The horse in front of the carriage has not left the saddle (figuratively speaking, the cause has not been completed), and now it knows that it is bound to die. For hundreds of years, I have mourned for the slow development of the country and for the disabled people hundreds of miles away.
The autumn wind blows this sword, the lonely city cries, and the sunset shines on the general altar. Foreigners' aggression against China has not stopped, so don't take it lightly and look on coldly!
Original text:
I worked hard and knew I was dead before I left the saddle. For 300 years, I have injured my country and hanged my people 8 thousand miles away.
Autumn wind sword tears lonely minister, the setting sun flag general altar. The dusty atmosphere overseas is still lingering, so it is not appropriate to wait and see.
Extended data:
Li Hongzhang's later years
1June, 900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded, and the Qing Dynasty declared a state of war. The telegrams of the imperial court were sent to the south one by one, asking the provincial ministers to lead troops to the north to destroy the ocean. Through the imperial edict, Li Hongzhang was transferred from the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to the highest position among the ministers of the Qing Dynasty: the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang. Cixi's paper appointment is: "Li Hongzhang is the plenipotentiary minister."
The Qing court once again awarded Li Hongzhang Zhili Governor and Minister of Beiyang, and constantly electrified him to go north. After Li Hongzhang arrived in Shanghai by boat, he delayed waiting and seeing on the grounds of physical discomfort. His subordinates and relatives also advised him to take Maguan as a warning and not to go north again to avoid becoming a scapegoat again. Until July 30, the situation in the north was really out of control, and Cixi urged Li Hongzhang to go north on the way to escape.
1August 90015th, the capital of Qing dynasty fell and the court fled. On September 29th, Li Hongzhang arrived in Tianjin. 65438+1October 1 1, Li Hongzhang arrived in Beijing. Li Hongzhang fell ill because of great psychological pressure. On his way back to Xianliang Temple after meeting the British and German envoys, he caught a cold and couldn't afford to get sick. The Coalition forces pretending to delay the "wild price" are impatient.
They were afraid that no one in the imperial court would clean up this mess again, and a "Proposal and Outline" that exhausted "China's financial resources" was finally released. 1901115. Li Hongzhang and Yi Kuang, Prince of Qing Dynasty, signed the Outline of Peace Talks. China people once again denounced: "traitor Qin Gui, unjust Li Hongzhang!"
Li Hongzhang began to cough up blood. He knew that his time was running out. Li Hongzhang wants to end the negotiations as soon as possible. However, after the signing of the "outline of peace talks", the Coalition forces showed no signs of withdrawing troops. The attitude of all countries is that the amount of compensation must be fixed. At this time, Li Hongzhang has no strength to confront foreigners. He vomited blood to the point of being "endangered" and had no energy to discuss the length with foreigners face to face.
Lying on his deathbed, Li Hongzhang directed the lower-level officials to reduce the loss to the lowest point-from the initial proposal of 654.38+0 billion taels of silver to 450 million taels, which will be paid off in 39 years with an annual interest rate of 4%; 450 million taels is a figure set for 450 million people in China. "One person and one tael is a disgrace"? . Li Hongzhang accepted the insult.
190 1 year (the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu), the "Xin Chou Treaty" was signed. Li Hongzhang signed back and vomited blood? [ 16]? -"purple-black, with large lumps", "excessive phlegm and cough, insufficient diet", diagnosed as gastric vascular rupture.
Later, he died of illness in Beijing, and was given a letter to a teacher, a first-class marquis and Wenzhong, and 5200 taels of silver as a funeral. In his hometown and meritorious provinces, 65,438+00 temples were built, and local officials regularly offered sacrifices to Shi Jing Temple. In the Qing Dynasty, Han officials were the only ones who built temples in Shi Jing. He was praised by Empress Dowager Cixi as a man who "recreated Huang Xuan" at the age of 79.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Hongzhang