載淳 Zàichún
Biography
穆宗繼天開運受中居正保大定功聖智誠孝信敏恭寬毅皇帝，諱載淳，文宗長子，母孝欽顯皇后那拉氏，咸豐六年三月二十三日，生於儲秀宮。
十一年，就學，編修李鴻藻授讀。七月，文宗不豫，壬寅，疾大漸，召御前大臣載垣、端華、景壽、肅順，軍機大臣穆廕、匡源、杜翰、焦佑瀛宣諭立為皇太子。命載垣、端華、景壽、肅順、穆廕、匡源、杜翰、焦佑瀛贊襄政務。
癸卯，文宗崩，召陳孚恩、文煜赴行在。甲辰，尊皇后及聖母並為皇太后。諭軍機處於各摺片後署贊襄政務王大臣。乙巳，免惇親王、恭親王、醇郡王、鍾郡王、孚郡王尋常召對及宴賚叩拜。停各省貢獻方物。丙午，展順天文鄉試於九月舉行，恩科武會試於十月，順天武鄉試於十一月。授駱秉章四川總督，督辦軍務。召雲貴總督劉源灝來京，以福濟代之。以崇實為成都將軍，旋命協辦四川軍務。湖北官軍復武昌、咸寧、通城等縣及江西義寧州。戊申，以景紋為駐藏辦事大臣。己酉，允恭親王赴行在叩謁梓宮。庚戌，薛煥請招商試運淮鹽濟餉。議行。辛亥，粵匪陷吉安。廣西官軍復賓州。癸丑，加上宣宗帝后尊謚。甲寅，粵匪陷靖安、武寧、義寧各州縣。乙卯，定年號祺祥。
八月丁巳朔，日月合璧，五星聯珠。粵匪陷嚴州，旋復之。戊午，官軍復新昌、奉新、瑞州、上高。己未，命景廉赴葉爾羌查辦英蘊斂錢擅殺事。允曾國籓請，以上海現舶輪船駛往皖江，歸其軍練習。辛酉，湖北官軍復德安。壬戌，江西官軍復武寧、靖安。癸亥，頒大行皇帝遺詔。勝保軍復濮州。丁卯，捻匪渡運河，諭勝保與僧格林沁等截剿，毋任北竄。戊辰，胡林翼以疾乞假，命李續宜暫署湖北巡撫。庚午，御史董元醇請皇太后權理朝政，簡親王一二人輔弼。載垣等擬旨駁飭。甲戌，曾國荃軍復安慶。戊寅，廣西官軍復潯州。庚辰，四川番賊陷松潘。辛巳，論復安慶功，加官文、曾國籓太子少保，胡林翼太子太保，並予騎都尉世職，賞李續宜黃馬褂，楊載福、多隆阿雲騎尉世職。癸未，上大行皇帝尊謚曰協天翊運執中垂謨懋德振武聖孝淵恭謙仁寬敏顯皇帝，廟號文宗。苗沛霖陷正陽、霍丘，圍壽州。
Muzong, Emperor Yi (in full, Jitian Kaiyun Shouzhong Juzheng Baoda Dinggong Shengzhi Chengxiao Xinmin Gongkuan Yi Huangdi), personal name Zaichun, was the eldest son of Wenzong. His mother was Empress Xiaoqinxian, of the Nara clan. He was born in the Chuxiu Palace on the twenty-third day of the third month of the sixth year of Xianfeng. Edit
In the eleventh year he began his schooling, with the Compiler Li Hongzao teaching him to read. In the seventh month Wenzong fell ill. On renyin, his illness grave, he summoned the Ministers of the Presence Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou and Sushun and the Grand Councillors Muyin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han and Jiao Youying, and proclaimed him Crown Prince. He ordered Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun, Muyin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han and Jiao Youying to assist in the business of government. Edit
On guimao, Wenzong died, and Chen Fu'en and Wenyu were summoned to the travelling palace. On jiachen, the empress and the emperor's own mother were both honoured as Empress Dowager. The Grand Council was instructed to sign every memorial and enclosed slip in the name of the princes and ministers assisting in government. On yisi, Prince Dun of the First Rank, Prince Gong of the First Rank, Prince Chun of the Second Rank, Prince Zhong of the Second Rank and Prince Fu of the Second Rank were excused from kowtowing at ordinary audiences and at banquets and the receiving of gifts. The provinces' tribute of local products was stopped. On bingwu, the Shuntian provincial civil examination was put off to the ninth month, the special military metropolitan examination to the tenth month, and the Shuntian provincial military examination to the eleventh month. Luo Bingzhang was appointed Governor-General of Sichuan, directing military affairs. The Governor-General of Yungui, Liu Yuanhao, was summoned to the capital, and Fuji replaced him. Chongshi was made General of Chengdu, and soon ordered to help direct military affairs in Sichuan. Government troops in Hubei recovered Wuchang, Xianning, Tongcheng and other counties, and Yining Department in Jiangxi. On wushen, Jingwen was made Imperial Resident in Tibet. On jiyou, Prince Gong was allowed to come to the travelling palace to kowtow before the coffin. On gengxu, Xue Huan asked to invite merchants to try shipping Huai salt to help meet army pay. After deliberation this was carried out. On xinhai, the Yue bandits took Ji'an. Government troops in Guangxi recovered Binzhou. On guichou, further honoured titles were conferred on the emperor and empresses of Xuanzong. On jiayin, the Yue bandits took the departments and counties of Jing'an, Wuning and Yining. On yimao, the era name was fixed as Qixiang. Edit
The eighth month. On the first day, dingsi, the sun and moon were in conjunction and the five planets strung together like pearls. The Yue bandits took Yanzhou, and it was soon recovered. On wuwu, government troops recovered Xinchang, Fengxin, Ruizhou and Shanggao. On jiwei, Jinglian was ordered to go to Yarkand to investigate Yingyun's extortion of money and killing without authority. Zeng Guofan's request was granted that the steamships now moored at Shanghai sail to the Anhui stretch of the Yangzi and be given to his army to train on. On xinyou, government troops in Hubei recovered De'an. On renxu, government troops in Jiangxi recovered Wuning and Jing'an. On guihai, the testamentary edict of the late emperor was proclaimed. Shengbao's army recovered Puzhou. On dingmao, the Nian bandits crossed the Grand Canal, and Shengbao, Senggelinqin and others were instructed to intercept and destroy them and not let them flee north. On wuchen, Hu Linyi asked for leave because of illness, and Li Xuyi was made acting Governor of Hubei for the time being. On gengwu, the Censor Dong Yuanchun asked that the Empress Dowagers take charge of the government for the time being, with one or two princes chosen to assist them. Zaiyuan and the others drafted an edict rejecting it and rebuking him. On jiaxu, Zeng Guoquan's army recovered Anqing. On wuyin, government troops in Guangxi recovered Xunzhou. On gengchen, the Fan tribal bandits of Sichuan took Songpan. On xinsi, the merit of recovering Anqing was assessed: Guanwen and Zeng Guofan were made Junior Guardians of the Heir Apparent and Hu Linyi Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and all were given the hereditary rank of qi duwei; Li Xuyi was granted a yellow riding jacket, and Yang Zaifu and Duolong'a the hereditary rank of yunqi wei. On guiwei, the late emperor was given the honoured posthumous title Xietian Yiyun Zhizhong Chuimo Maode Zhenwu Shengxiao Yuangong Qianren Kuanmin Xian Huangdi, with the temple name Wenzong. Miao Peilin took Zhengyang and Huoqiu and besieged Shouzhou. Edit
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九月丙戌朔，上母后皇太后徽號曰慈安，聖母皇太后徽號曰慈禧。辛卯，楊載福軍復池州。壬辰，捻匪竄汜水、鞏縣，官軍擊退之。召張亮基來京。金州地震。甲午，川軍剿平會理回匪。丁酉，允樂斌等奏，撒拉回匪降，撤回官軍。庚子，川軍復名山。壬寅，多隆阿、曾國荃等復桐城、宿松、蘄州、黃梅、廣濟。彭玉麟、成大吉等復黃州。湖北巡撫胡林翼卒，調李續宜為湖北巡撫，仍駐鄂、皖交界，督辦軍務。擢彭玉麟為安徽巡撫。癸卯，浙江官軍復於潛、昌化。粵匪竄嚴州，張玉良等軍潰。甲辰，英、法撤廣州駐兵，英撤駐天津馬隊。乙巳，僧格林沁剿平青州等處竄捻，賞還御前大臣並黃韁。戊申，上奉大行皇帝梓宮返京師，免承德及宛平各府縣田賦。己酉，苗沛霖反，命袁甲三會賈臻諸軍討之。甲寅，上奉母后皇太后、聖母皇太后還宮。乙卯，以擅改諭旨，力阻垂簾，解載垣、端華、肅順任，罷景壽、穆廕、匡源、杜翰、焦佑瀛軍機。命恭親王會同大學士、六部、九卿、翰、詹、科道按律覈奏。賈楨、周祖培、沈兆霖、趙光疏請政權操之自上，並議皇太后召見臣工禮節及辦事章程。勝保疏請皇太后親理大政，並簡親王輔政。命王大臣、大學士等定議以聞。召醇郡王奕枻來京。是日奪載垣、端華、肅順爵職，逮問議罪。命睿親王仁壽、醇郡王奕枻逮肅順解京。詔文武各衙門自十月十六日以後輪班值日。鮑超軍復鉛山。是月，免西寧碾伯被擾額賦。
冬十月丙辰朔，命恭親王奕訢為議政王，在軍機處行走，大學士桂良、戶部尚書沈兆霖、侍郎寶鋆、文祥並為軍機大臣，鴻臚寺少卿曹毓瑛在軍機大臣上學習行走。召盛京戶部侍郎倭仁來京。丁巳，諭求言，申嚴門禁。戊午，大行皇帝梓宮至京，奉安於乾清宮。庚申，詔改祺祥為同治。辛酉，恭親王等擬請載垣、端華、肅順照大逆律凌遲。詔賜載垣、端華自盡，肅順處斬，褫景壽、穆廕、匡源、杜翰、焦佑瀛職，穆廕遣戍軍台。壬戌，褫陳孚恩、黃宗漢、劉昆、成琦、德克津太、富績職。諭不究既往，諸臣毋再請察辦黨援。申誡王公、內外文武大臣招權納賄。甲子，上御太和殿即皇帝位，受朝。頒詔天下，以明年為同治元年，加恩中外，罪非常赦所不原者，咸赦除之。免惇親王、恭親王、醇郡王、鍾郡王、孚郡王諭旨及奏疏稱名。乙丑，懿旨以物力維艱，誡內務府，宮闈器用，力行節儉。賞還僧格林沁博多勒噶台親王。命刑部覈結五宇鈔票案。通諭中外清理庶獄。丙寅，苗沛霖陷壽州。東南方有聲如雷。諭熱河未竟工程即時停止。丁卯，申誡各路統將粉飾遷延，縱寇殃民。補行咸豐十年恩科武會試。己巳，命總兵馮子材督辦鎮江軍務。庚午，諭議政王等贊理庶務，毋避小嫌。壬申，諭統兵大臣實核功罪，信賞必罰。癸酉，粵匪陷嚴州、餘杭。命曾國籓統轄蘇、皖、贛、浙軍務，節制巡撫、提督以下各官；瑞昌幫辦浙江軍務，太常寺少卿左宗棠赴浙江剿賊，調遣提、鎮以下官。丙子，申諭郊配仍以三祖五宗為定，皇考祔廟稱宗。起用予告大學士祁俊藻、翁心存、前太常寺卿李棠階。籍陳孚恩家，下獄治罪。官軍復無為及隨州。丁丑，申誡廷臣遇事因循。諭官文、曾國籓等妥籌剿撫苗練。粵匪陷蕭山、紹興及江山、常山，趣左宗棠軍速援。己卯，釋貝子德勒克色楞於獄。辛巳，廷臣議上垂簾章程，懿旨依議。詔開恩科。初，烏拉停捕珠八年。至是，諭仍停辦。壬午，陳孚恩戍新疆。命侍郎寶鋆、董恂在總理各國事務衙門辦事。甲申，法兵去天津。
十一月乙酉朔，上奉慈安皇太后、慈禧皇太后御養心殿垂簾聽政。丙戌，諭各省習教交涉，分別良莠，持平辦理。丁亥，諭定戶部五宇鈔票侵款者罪。復熙麟等官。庚寅，命各軍保薦將才。壬辰，山東教匪作亂，成祿等剿平之，匪首延秀輪伏誅。甲午，先是張亮基言雲南副將何有保戕鄧爾恆，疑徐之銘主使。至是，之銘飾奏軍功，為有保請獎，諭福濟察辦，撤任嚴參。乙未，石達開竄綏寧。庚子，諭中外舉人才，以曾國籓、胡林翼、駱秉章為法。辛丑，粵匪陷紹興、諸暨，褫王履謙職逮問。壬寅，福濟以畏葸取巧褫職。賞潘鐸二品頂戴，署雲貴總督。僧格林沁剿壽張等處會匪，大捷。癸卯，命彭玉麟幫辦袁甲三軍務。官軍復來安。乙巳，給事中高延祜劾徐之銘貪淫荒謬，及滇省練黨縱恣。諭潘鐸查辦。丁未，詔各省察舉循良，並訪學行該備之士。庚戌，以吳棠為江寧布政使，兼署漕運總督，督辦江北糧台。癸丑，粵匪陷處州。
十二月甲寅朔，諭曾國籓通籌進剿機宜。乙卯，諭譚廷襄赴東昌籌河防。濮、范教匪平。丁巳，勝保奏收撫匪首劉占考、宋景詩。戊午，國瑞軍復范縣。粵匪陷寧波、鎮海暨紹興各屬。己未，諭整頓鹽務。辛酉，命左宗棠迅速援杭，張運蘭歸調遣，得專奏軍事。壬戌，命江寧副都統魁玉幫辦鎮江軍務。以毛鴻賓言，諭督撫及統兵大臣因地選將，毋專恃楚勇。袁甲三軍復定遠。允廓爾喀例貢改丁卯年呈進。乙丑，福建會匪陷福鼎，尋復之。河南捻匪竄棗陽。丁卯，曾國籓辭節制四省軍務，不允。己巳，上孝德皇后尊謚曰孝德溫惠誠順慈莊恭天贊聖顯皇后。兵部侍郎慶英有罪褫職，戍新疆。以青海札薩克貝勒綱僧卻多布為左翼盟長。辛未，褫毓科職，擢沈葆楨為江西巡撫。命恭親王、醇親王督瑞麟、文祥等管理神機營。曾國籓奏派道員李鴻章統水陸軍赴鎮江規復甦、常，允之。定登萊青道駐煙台，監督東海關稅務。壬申，降端華、載垣世爵為不入八分輔國公。甲戌，免安徽、江蘇、浙江被賊來年額賦。乙亥，允江忠義終制，田興恕兼署貴州巡撫，旋以韓超署任。命張亮基督辦雲南軍務，徐之銘免雲南巡撫，以亮基署之。丁丑，多隆阿軍進攻廬州。石達開竄沅江、黔陽，偪川境，諭駱秉章、田興恕合擊之。兩淮粵匪陷杭州，瑞昌、王有齡死之。褫閩浙總督慶端職，留任。以左宗棠為浙江巡撫。彭玉麟辭巡撫，請專辦賊，許之，以為水師提督。調李續宜為安徽巡撫，嚴樹森為湖北巡撫。以鄭元善為河南巡撫。戊寅，祁俊藻以大學士銜為禮部尚書。改彭玉麟以兵部侍郎候補。庚辰，捻匪圍穎州。勝保論劾嚴樹森，諭令「反躬自責，保全名節，副皇考委任之意」。以薛煥言，諭總理各國事務衙門與英、法籌商借兵剿賊。壬午，追封皇弟二阿哥為憫郡王。趣左宗棠進取浙江。命勝保率部赴穎州。癸未，僧格林沁擊竄匪於曹州河南岸，殄之。
同治元年壬戌春正月甲申朔，慈安皇太后、慈禧皇太后御慈寧宮，上率王大臣行禮。御乾清宮受賀。自是每歲皆如之。命麟魁、曾國籓協辦大學士。乙酉，詔酌撤畝捐、釐捐，拊循從征將士家室，撫慰傷亡兵勇子孫。以江西肅清，賞鮑超黃馬褂。李世忠復六合，賞亦如之。丙戌，諭曾國籓、左宗棠保衢州進解徽州圍。命曾國籓選將保上海。調蔣益澧部赴左宗棠軍。庚寅，勝保移軍穎州，命副都統遮克敦布、道員王榕吉接辦防務。辛卯，川軍復丹稜，匪首藍潮鼎伏誅。官軍復平越。壬辰，李世忠軍復天長。癸巳，粵匪李秀成陷奉賢、南匯、川沙。命都興阿以艇師阨吳淞口。丙申，樂斌以縱匪殃民，解任訊辦。命麟魁署陝甘總督，與沈兆霖剿撫撒回。粵匪竄偪上海。薛煥言英、法各員協同防剿。上嘉之。丁酉，初，綿性請改徵回賦，景廉赴阿克蘇勘辦之。及是，景廉覆劾，綿性坐褫職，尋戍吉林。回子郡王愛瑪特解回庫車管束。申誡回疆各大臣勿再攤徵。命英蘊察禁私典阿克蘇各城回地。戊戌，粵匪犯鎮江，馮子材軍擊退之。捻匪竄沭陽。諭僧格林沁南北兼顧。官軍復莘縣。己亥，麟魁卒。李世忠軍克江浦、浦口。撤慶端任，命耆齡赴閩接辦援浙軍務。庚子，擢鮑超為浙江提督，馮子材為廣西提督。癸卯，命喬松年督辦沿江團練。丙午，前安徽巡撫翁同書以失壽州、定遠，褫職逮問，尋論斬。丁未，加鑄阿克蘇錢。戊申，文煜等上北塘防守事務，允行。英、法留兵駐大沽砲台。雲南官軍復麗江，回匪竄昆明。庚戌，粵匪竄松江，官軍合外兵迎剿，大敗之。洋將美人華爾原隸中國籍，賞四品頂戴、花翎。壬子，命張亮基募軍赴滇。癸丑，諭遮克敦布等會剿河套捻匪。
二月甲寅朔，官軍復來鳳。乙卯，懿旨皇帝在弘德殿入學讀書，祁俊藻、翁心存授讀。丙辰，擢曾國荃江蘇布政使，並令辦理軍務，毋庸迴避。丁巳，粵匪陷黃巖。官軍解鎮江、徽州圍。辛酉，西寧辦事大臣多慧、提督成瑞以飾言撒匪投誠，並褫職議罪，尋論斬。樂斌以庇護褫職，戍新疆。壬戌，命都興阿遣兵駐天長、六合，李世忠移軍江浦、浦口，和衷共濟。粵匪陷安義，旋復之。癸亥，捻匪圍杞縣。甲子，以倭仁所進古帝王事跡及古今臣工奏議，陳弘德殿講肄。乙丑，僧格林沁軍擊捻匪大捷，賊由杞縣竄通許，追剿之。戊辰，石達開竄酆都。允田興恕請解欽差大臣，率部赴川，歸駱秉章節制。命韓超籌貴州防剿事。己巳，薛煥言會英、法軍剿高橋賊壘，克之。美人白齊文原入華籍，賞四品頂戴、花翎。壬申，金陵粵匪渡江擾江浦等處。諭曾國籓、都興阿抽調師船截擊之。癸酉，多隆阿軍進攻廬州。丙子，以上海洙涇陷，褫提督曾秉忠職。上海官軍會英、法軍剿除蕭塘賊壘。命崇厚、成明督辦天津海防。丁丑，復鄭親王、怡親王世爵。諭李續宜安集皖北流亡。是月，免汀州等處被擾額賦。
