Bai Yanhu was one of the leaders of the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion during the Tongzhi period at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Bai Yanhu and the rebels he led killed a total of 20 million innocent Han people in Shaanxi and Gansu during the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion. Bai Yanhu was a sinn

Bai Yanhu , one of the leaders of the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion during the Tongzhi period at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Bai Yanhu and the rebels he led killed a total of 20 million innocent Han people in Shaanxi and Gansu during the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion. Bai Yanhu is a sinner of the Chinese nation. , but now some people often beautify Bai Yanhu and portray Bai Yanhu as a national hero. This leads to some readers who do not understand Bai Yanhu to be misled, and some readers who do not understand Bai Yanhu really think that Bai Yanhu is a national hero.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, conflicts broke out between Hui and Han. Bai Yanhu and other rebels massacred innocent Han people in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Some villages were even killed.

A small number of readers may question the data that 20 million people in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces were killed by Bai Yanhu and other rebels during the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion. However, these data are based on county annals in Shaanxi-Gansu provinces and are not an exaggeration. In addition, , the jurisdiction of Gansu Province at that time was different from the current Gansu Province. Gansu Province at that time also included the current Ningxia and Xining.

"Fuping County Chronicle" records: In 1855, there were 46,579 households in the entire county, and the number of people was estimated to be about 250,000. However, in 1876, another count showed that only 28,543 households were left, and the number of households was about 250,000. It became about 120,000 people.

The county records of the counties in Shaanxi and Gansu also include: The original population of Sanyuan County was about 160,000 people. After the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion was put down, only about 40,000 people remained. Gaoling County originally had a population of nearly 70,000. After the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion was suppressed, when the statistics were collected again, it was found that Gaoling County had lost more than half of its population.

Portrait of Bai Yanhu

The county annals of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces all recorded the local population data during the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion. Based on the population data of Fuping County, Sanyuan County, and Gaoling County, it can be inferred that at that time, every county in Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces had A large number of innocent Han people were killed. Of course, the data also included Hui people, but it was completely incomparable with the data on the killed Han people.

Based on the population data records of Shaanxi-Gansu provinces before and after the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion was suppressed in various county annals, it can be inferred that it is very possible that the number of innocent Han people who died in the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion reached 20 million.

The Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion was finally successfully quelled by Zuo Zongtang and the Qing soldiers commanded, saving the northwest which was already in danger at that time, because Bai Yanhu's purpose was to establish an alliance including Shaanxi, Gansu (Gansu at that time included Ningxia and Xining), Qinghai, and Xinjiang In the Muslim countries, if the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion was not put down, China would very likely lose the entire northwest. Therefore, Zuo Zongtang is a veritable national hero in the modern history of our country! It was Zuo Zongtang who saved the entire Northwest!

Portrait of Zuo Zongtang

After Zuo Zongtang quelled the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion, he proposed to Empress Dowager Cixi to conquer Xinjiang from the west, which was controlled by Aguba of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia. Zuo Zongtang argued hard based on his reasons. Finally, the Empress Dowager Cixi was persuaded to agree with Zuo Zongtang to conquer Xinjiang from the west.

Zuo Zongtang was good at using troops and had excellent commanding skills. Under the leadership of Zuo Zongtang and the hard work of the Qing soldiers, Xinjiang was finally successfully recovered. Agubai committed suicide by taking poison. He led the remaining returning troops to flee to Xinjiang and took refuge with Agub. When he learned that Agub had committed suicide, he led the remaining returning troops to flee to Tsarist Russia and became the Dungan people in Tsarist Russia.

Zuo Zongtang Sculpture

Readers who have justice in their hearts and can distinguish right from wrong know that Zuo Zongtang is a veritable national hero who saved the entire northwest of our country. However, a small number of people believe that Bai Yanhu is a national hero. They slander Zuo Zongtang as a butcher. They slandered Zuo Zongtang as a villain who helped the Qing government suppress the uprising of the Hui people in Shaanxi and Gansu. They slandered Zuo Zongtang as a person who hindered social progress. They believed that the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion had progressive significance.In fact, the Shaanxi-Gansu rebellion was a bad event that divided China and hindered national unity!

Everyone should establish a correct view of history, everyone should distinguish right from wrong, and should not describe the darkness in history as light, and should not describe the light in history as darkness; in addition, there may be some readers who have finished reading this article of mine. Later, they thought that I had an ulterior motive and thought that my purpose was to sow ethnic antagonism. In fact, readers who have such thoughts have ulterior motives. After all, any reader who can distinguish right from wrong, whether they are Han, Hui or any other ethnic group, will not think that Bai Yanhu is a good person. .

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