Zuo (18 12 ~ 1885) was born in Xiangyin, Hunan Province (now Jietoupu Town, Xiangyin County, Hunan Province). Smart since childhood, 14 years old took the first place among boys, and once wrote, "I am semi-illiterate and worried about the world;" There are thousands of calligraphy, and God makes friends with the ancients. "

In the 12th year of Daoguang (1832) and the first year of Xianfeng (185 1), after the Taiping Rebellion broke out, under the sponsorship of his good friend Hu Linyi, he successively entered the background of Zhang and Hunan Governor Luo and planned to resist the Taiping Army. 1856, Zeng Guofan's salary contributed to the capture of Wuchang occupied by the Taiping Army and was used by the Ministry of War. 1860, after the Taiping army breached the Jiangnan camp, Zeng Guofan, an imperial envoy and governor of Liangjiang, was in charge of military affairs. He once recruited 5000 people in Hunan to form the "Chu Army" and went to Jiangxi and Anhui to fight the Taiping Army. 186 1 After the Taiping Army conquered Hangzhou, Zeng Guofan was recommended as the governor of Zhejiang to supervise military affairs. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), the Sino-French mixed army was formed, called "Chang Jie Army", and the Sino-British mixed army was expanded, and Jinhua, Shaoxing and other places were successively captured and promoted to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. 1March 864 captured Hangzhou and controlled the whole territory of Zhejiang. Reward people for their merits, and award them the first class. Xuan was ordered to lead his troops into Jiangxi and Fujian to pursue Li Shixian, the Taiping Army. On February 1866, Jiaying Prefecture (now Meixian County) in Guangdong Province was attacked and destroyed. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was suppressed, it was proposed to reduce the number of soldiers and increase their salaries for training. 1866, Shanghai Bookstore invited a certain bureau to supervise the shipbuilding and was approved for trial operation, that is, set up a shipyard in Mawei, Fuzhou, sent personnel abroad to buy machines and ship troughs, and set up a realistic hall art bureau (also known as ship administration school) to cultivate shipbuilding technology and naval talents. When something happened in the northwest, he was appointed governor of Shaanxi but Gansu, and recommended Shen Baozhen, the former governor of Jiangxi, as prime minister and minister of shipping administration. A year later, Fuzhou Shipping Bureau (also known as Mawei Shipping Bureau) officially started construction, becoming the first new shipyard in China. 1867, he was ordered to be an imperial envoy, supervise the military affairs in Shaanxi and Gansu, lead the army into Shaanxi, attack and suppress the xi Nian army and the anti-Qing Hui army in the northwest, and brutally suppress the uprising of the Hui people in Shaanxi and Gansu. During his tenure in Shaanxi and Gansu, he continued to engage in westernization and founded Lanzhou Manufacturing Bureau (also known as Gansu Manufacturing Bureau) and Gansu Weaving Bureau (also known as Lanzhou Machine Weaving Bureau), which was the first machine textile factory in China.

1In June, 864, a peasant uprising broke out in Kuqa, Xinjiang, and the regime of Rexiding was established. In July, Hotan established the Pasha regime; In June 5438+10, Yili established the Sudanese regime; 1865 65438+ 10, Hao Hanguo (located in present-day Hao Han, Uzbekistan) officially invaded Xinjiang; In March, Urumqi established the Muslim king regime; 1871July, Russian troops occupied Ili; 1June, 872, Agubo hoisted the flag of Ottoman Turkish Empire and issued currency in Kashgar, Yengisar, shache, Hotan, Aksu, Wushi and Kuqa, Xinjiang. 1874, Japanese invaded Taiwan Province province. In this situation, the dispute between "coastal defense" and "blockade defense" broke out in the Qing court. Li Hongzhang and others thought that the two men were "difficult to take care of both armies" and advocated abandoning the blockade and defense. "The reward for stopping the retreat should be used as a reward for coastal defense." Zuo resolutely disagreed, pointing out that in the northwest, "if you withdraw from the encirclement, you will retreat, and you will push your luck", which especially attracted the infiltration of Britain and Russia. In May of the same year, 64-year-old Zuo was appointed as an imperial envoy to supervise military affairs in Xinjiang. In April of the following year, Zuo sat in Jiuquan, Gansu, and the campaign to recover Xinjiang began. 1876, commanding the Qing army to crusade against Agubai. In June of the following year 1, he occupied Hotan (now Hotan) and recovered all the territory of Xinjiang except Yili. Agubai committed suicide by taking poison in despair. Zuo immediately suggested that Xinjiang set up provinces to achieve long-term stability. 1879 When China and Russia negotiated in Yili, they attacked Chonghou's previous Russian demands, rashly made a contract, lost power and lost land, and advocated "discussion first" and "decisive battle". /kloc-in the spring of 0/880, the Xinjiang military affairs were deployed, and the three armies were ordered to advance, completely defeating the remnants of Agubai and recovering a large area of land. 188 1 At the beginning of the year, the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty was signed, and China recovered the territories on both sides of the Ili and the upper reaches of the Tex River (the area west of the Horgos River and the area east of the Zasang Lake in the north were forcibly cut off by Russia). Zuo was called into Beijing as a minister of military affairs, walking in the yamen of the Prime Minister and managing the affairs of the Ministry of War. During Zuo's stay in Xinjiang, his achievements have been passed down to this day in order to ensure the supply of military grain, develop local economy and vigorously set up reclamation.

188 1 summer, he was transferred to the position of Governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Trade and Industry of Nanyang. /kloc-0 was called to Beijing in June, 884, and later served as Minister of Military Aircraft. During the Sino-French War, the French fleet launched a surprise attack in Mawei, Fuzhou, and the Fujian Navy was completely annihilated. Zuo was ordered to supervise Fujian military affairs. /kloc-After arriving in Fuzhou in October/October, 1 1 actively dispatched troops and set up "Jing Ke Aid Taiwan Army" to cross the sea to Taiwan Province Province. 1885 died in Fuzhou. He is the author of Chu Barracks System (with attached rules), and his series of scripts and documents are The Complete Works of "xianggong".