Why did Li Hongzhang have a "coup" to help North Korea get out of trouble after the Jianghua Treaty when it was oppressed by Japan?

After signing the Jianghua Treaty, Japan and North Korea crossed the Korean Peninsula. On the one hand, Min Fei (Empress Ming Cheng) is afraid of Japan, on the other hand, she is envious. She learned from them everywhere, and specially sent some noble youths to Tokyo for exchange and inspection.

She originally wanted to train some knowledgeable people to build the motherland, but she gave Japan the opportunity to foster a group of pro-Japanese factions. In the future, these pro-Japanese factions either actively or passively became pawns of Japan's invasion of the DPRK, stirring up the peninsula. Min Fei is really courageous. She even asked the Japanese side to send instructors to help her train the new army (guards)! Sure enough, the little girl's political mind is really problematic, and even the guards have been infiltrated by Japan. What good results can there be?

In all fairness, although Min Fei did a lot of pro-Japanese actions during this period, it can also be said that her political group is pro-Japanese, and she herself is not bent on embracing the thick legs of the Japanese. Although Japan is the great-grandfather of the Korean peninsula, after all, the nominal suzerain is the Qing Dynasty.

Min Fei had frequent contacts with the Qing Dynasty while approaching Japan. At this time, the ministers of the Qing Dynasty headed by Li Hongzhang began to change their indifferent attitude towards North Korea. Li Hongzhang understands that North Korea is close to the mainland and is a barrier to the three northeastern provinces, and Japan's ambitions are also obvious. Ryukyu was seized by Japan in 1879. If North Korea takes it away again, the inheritance of the Great Qing Dynasty will be in jeopardy! What should we do?

Li Hongzhang has always advocated? Control foreigners with foreigners? So I gave Min an idea: If it is only open to Japanese families, it is easy to be bullied. It is better to establish diplomatic relations with several western powers at the same time, so that Japan will not dare to bully you. ? The older the wiser. Min Fei originally advocated? Open? , get Li Shifu's sleeve, exultation, ready to trade with western powers.

Because the suzerain country is Qing, of course, North Korea's diplomacy should be presided over by Qing. The Qing government specially sent Ma Jianzhong, an official of the Westernization School, and the prefect Ding of Beiyang Navy to North Korea with several warships to preside over the signing of a trade treaty between North Korea and the United States. The Japanese are very unhappy when they look at it, but they have to stare.