Why didn't Nanyang Navy send warships to reinforce Beiyang Navy during the Sino-Japanese War?

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Nanyang Navy did not go north to support Beiyang Navy, which was actually caused by many reasons, but the main reason was the struggle between parties. Let me briefly talk about my personal reasons.

First of all, on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, Nanyang Navy was ready to support Beiyang Navy to go north. However, there was not much difference between Beiyang navy and Japanese navy at that time, and there is no conclusion yet. If Nanyang Navy goes north directly, Li Hongzhang will certainly be robbed of his "lottery" and financial share in Beiyang Navy, and there is no established escort formation in Nanyang waters, so Li Hongzhang does not support Nanyang Navy going north. Later, when Dadonggou was defeated, Li Hongzhang wanted Nanyang Navy to go north. However, at that time, Nanyang Navy did not want to go north. The most fundamental reason is that he still wants to play a joke on Hong Zhang in Li See.

Secondly, the strength of Nanyang Navy is really poor. This is still due to Li Hongzhang. At that time, the funding for shipping administration was only 602,000 silver per year. This is not only to buy ships and build ships, but also to support various personnel, which is itself stretched. However, Li Hongzhang had to run on the ship administration controlled by Hunan Department, which caused the contradiction between the two schools. Li Hongzhang often used various opportunities to suppress the Nanyang Navy, which made the development of the Nanyang Navy extremely slow and its strength far behind that of the Beiyang Navy, which directly led to the plight of the Beiyang Navy. Nanyang Navy appeared as a joke and didn't care about the life and death of Beiyang Navy at all.

Although there is a gap between Nanyang Navy and Beiyang Navy, it is actually possible if North Korean officials make every effort to let Nanyang Navy go north to support Beiyang Navy. However, in the imperial court at that time, the struggle between parties was more serious. Many people read Li Hongzhang's jokes, not only the struggle between Hunan and Huai, but also the contradiction between the supreme commander and the post-Party and the imperial party. This is the fundamental reason why Nanyang Navy did not go north to support Beiyang Navy.

In a word, Beiyang Navy was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, and Nanyang Navy refused to reinforce. There seem to be tens of millions. The essence is caused by the party struggle within the imperial court. If the supreme commander had absolute authority at that time, both the queen mother and the emperor could monopolize the power, then the Sino-Japanese War would be a different result.