Well, Superman?

Zeng Jize was confused and had never heard of this word. He didn't know how to answer it. He nodded half a head in confusion. He was already very impressed by Emperor Hua's vision.

The thing I admire is that Hua Huang looks at people accurately and objectively, and rarely has personal preferences, or rather, rarely confuses personal preferences with work.

The cute CEO clapped his face.

Wang Zhankui immediately opened the door and entered, "Your Majesty."

The cute president said to Wang Zhankui: "Pick up the two books I read every day."

Wang Zhankui nodded and agreed, and then went down.

Zeng Jize was curious, wondering what book His Majesty wanted to read for him?

"When I just started to be the emperor, I felt uneasy inside, but now I feel less and less uneasy, and I live more and more confidently." Hua Huang said to Zeng Jize with a smile.

Zeng Jize nodded, "Your Majesty is a genius. You have achieved unprecedented achievements at such a young age. At first, it was uneasy because you were not familiar with it. As you become more and more familiar with the control of the whole country, you will naturally feel at ease."

Hua Huang shook his head and said, "This is not the key point. After reading two of my books later, you will know why I am becoming more and more at ease."

Zeng Jize said oh, I wonder which two books have such power?

Wang Zhankui came back within a short while, holding two books in his hand.

When Zeng Jize read the title of the book, his eyes turned red again and tears came out.

Emperor Hua did not mean to induce Zeng Jize to cry, because Zeng Jize was hurt when he saw things, because the titles of the two books were called "The Diary of Zeng Wenzheng" and "The Letters of Zeng Wenzheng" respectively.

There were similar works in later generations, but they were all sorted out by later generations, and they were definitely not as comprehensive as those in the hands of Emperor Hua. This was helped by the Statistics Bureau.

"Look at it, if there is no problem, these two books will be included in the extracurricular reading books for Chinese middle school students." President Meng smiled at Zeng Jize, "You have to ask for your consent."

"Your Majesty, this is my love for the Zeng family. How could I disagree? Thank you." Zeng Jize took two books from Emperor Hua and felt heavy.

There are a total of thousands of letters from Zeng Guofan.

Of course, there were no so many in later generations, and these two books were compiled by Emperor Hua himself, and now they are just samples.

The book "Zeng Wenzheng's Family Letter" is divided into 10 categories: family management, self-cultivation, education, financial management, emergency assistance, friendship, humans, marching, travel, and chores.

The Zeng family has always been extremely strict in managing the family and has a very organized manner.

Zeng Guofan was influenced by his family tradition and demanded extremely strictly on his children and taught him earnestly.

Emperor Hua believed that Zeng Guofan's guiding ideology of family education had many advantages.

For example, in teaching children to study, do academic research, be diligent, frugal, self-reliance, perseverance, self-cultivation, and official career, they have inherited and carried forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.

Since modern times, Zeng Guofan has been regarded as a "model in officialdom" by politicians.

He read Chinese history well, understood the ways of officialdom deeply, and accumulated a complete set of unique skills in officialdom, which he used in the Chinese officialdom, and could defeat everything and win invincible.

Zeng Guofan is the best son, who can make his parents feel at ease; he is the best brother, who teaches and takes care of his younger siblings, and is considerate; Zeng Guofan is even a kind father, and a good role model for his children.

His letters emphasize life ideals, spiritual realm and moral cultivation. In the modern society where the relationship between flesh and blood is becoming increasingly indifferent and neighbors and relatives are as strange as they are, it does have the value of persuading the world and becoming a worldly and is worth reading by everyone.

Zeng Guofan studied diligently throughout his life, advocated Confucianism, and emphasized pragmatism that was practical and practical, becoming another "Master of Confucianism" after Confucius, Mencius and Zhu Xi.

He innovated the literary theory of the Tongcheng School, and his poetry and prose presided over the literary world of the three dynasties of Dao (Guang), Xian (Feng) and Tong (Zheng (Zheng) and "Mythical articles crowned the generation."

Zeng Guofan's family is still well, but the Zeng family is definitely not a big landlord family.

In the traditional era, farmers wanted to get rid of the embarrassing life of facing the loess and facing the sky, and they could only offer their children a way to study.

Zeng Guofan’s grandfather Zeng Yuping’s all expectations after middle age were that his descendants would pass through study to get out of this world.

