At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government was forced to sign many unequal treaties with the great powers, and these became indelible stains on Chinese history. At that time, when signing the "Maguan Treaty", Li Hongzhang, as a major minister of the late Qing Dynasty of China, was responsible for discussing with Japanese Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi, although the formulation of the treaty was very unfavorable to the Qing government, but after all, it was in the environment of the defeat of the Qing army at that time, so although Ito Hirobumi insisted on not giving in when signing the treaty, he had a high evaluation of Li Hongzhang.
Li Hongzhang held important positions in the late Qing Dynasty, and he also adopted the method of marriage on the issue of marriage, and consolidated his position in the imperial court through marriage. Li Hongzhang married two wives in his lifetime, one was arranged by his family for him, this woman was Zhou, but Zhou died of illness soon after, and then Li Hongzhang married Zhao Xiaolian after Shuxiang Mendi, Zhao Xiaolian's father was Zhao Wenkai during the Jiaqing period, so Li Hongzhang married his daughter naturally had a lot of help for his career development, after Li Hongzhang and Zhao Xiaolian married, Li Hongzhang's official position also rose again and again. At that time, many people also said that Zhao Xiaolian did have a helping husband, after she married Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang also began to become a vital figure in the imperial court, Zhao Xiaolian lived with Li Hongzhang for a total of thirty years, and just after Zhao Xiaolian's death, Li Hongzhang also began to slowly decline.
Although Li Hongzhang's descendants did gain some benefits by virtue of his status, the Li family had to rely on their own efforts to improve the family's economic environment from the fourth generation. When mentioning the descendants of Li Hongzhang, we have to mention Li Jiachang, Li Jiajing and Li Jiashu, who, as descendants of Li Hongzhang, have worked hard with their own hands, and they are all rich people with a net worth of over 100 million. Most of them had experience in the early years of staying in the West, and later also worked a lot of odd jobs, and then began to make a fortune with the banking, textile and other industries.
After Li Hongzhang's death, although the Li family began to lose its dependence, the descendants also regained the reputation of the family with their own efforts, and the fact that his descendants became billionaires gradually became a good story.