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Xianfeng Emperor was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
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Fled to Rehe
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 3 passages
上慮四川且有變，林翼亦以湖北餉倚川鹽，而國籓又久治兵，無疆寄，乃與官文合疏請國籓援蜀。
The emperor feared Sichuan might also be unsettled; Hu Linyi argued that Hubei's supplies depended on Sichuan salt, and that Zeng Guofan, long at war, held no territorial post—he and Guan Wen jointly memorialized asking that Zeng Guofan be sent to relieve Sichuan.
於是天子慎選帥，就加國籓兵部尚書銜，署理兩江總督，旋即真，授欽差大臣。
Thereupon the emperor carefully chose a commander, immediately added Zeng Guofan to the Ministry of War with ministerial rank, made him acting Governor-General of the Two Jiangs, soon confirmed him in office, and appointed him Imperial Commissioner.
僧格林沁敗績天津，文宗狩熱河，國籓聞警，請提兵北上，會和議成，乃止。
Sengge Rinchen was defeated at Tianjin; Emperor Xianfeng fled to Rehe; Zeng Guofan, hearing the alarm, asked to march north with his army, but when peace was made he desisted.