The Story of "Left" and "Left"

The topic should start with the famous "Xiangzhou Nighttalk":

1850,65438+1on the morning of October 3, 2009 (kloc-0/1February 2 1 day), a leaf boat passed through Chenzhou, Hunan, Panyuan River, traced back to Xiangshui, sailed to Changsha, and moored at Yuelu Mountain. Sitting on the boat is Lin Zexu. During the Opium War, Lin Zexu was sent to Xinjiang by Daoguang Emperor, and was ordered to put into use at the end of 1845. Long-term depression and running around made Lin Zexu relapse and had to take time off to go back to his hometown for treatment. The purpose of staying in Changsha is to meet Zuo, who lives in seclusion in his hometown. Thirty-seven-year-old Zuo visited Lin Zexu late at night. He was anxious and excited, but he stepped on the air and fell into the water. Zuo Lin met and talked all night. Lin Zexu gave Zuo all the information and maps he had compiled in Xinjiang, saying, "I am old and have no ambition to defend Russia, and I will never be a big deal." I have been paying attention to talents for several years and want to entrust them with important tasks. ""In the future, there will still be people that foreigners in the southeast can resist; To set up Xinjiang in the west is to give up the monarch. With my years of hard work, I dedicated it to the first step, which may be needed in the future. " Later, Zuo took the map drawn by Lin Zexu to Xinjiang. Lin Zexu also specially ordered the wide planting of trees in the northwest to prevent dust. Zuo Tangzong really let the sergeant plant willows in the places he passed by, which are called Zuo Yanggong and Zuo Gong Liu in the world and have been used ever since. Imagine what the northwest would be like today without the foresight of two great men and the willows planted in those years!

On the left are willows planted by local officials and people to green the environment of Longyuan during the period of Zuo Xi's expedition and his tenure as governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. At that time, more than ten thousand willows were planted in Lanzhou alone, and there were more than seventy thousand in Yongdeng. According to legend, Zuo was ordered by the Qing government to lead the army westward to Gansu. When the troops marched, willow branches were planted on both sides of the post road and the mountain road to guide the troops forward. Later, they found that all the willow branches were alive, and they were very surprised. Zuo began to think that it was a miracle that willow could be planted easily in the arid loess plateau of northwest China. When he was governor of Shaanxi but Gansu, he personally took command and ordered the military and civilians to plant willows widely. He assigned tasks to government officials and ordinary people, and assigned responsibilities to people. Whoever fails to complete the planting task will be punished according to law. In some places, the terrain is steep and the climate is dry, and there is no water source to water the newly planted trees. Left-handed people carry water or water it with carts, thus ensuring the survival rate of trees. Within a few years, the willows are shaded and the spring breeze is green. Mountains and rivers all over Longyuan and official roads running through Shaanxi, Gansu and New Station, surrounded by willows, full of green. Even the desert area around Yumenguan has become green because of the planting of willows, which attracts a rare "spring breeze" and spring. In order to express the praise and commemoration of Zuo, people began to plant willows, which people affectionately called "Zuo".