But on the contrary, the relationship between Zuo and Zeng Guofan is really incompatible natural enemies, and it is absolutely bad. It is also puzzling that the relationship between two people is so bad. So why is the relationship between Zuo and Zeng Guofan so bad? Two equally surprised geniuses are better than who? Today, we will talk about the feud between the late Qing celebrity Zuo and Zeng Guofan.
Fire and water are incompatible. Why?
Speaking of Zuo and Zeng Guofan, everyone must be familiar. Turning to the history books and mentioning celebrities in the late Qing Dynasty, Zuo and Zeng Guofan are undoubtedly on the list. Both of them are officials of the same dynasty and are famous, but they are not good friends, but like natural enemies of life and death. When I was really confused, I couldn't help but guess what the two men had. In fact, deep hatred is far from it, but some people are unilaterally unhappy.
Zuo and Zeng Guofan are similar in age, but they are only one year apart. Zuo has been very clever since he was a child. He is always proud of himself. He feels that every article of his is a masterpiece, and his complacent personality really makes others speechless. You said that such a proud and smart person has just passed the exam, but he failed several times, which is not a big blow; Zeng Guofan, on the other hand, was not as clever as Zuo, but won the lottery once and had a pleasant journey from then on.
But it is also for this reason that Zuo Tang Zongcai, who has a high opinion of himself and can't pass the exam at all, doesn't like Zeng Guofan. He always thought that Zeng Guofan was lucky to be admitted, not relying on real talents. Such a strange idea made Zeng Guofan very helpless.
However, this is only a small matter in the feud between the two. When they first cooperated, Zuo's attitude towards Zeng Guofan was different. Due to the outbreak of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, Zuo cooperated with Zeng Guofan to fight against the Taiping Army. However, Zeng Guofan's combat experience was very insufficient and he was inevitably in a hurry, which made Zuo look down on him.
Plus, every time the left accuses Zeng Guofan of his mistakes face to face, Zeng Guofan only educates modestly and says nothing to refute. Zeng Guofan was modest and didn't want to dispute with him. It happened that Zuo took it for granted that Zeng Guofan was wooden and inflexible. The more he felt that he was worse than Zeng Guofan, the more he despised him from the bottom of his heart. Seriously, this self-righteous left is ridiculous.
Such things are too numerous to mention, but Zeng Guofan did not care about the left words. However, as the saying goes, there is a limit to a person's patience. Under the countless times of outspoken satire and contempt of Zuo, Zeng Guofan, who was restrained and tolerant, couldn't stand it anymore and began to fight back. Since then, the two have completely lost harmony and are incompatible.
Who is better?
Since Zuo despises Zeng Guofan, is Zeng Guofan really bad? Actually, it's not like this. Let's put it this way, Zeng Guofan is no worse than Zuo, except that he is a soldier and his head is melon seeds. This can be seen from posthumous title after their death.
Speaking of posthumous title, it is not only a title given by the ruler after his death, but also represents your position and value in the eyes of the ruler. The higher the rank of posthumous title, the more he is favored by the rulers. In his eyes, the higher his achievements are.
After Zeng Guofan's death, posthumous title became Zheng Wen. As posthumous title, the highest-ranking civil servant in posthumous title in Qing Dynasty, it can be said that having "Zheng Wen" posthumous title is equal to having supreme glory after death, which is the pursuit of civil servants all their lives. However, because this posthumous title has considerable glory, the rulers never give it to ministers easily, but Zeng Guofan got it. On the other hand, after Zuo died, only 23 "Wen Xiang" posthumous title were ranked, which was much worse than Zeng Guofan's posthumous title. Such a big difference can explain who is better in the eyes of the Qing court. Whether Zuo admits it or not, this is true. He is inferior to Zeng Guofan.
This intention of the Qing court
Why is there such a big difference between Zuo and Zeng Guofan, who also have the power to defend their country, and posthumous title given by the Qing court? To put it bluntly, it's not the fault of character. As the saying goes, character determines fate, and it is true.
Zeng Guofan and Zuo, who are incompatible with each other, have diametrically opposite personalities, one introverted and the other flamboyant. However, since ancient times, Zhang Yang's temper has not been very popular, which is vividly reflected in Zuo. Too much publicity made Zuo offend many people and made the emperor feel disgusted for no reason. In the end, he just gave a backward posthumous title; However, his introverted personality made Zeng Guofan win the trust of the emperor, and he also won the highest "Zheng Wen" posthumous title after his death.
In this way, it is a little important to please the emperor. However, Bian Xiao believed that the emperor also felt that since Zuo despised Zeng Guofan all his life, perhaps only when he saw this posthumous title would Zuo truly realize that he was not as good as Zeng Guofan.