He spared no effort to support his eldest son Zeng Lin to study, "and he worked hard for the rest of his life and achieved success."

However, Zeng Linshu's qualifications were really poor. Although he was in a state of poverty and was still studying hard, he failed even after taking the exam for a scholar seventeen times.

As the eldest grandson, Zeng Guofan carries the hopes of the previous two generations.

However, the Zeng family's inheritance does not seem to be very good. Zeng Guofan took the county examination since he was fourteen years old and failed the list, and he failed seven times in succession (none of Zeng Guofan's four younger brothers succeeded in studying).

The Zeng family has become accustomed to the depressed atmosphere after failing the exam, and they almost accept their fate.

However, at the age of 23, Zeng Guofan's fate suddenly changed.

This year he was a scholar and the next year he was a Juren.

Five years later, in the 18th year of Daoguang, the 28-year-old Zeng Guofan passed the Jinshi and was awarded the title of Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy.

Zeng Guofan, who had just passed his thirties, had many shortcomings, like every ordinary person.

First, he is restless and unable to sit still.

Zeng Guofan was born to be willing to date, liked to be lively and humorous.

In the first two years in Beijing, he spent too much time on social interactions, and he had to "go out four battles" every day, traveling around the world, drinking, eating, feasting, talking about the poor, and playing chess and listening to operas.

Although he ordered a self-study course schedule for himself, it was not well executed. He studied hard too little time and could not calm down even if he had time to read.

"I have read Zeng Guofan's diary in full." Emperor Hua said to Zeng Jize.

In June of the 20th year of Daoguang, Zeng Guofan said in his diary that after "staying in the museum" in April, he "had to work hard", but "had a day of fun and rest, and he had not realized that more than forty days had passed." He concluded that within more than forty days, in addition to writing a few letters to his family and writing a birthday essay to others, "I was all lazy and because I followed the day, I could not record it every day."

Therefore, he set a daily class for himself in his diary, and he had to get up early every day, write a hundred big characters, review scriptures, read historical books, and write poems and essays.

Open the diary and blame yourself for "getting up", "not always", and "love going out too much".

Second, he is arrogant and has poor cultivation.

Although his qualifications were not particularly excellent, Zeng Guofan was finally outstanding among his friends in the countryside of Hunan and was in the juvenile class, so he was once looking forward to his own strength.

When he left home to the Beijing office official, his grandfather, who was not very literate but had a good sense of people, gave him such a farewell message: "You are the best, you can't do all the officials. If you are not arrogant, you will be better off."

Of course, a motto from my grandfather is not enough to wipe out the sharpness everywhere in him.

In the first few years in Beijing, the most common human flaw, "Gao has become humble" and "everything is right but others are not", was clearly reflected in him. He treated people and things in a lot of inconsiderate way. Several of his close friends once pointed out his "pride".

His good friend Chen Yuanyan told him: "First, we must avoid the word "slowness", which means that I am negligent everywhere." "I also say that I am not smart in dealing with things and being too mean, so I must pay attention to it step by step." The second is "self-righteousness", and I cannot listen to different opinions, "It means that I am more obedient to my own opinions when reading poetry and prose."

Because of poor cultivation and a hot temper, Zeng Guofan fought with his friends twice in the first few years in Beijing. The first time was Zheng Xiaoshan, the head of the Ministry of Justice, because of a disagreement, he spoke ill of each other, "slandering, resenting, and almost forgot about his relatives." Another time was Jin Zao, a fellow villager in the same year, who was a fellow villager in the same year, "had a lot of anger, and... Although he was ordered by his friend, he still verbally abused him, and he was never scrupulous." These sentences vividly depict the violent and impulsive side of Zeng Guofan's character.

The most common mistake that ordinary people make in social interactions is that they are insincere and hypocritical. For example, they often speak good things in social situations and are used to wearing high hats. For example, they are proud and boastful, pretend to understand, show off themselves, and talk big. These normalities in human nature exist as well as Zeng Guofan, and are even more prominent. His third shortcoming is that "fake," which means that they can make faces to others."

In Zeng Guofan's diary, he repeatedly reflected on his shortcomings. For example, on the fourth day of the 10th day of the 22nd year of Daoguang, his friend Li Jiyun came to visit and "showed that he wrote poems in recent times. He praised him indifferently and talked about his poems in a vain and deep manner." The words of praise were not from the heart. Moreover, as he chatted, he deliberately showed his profoundness and talked loudly. There were countless such records.

