Li Hongzhang was born in a civilian family. When he was young, he was very clever and diligent. /kloc-admitted to the scholar at the age of 0/7. At that time, he only studied to gain fame and get ahead. Because of his talent, he quickly became famous in officialdom. 1845 entered Zeng Guofan's mansion as a family member and was personally taught by Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan helped him a lot. Later, after being admitted to Jinshi, he entered imperial academy. In just a few years, he rose from the editor of Zhengqipin to the alternate channel of provincial judges. This lifting speed is very strong. But surprisingly, at the age of 35, he made an amazing decision. He decided to resign from his official position and become an aide under Zeng Guofan's name. Many people think he is stupid, but for him, the gains from being an adjutant in recent years are the biggest gains since he became an official, because he learned how to lead troops to fight and how to handle government affairs, which laid a good foundation for his future political career.
He won the first battle in Shanghai and became the governor of Jiangsu. Since then, his official position has become bigger and bigger. When we mention Li Hongzhang's official position again, we have to mention his quadruple identity. 1870, Li Hongzhang was transferred to the governor of Zhili, and since then he has had four identities, which also made his power reach its peak, namely, the governor of Zhili, the minister of Beiyang and the minister of Beiyang. First of all, the minister of Beiyang, whose main responsibility was to contact foreigners, was the head of the prime minister's yamen at that time, equivalent to today's foreign minister. The second identity is the governor of Zhili, who is the first minister in the world and directly in charge of the military, political and civil affairs of a province. As a responsible garrison commander in Gyeonggi, Li Hongzhang has become the 1 in the local strength school. Today's Zhili governor is the governor and mayor of the capital, and concurrently serves as the commander-in-chief of the nearby military region.
The third position is the deputy of the naval yamen. At that time, the minister of naval yamen was equivalent to the minister of navy. As one of the two gangs, he is equivalent to the second deputy minister. The fourth identity is a college student. Although it was only an honorary title at that time, its level was also very high. Although he does not have great real power, he can indeed participate in politics, which is equivalent to today's deputy national cadres. It can be seen from these four official positions that Li Hongzhang had a high position in the imperial court at that time, which also brought him great power. Later, Li Hongzhang also established the Huai Army, which became the main force to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He held his strength in his hand and guaranteed his rights.
At that time, Li Hongzhang held several positions and led the Beiyang Navy. It can be said that one person controlled the internal affairs, military affairs and foreign ministers of the Qing Dynasty. Although Li Hongzhang was one of the four famous ministers at that time, he was superior to the other three in terms of power alone. Western media also called Li Hongzhang the Prime Minister of China. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was at home and abroad, but Li Hongzhang was never attacked in front of westerners and always defended the dignity of the country, so he was respected by westerners and was called Bismarck of the East. At that time, Li Hongzhang was not only above ten thousand people under one person, but also the glory of the Han people. After all, the Qing Dynasty was Manchu, and the rights of the Han people were always restricted. As a Han Chinese, Li Hongzhang can achieve such a high status, which also shows his ability.