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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 347: No Speech

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    After Ronglu and Li Chong entered the Zeng Mansion, the housekeeper had already come to guide them. Because Ronglu and the Zeng Mansion had a special relationship, they did not have to wait in the living room to meet them. The housekeeper got Zeng Guofan's words and directly led them to Zeng Guofan's study.

    When Zeng Guofan was born as a great scholar, he also built a study in his residence in Hengyang. The name of the study was "Wu Man". "Wu Man" was originally the name of Zeng Guofan's study when he was a Beijing official.  The word "no arrogance" comes from the saying of Yao in "The Analects of Confucius": "A gentleman has no crowd, no big or small, no dare to be arrogant, he is neither peaceful nor arrogant".  Zizhang asked Confucius how to be suitable for politics. Confucius said that one should "respect the five beauties and reject the four evils", and "being peaceful but not arrogant" is one of the "five beauties".  What does it mean to be "tai but not arrogant"?  A gentleman treats others with respect and respect, no matter how large or powerful they are, and does not dare to neglect them. This is how it is.  This is true for the people above and below the government, and it must be the same for relatives and neighbors in the countryside.  Therefore, the door couplet of the "Wu Manu" study room in the capital has a couplet written by Zeng Guofan, "Ten thousand volumes of books are suitable for children, and one of them is satisfied with Sang Ma."  The lower line uses the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran's poem "Talking about Sangma over wine", which expresses the "no arrogance" meaning of being harmonious with relatives and friends of the Tian family and not putting on airs in front of them.

    Nowadays, the couplet at the door of Wuman Study in Hengyang has been replaced by "Many things in the world are caused by mistakes in busy work, and half of good people come from hardship." The first couplet is a self-admonishment.  Things in the world are complicated, and it is easy to make mistakes when you are busy, so be sure to avoid being impatient.  The word "many" is very appropriate and avoids the error of overgeneralization.  The second line encourages oneself.  Sweetness comes from bitterness. People must be able to endure hardships and endure hardships. Only by going through hardships can they become perfect people.  The word "half" is also used very well, because to be a perfect person, it is obviously not enough to just endure hardships and stand hard work.  This pair of words coincides with the word "without slowness", which shows that Zeng Guofan's moral cultivation has become more refined than when he was in the capital.

    Stepping into the study, Zeng Guofan was sipping tea in front of the writing desk. Zeng Guoquan was holding a document and looking at it when Ronglu and Li Chong came in.  Zeng Guofan twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Zhonghua came just in time. How about taking a look at this memorandum about Cantonese?"

    Ronglu was slightly startled and saw Zeng Guoquan hand over the scroll. He opened it and looked at it, which was the "Cantonese Calligraphy Essay" that he had seen in later generations. After reading it again, Ronglu said: "Rong Lu is  I¡¯m a junior, so let Master Jiu comment first.¡±

    Zeng Guofan¡¯s triangular eyes moved slightly and he said with a smile: ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, Lao Jiu just said it.¡±

    Ronglu grunted and said, "Then let me be bold enough to comment a few words." Ever since Ronglu and Zeng Jijing settled down on their marriage, Ronglu has regarded himself as a junior in private.  Nowadays, few people in the study wear official uniforms, so they all wear family courtesy instead.

    "Although Zeng Shuai's article on the Cantonese attack hits the weak spots of the long-haired traitors and uses the outline of the long-haired traitors to introduce foreign religion and destroy our Chinese language, it can indeed gather the hearts of scholars all over the world, but he has no father-in-law for the long-haired traitors. Offender  If someone in the court with ulterior motives sees this message, he will be criticized for not being loyal enough to serve the country." Rong Lu said slowly.  He told later generations what he knew about the shortcomings of Zeng Guofan's petition against Cantonese. In Ronglu's impression, this petition against Cantonese was indeed a crusade against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from the perspective of a defender of traditional Chinese culture, but the world's  It is said that this article focuses too much on defending morality and ignores the fact that Hong Yang rebelled, and does not have enough call for loyalty to the emperor and service to the country.

