How about Li Hongzhang and Bismarck?

All are people of the same era.

Bismarck was known as the "iron-blooded prime minister".

He launched the Franco-Prussian War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Prussian-Danish War, and completed the unification of Germany in 1871.

In 1871, France was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War and signed the Surrender of Paris and the Armistice. France paid an indemnity of 5 billion francs and ceded Alsace and Lorraine. Thus, Bismarck said: "The French will probably not consider it a compliment." ”

After China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Li Hongzhang signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki on behalf of China, ceding the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, and compensating Japan with 200 million taels of silver for military expenses. Chongqing, Shashi, Suzhou and Hangzhou will be opened as commercial ports. It is stipulated that Japan can open factories in China's treaty ports.

In Bismarck's view, of course, these were very despicable. Therefore, he said: "You are the Bismarck of the East, but I myself can hardly hope to get the title of Li Hongzhang of Europe." The implication is that I will not be like you to sign a treaty that humiliates the country and be a sinner of my own nation. The irony in the words is very strong. It is ridiculous that Li Hongzhang not only did not hear Bismarck's irony, but also took pride in it.

Li Hongzhang of China, Bismarck is the iron-blooded prime minister of Germany.

At that time, Li Hongzhang secretly visited Bismarck, the "iron-blooded prime minister", and talked about some instruments invented by scientists, and then Li Hongzhang humbly asked the other party for help and some measures to revive the national prestige of the Qing Dynasty, and also talked about how to defeat the problem of the country, as well as the content of the country's fundamental methods of making great efforts.

He asked the other side what would be a good way to rejuvenate China, but the other side expressed that the distance between the two countries was relatively far away and they did not pay attention to the specific situation of the other side, so there was no way to put forward a reasonable view.

And later, the defeat of the Beiyang Naval Division formed by Li Hongzhang in the Sino-Japanese War made his title a joke. When Li Hongzhang was alive, he tried his best to safeguard China's interests and also tried to make China strong again with the Westernization Movement. In foreign negotiations, he also tried to defend China's interests, but in the end, because the Qing Dynasty was weak, he did not achieve his goal.

Because of Li Hongzhang's resourcefulness and eloquence, he really convinced the Europeans. Whether it was in the United Nations and various war negotiations, Liu Li Hongzhang used his ability to persuade the Western powers and the Empress Dowager Cixi to save the country from war.

Because Li Hongzhang was born in the late Qing Dynasty, he relied on his own strength to deal with the great powers. The crumbling Qing Dynasty extended its life for nearly 30 years, so it was called the Bismarck of the East.