When relieving the people in stricken Shanxi, he was spoken high of by Li Hong Zhang and Zeng Guoquan.All this has great impact on him when he was miliary governor later.

• 在山西赈灾期间，直隶总督李鸿章、山西巡抚曾国荃又对他称颂不已，这都对他后来出任军机大臣产生了重大的影响。