Li Hongzhang is controversial, why is he called the Oriental Spleen Bismarck?

Many people only know that Li Hongzhang signed a lot of unequal treaties, but they don't know how many rights and interests this old man has fought for the declining Qing **, and he is still very competent as the prime minister of the dynasty.

Because Li Hongzhang not only established an army armed with Western-style equipment, but also founded a number of modern military industries.

Because in the eyes of Westerners, Li Hongzhang is a diplomat with great means and courage, and he can be regarded as a rare capable person in the corrupt Qing Dynasty, this sentence has both praise and superficial flattery.

Li Hongzhang was the first comprador in China and the first traitor.

It's too one-sided! Take a look at the book "The Germans" and "Iron and Blood" and you'll see what the real Bismarck is! It can be said that Bismarck was the only person who saw the world with his brain and developed Germany with a strategy against the background of Germany's love of doing things and fighting for war in Germany!

At that time, Li Hongzhang was also the only person in the Qing Dynasty who had such a vision and mind! Both of them are outliers in a national mentally handicapped environment! So it hit it off at first sight.

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.

I don't think it's worthy. Li Hongzhang, militarily, ran the Beiyang Fleet and was wiped out by the Japanese invaders, and diplomatically, signed treaties everywhere, and humiliated the country. I don't know the national system, and only in foreign affairs, I fantasize about the ridiculous idea of Xi Yi and let the Qing Dynasty be reborn, and step by step let myself fall into being scolded by the people.

Deserved, although Li Hongzhang did sign many humiliating treaties, Li Hongzhang did make a significant contribution to China's modernization.

If Li Hongzhang can lead China's rejuvenation and rise, get rid of humiliation, and stand tall among the world's great powers, then it will be Bismarck in the East, even a few points higher than Bismarck. However, Li Hongzhang did not do this, he can be compared with Bismarck in actual power, and there is still a gap between Li Hongzhang and Bismarck in terms of contribution to the country and the nation.

Not worthy. Although he developed foreign affairs and ran a navy, the Qing Dynasty did not become strong because of this, and was still the object of being slaughtered by foreign powers. Bismarck's reforms made Germany rapidly strong.