In fact, Zeng Guofan's family was not very powerful at first. They are all farmers. Zeng Guofan's grandfather, Zeng Jingxi, was not a special person. His life is mainly farming. But his death was special, and what happened after his death was even more unusual. After his death, his son buried him in the mountains. It began to rain just after the funeral. It rained for three days and nights. At the foot of the mountain, many farmers' fields were washed away and their crops were washed away. Seeing this situation, Zeng Jingxi's son thought, is there something wrong with Feng Shui? Why did it go wrong just after it was buried?
Just as they were about to move the grave, an old man appeared and hurriedly dissuaded them. Tell them this is a treasure trove of feng shui. You can see that the cemetery was washed into the shape of a chicken's head after the rain. Those crops were washed very low, all white stones, just like white rice. The scenery is like a golden rooster pecking at rice. So they listened to the old man and bought the land. Since then, the Zeng family has developed differently. Both of them are farmers themselves, but because of this incident, they began to get lucky and set foot on the official road. Zeng Guofan's father is a scholar, and his family has become very good and rich.
Zeng Guofan became a minister of the Qing court. We can say that Zeng Guofan's name is really a household name. He led the army to fight for the Qing court, but actually made contributions to the court and the people. It's just that he was born in troubled times and he had no choice in many things. However, it can be seen that the old man's words are correct.