三月癸未朔，捻匪竄太和。甲申，允英、法派師船往長江協同防剿。丙戌，粵匪竄上海，薛煥軍擊敗之。戊子，賊陷青田。允鄭元善請，以丁憂布政使張曜專辦剿匪。庚寅，自正月以來不雨，詔修省，求直言。左宗棠復遂安。宋景詩降眾叛於蘭儀。壬辰，粵匪犯廬、和及江浦。甲午，勝保軍進援穎州，大捷。丙申，鄭元善言招回宋景詩，令帶罪圖效，允之。戊戌，命李續宜、鄭元善幫辦勝保軍務。辛丑，前府尹莊琦齡應召，陳崇正學，疏通正途，限制津貼、抽釐，籌軍實等十二策。議行，惟停養廉、查陋規，以妨政體不許。詔各省舉孝廉方正，務求真儒。癸卯，命沈兆霖督軍赴西寧剿撒匪。乙巳，萬壽節，停受賀。丙午，趣曾國籓分軍援湖州。丁未，匯纂帝王政治及前史垂簾事跡書成，名治平寶鑒。己酉，命副都御史晏端書赴廣東督辦釐金，吳棠督辦江北團練。命薛煥以頭品頂戴充通商大臣。以李鴻章署江蘇巡撫。京口副都統海全剿賊失利，死之。壬子，免回疆新舊應進貢物。是月，上躬詣大高殿祈雨者三。
四月甲寅，諭統兵大臣慎重餉糈，汰除浮費。景其濬上歷代君鑒，上嘉納之。乙卯，允駱秉章奏留田興恕仍辦貴州軍務。丁巳，粵匪陷宜陽，尋復之。戊午，雨。鮑超軍復青陽。曾國荃軍復巢縣、含山、和州。己未，普承堯戍軍台。曾國籓等言蘇紳請借英、法兵規復甦、常，斷不可行。上韙其議。令李鴻章裁製華爾常勝軍。粵匪李世賢竄江西，沈葆楨赴廣信督辦防剿。比利時請換約，諭薛煥妥酌籌辦。庚申，上孝靜成皇后尊謚曰孝靜康慈懿昭端惠弼天撫聖成皇后。壬戌，命薛煥為全權大臣，辦理比國通商事務。癸亥，賊陷漢中，乙丑，川軍復青神，左宗棠解衢州、江山圍。丙寅，捻首張洛行北竄，諭僧格林沁等籌防。以閩軍失利，慶端諱報，切責之。戊辰，曾貞幹復繁昌，鮑超復石埭、太平、涇縣。上海軍會英、法軍平南翔賊壘，復嘉定，庚午，都興阿擊敗揚州竄匪。官軍復穎上。粵匪陷孝義、鎮安。豫軍復永寧。辛未，以葉爾羌阿奇木伯克郡王阿克拉伊都違例攤捐，擅殺回眾，奪郡王，治英蘊罪，壬申，西安副都統烏蘭都剿賊失利，諭官文、鄭元善分兵赴陝。丙子，台灣會匪陷彰化。粵匪竄偪西安，趣官文、鄭元善飭兵會剿。丁丑，上慈安皇太后、慈禧皇太后徽號，頒詔覃恩有差。戊寅，多隆阿軍克廬州，匪首陳玉成遁至壽州境，苗沛霖誘擒之。命免沛霖罪。己卯，張運蘭軍復旌德。曾貞幹軍復南陵。撒回圍攻巴燕戎格，沈兆霖援剿之。上海官軍復青浦。庚辰，何桂清逮至京，命大學士會刑部審擬。是月，免安州等州縣被水逋賦。
五月壬午朔，官軍復寧波、鎮海。癸未，鄭元善移軍汝寧。粵匪陷陝西山陽。命多隆阿督辦陝西軍務。甲申，雨。命吳振棫趣山西協辦防剿。乙酉，命明誼速赴塔城與俄會勘地界，徐宗幹剿台灣匪。丙戌，賜徐郙等一百九十三人進士及第出身有差。丁亥，以諸暨農民包立身練勇殺賊，諭左宗棠酌用之。李世忠軍截剿江南援賊，大捷。己丑，廣西官軍復太平，劉長佑赴潯州督剿。粵匪陷渭南。壬辰，戍王履謙新疆。粵匪圍溫州、瑞安，諭慶端等進援，並令左宗棠兼顧。粵匪犯潼關，諭沈兆霖檄馬德昭援陝。乙未，彭玉麟、曾國荃各軍復太平暨蕪湖城、金柱關、東梁山各隘，賞李成謀黃馬褂。官軍會英、法軍克南橋、柘林、奉賢各城。南橋攻克時，法提督卜羅德陣沒，上嘉悼之，賜祭，賞其家屬珍物。丙申，粵匪竄陝州。以銅仁、石阡苗、教各匪猖獗，諭毛鴻賓、韓超會剿。戊戌，命侍郎恆祺會崇厚辦理葡國通商事務。時英國擬調印度兵助剿，諭曾國籓等迅克金陵、蘇、常，以杜覬覦。己亥，粵匪陷興義，官軍復霍丘。庚子，前太常寺少卿李棠階疏請於師傅匡弼之餘，預杜左右近習之漸，並講御批通鑒輯覽及大學衍義，優詔答之。辛丑，官軍復台州府仙居、黃巖等六縣。賊目吳建瀛等以南匯降。官軍復川沙。賊陷嘉定。免直隸積欠旗租。壬寅，官軍進攻雨花台。甲辰，允曾國籓議，仍以安慶為省治，設長江水師提督，駐蕪湖。命恆祺為辦理葡國通商全權大臣。總理各國事務衙門言法使照會，田興恕虐害教民，命駱秉章、勞崇光查辦。乙巳，陳玉成解京師，詔於中途磔之。汝州練目李瞻謀叛，官軍剿滅之。丙午，李世忠軍渡江克龍潭等處賊壘，進攻九洑洲，諭曾國籓節制。諭明誼按條約地圖與俄剖析界務，錫霖襄辦北路分界事宜。丁未，官軍復陝西山陽。戊申，踞山陽賊竄鄖西。戍英蘊盛京。川匪陷太平□，竄擾陝西定遠。張芾撫叛回於臨潼縣，被執，死之。辛亥，彭玉麟、曾國荃等軍克秣陵關諸隘，進偪金陵。粵匪陷湖州，在籍福建糧道趙景賢死之。
六月壬子朔，耆齡以援浙逗留，褫職，仍留任。乙卯，諭李續宜調度淮北剿捻事，並約束苗沛霖。丙辰，僧格林沁等軍克金樓賊壘。戊午，命六部、九卿再議何桂清罪。庚申，川匪陷西鄉。官軍復定遠。李鴻章督程學啟等軍剿粵匪，大敗之。西安、同州漢、回械鬥，燒殺渭北村鎮。諭分別剿撫，但辨曲直，不論漢、回。壬戌，川軍復太平。癸亥，粵匪陷鄖西。甲子，何桂清諭斬。乙丑，直隸蝗。丙寅，粵匪由伊、洛南竄，命勝保督剿之。陝回撲西安及同州，趣雷正綰入關。戊辰，申誡統兵大臣欺飾濫保，督撫嚴禁州縣藉災請緩，仍復私徵。庚午，賊匪陷天柱。癸酉，大學士桂良卒，贈太傅。頒廓爾喀王獎勵敕書。甲戌，詔難民陷賊來歸者，概予免罪。申嚴失守城池律。定比利時通商條約。常清等言俄人稱哈薩克汗阿勒坦沙拉已屬俄。諭查實酌辦，令各台吉別舉襲汗爵者。乙亥，嚴諭文煜等緝直隸馬賊。諭譚廷襄赴兗、沂督剿各匪及竄捻。丙子，官軍復青田。丁丑，允僧格林沁請，收撫苗沛霖。己卯，石達開竄綦江，官軍大敗之，遂竄珙、高等縣。庚辰，趣多隆阿援西安剿回匪，毋為撫議所誤，仍解散被脅良回。是月，免直隸、河南逋欠及雜糧。
秋七月壬午朔。甲申，安集延匪倭裡罕入喀什噶爾卡滋擾，官軍剿敗之。浩罕亂，伯克邁裡被殺。丁亥，命景紋調達木蒙古兵及夥爾等族番兵赴藏。己丑，以陝回慘殺漢民，促多隆阿等入關。尋諭責其遷延，令勝保分軍援陝。袁甲三以病免，命李續宜為欽差大臣，督辦軍務。庚寅，李鴻章軍克金山衛。辛卯，甘肅撒回降。安集延賊遁出卡。俄人稱哈薩克、布魯特為其國地，命常清察覈，總理各國事務衙門剖理，明緒會明誼勘西界事宜。壬辰，命倭仁協辦大學士。甲午，川匪陷洋縣。戊戌，川軍復長寧。命愛仁、王茂廕密察陝西吏治。擢知州秦聚奎大順廣道，會遮克敦布辦直、東防務。己亥，以縱兵劫掠，褫總兵田在田職。庚子，沈兆霖督剿撒回，還至平番，山水暴發，卒。粵匪竄南陽，命勝保入陝督辦軍務，節制各軍。命熙麟為陝甘總督。允馮子材請，簡汰鎮江軍。癸卯，毛鴻賓剿黔匪連捷，諭韓超規復失地，劉長佑解散瑤人，毛鴻賓會剿黔、桂各匪。甲辰，閩軍復宣平、松陽、瑞安。以慶端為福州將軍，耆齡為閩浙總督。乙巳，李續宜母喪，詔奪情署安徽巡撫。丙午，彗星見西北方。中、葡商約成。命僧格林沁統豫、魯軍務，節制督撫以下，與李續宜商辦安徽剿匪事宜。總理各國事務衙門請設同文館，習外國語言文字，允之。丁未，鮑超軍復寧國。官軍復景寧、雲和。鄂軍復鄖西。諭刑部清理庶獄。初，廣東恩平、陽春、新興等縣土、客互鬥，九年未解。至是，諭勞崇光諭止之，豫籌善後。戊申，以星變詔求直言。庚戌，林福祥、米興朝以失守逃避處斬。諭都興阿實覈沿江釐稅。雲南回匪陷永昌、龍陵、騰越。是月，免江西義寧等州縣逋賦蘆課。
八月辛亥朔，以台州民團克復郡縣，詔蠲同治元、二年錢糧。壬子，李鴻章軍克青浦。申諭督撫痛除捐輸、抽釐、逼勒諸弊。癸丑，准京官俸減成搭放現金。甲寅，回匪圍咸陽等城，諭勝保入潼關督剿。乙卯，褫哷徵呼圖克圖名號及黃韁。以藏事敉平，停調番兵及川餉。詔順直捕蝗。己未，徐之銘請阻張亮基帶兵入滇。諭責其為回人挾制，不允。辛酉，諭嚴防陝匪句結甘回。壬戌，諭勝保分兵赴山西，英桂籌晉省防務。癸亥，諭勝保剿渭北，多隆阿剿渭南回匪，兼顧鎮平。甲子，資遣林自清練眾回滇。乙丑，陝回圍朝邑。特普欽等言呼蘭墾民日眾，請設理事同知等職，議行。命傅振邦襄辦譚廷襄軍務。丙寅，諭各省清查流品。丁卯，李續宜給假治喪，以唐訓方暫代。命福濟會景紋辦理藏事。命僧格林沁節制淮北軍，剿撫苗、捻。辛未，陝回西竄同州，朝邑路通。逆酋洪容海詣鮑超軍降，率所部克廣德。壬申，北新涇圍解，滬防肅清。癸酉，甘回竄鳳翔。粵、捻合犯淅川，陷竹谿、竹山。甲戌，允王大臣請，停送奉移山陵，命議近支親王恭代典禮。鎮江設關徵洋稅。丙子，諭勝保檄馬德昭軍駐長武一帶，防回匪竄甘。擢雷正綰陝西提督。丁丑，台灣軍解嘉義圍。官軍復處州及縉雲。命總兵黃開榜接統田在田軍。戊寅，允直隸增募馬勇緝馬賊。官軍復青谿。命耆齡專辦援浙軍務。己卯，山東軍剿捻匪大捷。勝保奏敗回匪於斜口，西安解圍，匪竄渭北。諭以自便責之。命雷正綰襄辦勝保軍務。復浙江餘姚，廣西陽朔。以粵匪竄閿鄉，促鄭元善軍赴河、洛。
閏八月辛巳朔，慶端軍復縉雲。甲申，多隆阿軍克荊紫關。乙酉，鄂軍復竹山、竹谿。黔軍復天柱、邛水。粵匪竄老河口。回匪圍涇陽，飭雷正綰軍進剿。西安解嚴。丁亥，法庫門回民互鬥，玉明等解散之。趣文煜、譚廷襄捕直、東界馬賊。戊子，回匪復攻西安。滇匪由川竄塼坪。粵匪由閿鄉竄永寧。允河南收長蘆鹽釐濟餉。己丑，洪容海降眾復叛，踞廣德。辛卯，多隆阿軍剿捻匪大捷，解商南圍。調駐南苑吉、黑馬隊赴山西。壬辰，諭韓超與提督江忠義商辦貴州軍務，堵截林自清擁眾入黔。命李棠階為軍機大臣。以德勒克多爾濟等增兵巡河防。甲午，諭各省裁革州縣浮費。命京控案件專責按察使訊鞫。乙未，詔薦舉人才。命薛煥、李鴻章辦理普國換約事宜。飭各省迅解京餉。丙申，命倭仁為大學士。諭多隆阿扼守武關。戊戌，多隆阿剿亳、穎西竄捻匪大捷，賞黃馬褂。粵匪復陷慈谿，官軍合英、法軍復之，華爾沒於陣。庚子，諭勞崇光等籌濟京倉米穀，江蘇等省新漕徵收本色解京。張亮基劾徐之銘、岑毓英跋扈。允法將勒伯勒東留防寧波。諭潘鐸安撫雲南漢、回。辛丑，允袁甲三回籍，命唐訓方赴臨淮接辦軍務，馬新貽暫統甲三軍。曾國籓請簡大臣會辦軍務，上不許，仍慰勉之，並傳旨存問疾疫將士。諭景綸等嚴緝吉林教匪。壬寅，命富明阿馳赴揚州襄辦都興阿軍務。癸卯，勝保請撫三原等處回匪，不許。甲辰，以劉長佑為兩廣總督。允田興恕暫留貴州剿匪。乙巳，石達開竄綦江等處，官軍剿擊敗之。回匪竄邠州、寶雞等處。丙午，河南捻匪李如英降。戊申，石達開竄仁懷。己酉，命官文為文華殿大學士，倭仁為文淵閣大學士。
九月辛亥，孝靜成皇后升祔太廟，頒詔覃恩有差。豫捻竄內鄉、新野。壬子，御史劉慶請以招流亡、墾地畝課州縣治績，從之。甲寅，允沈葆楨請，挑練額兵，酌籌津貼。乙卯，以文宗奉移山陵，蠲經過州縣額賦。諭文煜選良有司籌辦畿輔水利。丙辰，直隸妖人王守青等編造逆書，事發伏誅。丁巳，諭鄭元善、毛昶熙夾剿西南兩路捻匪。曾國籓言馭苗沛霖，宜赦其罪而不資其力，韙之。戊午，廣東土匪黃金籠、李植槐等倡亂，官軍討平之。趣多隆阿督所部入陝，其竄隨、棗之匪，令穆圖善軍剿之。己未，勝保請調苗沛霖入陝助剿，不許。川匪竄寧陝，官軍敗之於子午谷。庚申，石達開竄桐梓。癸亥，以閩、粵、魯省玩視軍餉，予疆臣嚴議，並嚴定欠解京餉處分。甲子，粵酋李秀成大舉援金陵。陳得才陷應城、孝感，官軍復之。安徽軍克湖溝賊巢。丙寅，僧格林沁軍克亳州捻巢。陝回圍鳳翔。庚午，馮子材克湯岡賊巢。靈州回亂。趣李續宜赴軍。壬申，回眾撲同、朝，諭勝保親往督剿，雷正綰督剿咸陽以北。癸酉，浙軍復壽昌。甲戌，以勒索回商，褫庫倫大臣色克通額職，戍新疆。革庫倫茶票陋規。李鴻章軍合英、法軍復嘉定。允荷蘭立約通商。乙亥，鄂軍復京山。粵匪竄黃陂、黃安。諭曾國籓等選武弁在上海、寧波習外國兵法，令閩、粵等省仿行。丙子，豫軍克龍井賊巢。召蘇廷魁、曾望顏、劉熙載、黃彭年、硃琦等來京，仍命各省舉行團練。丁丑，詔畿輔行堅壁清野法。諭曾國籓等豫選將弁演習外國船砲。己卯，享太廟。
冬十月庚辰朔，川軍克龍□場，匪首李永和等伏誅，賞提督胡中和黃馬褂。辛巳，粵匪大股圍南翔等處滬軍。勝保赴潼關剿匪。癸未，湖南援軍會復修仁。命勞崇光赴黔察辦田興恕殺教民案。以張凱嵩接辦廣西軍務。丙戌，文宗顯皇帝、孝德顯皇后升祔奉先殿，上親詣行禮。戊子，命瑞常協辦大學士。己丑，命曹毓瑛為軍機大臣。庚寅，豫軍剿捻勝之，解臨穎圍。趣勝保赴同、朝剿匪。勝保仍請調苗沛霖赴陝，諭嚴斥之。官軍復奉化。徐之銘言招撫興義回匪。諭稱其為滇回所制。令潘鐸截回委員，毋俾之銘預黔事。辛卯，延安回匪作亂。英桂辦河曲、保德團防。命李鴻章選將統常勝軍，實授江蘇巡撫。甘回竄逼花馬池。癸巳，黔軍剿敗石達開，遵義圍解。石達開竄仁懷。乙未，諭奉天嚴緝盜匪。裁故洋將華爾所部兵勇。准俄兵船在上海助剿，毋入江。定嗣後外人領兵毋易服色例。德楞額軍潰於山東，詔褫職查辦。丙申，寧夏軍剿回失利。陝回竄清水。戊戌，命僧格林沁剿山東幅匪。己亥，江南軍擊退金柱關賊。庚子，譚廷襄罷。命丁憂按察使閻敬銘署山東巡撫，辦理軍務。癸卯，命穆騰阿襄辦勝保軍務。乙巳，諭刑部：「今年例停句決，何桂清統兵失律，僅予斬候，已屬法外之仁。茲已屆期，若因停句再緩，久稽顯戮，何以謝死事者暨億萬生靈，著即處決。自後如遇停句之年，情罪重大之犯，仍特奏聞取旨。」初，徐之銘委回人馬聯升署安義鎮，回匪因踞普安城。至是，事聞。諭之銘撤回馬聯升，迅查釀變情形具奏。
十一月己酉朔，日有食之。以沈宏富署貴州提督，接辦田興恕軍務。庚戌，擢長沙知府丁寶楨署山東按察使。壬子，鄭元善以廢弛，降道員。命張之萬署河南巡撫。諭毛昶熙裁所部兵勇。台灣會匪陷斗六門。甲寅，褫黃彬職，撤其幫辦，命吳全美接統水師，歸曾國籓、都興阿節制。丙辰，翁心存卒，贈太保。曾國荃軍剿金陵援賊大捷，賞國荃及蕭孚泗黃馬褂。戊午，官軍合英、法軍復上虞、嵊、新昌。己未，彭蘊章卒。庚申，金陵粵匪竄擾高資，馮子材軍擊退之。壬戌，勝保坐驕恣欺罔，褫職逮問。諭直隸舉行保甲。諭瑞麟嚴緝熱河匪徒。癸亥，秦聚奎剿匪冠縣沒於陣。九洑洲賊復陷和州、含山、巢縣。乙丑，宣示勝保罪狀，籍其貲，賞所部兵勇。授多隆阿欽差大臣，接統勝保所部各軍。丙寅，川匪陷佛坪，官軍復之。川匪復陷略陽。己巳，粵匪竄陷祁門。平羅回匪亂。辛未，閻敬銘請終制，不允。乙亥，山東降眾叛，陷濮州。命張亮基以總督銜署貴州巡撫，兼署提督，撤署巡撫韓超、署提督田興恕任，候查辦。丙子，石達開陷筠連。川匪陷兩當，旋復之。丁丑，法使以教士被戕，責田興恕抵償，不許。
十二月戊寅朔，諭江、浙等處被賊脅從，誠心歸順者，無論從賊久暫，均許投誠。諭曾國籓、唐訓方分軍駐正陽關、壽州。庚辰，白齊文有罪褫頂帶，逮治之。辛巳，多隆阿破回匪於同州。壬午，命荊州副都統薩薩布赴直、魯剿賊。癸未，江南軍復績溪、祁門。鮑超丁母憂，命改為署職，仍留營。官軍復濮州。乙酉，左宗棠軍復嚴州。丙戌，命雷正綰幫辦多隆阿軍務，將軍穆騰阿會瑛棨辦理省城防守事宜。丁亥，諭左宗棠等保舉湘籍人才。廣西匪陷西寧。戊子，回匪陷涇陽。宋景詩叛於山西。調阿拉善、鄂爾多斯蒙部兵助剿寧夏平羅回匪。申諭舉孝廉方正。粵匪竄平利。河州回匪肆擾，恩麟剿之。允普魯士換約。滇匪陷景東。改令席寶田軍援江西。諭江忠義節制援桂各軍。山東竄匪擾冀州、棗強，諭文煜等合剿。甲午，廣東舉人桂文燦進經學叢書，詔嘉勉。丙申，官軍復新寧，復霍丘。石達開再陷高縣，旋復之。丁酉，命侍郎崇厚幫辦直隸防剿。召劉長佑來京，命晏端書、昆壽商辦廣東軍務。戊戌，粵匪由鄖陽竄興安，諭多隆阿等會剿。庚子，賊目駱國忠等以常熟、昭文降。壬寅，諭穆騰阿、瑛棨辦理西安防剿，多隆阿兼顧省防。甘匪竄陷隴州，知州邵輔死之。癸卯，召薛煥來京，以李鴻章暫署通商大臣。甲辰，賊匪竄永年、邯鄲等處，以遷延貽誤褫文煜、遮克敦布職，並遣戍。以劉長佑為直隸總督，晏端書署兩廣總督。諭提督寶山接辦直、東交界事務。乙巳，祫祭太廟。丙午，粵匪復竄寧陝。丁未，粵匪圍興安，分竄漢中。是月，免四川榮昌等縣、福建甌寧等縣被擾額賦，江南湖灘積欠地租。
是歲，朝鮮、琉球入貢。
二年癸亥春正月戊申朔，免朝賀。授張之萬河南巡撫。辛亥，予紹興傷亡洋將勒伯勒東優恤。甲寅，詔曾國籓、都興阿等舉堪勝水師總兵者。匪陷武邑，官軍旋復之。廣西軍復蓮塘。戊午，粵匪陷興安府、鎮兩城。陝西回匪竄鄠縣，從瑛棨請，留馬德昭辦省防。丙寅，鮑超等軍復青陽。戊辰，命李桓赴陝，接辦漢南軍務。庚午，瞻對酋糾德爾格忒土司擾巴塘、裡塘。辛未，畿南竄匪平。甲戌，以鳳翔困守半年，詔責瑛棨貽誤，趣雷正綰馳救解圍。
二月丁丑朔，左宗棠軍復金華、湯溪、龍游、蘭谿。戊寅，以李鴻章言，諭兩湖用漕折購米運京，免其稅。庚辰，李秀成等渡江北犯，官軍擊敗之。川軍剿石達開，破之。貴州回匪陷安南、興義。辛巳，吉林軍敗朝陽流匪於興凱湖，諭毋令竄入俄界。多隆阿剿回匪大捷，克羌白鎮等賊巢。壬午，陝西團勇復興安。粵匪竄漢陰、紫陽。李世忠請褫職贖勝保罪，不許。粵匪竄陷褒城，旋復之。癸未，復永康、武義。乙酉，譚廷襄赴東昌剿匪。丁亥，左宗棠移軍蘭谿。東陽、義烏、浦江踞賊均遁。己丑，僧格林沁軍克雉河集賊巢，捻首張洛行伏誅。得旨嘉獎，仍以親王世襲罔替。免蒙、亳等屬錢漕二年。庚寅，寧夏平羅回匪投誠。辛卯，以慶昀為寧夏將軍。癸巳，畿南匪張錫珠竄大名，以崇厚失機切責之，趣劉長佑赴直隸。馮子材敗賊於鎮江。乙未，左宗棠軍復紹興、桐廬。丙申，滿慶等剿辦瞻對逆匪。黃國瑞軍克郯城縣長城匪巢。以追賊遲延，褫崇厚職，留任。東匪竄曲周、平鄉。庚子，諭恩麟等，甘肅回匪毋輕議撫。壬寅，允平瑞請，墾烏魯木齊等處閒荒馬廠，升科濟餉，以屯田之地，分給屯兵。癸卯，粵匪陷江浦。廣東匪踞信宜，昆壽剿之。甲辰，浙東肅清，蠲新復各府州縣錢漕二年。乙巳，趣閻敬銘赴東昌辦理軍務。回匪馬化龍糾黨圍靈州，旋赴固原投誠。石達開由滇竄敘永。丙午，詔疆臣慎選牧令，薄賦輕徭，刪除煩苛，與民更始。是月，免青神兵擾二年逋賦。
三月戊申，申禁河南豫徵錢糧。辛亥，命崇厚回三口通商大臣任。壬子，命劉長佑節制直隸諸軍。諭沈葆楨辦交涉當持平，毋令紳民生釁。癸丑，諭曾國籓統籌江北軍務。乙卯，陝南粵匪陷紫陽，旋復之。雲南迤西逆匪犯昆明，潘鐸死之。以賈洪詔為雲南巡撫。丙辰，李鴻章軍克福山口。命英將戈登約束常勝軍。丁巳，捻匪陷麻城，戊午，偪武昌省垣。飭楚、豫合軍攻剿。己未，蠲浙江西安錢糧二年。庚申，丹國遣使拉斯那弗議立商約。洋將達耳第福陣亡，優恤。回匪圍平涼。以甘肅剿賊遷延，褫署提督定安職，逮問。甲子，耆齡遷福州將軍。以左宗棠為閩浙總督，節制兩省軍務。以曾國荃為浙江巡撫，仍統兵規金陵，宗棠兼署之。停福建本年例貢。乙丑，命王大臣覆覈勝保情罪。寧國粵匪竄東流、建德。予秦儒毛亨、明儒呂栴從祀文廟。丙寅，蒙城捻首賈文彬伏誅。陝南粵匪陷沔縣。貴州總兵羅孝連軍復定番、長寨、獨山、荔波。丁卯，曾國籓以失守江浦等城降級，褫李世忠幫辦。實授吳棠漕運總督，仍節制江北軍務。諭拊循江北難民。己巳，萬壽節，停受賀。庚午，苗沛霖復叛。官文等截剿蘄州竄賊。癸酉，褫徐之銘職，逮問。予潘鐸世職。以雨澤稀少，詔清理庶獄。甲戌，命福濟、景紋查辦西藏啟釁事。乙亥，李鴻章軍復太倉。隆德回匪亂。黃國瑞軍平沂州棍匪。丙子，詔察恤陝、甘殉難被害良善回眾，尋詔雲南亦如之。是月，上連詣大高殿祈雨。
夏四月戊寅，御史吳台壽以疏奏袒勝保，褫職。苗沛霖陷懷遠。山東匪劉得培踞淄川。己卯，官軍剿畿南匪，張錫珠等竄高唐，尋伏誅。庚辰，粵、捻各匪竄擾廬江、桐、舒及黃州。諭曾國籓駐守安慶，勿撤金陵之圍。壬午，多隆阿軍克孝義匪巢。飭劉蓉統軍援陝。免浙江被陷各地額糧。甲申，苗沛霖圍壽州、六安，趣僧格林沁討之。粵匪踞太平、石埭，左宗棠、沈葆楨會防。多隆阿軍克倉頭匪巢，陝東肅清。苗沛霖陷穎上，犯蒙城。命劉長佑督辦直、魯、豫交界剿匪事務。乙酉，劉典軍復黟縣。命侍郎薛煥在總理各國事務衙門辦事。戊子，允英桂回駐太原。庚寅，劉長佑言匪首楊明嶺等投誠。甘肅回匪陷鹽茶，犯靜寧，馬德昭赴慶陽進剿。壬辰，贛軍敗賊祁門，逆酋胡鼎文伏誅。癸巳，李續宜請開署缺，允之。以唐訓方為安徽巡撫。李鴻章遣程學啟等軍薄昆山。涇州軍擊回匪，勝之。甲午，禮部議定先賢、先儒祀典位次，頒行各省。乙未，開墾直隸新城一帶稻田。閻敬銘赴淄川督剿。捻匪回竄河南，總兵余際昌等死之，命張曜接統其軍。丁酉，以皖匪紛竄江、鄂，安慶可虞，詔曾國籓搘拄艱難，倍加謹慎。左宗棠軍復黟縣。以勞崇光為雲貴總督。逮治田興恕以謝法人。庚子，粵、捻各匪犯鳳台、定遠，官軍擊退之。辛丑，賜翁曾源等二百人進士及第出身有差。停四川畝捐。癸卯，程學啟等軍復昆山、新陽。官軍敗賊酋李秀成於石澗埠。乙巳，回匪復犯西安，擊退之。是月，連祈雨。免太倉等州縣額賦。
五月戊申，苗沛霖圍蒙城。己酉，鮑超軍復巢縣。庚戌，賞郎中李雲麟京卿，節制漢南防兵及川省援兵。壬子，粵、捻合犯天長，官軍擊敗之。甲寅，命江忠義統軍援江西。丁巳，鄒縣教匪平，獲匪首劉雙印。粵匪陷古州。戊午，俄兵入科布多境，執台吉。壬戌，雨。癸亥，粵匪擾富陽，官軍擊退之，總兵熊建益等陣沒。官軍援平涼失利，趣多隆阿分軍速援。乙丑，寧夏撫回再叛。鮑超軍復克巢、和、含山。召晏端書來京，以毛鴻賓為兩廣總督，惲世臨為湖南巡撫。予明臣方孝孺從祀文廟。戊辰，諭購置輪船歸曾國籓、李鴻章節制。己巳，曾國籓為弟國荃辭浙江巡撫，上褒勉，不允所辭。西寧回句結撒匪攻丹噶爾□。惠遠回匪亂，官軍捕誅之。定丹國通商條約。壬申，彭玉麟等軍復江浦、浦口及九洑洲。乙亥，廣西軍復潯州。
六月丙子朔，黔軍復普安、安南。丁丑，命明誼赴塔城會明緒等辦分界事。戊寅，詔曾國籓、左宗棠等議減江蘇常、鎮，浙江杭、嘉、湖屬漕糧。庚辰，以復城池功，賞李朝斌等及宋國永等黃馬褂。停陝西例貢。丁亥，川軍剿賊於大渡河，獲石達開，誅之。晉駱秉章太子太保銜，擢總兵唐友耕提督。辛卯，平羅回眾復叛。瓦亭回匪圍隆德，擊退之。河決開州、考城、菏澤。甲午，苗沛霖陷壽州，知州毛維翼死之。乙未，陝軍復寧羌。己亥，以俄人強佔住牧，趣常清等定界，勸俄兵撤回，撫綏求內附之哈薩克、布魯特。壬寅，官軍復淄川，獲劉得培等誅之。甲辰，寶慶土匪平。命四川布政使劉蓉督辦漢南軍務。是月，免福建順昌等縣屬被擾額賦，江西義寧等州縣屬逋賦雜課。
秋七月乙巳，苗沛霖偪臨淮，唐訓方擊之。丙午，李鴻章軍復吳江、震澤。豫軍克張岡匪巢。瑛棨有罪，褫職。命劉蓉為陝西巡撫，張集馨署之。甲寅，命李鴻章暫兼南洋通商大臣。戊午，黔軍復古州。辛酉，袁甲三卒於軍。壬戌，賜勝保自盡。甲子，官軍克沙窩等處匪巢。允江北漕米仍徵折色。乙丑，命劉蓉並節制湖北援軍。丁卯，官軍擊退狼山苗眾，蒙城路通。命崇厚為全權大臣，辦理荷蘭通商條約。滇回陷平彝，岑毓英軍復之。癸酉，命明誼等會同俄使辦分界諸務。山東白蓮池教匪平。文煜予釋。捻匪逼開封。是月，免都勻等府厅州縣屬被擾新舊額賦，並鳳凰等厅縣灘地積欠租銀。
