Not to mention Westerners, even the Chinese, including the readers of the Daming and the Manchu Qing, do not think so. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, they did not think that Zeng Guofan could not remain objective, but that Zeng Guofan would definitely prove the evil of foreign religions.

The vast number of readers, unless they really understand Western religions, or even religious Chinese, rarely have a good impression of foreign religions, which is a common phenomenon at present, which can be explained as a kind of emotional psychological reaction of a cultural group to the invasion of foreign culture.

Historically, when the Tianjin teaching case broke out, the Qing court also asked Zeng Guofan to come forward to solve it. Zeng Guofan is a person who takes honesty as a belief, this is his cultivation, so when he went to investigate, he pursued objective facts, and the results of the investigation did not make the majority of readers get their wish, he determined that there was no rumored foreigner digging people's hearts and livers in the church, and it was rumored that in the clay pot where the child's eyes were placed, it was just garlic soaked by foreigners.

Zeng Guofan's investigation results were true, but they did not conform to the Chinese's understanding, and as a result, the people of the world turned against Zeng, and Zeng Guofan died in the curse of the people of the world the next year.

In the study of diplomatic history, it is impossible to bypass the history of the spread of Western religion in China, and it is impossible to bypass the relevant historical events caused by the teaching plan.

Zhu Jinglun knew too well that Zeng Guofan had been discredited because of his investigation of the teaching case, at least at that time, he was cursed by scholars.

Knowing that Zeng Guofan's investigation of this matter did not have a good result, Zhu Jinglun still had to do it, the reason was very simple, because Zeng Guofan was a person who committed crimes.

In history, the main reason why the Qing court chose Zeng Guofan to deal with it was because Zeng Guofan was the largest Confucian in the world at that time, and the huge halo of pacifying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and defending Chinese etiquette and humanity was put on Zeng Guofan's head, making Zeng Guofan the person closest to a saint.

It is not a bad thing for a saint to appear in the country, but the problem is that if this saint is a living person, it will be embarrassing, especially for the imperial power, in the face of this kind of living saint, you use him, you can't control him, don't use him, and you can't explain it, in short, such a person appears in any era, it will cause great practical trouble to the imperial power.

So the Manchu Qing Dynasty asked Zeng Guofan to do this, because this kind of thing is very troublesome, involving collective irrationality, everyone knows that it is impossible to get out of this kind of thing, even if Zeng Guofan is stained, it has to be fishy, a Qing court without stain Zeng Guofan dare not use it and can't use it, but if there is a stained Zeng Guofan, then you can use it with confidence, because such a Zeng Guofan is not a saint, but just a very capable talent.

Zhu Jinglun actually encountered the same problem as Cixi and Yixin, Zeng Guofan's prestige was too high, so high that Zhu Jinglun could not ignore it. He was not a jealous man, and he was not worried about the emergence of people in the country whose spiritual appeal surpassed him, even though that would lead to trouble.

The reason why he felt that Zeng Guofan was a trouble was not because Zeng Guofan's appeal was too strong, but because Zeng Guofan's appeal was inconsistent with his ideas, and Zeng Guofan used his appeal to block Zhu Jinglun's way.

In this history, the prestige of Zeng Guofan is no less than that of the original history, and the main achievement of Zeng Guofan in the original history was to defend Confucianism and suppress the Taiping Rebellion. In this history, the credit for defending the famous religion is only half, but Zeng Guofan has promoted Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, and built Confucian temples in various places, so that his position in the hearts of scholars and doctors is not bad at all than the prestige that should be deserved, in the past three years, Zeng Guofan has assumed 50,000 Confucian temples in the Ming Dynasty, each Confucian temple has a school of different sizes, there is an old master to teach students etiquette, righteousness and honesty, and now Zeng Guofan's believers have been countless, and they have openly shouted the slogan of "understanding etiquette and knowing honesty and shame to be a gentleman".

Zeng Guofan has completely stimulated the traditional Confucian power hidden at the grassroots level of the traditional society of the Ming Dynasty, and has formed a raging flame that is difficult to extinguish, if it is just to run a school, even if Zeng Guofan's prestige rises to the sky, even if the scholars regard him as a Confucius, Zhu Jinglun doesn't care, but the problem is that the school initiated by Zeng Guofan has completely departed from Zhu Jinglun's idea, and the most difficult thing for him to accept is that these schools do not teach mathematics, they are private schools run by themselves, They do not accept math teachers from the government.

At this time, the enthusiasm for running schools in the countryside was the highest, and the key was that the most conservative scholars were huddled together under the banner of Zeng Guofan, and the government wanted to forcibly promote mathematics education, which may cause turmoil.

Therefore, Zhu Jinglun chose the same approach as the Manchu magnates, he felt that at this time, it was necessary to strike at Zeng Guofan's personal prestige, and if necessary, he had to do it, this is politics, as for Zeng Guofan himself, then he is only sorry, since Zeng Guofan broke into the political hunting ground of people like Zhu Jinglun and them, he must be ready to be hunted at any time, or pick up a gun and choose to be a hunter.

Zeng Guofan did not choose to be a hunter in history, he chose to disband the Hunan army, he did not rebel, he wanted to be a sage, he didn't want to be a king, as a result, he could only be a prey, and if the hunters thought it was necessary, they would attack him at any time.

The reason why Zhu Jinglun picked Zeng Guofan, of course, is not only this, if it is just to hit Zeng Guofan's prestige, there are many ways, as long as he still wants to use Zeng Guofan's prestige, since Zeng Guofan's prestige has blocked his way, sooner or later he will have to strike, then at the most favorable moment, let Zeng Guofan's prestige play a role.

