Why did Zeng Guofan connive at the Xiang massacre from the beginning?

Apart from other things, Zeng Guofan has made indelible contributions to the great cause of China's rejuvenation in many aspects. Whether it is to create the Xiang army, suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, or vigorously promote the Westernization Movement and advocate learning from the West, it is all for the progress of the country.

Then there was the massacre, which made Zeng Guofan a controversial politician, even pushed to the forefront of public opinion, and became a typical figure with greater merits than larded school.

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Why did it cause such a sensational change? What Zeng Guofan did in those days, or what caused his slaughter.

1864 After the fall of Nanjing, the Xiang army entered Nanjing, which really revealed the bandit's face and its ugly face. I am curious about what Zeng Guofan thought at this time. Why did the soldiers who defended their country and received the education of benevolence and righteousness in the gift box start to slaughter what they guarded? It is said that when Xiang entered the city, he saw meat like a hungry wolf. When they see people, they kill them. When they saw the house, they set it on fire. The people's money was plundered, and the women in the city were ravaged. Nanjing city has become a river of blood and corpses everywhere.

This massacre is the biggest trauma suffered by Nanjing. After the disaster, there was not a tree left in the city. That year, the population of China decreased by more than 100 million. In addition to more than 30 million people died of famine and plague, 50 million ordinary people died of the slaughter of Xiang army. It is sad to think that it is not only the small island countries in East Asia that are responsible for the people's massacre. We seem to have set a precedent, and people just copied it. However, Zeng Guofan did not give too much explanation for this inhuman massacre. It is unacceptable for us that he condoned such a massacre, especially for the 50 million people who suffered in the capital of South China. In order to delay their survival, the corrupt government in the late Qing Dynasty slaughtered its own people under the glorious banner of resisting foreign invasion. Such faculties are good officials.

How many people did Zeng Guofan kill?

The corrupt Qing government betrayed the country for glory, exploited and oppressed the people, and the people didn't even care about their own lives. How can they turn over the extra money to the state treasury and repay the debts owed by your Qing government? The peasant uprising in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out, occupied Nanjing, changed its name to Tianjing, and fought against the Qing government.

Zeng Guofan's Xiang army

In order to resist the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan organized a small team-Xiang Jun in his hometown. On the surface, Xiang was trained by the regular army, but in fact Zeng Guofan was doing bad things in secret. When people came to protest, Zeng Guofan caught him and killed him. He didn't even ask. The nickname "Zeng tonsure" is what the locals call Zeng Guofan, saying that he kills people like tonsure, fast and hard.

1858, the Xiang army captured Jiujiang and slaughtered more than 20,000 soldiers of Jiangxi Taiping Army and their families. 1862, Xiang army captured Ningguo mansion, and immediately started the massacre after entering the city. Two months later, no one buried the body inside or outside the city.

The nickname "once shaved" is not for nothing. Zeng Guofan not only killed the Taiping rebels, but also aimed the butcher knife at the common people. After the Xiang army invaded Nanjing, Zeng Guofan slaughtered the people in the city. Soldiers searched door to door, robbed money when they saw it, and killed the living when they saw it. Nanjing was flooded with blood, and the bodies blocked the Qinhuai River and dyed it red.

As soon as the Xiang army entered the city, it set fire to the city and burned it everywhere. At night, the city was in flames, and the fire burned for three days and three nights. Countless people died under the butcher knife.

At this point, Tianjing is in ruins, and broken walls is everywhere, just like an empty city. People don't say that their families are ruined, but they must meet in the afterlife.

Zeng Guofan's Xiang army

In order to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, Zeng Guofan founded the Xiang Army in Hunan. At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was huge, the position of the Qing government was in jeopardy, and the imperial army could not resist the uprising movements that rose everywhere.

Xiang Jun's old face

Zeng Guofan unified the troops scattered in Hunan, strictly enforced the military law, formulated catch-up, and trained all the field troops into regular troops capable of defending the country and fighting against the rebels. In contrast, the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is somewhat amateur. Although the Qing government did not trust Zeng Guofan's Xiang army, it was helpless. If Zeng Guofan is not supported, the Qing regime will fall into the hands of ordinary people. Zeng Guofan and many Xiang generals knew each other. Everyone appreciates Zeng's great talent and is willing to follow Zeng Guofan and make the army bigger and bigger to jointly fight against forces that are not conducive to national peace.

Restrain the army with Zeng Guofan's Confucian ethics and the concept of respect and inferiority, so that every general in the army will never forget his identity and serve the country wholeheartedly. Under the leadership of Zeng Guofan, the army achieved great results and successfully repelled the arrogant forces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Xiang army maintained the excellent quality of observing military discipline in carrying out its tasks. Before the war begins, they must first investigate the terrain, analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the attack, and build fortifications for a rainy day. Xiang seldom takes the initiative to attack, and the enemy is motionless every time. I didn't move. I look at those words and feelings. The appearance of Xiang Army made a qualitative change in the military system of Qing Dynasty. Since then, this new situation in which civilians volunteered to join the army and the military power was in the hands of the generals of the leading organizations has played a guiding role in the future battles against the aggressors.