Hearing Zeng Guofan say this, Lin Yizhe understood the pain in the heart of this "Zhongxing Famous Minister" at the moment after seeing such a murderous weapon, and understood why he had such an expression just now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He knew that Zeng Guofan, in his later years, was entangled in killing too many people in his life, and he was quite remorseful.

Zeng Guofan as a famous historical figure, the evaluation of the descendants has also experienced great ups and downs, nearly a hundred years of benevolence, wisdom and wisdom, praise of Zeng Guofan, there is no shortage of scolders, from the beginning of the later generations to the great admiration later, it can be said that there are few such people in history who can still cause such a big controversy.

The reason for this is that Zeng Guofan, who advocated the Confucian idea of "benevolence, righteousness, and courtesy", brought a huge contrast to people when he suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After all, it is difficult to explain how difficult it is to say that benevolence and blood, two very different words, appear in the same person at the same time.

The titles of "Zeng Shaved Head" and "Zeng Butcher" are derived from the high-pressure iron-blooded policy implemented by Zeng Guofan when he organized regimental training in Hunan to suppress the Taiping Army.

As for Zeng Guofan's actions, Lin Yizhe has always had a deep understanding and sympathy.

As a Confucian who has always cherished the ideas of "using the economy and the world" and "being loyal to the monarch and patriotism", he was faced with "a giant that is rare in a century", Zeng Guofan and his Hunan army were not smooth sailing in the early days of the battle with the Taiping army, but as he himself said, they were defeated and defeated repeatedly. Zeng Guofan himself jumped into the river twice and died, but fortunately he did not die. Even when the war was brilliant, the grain, grass, military salary, baggage, and rewards still limited him in everything. The anti-Han power and fear of the Manchu nobles, the continuous conquest of the Taiping army, made him physically and mentally exhausted, Zeng Guofan was not a bloodthirsty, he saw that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement caused too much harm, had to suppress it, so he had no choice but to take bloody measures.

As the first person in the Qing Dynasty to be named a martial marquis as a literati, the pressure he was under was not something that those boring and shameless Qingliu literati could understand, nor could ordinary civil and military generals understand. always shifts between a gentleman and a devil, which makes Zeng Guofan's heart suffer greatly. After all, as a Confucian, he could not maintain state power through the means of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, but had to achieve it through force suppression, and his heart has been suffering violently, even until his later years.

"After accumulating play, you should be vigorous; What if the good people had a peaceful life, that is, they would be called cruel and harsh? The jokes of boring literati, Zeng Gongda don't need to pay attention to them. Lin Yizhe said, "There are many people in the world who know Zeng Gong, and not all of them are blind. ”

"Well said, hehe." Zeng Guofan laughed, looking very pleased, "It's been a long time since I've heard someone say such a happy thing." ”

"Hearing Kunyu's words, it should be a big deal." Zeng Jize was also happy with Lin Yizhe's blunt words, and said with a smile on the side, "It's rare for Kunyu to come here, if you are not busy with official business, how about staying for a few more days?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's rare to come here, so let's stay a few more days!" Mrs. Zeng also said.

Lin Yizhe hesitated for a moment, looked back at Chen Wan, and a hint of hope flashed in his beloved wife's eyes.

At this time, Zeng Guofan said: "'Wannian Qing' has arrived in Shanghai safely, docked for repair, I think it has been arranged carefully, then there is no need to bow down to everything, stay for two days and then go back, it should be no problem." ”

"The younger generation obeys his fate." Hearing Zeng Guofan's words, Lin Yizhe nodded and agreed.

It's just that Lin Yizhe didn't know that it was in these few days that an invisible storm had quietly descended.

Half a month after Lin Yizhe led the "Wannian Qing" to the north, Shen Baozhen went to the imperial court, saying that he had sent the shipmaster to promote Wu Dating's governor to lead the "Wannian Qing" ship to set sail north on the same day, and asked the imperial court to send a large official to inspect it. Along with this setback, Shen Baozhen also attached a set of drawings of the hull, steam engine, and boiler of the "Wannian Qing" drawn by the shipmaster. In the compromise, Shen Baozhen never used the name of the "Wannian Qing" ship he had drafted, but used the title of "No. 1 Steamship", and respectfully asked the imperial court to "favor the name".

But what Shen Baozhen never expected was that not long after, he actually received such a reply from the imperial court: "The Minister of Military Aircraft is ordered: read and play." Hearing that the steamship built by Zuo Zongtang was not perfect, he heard that the ship was repaired in Shanghai, so he did not have to come north first, so he sent a special order to Zeng Guofan to find out the nearest performance and then set off. The ministry knows. ”

And along with the reply, there is also a transcript of Zuo Zongtang's impeachment of the shipmaster.

At about the same time, the day after Lin Yizhe arrived in Nanjing, the Liangjiang Governor's Office also received an edict from the Military Aircraft Department, which asked Zeng Guofan to find out in detail "the situation of the No. 1 steamship built by the Fujian Factory", and also attached a copy of Zuo Zongtang's impeachment of the shipmaster.

"Zuo Jigao's excerpt, take a good look." After Zeng Guofan read the edict and the recital, he quietly handed them to Lin Yizhe.

Lin Yizhe took the edict and glanced at it, then looked at Zuo Zongtang's recital, and when he saw that the title of the recital turned out to be "Fujian Provincial Shipbuilding Bureau's shipbuilding play and decorate the request for the edict", he couldn't help but be furious.

"The Minister of Shipping intends to embellish the steamship for the Fujian Provincial Harbour Bureau, and asks for the decree to be reprimanded in order to set an example for the future, and respectfully worship and pray for the holy deeds."

