Chapter 26 Chapter IV Foreign Affairs

Weak countries have no diplomacy.In the late Qing Dynasty, the ruler was incompetent, and the whole court was in a mess.Western powers took advantage of this opportunity to carry out crazy invasion and plunder.In order to maintain its rule, the Qing government made concessions to the western powers and signed agreements and peace treaties everywhere. At this time, someone must come out to preside over these matters. They chose Li Hongzhang and pushed him onto the stage of Chinese diplomacy.