Around Yuanfu's ninth younger brother:
Chun Er and An Wu returned, and took over the book, knowing that everything in the camp is peaceful and good, it is very gratifying.
No letter was sent to me after the second month of Ciqing, and his relatives arrived in Jiangxi. My younger brother received Hu Zhongcheng's draft of Zou Yi's entry into Zhejiang. I don't know if it will come true? Qingde Qi Zhongcheng wrote on the thirteenth day, saying that Jiangshan and Lanxi counties in Zhejiang Province were lost, and Ciqing was transferred to Huihui for suppression. The sound and light of this youth festival has gradually become popular in recent days. The Guangxin and Quzhou prefectures are not lost, and it seems that Zhezhong will be at ease in the end. How about the untrial recent affairs? The Guangdong Probe reported that Niyi had a ship to Shanghai, and he was also afraid that he would be climbed by the remnants of Jinling. If there were no such unexpected twists and turns, Hong Yang stock bandits would not suffer from this year's injustice.
Jiujiang has not yet overcome, and Lin Qirong's perseverance is unmatched. I heard that the defense forces in Macheng suffered a small setback on March 10. I don't know if it is true? My younger brother had to ask more questions at Ciqing, Di, Hou, Xueqin, etc., so that I could have some knowledge.
There are four big and small houses in the family, and the family members are Qingji. My brother's illness has recovered seven to eight out of ten, and he did not take any medicine within a day, and he can sleep soundly at night, but wakes up after Zichou, which is normal for middle-aged people, and it is not unusual. Jize returned from the provincial city and arrived home on the 25th. Yao Jie returned on the 26th. Chenghou went to Yongfeng on the 27th to supervise the lessons of the academy. Sima Wu Zhenjie from Xiangyin came to the village on the 26th, and Hou'an asked him to come to visit the province and return the next day.
Yu Zou's reimbursement was roughly 10% off the scale, which was approved by Zhu: "The Ministry will discuss the performance." The household department played on the ninth day of February. The reply stated that "Zeng Guofan's plan is still a compromise" and so on. In the future, it will cost no less than tens of thousands. Wen Yang and Peng get 20,000 yuan per month in Huayang Town, which is the brokerage of Xueqin Governor, Ling Yinting, Liu Guobin and others, and the money belongs to the two major shareholders of Shuiying Yang and Peng. Yu Ouyan said that he could try to raise department fees from this item, and Zhen Jie strongly praised his proposal. If you want to, Yang and Peng will also agree. If you have this item, you will have less worry about it.
Guo Yicheng said that he should come to the hometown once in April. Hu Lianfang promised to come once in May. Yu Qian recommended Xu Xianping to Yang Junmen, and a special person from Hou'an came here to recommend a performer. I recommended Yicheng and Xianping. I heard that Hu Zhongcheng recommended Liu Xiaoyue (Fang Hui, from Yuanzhou), and it was already for drafting. I wonder if it is necessary to invite Xianping again? Yu Yin did not tell Xianping first because there was no further silence from Hou'an. Xianping had a letter with me last time, but has not replied yet. If you have come to Jiying, please pay your respects first. Ji Gaochu is in a hurry this time and has not yet written a book, so he will never break his promise next time.
Is Brother Wen still in Ji'an? Qian Hu Er and others went to Kyrgyzstan, but the remaining letters did not mention anything about Brother Wen. When the two younger brothers meet, they will be very happy in the day. Brother Wen's Fengshen is more formidable, although he is slightly different from his elder brother's husband and wife, but it is difficult to harmonize with the world, so they come to the same end by different routes. I often use it as a worry. Most of the chest is depressed, complaining about others, not because you can't get involved in the world, and it's not because you can cultivate virtue; After middle age, the liver and kidney suffer from the disease. If the depression is not smooth, it will hurt the wood; if the fire in the heart flickers, it will hurt the water. The reason for Yu's eye disease and insomnia at night is nothing more than this. Therefore, the two younger brothers always use the word "peace" to meet each other, fortunately don't take it as a commonplace. To ask.
Zhu Yunting's brother-in-law came to see Yu Ji on the 27th, but Yu and his younger brother Cunqi had no merits. I hereby issue all the resumes, Wangdi will be successful. There are quite a few relatives who go to my younger brother's camp. There are tens of thousands of mansions, and my younger brother Suzhi. Those who are good at aiming at the country, see that the sages are in power, and predict their prosperity; see that there are redundant people, and know that they will be replaced. The same is true for those who are good at targeting soldiers. It seems advisable to make a slight distinction: if it is extremely useless, it is better to send it home with generous travel expenses, or to rent a private house to live outside the camp, so that there is no idleness and noise in the army. It has been too long to go to the city of Dunbing, fearing that the army's spirit will gradually slacken, like a bow that has been relaxed after the rain, and food that has rotted in three days, and the master Yan Ran does not know that it is unusable. This should be observed deeply. Are the nearby people harassing? This should also be observed deeply.
My eyesight is extremely tired. This time I used Dr. Xian's glasses, so the characters are slightly smaller, but the blurred ones are still the same. Forgive me for Brother Wen's silence before it's too late.
Brother Guofan's Hand Grass
Comments
Use "peace" to nourish morality and protect oneself
Different from Ding's mother's worries in the past, this time Ding's father's worries, Zeng's grief for bereavement is more depressed. In this depression, there are not only worries about the unsatisfactory military progress, but also grievances about the unfair treatment of the court, and at the same time, there are painful self-criticisms about many mistakes. For more than a year, Mrs. Zeng has been in a sick state, exhausted, unable to sleep at night, severe eye disease, and dizzy in both eyes. While taking medicine to recuperate, he tried to find the root cause of the disease from the source. The eight words "excessive breasts, depression, blaming others" are probably the source of the disease diagnosed after self-reflection. People with this disease not only cannot gain a foothold in society, nor can they practice good moral character, it may even endanger their health. Depression leads to uncomfortable qi, which injures the liver (wood); resentment causes anger easily, and excessive anger injures the kidneys (water).
After finding out the source of the disease, he prescribes the right medicine, and he treats it with the word "peace". Since then, Zeng's spiritual realm has been greatly improved.
The last paragraph of this letter reveals an important phenomenon in the Hunan Army barracks at that time, that is, the wide opening of recommendation channels. After a victorious battle, all participants and non-participants in the military camp were recommended. Although everyone in the military camp was happy and happy, the system principles of the country were imperceptibly impacted. Later, the momentum of the Hunan Army became stronger and stronger, and the trend of recommendation became more and more popular, until it became overwhelming. Some people who have nothing to do with the military camp and have only farmed and guarded houses at home are also recommended. There are also underage children, and some are even not born at all, and they have given him a name in advance to pretend to be a military medal. This kind of thing is common in all the camps of the Hunan Army, especially in the Jizi Battalion of Laojiu. Lao Jiu used this as an important means to buy people's hearts and gather party members. In the fourth year of Tongzhi, one day after the fall of Jiangning, Zeng said in a chat with his confidant Zhao Liewen that the Hunan Army had made great contributions to the country, but it also left troubles for the country. One of the aftermath is that it is difficult to rebuild the Tsunaki that was destroyed in the war. The "tip" Zeng wrote for her brother-in-law's younger brother is actually destroying Gangji. Of course, he is a sensible person after all, and even when he "becomes" relatives, he reminds his younger brother to pay attention to "separate" treatment, so as not to overwhelm himself. As for "those who are good at aiming at the country, when they see sages in power, they can predict their prosperity; if they see redundant people, they know their replacements." Difficult to distinguish!
——"Tang Haoming Comments on Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" (March 30, eighth year of Xianfeng)