Zuo Zongtang felt very excited, and after he went home, he immediately asked him to cook in the concubine's room, preparing to drink two cups first.

As a general, it is natural to lead his troops to serve his new boss in the tradition, and finally accumulate credit and become a recognized person. Zuo Zongtang thought that there was no possibility of this road, but now suddenly the peak turned around, and this road opened its door to Zuo Zongtang again. Moreover, killing natives is by no means dirty work in the morality of this era, and Zuo Zongtang is naturally happy to obey his fate.

Recalling Wei Ze's appearance of being tormented in his heart, Zuo Zongtang felt a little puzzled. The purge of the uncivilized barbarians in the territory has been the norm rather than an isolated case in Chinese history. Needless to say, in the previous dynasties, the Manchu Qing Dynasty never relented in suppressing the natives. Even though Zuo Zongtang already believed that the Manchus had the original sin of incompetence, he still maintained a supportive attitude towards this policy.

As for Wei Ze, he actually softened his heart and felt uneasy at this time, which can of course be used as evidence that Wei Ze has compassion and love. But Zuo Zongtang saw with his own eyes that Wei Ze was so vicious and far-reaching when he formulated policies, and the thousand-year-old ghost was nothing more than that. Wasn't this killing of the natives also initiated by Wei Ze himself? Seeing the bloody storm that these fruitful policies would set off, Wei Ze felt his conscience uneasy, and ......Zuo Zongtang had a trace of disrespect in his heart, "Wei Ze, what are you pretending!" ”

Since ancient times, heroes have no good class, and Zuo Zongtang thinks that Wei Ze's beginnings are not so spotless. Yes, all of Weser's choices can be said to prove that Weeser gave up cannibalism. It can be seen from Zuo Zongtang's cleverness that Wei Ze seems to have embarked on a more difficult road and obtained greater benefits. If Wei Ze used the reason of "avenging the king of the east" to enter Tianjing City and destroy Hong Xiuquan, what he would get next would be a situation of all-out internal strife in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Not only did Wei Ze have to fight with the other factions, but he was afraid that he would have to destroy the Eastern King faction first. After a few years of escape, there was no longer a need for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to be in front, and Wei Ze ruthlessly drove the Taiping army to the northwest. At that time, the name of "benevolence and righteousness" he had accumulated saved the Guangfu Army how much trouble did he save in persuasion?

Of course, even if he understood this qiē, Zuo Zongtang didn't think that Wei Ze's soft-heartedness was a shortcoming. It is not a weakness for a person who is a monarch to have a minimum conscience, which is a good thing for the country, and it is also a great thing for his subordinates. A monarch who has no mercy for killing is a tyrant who is not worth supporting, so Zuo Zongtang's evaluation of Wei Ze in his heart is very positive.

"The third brother seems to be in a good mood." Zuo Zongtang's second brother Zuo Zongzhi walked into Zuo Zongtang's back hall at this time, and saw that canned fruits, canned fish, and a few canned vegetables had been placed at this time, especially a bottle of rum had also been opened, he couldn't help but smile, "It seems that I also have oral administration." ”

Zuo Zongtang has always admired his second brother, Zuo Zongzhi studied with his father at a young age, entered the county school at the age of 13, and made up for the birth at the age of 24. In the fifth year of Daoguang (1825), he was a tribute student, and the following year he went to Beijing to participate in the court examination, and was listed as a second-class teacher, and was selected as a teacher in Xinhua County. In 1832, he and Zuo Zongtang should take the Hunan Township test and get the solution. Since then, he has gone to Beijing many times to participate in the examination and failed. Later, he was awarded the teachings of Guidong County. He returned to his hometown, lived in Changsha City, and was self-sufficient. For 12 years, he was hired to teach at Liyang Academy in Lizhou (now Lixian).