八月丙子，程學啟等軍大破賊於太湖、楓涇等處，進偪蘇州。丁丑，陝西曹克忠軍克附省等處賊巢。戊寅，西寧、狄道、河州漢、回互鬥。哈薩克句結俄兵擾伊犁。趣四川何勝必軍援甘。庚辰，皖軍克長淮衛。辛巳，以畏葸褫馬德昭職。多隆阿軍抵西安，渭南肅清。命陳國瑞幫辦吳棠軍務。丙戌，蘇軍克江陰。丁亥，戍瑛棨新疆。都興阿遣軍援臨淮。己丑，以剿辦台灣賊匪調度乖方，褫吳鴻源職，逮問。辛卯，李鴻章赴江陰督剿。諭陳國瑞援蒙城。調善慶部馬隊援臨淮。熙麟遣軍援平涼。乙未，允多隆阿請，以曹克忠補河州總兵，並令嗣後提鎮缺勿擅請簡。宋景詩竄開州。命張集馨會穆騰阿籌辦西安防守。丁酉，黔軍克桐梓賊巢。普安陷，旋復之。命劉蓉節制毛震壽、李雲麟各軍。調烏魯木齊、阿克蘇兵助伊犁軍御俄。允哈薩克綽坦承襲汗爵。己亥，趣林文察渡台剿匪。庚子，回匪陷平涼。辛丑，閻敬銘移軍東昌。定荷蘭換約。劉長佑赴景州督剿。是月，免沁州等州厅縣屬逋賦。
九月乙巳朔，命馬德昭赴慶陽營。沈葆楨乞病，慰留給假。戊申，允李鴻章調知縣丁日昌來滬督制火器。石泉知縣陸坤聯團剿賊，詔嘉之。庚戌，浙軍克富陽。辛亥，粵軍克廣海寨城。癸丑，諭僧格林沁以砲隊赴蒙城助剿。甲寅，粵匪陷城固。捻首張總愚等由汝州南竄。乙卯，多隆阿軍復高陵。丙辰，穆隆阿以覆奏失實褫職。調多隆阿為西安將軍。以富明阿為荊州將軍。辛酉，多隆阿軍克蘇家溝、渭城賊巢。甲子，粵匪陷會同、綏寧，旋復之。陝西兵團復沔縣。乙丑，李秀成援無錫，程學啟等擊退之。己巳，僧格林沁剿宋景詩股匪悉平。景詩遁。以援陝川軍敗，褫提督蕭慶高職，留營。以漢中失事，褫布政使毛震壽職。諭劉長佑、閻敬銘辦直、魯善後。庚午，御史馬元瑞條陳薄賦稅、慎訟獄、善拊循、勤曉諭四事，如所請行。是月，免直隸滄州等州縣，山東海豐等場未完灶課。
冬十月乙亥，閻敬銘請終制，不許。官軍獲直、東股匪硃登峰等，悉誅之。丙子，捻首張總愚由魯山、南召南竄。己卯，陶茂林軍解鳳翔圍，實授茂林甘肅提督。命丁憂總兵成祿留營。撤退李泰國，以赫德辦理總稅務司。辛巳，粵匪竄龍勝，總兵胡元昌死之。甲申，諭駱秉章分軍剿瞻對，疏通藏路。諭阻法教士入藏傳教。丁亥，朝陽餘匪竄擾昌圖。詔臣工力求節儉。趣賈洪詔赴昭通。以捐備馬匹賞扎薩克台吉明珠爾多爾濟貝子銜。戊子，李雲麟軍失利，粵匪陷陝西山陽。張總愚竄鄧州。賴、曹諸酋竄鳳縣、兩當。庚寅，左宗棠軍擊敗杭州、餘杭踞賊。壬辰，藍逆陷盩厔。癸巳，上釋服逾期，祁俊藻、倭仁、李鴻藻請黜浮靡以固聖德。懿旨：「屏斥玩好遊觀興作諸務，祁俊藻等其各朝夕納誨，養成令德，以端治本而懋躬行。」逆酋古隆賢就撫，收復石埭、太平、旌德。曾國荃等軍復秣陵關。丙申，桂軍復容縣。丁酉，程學啟等軍攻克滸墅關。己亥，官軍剿昌圖匪失機，諭責玉明諱飾。辛丑，英桂遷福州將軍，以沈桂芬署山西巡撫。癸卯，李秀成援蘇州，李鶴章等軍擊敗之。命富明阿幫辦僧格林沁軍務。是月，免廣西永安等州厅縣被擾新舊額賦。
十一月丙午，奉天匪竄吉林，玉明等會剿。皖軍復懷遠及蚌埠。丁未，僧格林沁督諸軍攻剿苗沛霖，誅之。李鴻章督軍復甦州，粵酋郜雲官等降。加鴻章太子少保銜，程學啟世職，並賞黃馬褂。戊申，逆酋楊友清等以高淳、寧國、建平、溧水降。李雲麟等復山陽。粵軍覆信宜。己酉，劉典等軍復昌化。庚戌，藍逆竄商南。癸丑，張總愚竄淅川。甲寅，僧格林沁軍復下蔡、壽州。丙辰，李鴻章誅郜雲官等，遣散降眾。丁巳，李鶴章軍克無錫、金匱。庚申，李續宜卒。丘縣匪張本功等糾眾抗糧，捕誅之。實授閻敬銘山東巡撫。汧陽回眾降。壬戌，官軍復穎上、正陽。癸亥，馬化龍陷寧夏、靈州。論平苗逆功，復李世忠職。曾國荃軍克淳化等隘，進駐孝陵。丙寅，官軍克嘉善張涇匯。丁卯，逆回圍寧夏滿城。庚午，蘇軍復平湖。賊目以乍浦、嘉善降。是月，免山東泗水等州縣災擾錢糧，直隸武清等州縣被災額賦。賑吉林打牲烏拉災。
十二月丁丑，提督江忠義卒於江西軍次。庚辰，蘇軍克平望。辛巳，唐訓方罷，以喬松年為安徽巡撫。戊子，以唐友耕為雲南提督，令赴昭通。辛卯，譚廷襄言統籌黃河下游地勢，請濬支渠以減漲水，培土□以衛民田。諭劉長佑、閻敬銘會同籌辦。癸巳，陝回、粵匪紛竄甘境。甲午，允蘇、松、太漕糧減價折徵。乙未，上御撫辰殿大幄，賜蒙古王公宴，賞賚有差。每歲皆如之。復彰化，台灣兩路賊平。丙申，翁同書加恩遣戍。命左宗棠剔除浙東地丁積弊。飭陝、鄂、川會剿漢南逆匪。是月，免山東、陝西被擾州縣新舊額賦，並孝義等厅縣倉糧。
是歲，朝鮮入貢。
三年甲子春正月癸卯朔，上率王大臣慶賀兩宮皇太后，禮成，御太和殿受朝。自是每歲皆如之。甲辰，李鴻章軍擊常州援賊於奔牛鎮，大捷。丙午，鳳翔回民乞撫，許之。商南匪竄鄖西。調湖北石清吉軍赴陝。援陝川軍失利於青石關。庚戌，河南捻匪竄隨州。癸丑，豫軍剿張總愚於趙莊山口，失利。己未，官軍復修文及冊亨。庚申，調直、晉兵援寧夏。諭阿拉善旗禁蒙民與回匪勾結。甲子，李世賢竄績溪。丙寅，命都興阿赴綏遠會辦防務。富明阿赴揚州接辦軍務。己巳，浙軍復海寧。彰化匪首戴萬生伏誅。粵匪竄石泉、漢陰、寧陝。是月，免安州等處歉收逋賦。
二月壬申朔，官軍復漢中留壩。黔軍復龍裡。乙亥，粵匪竄廣信、建昌。庚辰，寧夏回匪犯中衛等處，熙麟分兵援之。壬午，廣東三山土匪平。癸未，粵匪陷鎮安，旋復之。丁亥，多隆阿圍盩厔久未下，切責之。停山東畝捐，從閻敬銘請也。戊子，桂軍克蒼梧等縣。庚寅，曾國荃等軍克鍾山石壘，合圍金陵。蔣益澧軍復桐鄉。粵匪偪閩境，張運蘭軍援之。壬辰，豫軍克息縣、光州賊寨。甲午，粵匪竄廣豐、弋陽。庚子，陝南匪竄內鄉。
三月壬寅，程學啟等軍克嘉興。贛軍復金谿。江南軍復溧陽。陝軍克盩厔，多隆阿以傷賜假，穆圖善暫督軍務。雷正綰等軍進剿逆回。川匪藍二順竄洵陽。丙午，僧格林沁統全軍赴豫，進至許州。江南軍復廣德。嘉義匪首林贛晟伏誅。己酉，戈登攻金壇受創，命慰問。岑毓英等軍克他郎、鎮沅。庚戌，命多隆阿督辦陝、甘軍務。壬子，蔣益澧各軍克復杭州及餘杭。加左宗棠太子少保銜，賞益澧黃馬褂，尋予世職。甲寅，免杭、嘉新復各地錢糧二年。命穆圖善幫辦多隆阿軍務，暫署欽差大臣。川軍攻松潘匪，覆疊溪營城。丁巳，滇軍復景東、元謀及楚雄。癸亥，贛匪竄福建。乙丑，逆首藍大順伏誅。丙寅，浙軍復武康、德清、石門。諭左宗棠收養杭州難民。己巳，提督程學啟卒於軍。庚午，張總愚竄鎮平。甘肅回匪馬三娃陷赤金堡，官軍剿平之。是月，免貴州各府厅州縣被擾逋賦。
夏四月辛未朔，日有食之。壬申，鮑超軍復句容。丙子，命都興阿赴定邊接統訥欽所部各軍，進剿寧靈踞匪。丁丑，李世賢等竄江西。鮑超軍復金壇。捻、粵各匪合竄棗陽。陝南匪竄河南，陷荊子關。戊寅，湘軍會復古州。辛巳，覈減紹興浮收錢糧，著為永例。甲申，李鴻章督軍克常州。馮子材等軍復丹陽。以故朝鮮王李□世子熙襲爵，命侍郎皁保、副都統文謙往封。丙戌，以侍郎薛煥、通政使王拯互訐，均予降調，並申誡臣工。官文赴安陸督師，嚴樹森辦省城防守。庚寅，多隆阿卒於軍。命都興阿督辦甘肅軍務，雷正綰幫辦之。辛卯，贛軍解玉山圍。癸巳，嚴樹森以官文劾降，以吳昌壽為湖北巡撫，唐訓方署之。命楊岳斌督辦江西、皖南軍務。辛卯，僧格林沁會楚軍剿粵、捻於隨州，大敗之。丁酉，以江防下游肅清，裁汰師船，並弛封江之禁。戊戌，粵匪陷弋陽。陝南粵逆竄德安府，僧格林沁軍追剿之。己亥，申誡統兵大臣奏報粉飾。是月，免武進、陽湖本年額賦。
五月庚子朔，黔匪陷長寨、定番、廣順，旋復之。甲辰，粵匪竄天門、應城、德安、隨州。乙巳，粵匪陷寧化，旋復之。熙麟病免，以楊岳斌為陝甘總督，都興阿署之。丁未，允日斯巴尼亞立約通商，命薛煥、崇厚充全權大臣，妥為辦理。諭李鴻章撥勁旅助攻金陵。己酉，李世賢犯撫州，官軍擊走之，復弋陽。賞戈登黃馬褂、花翎，並提督章服，汰留常勝軍，撤遣外國兵官。辛亥，官軍復都江、上江等城。粵匪竄逼西安。癸丑，褫劉蓉、李雲麟職，留任。命穆圖善留西安會籌防剿。黔匪竄秀山。戊午，鮑超乞假葬親，詔慰留。李世賢陷宜黃、崇仁，南昌戒嚴。庚申，回匪陷狄道，旋復之。壬戌，粵匪竄黃陂，官文移軍孝感。癸亥，懿旨瑞常、寶鋆、載齡、單懋謙、徐桐輪直進講治平寶鑒。粵匪再陷建寧、寧化，旋復之。丁卯，雷正綰軍復平涼。戊辰，諭疆吏不分畛域，會緝邊匪。命李恆嵩、劉郇膏與丹使璧勒在上海換約。己巳，桂軍克貴縣賊巢，潯州肅清。
六月壬申，申誡各部院大臣毋得仍前洩沓。癸酉，粵匪竄麻城、黃岡。丁丑，雨。蘇軍復長興。黔軍復普安。馬如龍、岑毓英各軍剿迤西回匪，復中甸、維西、思茅、威遠及石膏井等賊巢。戊寅，庫車漢、回亂，辦事大臣文藝、回子郡王愛默特死之。安置哈薩克眾於齋桑淖爾東南。戊子，贛軍克貴溪賊壘。曾國荃軍克金陵外城。辛卯，雨。回匪陷布古爾、庫爾勒。諭撤訥欽等軍。癸巳，浙軍復孝豐。戊戌，官軍克復江寧，洪秀全先自盡，其子福瑱遁，獲賊酋洪仁達、李秀成，江南平。遣醇郡王詣文宗几筵代祭告。上詣兩宮賀捷。論功，晉封曾國籓一等候；曾國荃一等伯，加太子少保銜；提督李臣典一等子，賞黃馬褂；蕭孚泗一等男：均賞雙眼花翎。按察使劉連捷等賞世職，升敘有差。命戮洪秀全屍，傳首各省。論各路剿賊功，封僧格林沁子伯彥訥謨祜為貝勒，官文一等伯，李鴻章一等伯，駱秉章一等輕車都尉，均賞雙眼花翎，加楊岳斌、彭玉麟太子少保，並鮑超均一等輕車都尉，都興阿、富明阿、馮子材騎都尉，魁玉雲騎尉。回逆陷喀喇沙爾，辦事大臣依奇哩等均死之。是月，免福建建寧等縣屬被擾逋賦。
秋七月庚子，以江南平論功，晉封議政王恭親王子載澂貝勒，載濬不入八分輔國公，載瀅不入八分鎮國公，加軍機大臣文祥太子太保銜，寶鋆、李棠階太子少保銜，加恩宗親及御前大臣、內務府大臣，餘賚錄有差。辛丑，以歲逢甲子，詔停句情實人犯。諭：「江南新復，民生彫敝，有司招徠撫恤之。其軍務未靖諸省，統兵大臣、督撫等須激厲將士，奮勉圖效。」俄兵入科布多卡倫，執委員及扎薩克。壬寅，禁宗室、覺羅潛住外城。甲辰，追論附苗沛霖罪，總兵博崇武等戍新疆，按察使張學醇戍軍台。粵匪竄踞羅田。桂匪陷歸順。己酉，詔修明太祖陵。裁江北釐金。復兩淮鹺務。庚戌，實授沈桂芬山西巡撫。以鄭敦謹為河東河道總督。辛亥，丹國換約成。壬子，洪仁達、李秀成伏誅。汪海洋竄踞許灣。癸丑，洪福瑱入湖州。鹽茶、固原回匪復叛，北竄寧靈，擾中衛、靖遠，撒回句結陷循化□，吐魯番屬托克遜漢、回亦變亂。甲寅，戶部侍郎吳廷棟言金陵告捷，請益加敬懼，嘉納之。丁巳，以廣西道梗，止越南入貢。奇台漢、回作亂，古城、烏魯木齊同時不靖。文光等軍進援庫車，失利，覆於烏沙塔克拉，死之。庚申，狄、河回匪結撒回擾河州。贛軍復崇仁、東鄉。辛酉，復金谿。壬戌，祁俊藻因病乞休，命仍以大學士銜直弘德殿。官軍獲昌圖盜匪劉發好等，誅之。癸亥，復鄭親王、怡親王襲爵。錄已故諸臣功，予胡林翼一等輕車都尉，李續賓二等輕車都尉，塔齊布、張國樑、江忠源、程學啟三等輕車都尉，加賞江忠濟、羅澤南、多隆阿、曾國華一雲騎尉。贛軍復宜黃，甲子，克許灣。乙丑，僧格林沁敗賊麻城。曾國荃乞病，溫諭止之。李臣典以傷卒於軍。是月，免江蘇、安徽各屬被擾逋賦。
八月己巳朔，定諸王位次，著為令。贛軍復南豐，庚午，烏魯木齊參將反，提督業普沖額死之。伊犁危急，調塔爾巴哈台喀爾喀蒙兵援之。諭劉蓉專辦陝西軍務，穆圖善統所部赴甘，與雷正綰籌辦軍務。趣楊岳斌即赴陝甘任。辛未，諭張集馨赴固原、鹽茶辦撫回事宜。癸酉，蘇、浙官軍會克湖州及安吉。乙亥，贛軍復新城，陳炳文降。辛巳，官軍復廣德。賞郭松林世職，楊鼎勳、周盛波黃馬褂。貴縣匪平。擢劉銘傳為直隸提督。壬午，回匪陷古城漢城。癸未，雷正綰軍克張家川賊巢。甲申，僧格林沁剿羅山竄賊失利，都統舒通額等死之。丁亥，雲南巡撫賈洪詔以藉病規避，褫職。己丑，調土謝圖汗、車臣汗蒙兵赴烏魯木齊等處助剿。壬辰，浙軍追賊於昌化、淳安，擒賊酋黃文金等誅之。以林鴻年為雲南巡撫。癸巳，詔新疆各路大臣分別剿撫。以回郡王伯錫爾聯絡各城殺賊，嘉獎之。庫爾喀喇烏蘇等處回匪亂，官軍失利。甲午，命麟興辦烏裡雅蘇台立界事宜。乙未，僧格林沁剿賊失利，總兵巴揚阿等死之。丙申，雷正綰攻蓮花城不利，回匪復陷固原。丁酉，河、狄回匪竄犯蘭州及金縣。
九月己亥朔，劉銘傳各軍擊敗寧國等處竄匪。庚子，贛軍復雩都。以李雲麟乞病規避，褫職，撤所統隴軍。壬寅，曾國荃以疾乞免，允之。命馬新貽為浙江巡撫，留辦安慶防守事宜。癸卯，命穆圖善幫辦都興阿軍務。甲辰，楊岳斌乞病，溫諭止之。李世賢犯南安，官軍擊走之。乙巳，回匪陷葉爾羌，署參贊奎棟死之，喀什噶爾、英吉沙爾武弁同叛。己酉，西寧回眾降。庚戌，張家川回匪犯慶陽。辛亥，贛賊竄南雄。壬子，粵匪陷開化，竄江西。黃、麻匪竄商城。乙卯，日斯巴尼亞換約。丙辰，諭內務府力求撙節。命札克通阿署哈密大臣。丁巳，西寧回匪復叛。戊午，粵匪蔡得榮等竄陷階州。庚申，詔修曲阜聖廟及各省學宮。辛酉，修浙江海塘。甲子，捻匪竄蘄水，鄂軍失利，總兵石清吉死之。乙丑，俄兵闌入阿爾泰淖爾。丁卯，沈桂芬請籌費移屯以恤旗民。
冬十月戊辰朔，允楊岳斌回籍省親，並募勇赴甘。命刑部尚書綿森、戶部侍郎吳廷棟往治察哈爾獄。己巳，改烏魯木齊提督文祥名為文祺。辛未，褫將軍常清職，命明緒代之，以聯捷為參贊大臣。命武隆阿統援救烏魯木齊各軍，節制領隊大臣以下。壬申，鮑超軍擊賊大捷，賞雙眼花翎。席寶田軍獲賊酋洪仁玕等。皖南北肅清。乙亥，回匪陷烏魯木齊滿城及綏來，都統平瑞等死之。哈密漢、回亂。命保恆署烏魯木齊都統，李鴻章署兩江總督，吳棠署江蘇巡撫，富明阿署漕運總督。戊寅，獲洪福瑱於石城，誅之。賞沈葆楨一等輕車都尉。封鮑超一等子。論恢復全浙功，封左宗棠一等伯，賞蔣益澧騎都尉。粵匪陷瑞金，旋復之。庚辰，粵匪陷漳州、龍巖、南靖、武平，按察使張運蘭等死之。劉蓉分軍守邠州等處。乙酉，明誼與俄使換分界約，科布多城卡外蒙古，阿爾泰淖爾烏梁海均屬俄。給鮑超假，所部宋國永等軍援閩，歸左宗棠節制。丁亥，雷正綰軍克蓮花城，賞曹克忠黃馬褂。僧格林沁剿賊大捷，賞郭寶昌等黃馬褂，賊首馬融和以眾降。己丑，四川援軍復仁懷。庚寅，粵匪陷平和。辛卯，陷嘉應、大埔。丙寅，諭曾國籓仍駐金陵，李鴻章等回本任。是月，免河南信陽等處被擾額賦，浙江西安等縣逋賦。
十一月己亥，豁江寧所屬糧賦三年。壬寅，回匪陷河州。癸卯，築濮州金□是。乙巳，文祺、伯錫爾剿平哈密回。己酉，免江蘇歷年州縣攤賠銀兩，永禁派攤名目。壬子，沈葆楨請飭援閩，兼防賊回竄。甲寅，粵軍復武平，命閩、浙、贛軍會剿，毋縱入海。回匪陷阿克蘇、烏什，辦事大臣富珠哩、文興等死之。癸亥，僧格林沁擊襄、棗竄匪不利，發、捻各匪遂竄鄧州。甲子，諭飭劉連捷、劉銘傳各軍前進，歸僧格林沁調遣。乙丑，雷正綰等軍剿敗固原回匪。丙寅，文祺等剿巴裡坤回匪，平之。回匪陷庫爾喀喇烏蘇，伊犁戒嚴。丁卯，滿慶言汪曲結布卒，請賞青饒汪曲諾們罕名號，協理西藏商上事務，允之。是月，免江蘇上元等縣被擾逋賦。
十二月戊辰朔，閩軍剿漳州匪失利，林文察等死之。己巳，命吳棠仍兼管江北事務。庚午，肇慶客匪平。都興阿等軍克清水堡。甲戌，停河南例貢棗實。築浙江海塘。乙亥，回匪陷金縣。曹克忠軍克鹽關。戊寅，伊犁官軍敗績，領隊大臣托克托奈等死之。允明緒請借俄兵助剿。己卯，濟木薩官軍失利。庚辰，予諸暨義民包立身等優恤。允吳棠請，試行河運。乙酉，陶茂林軍復金縣。丙戌，戍李元度軍台。己丑，僧格林沁移軍寶豐剿賊，勝之。甲午，官軍剿回匪大捷，伊犁解圍，賞明緒黃馬褂。是月，免浙江瑞安被擾逋賦，江蘇太倉等州厅縣，淮安等衛被擾災賦。
是歲，朝鮮、琉球入貢。
四年乙丑春正月丁酉朔，官軍克靜寧賊巢。回匪陷古城漢城。庚子，巴彥岱城被圍，官軍不利。釋陳孚恩、樂斌，命襄辦伊犁兵饟事。壬寅，從曾國籓請，調劉銘傳軍赴閩，鮑超募川軍赴甘。追予死事道員何桂珍、知州劉騰鴻、游擊畢金科謚。甲辰，烏魯木齊提督文祺卒於巴裡坤。回匪陷木壘等處。丁未，張集馨以罪褫職。復已革提督馬德昭原官。平、固回匪竄擾靈台及汧陽、隴州。戊申，命伯錫爾署哈密幫辦大臣。辛亥，台灣會匪平。甲寅，粵匪陷永定、雲霄。丙辰，復設淮揚河務兵備道，改設徐海河務兵備道。丁巳，粵、捻並竄魯山，護軍統領恆齡等死之。癸亥，回匪陷濟木薩。甲子，黔匪陷定番，旋復之，又陷黔西。乙丑，回匪竄永昌。
二月辛未，以蒙兵援古城，戰不利，諭撤已調各兵均回旗。壬申，陝軍敗回匪於醴泉，命胡中和總統進剿。戊寅，以雲南臨安官紳不附回逆，諭嘉之。己卯，允沈葆楨假歸省。癸未，以直隸諸省雷雹災異，詔修省。雷正綰軍復克固原等處。貴州參將曹元興謀逆，伏誅。甲申，長陽土匪平。丙戌，復永定、龍巖。武隆額等軍援巴彥岱城，失利。己丑，黔西匪陷大定。苗匪陷天柱、古州。以馬如龍、岑毓英肅清曲靖、尋甸，擒斬逆首馬聯升等，獎敘有差。癸巳，福建官軍剿李世賢、汪海洋各股於古田、漳州，大捷。
三月丁酉，以田興恕玩視軍務，慘殺教民，遣戍新疆。辛丑，陶茂林剿平郭家驛等處回匪。諭僧格林沁「駐軍指揮調度，勿輕臨前敵，致蹈危機」。壬寅，恭親王罷軍機，撤議政。命文祥等辦總理各國事務衙門事宜。粵匪陷詔安，知縣趙人成死之。癸卯，涼州回眾叛，剿平之。允英、法在江寧通商。命鮑超籌備西征，准專奏。惇親王言恭親王被參不實，下王公、大學士等詳議以聞。乙巳，塔城回亂。錫霖乞病，罷之，命赴伊犁，由明緒調遣。提督譚勝達以剋扣勇糧褫職，仍命赴鮑超軍。以武隆額署塔爾巴哈台參贊大臣。丁未，巴裡坤領隊大臣色普詩新以兵援古城，遇賊，失利，死之。己酉，閩軍敗汀州、連城踞賊。庚戌，甘軍擊退古浪、平番回匪。辛亥，從王大臣請，命恭親王仍在內廷行走，並管總理各國事務衙門。丙辰，諭官文簡汰兵、勇。己未，命楊岳斌赴甘。沈葆楨丁母憂，詔奪情署江西巡撫。辛酉，西寧回匪復叛，陷大通。壬戌，桂軍復永淳。癸亥，命毛昶熙回京。是春，免直、蘇、皖、贛災擾諸處額賦及逋課。
夏四月乙丑朔，禁熱河圍場墾紅椿內地。肅州回匪踞嘉峪關，圍州城，撫彝回匪亦起。丁卯，彭玉麟疏辭漕督，請專辦水師，允之。留吳棠漕運總督任，辦清、淮防務。己巳，官軍復鹽茶厅，免已革提督成瑞罪。庚午，回匪陷古城，領隊大臣惠慶等死之。乙亥，台灣肅清。丁丑，黔軍復玉屏、天柱。命恭親王仍直軍機，毋復議政。甘州回匪陷永固堡。壬午，粵匪再陷沭、宿。霆軍十八營不原西征，潰於金口。止鮑超西征，命招集潰勇赴閩剿賊。乙酉，寧夏官軍剿賊大捷。丙戌，粵、捻並回竄兗、濟，命劉銘傳赴直隸設防。己丑，賜崇綺等二百六十五人進士及第出身有差。壬辰，以山東賊勢蔓延，命曾國籓出省督師，會僧格林沁軍南北合擊。癸巳，僧格林沁剿賊於菏澤南吳家店，失利，與內閣學士全順、總兵何建鰲等均死之。事聞，輟朝三日，特予配饗太廟。命曾國籓督師剿賊，李鴻章署兩江總督。
五月乙未朔，諭成祿進剿肅州踞匪。霆營叛勇由江西竄福建。粵、捻並竄開州、東明。丙申，陶茂林軍潰，回匪圍安定，蘭州戒嚴。戊戌，命曾國籓節制直、豫、魯三省軍防。甘肅潰勇竄擾陝西。乙巳，免李元度遣戍。丁未，粵、捻並渡運河，東竄濟寧、兗、泰。戊申，嚴諭盛京、吉林剿辦馬賊。己酉，以剿賊無功，褫官文、張之萬、毛昶熙職，均留任，並撤官文宮銜。趣鮑超赴江西。辛亥，命侍讀學士衛榮光赴東昌督辦沿河民團。壬子，官軍克漳州、南靖。允沈葆楨終制。曾國籓辭節制三省軍務，不許。回匪陷肅州。粵、捻分竄豐、沛。諭整頓沿海水師。竄陝潰勇平。諭劉長佑駐直境，崇厚駐東昌，部署沿河防務。黔匪陷廣順，旋復之。甲寅，雨。粵匪圍永定。乙卯，蘇軍復漳浦。以劉坤一為江西巡撫。庚申，以防剿遲延，褫提督劉銘傳職，仍留任。楊岳斌請開缺，不允，仍命赴甘。壬戌，奇台官軍復濟木薩。癸亥，官軍復階州。
閏五月甲子朔，起沈葆楨督辦江西防剿。乙丑，粵匪由福建竄嘉應。戊辰，粵軍復平和、詔安。川軍復正安。壬申，泗城匪平。甲戌，減杭、嘉、湖屬漕米二十六萬石。丁丑，汪海洋回竄永定，官軍失利，總兵丁長勝等死之。己卯，回匪踞阜康。張總愚南竄至雉河集，諭劉銘傳、吳棠等會剿。粵匪陷廣東鎮平。遵義匪降。丙戌，鄂爾多斯蒙兵擊退花馬池回匪。黔匪陷綏陽。己丑，上臨僧忠親王喪，賜奠。賞其孫那爾蘇貝勒、溫蘇都輔國公。曾國籓駐軍臨淮。特克慎卒，命皁保查巴爾虎爭界事，恩合為吉林將軍。庚寅，以久旱，諭修省求言。癸巳，諭耆英獲咎，毋庸昭雪。禁肅順之子出仕。以耆英子慶錫鳴冤，謂其死由肅順也。
六月甲午朔，增設安徽安廬滁和道。改鳳廬穎道為鳳穎六泗道，仍兼鳳陽關監督。命劉長佑回保定，潘鼎新軍駐濟寧。丙申，甘肅民勇復嘉峪關。以安西、玉門諸縣回亂，諭楊岳斌進駐蘭州。己亥，申諭各省甄別牧令。壬寅，塔爾巴哈台回匪誘戕參贊錫霖等，圍城，為喇嘛棍噶札拉參兵擊退。調武隆額為塔爾巴哈台參贊大臣。以額騰額為葉爾羌參贊大臣。丙午，雨。論載華等辦工侵蝕罪，奪載華貝子、恩弼輔國公，仍圈禁二年。己酉，沈桂芬以憂免，命曾國荃為山西巡撫。黔匪復陷天柱，擾湖南會同，勞崇光、李瀚章合剿之。黔軍復黔西，在獨山失利。壬子，岷州回匪亂，戕知州增啟等，擾洮州。乙卯，援黔川軍復正安。丁巳，奇台、哈密陷，哈密辦事大臣札克當阿死之。文麟退巴裡坤。諭楊岳斌、成祿、聯捷軍進擊肅州匪。回子台吉陸布沁投誠。丁巳，御史穆緝香阿請慎選侍御僕從。諭內務府稽察有便僻側媚者，舉實嚴懲。是夏，免陝西、浙江、福建等州縣被擾額賦，及哈密兵擾糧課。
秋七月癸亥朔，諭劉蓉嚴防定邊、鄜、延、邠、隴，楊岳斌防範回酋赫明堂。甲子，回匪陷巴燕岱，伊犁領隊大臣穆克登額等死之。褫助逆伯克都魯素等職。官軍復庫爾喀喇烏蘇。命布爾和德署領隊大臣，援塔城。雷正綰各軍攻金積堡失利，退至韋州。丁卯，武隆額剿禮拜寺回逆，平之。黔匪陷石阡，知府嚴謹陣沒，官軍旋復其城。癸酉，命董恂、崇厚為全權大臣，辦理商約事務。己卯，賞科爾沁親王伯彥那謨祜世襲博多勒噶台親王號。壬午，御史蔡壽祺以妄言褫職。黔匪陷大定，旋復之。己丑，奉天馬賊擾遵化、薊州，罷玉明，予嚴議。以恩合署盛京將軍。換荷蘭約。庚寅，諭禁法教士干預軍事。壬辰，陳國瑞罷幫辦軍務。
八月庚子，以議撫貽誤，褫恩麟職，戍成瑞黑龍江。祁俊藻致仕。粵、捻各逆竄皖、豫境。壬寅，設機器局於上海。癸卯，回匪犯巴裡坤，訥爾濟擊走之。文麟軍於奎蘇失利。甲辰，裡塘夷務竣。予四川總督駱秉章假，命崇實署之。嚴諭麟興親勘唐努烏梁海立界。乙巳，命左宗棠駐粵，節制贛、粵、閩三省各軍。丙午，命曾國籓進駐許州，會剿豫捻。辛亥，令伊犁捕誅從逆官兵。予剿賊出力額魯特總管蒙庫巴雅爾等獎敘有差。癸酉，褫玉明職。郭嵩燾請開缺，以語多負氣，嚴飭之。減江西丁漕浮收。裁州縣捐攤繁費。粵酋汪海洋殺李世賢。乙卯，粵匪陷廣東長樂。英、法還天津海口砲台。丙辰，都興阿辭督辦軍務，不許。丁巳，諭李鴻章等妥議江北新漕河海並運。庚申，蘇、松、杭、嘉、湖屬水，賑恤之。予龍溪鄉團殉難男婦建祠，賜名忠義鄉。辛酉，諭崇實等查辦酉陽教案。
