"Song"

At night, looking at the words on the paper on the table, Zhao Liewen's brows were tightly locked, and he was thinking about why Zeng Guofan would write such a word. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although he is only twenty-five years old, as a confidant of Zeng Guofan, he has won the trust of Zeng Guofan, and in fact, this trust is really not easy to obtain.

Three years ago, the defeated Zeng Guofan fled to Jiangxi in a hurry, and then sat in Nanchang, and most of his staff members left him. It was at this time that Zhou Tenghu recommended Zhao Liewen to enter the scene. Zhao Liewen happened to be at home, so he arrived at the Hunan army camp. Zeng Guofan may also feel that this scholar has a personality, or it may be that in order to break his arrogance, he ordered him to visit the water and land battalions of the Hunan Army stationed in Zhangshu Town, so that this scholar can open his eyes. But he didn't expect Zhao Liewen to return to the camp, not only was he not suppressed, but he also put forward a bunch of opinions, and he actually said very unceremoniously: "The camproom system of the camphor camp is very lax, and the military spirit is old, so I am afraid that it is not enough." ”

Because of this, Zeng Guofan was not very happy about this Mr. Zhao, because Zeng Guofan was the most unsightly scholar who could not talk big. It was also at this time that Zhao Liewen's old mother was sick, and he also saw Zeng's thoughts, so he resigned to Zeng Guofan on the grounds of his mother's illness, and Zeng Guofan did not keep him. The meaning of this is already very clear, Zhao Liewen just went home and left.

Coincidentally, just when Zhao was about to leave but did not leave, the news of the defeat of Zhou Fengshan's Hunan army in Manshu came. Zeng Guofan asked Zhao Liewen to tell why he saw that Zhou Fengshan's Hunan army could not be relied on, and with Zeng Guofan's cleverness, he had a new view of Zhao Liewen. After a long time, Zhao Liewen became more and more valued by Zeng in Zeng's camp, and often discussed military and political matters. On the other hand, Zhao Liewen defected to him when he was at his most depressed, and Zeng Guofan can be said to share hardships and hardships, and it is precisely because of this that Zeng Guofan has nothing to talk about with him, sometimes several times a day. was even more cited by him as a confidant.

Zhao Liewen also did not live up to Zeng Guofan's trust and has been giving him advice, but this time, Zhao Liewen looked at this word, but he couldn't figure out what he was thinking for a while, and he was even a little confused.

What exactly does this word mean?

Frowning and thinking, looking at this simple word "Song", Zhao Liewen kept thinking, and suddenly he stood up violently as if he had suddenly realized, and then he understood what Zeng Guofan was thinking.

At night, Zeng Guofan paced the room with his back hand, stroking his long beard, which had been greatly thinned recently, muttering in his mouth, and then sat at the table, contemplated for a moment, and lifted the pen, but in the end the pen was put down, and in the face of the current situation, he didn't know how to write this note. But Zeng Guofan knew very well that perhaps a few months later, after the fall of Zhejiang, it would be extremely difficult for him to surrender to the emperor again.

Zeng Guofan has always been very cautious, and today's excerpt is extraordinary, he closed the door and carefully considered it word by word. But I didn't know how to write.

"The ministers and others Fu Chahong rebelled against the rebellion in western Guangdong, and for more than six years now, and stole Jiangning for four years, poisoning the sea, and the gods and men were angry. Today's changes in Guangdong bandits, ravaging and 16 provinces, falling to more than 600 cities, is really an unprecedented thing, at this time the Han thieves said to "relieve the people upside down" to wave the division to crusade against the Hong rebellion, chaotic rebellion against each other to wave the knife, is really the blessing of our dynasty, two days under Anhui, half a day under Jiangning, the Han thieves are so fierce, it is really rare in ancient and modern times, now the Hong rebellion for the Han thieves to descend, it is unexpected, the fierceness of the Han thieves, should be the police of our dynasty......"

After writing this sentence, Zeng Guofan put forward some of his suggestions to the imperial court, such as training foreign gun teams, training sailors, etc., which seems to be the last legacy of a loyal minister.

After writing it, Zeng Guofan read it again and felt that this piece of music was really seamless and flawless, but it was too pessimistic in the excerpt.

Just when he wrote this excerpt and hesitated whether to send it, Zhao Liewen came, as in the past, and ordered the servant to serve tea, and then the two began to talk, from the time Zhao Liewen entered the study, Zeng Guofan knew that he had something to say to himself, but he did not pick it out, but talked about the situation in Jiangxi with him, and then talked about the capital in the north.

"Huifu, recently people in the capital said that the weather in the capital is very bad, and cases of open fire battles often occur, and there are groups of beggars in the market, and even women are naked and have no pants to wear, and the people are poor and rich. What can I do about it? ”

Zeng Guofan is telling the truth, now the capital can be described as poor and inexplicable, not to mention that the Beijing Banner can't pay any flag salary now, even the Eight Banners foreign gun team only pays half a salary, in the future, the north will only be more difficult, after all, soon the imperial court will lose Jiangnan, when the time comes, what will the imperial court use to raise hundreds of thousands of banner people?

After taking a sip of tea, Zhao Liewen looked at Zeng Guofan and said:

"The world's law and order have been unified for a long time, and it is bound to be divided. However, the main virtue is subordinate, and the atmosphere has not been opened, if there is no heart, it will not collapse. I estimate that even if there is no today's turmoil, there will be a strange disaster on another day, and the servants must be reversed first, and then there is no owner in the rear state, and people will govern themselves, and they will not be able to die for 50 years! ”

Now the two of them are no longer talking about the current situation, the two are talking about the future, even if there is no future without Han thieves to make trouble, that future, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not last long.

