1860, the British and French allied forces entered Beijing and burned the Yuanmingyuan notorious. Russia took advantage of the fire to rob, and through a series of treaties, such as "Love Faint Treaty", it occupied more than 1.5 million square kilometers of territory in the northeast and northwest of China. The Qing government was forced to sign another unequal and humiliating treaty? With the Beijing Treaty, the degree of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in China has greatly deepened.
At the critical moment, Emperor Xianfeng fled in a hurry and ordered Zeng Guofan by the way? All the way to Beijing? , hurriedly with three thousand people report to Bao Chao back to Beijing, to win the disposal. At that time, Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Xiang army, had an army of120,000. Facing the brutal British and French invaders, he did not send troops to Beijing to protect Emperor Xianfeng. Zeng Guofan is always like this? Loyal to the monarch for the people? As a slogan, what he did may lead to the demise of the Qing government, so why did Zeng Guofan resist and disobey?
First, there is a contradiction between Zeng Guofan and Shengbao. Bao Chao is Zeng Guofan's right-hand man and belongs to Xiang. And Shengbao's arrogance is incompetent, and he is a favorite beside Xianfeng. Shengbao belongs to the children of the Eight Banners and a senior official in the system. The children system of the Eight Banners is different from that of Xiang Army. The children of the Eight Banners are lineal, and the Xiang Army is supernumerary.
Xiang did dirty work, and the fruits of victory will always belong to the Eight Banners green camp. They can't be without friction. Let Baochao directly take 3000 people by name, and he has to be controlled by Shengbao. This is a naked robbery, which is tantamount to stabbing Zeng Guofan's heart.
Baochao works under Shengbao. This is a sheep in its mouth, and it will be swallowed sooner or later. Zeng Guofan would never do such a stupid thing.