It turned out that Zhou Guoyu was a big family under the Pagoda Mountain in Liuyang. His ancestor was the Grand Scholar of the Hongguang Dynasty of Nanming and the Minister of War, Shi Ke.
Zhou Tianci, Fa's personal bodyguard. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Tianci lived in seclusion in Liuyang, Hunan Province, with the purpose of rebelling against the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Due to the strict rule of the Qing Dynasty,
Zhou Tianci's grand wish could not be realized, but future generations would follow the teachings of their ancestors and never forget the great cause of returning to the Qing Dynasty. Zhou Guoyu and his brother
Yang Guocai and Yang Guoxian studied and practiced martial arts since childhood. They made friends everywhere and plotted great things. By chance, Zhou Guoyu met the Heaven and Earth Society.
The leader, Luo Dagang, brought the Zhou brothers to greet the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, Hong Daquan. So the Zhou brothers joined the heaven and earth
At the same time, he set up a Zhengyi Hall in Liuyang County. In the Ming Dynasty, he spread benevolence and righteousness, made friends with many people, and secretly developed the congregations to advocate anti-Qing Fu.
At dawn, the number of people in the assembly quickly grew to several thousand, creating a huge commotion. Later on, Jiang Zhongyuan led Chu Yong to suppress Zhou Guoyu and the Righteous Expedition Hall.
The brothers retreated to the Savage Mountain outside the city. After Luo Dagang defected to the Taiping Army, he sent people to invite him several times.
Inconsistent, unwilling to participate. A few days ago, they went down the mountain to kill Zhang Yi, the Deputy General Manager of Liuyang County Regiment Training, who was a tyrant and forced a wife.
Mountain, the result did not catch Zhang, he set fire to the county regiment training center, county magistrate Rao Fengping was frightened, so he urgently reported to the provincial capital.
After understanding this situation, Zeng Guofan formulated a plan to seize Savage Mountain.
He bribed a small leader of the Zhengyi Hall through the innkeeper. The small leader brought Li Xubin, Zeng Guobao, and Kang Fu into the deserted area.
Arrived at Savage Mountain. Li Xubin and the others disguised themselves as the leader of the Xiangxiang County Triad and lied about bringing 100,000 taels of silver to form a partnership.
He had cheated Zhou Guoyu's trust. At this time, Wang He was ordered to lead 800 regiments of soldiers from Changsha to Liuyang. Wang Wei and Li Xubin led the brave
Ding Bing held Zhang Yishan hostage and attacked Savage Mountain. In front of Zheng Yi's cousins, Wang He announced Zhang Yishan's crime of abusing the people and
He killed the deputy general manager on the spot and encouraged the people of Justice Seeking Hall to put down their weapons and become good citizens. Zeng Guofan's hard and soft
Shi's method was effective. The Hall of Justice was defeated, and the Zhou brothers had to retreat from Savage Mountain with a group of backbone members.
This was the most important thing that the provincial capital group had done since its establishment. Wang He, Li Xubin, and the others were full of hope for the provincial government.
The door's praise, but unexpectedly Changsha's reaction was very cold. Although Zeng Guofan was not happy, he did not mention this to Luo Bingzhang.
He didn't even mention it to Zuo Zongtang. He continued to deal with bandit cases every day and focused on training brave men.
Zeng Guofan felt the lack of instructors. Although Wang Wei, Kang Fu, Li Xubin, Peng Yuju, and the others had outstanding martial arts skills, their tasks were heavy.
You can't coach the team with all your energy. Zeng Guofan always paid attention to selecting talents from the regiment. He found that some of them were good at martial arts and practical.
He was rewarded and promoted to serve as a long and long sentry. Every night, he would review the military books of the past dynasties, especially for Qi Ji.
Li Guang's "Ji Xiao Xin Shu" and "Training Real Ji" were carefully copied, and many places were done according to what Qi Jiguang said. Big group training
It's getting better every day.
One afternoon, when he had some free time, Zeng Guofan and Kang Fu were having a good time. Jing Qi came in and said,"Sir, last year,
Yang Zaifu, the person they met at Yueyang Tower, had arrived.”
"Quickly invite him in!" Zeng Guofan was overjoyed. As he called Kang Fu to put away the chess pieces, he walked out of the door.
As soon as Yang Zaifu entered, he knelt down and kowtowed."Lord Zeng, I have eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. Last time, there were many
Please forgive me for my offense."
