In the autumn of 1891, there was a famous "Jindan Rebellion" at the junction of today's Liaoning, Hebei and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In the late Qing Dynasty, the natural disasters were severe, and the local people were oppressed again. So they revolted under the leadership of Li Guozhen and Yang Yuechun. The "Jindan Sect" originally had only a folk religious color, and it was mainly a theory that encourages people to be kind and strengthen their bodies. Later, as the number of religions increased, the leaders had political demands. Li and Yang simply rebelled, and the struggle was directed at the government office, princes and nobles and missionaries of that year. The uprising put forward the slogan of "Performing the Way for Heaven, Sweeping Hu and Destroying Qing".
This uprising, the Qing government responded very quickly. Six days after the uprising, the governor of Zhili, Li Hongzhang, mobilized troops from all over the province to stand by. Zhili, Admiral, Ye Zhichao, and registered Admiral, Nie Shicheng, led troops in person. In those days, the "government army" had already replaced the cannons, and the rebel army was at a disadvantage in equipment.
On October 18, Ye Zhichao led his troops to kill more than 500 rebels in Jianchang County , and captured more than 100 war horses. The main force of the rebels was defeated. On November 13, Nie Shicheng captured the rebel base camp. Subsequently, Li Guozhen was captured and killed due to serious injuries, while another leader, Yang Yuechun, was captured in the cave. At this point, this uprising that lasted a month was suppressed.
Ye Zhichao
According to statistics, the Jindan Sect Uprising made Rehe pay more than 100,000 casualties and more than 300,000 people were displaced. As for how many of these victims were innocent civilians, it is difficult to explain clearly.
This time the Jindan Cult uprising incident made Ye Zhichao, the general of the Huai Army nicknamed "Ye Dadie", "sparkled". This big soldier was rewarded with a yellow jacket for his merits. Of course, the most famous thing about this guy happened in 895 Sino-Japanese War in . At that time, Zuobaogui died in Pyongyang . He led his troops to rush back to China for 500 miles. Afterwards, under pressure, the Qing court had no choice but to imprison him and sentence him to death as delayed . But Ye Zhichao's final outcome was nothing more than a job resignation and returning home, and he lived for another 6 years before he died.
Nie Shicheng
Also a general of the Qing army, Nie Shicheng, who is also an Anhui native, has much better reputation than Ye Zhichao. He participated in the Sino-French War , Sino-Japanese War and the fight against Eight-Nation Alliance , and later died in Tianjin in 1900. There is also a bronze statue of Nie Shicheng in Nankai District, Tianjin today, which is kept as a commemoration of this national hero.
After this battle, the influence of the Jindan Sect still existed. It was not until after 1897 that the words "Jindan Sect" were difficult to see in the memorials of local officials. The Qing government realized that the Rehe area needed to strengthen management, so in 1904, he divided part of the land from Jianchang County and Pingquanzhou in Zhili to establish a new Jianping County . This county takes one word from two counties.
The general outline of Jianping County
However, at that time, Jianping County belonged to Chaoyang Prefecture, Zhili Province, and traditionally belonged to the Rehe area.
Initially, Jianping County had only county government offices but no county town. The second county magistrate built a city wall in Xinqiu (now Jianping Town ), which was the official county town. Later, due to the construction of the railway, the location advantage of Ye Baishou became increasingly obvious. In 1954, in order to develop the economy, Jianping County moved to Ye Baishou Town, and Jianping Town became the "old Jianping" among the local population.
The general outline of Lingyuan City
However, Jianchang County at that time was not today's Jianchang County, Huludao City, Liaoning Province. Jianchang County in the late Qing Dynasty was predecessored by Tazigou Hall set up in the third year of Qianlong. When it was renamed as Chongming County in 1914, it was renamed Lingyuan County because it was renamed as Jianchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province (which means the source of Dalinghe ). In the tide of abolishing counties and establishing cities in 1992, Lingyuan became a county-level city. There is also a small episode in the process of renaming
. Initially, Jianchang County was once called Tagou County, but local scholars found it too unpleasant, so they named Xinxian County after the rivers in the territory, which led to Lingyuan.
Pingquan City rough outline
, and Pingquanzhou, which was formerly Bagou Hall , was also renamed a county in the early years of the Republic of China.In 2017, Pingquan County underwent abolishment of the county and established a city, becoming a county-level city under the management of Chengde City . Speaking of which, Pingquan has experienced several historical stages of department, prefecture, county and county-level city. The history of institutional development of this county is very typical and has important sample significance for studying the history of modern divisions.
