Chapter 247: "People Are Doing, Heaven is Watching"

Hearing that Chen Wan agreed to stay with Eaya, Lin Yizhe was both happy and moved in his heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"As I said, as long as you are good to me, I don't care how many you like to marry in the future." Chen Wan looked at Lin Yizhe, glared at him angrily, and said, "Just don't make me angry." ”

Lin Yizhe's heart was moved, and he was about to speak, but Chen Wan naughtily pinched his lips with her hand and didn't let him speak, Lin Yizhe hugged her and gave her a deep kiss......

After a long time, she gasped softly and said, "Let's have a good chat, and you are not allowed to move." ”

"Okay." Lin Yizhe knew that she was already pregnant again, so he didn't dare to make a mistake.

"When my godfather left, you happened to be in the ocean, and I passed." Chen Wan said, "It's a pity that you're not here, but it's a pity that you're not there......"

Hearing Chen Wan say that there were words in Zeng Guofan's words, Lin Yizhe's heart moved, he knew that something must have happened that day to provoke Chen Wan to say this.

"I learned the news of my godfather's death in the newspaper in the port of Marseille, France, and I was sad, and I couldn't rush back because of the state affairs at that time, so I set up a mourning hall in Marseille to pay respects...... now I think about it, I regret not being able to see my godfather for the last time," Lin Yizhe sighed, "Fortunately, Wan'er has passed, and I can also comfort my heart a little......

"I think it's a good thing that you're not here, otherwise, according to your temper, you would have to cause trouble." Chen Wan sighed.

"Wan'er laughed, is your husband such an immeasurable person?" Lin Yizhe said with a smile, "And that's the godfather's spirit hall, no matter how impulsive." ”

"Do you know that day, someone on the left traveled thousands of miles to send someone to send the couplet, how did the money come about?" Chen Wan said.

"In the usual theory, it should be a protégé or a late student." Lin Yizhe said.

Lin Yizhe, who is familiar with history, knows that Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang corresponded, and since Zuo Zongtang was clothed, they were both brothers and sisters, and Zuo Zongtang never refused to give in a step. After Zeng Guofan's official worship of the scholar, according to the convention, Zuo Zongtang had to sign himself as "late birth" to Zeng Guofan, although Zuo Zongtang was not happy, and said, "I only remember that I was born only one year after my father, it seems that it is not too late, please still call it from my younger brother", when Zeng Guofan was alive, Zuo Zongtang never called Zeng Guofan a late life, but according to the etiquette system, Zeng Guofan died, and his elegy must be signed "late life".

In the original history, on the fourth day of February in the 11th year of Tongzhi, Zeng Guofan died of a cerebral hemorrhage in the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion in Nanjing, at the age of 62. When the news broke, the world shook. All of a sudden, colleagues, friends, protégés and former officials gathered in Nanjing, and Zeng Guofan's funeral became a poetry conference. The cover and burial were not only literary scholars, but also the writers were sincere and sincere, so they left many well-known masterpieces. For example, the "Twelve Songs of the Crying Master" by Li Yuandu, an old friend and old subordinate, is written in a gloomy and moving sentence: "The stars fall overnight, and the light is thin and the sea is frightened." Nine layers of sorrow, the Great Wall is lost. Legend has it that riding Ji tail, the tiger is rich in armor. Zongchen should be attached, and the heavenly language is extremely sad and honorable......" and Li Hongzhang's elegiac couplet later became a masterpiece through the ages: "The teacher has been working for nearly 30 years, and the salary has been passed on, and the house has been built for the door to grow; The prestige is 90,000 miles, the internal security is outside, and it is rare to meet the talents of the world. The people of the time commented on this couplet: "Heroic and precise, but also self-possessed identity, non-Hongzhang can not and dare not say this." And Li Hongzhang's signature on the couplet is "protégé Li Hongzhang respects the couplet".

Among the many sacrificial couplets, the most eye-catching pair was sent by Zuo Zongtang, who was on the northwest front line at the time, and his text said: "The loyalty of seeking the country, the wisdom of knowing people, and the shame of being inferior to Yuanfu." Concentricity is like gold, attack mistakes like stones, and there is no negative life in the phase. At the end of the couplet, the word "late birth" is signed.

In the original history. Hearing the news of Zeng Guofan's death, it is said that Zuo Zongtang was shocked. Because he had never heard of Zeng Guofan's fatal illness before, and Zeng Guofan was only sixty-two years old, which was not a long life for the pampered officials, scholars, and doctors at that time. Zuo Zongtang probably didn't expect that the grievances and grievances between him and Zeng Guofan would end so early. Perhaps when he wrote a few sentences in the recital, "Seeking the loyalty of the country, knowing the wisdom of the people, and being ashamed of himself", he may have already had the idea of reconciling with Zeng Guofan. But on the one hand, due to military haste, on the other hand, he thought that time was still long. But I didn't expect that the opportunity was lost forever.

It is said that Zuo Zongtang said in a letter to his son: "I am very sad for the mourning of Zeng Hou (the national domain). "Once upon a time they argued with each other,...... When you are sad, is it a negative anger? ...... "Perhaps it was at this moment of losing his old rival that he realized how great his loss was, and how much he couldn't bear this loyal elder. He competed with Zeng Guofan for a short life, and he was always unconvinced. But at this moment, when he meditated and reflected, he may have been somewhat convinced. He is willing to be the second person of his time, so he uses the words "ashamed of himself" as the final summary of the relationship between the two. This can be said to be too rare for the arrogant Zuo Zongtang.

