As a victorious country, it defied all opinions and signed a contract that humiliated the country and lost its power!
The general went out to regain the lost territory, in order to prevent the country's defense focus from shifting and destroying its logistical money and food supplies!
is at war with the enemy country, but resells war supplies to the enemy country. His own army can only use inferior products!
Other countries gave him money to persuade those in power to sign a so-called mutual defense treaty. As a result, he led the wolf into the house and occupied Lushun and Dalian in our country, and asked for lease!
mainly controlled the Westernization Movement . The shells they produced were of different sizes, and the coal they produced was shoddy, but they were all high-quality products. They were sold to the Beiyang Fleet at a high price, and all the money fell into their own pockets!
Question? Such Li Hongzhang Li Zhongtang is not a traitor. What kind of person is a traitor? !
After reading this article, don’t say anything like “You don’t know Li Hongzhang when you are young, but you will know the truth when you are old”!
Li Hongzhang
How did Li Hongzhang betray his country?
Li Hongzhang, who started to suppress the Taiping Rebellion . Later he served as governor of Jiangsu. In 1870, he was appointed Governor of Zhili and Minister of Commerce of Beiyang. In the following twenty years, he commanded the navy and land forces of the Qing Dynasty, guarded the gateway to Beijing (Hebei and Bohai Sea), and also controlled the diplomacy and foreign trade of the Qing Dynasty. He was also a core figure in the Westernization Movement. His every move could directly affect the national destiny of the Qing Dynasty.
Li Hongzhang
1,
As early as 1874, Japan, with the help of the United States, sent more than 3,000 troops to invade Taiwan. Li Hongzhang ordered Taiwan’s Minister of Defense Shen Baozhen Shen Baozhen:
"Only set up camp and practice, and do not rush into war and start a provocation."
also advocated opening up Taiwan and paying reparations to Japan. Under his control, China and Japan signed an unequal treaty " Beijing Special Treaty ". The main content:
The Qing Dynasty admitted that Taiwan's "shengfan" had harmed Japanese subjects and others, and that the Japanese troops sent troops as a "righteous act to protect the people"; compensated Japan with 500,000 taels of silver; and the Japanese troops withdrew from Taiwan. And recognize Ryukyu as Japanese territory.
"Beijing Appointment"
Is this considered traitorous?
2,
Let’s look at another thing:
In 1865, Aguba invaded Xinjiang and occupied most of Xinjiang. In 1871, Tsarist Russia invaded and occupied Ili, Xinjiang. Zuo Zongtang advocated the use of force to regain Xinjiang.
Zuo Zongtang
Li Hongzhang and others believed that coastal defense should be the main focus and advocated temporarily abandoning blockade defense.
"The pay for the suspension of withdrawal is equal to the pay for coastal defense."
Qian Dingming, the governor of Henan, also with the support of Li Hongzhang, withdrew Song Qing's troops from Zuo Zongtang's Western Expedition.
Qian Dingming
Zuo Zongtang coordinated the overall situation and had a long-term vision. He pointed out that equal emphasis should be placed on coastal and border defense, and stated that once Xinjiang was lost, Shaanxi and Gansu would be contained, and the Qing government would suffer long-term damage.
In 1876, Zuo Zongtang was ordered to go on an expedition!
Li Hongzhang was unhappy. In order to maintain its own accuracy,
not only refused to fund Zuo Zongtang, but also instructed Sheng Xuanhuai . Kill Hu Xueyan who helped Zuo Zongtang raise money and food!
Sheng Xuanhuai
shakes the foundation of the country for his own benefit!
Is this considered traitorous?
3,
You can read on:
In 1883, the Sino-French war broke out.
When the view of main war became the mainstream in the Qing court, Li Hongzhang said:
"We cannot talk about war lightly with the European powers"
Even if "a victory is achieved for a moment, it may not last forever; a victory in one place may not be followed by everyone"
The court asked him to send troops to fight against the French invaders, but he refused to obey the order and refused to send troops!
As a result, Chiang Kai-shek Feng Zicai achieved a great victory at Zhennanguan and defeated France!
Feng Zicai
However, Li Hongzhang, the representative of the Qing court, signed a failed "Sino-French New Testament".The general content of
is:
recognizes Vietnam as a French colony, opens the treaty port, and China should ask France to build railways in the future.
The French Prime Minister at the time praised Li Hongzhang
"I happily experienced that this politician considered the interests of both countries from the same point of view as our own." - "The Sino-French War" Volume 7, page 216.
Is this considered traitorous?
Of course, some people say that the Black Flag Army that was resisting France at that time was exhausted, and Taiwan was also threatened by the French navy etc., so we should just give up when things get better. However, the act of surrender by signing a defeat treaty even though they were clearly victorious is very real. Moreover, blind compromise resulted in the continuity of the Qing Dynasty and deep-seated poverty and weakness!
Do you think this is traitorous?
4,
Please read below:
In 1886, Beiyang Navy visited Nagasaki, Japan. A conflict broke out between the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese police. This was known as the Nagasaki incident in history. In the end, the Qing Dynasty and Japan jointly compensated the casualties.
Li Hongzhang believed that the settlement was satisfactory.
Japan considers it a great shame and humiliation.
Li Hongzhang’s staff reminded: China and Japan will fight sooner or later, so it is better to take advantage of the Japanese navy and strike preemptively!
Li Hongzhang disagrees.
eventually led to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 and the defeat of the Qing Dynasty!
Are you curious why Li Hongzhang didn't strike first?
