Zeng Guofan has nine brothers and sisters, five sons and four daughters. The eldest son is Zeng Guofan, the second is Huang, the third is, the fourth is, and the fifth is Zeng.
As the founder of Xiang Army and an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty, how did Zeng Guofan's education and reuse of his younger brothers change?
Zeng Guofan and his brothers at home are very different in age. The youngest brother is seventeen years younger than him. He has always influenced his younger brother with the influence of his eldest brother at home, but his younger brothers have always had a general relationship with him, not very close.
When Zeng Guofan was an academician, he took his father and nine brothers to Beijing. Later, his father went home, leaving his ninth brother Ceng Guoquan behind, and he wanted to bring it back himself. Soon, Ceng Guoquan also wants to return to China. No matter how Zeng Guofan persuaded him, he came to nothing. Ceng Guoquan insisted on going home.
Zeng Guofan is helpless, wrote in a letter to his father:
Nothing happened, but my brother insisted on quitting Beijing and returning to China. Obviously, at least Ceng Guoquan is uncomfortable to stay with him, which is why he is so determined.
Later, when Ceng Guoquan returned home, he received one thousand two hundred pieces of silver from Zeng Guofan and a letter to guide the distribution of money. Several younger brothers immediately exploded the pot, and the third and fourth wrote to the eldest brother, accusing him of making a show of speculation. For the sake of his reputation, he completely ignored the actual situation at home and ate Zeng Guofan well.
Zeng Guofan has many older brothers, and he always thinks that it is his bounden duty to educate his younger brother. Even if his father were here, he would undertake the responsibility of educating them. So sometimes it is too harsh for his younger brothers to accept.
Zeng Guofan's education of his younger brother is notoriously strict. He is not indulgent, indulgent and intolerant. He is severe, serious and too strict, which will naturally cause his younger brother's rebellious mentality and resist his teaching and control.
He attaches great importance to the education of his younger brothers, cultivates their morality and trains their abilities in order to make them make a difference. However, why did Zeng Guofan abandon them in the early days?
When Zeng Guofan came out to form the Xiang army, his younger brothers were enthusiastic and wanted to make contributions with his brother, but he resolutely opposed it and didn't take any. Later, under the persuasion of his father, he reluctantly took the youngest Zeng with him and didn't reuse it.
Zeng Guofan was defeated in Xiangtan campaign, and all the soldiers who escaped were driven home, including his younger brother, who was also ordered to go home as an officer.
Later, Zeng Guofan made a comeback and launched a large number of Xiang troops, except for a few younger brothers. If you can use fellow villagers, why not use brothers?
Zeng Guofan just insisted on not using it. He thinks that people should avoid relatives. Using fellow villagers means that we have the same goal. Using the fraternity is said to pursue personal and family interests.
After abandoning his younger brother, and after Ceng Guohua led the army to save Zeng Guofan from danger, his attitude towards his younger brothers changed greatly.
Later, he was called "Nine Commanders" in the army. He mastered the most elite of the 20,000 elites and fought alone, trying to break through Nanjing. Zeng Guofan helped Ceng Guoquan to stop all the forces that came to help in the periphery, and let his younger brother chew this hard bone alone, but it was also a beacon, and even Li Hongzhang didn't want to come to the rescue. Finally, three years later, Ceng Guoquan broke through Nanjing City and established this brilliant feat. Two pairs of brothers were knighted and achieved great success.
Ceng Guoquan's success as a well-known courtier in Xiang Army has much to do with Zeng Guofan's escort behind his back.
Later, the fifth young man, Zeng, was also reused by the court. He held an important position and became an important official of the Zeng family and even the Qing Dynasty.
So why did Zeng Guofan have such a big change?
Abandon the younger brother, reuse the younger brother regardless of obstacles, protect the younger brother from the wind and rain, and let them walk smoothly.
He said, "God has nothing but listening; If you manage people, one point counts, and one day counts. My brother must turn over a new leaf to turn Gan Kun around. "
It can be seen that he thinks that man proposes and God disposes.
To revitalize the family, we must rely on the strength of all brothers, unite brothers and have a loving family. Home is the rear of life and career, so we will change our attitude, reuse our brothers, and let them occupy important positions and make contributions.
There is no clear conscience without brothers, because it is natural to have a clear conscience.
Peace of mind is the root of all achievements.