Prince Gong Yixin rarely interfered in the political affairs between Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu's mother and son, but as long as Prince Gong spoke, the court would certainly do it. It can be said that Prince Gong's dying is also the end of Weng Tonghe's official career.
Weng Tonghe and Li Hongzhang represent Qing school and practical school respectively. Weng Tonghe is a great success, but he is still an intellectual with a high opinion of himself in his bones. Looking at the history of history, and even mentioning TV dramas, Weng Tonghe has always regarded himself as the A Qing School. Although he is also very honest as an official, it is this over-emphasis on lofty character that often leads to a huge career crisis. For example, when Cixi built the Summer Palace, a businessman wanted to contract a timber project, but he asked Weng Tonghe for help many times. The merchant had a plan and discovered Weng Tonghe's calligraphy preference, so he arranged Weng's calligraphy into a book and gave it to Weng Tonghe. When Weng Tonghe saw it, he was actually very moved, and then he vaguely agreed.
Li Hongzhang and Weng Tonghe are completely different. Li Hongzhang is a pragmatist. In order to prepare for the pay of Beiyang Navy, the imperial court has been delaying the payment and built the Summer Palace instead. Li Hongzhang was in a hurry, so he quickly went to Li Lianying for help with the 1000 silver ticket. Li Lianying didn't accept it, so he gave Li Hongzhang a close-up in the TV series. Li Hongzhang ruthlessly clutched the silver ticket, bent on getting rid of these eunuchs and getting rid of them quickly, but at this time, corruption was so bad that there was nothing he could do.
Weng Tonghe was the emperor's party, Li Hongzhang was the post-party, and Weng Tonghe was the teacher of Emperor Guangxu. He hoped with all his heart that Emperor Guangxu would be in charge of state affairs and sit firmly in the country. Therefore, Weng Tonghe's actions will inevitably achieve the goal of putting Emperor Guangxu in the position. Although Weng Tonghe also has his own selfishness, he is a dragon veteran after all. Once Guangxu returns, Weng Tonghe will be able to achieve real power in the ruling and opposition circles. However, Emperor Guangxu really has no chance to make a comeback, and the whole imperial party headed by Weng Tonghe is just a dream in the Spring and Autumn Period.
It is indisputable that Li Hongzhang is a post-Party. Because this is the brand of history, as early as Zeng Guofan and the left era, Zeng Guofan belonged to the team of Empress Dowager Cixi, and Li Hongzhang was the head of Zeng Guofan's faction later, so there is no doubt that Li Hongzhang is the post-representative of Cixi.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, under the state affairs completely controlled by Cixi, Weng Tonghe's imperial party never had a chance to turn over.
Weng Tonghe's political strategy is far less than Li Hongzhang's argument about the pay of Beiyang Navy in the imperial court, which shows that Weng Tonghe is indeed a very pedantic conservative. He actually thinks that foreign guns are imported from the West, and it is entirely for the purpose of his power struggle regardless of national security.
Throughout Weng Tonghe's life, although he tried his best to assist Emperor Guangxu, in the final analysis, he did not put forward a constructive suggestion for Emperor Guangxu and did not play a role in sharing his worries. It can be said that Weng Tonghe is a useless and backward pedantic man, who can't achieve the purpose of saving the world except dying for his country. So after I dismissed from office, I met Emperor Guangxu, and Emperor Guangxu passed him coldly, completely ignoring the feelings of teachers and students in those days, which also showed that Guangxu had been disheartened with him.