Judging from the situation at that time, Li Hongzhang did not have much prejudice against Zhang Jian personally. When Zhang Shusheng sponsored Zhang Jian and other meritorious personnel in August of Renwu, Li Hongzhang was also willing to receive the recommendation (Note: Zhang Jian's Diary of August 22 of Renwu: "News with Mei, resignation, governor, Yanling." The Complete Works of Zhang Jian, Volume VI, page 206. )。 He scoffed at Zhang Qian because Zhang Huakui, the son of Zhang Shusheng, copied Six Strategies for Dealing with North Korea's Aftermath from Zhang Qian and distributed it to Beijing officials. Weng Tonghe, Pan Zuyin, Baoting and other important officials all saw that Baoting "borrowed", so that Cixi also inquired about the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister's yamen. Li Hongzhang thought that this deviant behavior made him lose face too much, and at the same time, in order to suppress Zhang Shusheng and Wu Changqing, he criticized the six strategies for dealing with the aftermath as "absurd" and put them on the shelf (Note: See Xie Junmei: Biography of Weng Tonghe, Zhonghua Book Company, 1994, p. 389). )。 In fact, he still appreciates Zhang Jian's literary talent. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/884, Zhang Jian returned to Li after cooking. Zhang Zhidong, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, had the intention of delaying his arrival, so he asked Li Hongzhang to look for it on his behalf. So Li Hongzhang ordered Yuan, who was familiar with Zhang Jian, "to send someone by boat to inquire about the ships going south from Fengtian along Bohai Port, invite them to Tianjin, and state the meaning of Beiyang recruiting." (Noe: Liu Housheng: Biography of Zhang Jian, 54 footnotes. In addition, Zhang Jian's chronicle Shen Jia's Record of July: "Beiyang was entrusted by the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, belonging to Yuan Zijiu, who also expressed the meaning of Beiyang and resigned." The Complete Works of Zhang Jian, Volume VI, page 846. In other words, for a talent like Zhang Jian, even a small holiday, Li Hongzhang strives to extend his use for himself. If Zhang Jian hadn't repeatedly stated that "the south didn't worship Zhang and the north didn't vote for Li", the story itself could have been interpreted as a modern "Xiao He chasing Han Xin under the moon" (Note: Zhang Jian's Observation Letter on the Source and the Korean Rebellion sent Yuan Zijiu saying: "The past in Jinzhou makes people feel left behind. In July, I returned to the south. Fang Dao went out of Shanghai, saw his old friend afraid of pornography, and saw Nanpi's book, which he wrote himself. Thank you. In September, Mr. Shu Lannian advised him to drive again and said that he would resign. I really didn't know that the deacon sent a poor ship to follow in the Bohai Sea. If he is diligent, he can feel it. " The Complete Works of Zhang Jian, Volume I, 16. )。
However, the second incident showed that Zhang Jian broke with Li Hongzhang openly ten years later, which also marked that Zhang Jian finally broke away from the Huai faction completely. There are different opinions about the background of Zhang Jian's impeachment of Li Hongzhang alone, and the contents are similar, but they all agree that Zhang Jian is one of the important leaders of hawks. For example, The Record of Different Words says: "In the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the main battlers were Levin and Changshu. Levin and Xiang, who ran to the gate. For the ear of Changshu, written in Zhang Jizhi Hall of Tongzhou, with a bachelor's degree in Wenyunge of Pingxiang. Xiangcheng belongs to North Korea. He tried to belittle Wenzhong's slow design so that he could have a plan and defeat the enemy first. In the ninth year of Guangxu, the temple wrote that he had taken a teacher from Wuwuzhuang to aid Korea, first went to Seoul, and refused to retreat from Japan, saying that he had a real chance of winning. This is a test for the organization. My bachelor and I walked out of Changshu and advertised each other, trying to show ourselves with a strange plan. I am really the leader of the hawks. " (Note: Volume III of different dictionaries, 128. Xu said in "Essays on Ling Xiao": "Zhang Jian, a great leader, is quite determined to talk about politics with Weng Tonghe's knowledge." Eleven years after Guangxu, Weng treated Zhang as "a national scholar everywhere, obedient." (Note: Xu: Essays (III), p. 79 1-782, Shanxi Ancient Books Publishing House, 1997. ) Liu Yusheng's Miscellaneous Notes on the World Hall also said: "The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 began in Yuan Shikai, and ended in Zhang Jizhi, with Weng Tonghe as its leader. Li Hongzhang said that he can't start a quarrel because he is raising the DPRK. " He also quoted "K? I @ 2km: I @ ② Cloud (Renqiu) Diary" as saying that the main battle ministers, Prince Li, Weng Tonghe and Li Hongzao, were the first eight immortals, while "following, carrying gourd medicine, straight." Everything is cured by medicine, and Fairchild takes it out from gourd Barry, which is the main battle medicine, and can control the Eight Immortals best. (Note: Miscellanies of the World Hall, page 105. )