Zhao Liewen's words made Zeng Guofan frown for a long time, and then said:

"Will you move south?"

Shaking his head, Zhao Liewen replied:

"I'm afraid it's a direct end, and it may not be as partial to the south of the Yangtze River as the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty."

Zeng Guofan immediately said:

"This dynasty is more virtuous, or not to this extent."

With a sneer, Zhao Liewen said:

"Jun Dezheng is right, but when the country is prosperous, there are already a lot of scholars who eat the king's favor and repay the king's kindness. It is too easy to start a business in this dynasty, too heavy to kill, and too clever to seize the world. The way of heaven is difficult to know, good and evil do not hide each other, and the virtue of the queen is not enough. ”

Zhao Liewen's remarks were indeed very frank, and he actually fundamentally denied the moral legitimacy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's "winning the world". Moreover, what is even more important is that the good and evil of the Manchu Qing Dynasty do not cover up each other to make up for each other, not to mention that the "Heavenly Dao" has brought them the "prosperous era" of civil and military affairs as a very rich reward, so the "virtue" of these later monarchs cannot offset the lack of Taoism when the Qing Dynasty "founded", and it is still not enough to compensate for the lack of legitimacy of its rule.

Zeng Guofan did not refute Zhao Liewen's remarks about the accident and brutality of Zhao Liewen's acquisition of the world from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and his denial of the legitimacy of his rule. After a long silence, he said helplessly:

"I look forward to death day and night, and I am worried about the fall of the sect."

The "fall of the sect" in the mouth of Zeng Guo refers to the fall of the dynasty. At this time, Zeng Guofan also had a premonition that the Qing Dynasty was facing a catastrophe, and even if there were no Cantonese bandits and Han thieves, it would be difficult to last for fifty years, as Zhao Liewen said.

Seeing that Zeng Guofan was silent, Zhao Liewen said again:

"In front of you, teacher, although I am good at mocking, why should I use this as a play."

This is by no means a joke, after saying this, Zhao Liewen continued.

"Moreover, at this time, the Han Dynasty has decided to use Jiangning and the prosperity of the Han army, and in a few months, Jiangnan will be pacified, and when Jiangnan is pacified, it will be the day of its Northern Expedition. After three generations, on the strong and the weak, regardless of the benevolent and the violent; On the situation, regardless of Deze. Besides, today's Han Gong has won the hearts of the people, even if there is the ability to revive today, what can the people do when the people's hearts are lost? ”

After listening to Zhao Liewen's comments, Zeng Guofan did not react too much to him using "Han Gong" to call "Zhu Reverse" and "Han Army" to call "thief", and his mood became heavier and heavier at this time, but he still had some hope for the Qing Dynasty:

"This dynasty has a monopoly on the Qiangang, and it is also unprecedented. There is no size in all the twists and turns, and the path reaches the front of the palace, and there is no cover. …… Although it is a Manchurian people, it is a "common rule" and a common rule with my Hanchen, so that it can calm the hearts of the people in the world, and it is rare to be so authoritative. ”

Zhao Liewen didn't care about Zeng Guofan's opinion, and went on with his own train of thought.

"Yes. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, such as Chongzhen was also a Ming monarch, but the number of qi was exhausted, and how could he block the mandate of heaven! If he is really a Ming Jun today, how can he practice the foreign gun team alone and ignore the Jiangnan affairs? ”

Originally, Zeng Guofan wanted to use "diligent administration", "gentlemanly virtue", "authority does not move downward" and the current emperor Yixun is smart and assertive in case of trouble, etc., so as to hear the results he expected from his mouth, so that he will get some relief in his heart, at least no longer so anxious.

However, Zhao Liewen doesn't think so at all. He had a different view or some reservations about each of Tsang's views. Zhao Liewen's core argument is the "general trend", or "qi number". Not only did he think that the "general trend" of the Qing Dynasty was gone, but also that the "qi" would be exhausted, and there would be no hope. In this situation, even if there is a "good emperor" or something, it will not solve any problems, let alone not. In other words, the Qing Dynasty will soon come to an end, which is the trend of the times, and no one can control it.

"Could it be that the Great Qing Kingdom, seriously, is there really no hope?"

Zeng Guofan looked at Zhao Liewen and wanted to get an answer from him, but Zhao Liewen directly broke his illusion. Then he looked at Zeng Guofan and stopped talking, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he finally guessed Zeng Guofan's thoughts, maybe Zeng Guofan could not achieve the same credit as Zhang Hongfan to destroy the Song Dynasty, but as a scholar, he didn't want to be added a "Song" or "Han" in front of his name.

In any case, he is Han!

"Is that really the case?"

Zeng Guofan, who strictly adheres to his beliefs, unconsciously asked this question. As a courtier, if he demotes Zhu Yifeng, how will the emperor repay him for his kindness at that time?

But as a scholar, he has to take into account his name, even if he is a loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what if others add the word "Han" to the tombstone?

"The teacher already has the answer in mind, so why ask the student! Now that Jiangning is Nanjing, what should the teacher do? ”

"Jiangning has changed its name to Nanjing?"

Looking at Zhao Liewen in surprise, Zeng Guofan asked urgently, and as soon as the words came out, he shook his head and sighed.

"It must have been changed, it has been changed......

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