Zeng Guofan (18 1 1 year165438+1October 26th-1March 872 12), whose first name was Zicheng, whose real name was Bohan. China was a politician, strategist, philosopher and writer in modern times, the founder and commander-in-chief of Xiang Army.
The rise of Zeng Guofan had a far-reaching impact on the politics, military affairs, culture and economy of the Qing Dynasty. At Zeng Guofan's initiative, he built the first ship in China, founded the first ordnance school, printed and translated the first batch of western language books, and arranged the first batch of students studying in the United States.
It can be said that Zeng Guofan was the pioneer of China's modernization. Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi were called "Zeng Hu", while Li Hongzhang, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong were called "four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty".
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In the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), after Ma Xinyi, the governor of Liangjiang, was assassinated by Wenxiang Zhang, a civilian, the court ordered Zeng Guofan to be the governor of Liangjiang again and went to Nanjing to hear the case.
February 4th, 11th year of Tongzhi (1872)? Zeng Guofan was walking in Nanjing West Park in the afternoon when his feet suddenly went numb. Ceng Jize helped him back to the study, sat for three minutes and died. People cry in alleys and paint statues to worship them. The court heard the news and stopped for three days. A posthumous gift was given to Tai Fu and posthumous title "Zheng Wen", and Zhao Zhong Memorial Hall and Xianliang Hall were set up, and special temples were set up in all provinces.
The Governor of Liangjiang, one of the nine highest frontier defense ministers in Qing Dynasty, was in charge of the military and political affairs in Jiangsu (including present-day Shanghai), Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, with the same rank.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zeng Guopan
Baidu Encyclopedia-Governor of Two Rivers