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Zeng Guofan has always had an eye disease and poor eyesight. He studied and studied, and he was already overusing his eyes, but his only hobby, Go, also had to raise his eyebrows and stare at him. In recent years, the situation has become more and more difficult, especially in the right eye, "reading words is often like a fog". Sometimes when he has a seizure, his eyes hurt and his head swells, and when he reaches the point where he is unable to see, he has to read to him from the staff.

Over the years, I have tried countless bizarre and bizarre prescriptions, but none of them worked.

However, this foreign doctor is the first time to see it.

This seems to be a very strange thing: Zeng Guofan was the first important minister in China to promote foreign affairs, but he did not have the slightest "foreign style" in his daily life, did not eat foreign food, did not drink foreign wine, and would not go to see a foreign doctor when he was sick.

This is very different from King Gong, Bao Jun and others.

Compared with Guan Zhuofan, it is even more different.

This is due to the "inertia" of Zeng Guofan's science masters, and secondly, it is probably due to such a strange ambivalence: I am promoting foreign affairs completely for the country, and among them, I have no selfish intentions. If I am affected by foreign winds, I will be selfless and selfish, and if I carry out foreign affairs, I will not be upright and angry.

This situation is a bit like the beginning of the Republic of China, there are those who advocate freedom of love, but they honestly accept arranged marriages; Another example is Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, who emphasized the influence of sexual desire on people's subconscious in real life. Freund followed the rules. Private morality is extremely cautious. For fear of giving someone a handle.

The conversation was a little farther away, returning to Zeng Guofan's eye disease - the master's family was full of enthusiasm, and Zeng Zhongtang did not object to Governor Zhao's request to Dr. Yang to treat him with an eye disease.

Phelps, an English doctor, is very polite to say that he was deeply honored to be able to see the Marquis Tsang.

After a series of examinations, the Englishman's brow furrowed, and he said, "The eye pressure is too high." Inflammation in the eye, the right eye already has early signs of glaucoma, and it must be taken seriously. ”

"Intraocular pressure" and "glaucoma", at this time, there is no corresponding Chinese word, and the translation has to be translated as "the eye pupil is too burdened" and "the eye disease is very serious", and so on.

"I am very strange that the Marquis Zeng's eye disease, a large part of which is caused by excessive use of the eyes. And Marquis Zeng's myopia and presbyopia are very strict - why didn't he wear glasses earlier? Even if you wear the right glasses three or four years earlier, it won't lead to today's situation. ”

There was a sense of blame in Dr. Yang's tone. Marquis Zeng and Governor Zhao were quite embarrassed, Zhao Jingxian coughed lightly, and said: "In the past few years, the middle hall was handsome, and he forgot about himself, and he didn't lead troops to fight in the past two years, so he was able to find time to treat his old illness. ”

"Forgetting oneself in the country", translated into English, is not very easy. However, Phelps finally figured it out, nodded his head, and said, "I pay tribute to the Marquis Zeng's dedication. However, if you maintain a healthy body, you will be able to contribute more to the country, so please be careful in the future. ”

These few words, translated, entered the ears of Zeng Guofan, and he was immediately impressed by this foreign doctor, he smiled and said: "What Mr. blames is that Zeng was taught. ”

At the moment, he prescribed prescriptions, including eye ointment, eye drops, and the curvature of two pairs of glasses, eye spacing, etc. - Zeng Guofan had to be fitted with two pairs of glasses, one pair of myopia glasses and one pair of reading glasses.

Although Zeng Guofan has never worn glasses, he also knows that this kind of mirror needs to be polished slowly, and it is not a day's work. But I can only stay in Shanghai for one night, and tomorrow morning I have to take a steamboat to the north, this glasses, is it good to send someone to Zhili?

However, thinking that Zhao Jingxian and others have their own arrangements, there is no need to ask.

At night, Zeng Guofan insisted on not accepting it, and Zhao Jingxian was not reluctant. In addition, Zeng Guofan repeatedly told him to see him off tomorrow morning, don't make it like picking up the ship today.

Zhao Jingxian didn't think much of it, anyway, the scenes that should have been done had already been done, and he didn't care about missing this half.

Early the next morning, Zhao Jingxian led the Jiangsu civil and military officials in Shanghai to see off Zeng Zhongtang at the wharf, and the local gentry and foreign friends, as Zeng Zhongtang wished, no longer showed up.

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By the time Zeng arrived in Beijing, the weather had already begun to warm up. Although the capital is not as good as the south of the Yangtze River, the new sprouts are peeled and spit out, and the land has the first spring.

