Without the ideals and pursuits, and eventually become the purpose of making the official (after all, in the old pattern of work, failure has already been doomed)

For the founder and leader of the Xiang Army, Zeng Guofan, his choice has the following. First, the best way to do Tangtai while the Sui Dynasty chaos, seize the opportunity to attack Changan, to support a Sui Dynasty puppet Emperor, and then let the puppet Emperor play a abdication ceremony to solve the legitimacy problem, the establishment of a new dynasty. Second, the Chinese policy to do Cao, the emperor to make princes, military can not be lost, a very person, resolute not to do the emperor, to do the emperor's father. Third, the unwise to do 郭子仪hastened, Rebellion Master Bingquan, fight and be abolished right, and then the Tang Dynasty once there are uncertain enemies put him as a magic weapon to take out with, once the enemy put him "justify", three times a lifetime to master military, but has been honest for any pinch to rub, after death became hero Idol and the court propaganda model.

The leaders of the Xiang Army tried to communicate with each other to confirm their ideas, but they knew that the eldest brother, Zeng Guofan, decided everything. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was about to perish, TSO asked levies to transmit to Zeng Guofan a letter of vomited, the content of which is attached couplet: "God incumbent, will be in Germany." The weight of the ding, may be asked Yan! "The Ancients talk is so curved around, nothing to pull a bunch of allusions, my simple explanation, the meaning is TSO in temptation:" The destiny is a virtue of the people deserve, now should be able to try to take the world. "

If Zeng Guofan returns to a "can", then the Xiang Army does not mind to give Zeng Guofan a huangpaojiashen. Results Zeng Guofan changed the couplet to a word back to Tso "Ding of the weight, not ask Yan" this one "not" let TSO they cool heart. Levies in the transfer of this letter, but also attached his own sentence, called: "Like a no, I what the word fee!" "He and TSO like, also want to persuade Zeng Guofan revolt, see Zeng Guofan to change the word to indicate not anti-slumped, also have nothing to say."

And another Xiang Army heavy will Peng Yulin also sent to Zeng Guofan sent to vomited, said: "Southeast ban bi no master, teachers do not want to?" "To these, Zeng Guofan is not dumb, is the euphemism refuses, finally Xiang Army generals came to a group petition to his stance." Zeng Guofan brother Zeng GuoQuan rate more than 30 senior generals of the Xiang Army to see Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan also resolutely does not come out to see everybody. Let a person send a couplet to come out. This pair of couplets is very famous. Top allied is "rely on the sky shining countless", Xia Lian is "Maringa heart self-knowledge" a person standing in the absolute high place, the face is to accommodate the sea of rivers, is described as spectacular.

The sea of people have the height of the sky, so again strangeness, again amazing, again the scene of temptation, also can not shake its ambition, shake its heart, so Xia Lian has Yue "heart self-knowledge", and this kind of self-knowledge of the heart really has "mountain stream" state, not the average person can glimpse. Zeng Guofan This couplet is still said that he will not rebel the determination, and the reasons for not rebel also said very clearly, that is my own heart of the insistence, the realm of life, those such as "Flowers countless" general brilliant scene to me is no temptation, since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the edification of Confucianism only speak Monarch righteousness, do not speak the meaning That is to say, in the hearts of the Confucian believers at that time, loyal to the king, is more important than the national righteousness. Therefore, when the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, there were a large number of Confucian believers willing to Yuandi away from the desert. Zeng Guofan Iron Heart to allegiance to the Qing court, so generals are discouraged, overthrow Qing court, restore Han dressed of the matter became a bubble.The Xiang Army did not have the ideal and the pursuit, finally has become to the purpose of the making of the bureaucrats. Gradually merged with the old Qing court system. and Although the TSO have engaged in Westernization movement to try to save fortunes, but after all, is in the old pattern of doing things, failure is already doomed. Then again, Zeng Guofan later regretted his decision? More than three years, July 21, 1867 when the governor of the Liang Jiang Zeng Guofan and Chaoleven chat. Chaoleven is also a historical singularity at the time, in the forecast of the current situation, regardless of military, economic, social, he is famous for his unique and accurate vision. Chaoleven first and Zeng Guofan to discuss the situation, and then said a seat: the world security unified time too long, to see the situation must fall apart, I estimate that the future will one day, first, the central government disintegration, and then the local separatist fragmented, people from the government, should not more than 50 years! (The fact is that by the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, the Qing Dynasty supported a total of 45) Zeng Guofan frown long, said: "Will the South move?" Zhao said: "I am afraid it is directly overturned, may not be like the Eastern Jin, Southern Song Pianan Jiangnan." "once said:" North Korea is more positive, or not to the extent of it. Zhao said: "North Korea entrepreneurial too easy, dozen prides and too heavy, to seize the world is actually by virtue of luck." Heaven is difficult to know, good and evil is not a mask, after the June ze, it can not affect the trend and results. "I am dying all day and night, fearing to live to see the end of this dynasty," Zeng Guofan said ruefully. "He gave up the opportunity to establish a new dynasty, loyal to a rotten alien dynasty in accordance with Confucian morals, wanted to do the same Ming Chen as 郭子仪hastened, whether Zeng Guofan or Li, in the end, with failure and remorse of the emotional death. Because their choice, although the achievement of their Ming Chen ideals, but also has a prosperous life,but China's fortunes, but in their blooming life, quietly slipped down, and eventually become a devastated third world countries.

More than 40 years later, Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi in an interview with British reporters, he also regrets that China should have completed the transition to modern countries earlier than Japan, "when the Taiping Rebellion occurred, Manchu is the end of the rope, since then the Manchu Act, no proof that they are worth saving ..." Because the downfall is inevitable and will happen soon, the unrest will be more violent and will take longer, because it has been delayed too long and should have happened long ago. "

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The matter also needs to be compared with the history of the revolution period to look after the judgment.
Sent by: Arctic fish [scholar] in 2016-05-01

In the period of Xinhai Revolution, the ruling legitimacy of Qing dynasty was very weak, and both the Revolutionary Army and the Qing troops were already mastered by Han Chinese. In addition, the First World War in 1914-1918, the European powers were stalled. However, under such conditions, the Republic of China is still a mess, difficult to have a few days. At the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, although the Qing dynasty was weak, its nominal ruling legitimacy was still far stronger than that of the Xinhai Revolution; The Southern military forces were in the hands of the Han, but the military forces in the north were unknown; In addition, Europe, though not entirely peaceful, was much more stable than the First World War. Compared to the Xinhai Revolution, it is difficult to say that Zeng Guofan would have a better outcome than the Xinhai Revolution if he was independent. It is easy to overthrow the regime, but it is difficult to move quickly to stability. Zeng Guofan lost the chance to change, but he gave China a stable period of at least 40 years, and these 40 years, from the technology to the people's wisdom have made great progress, so that China in the further transformation of the country will not be torn apart, human flesh.

Without the ideals and pursuits, and eventually become the purpose of making the official (after all, in the old pattern of work, failure has already been doomed)