九月甲子，上躬送定陵奉安，命肅親王華豐等留京辦事。長樂賊以城降粵軍。丙寅，免定陵奉安經過地方田賦。戊辰，以捻首張總愚及賴、任各逆竄擾豫、魯，命李鴻章會剿，吳棠署兩江總督，李宗羲署漕運總督。命曾國籓仍駐徐州。己巳，允招商辦雲南銅廠。庚午，調江南砲船赴山西河防教習水戰。壬申，好水川回眾降。官軍解南陽圍。陶茂林軍再潰。甲戌，官軍復鎮平。丙子，雷軍部將胡大貴、雷恆叛，圍涇州，提督周顯承擊退之。馬化龍與胡大貴等分竄陝境。授張之萬河東河道總督。己卯，上奉兩宮皇太后啟鑾。粵匪犯龍南，劉坤一赴贛州督剿。甲申，葬文宗於定陵。乙酉，迴鑾。奇台知縣恆頤以民勇復奇台、濟木薩、古城三城。丁亥，上還宮。戊子，文宗帝后升祔太廟，翼日頒詔覃恩有差。庚寅，褫甘肅提督陶茂林職，以曹克忠代之，逮治總兵陶生林等。左宗棠辭節制三省，不允。是秋，免陝西孝義、浙江蘭谿等處被擾逋賦。
冬十月壬辰朔，藏兵克瞻對。回匪犯慶陽，官軍擊退之。癸巳，定比利時條約。甲午，命徐繼畬以三品京堂在總理各國事務衙門行走。命廓爾喀例貢俟六年並進。庚子，減浙江漕米南米浮收。壬寅，粵匪陷和平。乙巳，王榕吉言潞鹽壅滯，請分別停減續加課票，議行。丁未，回匪圍鞏昌、寧遠。己酉，浙軍克南田賊壘。辛亥，命劉蓉署陝西巡撫。壬子，以升祔禮成，祫祭太廟。醇親王辭八旗練兵。諭仍稽察校閱，勤加訓練。甲寅，馬賊偪奉天，官軍失利。庚申，命福興統吉、黑馬隊及神機營兵赴剿。辛酉，釋綿性。
十一月癸亥，賴、任各匪竄舞陽、郾城，與張總愚股合，諭鄂、豫夾擊。丙寅，減徵蘇、松、常、鎮、太倉米豆五十四萬石有奇。壬寅，奉軍剿馬賊失利。李棠階卒。命李鴻藻在軍機大臣上學習行走。湖北巡撫鄭敦謹入為戶部侍郎，以李鶴年代。乙亥，治不顧主將罪，成保論斬，戍郭寶昌新疆。丙子，奉天匪首徐點復叛於廣寧。庚辰，粵匪陷嘉應。鞏昌解圍。丙戌，官軍失利於濟木薩，恆頤死之。丁亥，諭劉長佑駐邊隘督剿馬賊。己丑，川軍剿松潘番賊，平之。黔匪犯敘永、綦江。庚寅，命左宗棠親往嘉應視師。
十二月壬辰朔，曾國籓移軍周家口。允明緒遣榮全如俄借兵貸糧。甲午，黔匪陷清鎮縣城，旋復之。命周達武為貴州提督。乙未，聯捷坐貪擾，撤幫辦軍務，以侍衛隸成祿軍。己亥，黎獻軍潰於肅州。辛丑，馬賊回竄昌圖。允戶部請，撥鹽課諸款增內廷用費三十萬。壬寅，熱河軍復朝陽。癸卯，命伯彥訥謨祜回旗會各盟長檄蒙兵協剿馬賊。以文麟為哈密辦事大臣。乙巳，瞻對逆酋工布朗結等伏誅，三瞻均歸達賴管理。丙午，金州匪偽降，竄鐵嶺，命文祥等辦奉天防守事宜。壬子，以雪澤愆期，詔清理庶獄，瘞暴露骸骨。乙卯，恩合以貽誤軍事褫職。提督成大吉軍潰於麻城。丙辰，粵軍會復越南寧海府城。調都興阿為盛京將軍。命穆圖善督辦甘肅軍務，接統都興阿所部各軍。庚申，上御保和殿，賜朝正外籓等宴。自是每歲皆如之。滇軍復麗江、鶴慶。
是冬，免四川松潘、湖南茶陵等□州縣被擾逋賦。
五年丙寅春正月辛酉朔，停筵宴。甲子，捻匪擾鄂，曾國籓檄劉銘傳援黃州。馬化龍乞撫，獻寧夏漢城。乙丑，桂軍復那檀。免福建例貢。己巳，命穆圖善辦撫回善後事宜。庚午，雲南巡撫林鴻年赴昭通。乙亥，馬賊入踞伯都訥，旋及雙城堡，吉林危急。文祥、寶善檄黑龍江兵暨馬隊援之。己卯，黃巖總兵剛安泰巡洋，遇艇匪，死之。癸未，林鴻年坐畏葸貽誤褫職，劉岳昭代之。左宗棠督諸軍復嘉應，粵匪平。左宗棠以次論功賞敘。丙戌，馬賊竄陷阿勒楚喀及拉林城，富明阿往吉林剿之。命特普欽回黑龍江佈防守。吳昌壽降調，調李鶴年為河南巡撫，以曾國荃為湖北巡撫。戊子，奉軍復八面城。己丑，諭嚴緝軍營哥老會匪。
二月辛卯朔，詔左宗棠等緩撤江、閩各軍，備調北路助剿捻、回諸匪。黔回陷永寧，旋復之。壬辰，命兆琛赴鎮遠辦軍務。辛丑，官軍復黃陂。丁未，都興阿坐部勇肆殺，褫職留任。戊申，命廣東陸路提督高連升赴任剿辦土匪。伯彥訥謨祜剿馬賊於鄭家屯，大捷。諭馬新貽籌辦海塘。辛亥，定安軍剿馬賊於長春，勝之，詔復副都統。壬子，德英憂免，以富明阿為吉林將軍。丙辰，召郭嵩燾來京，以蔣益澧署廣東巡撫。己未，湖南軍擊退黔苗。
三月壬戌，曾國籓移軍濟寧，督剿張總愚。乙丑，復阿勒楚喀、伯都訥、雙城堡三城。己巳，奉軍剿南北路馬賊，大敗之。蠲奉天、吉林被擾諸地銀米。庚午，明誼乞病，命麟興統蒙兵援伊犁。乙亥，賴文光等竄偪開封。戊寅，免隨征黑龍江牲丁貢貂。諭內外臣工講求律例。己卯，馬賊竄擾熱河。庚辰，允馬化龍等投誠。甲申，張總愚竄濮、范，賴文光等由豫竄鄆城、鉅野，諭曾國籓等守運河，喬松年軍截剿。乙酉，馬賊陷牛莊。丙戌，曹毓瑛卒。丁亥，閩軍復崇安、建陽。戊子，命李鴻藻為軍機大臣，胡家玉在軍機學習。是春，免河南積欠錢糧，直隸安州、奉天新民等州縣被水、被擾額賦。
夏四月己丑朔，奉天北路匪首馬傻子伏誅，降其餘眾。官軍復牛莊。粵、捻犯直隸河岸，擊退之。辛卯，允曾國荃請裁兵並餉，並調劉聯捷、彭毓橘、硃南桂、郭松林赴湖北。丙申，回目以洮州降曹克忠軍。戊戌，命馬如龍署雲南提督。庚子，召文祥、福興回京，命都興阿接辦奉天軍務，節制各軍。辛丑，訥爾濟復木壘、奇台、古城，招募民勇防守。癸卯，官軍復綏陽。甲辰，回匪陷靖遠。戊申，諭奉天、吉林會剿山內外賊匪。己酉，譚玉龍軍潰，命曹克忠兼統其軍。壬子，回匪回竄慶陽。披楞大舉悉兵眾迫布魯克巴，命景紋赴邊隘查辦。甲寅，武緣匪平。丙辰，粵、捻擾銅、沛及泗州、靈壁。勞崇光進駐昆明。杜文秀復陷麗江、鶴慶、劍川。戊午，回匪犯蘭州，官軍擊退之。
五月壬戌，黔匪復陷興義、貞豐、永寧。俄使堅請黑龍江內地通商。諭特普欽整頓營伍。乙丑，大考翰、詹，擢孫毓汶四人一等，餘升黜有差。戊辰，馬朝清降，靈州復。辛未，回匪霍三等回竄鳳、岐，官軍擊退之，諭楊岳斌、劉蓉合擊，毋再任入陝。甲戌，回匪陷塔爾巴哈台，武隆額死之。以德興阿為參贊大臣，奎昌署科布多參贊。嚴諭成祿迅速出關。乙亥，回匪陷伊犁，明緒等死之。以榮全署伊犁將軍。命庫克吉泰督辦新疆軍務。丁丑，詔清庶獄。壬午，以久不雨，詔求直言，禁凌虐罪囚。甲申，諭保舉盡心民事官吏。丁亥，官軍復荔波。是月，免廣東嘉應等處被擾逋賦。
六月庚寅，雨。允左宗棠請，在閩建廠試造輪船。壬辰，諭內外大臣勤職。辛丑，成祿軍進圍肅州。壬寅，諭富明阿搜捕山場餘匪。甲辰，靈山匪平。戊申，烏裡雅蘇台將軍明誼病免。己酉，以德勒克多爾濟為烏裡雅蘇台將軍，福興為綏遠城將軍。庚戌，鹽、固回匪投誠。辛亥，凌雲、陽萬土匪平。乙卯，諭楊岳斌剿狄、河回匪。
秋七月庚申，褫廣鳳、圖爾庫職，逮訊。命侍郎魁齡等使朝鮮，冊封王妃。壬戌，官軍復哈密。甲子，諭整頓廣東吏治、軍務、釐稅。乙丑，李鴻藻丁母憂，懿旨令百日後仍直弘德殿、軍機處。庚午，湘軍克思南賊巢。壬申，李鴻藻請終制，不許。癸酉，減蘇、松、常、太浮收米三十七萬餘石，浮收錢百六十七萬餘貫。丙子，崇厚會日斯巴尼亞使換約。己卯，黔匪陷石阡，旋復之。庚辰，免烏梁海七旗應納半貢。乙酉，河南河決胡家屯。
八月戊子，劉蓉病免，調喬松年為陝西巡撫，以英翰為安徽巡撫。己丑，濮州河決。庚寅，潯、郁匪平。裁山海關監督，改設奉錦山海關道。辛丑，賞李雲麟頭等侍衛，幫辦新疆軍務。癸卯，楊岳斌病免，調左宗棠為陝甘總督，吳棠為閩浙總督，張之萬為漕運總督。實授瑞麟兩廣總督。甲辰，官軍克大孤山賊巢，徐宗禮伏誅。乙巳，官軍剿敗張、牛諸捻。以月食示儆，飭廷臣修省。丁未，從御史慶福請，積粟張家口、綏遠城，轉運新疆，以濟民食。
九月丁巳朔，命譚廷襄會崇厚辦義國商約事務。癸亥，福建興化土匪平。甲子，諭李雲麟與麟興等整頓北路防軍。命皁保赴歸化督運新疆餉款。回匪陷阜康。祁俊藻卒。辛未，滇回陷安寧等州縣。癸未，左宗棠請將閩、浙綠營減兵加餉，就餉練兵，允之。是秋，免貴州、廣東、山東、福建被擾，江西被災等處額賦，浙江等縣逋賦。
冬十月辛卯，命劉長佑嚴覈畿輔兵額。癸巳，張總愚由陝州竄平陸，官軍擊退之。乙未，命沈葆楨總司福建船政事務。命劉典幫辦左宗棠軍務。己亥，張總愚西竄，陷華陰、渭南。甘回竄宜君、三水。詔責曾國籓任賊蔓延。辛丑，允李鴻藻病假。命富明阿辦吉林善後事宜，汪元方為軍機大臣。壬寅，黔回陷興義，旋復之，並復安平、鎮寧。乙巳，曾國籓乞病，請開各缺，在營效力，並註銷侯爵，諭慰之，命病痊陛見。諭穆圖善援應陝西。丙午，修海寧石塘。是月，免安徽、壽州等州縣被水新舊額賦。
十一月丙辰，命曾國籓回兩江總督，署通商大臣。授李鴻章欽差大臣，節制湘、淮各軍，專任剿匪。戊午，予山東巡撫閻敬銘假，以丁寶楨署之。庚申，劉銘傳等剿任、賴各匪於金鄉，大捷。乙丑，三札、兩盟西征蒙兵潰，李雲麟回烏城。諭庫克吉泰統吉、黑軍速進。丁卯，川軍克桐梓賊巢。丁酉，曾國荃劾官文貪庸驕蹇。命撤任查辦。己卯，定福建船政章程。
十二月丁亥，以給事中尋鑾煒參劾失實，切責之，因諭科道慎重言事。己丑，郭松林等大破任、賴諸匪於德安。庚寅，以黃河趨北，諭蘇廷魁周歷履勘，並會同直、魯、豫三省籌辦堤工。甘回復陷哈密。罷胡家玉軍機，褫職留任，以受官文賄也。甲午，曾國籓復疏請開缺。溫旨慰留。己亥，雷正綰軍復平涼。呼蘭匪平。庚子，援黔湘軍剿苗匪於銅仁，大捷。己酉，回匪圍慶陽，提督周顯承等力戰死之。甲寅，陝軍剿張總愚，失利於灞橋，總兵蕭德陽等死之。以捻勢披猖，命曾國籓等廣籌方略。
六年丁卯春正月己未，任、賴諸匪竄孝感、德安，官軍失利，總兵張樹珊死之。壬戌，復靖遠。丙寅，革官文總督，召來京。以李鴻章為湖廣總督，調李瀚章為江蘇巡撫，以劉昆為湖南巡撫。己巳，張錫嶸剿捻匪於西安魚化鎮，死之。劉松山軍大捷。命喬松年專辦陝西軍務。辛未，命左宗棠為欽差大臣，督辦陝、甘軍務，賞劉典三品卿銜，幫辦軍務。乙亥，哈密回匪竄巴里坤，官軍擊退之。訥爾濟病免，以伊勒屯為巴里坤領隊大臣。丙子，命徐繼畬仍在總理各國事務衙門行走，管新設同文館事務。己卯，官軍復鎮雄。
二月乙酉朔，劉銘傳追剿任、賴於鍾祥，失利。鮑超進擊，大敗之。庚寅，命李鴻章督軍赴豫。壬辰，京師疫。甲午，擢劉松山為廣東陸路提督。丁酉，陝回馬生彥等降。減廣州屬徵收米折銀十九萬有奇，著為令。乙巳，桂軍復泗城。庚戌，以丁寶楨為山東巡撫。辛亥，洮州復陷。壬子，雲貴總督勞崇光卒，以張凱嵩代之。
三月丁巳，鄂軍剿賊於蘄水，失利，道員彭毓橘等死之。癸亥，總兵段步雲軍潰於鄜州。戊辰，鮑超累乞病，諭仍赴黃州。乙亥，命倭仁在總理各國事務衙門行走，辭，不允。丁丑，諭李雲麟等安頓新疆難民。辛巳，曹克忠軍復洮州。壬午，回匪馬占鰲等犯西寧。是春，免浙江仁和等場被擾逋課、山西平定等處民欠倉穀。
夏四月丁亥，允琉球國子弟入監讀書。予鮑超病假。戊子，何琯軍復哈密。己丑，周祖培卒。癸巳，吉林馬賊平。丙申，日斯巴尼亞使來換約。壬寅，劉松山大破捻、回於同州。丙午，贈哈密殉難紥薩克郡王伯錫爾親王，建祠。德勒克多爾濟病免，命麟興為烏里雅蘇台將軍，調榮全為參贊。丁未，瞻對番目大蓋折布伏誅。庚戌，貴德回匪叛，陷廳城。
五月甲寅，哈密回匪竄玉門，官軍擊退之。以旱，命恤難民、育嬰孩、揜暴露、贍陣亡者家屬。戊午，諭廣購書籍，並重刊御纂欽定經史，頒發各學。己未，郭寶昌、劉松山兩軍破張總愚於朝邑。免郭寶昌遣戍。辛酉，命曾國藩為大學士，駱秉章協辦大學士。丙寅，詔清理庶獄。丁卯，桂軍復荔波、義寧。戊辰，詔求直言，覈減宮廷用款。己巳，捻匪渡運河，予丁寶楨嚴議。庚午，賊竄長垣，官軍擊退之。癸酉，以剿賊無功，褫曾國荃頂戴，與李鶴年下部嚴議。諭李鴻章戴罪圖功。京師地震。庚辰，董福祥陷陝西甘泉。
六月甲申，總理各國事務衙門言俄人窺伺新疆，下大學士、尚書、左都御史會總理王大臣妥議。丙戌，申禁州縣浮收漕糧。甲午，倭仁乞病，罷職務，仍以大學士直弘德殿。乙未，官軍敗捻匪於即墨。庚子，順直久旱，飢，賑恤之。允鮑超回籍。辛丑，李鴻章檄劉銘傳、潘鼎新等軍防運河，扼膠、萊。命成祿節制黃祖淦、王仁和兩軍。以畿內亢旱，撥閩、廣、贛釐捐三十萬，浙、閩海關洋稅三十五萬備賑需。癸卯，甘回陷陝西華亭，旋復之。丁未，免昌平例貢果品。己酉，自三月不雨以來，上頻祈雨。至是日雨。是月，免陝西乾州等屬災擾額賦。
秋七月己未，雨。陝軍復甘泉。庚午，永定河決。己卯，以捻匪過膠萊河，諭各路扼守河、運兩防，奪丁寶楨職，仍留任。是月，免湖南晃州被擾逋賦。
八月丙戌，停奉天冬圍。戊子，湖北匪首劉漢忠伏誅。庚寅，命黎培敬會辦貴州剿撫及屯田事宜。壬辰，奉軍剿平孤山、法庫等處賊匪。辛卯，署貴州提督趙德光剿賊於安平，死之。丙申，穆隆阿等軍剿梟匪於文安，失利。濟陽土匪作亂，剿平之。丁酉，迤西回犯姚州。戊戌，貴州巡撫張亮基開缺嚴議，命曾璧光署之，布政使嚴樹森以逗遛褫職。壬寅，召陳國瑞來京。丙午，以淮、楚各軍所至騷擾，諭李鴻章嚴申軍律。己酉，裁熱河木稅。庚戌，創建福建船塢。
九月壬子，允左宗棠調曹克忠赴陝。丙辰，賴、任諸匪犯運河，牛師韓軍擊退之。丁巳，河、狄、西寧回眾投誠。庚申，停山東例貢。辛酉，安置額魯特游牧於額爾齊斯河。甲子，總理各國事務衙門言預籌修約事。諭曾國藩等各抒所見以聞。己巳，命丁日昌赴上海辦理義國換約。壬申，撫恤巫山被水災民。丁丑，命榮全與棍噶札拉參籌辦哈薩克剿撫機宜。己卯，命馮子材赴左江，專辦南、太軍務。賑襄陽等府災民。
冬十月癸未，諭各路統兵大臣及各督撫嚴申軍律。甲申，察哈爾都統色爾固善卒，以庫倫辦事大臣文盛代之。乙酉，以張廷岳為庫倫辦事大臣。丙戌，陝軍復寧條梁及宜君。飭席寶田軍赴沅州，統援黔軍務。壬辰，迤西回陷定遠、大姚。癸巳，汪元方卒。命沈桂芬在軍機大臣上學習行走。丙申，曾國荃病免，以郭柏蔭為湖北巡撫，蘇鳳文為廣西巡撫。賑山東被水災民。乙巳，派美前使蒲安臣往有約各國辦理中外交涉。己酉，回匪陷寶雞、正寧，旋復之。
十一月庚戌朔，命道員志剛、郎中孫家穀往有約各國充辦理交涉事務大臣。壬子，劉銘傳等軍剿賊贛榆，大捷，任柱伏誅。癸丑，以梟匪蔓延，褫劉長佑職，仍責自效。命官文署直隸總督。丙辰，陝軍剿捻洛川，遇回匪，失利，提督李祥和死之。癸亥，張總愚陷延川、綏德。甲子，增設布倫托海辦事大臣，以李雲麟為之，明瑤為幫辦，福濟為科布多幫辦。甲寅，劉銘傳軍剿賊於諸城，大捷。丁丑，陝軍復延川、綏德。
十二月壬午，張總愚竄吉州，左宗棠、趙長齡均褫職留任。成祿剿回匪於肅州，失利，總兵黃祖淦死之。癸未，賞陳國瑞頭等侍衛，隸左宗棠軍。劉銘傳等剿賊於壽光，大捷。迤西回陷祿豐、廣通、元謀。己丑，官軍復吉州。壬辰，直隸梟匪平。甲午，賞劉長佑三品頂戴，命率所部回籍。永定河堤工合龍。丙申，命蔣益澧以按察使候補，隸左宗棠軍，率楚勇回籍。丁酉，駱秉章卒。劉松山等敗張總愚於洪洞。調吳棠為四川總督，以馬新貽為閩浙總督，李瀚章調浙江巡撫，丁日昌為江蘇巡撫。戊戌，淮軍剿賊高郵大捷，獲賴文光等，誅之。辛丑，東捻平，加賚李鴻章、曾國藩世職，賞劉銘傳、英翰及郭松林、楊鼎勛、善慶世職有差，復曾國荃頂戴。壬寅，以左宗棠督師入晉，命庫克吉泰、喬松年、劉典督辦陝西軍務。甲辰，命楊占鰲署甘肅提督，接辦西路軍務。戊申，左宗棠檄喜昌、劉松山等赴磁州迎剿。諭張曜、劉銘傳等會剿。己酉，命鄭敦謹往山西查辦事件。是月，免浙江仁和等場未墾灶課、雲南嵩明等屬歉收額糧。
是歲，朝鮮、琉球入貢。
七年戊辰春正月庚戌朔，捻首李允等率眾降於盱眙，詔誅之，遣散餘眾。命朱鳳標協辦大學士。乙卯，回匪復陷正寧。丙辰，喜昌等擊張總愚於河內，大捷。西寧回陷北川。李雲麟乞病。不許。以錫綸為布倫托海幫辦大臣。辛酉，張總愚北竄定州，保定戒嚴，官文、左宗棠均褫職留任。諭玉亮統神機營兵剿賊。壬戌，張總愚犯清苑，劉松山、郭寶昌等軍繞賊前剿之，予優敘。陳國瑞、宋慶、張曜均以軍至保定。達賴請宥里塘犯東登工布死罪，允之。命賈楨等設團防總局。癸亥，諭令天津洋槍、練軍各隊赴河間，與山東軍聯絡防剿。甲子，李鴻章遣周盛波等軍北援。趣左宗棠赴保定北方督剿。命恭親王會同神機營王大臣辦巡防。壬申，允英翰入衛畿疆，命統牛師韓軍駐黃河以南。飭程文炳軍赴河間會剿。癸酉，張總愚陷饒陽，旋復之。賈楨以病致仕。乙亥，命左宗棠總統各路官軍。
二月辛巳，官軍復渭源。癸未，命恭親王節制各路統兵大臣。戊子，回匪復陷寧條梁。己丑，回匪竄伊克沙巴爾，官軍擊退之。褫趙長齡、陳湜職，遣戍。壬辰，陝軍復寶雞。癸巳，滇軍解鎮雄圍。迤西回陷楚雄。乙未，豫、皖各軍敗張總愚於束鹿。庚子，左宗棠、李鴻章等軍剿賊，迭破之。回匪陷懷遠、神木。壬寅，白泥〓苗匪降。乙巳，以朝鮮請嚴邊禁，命延煦、奕榕赴奉天，會都興阿勘展邊事宜。
三月壬子，張凱嵩乞病，諭責其逗留規避，褫職。回匪陷鄜州，劉典駐三原督剿。癸丑，以劉岳昭為雲貴總督，岑毓英為雲南巡撫。乙卯，陝軍復鄜州。癸亥，諭庶吉士散館仍試詩賦。戊辰，張總愚竄延津、封丘，劉松山、郭寶昌擊敗之。辛未，命沈桂芬為軍機大臣。乙亥，命朱鳳標為大學士。丙子，迤西回陷易門。丁丑，張總愚竄滑縣，擊敗之。是月，免直隸安州等處澇地逋賦。
夏四月己卯朔，哈密回陷五堡，官軍擊退之。甲申，張總愚陷南皮。丁亥，諭左宗棠、李鴻章、丁寶楨等，督各軍於運河東西分路防剿。己丑，苗匪何正觀降。庚寅，陝軍剿回匪於邠州，失利，譚玉龍死之。己巳，永定河決。乙未，召都興阿來京。戊戌，黎平苗犯晃、沅各境，官軍擊退之。辛丑，寧條梁回擾鄂爾多斯游牧，貝子札那格爾濟擊退之。回匪犯哈密，伊勒屯等會擊退之。癸卯，賜洪鈞等二百七十人進士及第出身有差。是月，免四川各土司三年租賦。
閏四月戊申朔，迤西回竄陷昆陽、新興、晉寧、呈貢、嵩明。戊午，回匪復陷神木。癸亥，陝軍復延長。甲子，董福祥投誠，諭立功自贖。乙丑，回匪踞烏紳旗，分擾準噶爾旗，偪托克托城。丁卯，程文炳、陳國瑞、劉松山等軍擊張總愚於高唐、茌平、博平，大捷。賊竄東光。己巳，回匪再陷慶陽及寧州、合水，知縣楊炳華死之。辛未，命都興阿為欽差大臣，會同左宗棠、李鴻章剿捻、調遣春喜、陳國瑞、張曜、宋慶四軍，崇厚幫辦軍務。
五月戊寅，劉松山等軍剿張總愚於鹽山、海豐，大捷。己卯，創設長江水師，置岳州、漢陽、湖口、瓜州四鎮總兵官。癸未，陝軍擊退竄邠、鳳回匪。壬辰，北山土匪犯延安，官軍失利，副將劉文華等陣沒。庚子，滇軍復元謀、武定、祿勸、羅次。是月，免湖南晃州被擾逋賦。
六月己未，郭松林等剿捻於臨邑、濱州、陽信，大捷。諭水師嚴扼運防。辛酉，桂軍復歸順。癸亥，金匪竄寧古塔界，官軍剿平之。甲子，陝軍克宜川。丙寅，張總愚犯運河岸，官軍擊敗之，捻眾多降。戊辰，又擊之於商河，大捷。乙亥，李雲麟褫職查辦。命明瑤為布倫托海辦事大臣。浙江海塘工竣。
秋七月丁丑，蠲直、魯、豫被擾各州縣田賦。己卯，春壽以欺飾褫職。壬午，撫恤滄州等處被擾難民。乙酉，張總愚赴水死，捻匪平。加李鴻章、左宗棠太子太保銜，鴻章以湖廣總督協辦大學士，丁寶楨、英翰、崇厚並加太子少保銜，復官文銜翎，晉劉銘傳一等男，郭松林一等輕車都尉，賞宋慶、善慶二等輕車都尉，劉松山黃馬褂、三等輕車都尉，郭寶昌、張曜、溫德勒克西騎都尉，黃翼升加一雲騎尉，復陳國瑞提督世職，餘升敘有差。命惇親王祭告定陵。允彭玉麟回籍終制。丙戌，召左宗棠、李鴻章入覲。丁亥，滎澤河決。辛卯，毛昶熙言軍務漸平，宜益思寅畏，旋御史張緒楷疏請保泰持盈，及時講學，並嘉納之。壬辰，允左宗棠請，資遣降眾回籍。癸巳，武陟沁河堤決。乙未，調曾國藩為直隸總督，馬新貽為兩江總督，以英桂為閩浙總督。命彭玉麟赴江、皖會籌長江水師事宜。戊戌，諭蘇、皖、豫、魯各屬修圩寨，飭鄉團。庚子，予宋儒袁燮從祀文廟。援黔川軍復龍里、貴定。川軍剿越巂夷匪，勝之，俘其酋勒烏立。授曾璧光貴州巡撫。辛丑，布倫托海變民竄烏隴古河。德勒克多爾濟卒。癸卯，撫恤滎、鄭災民。甘回擾白水、郃陽，陝軍擊退之。甲辰，援黔湘軍復甕安。
八月乙巳朔，褫御史德泰職，以奏請修理園庭也。庫守貴祥妄陳希利，發黑龍江為奴。永定河決。己酉，諭明瑤等規復布倫托海舊制。命馬新貽兼辦理通商事務大臣。壬子，延安土匪扈彰降。癸亥，諭左宗棠兼顧山西軍務。戊辰，諭吉林嚴定開墾圍荒界限。辛未，諭金順專辦援陝軍務。是月，免皖、蘇、魯、豫、鄂被擾積年逋賦。
九月壬午，官軍復慶陽。甲申，肅州回攻敦煌，官軍擊退之。諭伊勒屯等籌辦巴里坤屯田。乙酉，援黔川軍會復平越。辛卯，命延煦出關查辦奉天展邊事宜。癸巳，滇軍復晉寧、呈貢。是月，免浙江橫浦等場歉收灶課。
冬十月丁未，回匪犯涇州、靈台，擊退之。乙卯，文麟抵哈密，諭興辦蔡巴什湖等處屯田。丙辰，穆圖善克河州。賑濟南、武定水災。丁巳，戍李雲麟黑龍江。戊午，命李鴻藻仍直弘德殿及軍機。庚申，以守科布多功，加土爾扈特郡王凌札棟魯布親王銜。己巳，黔苗復陷興義，旋復之。
十一月甲戌，援黔川軍復麻哈。丁亥，涼州總兵周盛波以不戢所部，褫職。回匪擾鄂爾多斯等旗，竄榆林。諭定安等截剿。壬辰，諭除吏胥積弊。己亥，黔軍克都勻，賞張文德黃馬褂。庚子，台灣英領事縱洋將掠船，踞營署，焚局庫，勒兵費。諭總署詰辦，飭英桂等遴員交涉。壬寅，熱河匪平。免吉林雙城堡被水屯田租賦。
十二月甲辰朔，川軍剿西昌夷匪，連捷，各夷部降。援黔湘軍復天柱。丙午，回匪犯包頭，蒙軍失利。丁未，熱河匪首彌勒僧格伏誅。甲寅，以曾國藩言川私病楚，諭籌止川鹽濟楚章程，撤局停稅。丁巳，滇軍復澂江。庚申，申諭各省禁種罌粟。壬戌，黔苗竄擾河池，官軍擊退之。乙丑，諭朝審緩決三次以上者並減等。永定河工竣。戊辰，麒慶罷，以慶春為熱河都統。庚午，劉松山剿賊大理川，大捷。壬申，截鄂餉二十一萬賑河南災。是月，免江蘇荒地糧賦，山東泰安、河南汝寧等屬被擾逋糧。
是歲，朝鮮入貢。
八年己巳春正月癸酉朔，停筵宴。丁丑，川、湘、黔、桂各軍會剿苗匪，黔軍復長寨。戊寅，滇軍克富民。己丑，劉松山等軍擊土、回各匪，敗之於清澗。成祿克肅州，與楊占鰲並賞黃馬褂。甲午，滎工合龍。丙申，劉松山軍敗賊于靖邊，董侍有等以鎮靜堡及靖邊降。迤西回犯昆明，岑毓英等擊退之。辛丑，雷正綰克涇州董家堡。
二月戊申，命袁保恆督辦西征糧饟。
三月癸酉朔，林自清戕興義知縣，提督陳希祥誘誅之，賞希祥黃馬褂。甲戌，援黔湘軍復鎮遠府、衛兩城。己卯，甘肅提督高連升部兵變，戕連升，部將周紹濂擊逆黨於同官，殄之。乙酉，諭督撫於克復州縣慎選牧令，拊循流亡。庚寅，回匪陷磴口。甲午，吐魯番回匪犯哈密，官軍迭敗之。乙未，桂軍克憑祥。己亥，懿旨，大婚典禮，力崇節儉。
是春，免江蘇山陽、直隸安州等屬災、擾額賦，兩淮富安等場逋欠灶課。
夏四月癸卯朔，迤西回陷楊林營，劉岳昭退守曲靖，嚴責之。乙巳，麟興以畏事褫職。以福濟為烏里雅蘇台將軍，文碩為布倫托海辦事大臣。己酉，雷正綰、黃鼎軍復鎮原、慶陽。援黔川軍復甕安。己未，援黔湘軍會復清江。庚申，允劉銘傳乞病。辛酉，免陳湜遣戍。是月，免山東東昌等屬逋賦。
