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The Qing Dynasty was a prosperous dynasty in the history of China, but it was also the last dynasty in China. Anyone who knows modern history knows how humiliating China was in modern times. Due to the corruption and incompetence of Cixi, the Qing government was repeatedly invaded by imperial power. At that time, China had a vast territory, rich products and countless treasures. Western powers are even more eyeing, and the military strength of the Qing government is not strong, so every imperial war of aggression against China ended in the failure of the Qing government.

Of course, Cixi is weak and incompetent, and can only stop the imperial powers from continuing their aggression by cutting land and paying reparations. The foreign minister at that time was Li Hongzhang. At that time, treaty of nanking after the defeat of the Opium War, treaty of shimonoseki after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-1895 and Eight-Nation Alliance after the failure of the war of aggression against China were all signed by Li Hongzhang. For this reason, the Qing government paid hundreds of millions of gold and silver, which led to the emptiness of the national treasury and the misery of the people.

Because of this, Li Hongzhang has been controversial in history, and people have also pushed this responsibility to Li Hongzhang. However, Li Hongzhang is really bitter and can't say it. As a foreign minister, he was arranged by Cixi to sign a treaty, and there was nothing he could do. On the surface, it seems that Li Hongzhang lost so much money because of unfavorable negotiations, and Li Hongzhang was identified as a traitor. But I didn't know at that time that Li Hongzhang was an honest official, and he had reduced the losses of the Qing government to a minimum by his own efforts.

Later, Li Hongzhang's tomb was dug up by later generations, which made people blindsided. Later generations went through hardships but found nothing in Li Hongzhang's tomb. At this time, they realized that Li Hongzhang was not a corrupt official, but an honest official. At that time, two gold bricks were found in the tomb, but in fact, they were not gold bricks at all, but copper blocks were plated with a layer of gold. People really recognized Li Hongzhang and misjudged Li Hongzhang, and their faces were naturally unhappy.