Censor An Weijun said in the memorial to impeach Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang handed over fifteen million taels to a certain Japanese merchant for management, and Sheng Xuanhuai acted as the manager, so he did not want to lose peace with the Japanese.
Another censorHong LiangpinShangshu said:
Li Hongzhang had millions of taels handed over to a Japanese merchant for management, so he advocated peace.
In 1895, the Hanlin Academy Zhang Jian and others jointly reported to the imperial court to refer to Li Hongzhang:
Japanese ships were released, and Japanese ships were allowed to open coal. ...With millions of silver deposited in the Chashan Coal Mining Company of Japan, Iko opened a foreign bank on various islands in Japan.
Why did the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 fail?
Some people say that it was Weng Tonghe who gave the money used to buy cannonballs to Cixi to build the garden.
Weng Tonghe
read these impeachment memorials. Do you think that history has other reasons?
After the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1891-1894, Japan named Li Hongzhang to talk to. As for why Japan had to talk to him?
is it because he is too capable?
Or is he easy to talk to?
Someone has to say, no matter what Li Zhongtang did, Japan originally asked for 300 million taels of silver, but it was Li Zhongtang who took a shot and reduced it to 200 million taels of silver!
I want to say...really?
During the negotiations, Li Hongzhang sent a large number of telegrams to the Prime Minister's Office every day, and the telegrams had been intercepted and translated by Japan. Japan thus fully controlled the Qing court's bottom line.
made concessions in order to prevent the negotiation from breaking down.
Li Hongzhang signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" which was a loss of power and humiliation to the country. If someone says that he is just an agent of the Qing court, he can't do anything about it. What do you think of the rights and wrongs here, gentlemen?
Let’s discuss in the comment area~
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The Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed not long ago. In June 1896, Li Hongzhang was invited to Russia to attend the coronation ceremony of Nicholas II .
also gave Li Hongzhang two conditions that he could not refuse:
One was that Russia and the Qing Dynasty jointly resisted Japan; the other was to give Li Hongzhang three million rubles.
After receiving the money, Li Hongzhang immediately urged the Qing government to sign a contract with the Russian Dow Jones Bank!
sold the construction and operation rights of the Middle East Railway, as well as the mining rights along the route, to Tsarist Russia.
In December 1897, Tsarist Russia took advantage of the German occupation of Jiaozhou Bay, and brazenly sent troops to occupy Lushun and Dalian, and asked for lease. At the same time, Tsarist Russia allocated 1.5 million rubles and used 1 million to bribe Li Hongzhang and Zhang Yinghuan of the Prime Minister's Yamen respectively.
As a result, the two of them happily accepted it!
Li Hongzhang even expressed his efforts to promote the lease. The editorial of "Beihua Daily" described it like this:
Li Hongzhang is an important chess piece on Pavlov's chessboard. Almost foreigners in China can see that he is a tool bribed by Russia.
Some people say that the Qing government at that time was broken, and Li Hongzhang could only compromise the country.
But the Westernization Movement he founded still has a lot to offer!
- Really?
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Li Hongzhang was the leader of the Westernization Movement and founded many civilian enterprises. The famous ones include:
Steamship Investment Promotion Bureau ,
Kaiping Mining Bureau,
Shanghai Machine Weaving Layout ,
Telegraph Bureau,
Mohe Gold Mine and Tianjin Railway Company, etc.
Most of these were Li Hongzhang using his own power to divert various official funds and then absorb business stocks to set up businesses. They were of the so-called government-supervised commercial nature.
appoints cronies and collects shares.
uses the country’s money!
earned it and put it into his own pocket!
For example, the coal used by the Beiyang Navy comes from Kailuan Coal Mine.
Kailuan Coal Mine was established in 1877. Li Hongzhang appointed the General Office of the Steamship Investment Promotion Bureau, Tang Tingshu established the Kaiping Mining Bureau with a capital of 1.2 million taels. The best coal in Kailuan Coal Mine was called "Wucao Coal".
Smoke less fire white
The quality is excellent
However, Zhang Yi, the successor of Kailuan Coal Mine General Office, exported it abroad, and a large part of it went to Japan. The Beiyang Navy can only use defective products, but the price is fixed.
Beiyang Navy Ding Ruchang reported to Li Hongzhang several times, but how did Ding Ruchang know that most of the profits from Kailuan Coal Mine went into Li Hongzhang's pocket!
Ding Ruchang
You must know that the ships at that time burned not oil , but coal!
The best coal was sold to Japan. Li Hongzhang also asked his son and Sheng Xuanhuai to come forward to do business in partnership with Japan and export strategic materials to Japan.
Even during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, , exports were not stopped. The arms that Japan needed to fight China were made from the iron ore provided by Sheng Xuanhuai!
Let’s look at Li Hongzhang’s treasure, the Beiyang Navy. The shells he provided to the Beiyang Navy were also specially made. They were:
Big big ones
Small small ones
The shells were full of holes
The shells exploded before they even came out of the muzzle
Hey
That’s it. It’s not cheap!
It goes without saying that the Sino-Japanese War had an impact on China at that time.
Li Hongzhang, relying on reselling national interests, made the Li family possess countless wealth.
According to Rong Hong "The Spread of Western Learning to the East", it is estimated:
The equivalent of about 40 million taels of silver
was equivalent to nearly one-half of the national annual fiscal revenue at that time!
" prime minister Hefei world is thin ", do you think this sentence makes sense?
Is he the pillar of the country who can turn the tide?
or a traitor?
Please leave your answer in the comment area!
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