Before Zeng Guofan was born, his grandfather had a strange dream. What did he dream?

Before Zeng Guofan was born, his grandfather had a dream in which a huge black python appeared. Shortly after Zeng Guofan was born, a fortune teller came to the family, saying that Zeng Guofan's life was like the only thrill, only one level lower than the right one. When he grew up, he was designated as a big official rather than an emperor. Moreover, the fortune teller also said that Zeng Guofan would get snake scale disease, an incurable disease. If Zeng Guofan peels off his skin in winter, it will be particularly itchy.

Zeng Guofan is a very capable person. During the Qing Dynasty, China was bullied by foreign powers, which was the first time Zeng Guofan realized that he wanted to strengthen his country by learning western artifacts. So Zeng Guofan and others started the Westernization Movement. Zeng Guofan proposed to build his own ship, establish a military academy, send overseas students, learn western cultural knowledge and learn from the West. Zeng Guofan's series of measures effectively improved China's modern military strength and promoted the development of China.

In modern China, China was confronted with internal and external troubles. Internal worry refers to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. At this time, Zeng Guofan formed the Xiang army to resist the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement. 1863, the Xiang army attacked Nanjing, and Zeng Guofan had mastered the entire ruling group. Zeng Guofan has his own army, and he actively learns from the West. Compared with the Qing government, Zeng Guofan's strength has surpassed that of the Qing government. Even so, Zeng Guofan did not completely overthrow the Qing government and did not seize sovereignty from the Qing government.

Perhaps this has something to do with Zeng Guofan's grandfather's dream. Zeng Guofan can only be a big official, not an emperor. But I don't think Zeng Guofan claimed to be the emperor, as long as it was because Zeng Guofan was bent on strengthening national strength. After all, at that time, if Zeng Guofan still fought for the imperial power, there would be chaos and the people would suffer. In Zeng Guofan's eyes, it is the most important thing to defeat foreign powers and let China stand up.