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Liu Kun yibao raised the unknown Ma Fuheng as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, what was his intention?

author:A noon bell ringer

January 7, 1880, November 26 of the Old Calendar. Li Hongzhang sent a letter to Prince Gong Yishi, and Li Fengbao, the minister in Germany, was ordered by Ding Richang to carefully inquire about the price and style of mosquito ships manufactured by the British Armstrong Shipyard during his voyage to the sea.

The factory immediately reported the news of Li Fengbao's inquiry to the General Department of Customs and Taxation, and Hurd was very angry, thinking that China had suspicion and distrust of him, causing Li Fengbao to refuse to intervene in the matter again.

Liu Kun yibao raised the unknown Ma Fuheng as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, what was his intention?

Li Fengbao, Minister to Germany

Mainly Hurd and the director of the customs office in London, Jin Denggan, have a deep friendship with the factory, and the other person must be restrained by others, and he is worried that the cost will be greater. Liu Kunyi thought that he should imitate the ship, but in fact, they had a gap between each other.

It is also known that Prince Gong Yibi's early letter mentioned that the mosquito ship cannon was heavy and light, and the cannon was slow to be fired, explaining that it was caused by machine loading and firing, but it was stronger than the cannon of the fort.

Liu Kun yibao raised the unknown Ma Fuheng as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, what was his intention?

Mosquito boat

January 7, 1887, december 14 of the Old Calendar. Li Hongzhang sent a telegram to the General Administration, reporting that Xu Chengzu, the minister in Japan, had allowed the Japanese warships to go to China to look for the missing warships before calling to discuss the General Administration and the Southern and Northern Oceans, and asked the General Administration to call to stop them. The next day, the General Administration forwarded the edict criticizing the suppression of Xu's leasing behavior.

January 7, 1890, December 17 of the Old Calendar. Prince Qing's impeachment of The Duke of Qing, Yi Li, and the impeachment of the German merchant Man de who was deceived by Zha Yushi Zhirui was purely a mistake of rumor and should be corrected by Chen Ming.

Liu Kun yibao raised the unknown Ma Fuheng as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, what was his intention?

Liu Kunyi

January 7, 1895, December 12 in the old calendar. Liu Kunyi, the minister of Chincha and the commander of the various armies inside and outside the Guan, sent a telegram to the Military Affairs Office to ensure that Ma Fuheng was qualified to serve as the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, and was ordered to order Ma Fuheng, who was now an alternate Daoist of the navy, to come to Beijing and introduce him to the Guangxu Emperor.

Ma Fuheng was a candidate for the rank of Sanpin, who was then in charge of the Beiyang Naval Camp Affairs Office, and had previously managed ships such as "Caojiang", "Kangji", and "Haijing". He was not an outstanding naval leader, and the reason why he was nominated by Liu Kunyi, a veteran general of the Xiang Army, to be the admiral of the Beiyang Navy was only due to Liu Kunyi's suppression of his old rival Li Hongzhang's official inversion and power struggle.

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