Li Hongzhang's residence

Author: Niuiu Qiushi, Fan Zhan, Gao Shunyan
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Research on the Bakufu has been a hot topic in modern Chinese history. Around the rise and development of the Bakufu, people have engaged in fervent debates. Academia is a public good, so any debate contributes to the prosperity and development of scholarship. Canceling debates means academic autocracy and ignorance. Li Hongzhang, in his practice with the Bakufu, attempted to use administrative ability and professionalism as standards for its members. However, even if he truly achieved this in his Bakufu, it could not change the fact that the officials of the Qing Dynasty, who relied on the imperial examinations for advancement, remained obsessed with moral issues rather than practical ones. Li Hongzhang's efforts were merely a decoration for the irreversible decline of the Qing Dynasty. When he finally worked hard to build the navy, the officials of China were still desperately cutting naval budgets in the midst of praise for peace.