五月庚辰，援黔湘軍復施秉，進攻黃飄賊壘，失利，按察使黃潤昌、道員鄧子垣、提督劉長槐死之。壬午，回匪陷澂江。甲申，杜嘎爾等軍大破賊於杭錦旗。辛卯，命李鴻章赴四川察辦吳棠劾案。申誡岑毓英任用通賊練目，苛斂民捐。以馬如龍為雲南提督。丙申，官軍剿匪於保安，大捷，匪首袁大魁等伏誅。自春正月不雨至於是月，上頻禱祈。丁酉，雨。
六月辛亥，援軍會克尋甸。壬子，命董恂、崇厚辦理奧斯馬加換約。甲寅，永定河決。戊午，予黃飄死事提督榮惟善、總兵羅志宏等世職加等。辛酉，武英殿災。癸亥，倭仁、徐桐、翁同龢請勤修聖德，以弭災變，上嘉納之。丙寅，諭督撫考課農桑。庚午，回匪犯阿拉善定遠營，蒙兵失利。
秋七月辛未朔，日有食之。癸酉，張曜等軍敗回匪於察漢淖爾。命吳坤修赴沿江各屬撫恤災民。甲戌，滇軍復嵩明，克白鹽井。甲申，桂軍會越南軍克九葑、洛陽等隘。乙酉，諭錫綸賑恤額魯特人眾。丙戌，朝鮮請鴨綠江北禁遊民建屋墾田。趣都興阿等妥辦。壬辰，何琯軍敗賊於木壘河等處。是月，免晃州被擾逋賦。
八月庚子朔，俄商船泊呼蘭河口，求吉、黑內地通商，諭總署按約止之，禁軍民私與貿易。癸卯，內監安得海出京，丁寶楨奏誅之。黔匪復陷都勻。丙午，桂軍會復越南高平。庚戌，申諭約束太監。壬子，官軍剿平杭錦旗屬竄回。癸丑，寧夏官軍剿賊失利，副將方大順陣亡。戊午，棍噶札拉參軍復布倫托海，賊首張匊等伏誅。己未，官軍剿達拉特旗竄匪，殄之。是月，賑浙江杭、湖各屬，湖南安鄉等縣水災。
九月庚午，高台勇潰，褫成祿職，留任。壬申，撥京餉三十萬濟武、漢等屬工賑。甲戌，馬化龍復叛，襲陷靈州。官軍復威戎堡、水洛城。戊寅，滇軍復易門。壬午，免暹羅補歷年貢品。庚寅，烏魯木齊匪竄哈密，何琯等擊敗之。乙未，福建新造第一輪船成，命崇厚勘驗。戊戌，諭福濟等額魯特各安舊居，僧眾居阿爾泰山南，俗眾居青格里河。
冬十月庚子，劉松山敗回匪於吳忠堡等處。辛丑，金順又敗之於納家徬。命楊占鰲署甘肅提督，辦肅州善後事宜。法使羅淑亞與其水師提督以兵船赴贛、鄂、川省查教案，諭所在按約待之。乙巳，雷正綰、黃鼎敗回匪於固原、鹽茶。丁未，命毛昶熙、沈桂芬在總理各國事務衙門行走。辛丑，命文碩等會勘布倫托海分界事宜，董恂辦理美國換約。甲寅，滇軍復楚雄、南安、定遠。劉岳昭移軍昆明。己未，哈密官軍剿西路回匪，大捷。甲子，鳳凰城匪首王慶等伏誅。乙丑，劉松山軍復靈州。是月，賑雲南水災，直隸旱災。
十一月丙子，茌平教匪孫上汶等謀逆，捕誅之。丁丑，裁新設布倫托海辦事大臣。庚辰，賑江寧水災。癸未，免科布多屬貢貂。甲申，滇軍復昆陽。丙戌，甘軍復靖遠。庚寅，永定河口合龍。乙未，命文碩來京，改奎昌辦理分界。是月，免直隸東明被淹、被擾，安徽無為等州縣衛被水逋賦。
十二月庚子，援滇川軍克魯甸。乙巳，劉松山軍攻金積堡，總兵簡敬臨等死之。乙卯，披楞侵佔哲孟雄各地，廓爾喀與唐古特構嫌，諭恩麟防維開導。布魯克巴內閧，並諭恩麟解釋撫綏。丁巳，越南匪平。諭蘇鳳文嚴申邊禁。癸亥，賑畿南災。
是歲，朝鮮、越南、琉球入貢。
九年庚午春正月丁卯朔，停筵宴。癸酉，滇軍復祿豐。甲戌，甘軍擊敗援賊於王家甿。己卯，回匪陷定邊。癸未，神武門木庫火，詔修省。庚寅，回匪陷安定。陝軍復定邊。甲午，馬德昭留辦潼關防務。
二月辛丑，劉松山督剿金積堡回匪，中炮卒。賞道員劉錦棠三品卿銜，接統其軍。以俄官往齊齊哈爾、吉林商界務，諭富明阿、德英據約待之，毋遷就。乙巳，回匪分竄安邊、清澗，陝軍擊走之。丙午，又分竄花馬池、榆林，宋慶軍剿之。戊申，官軍擊敗米脂竄匪。壬子，命李鴻章赴陝西督辦軍務。甲寅，回匪竄同官、宜君，陝軍剿敗之。丙辰，法使因教案藉兵要挾，諭各疆吏通商大臣迅結交涉事宜。辛酉，寧夏各堡降回復叛。
三月丁卯朔，回匪竄準噶爾旗，馬玉昆擊敗之。辛巳，雷正綰以疏防峽口，褫職留營。諭誡西征各軍貪功銳進。乙酉，滇軍復彌渡、賓川、麗川、緬寧。辛卯，回匪分擾岐、鳳，李輝武擊敗之。
夏四月甲辰，譚廷襄卒。
五月庚午，命崇實赴貴州，會同曾璧光查辦教案。癸酉，始允英國設置沿海各口電線。甲戌，援黔川軍克黃飄、白堡等苗寨。庚寅，天津人與天主教啟釁，焚毀教堂，毆斃法領事。命曾國藩與崇厚會商辦理。乙未，諭疆吏飭禁播謠惑眾，保護通商傳教各區。李鴻章督軍入關，請調郭寶昌軍，允之。命崇厚為出使法國大臣。以成林署三口通商大臣。是月，免直隸安州等屬逋賦。
六月戊戌，奎昌赴塔爾巴哈台，與俄使勘辦立界。壬寅，賽音諾顏部蒙兵剿回匪失利。丁未，滇軍復威遠。己酉，命彭玉麟赴江南，會同沿江督撫整頓長江水師。庚戌，甘軍敗回匪於鞏昌。乙卯，永定河決。庚申，以疏防民教啟釁，褫天津知府張光藻、知縣劉傑職，下部治罪。辛酉，滇軍復姚州。癸亥，命毛昶熙會同曾國藩查辦教案。曾國藩言：「善全和局，為保民之道。備御不虞，為立國之基。」諭旨嘉勉。命丁日昌赴天津幫辦洋務。
秋七月戊辰，以琿春邊務事繁，加協領副都統銜，為定制。丙子，法使羅淑亞以曾國藩不允府、縣論抵，回京。諭國藩迅緝原凶，從速辦結。丁丑，召崇厚還。命毛昶熙署三口通商大臣。甲申，周盛傳等剿散北山餘匪。丙戌，諭曰：「海上水師，與江上水師截然不同。欲捍外侮圖自強，非二十年之久，未易收效。然因事端艱鉅，畏縮不為，則永無自強之日。近年內外臣工，值事急時，徒事張皇。禍患略平，又為苟安之計。即創立戰守章程，而奉行不力，使朝廷謀議均屬具文。積習因循，焦憂曷釋。茲閩、滬兩廠輪船告成，馬新貽、丁日昌、英桂、沈葆楨各擇統將出洋，窮年練習，以備不虞。廣東亦應籌備輪船，瑞麟、李福泰務切實辦理。將校有熟諳風濤沙線者，隨時擇保，即山野中或長於海戰，亦當隨時物色，量材超擢。各督撫其統籌全局，以副委任。」庚寅，南路甘軍復渭源、狄道。是月，免晃州被擾逋賦。
八月丁酉，汝陽人張汶祥刺殺馬新貽。命曾國藩為兩江總督，李鴻章調直隸總督，李瀚章為湖廣總督。戊戌，設黃河水師。庚子，北山匪首李凡覺伏誅。壬寅，命張之萬會同魁玉訊張汶祥。己酉，召毛昶熙還。命李鴻章會曾國藩查辦天津教案。癸丑，桂軍剿平安邊、河陽賊匪，梁添錫伏誅。允越南進方物及馴象。己未，命李成謀為新設輪船統領。
九月戊辰，滇軍復新興。庚午，諭崇實仍赴遵義辦教案。甲戌，治天津民教啟釁罪，張光藻、劉傑遣戍，誅逞兇殺害之犯十五人。
是秋，川東、荊州、熱河被水，賑撫之。
冬十月乙未，沈葆楨丁憂，命百日後仍經理船政。丙申，命劉銘傳督辦陝西軍務。諭嚴禁四川州縣苛派。撥款續賑北山難民。辛丑，以江北漕船阻淺，由陸路轉運臨清。甲辰，天津製造局成。庚戌，日本請立約通商，允總署遴員議約。辛亥，免科布多貢貂。壬子，裁三口通商大臣，命直隸總督經理，如南洋大臣例，給欽差大臣關防。嚴諭疆吏慎密交涉，有漏泄者立誅之。丙辰，以水旱疊見，詔修省。戊午，移周盛傳軍衛畿輔。陝回禹生彥等竄平番，官軍失利，提督張萬美等死之。庚申，設直隸津海關道。劉錦棠各軍克漢伯等堡，合圍金積堡。
閏十月乙丑，俄使倭良嘎哩來京。庚午，湘潭會匪平。乙亥，滇軍復永北、鶴慶、鎮南、楚雄。回匪陷烏里雅蘇台。丙子，永定河合龍。諭曾國藩籌河運。戊寅，越南吳亞終等伏誅。
十一月癸巳，命鄭敦謹會鞫張汶祥獄。尋定讞，磔張汶祥於江寧。丁酉，回匪竄涼州，副將謝元興陣沒，王仁和擊退之。辛丑，援黔湘軍復台拱。戊申，福濟、榮全以匪入烏里雅蘇台，褫職留任。命曾國藩兼通商大臣。庚戌，甘肅總兵周東興侵賑，命斬於軍前。庚申，劉坤一以漏泄密諭，褫職留任。
十二月甲子，諭嚴禁河工偷減侵蝕諸弊。辛未，滇軍復鄧川、浪穹。回目馬源發戕提督丁賢發等，捕誅之。
是冬，免貴州興義等州縣衛、陝西綏德等州縣災擾逋賦。
是歲，朝鮮入貢。
十年辛未春正月辛卯朔，停筵宴。壬辰，官軍克河西王甿賊壘，賞金順黃馬褂，加張曜一雲騎尉。乙未，黔軍平貴定等處賊壘，克都勻，賞提督林從泰、總兵何雄輝黃馬褂。己亥，諭馮子材赴太平進剿牧馬、諒山匪。壬寅，官文卒。是月，免直隸安州等屬被水額賦。
二月壬戌，劉錦棠等軍克金積堡，匪首馬化龍等伏誅，加左宗棠一騎都尉，賞劉錦棠雲騎尉、黃馬褂，開復雷正綰處分，及陳湜原官，賞黃鼎、金運昌黃馬褂。置就撫陝回於華亭之化平川，設通判、都司以綏靖之。前知靈州彭慶章坐為賊主謀，處斬。壬午，獲叛將宋景詩，誅之。丁亥，調江蘇按察使應寶時赴津，籌辦日本通商事。命瑞常為大學士，文祥協辦大學士。
三月癸巳，金順等軍克寧夏，匪首馬萬選伏誅。己丑，滇軍復澂江，克江那土城，匪首馬和等伏誅。辛丑，普使李福斯致國書，以德意志各國及自主之三漢謝城共復一統，受尊稱為德意志皇帝，復書賀之。丁未，以倭仁為文華殿大學士，瑞常為文淵閣大學士。自春初至於是月，上連祈雨。庚戌，雨。
夏四月丙寅，援黔湘軍復新城、岩門司等城，克高坡等苗寨。己巳，寧夏納家徬回眾降。己卯，陝回竄擾平番、碾伯，官軍擊退之。辛巳，倭仁卒。甲申，賜梁耀樞等三百二十三人進士及第出身有差。築大沽、北塘炮台。乙酉，福濟革職，以金順為烏里雅蘇台將軍。丙戌，回匪復竄擾賽音諾顏部，焚掠固爾班賽汗等處。
五月庚寅朔，雨。乙未，左宗棠請禁絕回民新教，不許。戊戌，苗酋聞國興等降，八寨等城俱復。壬寅，回匪擾烏拉特，杜嘎爾、薩薩布軍合擊之。丙午，援黔湘軍復丹江、凱里等城，賞蘇元春黃馬褂。己酉，以李世忠尋仇斗很，陳國瑞演劇生事，褫世忠職，降國瑞都司，並勒回籍，畀有司管束。辛亥，鄭親王承志有罪，褫爵逮訊。命李鴻章辦日本商約，應寶時、陳欽為幫辦。乙卯，金順乞假守制葬親。不許。己未，滇軍復雲龍。
六月壬戌，太白晝見。益陽等處會匪平。己巳，陝回白彥虎結西寧回眾擾河州。庚午，黔軍克永寧、鎮寧、歸化苗寨，破郎岱、水城各峒寨。乙亥，命瑞麟為大學士，仍留兩廣總督任。己卯，阜陽匪擾沈丘、汝陽，官軍捕誅之。辛巳，以廣東盜賊橫行，諭飭嚴緝。丁亥，德宗生於醇邸。戊子，賑天津災。
秋七月己丑朔，桂軍剿越南竄匪，克長慶，斬匪首趙雄才。壬辰，杜嘎爾軍剿賊於布拉特，勝之。甲午，永定河復決。丙申，穆圖善赴北山剿賊。金運昌軍剿烏拉特竄匪，勝之。丁未，河內沁河決。乙卯，昌圖賊匪竄擾，都興阿遣軍剿平之。
八月壬申，以副都統慶至襲封鄭親王。甲戌，桂軍克安世賊寨，追剿太原竄匪，蘇國漢赴廣東乞降。丁丑，詔各省設局收養流寓孤寡。
九月丙申，革高郵徵糧弊習。丁酉，甘軍克康家崖要隘。趣榮全赴伊犁。給劉銘傳假三月。壬寅，諭奉、吉整頓吏治，嚴緝盜賊。命恩錫往上海辦奧國換約。丁未，喬松年等會堵侯家林決口。
是秋，賑順直各屬及菏澤等州縣災，免濮州被水、晃州被擾逋賦。
冬十月戊午朔，達爾濟以撤營縱賊，褫職逮治。命曹克忠接統劉銘傳軍，赴肅州防剿。庚申，以湖南匪變，命李鴻章查辦。壬辰，命景廉為烏魯木齊都統。癸未，詔免伊犁被脅官吏軍民等罪。以參領貢果爾接統達爾濟軍。
十一月癸巳，甘軍克河州，禹得彥等降。丁未，西寧回匪竄烏拉特及中衛，張曜軍擊退之。乙卯，肅州回匪復犯敦煌，文麟援剿之。
十二月辛未，予先儒張履祥從祀文廟。丁丑，香山匪徒曾大鵝幅等作亂，捕誅之。
是歲，朝鮮、琉球、越南入貢。
十一年壬申春正月丙戌朔，停筵宴。己丑，以紀年開秩諭減刑。文碩以乞病褫職。辛卯，桂軍復越南從化，克鎮山。癸巳，甘軍連破甘坪、大貝坪等處賊壘，進攻太子寺。庚子，黔軍克清平、黃平、重安。辛丑，援黔湘軍克黃飄、白堡苗寨。辛亥，命侍郎崇厚、太常寺少卿夏家鎬在總理各國事務衙門行走。
二月庚申，允江蘇辦米試行河運，漕白二糧仍由海運。丙寅，曾國藩卒，贈太傅。戊辰，褫劉銘傳職，以前功仍留一等男爵。庚午，起彭玉麟巡閱長江水師。甲申，侯家林決口合龍。越南匪首蘇國漢等伏誅。是月，賑四川各屬災。
三月乙酉朔，黔軍復貞豐。丙戌，甘軍剿太子寺回匪失利，提督傅先榮、徐文秀死之。褫提督楊世俊黃馬褂，降參將。甲午，免達爾濟等罪，仍褫職效力。丁酉，以奉匪擾朝鮮境，嚴緝之。辛丑，瑞常卒。
是春，免湖北黃陂、直隸安州、甘肅河州等處被擾逋賦。
夏四月丙辰，回匪竄定邊、靖邊，陝軍擊退之。己未，西寧回目馬占鰲、陝回崔三、米拉溝回目治成林等，先後乞降。丙寅，停淮關傳辦活計。諭內務府力求撙節。己卯，通政司副使王維珍疏陳先意承志，孝思維則。予嚴議，尋褫職。是月，免貴州興義等屬被擾逋賦。
五月甲申朔，日有食之。免熱河騰圍旗民租課三年。乙酉，自三月初旬，慈禧太后弗豫，月餘不視朝。至是，御史李宏謨請勤召對。諭責其冒昧，嚴飭之。癸巳，徐占彪軍剿肅回屢捷。左宗棠劾成祿糜帑遷延，命穆圖善查辦。乙未，貴州苗匪平，賞席寶田騎都尉。丙申，陝回宋全德等降。予伊犁殉難已革尚書陳孚恩暨其眷屬旌恤加等。庚子，命李鴻章為大學士，仍留直隸總督任。乙巳，滇軍克永平及雲南。
六月甲午，朱鳳標緻仕。命文祥為大學士，全慶協辦大學士。丁卯，諭停本年秋審、朝審句決。以單懋謙協辦大學士。
秋七月癸未朔，滇軍會克興義。己丑，免廓爾喀例貢。賑達木蒙古及三十九族被災兵民。戊戌，回匪竄擾寧夏西路及阿拉善旗，官軍擊退之。己亥，直隸呈進瑞麥，御史邊寶泉疏論之。諭李鴻章勤恤民隱，補救偏災，毋鋪張瑞應。庚子，永定河北下汛溢。是月，免湖南晃州被擾逋賦。
八月庚午，截江北漕米十萬餘石賑畿輔被水災民。癸酉，金順以遷延罷，常順署烏里雅蘇台將軍。辛巳，以單懋謙為大學士。
九月癸未，滇軍克趙州、蒙化並大理上下關，賞楊玉科、李維述黃馬褂。左宗棠言地產瑞麥瑞穀，諭卻之。乙未，冊立皇后阿魯特氏，自王大臣以次推恩加賚，頒詔天下，覃恩有差。永定河工合龍。丙午，允彭玉麟乞病回籍，仍命每年巡閱長江水師。庚戌，榮全請令慶符招撫纏、民，英廉等馬隊駐庫爾喀喇烏蘇，酌募民勇，允之。
十月丁巳，甘肅潰勇首犯馮高山等伏誅。己未，加上兩宮皇太后徽號。戊辰，廣西隆安、岑溪土匪，西隆苗匪平。壬寅，諭統兵大臣約束委員，治騷擾逾限者罪。允恭親王請，復軍機處舊制。丙子，何璟憂免，以張樹聲署兩江總督。
十一月乙酉，朝鮮匪船越境侵擾，都興阿等水師緝剿之。回匪擾哈密東山，官軍剿勝之。禁殿廷、鄉、會考試請託冒替。己卯，瓊州土匪平，誅匪首何亞萬等。辛卯，滇軍剿館驛等踞匪，迤東、迤南肅清。乙未，肅回竄紥薩克汗各旗，官軍擊走之。黔軍會克新城。下江苗匪亂，張文德軍剿除之。全黔底定。丙申，捻匪竄擾太湖，水師剿平之。允軍民入哥老會者自首免罪。丁酉，申禁各省種罌粟。辛丑，劉錦棠等軍剿回匪，大捷。丁未，陝軍剿陝北二道河等處竄匪，殄之。李鴻章奏設招商局，試辦輪船分運江、浙漕糧。
十二月己未，駐藏幫辦德泰坐事褫職回旗。丙辰，諭吏部、兵部、理藩院，親政後，各署有請旨及軍務摺片，均用漢文。丁卯，釋田興恕回。丙子，左宗棠乞病，溫旨不許，己卯，祫祭太廟。
是歲，朝鮮入貢。
十二年癸酉春正月辛巳朔。癸未，官軍擊回匪於那瑪特吉幹昭，敗之。丙戌，以李宗羲為兩江總督，兼通商大臣。辛丑，成祿以苛捐誣叛，褫職逮問，趣金順接統其軍。甲辰，滇軍克大理，回酋杜文秀、楊榮、蔡廷棟等伏誅。賞岑毓英黃馬褂、騎都尉世職，開復劉岳昭處分，賞楊玉科騎都尉。乙巳，兩宮皇太后以親政屆期，懿旨勉上「祇承家法，講求用人行政，毋荒典學」。勖廷臣及中外臣工「公忠盡職，宏濟艱難」。丙午，上親政，詔「恪遵慈訓，敬天法祖，勤政愛民」。己酉，諭內務府核實撙節，於歲費六十萬外，不得借支。
二月庚戌朔，軍機大臣、六部九卿會議黃、運兩河辦法。諭李鴻章悉心籌辦奏聞。下詔修省，求直言。諭直省舉賢才，杜侵蠹。戊午，加上兩宮皇太后徽號，翌日頒詔覃恩有差。劉錦棠軍克大通向陽堡。庚午，以謁東陵，命惇親王等留京辦事。乙亥，金順軍抵肅州剿回匪，敗之。
三月癸未，上奉兩宮皇太后謁東陵。丁亥，迴鑾。免蹕路經過本年額賦。己丑，大通、巴燕戎格及五工撒拉各回眾降。西寧匪首馬桂源等伏誅。庚寅，上奉兩宮皇太后還宮。丙申，回匪白彥虎等竄甘州。命議定各國公使覲見禮節。榮全乞病，不許。庚子，以英廉為塔爾巴哈台參贊大臣。丁未，滇軍克順寧。
是春，免江蘇邳州、陝西鄜州等屬被擾逋賦。
夏四月乙卯，設廉州北海關。丙辰，日本換約成。乙丑，回匪竄阿拉善旗及阿畢爾米特，諭定安遣軍會防兵夾擊。己巳，官軍克肅州塔爾灣賊巢。
五月庚寅，滇軍克雲州。丁酉，允各國公使覲見。癸卯，成祿交刑部治罪。丙午，命成瑞署烏魯木齊提督。
六月壬子，上幸瀛台，日使副島種臣、俄使倭良嘎哩、美使鏤斐迪、英使威妥瑪、法使熱福哩、荷使費果蓀覲見於紫光閣，呈遞國書。庚申，嚴趣金順出關。丁卯，甘軍復循化，匪目馬玉連等伏誅。
閏六月甲申，李鴻章覆陳黃、運兩河淮、徐故道難復，請仍海運。其舊河涸地，酌量升課。議行。丙戌，朱鳳標卒。滇軍克騰越，予岑毓英一等輕車都尉，賞劉岳昭黃馬褂，楊玉科一等輕車都尉。以雲南軍興十有八年，郡縣多為賊蹂躪，詔免十一年以前積欠糧賦，並永遠停徵濟軍釐穀。諭劉岳昭慎選牧令，察吏安民。甲午，京畿久雨，上祈晴。丙申，詔查各省畝捐、釐捐及丁漕違制者，次第豁除。庚子，甘軍剿白彥虎等於敦煌，失利，副將李天和等死之。永定河決。免阿爾泰烏梁海七旗貢貂。
秋七月辛亥，桂軍剿西林、西隆匪，平之。甲子，賑順天災。是月，免山東青城被水新舊額賦。
八月丁丑朔，都興阿乞病，慰留之。辛巳，直隸運河堤決。榮全復以病乞免，不許。富和有罪褫職。戊子，白彥虎等陷馬蓮井營堡。召劉岳昭入覲，以岑毓英兼署雲貴總督。壬辰，白彥虎等圍哈密，犯巴里坤，官軍失利。乙未，諭景廉督軍赴援，調錫綸為烏魯木齊領隊大臣，以明春為哈密幫辦大臣。是月，賑直隸各屬、永順府屬暨公安水災。
九月丙寅，命軍機大臣會刑部審擬成祿罪。癸酉，永定河合龍。
冬十月丙子朔，御史沈淮疏請緩修圓明園。諭令內務府僅治安佑宮為駐蹕殿宇，餘免興修。己亥，官軍克肅州，匪逆馬文祿伏誅。上詣兩宮皇太后賀捷。庚子，論功，命左宗棠以陝甘總督協辦大學士，加一等輕車都尉；復金順職，賞還黃馬褂；予徐占彪、穆圖善雲騎尉。
十一月己未，越南王疏請會剿河陽、興化、山西、宣光邊地諸匪。諭劉長佑、馮子材議奏。辛酉，法、越構釁，法兵破河內省城，越匪擾北寧。越人求援。諭瑞麟飭軍由欽州出關，會桂軍援剿之。甲子，御史吳可讀請將成祿明正典刑。己巳，岑毓英奏整頓吏治營伍，並請撤勇停捐，自雲南始。詔嘉之。庚午，疏濬運河。壬申，成祿論斬。吳可讀坐刺聽朝政降調。
十二月甲申，回匪竄擾烏梁海等部，錫綸軍追剿，敗之。戊子，以磨勘順天舉人徐景春試卷荒謬，考官尚書全慶、都御史胡家玉等降黜有差。辛卯，命額勒和布赴烏里雅蘇台查辦事件。丙申，賞故提督劉松山一等輕車都尉。命張曜、金順分軍西進。壬寅，以慈禧皇太后四旬慶典，推恩近支王公及中外大臣，賚敘有差。
是歲，朝鮮入貢。
十三年甲戌春正月乙巳朔，停筵宴。甲寅，湘軍剿古州苗匪，平之。丙辰，命編修張英麟、檢討王慶祺直弘德殿。辛酉，以劉坤一、胡家玉互參，降坤一三品頂帶，褫職留任，家玉鐫五級調用。癸亥，諭築東明長堤。己巳，官軍援沙山子擊回匪，勝之，賞福珠哩黃馬褂。
二月己卯，回匪擾巴里坤境，明春等會剿之。丙申，以法取越南地，越匪擾山西，偪滇疆，諭岑毓英部署邊防。禁京師私鑄。丁酉，上奉兩宮謁西陵。
三月甲辰，還宮。乙巳，賑奉天災民。丙午，命寶鋆協辦大學士。己酉，修海寧石塘。辛酉，論肅清貴州功，復陶茂林提督，賞提督何世華等世職。辛未，日本兵艦泊廈門，諭沈葆楨統兵輪往，相機籌辦。命李鴻章與秘魯公使會議華工事宜。
夏四月甲戌，詔撥帑十萬撫恤烏里雅蘇台災擾部落。丁丑，上幸瀛台。單懋謙因病乞休，允之。覲見俄使布策等於紫光閣。辛巳，上幸圓明園還宮。癸未，瑪那斯回匪犯奎屯等處，官軍進剿失利，景廉兵援之。丙戌，日本兵船抵台灣登岸，與生番尋釁。命沈葆楨辦海防，兼理各國事務大臣，江、廣沿海各口輪船，以時調遣。辛卯，常順緣事褫職，命額勒和布為烏里雅蘇台將軍，慶春為察哈爾都統，托倫布為科布多參贊大臣。丁酉，賜陸潤庠等三百三十七人進士及第出身有差。辛丑，景廉再乞病，不許。
五月壬寅朔，法、越和議定，諭邊將安輯內遷難民。壬子，上幸圓明園還宮。日本攻台灣番社。丁巳，以慈禧太后聖節，予在京旗官六十以上者恩賞，停本年秋審、朝審人犯句決。己未，彗星見。乙丑，詔賑奉天災民。丙辰，允沈葆楨請，建台灣海口炮台，撫番社，撤疲兵。戊辰，日本師船游弋福建各海口。日使柳原前光與總署王大臣商台灣兵事。
六月乙亥，諭飭總兵孫開華接辦廈門防務。己卯，召楊岳斌、曾國荃、閻敬銘、趙德轍、丁日昌、鮑超、蔣益澧、郭嵩燾來京。壬午，烏索寨降眾復叛，滇軍剿平之。癸未，允李鴻章請，以徐州唐定奎軍渡海赴台。乙酉，諭戶部撙節不急之需，豫籌海防經費。諭沈葆楨部署南北路防守。丁酉，命翁同龢仍直弘德殿。
秋七月丁未，李鶴年請閩省陸路選立練軍，議行。庚戌，瑪納斯回匪犯西湖，官軍擊退之。壬子，命左宗棠為大學士，仍留陝甘總督任，景廉為欽差大臣，督辦新疆軍務，金順幫辦軍務。庚申，覲見比使謝恩施等於紫光閣。甲子，內務府大臣貴寶以任郎中時，於知府李光昭報效木植，欺罔奏陳，嚴議褫職。乙丑，馬賊陷寧古塔，旋復之。允福建軍餉借用洋款二百萬，由海關稅分年抵還。己巳，停修圓明園工程。庚午，諭責恭親王召對失儀，奪親王世襲，降郡王，仍為軍機大臣，並革載澂貝勒郡王銜。白彥虎等犯濟木薩，官軍擊敗之。
八月辛未朔，懿旨復恭親王世襲及載澂爵銜，訓勉之。諭修葺三海工程，力求撙節。丙戌，河南蝗。戊子，李光昭論斬。庚寅，諭各省整頓捕務。乙未，命左宗棠督辦西征糧台轉運事宜，以內閣學士袁保恆為幫辦。詔各省酌裁釐局，禁種罌粟。丁酉，上幸南苑。戊戌，閱御前王大臣、乾清門侍衛射。己亥，上行圍。
九月庚子朔，上幸晾鷹台，撒圍。辛丑，上幸晾鷹台，閱神機營兵。壬寅，閱王大臣、侍衛等射。丁未，瑞麟卒，以英翰為兩廣總督。庚戌，日本續遣大久保利通來，與總署王大臣論台灣番社兵事。丙辰，寧古塔匪首王文拴伏誅。辛酉，王大臣與日使成議，退兵回國，給日本難民恤金及台灣軍費共五十萬。乙丑，賈楨卒。丙寅，諭李鴻章等於總署條奏海防、練兵、簡器、造船、籌餉、用人、持久諸事，詳議以聞。
十月辛未，以慈禧皇太后四旬萬壽，復劉銘傳提督。己卯，上慶賀禮成，賞廢員職銜，免王公、文武官處分，餘進敘有差。庚辰，恤廣東颶災。癸巳，命廣壽、夏同善赴陝西查事。己亥，上不豫，命李鴻藻代閱章奏。
十一月甲辰，命恭親王代繕批答清文摺件。丁未，賑徐、海水災。己酉，命內外奏牘呈兩宮披覽。以寶鋆為大學士。壬子，日本退兵。癸丑，冬至，祀天圜丘，遣醇親王代。頒部帑百五十萬築石莊戶堤工。甲寅，上以兩宮調護康吉，崇上徽號，詔刑部及各省罪犯分別減等。庚申，議行河南練軍。甲子，以石莊戶堤難就，允丁寶楨請，於賈庄一帶建壩築堤。
十二月辛未，詔蠲免雲南被擾荒地錢糧十年。甲戌，李宗羲病免，以劉坤一署兩江總督。