"The investigation of the Fujian Provincial Shipping Bureau's manufacture of steamships has been on the record since the construction started in the sixth year of Tongzhi, and the Minister of Shipping, Shen Baozhen, has been on the record. The stealing ship is prepared for the insult, and the manufacture and driving are expensive and refined. The Agency's drawings are finalized and manufactured in each factory. The ship has tried the ocean twice, the first time in the inland ocean, the wind and waves are calm, there are no flaws, can not be immediately appeared. After the sea test, the work was still not completed, and then the second test of the ocean, and did not check the water conditions in detail, and sailed the shoal by mistake, causing the ship to run aground and be stolen, and the hull was damaged, and the shipmaster promoted Wu Zhongxiang, assistant Lin Yizhe, etc., to take care of the overall situation, and asked the shipmaster to go north to ask for reading. Therefore, once the wind and waves are blowing, all industries are sick. The cost of the ship is hundreds of thousands of dollars, how can it be child's play! Now the ship has sailed to Shanghai and overhauled in the foreign factory, which is really deliberately deceiving! In the past, the minister set up the Ship Administration Bureau, which was originally a plan for self-improvement, which had profound meaning. The members of the bureau have been nurtured by the state for many years, how should they be sincere and exquisite, in order to keep improving, not to live up to the country's heavy expenses, and to create the ultimate intention of the shipyard? In recent years, the bureau's staff and craftsmen have become more and more declining, and the arrogance of the manufacturing staff and the ineffectiveness of the supervision are not as good as when they were first established. After listening to it, I was indignant! ”

"The bureau still has a lot of ships that have not been completed, and it seems that this is leaking to be engaged, and it is very responsible for the original intention of establishing the shipyard. Accordingly, the Minister of Shipping, Shen Baozhen, was strictly applied, and the Minister was asked to supervise and promote the minister, break the situation, and earnestly rectify the situation. All gentry, foreign craftsmen, supervisors, etc., if they are honest in their work, those who contribute will be rewarded with preferential insurance, and those who have their intention to be thanked and fabricated language to deceive will be dismissed, and they are not allowed to abuse things. A few people knew the persuasion and punishment, and they had meritorious service in the future, in order to rely on the intention of the deputy imperial court to set up a ship administration. ”

"Is there a time? I would like to fold Gu Chen, Fu begging the Empress Dowager, the emperor's holy jian, and the instructions will be implemented. Sincerely. ”

After Lin Yizhe finished reading Zuo Zongtang's recital, he forcibly suppressed the urge to tear it to pieces, and sneered: "It's really nonsense with your eyes open, a bunch of nonsense!" Shameless! ”

"Calm down for a moment." Zeng Guofan waved his hand and said calmly, "Presumably, Youdan has already received an edict from the imperial court, and there is this excerpt." The two palaces are not partial to listening and believing, since they have turned his Zuo Jigao fold, they are giving the shipmaster a chance to defend himself. ”

When Lin Yizhe heard Zeng Guofan say this, he immediately calmed down.

"Is the 'Wannian Qing' ship really as he said in Zuo Ji's high folds, once it goes through the wind and waves, all industries will be sick?" Zeng Guofan couldn't help laughing when he saw Lin Yizhe's fists clenched, and asked, "I don't think it's as brittle as he said, right?" ”

"If it is really like what he said, the younger generation will not dare to bring his wife and children to come on this boat." Lin Yizhe knew that Zeng Guofan was teasing himself, and he also laughed, "If you really want to be so brittle, there are unforeseen circumstances, once something really happens, the younger generation and the whole family will never see Zeng Gong again, isn't it a regret in your life?" ”

"He Zuo Jigao actually specifically mentioned you in the excerpt, thinking that you offended him a lot." Zeng Guofan took back the copy of Zuo Zongtang's excerpt from Lin Yizhe's hand, looked at it again, and said, "Tell me, why did you offend him?" ”

"The younger generation offended him Zuo Ji Gao has two things, one is the location of the shipyard, and the other is for the type of ship." Lin Yizhe said, "Zeng Gongxiang already knew about the turmoil of the change of address. The younger generation is the first person to propose the change of location, and the new site is chosen by the younger generation, so he is naturally jealous of Zuo Jigao. And because of the type of the new steamer, the younger generation offended him again. ”

"I see, tell me what this ship type dispute is all about." Zeng Guofan nodded, signaling Lin Yizhe to speak in detail.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Harbour Administration, Zuo Jigao set the type of ship to build the ship as a dual-purpose ship for military and commercial purposes, that is, if there is something, it is thought that the military ship is at war, and if there is nothing to do, it is considered a merchant ship, transporting goods and catching thieves. It is necessary to know that the method of shipbuilding in modern times, the function of the ship type is emphasized, the warship is the warship, the merchant ship is the merchant ship, the warship is mainly capable of war, and the merchant ship is mainly loaded with multiple cargo. And Zuo Jigao has to use both soldiers and merchants, but in fact, it is a mistake between soldiers and merchants, and the 'Wannian Qing' ship is like this. Lin Yizhe said, "If you use it as a warship, the firepower is too single; It is a merchant ship, and the cargo capacity is small. The 'Wannian Qing' sea was stolen, besieged by more than 10 pirated ships, the artillery fire was thin, and when there were many battles, it was impossible to sink a ship, but fortunately, the pirates wanted to jump to the gang and rob, and they got too close, and the machine gun was able to shoot and destroy it, otherwise, the ship would no longer be owned by the imperial court. ”

"When the 'Wannian Qing' was still being designed, the younger generation pointed out that the 'dual-use of soldiers and merchants' was inappropriate, but the shipmasters were afraid of Zuo Jigao and did not dare to change the model, so they built this ship that was neither a donkey nor a horse. The younger generation offended Zuo Jigao twice, even here. ”

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