    A slight look of disappointment flashed in Zeng Guofan's eyes, but Zeng Guoquan put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "Brother, you see, even Zhonghua said the same. Brother, I am not discerning enough."

    Ronglu was slightly startled. It seemed that Zeng Guoquan had the same view as himself. Since Zeng Guoquan could see the problem with this memorandum, why did Zeng Guofan insist on writing it like this?  Isn't it Zeng Guofan's fault that he didn't write enough about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country?  But on purpose?  At that moment, Ronglu opened the scroll and took a closer look. After looking at it for a while, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that Zeng Shuai is thinking like this."

    Hearing that Ronglu had new insights, Zeng Guofan was slightly happy and said: "Zhong Hua can tell you."

    Rong Lu said: "Zeng Shuai's call to action is called "Pushing for Cantonese", which means isolation. Hong Yang started in a corner of Guangxi and has now reached the south of the Yangtze River. There are many people who should follow. Zeng Shuai's word "Pushing for Cantonese" is to wake up all living beings.  Don't follow blindly. At the same time, it only talks about conquering Guangdong, and it means to forgive the thieves from other provinces, etc., which is the effect of alienation. However, the article only says that Hong Yang Xingyang taught to destroy our Chinese language, but it hits Changmao in one blow.  The weakness arouses the desire of scholars all over the world to defend the Tao, and it also exposes Hong Yang's traitor's trick of deceiving the people, which can be said to be hit the nail on the head. Furthermore, Hong Yang once wrote an ungrateful article to criticize Hu Xi.  , but in his appeal to Cantonese, Zeng Shuai downplayed the idea of ??loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. He avoided this section and only used the debate between Chinese and Western languages ??to fight back against Hong Yang. This is indeed very clever."

    After hearing this, Zeng Guofan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Yes, Zhonghua's words deeply impressed me. Moreover, this proclamation was used by me, Xiangyong, to inform the world. Changmao is now entrenched in Changsha and other places, and the plundering is very heavy. I use this  Inspiring the children of central Hunan is also in line with the current situation. However, what Zhonghua saidIt is an exaggeration to deliberately downplay the idea of ??being loyal to the emperor and serving the country. I think it has been almost two hundred years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. It was already the first year of China. This Hong Yang raised the army with the so-called Han family's righteousness, but in fact he founded the country based on foreign religions.  This is the real country of Yi and Di.  I, Zeng Wen, will not admit that the Kingdom of Long Hair is the orthodoxy of the Han family. They are just a group of thieves with strange power and chaos. They were lucky enough to prosper for a while. I don¡¯t need to praise them too much in this article. I don¡¯t think about them.  How can the young people shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty?  They are just thieves who have brought trouble to several provinces. If I were to issue a message to call on the diligent kings of the world, I would be making a fuss out of a molehill, exaggerating the prestige of the long-haired thieves and ruining my own reputation.  "

    Ronglu smiled faintly. This old fox must have no good intentions when he allowed himself to criticize this statement. He was a Manchu and the minister who co-organized the Hunan League Training. There were such big loopholes in Zeng Guofan's statement. He had to be the first to comment on it no matter what.  Make it clear to yourself that if the court investigates the crime in the future, Ronglu, a Manchu, can change the situation a little or two.

    In fact, Ronglu also understood that no matter how nice Zeng Guofan said, Zeng Guofan and the Hunan Army were always Han armed forces. The Hunan Army was about to go out. If he talked about how to serve the country loyally and serve as the king in his slogan, it would be easy for the world to criticize him as a group of traitors.  Thief, Zeng Guofan's avoidance of this sensitive topic was indeed extremely clever but he had to do it as a last resort.

    At that moment, Ronglu didn't criticize, and nodded and said: "Zeng Shuai is right. Manchu and Han are already one family, so why should we be divided between you and me? Ronglu's engagement with the marshal this time is to show the world that we Manchu and Han are one family."  of."

