1895年甲午中日战争以后,由于李鸿章代表清政府和日本签订了丧权辱国的《马关条约》,遭到了全国人民的强烈抗议和反对,致使李鸿章从他仕途的顶峰上迭落下来,先后失去了直隶总督、北洋大臣的宝座,只得闲居在北京东安门外的贤良寺内。然而,清王朝统治者慈禧、奕诉念他过去的功劳,为防止中国被西方列强所瓜分,1896年2月,决定让闲来无事的李鸿章出访欧美,于是李鸿章在晚年进行了一次环球访问。当时,沙皇俄国正在修筑横 After the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Li Hung-chang, on behalf of the Qing government and Japan, signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki to assassinate and insult the country, and was strongly protested and opposed by all the people in the country. As a result, Li Hung-chang lost his way from the peak of his career. Zhili Governor, Northern Minister’s throne, had nothing to do in Beijing outside the Dongan Temple virtuous temple. However, in order to prevent China from being divided up by the Western powers, Cixi, the ruler of the Qing dynasty, remembered his past merits. In February 1896, Li Hongzhang decided to let the idle Li Hongzhang visit Europe and the United States, so Li made a worldwide visit in his later years . At that time, Tsarist Russia was building a cross