上疾大漸，崩於養心殿，年十九。慈安皇太后、慈禧皇太后召惇親王奕誴、恭親王奕訢、醇親王奕譞，孚郡王奕譓、惠郡王奕詳，貝勒載治、載澂，公奕謨，御前大臣伯彥訥謨祜、奕劻、景壽，軍機大臣寶鋆、沈桂芬、李鴻藻，內務府大臣英桂、崇綸、魁齡、榮祿、明善、貴寶、文錫，直弘德殿徐桐、翁同龢、王慶祺，南書房黃鈺、潘祖蔭、孫詒經、徐郙、張家驤入奉懿旨，以醇親王之子承繼文宗為嗣皇帝。光緒元年二月戊子，皇后阿魯特氏崩。三月己亥，上尊諡曰繼天開運受中居正保大定功聖智誠孝信敏恭寬毅皇帝，廟號穆宗。五年三月庚午，葬惠陵。
論曰：穆宗沖齡即阼，母后垂簾。國運中興，十年之間，盜賊劃平，中外乂安。非夫宮府一體，將相協和，何以臻茲？泊帝親裁大政，不自暇逸。遇變修省，至勤也。聞災蠲恤，至仁也。不言符瑞，至明也。藉使蘄至中壽，日新而光大之，庸詎不與前古媲隆。顧乃奄棄臣民，未竟所施，惜哉！
The ninth month. On the first day, bingxu, the Mother Empress Dowager was given the honorific title Ci'an, and the Holy Mother Empress Dowager the honorific title Cixi. On xinmao, Yang Zaifu's army recovered Chizhou. On renchen, the Nian bandits broke into Sishui and Gong County, and government troops drove them back. Zhang Liangji was summoned to the capital. There was an earthquake at Jinzhou. On jiawu, the Sichuan army crushed the Muslim bandits of Huili. On dingyou, the report of Lebin and others was approved: the Salar Muslim bandits had surrendered, and the government troops were withdrawn. On gengzi, the Sichuan army recovered Mingshan. On renyin, Duolong'a, Zeng Guoquan and others recovered Tongcheng, Susong, Qizhou, Huangmei and Guangji. Peng Yulin, Cheng Daji and others recovered Huangzhou. The Governor of Hubei, Hu Linyi, died. Li Xuyi was transferred to be Governor of Hubei, still stationed on the border of Hubei and Anhui directing military affairs. Peng Yulin was promoted to Governor of Anhui. On guimao, government troops in Zhejiang recovered Yuqian and Changhua. The Yue bandits broke into Yanzhou, and the armies of Zhang Yuliang and others broke up. On jiachen, Britain and France withdrew their troops stationed at Guangzhou, and Britain withdrew its cavalry stationed at Tianjin. On yisi, Senggelinqin crushed the roving Nian bandits at Qingzhou and other places, and was restored as a Minister of the Presence and given back the yellow reins. On wushen, the emperor escorted the coffin of the late emperor back to the capital, and the land tax of Chengde and of Wanping and the other prefectures and counties on the way was remitted. On jiyou, Miao Peilin rebelled, and Yuan Jiasan was ordered to join the armies of Jia Zhen and others in attacking him. On jiayin, the emperor escorted the Mother Empress Dowager and the Holy Mother Empress Dowager back to the palace. On yimao, for altering edicts on their own authority and strongly obstructing a regency from behind the screen, Zaiyuan, Duanhua and Sushun were removed from their posts, and Jingshou, Muyin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han and Jiao Youying were dismissed from the Grand Council. Prince Gong was ordered, with the Grand Secretaries, the Six Ministries, the Nine Chief Ministers, the Hanlin Academy, the Supervisorate of Imperial Instruction and the supervising censors and censors, to examine the case by the law and report. Jia Zhen, Zhou Zupei, Shen Zhaolin and Zhao Guang memorialised asking that the power of government be held from above, and proposed the ceremonial for the Empress Dowagers' audiences with officials and the rules for conducting business. Shengbao memorialised asking that the Empress Dowagers take charge of the great affairs of government in person, with princes chosen to assist in government. The princes, ministers, Grand Secretaries and others were ordered to decide and report. Yixuan, Prince Chun of the Second Rank, was summoned to the capital. That day Zaiyuan, Duanhua and Sushun were stripped of their titles and posts and arrested for trial and sentencing. Renshou, Prince Rui of the First Rank, and Yixuan, Prince Chun of the Second Rank, were ordered to arrest Sushun and bring him to the capital. An edict ordered all civil and military offices to take turns on daily duty from the sixteenth day of the tenth month. Bao Chao's army recovered Yanshan. This month, the land tax of Nianbo in Xining, which had been harried, was remitted. Edit
Winter, the tenth month. On the first day, bingchen, Yixin, Prince Gong of the First Rank, was made Prince Counsellor, serving in the Grand Council; the Grand Secretary Guiliang, the Minister of Revenue Shen Zhaolin and the Vice Ministers Baojun and Wenxiang were all made Grand Councillors, and Cao Yuying, Junior Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, was to serve in the Grand Council on probation. Woren, Vice Minister of Revenue at Shengjing, was summoned to the capital. On dingsi, an edict asked for frank advice, and the rules for the palace gates were made strict again. On wuwu, the coffin of the late emperor reached the capital and was laid in the Qianqing Palace. On gengshen, an edict changed the era name Qixiang to Tongzhi. On xinyou, Prince Gong and the others proposed that Zaiyuan, Duanhua and Sushun be put to death by slicing under the law on great treason. An edict allowed Zaiyuan and Duanhua to take their own lives and had Sushun beheaded; Jingshou, Muyin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han and Jiao Youying were stripped of office, and Muyin was exiled to the military relay stations. On renxu, Chen Fu'en, Huang Zonghan, Liu Kun, Chengqi, Dekejintai and Fuji were stripped of office. An edict said the past would not be pursued, and the officials were not to ask again for their partisans to be investigated. The princes, dukes and high civil and military officials at court and in the provinces were warned once more against grasping at power and taking bribes. On jiazi, the emperor ascended the throne in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and received the court. An edict proclaimed to the empire that the next year would be the first year of Tongzhi; grace was extended at home and abroad, and all crimes were pardoned except those an ordinary amnesty does not pardon. Prince Dun of the First Rank, Prince Gong of the First Rank, Prince Chun of the Second Rank, Prince Zhong of the Second Rank and Prince Fu of the Second Rank were exempted from being named by their personal names in edicts and memorials. On yichou, a decree of the Empress Dowagers, since resources were strained, warned the Imperial Household Department to practise strict thrift in the goods used in the palace. Senggelinqin was restored as Prince Boduolegatai of the First Rank. The Ministry of Justice was ordered to examine and close the case of the Wuyu bank notes. An edict told officials at court and in the provinces to clear up the pending criminal cases. On bingyin, Miao Peilin took Shouzhou. In the southeast there was a sound like thunder. An edict ordered the unfinished works at Rehe stopped at once. On dingmao, the commanders on every front were warned once more against glossing over failures and delaying, letting the bandits loose to harm the people. The special military metropolitan examination of the tenth year of Xianfeng was held in arrears. On jisi, the Brigade General Feng Zicai was ordered to direct military affairs at Zhenjiang. On gengwu, an edict told the Prince Counsellor and the others to assist in all affairs and not to shy away from petty suspicions. On renshen, an edict told the commanding ministers to assess merit and fault truthfully, rewarding without fail and punishing without fail. On guiyou, the Yue bandits took Yanzhou and Yuhang. Zeng Guofan was ordered to command the military affairs of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, with authority over governors, provincial commanders and all officials below them; Ruichang was to help direct military affairs in Zhejiang, and Zuo Zongtang, Junior Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, was to go to Zhejiang to attack the rebels, with power to deploy provincial commanders, brigade generals and the officers below them. On bingzi, it was declared again that those paired with Heaven at the suburban sacrifice would remain the three founders and the five ancestors, and that the late emperor, placed in the Ancestral Temple, would be styled zong. The retired Grand Secretaries Qi Junzao and Weng Xincun and the former Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Li Tangjie were recalled to office. Chen Fu'en's household property was confiscated, and he was put in prison for punishment. Government troops recovered Wuwei and Suizhou. On dingchou, the court officials were warned once more against letting matters drift. An edict told Guanwen, Zeng Guofan and others to plan carefully whether to suppress or win over Miao's militia. The Yue bandits took Xiaoshan and Shaoxing, and Jiangshan and Changshan, and Zuo Zongtang's army was urged to hurry to the rescue. On jimao, Beizi Delekeseleng was released from prison. On xinsi, the court officials submitted the rules for the regency from behind the screen, and a decree of the Empress Dowagers approved them as proposed. An edict announced a special examination. Earlier, the gathering of pearls at Ula had been stopped for eight years. Now an edict ordered it to remain stopped. On renwu, Chen Fu'en was exiled to Xinjiang. The Vice Ministers Baojun and Dong Xun were ordered to serve in the Zongli Yamen. On jiashen, the French troops left Tianjin. Edit