In the first year of Xianfeng (1851), he was appointed to Beijing and was elected as the secretary of the cabinet. At the time of the Taiping Army, because of the suspense of the family, he went home in the summer of the second year, and since then he has never been able to advance. Except for a time when he served as a chair in Hengyang Shigu Academy, most of them lived in seclusion in mountain villages, reading and writing, or mingling among gentlemen and scholars, or taking care of family affairs, and reading children and nephews. He has successively lectured at Liyang Academy in Lizhou (now Lixian). Hengyang Shigu Academy. Good at poetry and writing, and astronomy. Proud of his poems and ancient texts, he is known as the "Four Masters of Hunan" with Shaoyang Wei Yuan, Yiyang Tang Peng, and Chenzhou Chen Qishi.

The Guangfu Army carried out land reform in Hunan, and the life of this famous man was not easy. It happened that Zuo Zongtang arrived here in Wei Ze, so he asked the second brother to "escort his family" to Nanjing. Zuo Zongtang's second brother Zuo Zongzhi is not a pedantic person, and when he saw the great changes in the world, he simply led the whole family and Zuo Zongtang's family to Nanjing together.

Seeing that the second brother Zuo Zongzhi gradually disappeared from the depression when he first came, Zuo Zongtang hurriedly poured wine for the second brother and asked, "How is the work of the second brother in the Museum of Culture and History?" ”

As a general, Zuo Zongtang only became a secretary, and the real treatment was actually good. He lives in a large courtyard, which can not only house Zuo Zongtang's family, but also his second brother's family, which in itself proves Wei Ze's importance to Zuo Zongtang. Moreover, Zuo Zongzhi also got an errand from the Museum of Culture and History, and now participates in the translation and editing of historical documents. It's no problem to support yourself.

Zuo Zongzhi smiled bitterly: "In the previous paragraph, I took out the first draft of the "Preface to the General Map of Chinese and Foreign Officials in the Twenty-Eight Accommodations of Sanyuan", and the Astronomical Institute gave me an order to go to work over there. In addition, he donated some ancient books to the National Library, and received a bonus......"

Without waiting for Zuo Zongzhi to finish speaking, Zuo Zongtang hurriedly interjected, "Second brother, let's live together as brothers." At this age, why do you bother looking for a house again? ”

Zuo Zongtang is 53 years old this year, and Zuo Zongzhi is 61 years old. At this age, half of the loess is really buried in his chest, and Zuo Zongtang doesn't want his brother to work too hard.

was directly told by his younger brother, and Zuo Zongzhi didn't want to take away his younger brother's kindness. But he still said: "Third brother, I heard that Nanjing is also going to build some city, and I am going to build a house." You've given a lot of money to your family over the years, and your nephews have to have a place to live. ”

The Zuo family is not short of money, even if the Chu army is not as ruthless as the Hunan army, but the money that should be accumulated has also been accumulated. Of course, most of this money was lost because of the fall of the Chu army, but the money sent home made the Zuo family a rich man.

Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "Second brother, I may have to send troops in the near future, and someone in the family will have to preside over it then." If the family is separated, I am not at ease. ”

"Sending troops? To the north? Zuo Zongzhi asked in surprise.

Zuo Zongtang shook his head, "Go overseas in the south." The new dynasty occupied a number of large islands in the south, and had to fight. ”

Speaking of the new dynasty, Zuo Zongzhi couldn't help but shake his head, "The new dynasty treats scholars too harshly!" ”

"It's not like this when the dynasty changes, how can the new dynasty use the people of the previous dynasty." Zuo Zongtang was vague.