During the meal, when flattering people, they mean to be praised. If they speak too much, they will be frivolous. As the saying goes, a gentleman will not be powerful if he is not serious.

For ordinary people, this is a harmless social habit, just like accidentally making a sound when drinking soup, almost everyone cannot avoid it. But for saints, it is a serious problem. Because Confucianism believes that the foundation of self-cultivation lies in "sincerity". Sincerity to oneself and others, one is one, two is two, meticulous, can one make one pure and firm. Appropriate "good lies" are indispensable lubricants for social interaction, but when insincere becomes a habit, "falseness" will arise, and the face of a person becomes vulgar and hateful.

Thirty years old is the most important watershed in Zeng Guofan's life.

The greatest significance of Zeng Guofan to future generations is that he proved with his own practice that a middle-aged man can become a superman by "cultivating changes".

In other words, if a person sincerely devotes himself to self-improvement, his skills can grow ten times, his knowledge can be ten times, his mind can be expanded ten times, and his temperament can be pure ten times. A dull person can see through self-hardening, establish a firmness, speak out, and do it. A arrogant person can also become calm and quiet like a breeze and a bright moon. A paranoid person can also be open-minded and not arrogant.

In the 20th year of Daoguang, he entered the capital to become an official, which was not only a start for Zeng Guofan's career, but also an important starting point for his self-improvement throughout his life.

As the national political and cultural center, Beijing gathered the top talents at that time, and the Hanlin Academy was the source of elites.

As soon as he entered Hanyuan, Zeng Guofan saw most of the people with good temperament, who were greeted and treated with each other, and they often felt the breeze and elegance.

Zeng Guofan discovered that the spiritual temperament of these people was very different from their previous friends. They were all believers in Neo-Confucianism and had the moral enthusiasm of Puritans. They demanded harshly and harshly themselves, treated others sincerely and firmly in the face of the world.

Zeng Guofan’s life goal before the age of 30 was only to be fame, wealth, and glorious. After meeting these good friends, he reviewed himself, and did not feel ashamed of himself and made a determination.

It was in the thirty years that Zeng Guofan made the ambition to "learn to be a saint".

"Sage" is the highest life goal of Confucian believers.

The most basic psychological tendency of human beings is to make themselves perfect.

The three Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism all design their life goals in an extremely perfect way.

Taoism believes that through practice, people can avoid eating grains, suck wind and drink dew, be free and unreliable, live forever and see forever, be with the heaven and earth, and become "superhuman", "real person", and "god man".

Although supernatural exaggeration is too illusory, except that apart from these ethereal factors, the Confucian "saint" theory is the most operational personality ideal in traditional Chinese culture, and it has a reasonable core that conforms to the basic psychological experience of human beings.

"How is it? It's still comprehensive, right?" Hua Huang asked.

Zeng Jize nodded and said, "It's very comprehensive, many of them have never been seen before."

"Well, I have someone searched for it. You can add it." The cute president smiled and said, "I specially asked someone to find my grandfather's senior master. I originally wanted to make a biography, but I wanted to do it, but I didn't want it."

Zeng Jize nodded and understood what Emperor Hua meant. His Majesty admired his father's life, self-discipline, and these aspects, but he still retained his father's entire life, especially his experience in the Qing court in the second half.

However, Zeng Jize was very moved by Emperor Hua to admire his father so much.

"When you can't figure out how to do things, look." Hua Huang said to Zeng Jize with a smile, "Nothing can't be solved. Remember, we don't need to lower our attitude towards the Germans, or to all the great powers!"

Zeng Jize nodded, his eyes lit up, and His Majesty finally talked about asking him to visit Germany.

"After you arrive in Germany, you will contact all parties more and do not rush to contact Bismarck. At that time, I will talk to him personally. Of course, if he takes the initiative to summon you, you can talk to him. Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, these rising stars in the ocean are all allies we can choose first, because there is no conflict of interest with us for the time being." President Meng directed directly.

"Okay, Your Majesty!" Zeng Jize said intimately, I know all these things, but I am afraid that Germany and Austria will not pay attention to us and ignore us at all. What should I do? However, Zeng Jize did not ask this question. As a foreign minister, if you want to ask His Majesty about this kind of question, what else should he do?
Chapter completed!