sentences:  Xue Fucheng remained in Baoying and continued his studies but the crisis in government motivated him to study pragmatic and concrete ways to reform the weak and corrupt Qing government.In the summer of 1865, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, Zeng Guofan travelled north to put down the Nian Rebel Army.On his way north, he published recruitment notices for talented men to join him.