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1861年(咸丰十一年),清政府根据当时海关副总税务司赫德的建议,决定从英国购买一支新式武装舰队.此事由两广总督劳崇光与赫德在广州最后商定,委托正在英国休假的总税务司李泰国一手经理.李泰国心怀叵测,他不但在英国雇定了该舰队的司令官和全部水兵,而且私自代表清政府同雇佣司令签定合同,妄图通过这支舰队控制清朝所有的新式武装.1863年(同治二年)舰队开赴中国,李泰国先期到达,又要求清政府借银一千万两,作为
In 1861 (eleven years of Xianfeng), the Qing government decided to buy a new armed fleet from the United Kingdom according to the proposal made by Hurd, then the Deputy Customs and Tax Division of the Customs and Excise Department, which was finally agreed upon by Guangzhou Governor Luoguang Guang and Hurd in the Guangdong Li Thailand, a chief executive of the General Taxation Department on vacation, was determined to not only hire the commander of the fleet and all the sailors in Britain but also secretly represent the Qing government on contracts with the Employment Command in an attempt to control the Qing Dynasty All the new armed forces .1863 (Tongzhi years) fleet went to China, Li Taiguo arrived early, and asked the Qing government to borrow 10 million silver, as the