Li Hongzhang Stills
Text/Yangcheng Evening News Reporter Xia Yang
From the Opium War in 1840, China has gradually become a semi-colonial societyCinema 1950 witch cloth draw feudal semi-colonial society, and the Chinese nation is facing “great changes unseen in three thousand years.”
Although the signing of the Sino-British Nanjing Treaty was deprived of power and humiliating the country, the contradictions between China and foreign countries reached a temporary balance. At this time, China should have learned from the pain and seized the opportunity to work hard. But then welcoming a series of internal and foreign wars. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement has not yet subsided. The second Crow War broke out again, and the British and French coalition forces fought all the way from southern China to Beijing. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw
Modern China has been repeatedly invaded by foreign enemies Data picture
Faced with internal and external difficulties and national danger, all over China are exploring the way to survive the reform map. Western forces used strong ships and powerful guns to open the door to China, making the “Big Empire” realize that they were really behind. Therefore, Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan and other pioneering ideas of “opening their eyes to the world” gradually gained more recognition, and the call for learning from the West gradually became social thoughts.
Learning from the West is the path of modernization in China. However, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw what to learn and how to learn, but Babaylan 1990 cloth draw tests the ruling people at that time.
Empress Dowager Cixi Stills
In this great change, standing on the bow of the Qing Dynasty, the most capable Babaylan 1990 cloth drawThere are two key figures that forcefully determine the course of the ship: one is Empress Dowager Cixi, who began to rule the country from behind in 1861 until her death in 1908. She was the master of the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century.
The other is Li Hongzhang, a “maintained official of the revival”. He rose step by step in the war to wipe out the Taiping and Nian Army in the 1860s, and held the internal and diplomatic power of the Qing government for a long time until he died of illness in 1901. Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawHe was regarded by Japanese Prime Minister Hirobu Ito as “the only capable and able to compete with the world powers in the Qing EmpireCinema 1950 witch cloth DrawThe person of length and shortness”, Empress Dowager Cixi also regarded him as a “person who recreated the mysterious yellow”.
Li Hongzhang, an important official of the late Qing Dynasty, Data picture
What to learn from the West? In the repeated failures of foreign wars, Li Hongzhang and other leaders of the Westernization faction had a dream of enriching the country and strengthening the army. Therefore, they proposed to “learning the strengths of the barbarians to control the barbarians” and started from a technical level.
With his efforts, Cinema 1950 witch clothes drawThe Westernization Movement was vigorously carried out, and a large number of military and civil industries such as ordnance, shipbuilding, railways, mining, Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawMilitary and civilian industries were quickly created, and the “official supervision and business” method was adopted to attract private capital to run industries.
The Westernization Movement laid a certain foundation for modern industrialization. Data picture
It goes without saying that the Westernization Movement has achieved great results. With the help of latecomer advantages, China has achieved great development in economy, science and technology, concepts and other aspects in a short period of time, rapidly laid a certain industrial foundation for traditional agricultural countries and profoundly changed the lives of the people.
In 1888, China’s first modern fleet, the Beiyang Navy, officially formed an army and became the most powerful naval force in Asia. This was the peak period of the Westernization Movement, known in history as “Tongguang ZTE”. Undoubtedly, Li HongBabaylan 1990 clothes draw chapter is “the minister of the revival”. The whole country was complacent about the achievements of the Westernization Movement and believed that learning from the West had achieved great success.
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However, it is this superficial effect that covers up the existing problems.
The Westernization Movement, a path to enriching the country and strengthening the army, had great limitations from the beginning. They are positioned as “middle school as the body and Western learning as the purpose”, but they still cannot let go of the superiority of the old empire, and are only willing to learn to decorate theKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw‘s appearance, and did not touch on fundamental issues such as the system.
Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw started learning from the West two years later than the Qing government, which is a good reference system. Also learning from the WestBabaylan 1990 cloth draw, Japan launched the MeijiyuIn the new era, from economics, military to politics, education and other comprehensive learning, Japan has carried out a more thorough improvement.
So, China and Japan, as “classmates”, gradually widened the gap. Japan quickly completed the process of modernization and rose to become a powerful country in East Asia. The economic and social development momentum of the Qing Dynasty was soon restricted by the corrupt political system.
The painful lesson came again. After Japan’s rise, it launched the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. The Beiyang Navy, known as Asia’s number one, was wiped out, which also declared the bankruptcy of the Westernization Movement. From then on, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, Chinese society fell into deeper darkness.
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In modern Chinese history, the second half of the 19th century was an excellent development opportunity, why didn’t I seize it better? Although this is a conservative system that hinders the situation, Li Hongzhang, who are knowledgeable and strive to guide China’s progress, did not strive for more important and more critical reforms. It is obviously also unshirkable.
Looking back on history, the twists and limitations in China’s exploration of the road to modernization are sad.
The times have limitations, and individuals have limitations. Late QingThe empire was in trouble and full of holes in the country and abroad. Li Hongzhang alone survived the crisis and exhausted his efforts, which was considered fulfilling his mission. But he did not seize this good opportunity to accelerate modernization and failed to complete the modernization process through peaceful improvement. He finally had some regrets.
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The Chinese nation stumbled into the 20th century. In the following half century, the Chinese people set off a wave of reform and revolution, and continued to explore the path of rejuvenation and power in the midst of war.
Source | Yangcheng Evening News·Editor of Yangcheng School | Xia Yang