Why is Zeng Guofan not enough to be crowned a duke?

In the Qing Dynasty, the title rank was that of the prince and the son. After the capture of Nanjing, Zeng Guofan.

was named a marquis, and Zeng Guoquan, who made the first contribution in the world to attack Nanjing, was only named an earl. Emperor Xianfeng at the beginning.

He once promised to win the king of Nanjing. In this comparison, Zeng Guofan is obviously a little low, why?

A Manchurian and Han are different, and the birds are all hidden.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Han bureaucracy rose rapidly, and the Han clique with Zeng Guofan as the core not only had its own private armed forces, but also occupied most of the power of Zeng Guofan, and the power of the Han clique reached the extreme after the defeat of Nanjing. The conquest of Nanjing represents the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

It was basically over, and Zeng Guofan's Hunan army was not only useless at this time, but also became a big trouble for the imperial court. At this time, the imperial court mainly considered how to control Zeng Guofan, how could he still reward him with a high standard? Of course, Zeng Guofan was a person who understood, and took the initiative to dismantle the Hunan army and appease his Jiudi, which gradually reduced the court's suspicion of himself.

2. Let go of the young king and rob the army.

The imperial court actually had two points of dissatisfaction with Kenan. One is that he did not catch the young lord Hong Tianguifu.

This became the spiritual leader of the remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom forces, and the imperial court was worried about the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom.

Stage a comeback; The second is that the imperial treasury was empty at that time, hoping to enrich himself with the Nanjing treasury after conquering Nanjing, but Zeng Guofan reported that there was no money in the Nanjing treasury, and the imperial court was very disappointed, and many people at that time wrote to accuse Zeng Guoquan of letting go of the young king because he only cared about arson and robbery, and the two things were mixed together, the imperial court was very angry, and the consequences were very serious.

The criteria for knighthood are first, merit, status, and the relationship with the emperor. Zeng Guofan's credit was great, but it was limited to his Han status, plus he offended the cautious Cixi.

It's normal not to be a marquis. Later, after Zeng Guofan's death, he was given the nickname "Wenzheng."

I guess I made up for this regret a little.

As for Zheng Keshuang, the main reason is that his grandfather is powerful, and at the beginning, this Zeng Guofan is really incomparable. The descendant of a small landowner in Hunan is already a marquis, and there is already green smoke on the ancestral grave.

Zeng Guofan made the marquis, which was already the highest treatment at that time, and he could have been crowned king according to his merits. But because he is Han. That's why it wasn't sealed.

The reason why Zeng Guofan is not enough to be a duke is because Zeng Guofan's strength is not the strongest, and he has no orthodox bloodline.

In the Qing Dynasty, the dukes did not seal the Han Chinese.

Specific to Zeng Guofan, there is another layer of high merit and the meaning of the bird hiding the bow. After the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, almost all the military power of the entire Qing Dynasty was in the hands of Zeng Guofan and the Hunan army, and the generals of the Hunan army faction were reused by the imperial court, accounting for most of the governor's governors. After the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Qing Dynasty no longer crowned the Han people as kings.

In the end, in recognition of Zeng's merits, he was named Hou.

Yue Shenglong (?-1712) Yongdeng from Gansu Province (Yongdeng belonged to Lintao during the Qing Dynasty, so historical records record that he was a Lintao person), naturalized in Chengdu, Sichuan, and was a general of the Qing Dynasty. The father of the famous Qing Dynasty general Yue Zhongqi. The official went to the governor of Sichuan and pursued him"Minsu"。

Brother: Yue Chaolong, a general of the Qing Dynasty, an official to the governor of Huguang.

Son: Yue Zhongqi, a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, an official to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, a third-class prestige duke, and a bestowal title"Xiangqin"。

Nephews: Yue Zhonghuang, Yue Chaolongzi, official to the governor of Guangxi, the governor of Sichuan, and the governor"Zhuang Ke"。

Sun: Yue Jun, Yue Zhongqizi, official to the governor of Shandong, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Honglu Temple Shaoqing.

In the forty-ninth year of Kangxi (1710), he begged for rest. Yue Shenglong was originally from Lintao, Gansu, and was more than 90 years old in his mother, begging to be naturalized in Sichuan, Xu Zhi. Kangxi fifty-one years (1712), died. In the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), he pursued Minsu.

Zeng Guofan is a marquis! First-class brave marquis!

The Four Vassal Kings:

Pingxi King Wu Sangui.

King Kong Youde of Dingnan.

The king of Pingnan is still gratifying.

King Geng Zhongming of Jingnan.

Among them, Wu Sangui is the prince, hereditary replacement, iron hat (the son married Gege of the Aixin Jueluo family) Kong Youde is also a prince, but the daughter who died early (died in battle) was named Princess Heshuo by Xiaozhuang.

In July 1864 (the 3rd year of Tongzhi), Zeng Guofan rewarded the crown prince Taibao and the first marquis at the age of 54.

Zeng Guo was a marquis. He used his brother Zeng Guoquan to conquer Tianjing (Nanjing), before he was sealed, around 1862.

Because the emperors of the Qing Dynasty did not think that Zeng Guofan's merits could be made dukes, and they were also afraid that he would be crowned with great merit.

Zeng Guofan actually had the strength to be crowned a duke, but because of his ability to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Empress Dowager Cixi was very jealous, so she did not seal Zeng Guofan.

I think the main reason is that his contribution is not very large, and his strength is not very strong.

Because Zeng Guofan made many mistakes, which led to a lot of opposition in the court, Zeng Guofan did not make a duke.