I respect Li Hongzhang's talent.
I cherish Li Hongzhang's knowledge.
I am sad for what happened to Li Hongzhang.
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Li Hongzhang (1823.2.15-1.11.7), whose real name was Zhang Tong, gradually became righteous, Fu Zi and Shao Quanlin, became an official in his later years. Many people in the world call Li Wei, also known as Li Er and Mr.
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The famous writer Xiao Renfu's "Li Hongzhang" (five volumes in total) appropriately shows the magnificent life of this famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty in the form of historical novels, so that readers can follow his story to re-experience and re-examine.
The bonfire and smoke in the late Qing Dynasty.
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This book is divided into five volumes:
? Welcome the nobles, rise up and rise up.
? Go up the steps and seek the southeast.
? Take on the big job and praise Gankun.
? Create a situation, break the painting and rejuvenate.
? To turn the tide, it is hard to break the destiny.
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? Old bureaucrats or new pioneers?
? In the era of Li Hongzhang, politically, the previously stable emperor dictatorship turned into a dynasty crisis, and the power of local governors expanded; Economically, the proportion of foreign trade finance is increasing day by day, modern industry is booming, and the exchanges between coastal areas and foreign countries have made great progress, which not only drives the economy of China, but also widens the gap with the inland.
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? As an elite representative of the old imperial examination bureaucrats, Li Hongzhang became a pioneer of industrial bureaucrats, and served as the unprecedented commander-in-chief of Westernization in China, spending his life among the great powers.
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? Outstanding diplomat or shrewd mediator?
? With the different periods of historical development, Li Hongzhang's characters have experienced ups and downs: from the uproar of contemporary public opinion to the merits and demerits of Liang Qichao in the Republic of China; From the founding of New China to being criticized as a traitor in a special period, to being re-recognized after the reform and opening up, and even today's rational worship.
? In fact, it is a fact that Li Hongzhang accepted huge bribes from Russia and betrayed the state power. It is also true that he has made outstanding contributions to the modernization of China. Whether his contacts with great powers should be defined as "outstanding diplomacy" or "shrewd mediation" is a matter of different opinions.
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Li Hongzhang's life is legendary. In his own paintings, he is a teenager, a soldier in his prime, a frontier guard in his middle age and a westernization in his later years. He, Zeng Guofan, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong are also called the four famous ministers of ZTE in the late Qing Dynasty. Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito said that he was the only person in the Qing Empire who could compete with the world powers. Empress Dowager Cixi called herself a "recreated person".
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? Mr. Qian Mu said that history often progresses in changes, but it has not changed and will not become history. The change of characters created this special and magical era in the late Qing Dynasty, and also made Li Hongzhang who sought change all his life.
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Faced with such a controversial historical figure and such a disgusting masterpiece, I must read it with awe, and dare not define it easily, nor dare I say right or wrong easily.
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The merits and demerits of history are left to future generations to comment on.