1, Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan (18 1 1 year165438+1October 26th-1March 872 12), formerly known as Zicheng, was named Bohan. Baiyangping in Qing Dynasty (now Tianziping, Ye He Town, Shuangfeng County, Loudi City, Hunan Province) was born in the seventieth grandson of St. Ceng Zi (the South Sect of Zeng's family). He was a great official, a famous minister and a hero in the late Qing Dynasty, the founder and leader of Xiang Army, and was also called Zeng Hu with Hu Linyi. He had a mentoring relationship with Li Hongzhang, another great official in the late Qing Dynasty.
2. Li Hongzhang
Tang Degang, a historian of modern history, thinks that Li Hongzhang is "the master inside and the master outside" and has skillful diplomatic skills. He, Zeng Guofan, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong were called "four famous ministers of ZTE" in the late Qing Dynasty. Li Hongzhang was awarded the Royal Victoria Medal by Queen Victoria of England. U.S. President Grant called Li the first of the four great men in the world at that time, and he was as famous as British Prime Minister, French Prime Minister Gambi and German Chancellor Bismarck. His works are included in The Complete Works of Li Wenzhong.
3. Left Tang Zong
Zuo (1812165438+1October1kloc-0/September 5, 885) was a native of Xiangyin, Hunan, and was an important official in the late Qing Dynasty. When Tang Zong was young, he tried again and again, and his fame stopped at being a juren. He taught in Liling Lijiang Academy for two years, and then he read a lot, paid attention to water conservancy and agriculture, and studied geography and art of war. Official to the East Pavilion University, Minister of Military Aircraft, sealed second-class but Hou Jing. Together with Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong, they are called "four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty".
4. Zhang Zhidong
Zhang Zhidong was a master of the Qing school in his early years, and later became the main representative of the Westernization School, vigorously advocating "middle school as the body and western learning as the use". He attached great importance to education and public order, and led the modern police system in China, which had a great influence on the education and social development in the late Qing Dynasty. He also founded Hanyang Iron Works, Daye Iron Mine and Hubei Gun Works.
When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded, Dagubao fell, and Zhang Zhidong, together with Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, negotiated with the consul in Shanghai about "mutual insurance in the southeast" and suppressed the self-defense uprising of the reformists such as Tang, Gui Lin and Qin Lishan. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908165438+10), Zhang Zhidong paid tribute to the crown prince of Jintai, and Xuantong Yuannian (6544).