北洋海军是中国第一支现代化军队。它能够成军,主要受到三个事件的推动:1860年的第二次鸦片战争,1874年的台湾事件,1884年的中法战争。三大事件,无不和海上力量的有无和强弱密切相关。在危机愈加深重的时刻,清廷终于发出了“造船不坚,制器不备,选将不精,筹费不广”感叹和“惩前毖后,自以大治水师为主”的决断。1885年,总理海军事务衙门设立。1888年,北洋海军正式成军。从1861年决定投巨资向英国购买一支新式舰队装备起,到北洋舰队成军的27年的时间内,清廷为建设海军到底耗去了多少银两,至今无法精确统计。但为什么自1888年北洋成军后,“添船购炮”的工 The Beiyang Navy is China’s first modernized army. It was able to enter the army and was mainly driven by three events: the Second Opium War in 1860, the Taiwan Incident in 1874 and the Sino-French War in 1884. The three major incidents are all closely related to the existence and strength of the maritime forces. At a time of deepening crisis, the Qing court finally issued a decision that “the shipbuilding industry is not strong, the equipment is not prepared, the election will not be fine and the expenses are not widely used.” . In 1885, the Navy Yamen was established. In 1888, the Northern navy officially entered the army. From the 1861 decision to invest heavily in Britain to buy a new fleet of equipment, to the Northern Fleet into the army in 27 years time, the Qing court to build the navy in the end how much silver was consumed, so far can not be accurate statistics. But why since Beiyang became military in 1888, the workers of “Buying Buying Gun”