But now, because of his own crossing, history has changed. Could it be that this time, because of his own relationship, Zuo Zongtang will do something out of the ordinary to Zeng Guofan, who has already died?

"Hehe, Kunyu is wrong." Chen Wan shook her head, a hint of anger flashed in her eyes, "His elegy is signed by 'Foolish Brother Zuo Zongtang'!" ”

"What?!" Lin Yizhe's eyes were also full of anger.

"At that time, the godmother was very angry, but when she thought that it was the godfather's death day, she forced herself to endure it and did not have a seizure." Chen Wan said, "It's just that after the sacrifice was over, the godmother immediately ordered her subordinates to remove the couplet written by the Zuo family." ”

"As Wan'er said, if I was here at that time, I would tear his coupling to shreds on the spot." Lin Yizhe sneered, "His signature is obviously to humiliate you and me." There is also Brother Shaoquan. ”

"Yes, it is said that after Li Zhitai heard about it, he was very angry and said that Zuo wanted to be his elder." Chen Wan said, "Godmother also knows his intentions Zuo Zongtang, and she will comfort me in every way later." He also told me not to talk to you, for fear that you would be angry. I didn't tell you the last time you came back from overseas. ”

"I'm fine, I'm just afraid that my godmother will be angry. But there is nothing to be done. Lin Yizhe said, "My godfather has gone, I'm afraid he will not be forgiving in the future." ”

What Lin Yizhe said is not unfounded. After Zeng Guofan's death, Zuo Zongtang ostensibly took great care of Zeng Guofan's descendants. Five years after Zeng Guofan's death, his son Zeng Jihong was seriously ill and lacked money for medical treatment. Zuo Zongtang gave him three hundred taels of silver (why did you go earlier), and recalled Zeng and Zuo's friendship in a letter to his family: "My friendship with Wenzheng is extraordinary. The affairs of the countries of the people who are in contention with each other, and they have no guilt in the slightest, how can they be different from life and death? With the son of the elder of Zhongxing, he is inevitably hungry, and it can be seen that the Qing Festival of Wenzheng is enough for future generations. ”

Before and after Zeng Jihong's death in poverty and illness, Zuo Zongtang had given a little subsidy in medical expenses and funeral expenses, and he once talked about this matter in a letter to a friend: "My generation treats him (Zeng Guofan) Houkun, and I dare not use this to make a difference. The last brother was in the Beijing apartment, and witnessed Li Cheng's embarrassing situation, and unconsciously for the sake of seeking bait, funeral clothes and coffins and expenses in the village, and there was no discrimination. Perhaps thinking that the help to Zeng Guofan's descendants was too meager, when Zuo Zongtang was the governor of Liangjiang, he appointed Zeng Guofan's son-in-law Nie Jijiao as the director of the camp office, and the following year, he was promoted to the head of the Shanghai Manufacturing Bureau. Since then, Nie's official fortune has been prosperous, and he has been the governor of Jiangsu. In order to show his magnanimity to the descendants of Zeng Guofan and his open-mindedness, Zuo Zongtang talked about his recommendation and his "friendship" with Zeng Guofan in the letter recommending Nie Jimao: "And Your Excellency has Zhongfang (Nie Jimao character Zhongfang), and also has Wenzheng (Zeng Guofan). The younger brother and Wen Zheng had the earliest friendship, and they were sincere with each other, and they were known all over the world. The end of the murderous end of old age is also seen in the world. However, after Wenzheng's death, the son of Wenzheng, Ruo brother and his relatives and friends, is no different from Wenzheng's survival. ”

While hypocritically "taking care" of Zeng Guofan's descendants, Zuo Zongtang did not stop rapping on the merits of the relationship with Zeng Guofan. In his later years, whenever Zuo Zongtang interacted with people, he almost had to talk about his relationship with Zeng Guofan, and every time he talked about it, he still chattered endlessly to prove his correctness on some specific issues, as well as Zeng Guofan's mistakes. In the eyes of Zeng Guofan's descendants and disciples, this is obviously a continuation of the slander of Zeng Guofan's name, which is unacceptable to them.

"As soon as the godfather goes, he Zuo Zongtang wants to rectify you, so he will have a lot less scruples, you have to be more careful in the future, don't be honest." Chen Wan said, "By the way, my godfather wrote a few words specifically for you before his death, and I'll show it to you." ”

Lin Yizhe was very surprised to hear Chen Wan say that Zeng Guofan had a handwritten book for him, so he immediately got up and sat down at the desk.

Chen Wan took a bookcase from the cabinet, put it on the table and opened it, took out a small bookcase inside, put it in front of Lin Yizhe, and carefully unfolded it.

When Lin Yizhe saw the words written on the book, he was slightly stunned at first, and then nodded again and again, his heart full of respect for Zeng Guofan.

What is written on the bookpost is the six big characters of "people are doing, the sky is watching", as well as a line of small characters of "the handwritten book of the national domain, giving Kunyu Shaoren brother as a souvenir", and there is also a book seal of Zeng Guofan next to it.

"'People are doing it, the sky is watching'." Lin Yizhe looked at the six-word calligraphy, and tears seemed to flash in his eyes, "Those who know me are the only ones who have Zeng Gongye." ”

"The six words that the godfather left for Kunyu, Wan'er couldn't figure it out, could you please explain it to Kunyu?" Chen Wan couldn't help but be even more curious when she saw Lin Yizhe so excited.

Lin Yizhe shook his head and did not speak, but sighed.

Chen Wan looked at Lin Yizhe in confusion and wanted to ask again, but when she saw Lin Yizhe's stunned appearance, she stopped talking.