    Zeng Guofan originally had some grudges against this Manchu son-in-law, but when he heard what he said, he clapped his hands and smiled and said: "I am very lucky to have such a good son-in-law like Zhonghua." After Ronglu said a few words of humility, Zeng Guofan asked  : "What's the matter with Zhonghua's arrival today?"

    Ronglu waved to Li Zhong who was behind him. Li Zhong stepped forward and presented a volume of literary policy. Zeng Guofan unfolded it and read it. His face became more and more ugly the more he looked at it. Zeng Guoquan was very curious, so he came over and read it, and then read a few lines of text.  , Zeng Guoquan's expression changed drastically and he said: "Is this long-haired thief pretending to be the King of the West so generous in doing business with the barbarians?"

    Ronglu nodded and said: "These are just the tip of the iceberg. This junior has spies in Guangzhou and has good relations with many foreign banks in Guangzhou. This junior ordered people to bribe the compradors of many foreign banks to collect this information. The pseudo-Western King is doing a lot of business with foreigners in Shanghai.  In the way of trade, many foreigners purchased guns and firearms, built railways and telegraphs, and now they are buying factory machinery on a large scale. Their ambitions are not small. Recently I heard that this country has purchased several foreign gun production lines from the small Nordic country Sweden. If these machinery  After arriving in Shanghai, the long-haired thieves will be able to be self-sufficient in firearms and firearms from now on, and it will be very difficult for the puppet Western King to control them."

    Zeng Guofan's face turned a little blue, his triangular eyes were full of anger and he scolded: "This beast not only led foreign religions to disrupt our country, but also openly worshiped foreign countries and flattered them. They also shamelessly plundered people's fat and anointed to buy foreign artifacts, and admired the strange and skillful skills of Yi and Di."  , What a disgrace to China! Any railway built by this country will definitely trigger a civil uprising, and we can take advantage of it."

    Ronglu said sternly: "Shuai Zeng thought exactly what he wanted, but the pseudo-Western King seemed to have been prepared for it. As early as the beginning of the construction of the railway, he bribed the people with petty profits and suppressed them with the army. The people of southern Jiangsu  Dare to be angry but dare not speak out, but many people in the world only look at the immediate benefits, so now that most of the railways have been built, there is no sign of civil unrest."

    Zeng Guofan stood up, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and sighed: "The Pseudo King of the West is not only good at conquering and fighting, but he also has such means to govern the local area. I heard that what this man did in southern Jiangsu about freedom of belief is not like Hong Kong."  Yang Naban banned Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and even his pseudo-princess concubine has some New Confucianism, which is really a headache."

    Ronglu nodded and said: "Junior came here today just to plot with Zeng Shuai. We should also write to the court to purchase new rifled guns from foreigners. If possible, it would be best to set up our own machinery bureau and produce our own firearms to withstand the long-term threat.  Mao threatened. Now the long-haired thieves are already ahead of us. If one day the long-haired thieves really learn Western techniques, we are afraid that we will never be able to turn around. At the same time, we have to write to the court to put pressure on the foreigners.  , we must no longer do business with the Changmao thieves, we should instead let the imperial court unite with foreigners to suppress the Changmao!"

    Zeng Guofan looked at Ronglu in surprise, and then looked back at Zeng Guoquan who was also surprised. Zeng Guofan took a few steps and said lightly: "Is Zhong Hua saying this from his heart?"

    Ronglu nodded and said sincerely: "This is what the younger generation said from the bottom of his heart. Although the foreigners' methods are somewhat tricky, the foreigners' strong ships and artillery are still in sight. If we want to stabilize the country and resist foreign aggression, it is time to step out."  When the country learns from them, as the saying goes, stones from other mountains can attack jade. If we insist on clinging to the weak, even if we are not destroyed by the long-haired thieves, we will definitely be annexed by foreigners in the future!"

    Seeing Zeng Guofan and Zeng Guoquan looking at each other, Rong Lu was slightly startled and said: "Did I say that this junior is wrong?" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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