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In August 1896, Li Hongzhang visited the United States, and in order to show his national prestige, he brought with him the items that shocked the Americans.
At that time, the news of Li Hongzhang, 73, visiting the United States, caused a great sensation. Hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of New York to see the Qing minister, and even the US president, who had been on vacation abroad, canceled the holiday and rushed back home.
In order to show the national prestige, Li Hongzhang used pomp and circumstance is not ordinary. An English-speaking parrot, a Yunnan big-tailed golden rooster, and three pairs of canaries, even the golden palanquin, he brought with him.
In addition to these, all kinds of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, green vegetables, osmanthus peeled eggs, etc., are not missing, and the most surprising thing is the large amount of snow and water in the Tianshan Mountains.
These Tianshan snow water is specially used by the chef for Li Hongzhang to cook and cook tea, and it is brought from far away, and the altar is all sealed with red mud.
At this time, just one year after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Chinese society under the Qing government was deteriorating, backward and corrupt, and Li Hongzhang was so particular about the water he brought abroad.
Li Hongzhang originally wanted to show national prestige, but when he saw the streets of Manhattan, people were gloomy and did not speak.
The high-rise buildings on the street are even as high as 20 stories. Thinking back to China, there were dilapidated thatched huts everywhere, and Li Hongzhang gasped.
When Li Hongzhang and his party walked into the Waldorf Hotel arranged by the United States, Li Hongzhang made a joke.
He saw the elevator of the Waldorf Hotel and asked others, "How can people live in such a small house, you can't even fit a table?" After listening to the other party's explanation, Li Hongzhang understood that this "house" was used to transport people, not to live in people.
The American side received Li Hongzhang's arrival very warmly, Li Hongzhang saw many things that he had never heard of before, and every day he was constantly refreshing the old cognition in his mind. Originally, Li Hongzhang was quite satisfied with everything.
When he arrived at the Washington National Library to visit the building, he was stopped by administrators. It turned out that Li Hongzhang was still holding a cigarette in his hand.
Li Hongzhang was very dissatisfied with the prohibition of smoking, and had no choice but to abide by it. As soon as he went out after the tour, he slammed his phlegm on the ground to express his anger. Who knows, his move attracted the staff again.
The staff said that they wanted Li Hongzhang to wipe off the phlegm, but Li Hongzhang refused. In the end, it is good to say that it was Li Hongzhang's other people who erased the phlegm.
He saw that education in the United States did not discriminate between men and women, and in China at that time, only rich boys could afford to read.
During this ten-day trip to the United States, Li Hongzhang also saw a car driving on the streets of New York, and he was taken to take an X-ray film, and he also saw electric lights that can illuminate for a long time and are not afraid of the wind.
After returning to China, Li Hongzhang sighed to his cronies: "What I have seen and heard about this trip. ”
The development of science and technology abroad, as well as the humanistic spirit, completely shocked Li Hongzhang.
It is estimated that if the hour hand can be reversed, Li Hongzhang may not be bent on "showing national prestige".
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