What is the relationship between Zeng Guofan and Zuo and Li Hongzhang?

Zeng, the three ministers of ZTE, the important minister of Westernization and the frontier official in the late Qing Dynasty, were the three most important political forces among the Han ministers in the late Qing Dynasty. The three men have been entangled in countless entanglements all their lives, enjoying each other, hating each other and betraying each other, and have experienced ups and downs. Let me briefly talk about the relationship between three people.

First, Zeng Guofan and Left

Zeng Guofan was elegant and intelligent all his life, and he was open-minded. He was able to know people and choose people, forget past grievances, put the overall situation first, and did not engage in personal revenge. He is recognized as a perfect saint in the history of China and is regarded as the last spiritual leader. Zuo is an arrogant and headstrong person. Although he was promoted by Zeng Guofan and rose to the highest level, he became independent immediately after gaining power and turned against Zeng Guofan, which made it difficult for him to stumble everywhere. Both of them are ministers of the Qing court, but they have been at odds for many years and appreciate each other.

Zeng Zuo and his wife are fellow villagers in Hunan. One year older than Zuo, the imperial examination was smooth and his career was frank. Zuo Huai, on the other hand, tried three subjects and failed in three subjects, so he gave up the imperial examination in a rage and returned to his hometown to teach. However, Zuo's talent has long been well known, and local officials are willing to make friends with him. Tao Shu, Governor of Liangjiang, asked Zuo to be a tutor and marry him. Left thus entered the political circle. Hu Linyi is the son-in-law of Taoism, and Zuo met Hu Linyi through him. Through Hu Linyi's matchmaking, Zuo became the staff of two Hunan governors.

Second, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang

The relationship between Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang is completely different. Li Hongzhang lived as a student of Zeng Guofan, admired Zeng Guofan and inherited Zeng Guofan's mantle.

Zeng Guofan and Li Wenan, the father of Li Hongzhang, were scholars in the same year, so Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang were contemporaries. After the imperial examination, Li Hongzhang went to Zeng Guofan's door as an aide. The two were like father and son, and Li Hongzhang was promoted step by step under the leadership of Zeng Guofan.

Li Hongzhang was brilliant and brilliant. He really devoted himself to the rebirth of the Qing Dynasty and died. Personality is also well-proportioned and delicate, and students are all over the world, unlike left arrogance. But he also had conflicts with his teacher Zeng Guofan.

However, Zeng and Li finally reconciled. Later, Zeng Guofan found that the students were right and moved to camp; Li Hongzhang also found himself inseparable from Zeng Guofan and came back. He finally inherited Zeng Guofan's mantle, developed from Zeng Guofan and became the first minister after Zeng Guofan in the late Qing Dynasty.