Seeing Zuo Zongtang's flickering words, Zuo Zongzhi couldn't help but say: "Third brother, I mean that the matter of land division is too ruthless, and it is only natural for the new dynasty to take care of the people, but it can forcibly seize the land of the gentry and landlords, which dynasty and which generation have seen this method." Some of the gentry simply went north and fought with the new dynasty. Even those who didn't leave were discouraged and categorically didn't get close to the new dynasty. Where is there a new dynasty atmosphere. ”

If it was a few days ago, Zuo Zongtang was afraid that he would still agree with his brother's point of view, and after doing the civil service exam questions, Zuo Zongtang no longer had such arrogance. He went back to the study and took out the test questions and handed them to his brother, and said solemnly: "If you want to be an official of the new dynasty, you have to make these questions." ”

As Zuo Zongtang expected, his brother's face changed after only reading a few questions. After turning two pages, his brother frowned and pondered, and actually stayed there. When Zuo Zongtang's concubine room fried a few dishes, Zuo Zongzhi didn't try to answer the questions, but looked at the exam questions page by page.

Zuo Zongtang said: "Second brother, don't be in a hurry to see these topics. Let's eat first. ”

Zuo Zongzhi completely listened to it, and it wasn't until Zuo Zongtang said both sides in a row that he finally took his eyes off the test paper. Zuo Zongzhi asked puzzledly: "Is this the exam of the new dynasty?" ”

Zuo Zongtang sighed: "There is a school in the new dynasty, and it is this knowledge that is taught since childhood. The scholars studied hard for ten years, and the same was true of the schools of the New Dynasty. Second brother, it is not unreasonable for the new dynasty to look down on the previous readers. ”

Zuo Zongzhi didn't expect his younger brother to respect the new dynasty so much, he was a little unhappy, "Are the scholars in the world so abandoned?" ”

Zuo Zongtang said with a smile: "If the scholars don't follow the new dynasty, why can't the new dynasty abandon it." The readers they teach themselves are more intimate. ”

Thinking of Wei Ze's ruthlessness, Zuo Zongtang felt that Wei Ze was really interesting, he was able to take such vicious measures to dig out the roots of all the previous scholars, but he would have pity for the natives on the southern island. Isn't this inseparable! The reader understood that the general trend of the world had been decided, knelt down for Wei Ze, and honestly listened to the words of the new dynasty, these people are still Chinese. Those natives did not obey the indoctrination, and it was not a pity to kill them.

Zuo Zongtang thought so, but his second brother Zuo Zongzhi didn't think so at all, this sixty-year-old man figured out the employment policy of the Guangfu Party, and shouted angrily: "This ......, this is not respecting the way of saints, this is perverse!" ”

"The Way of the Saints?" Zuo Zongtang listened to his brother's angry shouts, and immediately remembered Wei Ze's words. Wei Ze said with a mocking tone on his face: "If Confucius knew that these people with braided hair in later generations would use his banner and use his reputation like this, he would probably have beaten these people to death in anger." A person with braids still dares to call himself a protégé of Confucius? ”

These words are vicious enough, Zuo Zongtang really can't bear to say this to his brother.

Seeing that his younger brother was not moved at all, Zuo Zongzhi became even more angry. "I've heard that Weezer never respected saints, and now he doesn't even mention saints. This is to dig up the roots of the sage's learning. No dynasty or generation has ever seen anything like this! ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't want his second brother to make such remarks so wantonly, he persuaded: "Second brother, the new dynasty is a barbarian in the Manchu Dynasty, what words does the scholar have to reproach the new dynasty?" ”

Zuo Zongzhi was stunned, and his face was difficult to look at. After a while, the old man regained his spirits, and he said with a straight face: "The Manchus are barbarians, and the scholars in the world do serve the Manchus as the master. If the new dynasty said this, then the world's scholars could only admit it. There is no quibble in such things, and it is irrefutable that he has served the barbarians as the lord and become the lackeys of the barbarians, and has been humiliated by others! But the Manchus were barbarians, but the saints were not barbarians. If the new dynasty sets things right, reorganizes the legal system of the saints, and does not use the people of the previous dynasty, I, the old man, at most, think that it is a pity for the scholars of the previous dynasty. But the new dynasty does not mention the way of Confucius and Mencius at all, it is completely a miscellaneous study of astronomy and geography, which is not right! ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't expect his second brother to have a temperament, and the biggest feeling in his heart at this time was remorse. I'm completely looking for trouble! R1058