I first went to the palace gate and handed over the invitation, and then went to Xianliang Temple. After entering the Xianliang Temple, I sat down, and through a long breath, the first thing I did was to ask someone to bring a basin of hot water to soak my swollen feet.

Kankan relieved himself, the water temperature also cooled down, and he was about to call someone, Zhao Liewen hurriedly walked in: "Prime Minister, Guan Beile is here to worship!" The people have already entered the Xianliang Temple! ”

Zeng Guofan was taken aback.

Guan Zhuofan is a superior, he is a subordinate, only his subordinates go to worship Shangguan, how can there be Shangguan to worship his subordinates?

What's more, in the Qing Dynasty, there were quite strict restrictions on the exchanges between relatives and ministers, and in principle, princes and county kings were not allowed to communicate privately with ministers. Except for special days such as red and white sui, that is, important ministers with high prestige like Zeng Guofan, who are not obeyed, and the prince and the prince of the county should not "visit the palace".

Guan Zhuofan is Baylor, who has the title of county king, and he is almost the same as the prince, plus he is in charge of the center, compared to ordinary princes, the weight is actually heavier, why did he run over like this?

Rao is Zeng Guofan didn't know how many winds and waves he had experienced, and for a while, he was confused.

People have already entered the door, it is impossible not to see, Zeng Guofan suddenly woke up: he is still wearing "clothes" - civilian clothes!

A stack of voices called for people to bring court clothes, and Zhao Liewen waved his hand to stop: "Prime Minister, it's too late, besides, Guan Beile is not wearing court clothes - they are also civilian clothes!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Goshha outside had already shouted at the top of his voice: "Guan Beile has arrived!" ”

Zeng Guofan moved his feet out of the basin, and he didn't have time to dry them, so he put them in his shoes wet, Zhao Liewen held his arm, Zeng Guofan stood up, Zhao Liewen immediately let go, stepped forward to open the door curtain, Zeng Guofan lowered his head and rushed out.

As soon as I went out, I saw Guan Zhuofan standing in the courtyard, standing with a smile behind his back. Zeng Guofan stepped down the steps in small steps, Guan Zhuofan stepped forward to meet him, Zeng Guofan was about to kneel down and salute, Guan Zhuofan moved very fast, and he had already grabbed it: "Di Weng, don't give me this, I can't afford it!" ”

"Baylor, the national gift cannot be abolished......"

"Where do you get so many gifts? If I want to say courtesy, I should salute Di Weng - in my heart, I have always treated Di Weng with a teacher! ”

"This ...... How can a feudal clan be worthy? ”

"Zeng Xiangxiang can't afford it, where in the world can anyone afford it? Besides, we don't wear court clothes - Di Weng, I don't wear court clothes, I just can't stand your 'national gift'! You must let me go! ”

Zeng Guofan didn't know how to speak, and Guan Zhuofan had already screamed in a fuss: "Oh, why is Di Weng barefoot?" The shoes are all wet! Are you just soaking your feet? Hurry, hurry! Come in, get in! Hurry up, wipe it off, put on your socks! On this day, the spring is cold, and I catch a cold, and Di Weng is a person who has a spring and autumn season, not a trickster! ”

Zeng Guofan was rubbed by him and his head was dizzy, this "national gift" did not come to fruition in the end. Guan Zhuofan carried him up the steps, Zhao Liewen saw the opportunity very much, hurriedly grabbed it, hugged the prime minister on the other side, and walked to the house together.

Entering the house, Guan Zhuofan was noisy, shouting for someone to bring towels and socks, tossing for a round, and finally stopped. Zeng Guofan wiped his feet and wore socks, and at the same time repeatedly accused, "neglecting and disrespectful" and "rude".

Guan Zhuofan said with a smile: "Di Weng, if you want to say that you are guilty, I should confess, and I became this uninvited guest without saying hello - but you can't blame me!" If I publicize it in advance, you will definitely bring out a large set of 'national gifts', and most of them will give me a closed door. ”

Zeng Guofan said: "Baylor is gracious! However, how can Zeng Guofan afford it? In addition, I still have to advise Baylor - the country has a system, and it should be avoided...... It's still a taboo to avoid. ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said, "Di Weng should stop saying things like 'you shouldn't be able to afford it'. As for the system - how many systems will have to be changed from now on? This is also 'taboo', that is also 'taboo', we don't have to do anything. ”

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