1849, national hero Lin zexu passed by Changsha, named Zuo, and studied in his hometown in seclusion. Go to see Lin Zexu in the evening. Zuo, 37, is very anxious and excited. He jumped into the air and then fell into the water. Lin Zexu asked with a smile, "Is this your gift?"
Lin Zexu gave Zuo all the information he had compiled and the map he had drawn in Xinjiang, and said: In the future, foreigners in the southeast can resist, or some people will resist: if Xinjiang is determined to be in the west, it will be yours. With my years of hard work, I dedicate it to the first step, which may be needed in the future.
Later, Zuo took the map drawn by Lin Zexu to Xinjiang. Before leaving, Lin Zexu also wrote a pair of couplets to give: "If you are greedy for life and death, do you avoid it because of disaster?" After returning to Fujian, Lin Zexu was seriously ill and knew that his days were numbered. He ordered his second son to write a suicide note, and repeatedly recommended Zuo to Emperor Xianfeng as a "peerless wizard" and a "wizard".
Lin Zexu and Zuo Xiang Jiang Conference
1On the evening of October 3rd, Gong Lin invited Zuo Gong Tang Zong to visit him on the boat to Changsha Xiangjiang River on his way back to Fujian. Later, Zuo recalled: "It was a turbulent night and the boat was at the foot of Yuelu Mountain. In the same season, Xiankun offered a drink to the public and resisted talking about the past and the present. The wind and waves rose in the river, and the tower was noisy in the evening, answering the people in the ship window. Be strict with drums, don't go yet. "
Talking about the situation in Xinjiang, Lin Gongyun said: "After all, China patients, what about Russia?" ! I am old and have no ambition to resist Russia. I have been paying attention to talents for several years and want to entrust them with important tasks. ..... Southeast foreigners, there are still people who can resist; Xiding Xinjiang, Shejun is not others! "So I paid all the map data accumulated in Xinjiang to Zuo Gong.
This is the only meeting with Gong. Lin Gongfu was 65 years old when he stepped down as governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Zuo Gong was a household registration juror at the age of 37. Gong Lin died on 165438+ year122 October, leaving a compromise plan to recommend Zuo Gong to the Qing court. Zuo Gonglin, Lin Biao and Lian Yun: Those who are attached to the public are not all gentlemen, and those who are between the public must be villains. For more than 200 years, they have been worried about their country. The temple leans against the Great Wall, and the grass looks wild if it rains, and the start is unsuccessful, and the stars disappear for eight thousand miles.