Li Hongzhang was born in Modian Township, Dongxiang, Hefei County (now Feidong County, now Yaohai District of Hefei City). Li Hongzhang ranked second among the brothers, and Li Hou, the eldest brother, became the governor. The third Li Hezhang, the fourth Li, the fifth and the sixth Li are all rich or expensive.

Li Hongzhang himself, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang Trade, was awarded a bachelor's degree in Wenhua Hall and was praised by Empress Dowager Cixi as a man who "recreated Huang Xuan".

In the Qing Dynasty, the titles of Taifu, Jinyi, Su, etc. were posthumously awarded, and the funeral expenses were 5,200 Liang, and a shrine 10 was built in the hometown and meritorious province. Local officials regularly offer sacrifices to the Temple of Shi Jing. In the Qing Dynasty, Han officials were the only ones who built temples in Shi Jing.

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1. In the movement to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Hongzhang followed his teacher Zeng Guofan, showing his outstanding ability to lead troops. By forming the Huai Army to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Taiping Army in southern Jiangsu was wiped out within one year.

2. The Nian Army made an insurrection, and Li Hongzhang used his own strategic thought of flexible and mobile control to destroy the Nian Army within one year. It can be said that luck and personal talent made him stand out in a special period and became the "Zhongxing" minister of the Qing Dynasty.

3, Li Hongzhang's insight, he understands the current situation, and for the sake of China, a century-old country, knows that if we don't reform, reform and train talents, we will be a big China, and we will never be able to stand on our own feet. That's why he devoted himself to westernization. It was really well-intentioned.

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