Left: Carrying coffins and recovering Xinjiang.

"If you live and die for your country, why not avoid it because of disaster?" Lin Zexu was demoted to Xinjiang for three years, sorted out a lot of information and drew a map. When he returned to his hometown in his later years, he went to see a person through Changsha, gave him all valuable information, and placed high hopes on those who could resist the southeast foreigners in the future: set up Xinjiang in the west and give up the monarch. With my years of hard work, I dedicate it to the first step, which may be needed in the future.

The most respected person is Zuo.

Zuo was born in 18 12 in the seventeenth year of Jiaqing. He began to study at the age of four. /kloc-I got in the provincial exam in 0/2, but I failed in the next year. He didn't give up studying, concentrated on studying and studied a lot of books on military and geography. He redrawn the map of the Qing Dynasty, copied the records of the Western Regions and wrote Wide Field Graph Theory.

His knowledge and talents were appreciated by Hubei Governor Hu Linyi and Liangjiang Governor Peng Tao. Lin Zexu, then governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, invited him to work together, but because he was employed by Peng Taofu, he failed to do so.

Recommended by Hu Linyi to the imperial court many times, in the second year of Xianfeng, Zuo became the counselor of Zhang Yanji, the governor of Hunan Province. He is 37 years old this year, and he is a late bloomer. After that, he made suggestions for Zhang Yanji many times and won trust. His reputation was paid more and more attention by the imperial court. Pan Zuyin, an important official of the Qing court, once said: A country can not live without Hunan, and Hunan can not live without the Left.

In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, Zuo became the governor of Zhejiang, cooperated with Zeng Guofan to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement, and then moved to Shaanxi-Gansu region, winning a great victory in the battle to eliminate "internal troubles". He was appointed as a college student in Dongge.

Zuo Tang Zong was also one of the representatives of the early Westernization Movement. He advocated the establishment of Fuzhou Shipping Bureau. This idea was opposed by Li Hongzhang, who thought it was more expensive to build a boat than to buy one. Under the strong struggle of Zuo, Tongzhi for five years, the court agreed to set up a factory to build a ship. The shipyard has also made plans to build 8 large ships with 150 horsepower and 5 small ships with 80 horsepower within five years.

Just when he was about to make great achievements, he was transferred to the governor of Shaanxi but Gansu by the court. In a dilemma, he recommended Shen Baozhen as Prime Minister and Minister of Shipping. Left remote command, Shen Baozhen is responsible for the daily management of the shipyard. With the cooperation of their Qi Xin, by the time Guangxu was closed in 33 years, 34 ships had been produced, including 3 clippers with 2400 horsepower, which was the largest domestic warship independently produced at that time.

Left to the northwest, he founded Lanzhou Manufacturing Bureau, which was mainly responsible for copying iron guns and cannons. These weapons have played a great role in the process of recovering Xinjiang.

One of Zuo's great achievements in his later years was to carry coffins for the war and recover Xinjiang.

In the four years of Tongzhi, the western frontier and the southeast coast were facing war at the same time, and Li Hongzhang, an important minister, advocated ceding Xinjiang. Left, who was nearly sixty years old, stood up resolutely out of a sense of national responsibility. He believes that national defense is inseparable from border defense and discusses the important strategic position of Xinjiang. In the first year of Guangxu, the court adopted his suggestion. In view of his courage and boldness, he was appointed as an imperial envoy to supervise military affairs in Xinjiang.

In the second year of Guangxu, Zuo led his subordinates and Jinshun Department, and successively recovered Urumqi, Changji and Hutubi. In the third year of Guangxu, Zuo led the army to conquer all the important towns in southern Xinjiang. At this point, in addition to Ili occupied by Russia, Xinjiang has returned.

Since then, he actively prepared to recover Yili, but for various reasons, he failed to do so, leaving regrets. In view of his full military preparations, the Qing government signed an agreement with Russia for the smooth return of Ili.

In the 11th year of Guangxu, the Qing government signed the Sino-French New Testament with France, which humiliated the country. Zuo took the country as his responsibility all his life, mixed with grief and indignation. On July 27th of the same year, he died of illness in Fuzhou, and all his great names died.

Zuo was deeply influenced by Confucianism since he was a child. Whether he founded a shipyard and manufacturing bureau, or recovered Xinjiang, he pursued loyalty and a clear conscience. He went to war with a coffin, did not live up to Lin Zexu's entrustment and safeguarded the integrity of the country's territory. However, he lived in an era when the Qing court was fatuous and the national strength was weak, and he could not reverse Gan Kun by himself. However, Zuo is an outstanding figure in modern history.