在晚清,以曾国藩为领袖的湘军及其湘系军事官僚集团何以能迅速崛起?一般专著和教科书都回答这么三条;太平天国革命爆发,清王朝面临覆灭的危险;清朝的八旗部队、绿营部队已腐败,不堪一击。在太平军的进攻下节节败退;清廷不得不命令湘、皖、苏、鲁等太平军占领或活跃的省份大办团练,以抵抗和镇压大平军。于是,在湖南,由团练演化而来的部队——湘军便乘势迅速崛起。笔者认为,仅回答这么三条是绝对不够的。许多人 In the late Qing Dynasty, why did the Hunan army and its Xiang-based military bureaucratic bloc headed by Zeng Guofan rise rapidly? All three books were answered in monographs and textbooks; the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom revolution broke out and the Qing dynasty was in danger of annihilation; and the Eight Banners, Green Camp troops Corrupt, vulnerable. In the attack of the Taiping army, the courts retreated gradually. The Qing court had to order the provinces where the Taiping forces in Hunan, Anhui, Soviet Union and Shandong Province occupy or active large groups to practice in order to resist and repress the Taipings. Thus, in Hunan, the army, evolved from the regiment exercises, rapidly emerged. The author believes that just answering such three is absolutely not enough. many people