If you can be concise, don't make a long speech. As the four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and Zuo all worked as university students, all of whom were senior officials, but their official positions were different. This paper compares their highest official positions before their death.

The highest rank of the four is Zhengyi, according to the official rank regulations of the Qing Dynasty? Three pavilions and three pavilions? Most college students are officials with positive quality, while Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and Zuo are all college students, so the highest level of the four of them is positive quality.

However, although the rank of college students was positive in the Qing Dynasty, their status was still different. From high to low, it is: Baohe Hall, Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, Tijen Pavilion and Dongge Pavilion.

Therefore, Li Hongzhang's Wenhua Hall has the highest actual status, followed by Zeng Guofan's Wuyingtang, then Zhang Zhidong's Tijen Hall, and finally the left East Pavilion.

The highest local office of the four people is different. Zeng Guofan's highest experience as a local official was the governor of Zhili, which was the first of all provinces in the Qing Dynasty.

Like Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang also served as the governor of Zhili.

Zhang Zhidong once represented the Governor of Liangjiang, but the agent was not actually appointed.

Zuo also served as the governor of Liangjiang, which is the second largest government official after the governor of Zhili.

As far as the highest local office is concerned, Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang are the highest, followed by Zuo and Zhang Zhidong.

On the whole, the highest official position is Li Hongzhang, and his Beijing official position and local official position are the highest among the four. Followed by Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan's Beijing official position is slightly lower than Li Hongzhang. That should be left. Although Zuo's official position in Beijing is not as good as Zhang Zhidong's, the official position of local officials is higher than Zhang Zhidong's. The actual power of local governors in the late Qing Dynasty even surpassed that of university students. Finally, Zhang Zhidong, as far as the experience of local officials and Beijing officials is concerned, he is almost the lowest among the four.