Social Changes Of Guizhou After The Revolt Of Xianfeng And Tongzhi Emperor Period Focused On Tablet Historical Data

During the Xianfeng and Tongzhi emperor period, the People Revolt came into being amid fire and thunder in Guizhou. The revolt was so long-lasting, broad scoped and deep influence which was rare in Guizhou history. After the revolt, the Qing government took a series of measures that led to some new factors in politics, economy, military and culture. Centered on tablet and combining other historical data, this article discusses the social changes of Guizhou.In political aspect, after the peasants's revolt of Xianfeng and Tongzhi emperor period, the society of Guizhou changed a lot. The ruling class had to carry out a series of measures to consolidate the officials in order to defend and keep dominate status. At the same time, the Qing government speeded up to reduce local political power, then Guizhou local political power nearly disappeared. In economic aspect, after the peasants'revolt of Xianfeng and Tongzhi emperor period, the government offered to lead people come back to produce, and forbade more tax. Owing to this, the economy of Guizhou began to restore and develop, especially after the 1870s, Guizhou capital economy developed to some extent. In military aspect, the traditional military force was attacked seriously. The local militia raised rapidly, which had a very tremendous influence to Guizhou society. In cultural and the custom aspect, the education of Guizhou, particularly, the new style education system developed greatly, along with the education development, the culture and the custom of Guizhou also had a certain change. For instance, the marriage custom of the minority nations changed and made great strides to the civilized marriage.In a word, in the late 1900s, the base of the feudal ruling class in Guizhou was extremely stubborn, because of this, the planned or approval changed in this frame is only a partial and a evolution-like social change. Only after the new productive forces representatives—the proletariat stepping into the political arena and leading Guizhou various races to overthrew the old rule, the social appearance presented the essencial change in Guizhou.