In the middle of Qing Dynasty (Qianlong and Jiaqing), Sichuan was still very restless. Although the Qing government finally won the battle between Dajinchuan and Xiaojinchuan during the Qianlong period, it also paid a heavy price, and Sichuan's economy was seriously damaged. At the same time, from the first year of Jiaqing to the tenth year (1796- 1805), Anbaili religion began to rise in Sichuan, threatening the rule of the Qing government.

According to statistics, in order to suppress the White Lotus Sect, the Qing government transferred more than 100,000 soldiers. Le Bao, governor of Sichuan, said, "In the early years of Jiaqing, there were 360,000 rural volunteers in Sichuan, so the whole Sichuan was insured." By the end of the war, at least 500,000 soldiers and rural volunteers had been transferred.

This war caused waste at sea and became the turning point of the Qing Dynasty from prosperity to decline. The long-term war has had a considerable negative impact on the economic and cultural development of Sichuan.

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Early stage of Sichuan-Chu-An Hundred Li Rebellion

In the sixty years of Qianlong (1795), the leaders and secret merchants of Hubei Bailian Sect launched an uprising on the day of "Chennian Chen" (the tenth day of March of the first year of Jiaqing), demanding that believers prepare knives and gunpowder. The rapid development of Anbalism and its anti-Qing content caused serious anxiety of the Qing government, and the Qing court ordered a large-scale search for An Baili believers.

A large number of religious leaders and believers were arrested and killed, while local officials extorted money in the name of Chana cult. "No matter whether you learn to teach or not, you will not give money." "If you don't get what you want, you will be falsely accused of heresy." Religious leaders around the country used the slogan of "officials forcing the people to rebel" and called on believers to rise up and resist.

On the seventh day of the first month of Jiaqing (1796 February 15), the leaders of Yidu and Zhijiang areas in Hubei Province, Zhang Zhengmo and Nie, were forced to launch resistance in advance because of the urgency of government occupation. Christians in Changyang, Laifeng, Dangyang and Zhushan counties followed closely. On March 10th, Christians in Xiangyang, led by Wang Conger and Yao Zhifu, revolted on the scheduled date.

The sects are alienated from each other, but they are not affiliated with each other and are fighting in their own way. Most of the shanzhai or county towns they were based on were breached by the Qing army. Only Xiangyang rebels adopted the strategy of mobile warfare, and their strength grew rapidly, becoming the main force of Hubei rebels.

Under the influence of the An Baili Uprising in Hubei, Christians in An Baili all over Sichuan also responded. In September, Xu Tiande, a religious leader in Dazhou, Wang Sanhuai and Leng Tianlu, religious leaders in Dongxiang (now Xuanhan, Sichuan) all led the riots.

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