What was the purpose of the Foreign Affairs Department of Qing Dynasty? Why did this department always lose face to the Qing royal family?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Qing Dynasty was an institution specializing in foreign affairs to deal with foreigners. Because this department did not exist in the Qing Dynasty, it was set up by foreigners under pressure from China. The staff of this foreign affairs department are very groggy and are not active in dealing with all kinds of problems. They can only finish the task at the urging of foreigners.

The most important reason is that this foreign affairs department is an important way for foreigners to open the door to China. Through this foreign affairs department, they have more ways to understand China's national conditions, and then take more measures against China, so China has been in a passive state. China people's thoughts are feudal, especially in the imperial court, and foreigners' thoughts are very open, so they thought of this method to promote exchanges between the two countries and facilitate their invasion of China.

The foreign affairs department has also done many ridiculous things, such as washing your face with the toilet. Some officials in the imperial court made many jokes because of ignorance. These jokes are humiliating the Qing royal family. What is particularly shameful is that they don't understand foreign advanced technology and misuse it. However, they don't want to learn advanced western technology. Instead, they stood still and did nothing to keep the joke going.

The Westernization Department also contributed to many unequal treaties between the Qing government and foreign countries, which were the basis for China to cede land for compensation. It is a shame for the Qing royal family to keep sending things to foreign countries instead of getting along with each other as equals. Li Hongzhang kept signing foreign-related treaties, trying to make China lose the least interest in the treaty and wipe the ass for some officials.

The establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qing Dynasty had advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can learn advanced technology from abroad and develop your own career. The disadvantage is that this is forced, not the idea of the Qing government itself, and naturally they will not do their best to change the status quo.