The eleventh month. On the first day, yiyou, the emperor, with the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi, came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the Empress Dowagers began to hear the business of government from behind the screen. On bingxu, an edict told the provinces, in disputes arising from the practice of the foreign religion, to tell the good from the bad and deal with them fairly. On dinghai, an edict fixed the punishments of those who had embezzled funds through the Wuyu bank notes of the Ministry of Revenue. Xilin and others were restored to office. On gengyin, every army was ordered to recommend men with the talent of a general. On renchen, the sect bandits of Shandong rose in revolt, and Chenglu and others crushed them; the bandit chief Yan Xiulun was executed. On jiawu: earlier, Zhang Liangji had said that the Yunnan Deputy General He Youbao had killed Deng Erheng, and suspected that Xu Zhiming had put him up to it. Now Xu Zhiming memorialised with embellished claims of military merit and asked a reward for He Youbao; an edict told Fuji to investigate, and Xu Zhiming was removed from office and severely impeached. On yiwei, Shi Dakai fled to Suining. On gengzi, an edict told officials at court and in the provinces to recommend men of talent, taking Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi and Luo Bingzhang as their models. On xinchou, the Yue bandits took Shaoxing and Zhuji, and Wang Luqian was stripped of office and arrested for trial. On renyin, Fuji was stripped of office for timidity and trickery. Pan Duo was granted the button of the second rank and made acting Governor-General of Yungui. Senggelinqin attacked the society bandits at Shouzhang and other places and won a great victory. On guimao, Peng Yulin was ordered to help Yuan Jiasan direct his military affairs. Government troops recovered Lai'an. On yisi, the Supervising Censor Gao Yanhu impeached Xu Zhiming for greed, lust and absurd conduct, and the militia faction of Yunnan for its licence. An edict told Pan Duo to investigate. On dingwei, an edict told the provinces to find and recommend upright and able officials, and to seek out scholars of complete learning and conduct. On gengxu, Wu Tang was made Financial Commissioner of Jiangning and concurrently acting Director-General of Grain Transport, directing the grain depot north of the Yangzi. On guichou, the Yue bandits took Chuzhou. Edit
The twelfth month. On the first day, jiayin, an edict told Zeng Guofan to plan the whole course of the campaign. On yimao, an edict told Tan Tingxiang to go to Dongchang to plan river defence. The sect bandits of Pu and Fan were put down. On dingsi, Shengbao reported that he had received the surrender of the bandit chiefs Liu Zhankao and Song Jingshi. On wuwu, Guorui's army recovered Fan County. The Yue bandits took Ningbo and Zhenhai and the places under Shaoxing. On jiwei, an edict ordered the salt administration put in order. On xinyou, Zuo Zongtang was ordered to hurry to the relief of Hangzhou, with Zhang Yunlan placed under his command, and was allowed to memorialise on military matters directly. On renxu, the Deputy Lieutenant-General of Jiangning, Kuiyu, was ordered to help direct military affairs at Zhenjiang. On Mao Hongbin's advice, an edict told the governors-general, governors and commanding ministers to choose their officers from the regions where they served and not to rely only on the Chu braves. Yuan Jiasan's army recovered Dingyuan. The Gurkhas were allowed to present their regular tribute in the year dingmao instead. On yichou, society bandits in Fujian took Fuding, and it was soon recovered. The Nian bandits of Henan broke into Zaoyang. On dingmao, Zeng Guofan declined command over the military affairs of four provinces, and was not allowed to. On jisi, the emperor conferred on Empress Xiaode the honoured posthumous title Xiaode Wenhui Chengshun Cizhuang Gongtian Zansheng Xian Huanghou. The Vice Minister of War Qingying, found guilty, was stripped of office and exiled to Xinjiang. The jasak Beile of Qinghai, Gangsengqueduobu, was made League Head of the Left Wing. On xinwei, Yuke was stripped of office, and Shen Baozhen was promoted to Governor of Jiangxi. Prince Gong of the First Rank and Prince Chun of the First Rank were ordered to direct Ruilin, Wenxiang and others in managing the Shenji Battalion. Zeng Guofan asked that the Circuit Intendant Li Hongzhang be sent with an army and a fleet to Zhenjiang to plan the recovery of Suzhou and Changzhou; this was allowed. The Intendant of the Deng-Lai-Qing Circuit was fixed at Yantai, to supervise the customs of the Eastern Sea Customs House. On renshen, the hereditary titles of Duanhua and Zaiyuan were lowered to Duke Who Assists the State, without the Eight Privileges. On jiaxu, next year's land tax was remitted in the parts of Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang that the rebels had overrun. On yihai, Jiang Zhongyi was allowed to complete his mourning, and Tian Xingshu was made concurrently acting Governor of Guizhou, soon replaced in that post by Han Chao. Zhang Liangji was ordered to direct military affairs in Yunnan; Xu Zhiming was relieved as Governor of Yunnan, and Zhang Liangji was made acting Governor. On dingchou, Duolong'a's army attacked Luzhou. Shi Dakai broke into Yuanjiang and Qianyang and pressed on the Sichuan border, and an edict told Luo Bingzhang and Tian Xingshu to attack him together. The Yue bandits of the two Huai took Hangzhou, and Ruichang and Wang Youling died there. The Governor-General of Min-Zhe, Qingduan, was stripped of his rank but kept at his post. Zuo Zongtang was made Governor of Zhejiang. Peng Yulin declined the governorship and asked to deal only with the rebels; this was allowed, and he was made Provincial Commander of the river fleet. Li Xuyi was transferred to be Governor of Anhui, and Yan Shusen Governor of Hubei. Zheng Yuanshan was made Governor of Henan. On wuyin, Qi Junzao, with the rank of Grand Secretary, was made Minister of Rites. Peng Yulin was instead made an expectant Vice Minister of War. On gengchen, the Nian bandits besieged Yingzhou. Shengbao impeached Yan Shusen, and an edict told Yan Shusen to "look into himself and blame himself, keep his good name intact, and live up to the trust the late emperor placed in him." On Xue Huan's advice, an edict told the Zongli Yamen to discuss with Britain and France borrowing troops to suppress the rebels. On renwu, the emperor's late younger brother, the Second Age, was posthumously made Prince Min of the Second Rank. Zuo Zongtang was urged to advance into Zhejiang. Shengbao was ordered to lead his troops to Yingzhou. On guiwei, Senggelinqin attacked the roving bandits on the south bank of the Yellow River at Caozhou and wiped them out. Edit
The first year of Tongzhi, renxu. Spring, the first month. On the first day, jiashen, the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi came to the Cining Palace, and the emperor led the princes and ministers in paying homage. He received congratulations in the Qianqing Palace. From then on it was so every year. Linkui and Zeng Guofan were made Assistant Grand Secretaries. On yiyou, an edict ordered acreage contributions and likin contributions abolished where fitting, the families of the officers and men on campaign cared for, and the sons and grandsons of the wounded and fallen soldiers and braves comforted. Because Jiangxi had been cleared, Bao Chao was granted a yellow riding jacket. Li Shizhong recovered Luhe and was rewarded the same way. On bingxu, an edict told Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang to hold Quzhou and advance to raise the siege of Huizhou. Zeng Guofan was ordered to choose officers to protect Shanghai. Jiang Yili's troops were transferred to Zuo Zongtang's army. On gengyin, Shengbao moved his army to Yingzhou, and the Deputy Lieutenant-General Zhekedunbu and the Circuit Intendant Wang Rongji were ordered to take over the defence. On xinmao, the Sichuan army recovered Danling, and the bandit chief Lan Chaoding was executed. Government troops recovered Pingyue. On renchen, Li Shizhong's army recovered Tianchang. On guisi, the Yue bandit Li Xiucheng took Fengxian, Nanhui and Chuansha. Duxing'a was ordered to block the mouth of the Wusong with his gunboats. On bingshen, Lebin, for letting bandits loose to harm the people, was removed from office for trial. Linkui was made acting Governor-General of Shaan-Gan, to suppress or win over the Salar Muslims with Shen Zhaolin. The Yue bandits broke through and pressed on Shanghai. Xue Huan reported that British and French officers were helping with the defence and suppression. The emperor praised this. On dingyou: earlier, Mianxing had asked to change the way taxes were levied on the Muslims, and Jinglian had gone to Aksu to look into the matter. Now Jinglian reported back impeaching him; Mianxing was found guilty and stripped of office, and soon exiled to Jilin. The Muslim Prince of the Second Rank Aimate was sent back to Kucha to be kept under control. The ministers of the Muslim regions were warned once more not to impose levies again. Yingyun was ordered to investigate and forbid the private pawning of Muslim lands in the cities of Aksu. On wuxu, the Yue bandits attacked Zhenjiang, and Feng Zicai's army drove them back. The Nian bandits broke into Shuyang. An edict told Senggelinqin