1? Li Hongzhang established China's first Western-style Beiyang Navy, which is famous for its loyalty and talent. The founder and leader of Huai Army, a modern local armed force in China. Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito regards him as "the only person in the Qing Empire who has the ability to compete with the world powers", and Empress Dowager Cixi regards him as "the person who recreates Huang Zhi".
Li Hongzhang was an indispensable political figure in modern China. He is a witness and participant in modern history. He lived to be 78 years old and witnessed and personally participated in almost all major events from the First Opium War to Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China. There are almost as many people who like Li Hongzhang as those who hate Li Hongzhang. "Fame all over the sky, slander the world", these eight words describe Li Hongzhang perfectly.
He is not a rigid and conservative person. He read a lot of poetry books since he was a child, and fought for the imperial examination with thousands of troops. Whether he is an official or a man, he has no "sour taste" of ordinary scholars. However, because he signed the Sino-French Treaty, the treaty of shimonoseki Treaty and the Vietnam Treaty on behalf of the Qing government, he has always been regarded as a traitor by the people. As a minister, he should seek his own government. Such a title should really be measured in the historical environment at that time.