Because Zuo Zongtang failed to pass the Jinshi exam several times after participating in the imperial examination, he was regarded as a scholar among the courtiers in the late Qing Dynasty. No matter how big the official position is, there are still people who use this to poke his weakness, so even if he is a feudal official, there are still people who look down on him, so he is holding a breath in his heart.

Isn’t this a great opportunity to regain Xinjiang? Whether it is manpower, material resources, or financial resources, we must personally and actively raise them, and we must train soldiers diligently. It happened that it was time to take the exam again, so Zuo Zongtang took this opportunity to take the exam. After being found out by the Minister of Military Aircraft Department, he reported it to the two empress dowagers of the East and West Palaces. It was the perfect time to regain Xinjiang. How could he let him go? Cixi directly gave him a Jinshi status, so that Zuo Zongtang also achieved his goal, and Cixi also went along with the flow and gave him a favor. Zuo Zongtang has nothing to say. We can only concentrate on regaining Xinjiang conscientiously.

In fact, Zuo Zongtang prepared several times for the Jinshi examination, but failed every time. Later, I became discouraged and disappointed, so I decided to go home and farm, and just be my own farmer! Later, it coincided with the Taiping Rebellion. The Taiping Army defeated the governor of Hunan with no way to retreat, so he went to Hu Linyi for advice. Hu Linyi knew that Zuo Zongtang, who had failed at home, was more talented as a general, so he recommended Zuo Zongtang to the governor of Hunan, Zhang Liangji. This time Zuo Zongtang's gold shone brightly and he won the battle to defend Changsha. This set him on the road to official career.

In just a few years, Zuo Zongtang fully displayed his abilities and slowly rose to the position of governor. Therefore, the greater his position, the more stimulated he is by others. Everyone is a Jinshi or above. Only because he was from a relatively low background, it was not the right time for him to vent his anger. Cixi immediately pushed forward as soon as she heard about it. Grant him the status of a Jinshi.