If anyone investigates this matter, the final result may not be credible, but Zeng Guofan has obtained the limit of what can be obtained in the Confucian system, he is a model among the people who read all over the world, and he is a model for everyone, and the results of his investigation are actually convincing, and the reason why everyone hates Zeng Guofan so much later is because they believe in Zeng Guofan, but because of this convincing, they are particularly hateful, because Zeng Guofan revealed the truth, the truth that makes it difficult for them to accept, change to a person, If they are not convinced, they will not hate it so much.

Zhu Jinglun just wants to use the prestige of Zeng Guofan to strike at the conservative scholars and doctors all over the world, including the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, to crack down on their ignorance, so that they can open their eyes and not always look at problems with self-righteousness, whether they hate foreign religions or like foreign religions, but they put so many superstitious things on the heads of foreign religions, and use those things to fool the illiterate foolish people, which Zhu Jinglun resolutely cannot accept.

Zhu Jinglun is also worried about the cultural invasion of Western religions in this era, because this cultural invasion is also a big cause of China's social problems in this era, but he absolutely does not want to see Chinese cultural groups protect themselves in such an ignorant way, because they cannot correctly view Western religion today, and they will not be able to correctly view Western science and technology tomorrow. Today, they told the foolish people that the sky did not rain and dried up because the church covered the sky, and tomorrow they would tell the foolish people to pick up the railroad and push the electric pole in the East China Sea to overturn the steamer.

Zhu Jinglun knows very well that those who think that foreigner priests dig up the hearts and livers of children, and those who think that the shadow of the factory chimney pressing on the roof of his house brings bad luck to their family, and the thoughts of this group of people are the cultural people in their hearts, which were instilled in them by a group of native masters in the countryside.

Therefore, the root cause is still the ideological problems of the conservative literati and doctors, the squire class, and what can touch the minds of these people is not the logical commentary and report in the newspaper, not the rational guidance of the government, but the sun in their own minds, and the spiritual idols they have picked out themselves, such as Zeng Guofan, to do something contrary to their thoughts.

Historically, Zeng Guofan's reputation was discredited in the Tianjin teaching case, and the people of the world scolded Zeng Guofan, but after that, the Westernization Movement immediately developed to the Gao Dynasty, and I have to say that the fall of Zeng Guofan's benchmark had a great impact on the spirit of traditional scholars.

It was impossible for Zeng Guofan not to understand this outcome, but when Zhu Jinglun sent someone to find him and tell him that the emperor had asked him to investigate the Tianjin teaching case, he knew that he couldn't shirk it at all.

Because the Ming officials told him that he could not handle this matter, if it was not handled well, the British, French, Russian, and American foreigners would inevitably jointly launch an attack on the north.

At the same time, the Ming government also issued a statement through the newspaper, telling the world's scholars that the government invited the great Confucian Zeng Guofan to Tianjin to investigate the teaching case, which instantly won the response of a group of scholars, who thought that the idol in their hearts would definitely deter foreign religions.

Whether loyal or disloyal, Zeng Guofan is undoubtedly a person who cherishes his feathers, he is a great Confucian admired by the world, and everyone is waiting for him to come forward on the issue of foreign religion, if he does not come forward, the reputation he has built up in his life will collapse, because he retreats in the face of great rights and wrongs.

In addition, Zeng Guofan is a real recuperated Confucian scholar, later generations are known as the last end of Confucian glory, he is not a secular politician, but a real sense of the scholar, at least at the spiritual and moral level, he is with Fan Chongyan, Wang Anshi and other scholars at the peak of the cultural peak of this group of elite scholars, the moral pillar of Chinese scholars is self-cultivation Qi family governance of the country and the world, is for the people to establish a life for the world and the heart for the world to open peace, to put it simply, a real scholar, there is a kind of guy world feelings, They have a strong sense of responsibility for the country and the nation in their hearts.

This sense of responsibility also made Zeng Guofan unable to shirk.

But he actually knew in his heart that if he went, it would be a blow to him personally, he understood that his current position was too high, so high that he couldn't imagine it at the beginning, he never thought of gaining such a high prestige, his original wish was just to educate his children and grandchildren to understand etiquette, honesty, shame and righteousness, and he didn't want to see the next generation be bewitched by the heresy of foreigners.

But he didn't expect that the Confucianization of education he promoted, through the increasingly developed modern newspapers of the Ming Dynasty, spread the scope and speed beyond the limits of traditional society, without these modern communication methods, maybe Zeng Guofan's behavior could only slowly produce effects after his death.

But under the promotion of these media, his behavior has not been limited to the reading class, but has been widely circulated in all levels of society, and his behavior has also been interpreted in various ways, he has become a symbol, a symbol, and others have added to him all kinds of good wishes that he didn't want to burden and can't afford, such as the statement that is now widely circulated in Daming, saying that he was turning Daming into a country of gentlemen, is something he never imagined, which is obviously a good interpretation of his behavior by the outside world. But this interpretation is clearly excessive.

This interpretation allows him to enjoy too high praise and also stand too high, so he will not have a good result.

for to ascend to the heights is to fall heavily.

Knowing that it is not good for him, but Zeng Guofan still wants to go, this is the difference between him and people like Li Hongzhang, this is also the difference between a real scholar and a politician, he does not know how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, but because of the spirit of knowing that he can't do what he knows can not be handed down from the Mencius era, so he can't help but go.

But he knew that this trip might not end well, and he even explained the transportation route of the coffin once he was unlucky.