we know the potential of the rebel Hong Xiuquan, we can no longer underestimate it. We must send a large army to destroy it with all our strength, without giving the rebels any chance to grow.

He immediately ordered to mobilize 100,000 troops to quell the rebellion.

(End of this chapter)