中国历史上的清末年间曾经出现过两个权倾朝野、人皆望而生畏的人物,一个是地位低卑,却深得慈禧太后宠爱的总管太监李莲英,此公素以狐假虎威、老谋深算、心狠手辣、睚眦必报著称于世;一个是官居要职,执掌清廷外交事务大权的直隶总督兼北洋大臣李鸿章,其人则因飞扬跋扈、趾高气扬、刚愎自用、不可一世闻名中外。长期深受四书五经熏陶、秉承读书人传统的李鸿章一向看不起身为“废人”、成天干着伺候人勾当的太监,尤其在他官场得意时言谈举止中这种 In the late Qing Dynasty of China, there were two people who were in power and daunting in the late Qing dynasty. One was a lowlord but a treasurer of the Empress Dowager Cixi who was favored by the Empress Dowager Cixi. The public element was fiercely fierce and fiercely aggressive. In the world, Li Hongzhang, the governor of the Zhili province and the Northern Minister who is in charge of the official home affairs and holds the post of foreign affairs in the Qing government, is notoriously renowned both at home and abroad for his arrogance, arrogance and self-help. Long been deeply influenced by the Four Books and Five Wads, Li Hongzhang, who upholds the tradition of the scribes, has always been despised as a “junk man” who has been serving eunuchs all the time, especially during his official courtesy