How did Xu Tong, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, make himself a laughing stock?

China suffered what Li Hongzhang once said in the late Qing Dynasty was a great change once in three thousand years. Although all kinds of thoughts are surging, some people are still interested in him, so he still stays in the past. Faced with this general trend of change, such people are used to sticking to the rules and refusing to accept all new things. They stick to their old ideas and reject the old ones, so they are also called die-hards. One of them is Xu.

First of all, Xu Tong himself is very talented. Xu Tong was a scholar in Daoguang period and a teacher of Tongzhi Emperor. Without certain skills, he certainly can't be the master of the emperor. During his tenure as the master of Emperor Tongzhi, Xu Tong also served as a bachelor of cabinet, a minister of rites and a co-organizer of the university. However, so many positions were blinded by his know-how, and he finally made himself a joke, failed to apply what he had learned, and finally became a laughing stock.

Second, Xu Tong denies the existence of Spanish and Portuguese. When chatting with people, Xu Tong talked about other countries in the world. As a scholar, he actually did not proceed from the facts, but said that there are only Britain, Italy and France in the world, and countries like Spain and Portugal do not exist at all. Everyone was shocked by this strange statement, and Xu Tong pretended to give a profound explanation. The Spanish class has teeth, grapes have teeth, and teeth have become a country, which is unheard of in history and not in books. It's ridiculous. ? But people say that it is obvious that these two countries are here to rob things. How could they not exist? Xu Tong said that Britain and France robbed too many things, so he made up two names at random.

After Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Xu Tong hanged himself. After Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Cixi escaped, but Xu Tong stayed in Beijing. As a scholar, Xu Tong could not resist Eight-Nation Alliance's crime. He wanted to die with his son, but before he died, his son kicked down his father's stool and walked away.