Li Hongzhang: a native of Feidong, Hefei City, Anhui Province, his hometown is in the Diaotang Department of Qunzhi Administrative Village, Modian Township, Feidong City. His ancestor's real name was Xu, and he moved to Hefei from Maoshiba in Hukou, Jiangxi Province in the Ming Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, Xu Shen, the fourth son of Xu (Yingxi), was adopted by his son Li Shen because Li Xinzhuang had no heir in the same town. In this way, Li Xinzhuang is the ancestor, Li Shen is the ancestor and Li Hongzhang is the eighth ancestor. The genealogy of "Mingyu School" in Xu's genealogy is "Fu Yunqing, Shanfa, Guangli, Yan Chao, Chuan Yongchang, Cai Gaojiayu, Mei, Xiao You, Kai Cheng and Liang Bimao Fang". 1809 (in the 14th year of Qing Jiaqing) compiled the genealogy of the Li family in Hefei for the first time, and defined the word generation as "the article is known to the country, the family is Yongchang, and the life is kind and glorious"; 1872 (the 11th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty), when the genealogy was revised four times, Hefei Lijia was in the 16th generation: "The ancestors were rich in virtue, the families were harmonious, and the ancestors were endless, and they were filial friends in the same town". Li Hongzhang's father's Wen is "standardized" from generation to generation. Li Hongzhang's brothers sent "Zhang" by name, taking the third word of his name. Li Wenan was the ninth juren after having obtained the provincial examination in Jiangnan, Wu Jia, the 1 12 scholar in the Reform Movement of 1898, and the top three in palace examination. His six sons, Zhang Han, Zhang Hong, He Zhang, Zhang Yun, Zhang Feng and Zhao Qing, all embarked on the road of being an official. At the age of 24, Li Hongzhang was admitted to imperial academy as an editor. In the early years of Xianfeng, he organized Ying Yong to fight against Taiping in his hometown and went to Jiangxi and Hunan to take refuge in Zeng Guofan. He also ordered him to go back to his hometown to recruit and train 7,000 Huai troops, which were divided into Liu Mingchuan, Zhou Shengbo, Zhang Shusheng, and went down the river to Shanghai Taiping. 1862 was appointed governor of Jiangsu for "meritorious service" and was appointed governor of Liangjiang three years later. 1870, he succeeded Zeng Guofan as governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang. He began to gradually take charge of the political, political, economic and diplomatic power of the Qing court. 1899 to 1900, served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, with a bachelor's degree from Wuyingtang and a bachelor's degree from Wenhua Hall. The core of his administration is Westernization, so he is also called the representative or founder of Westernization Movement. Li Hongzhang once founded Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, China Merchants, Kaiping Coal Mine, Mohe Gold Mine, Tianjin Telegraph Bureau, Jinyu Railway and Shanghai Woven Layout, and also founded Wentong Museum to send overseas students abroad. His initial motivation for westernization was to run an industry, producing guns, medicines, machines, ships and mines, mainly to deal with the Nian army. However, due to the direct improvement of the equipment of the Huai army, the Huai army became a well-equipped and effective military force in the Qing Dynasty, and in the later period, the Huai army actually became a national defense. In his contacts with foreign powers, Li Hongzhang realized that only rich countries can develop Qiang Bing, so he actively promoted the development of government-run and commercial industrial enterprises. He has served as governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang trade for a long time, and is located in Tianjin, the largest trading port in the north. He not only actively planned the northern defense and defended Beijing's first class, but also further expanded Westernization and increased wealth and income. He also painstakingly compiled the first-class nautical charts in Asia at that time, and set up camp in Liu Gongdao. This beiyang fleet has 25 ships of various types, with a tonnage of 42,000 tons, forming a triangle with Dagu Port, Lushun Port and Ahava Port, and guarding every household in the capital waters. Li Hongzhang's diplomacy also has its moments of "beauty". 1896 (in the 22nd year of Guangxu reign), Li Hongzhang, as the special envoy of China, was invited to attend the coronation ceremony of Tsar Nicholas II in Russia and visit European and American countries. On March 27th (February14th of the lunar calendar), Li Hongzhang, his son Li and other 45 people boarded the French ship "Ai nast? Simon ",Rosty Yi left Shanghai, out of the East China Sea, through the Suez Canal in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and Mahto muskie, the Russian Duke who was greeted, was connected to the" Russia ". On April 27th, she arrived in Odessa, the Russian Black Sea port, and went north by train. This time, Li Hongzhang asked Russia to be "seventy-four years old and cover more than 30,000 miles of sea routes". His subjective wish was to unite Russia and urge Russia, Germany and France to force Japan to give up its occupation of Liaodong Peninsula. He called on the new Russian czar, initialled the Sino-Russian Secret Treaty, and then visited Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Britain, the United States and Canada, and submitted credentials to the heads of some countries.