He is the youngest younger brother of Zeng Guofan . He was unable to have children for life. He was frightened by the Taiping Army and was defeated. From then on, he was depressed and lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests and became a Taoist.
A few years later, because of illness, Zeng Guofan blamed him and said: "It's pretending." But not long after, Zeng Guofan choked up several times in front of his younger brother, saying, "I'm wrong, I'm wrong, I'm wrong."
Zeng Guofan Zeng Guobao 17 years old. When he was a child, Zeng Guobao regarded Zeng Guofan as his mentor. He has a good relationship with Zeng Guoquan, who is 5 years older than him. The two brothers are of the same age and grow up together. They often play tricks over trivial matters and are extroverted. But when he grew up, he became quiet and solemn and not good at speaking.
At the age of 22, he successfully passed the exam for scholars, and his family planned to let him continue his studies. However, he was no longer enthusiastic about the imperial examination. After failing the provincial examination in the juren, he completely gave up the imperial examination.
The person who asked Zeng Guobao to make this decision was his brother Zeng Guofan.
Zeng Guofan has been sharpening his head and spared no effort to train his younger brother. After the failure of training Zeng Guohua , he adjusted his direction.
He found that Zeng Guobao's study was always too far and wide. It was sandwiched between the middle. There was definitely no chance for the imperial examination, and it was better to learn a skill than to be reliable.
After seeing Zeng Guobao's calligraphy, my eyes lit up. I supported my younger brother to learn calligraphy. It would be good to be a calligraphy teacher in the future.
and said: The purpose of reading is not to the imperial examination, but to understand the truth and cultivate the body. As long as you keep learning and doing practical things, you can also write books and make some achievements.
From then on, Zeng Guobao practiced calligraphy at home, read ancient and modern history, helped to handle housework, and hoped that the knowledge he had learned would be used in real life.
And my brother's analysis had a great impact on Zeng Guobao. From childhood to adulthood, my brother was not only a teacher but also a confidant, but he would tell his brother if he had any thoughts.
Once, Zeng Guobao told his brother in a letter at home: I have been married for a long time, but I have never had children. Is it because the couple has too many sexual intercourse?
There is an old saying since ancient times: few desires and many men, which means that only by restraining desires can you have more children, and you should have less sexual intercourse.
When I was free, I took out the letter from Zeng Guofan to study it, and I admired and envied my brother's knowledge.
But learning always needs to be implemented. Zeng Guobao learned a lot, but there is no place to do an internship.
In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), Zeng Guofan changed from civil and military to Changsha to establish Hunan Army .
The old saying goes: Father and son fight, brothers fight tigers.
Zeng brothers came to the battlefield to help, and Zeng Guobao was deeply involved.
He directly started to manage, helped Zeng Guofan train his team, and led his troops to Changde and other places to eliminate the party uprising.
Hunan Army camp system and the standard of paying silver were decided jointly after discussing with his brother.
The Hunan Army generals who later rose Yang Zaifu , Peng Yulin , were both subordinates of Zeng Guobao at the beginning, and they were also recommended to his brother for reuse after he selected them.
Among the younger brothers, Zeng Guobao's contribution is obvious, and following his brother to make achievements is also Zeng Guobao's ideal.
Just when Zeng Guobao wanted to show his strength, something happened. At the end of February of the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), the Hunan Army marched northward along with water and land to face the Taiping Army. At that time, the north wind was blowing, and the Hunan Navy ships sank under the city of Yuezhou, and they were in chaos without fighting. When the Taiping Army saw that the opportunity came, it attacked the Hunan Army.
Hunan Army could not support its strength, so it had to retreat. This time it led the Hunan Army was 26-year-old Zeng Guobao. Under the impact of the Taiping Army, many soldiers became deserters.
Later, Zeng Guofan had experience in fighting and found out that the Taiping Army often used bandits to create momentum, but Zeng Guobao at that time had no experience and was frightened by the noisy formation of the Taiping Army.
Not long after, the battle of Xiangtan won a great victory and the military power was greatly enhanced. After Zeng Guofan reflected on it, he began to reorganize the army in Changsha.
commands Yang Zaifu, Tazibu , Luo Zenan , Peng Yulin, these four cadres recruited soldiers and quickly expanded their teams.
The deserters who "gathered and collapsed, collapsed and gathered again" were all disbanded and returned to their own houses. It means: the enemy will flee as soon as it comes. Once the enemy leaves, these deserters will run back to continue to serve in the army.
and removed Zeng Guobaoying's official position, allowing him to put the bedding home.
This defeat incident hit Zeng Guobao a big blow. He thought that he could do something to give up the imperial examination and learn "useful learning", but who knew that these "useful learning" were so vulnerable.
In a fit of anger, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, staying in a closed door for several years, becoming an otaku. When he was in a low mood, he had no smile for many years.
But being an otaku is always not a long-term solution, and supporting a family is always something to do.
He thought about it and had no grades in the imperial examination and study, and was shamed when fighting, so he started a small business and started a small business in Hengyang , Xiangxiang , Changsha and other places.
Zeng Guofan learned about it and said: Although my younger brother makes money in business, he still has to read books. Being a cultural person is better than a businessman. In fact, this is also Zeng Guobao's soreness.
He saw that Yang Zaifu, Peng Yulin and others who followed their brother made military achievements and became high-ranking officials, and these people were once their subordinates.
Nowadays, I am just a small vendor, becoming more and more depressed and full of gloom.
