Mei Qizhao was a Manchu official who came into contact with foreigners earlier when he accompanied Hua Shana, who was an editor at the Imperial Academy in Jinshi Point in 152, the second year of Xianfeng, a Qing official, during the negotiations between the British and French allied forces in Tianjin.
During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Mei Qizhao negotiated with Hua Shana in Suzhou and Shanghai,…