After suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Zeng Guofan asked the court to demobilize the Hunan army in his book, but made no mention of his personal fate
Because he knew that if he asked to stay in the court in the memoir, he would be suspected of being greedy for power; if he asked for dismissal and return to his hometown in the memoir, it would give the court the impression that he was unwilling to continue to be loyal to the court
Among the people who take part in life insurance, if you have good luck in peace, it will bring you bad luck to lose money; if you have bad luck in life insurance, it will bring you good luck to win money. Pros and cons are born with each other, and gains and losses complement each other