Until the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), Zeng Guohua died in Sanhe. Zeng Guobao finally made up his mind to return to the battlefield to avenge his brother and at the same time avenge his own failure.
After Zeng Guofan learned about his younger brother's idea, he advised him to maintain his family steadily and be an idle scholar, but Zeng Guobao had made up his mind and changed his word to "constant things", and vowed to achieve something.
Zeng Guofan had to arrange him under the command of Hu Linyi and let him cooperate with other Hunan troops.
Zeng Guobao was 31 years old at this time. After experiencing setbacks, he became more mature and steady in battle, and he was more eager to go all out.
cooperated with the Hunan Army to capture Qianshan and Taihu , and assisted Zeng Guoquan in attacking Anqing .
In the Battle of Anqing, he cooperated with Peng Yulin to guard Linghu, cut off the Taiping Army's rations, repelled the Taiping Army's multiple attacks, completed the task well, and was recognized by Zeng Guofan.
In February 1862, Zeng Guobao was ordered to attack Sanshan in southern Anhui, and recruited 4,000 locals in the local area, picked out 3,000 people, divided them into six battalions, and wanted to cultivate a strong team.
Zeng Guofan learned about it and said: These are the local people abducted by the Taiping Army. They do not have the courage and mind to fight, and they cannot be a strong man.
But seeing his younger brother's ambition, he still agreed to his request. The fourth battalion was expanded, and four guards were given, four battalions were approved, and each person had a salary of 2,400 taels per year, as well as accounting rooms, military ordnances and military pay of 2,900 taels per month.
Zeng Guoquan also helped Zeng Guobao openly and secretly. Zeng Guobao lived up to his mission and used his military achievements to defeat Lu Port, overcome Fanchang, and go to Nanling and Wuhu to obtain military achievements and recognition.
Only then did Zeng Guobao smile on his face.
Then, in Yuhuatai Battle , Zeng Guoquan was heavily used by Zeng Guoquan to protect the food channels that determine the life and death of the team from being destroyed.
Zeng Guobao mobilized his lifelong spirit and cautiously Zhou Xiang ensured the smooth flow of grain. When Zeng Guoquan could not bear the pressure of guarding the trenches, he tried his best to provide assistance in exchange for good news of regaining Nanjing.
And at this moment, Zeng Guobao fell ill.
It turned out that he fell ill when he first arrived at Yuhuatai. At that time, Li Xiucheng's 2 team had not yet attacked Nanjing. Zeng Guobao wrote to Zeng Guofan, wanting to go home to recuperate first.
Who knew, Zeng Guofan said: Are you old and wrong again, you have to retreat.
Zeng Guobao was originally a person with strong self-esteem. In the current words, he said "glass heart". In order to prove that he was not weak and retreated, he dragged his sick body to fight a tough battle in Nanjing for 46 days.
Zeng Guofan knew about Zeng Guobao's condition, and he was not worried at first because Zeng Guobao was weak and sickly since childhood, but he also got better quickly. He had experience and often prescribed medicine for himself. Zeng Guofan also asked his younger brother not to take medicine randomly.
On the first day of the first year of Tongzhi , when Zeng Guofan knew that Zeng Guobao's illness had not been cured, but was getting worse and worse, he hurriedly mailed Liao ginseng and treatment methods.
Unfortunately, the Liao participating letter had not been sent yet, and 34-year-old Zeng Guobao passed away. It was only three days later that Zeng Guofan learned about his brother's death.
In fact, there are traces of Zeng Guobao's premature death. He is the old and youngest of his son in his family. He was either spoiled since childhood and may be more naughty when he grows up.
or parents and siblings are stronger, grow up under heavy protection, have a weak personality, and lack self-confidence.
Zeng Guobao belongs to the latter type. When he became an adult, he obeyed Zeng Guofan's advice and did not dare to raise it loudly. The military pay during the war was only returned with the help of Zeng Guoquan.
When Zeng Guofan was driven home for the first time because of his defeat, he became an otaku and was in a state of depression for many years. While fighting in Anhui, his young wife suddenly passed away.
and have no children for life. In the era when , the Qing Dynasty was dominated by men, no future was the focus of discussion.
When Yuhuatai and Zeng Guoquan were fighting side by side, they were very nervous, worried that they would not do well enough, and they must win high demands and be overwhelmed.
Ji Xianlin Mr. Ji Xianlin said:
"If a person can manage his emotions well and digest the joys and sorrows of the world, even if he will experience ups and downs, he will definitely achieve a certain degree of perfection."
life is not easy, and everyone has unhappy times. Faced with those sudden accidents, only by staying calm and relieving them in time can he not consume himself in negative emotions.
But Zeng Guobao did not do this and was harmed by emotional illness.
However, Zeng Guobao was influenced by Zeng Guofan and was a reflection-loving person and the basis for winning later. At the same time, I have been reading and have not given up on my own requirements.
If you are a little open-minded in this process, just like Su Dongpo, your life is ups and downs, and you can open your heart to accommodate sorrow, release negative energy, and give up comparison. Life may be another result.
On November 22, the first year of Tongzhi, Zeng Guofan took back Zeng Guobao's coffin from Nanjing, looked at Zeng Guoquan, tears in his eyes, and choked many times, deeply blaming himself for not discovering his brother's condition in time.
Zeng Guofan sadly wrote two poems for Zeng Guobao, and applied for him for fame and fortune " Censor ", which comforted him with the fame and fortune he had been constantly working hard.