Zeng Guofan personally helped Yang Zaifu up and said cheerfully,"What offense? What are you talking about? I can get to know you by Dongting Lake
You're really lucky. How have you been in the past year?"
Zeng Guofan looked Yang Zaifu up and down. Seeing that he was wearing a set of Green Camp officer's uniform, he asked again,"Which battalion are you in?
Why haven't I seen you before?”
"Last year, Lord Meng pointed out the way for me. The next day, I arranged everything." Yang Zaifu replied respectfully.
With the recommendation letter written by the adults, he went to Changsha to seek refuge in Luo Futai. Luo Futai asked me,'Who is Lord Zeng to you?'I said,'Zeng
Daren is not related to me at all. Before I received the letter of recommendation, I didn't know him at all.'Luo Futai asked me how I got the recommendation letter, and I told him
He explained the situation. Luo Futai said,"You little brat, do you know who Lord Zeng is?'I shook my head.
Luo Futai said,"Lord Zeng is the current assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. He went home to attend the funeral and you were lucky enough to meet him."'I ate a lot
He was shocked. He remembered that Daren had indeed said that he would go home to mourn his mother.
Luo Futai left me in the right camp of Fubiao. Seeing that my martial arts skills were decent, at the beginning of this year, he promoted me to be an external commissioner and sent me to Chen.
The state association trains recruits. He had just returned to Changsha a few days ago. I saw the notice on the street yesterday and found out that you were in the provincial office.
Regiment training. I specially took leave today to pay my respects to Daren.”
Zeng Guofan was very happy to see that Yang Zaifu did not disappoint him. He said,"You've made great progress this year, and you've trained new recruits.
I would like to invite you to train the brave men in a large group. Would you be willing?”
Yang ZaiFu said,"My lord is my benefactor. Don't say that you asked me to be an instructor in the big group, but you asked me to immediately enter the wolf's den and the tiger's den.
Not obeying orders!"
Zeng Guofan was very happy and immediately wrote a letter to Luo Bingzhang, asking him to let Yang Zaifu come to the group to listen to orders. Luo Bingzhang naturally agreed.
The next day, Yang Zaifu reported to Zeng Guofan's yamen. After breakfast, Zeng Guofan took Yang Zaifu to the playground outside the south gate and assigned him to Luo Zenan.
Each battalion served as a sentry officer and was in charge of the teaching of the whole battalion. In the afternoon, Zeng Guofan walked from the south gate playground back to the mouth of the fish pond, passing through the intersection of Yandao Street.
At this time, he saw several officers of the Criminal Justice Department holding a man and walking forward. Suddenly, a woman stumbled over from behind.
People. The woman hugged the man's thigh and cried,"Chunting, I'll go with you!”The woman's cries were extremely sorrowful.
All the passersby stopped to watch.
She saw two or three men running over from behind and pulling the woman's hand back. The woman refused to budge. The man's face was full of tears as he said,
"Juying, take care of yourself. I'll come back to pick you up in a few years."”The bailiffs shouted and chased the man away.
Zeng Guofan fixed his eyes on the man. He was about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. He was a head taller than ordinary people and had broad shoulders and a round waist.
Although his face was dark and thin, his eyes were big and spirited, and his beard was black and dense. Zeng Guofan thought to himself, What a good man.
What did he do? When the bailiff of the Criminal Justice Department saw that it was Zeng Guofan, he quickly nodded and bowed to greet him."Lord Zeng, you always return to the residence.
Go?"
When the man heard the bailiff call him "Lord Zeng", he hurriedly shouted,"You are Lord Zeng? I, Bao Chao, have been humiliated today. Please
Save me."
"You want me to save you?" Zeng Guofan asked, surprised.”
"Lord Zeng, weren't you ordered to train the regiment? Bao Chao is willing to serve under your old tent. Now I'm like the fallen
Xue Rengui, in the future, I will assist you in your conquests.”
Zeng Guofan thought,"This person's tone is not small. Now is the time to use people. We might as well bring this person to the Criminal Investigation Bureau and ask him in detail." he
He said to the bailiff,"Take him to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. I want to interrogate him."”
The bailiff had a difficult expression on his face and said,"Lord Tao wants me to be detained. If I am sent to the Judicial Bureau, Lord Tao will blame me."
We can't eat it."
"Don't worry, I'll send someone to inform Lord Tao and send it to him after the interrogation.”
Bao Chao said again,"Lord Zeng, this woman is my woman. Please be merciful and let her stay in the hotel for a few more days."
