The dusty atmosphere overseas is still lingering, so it is not appropriate to wait and see.
It's called "the last poem"
190 1 year165438+1October 7th, Li Hongzhang died of humiliation. Born as a "once-in-three-thousand-year change", Li Hongzhang was criticized both before and after his death. The saboteurs say that they stick to the rules, steal peace, do not seek progress and humiliate the country; Those who honor him say that he devoted himself to death.
Liang Qichao wrote in his masterpiece Biography of Li Hongzhang: "Li Hongzhang must be a figure in China for thousands of years, there is no doubt about it."
It is not easy for a politician to gain a foothold in the political vortex of nearly forty years. However, Li Hongzhang did it in modern China, which was beset by internal troubles and foreign invasion.
Li Hongzhang is a tragic figure in the history of China. As a politician, he suffered a "fiasco" in all aspects.
Militarily, due to improper appointment, experts were not relied on to run the army, especially in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and more than 20 years of coolies were wasted; In westernization, because it is difficult to make substantive changes, enterprises have not gained independence and obeyed bureaucrats; In diplomacy, due to ignorance of the general trend of the world, he is frequently bullied by foreigners.
Throughout his life, Li Hongzhang was a failure. He didn't make China rich and strong, and even when he died, he didn't see an independent China.
Liang Qichao made an accurate summary of this: "Know the military but not the civil affairs, know the diplomacy but not the internal affairs, know the court but not the people. It is said that people don't know the overall situation, but they don't know the overall situation first.
It is said that it is difficult to learn from other people's difficulties, so it is difficult to get rid of them, while one's own difficulties are fixed. It is better to be others' than pot calling the kettle black's. "
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