How big is Zeng Guofan's achievement? How did he become a famous minister of yat sen villa from a "silly boy"?

There is a stupid little story about Zeng Guofan. One night, a thief entered Zeng Guofan's house, intending to steal after the owner turned off the lights and went to bed. Just as Zeng Guofan recited Yueyang Tower when he was young, the thief hid on the beams. As a result, Zeng Guofan left behind could not recite it, and he could not recite it over and over again. Finally, the thief can recite it. I was so angry that the thief jumped out of the room and recited it to Zeng Guofan. Of course, this is just a little joke, so is Zeng Guofan really stupid in history?

Zeng Guofan was enlightened at the age of five, read the Five Classics at the age of eight, learned to write eight-part essays at the age of nine, and took the examination of Jinshi at the age of fourteen. I took the exam six times, all of which were unknown on the list. In the sixth exam, I not only failed, but also criticized his article as a negative textbook, which was a great stimulus to him. He himself said that this was the first major setback in his life. Zeng Guofan stayed at home after returning home and deeply reflected on why my article just didn't work! After deep reflection, Zeng Guofan realized that he was really not very smart. The Lao Tseng family hasn't got ahead for generations. His father was only admitted to a scholar in his forties, and his genes were average. Secondly, after comparing his articles with others, he found that what he wrote was too formal and opaque, lacking the overall situation and overall momentum. So Zeng Guofan intends to change his learning methods, study harder than before and compete in the next examination room!

In the second year, Zeng Guofan stepped into the examination room for the seventh time with a little confidence and got the examination questions. He felt that he played well, and sure enough, he was finally admitted to the scholar this time! The following year, he won another prize, which was called "Lian Jie Prize" in ancient times. Zeng Guofan was suddenly enlightened and had a bright future. At the age of 28, he was the top student in high school. In the examination for selecting Hanlin, he was hand-picked by Daoguang as the first class and awarded to Jishi Shu imperial academy. The enlightened Zeng Guofan, just like hanging up, was invincible on the imperial examination road and gained an excellent starting point in his official career.

Such a tortuous and gratifying road to the imperial examination led Zeng Guofan to draw his own philosophy of life, that is, "clumsiness." He said, "The clumsiest person in the world can surpass the smartest person in the world." Although Zeng Guofan was born clumsy, he did not use brute force, understood analysis, found the right direction and worked hard. Throughout his life, he has always been a "clumsy" attitude, never playing tricks or taking shortcuts, taking one step at a time. Even in the battle against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he "fought hard and fought in secret" without a clever plan to carry it through.

After Zeng Guofan's official career began, he became a second-class assistant minister in Beijing and later founded the Xiang army. More than ten years later, he wiped out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and rose up against the Nian Army. He served as the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili and the university student of Wuyingdian. Compared with people who have the same achievements in history, such as Zhuge Liang, his qualifications are really ordinary, but he told future generations with his own experience that an ordinary ordinary person can also achieve success through hard work.