Tian, after this lowly one meets her, Ma tribe will bring her back.”
Zeng Guofan told Wang Jingqi to send the woman to the hotel, then go to the Nie Tai Yamen to tell Tao Enpei and ask the men to go first.
Let's go back and talk about it in a few days. The bailiff had no choice but to follow him to the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
Zeng Guofan sat on the armchair in the hall while Bao Chao knelt in the hall. After he dismissed the bailiff, he said to Bao Chao,""Why are you locked up?
Tell me the truth."
Bao Chao kowtowed and replied,"Yes."”Then, he slowly told her the whole story.
It turned out that Bao Chao, also known as Chunting, was from Fengjie, Sichuan Province. His parents died when he was young. He helped people pick up dung and herd cattle to make a living. At the age of fifteen,
After being introduced to Mount Emei's Qingxu Monastery, he gathered firewood and carried water for the Daoists in the Monastery so that they could have a vegetarian meal. Bao Chao is strong and diligent.
Although Kuai had a violent temperament, he was straightforward and liked the Abbey Dean Qing An. Daoist Priest Qing 'an taught him some martial arts in his spare time.
Bao Chao was illiterate, but he had good comprehension. All kinds of martial arts, once taught, he memorized them and was willing to put in effort to practice.
After that, Bao Chao became the number one expert in the Qingxu Temple. Daoist Priest Qing 'an wanted to keep him in the temple, but Bao Chao was not used to Emei Mountain.
He wanted to rely on this martial arts to do something spectacular and earn glory and honor for his ancestors.
Future. After Daoist Priest Qing 'an learned of his ambition, he was deeply regretful and regretted choosing the wrong person. At the age of twenty, Bao Chao became the first.
He had a small quarrel with another person in the temple. He waved his iron fist and hit the Taoist until he spat out blood and fainted. Daoist Priest Qing An
Furious, he tied him up and beat him with fifty sticks of water and fire. Bao Chao couldn't take this lying down. The next morning, he rolled up his bag and left.
It was a mountain. When he was halfway up the mountain, he thought of the five years of teaching from his master. He felt sorry for his master by leaving without saying goodbye.
Then, he turned around and went up the mountain to bid farewell to Daoist Priest Qing 'an. The Taoist priest didn't urge him to stay. He only reminded him,""In the future, no matter how much credit you make, no matter what,
No matter how high your official rank is, don't mention the Qingxu Temple's matters in the past few years to others, let alone mention your master's name.”
Bao Chao went down the mountain and joined the army in Chengdu. A few years had passed, and he had been running around, working hard, but he had not been able to get an official position.
Official position. Bao Chao was discouraged.
Coincidentally, that year, the incident in Hongyang, Guang Xi, had happened, and the imperial court had wanted to transfer troops to the front lines of Guang Xi. Bao Chao saw that his chance to make a contribution had come, so he took the initiative.
He came to Guangxi. The moment he came, he was chosen by Xiang Rong as his personal guard. Bao Chao was about to make a fortune. Who knows that the times are not good, Yongan
Bao Chao was severely injured in the battle. Xiang Rong gave him a few taels of silver and left him to recuperate in a civilian's home in Guang Xi. Soon, Xiang Rong led his troops
The Taiping Army had left Kwangsi and gone to Hunan.
Bao Chao's family name was Wei. The Wei family's daughter, Ju Ying, tried her best to help Bao Chao. Ju Ying loves Bao Chao, a handsome man, Bao
I love Juying so much. She's delicate and beautiful, and she has a good heart. The two of them started to love each other and secretly got together. Juying's parents also felt that Bao Chao
He had a sense of masculinity and agreed to his daughter's choice. He held a wedding for the young couple. A few months later, Bao Chao recovered from his injuries.
Ju Ying discussed and wanted to go to Hunan to find the admiral. Ju Ying was reluctant to part with him, so she came to Hunan with him. After arriving in Changsha,
Fang Zhixiang had already gone to Jiangning, so Bao Chao and his wife were not discouraged. I'm about to run out of money, and the boss is urging me to stay every day
Bao Chao was so angry that he drank two catties of white dried liquor in a hotel. He was so drunk that he suddenly had an idea. He's in the hotel
"Who wants a wife? I'll sell my wife to him for two hundred taels of silver."”
Everyone found it funny and encouraged Boss Ma to buy it. Boss Ma was in his forties, and his wife had just died last year.
Seeing that Bao Chao was only in his twenties, he guessed that his wife must be young, so he asked,""Man, are you really selling your wife?"
"It's true." Bao Chao looked at the hotel owner with bloodshot eyes.
"No regrets?"
"A man of his word.”
"Yes." Boss Ma thought to himself," A man who even wants to sell his wife still has the face to call himself a man." He looked at her with disdain.
Bao Chao said," Man, go and see how your wife looks. I don't want a pockmarked and blind woman."”
A few busybodies happily followed to watch the show. Boss Ma saw that Juying was young and beautiful, and was overjoyed.
Then he pulled out Bao Chao and said,"Man, it's settled." Tomorrow, I'll hand over the money and my wife. Everyone, please help me
You can't go back on your word!"
Immediately, someone wrote a note and Bao Chao printed a hand model.
That night, Bao Chao sobered up and regretted selling his wife during the day. But what's done is done, he had to tell
Juying. When Ju Ying heard this, she immediately fainted and only woke up after a long time. She hated Bao Chao's ruthlessness to death. Bao Chao comforted him.
Wife. To be honest, as a last resort, rather than both of them dying here, it was better to exchange for silver to go to Jiangning and find Inspector Xiang.
Two years later, when he became an official, he would definitely return to Changsha to redeem it. The couple hugged each other and cried all night. The next day, Mr. Ma took it
Two hundred taels of silver to take Ju Ying away. He had sold his wife, so he couldn't go back on his word. However, he was a man of blood after all.
Seeing that he really came to carry his wife, he flew into a rage out of humiliation and beat Boss Ma up. Boss Ma was beaten up innocently.
He was so angry that he went to Nie Tai Yamen to report Bao Chao. There was also a hand model contract and more than ten witnesses. Nie Tai and Tao Enpei ordered,
Bao Chao was arrested and Wei Juying was awarded to Boss Ma.
Zeng Guofan listened carefully to Bao Chao's narration and thought," This boorish man's character was indeed not good. He might forget his kindness in the future.
Righteousness, betraying his friends for glory, he turned around and thought, Bao Chao was also pitiful. He had a lot of skills, but his fate was bad. It was no wonder that heroes short-circuited.
He did such a heartless thing. Didn't Wuqi also kill his wife to beg for a general? Now I need a few people with real skills to teach me
To be a member of the training group, he would not care about his character. He would first see how capable he was.
Zeng Guofan called for the bailiff, opened the chain on Bao Chao's hand, and rewarded him with a meal and wine, asking him to perform several sets of boxing skills and sabers in front of him.
Guns.
Bao Chao was overjoyed. He wished he could use all his skills in front of Lord Zeng.
When he came to the shooting garden, he took off his clothes and performed a set of long fists. This set of punches was really good! Combining Shaolin Fist and Emei Fist
Along the way, after a few light whistles, one could hear the sound of the wind and the movement of people. Suddenly, with a furious roar, he rushed out with a punch.
" Hua La ", a hole was punched through the target made of three layers of leather. Zeng Guofan blurted out praise,"What great power!"”
Bao Chao's heart didn't beat fast, and his face didn't turn red. Zeng Guofan himself didn't know kung fu, but he was knowledgeable and knew it at a glance.
He knew that he was skilled, and thought that there were probably only a few people who could surpass him in a large group of more than a thousand brave men. As he thought about it, he stood up and patted the ground.
His shoulder said,"If you have such ability, why worry about not having a place to use it!" What a real man wants is to seal his wife and children. How can he sell them?
His wife's stupidity came. You don't have to go to Jiangning to find Admiral Xiang. The headquarters sent you to be a sentry officer, and you also manage hundreds of people.
Are you willing?"
Bao Chao was flattered and quickly knelt down to kowtow. He said excitedly,"Thank you, Lord! The adults were like Bao Chao's parents. this life
Today, Bao Chao follows you and works hard for you.”
Zeng Guofan helped Bao Chao up and said,"From now on, you must teach all your skills to Yong Ding. Don't keep them." Take fifty taels of silver from me
The son went back and gave twenty taels to the hotel owner as the cost of recuperation. Apologize and take back the receipt; The other thirty taels are for you
Honey, settle the house down. Come to my office the day after tomorrow. I'll get someone to settle things with Lord Tao.”
Bao Chao was overjoyed and thanked him profusely before returning to the hotel. Zeng Guofan wrote a letter here, saying that Bao Chao was a talent.
He left him behind to teach the group of people. There was no need to pursue Yunyun anymore. He handed him over to the bailiff to report back.
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