to look to both north and south. Government troops recovered Shen County. On jihai, Linkui died. Li Shizhong's army took Jiangpu and Pukou. Qingduan was removed from office, and Qiling was ordered to go to Fujian to take over the military affairs of the relief of Zhejiang. On gengzi, Bao Chao was promoted to Provincial Commander of Zhejiang, and Feng Zicai to Provincial Commander of Guangxi. On guimao, Qiao Songnian was ordered to direct the militia along the Yangzi. On bingwu, the former Governor of Anhui, Weng Tongshu, for losing Shouzhou and Dingyuan, was stripped of office and arrested for trial, and was soon sentenced to beheading. On dingwei, more coins were ordered cast at Aksu. On wushen, Wenyu and others submitted the arrangements for the defence of Beitang, and these were allowed. Britain and France kept troops stationed at the Dagu forts. Government troops in Yunnan recovered Lijiang, and the Muslim bandits broke into Kunming. On gengxu, the Yue bandits broke into Songjiang; government troops, joining the foreign troops, met them and crushed them. The foreign officer Frederick Townsend Ward, an American who had become a Chinese subject, was granted the button of the fourth rank and the peacock feather. On renzi, Zhang Liangji was ordered to raise troops and go to Yunnan. On guichou, an edict told Zhekedunbu and others to join in suppressing the Nian bandits of Hetao. Edit
The second month. On the first day, jiayin, government troops recovered Laifeng. On yimao, by decree of the Empress Dowagers the emperor began his studies in the Hongde Hall, with Qi Junzao and Weng Xincun teaching him. On bingchen, Zeng Guoquan was promoted to Financial Commissioner of Jiangsu and ordered to direct military affairs, without need to stand aside on account of kinship. On dingsi, the Yue bandits took Huangyan. Government troops raised the sieges of Zhenjiang and Huizhou. On xinyou, the Minister at Xining, Duohui, and the Provincial Commander Chengrui, for falsely reporting the surrender of the Salar bandits, were both stripped of office and sent for sentencing, and were soon sentenced to beheading. Lebin, for shielding them, was stripped of office and exiled to Xinjiang. On renxu, Duxing'a was ordered to send troops to station at Tianchang and Luhe, and Li Shizhong to move his army to Jiangpu and Pukou, working together in harmony. The Yue bandits took Anyi, and it was soon recovered. On guihai, the Nian bandits besieged Qi County. On jiazi, the deeds of the ancient emperors and kings and the memorials of officials past and present presented by Woren were set out in the Hongde Hall for study and lecture. On yichou, Senggelinqin's army won a great victory over the Nian bandits; the rebels fled from Qi County to Tongxu, and were pursued. On wuchen, Shi Dakai broke into Fengdu. Tian Xingshu's request to be relieved as Imperial Commissioner was granted, and he was to lead his troops to Sichuan, under Luo Bingzhang's command. Han Chao was ordered to plan the defence and suppression in Guizhou. On jisi, Xue Huan reported that, joining the British and French armies, he had attacked the rebel ramparts at Gaoqiao and taken them. The American Henry Burgevine, who had become a Chinese subject, was granted the button of the fourth rank and the peacock feather. On renshen, the Yue bandits of Jinling crossed the Yangzi and harried Jiangpu and other places. An edict told Zeng Guofan and Duxing'a to detach warships to intercept them. On guiyou, Duolong'a's army attacked Luzhou. On bingzi, because Zhujing at Shanghai had fallen, the Provincial Commander Zeng Bingzhong was stripped of office. Government troops at Shanghai, joining the British and French armies, destroyed the rebel ramparts at Xiaotang. Chonghou and Chengming were ordered to direct the coastal defence of Tianjin. On dingchou, the hereditary titles of Prince Zheng of the First Rank and Prince Yi of the First Rank were restored. An edict told Li Xuyi to settle the refugees of northern Anhui. This month, the land tax of Tingzhou and other places that had been harried was remitted. Edit
The third month. On the first day, guiwei, the Nian bandits broke into Taihe. On jiashen, Britain and France were allowed to send warships up the Yangzi to help with defence and suppression. On bingxu, the Yue bandits broke into Shanghai, and Xue Huan's army defeated them. On wuzi, rebels took Qingtian. Zheng Yuanshan's request was granted that the Financial Commissioner Zhang Yao, then in mourning, be put solely in charge of suppressing the bandits. On gengyin, as there had been no rain since the first month, an edict called for self-examination and asked for frank advice. Zuo Zongtang recovered Sui'an. Song Jingshi's surrendered followers rebelled at Lanyi. On renchen, the Yue bandits attacked Lu, He and Jiangpu. On jiawu, Shengbao's army advanced to the relief of Yingzhou and won a great victory. On bingshen, Zheng Yuanshan reported that he had called Song Jingshi back and told him to atone for his crime by service; this was allowed. On wuxu, Li Xuyi and Zheng Yuanshan were ordered to help Shengbao direct his military affairs. On xinchou, the former Prefect Zhuang Qiling, answering a summons, set out twelve proposals, among them honouring orthodox learning, clearing the regular path to office, limiting allowances and likin levies, and providing for the army's needs. They were adopted after deliberation, except for stopping the integrity-nourishing allowances and investigating customary fees, which were not allowed as harmful to the proper order of government. An edict told the provinces to recommend men of filial piety, incorruptibility and uprightness, seeking only true scholars. On guimao, Shen Zhaolin was ordered to lead an army to Xining to suppress the Salar bandits. On yisi, the emperor's birthday, the receiving of congratulations was stopped. On bingwu, Zeng Guofan was urged to divide his army to aid Huzhou. On dingwei, the book compiling the governance of emperors and kings and the precedents of regency from behind the screen in earlier histories was completed, and named Zhiping Baojian. On jiyou, the Vice Censor-in-Chief Yan Duanshu was ordered to go to Guangdong to direct the likin, and Wu Tang to direct the militia north of the Yangzi. Xue Huan was ordered to serve as Superintendent of Trade with the button of the first rank. Li Hongzhang was made acting Governor of Jiangsu. The Deputy Lieutenant-General of Jingkou, Haiquan, failed in an attack on the rebels and died. On renzi, the tribute goods owed by the Muslim regions, both new and old, were remitted. This month the emperor went in person to the Dagao Hall three times to pray for rain. Edit
The fourth month. On jiayin, an edict told the commanding ministers to be careful with army pay and provisions and to cut out needless expense. Jing Qijun presented the Lidai Junjian, and the emperor praised and accepted it. On yimao, Luo Bingzhang's request was granted to keep Tian Xingshu directing military affairs in Guizhou. On dingsi, the Yue bandits took Yiyang, and it was soon recovered. On wuwu, it rained. Bao Chao's army recovered Qingyang. Zeng Guoquan's army recovered Chao County, Hanshan and Hezhou. On jiwei, Pu Chengyao was exiled to the military relay stations. Zeng Guofan and others said that the gentry of Suzhou were asking to borrow British and French troops to recover Suzhou and Changzhou, which must on no account be done. The emperor agreed with them. Li Hongzhang was told to cut down and reorganise Ward's Ever-Victorious Army. The Yue bandit Li Shixian broke into Jiangxi, and Shen Baozhen went to Guangxin to direct its defence and the suppression. Belgium asked to exchange treaties, and an edict told Xue Huan to consider and arrange it with care. On gengshen, the emperor conferred on Empress Xiaojingcheng the honoured posthumous title Xiaojing Kangci Yizhao Duanhui Bitian Fusheng Cheng Huanghou. On renxu, Xue Huan was made Plenipotentiary to manage trade with Belgium. On guihai, rebels took Hanzhong. On yichou, the Sichuan army recovered Qingshen, and Zuo Zongtang raised the sieges of Quzhou and Jiangshan. On bingyin, the Nian chief Zhang Luoxing fled north, and an edict told Senggelinqin and others to plan the defence. Because the Fujian army had been defeated and Qingduan had hidden it in his reports, he was sternly rebuked. On wuchen, Zeng Zhengan recovered Fanchang, and Bao Chao recovered Shidai, Taiping and Jing County. The government troops at Shanghai, joining the British and French armies, levelled the rebel ramparts at Nanxiang and recovered Jiading. On gengwu, Duxing'a defeated the roving bandits from Yangzhou. Government troops recovered Yingshang. The Yue bandits took Xiaoyi and Zhen'an. The Henan army recovered Yongning. On xinwei, because the hakim beg of Yarkand, the Prince of the Second Rank Akelayidu, had levied contributions against the rules and killed Muslims without authority, he was stripped of his rank of Prince of the Second Rank, and Yingyun was punished. On renshen, the Deputy Lieutenant-General of Xi'an, Wulandu, failed in an attack on the rebels, and an edict told Guanwen and Zheng Yuanshan to divide their forces and send them to Shaanxi. On bingzi, society bandits in Taiwan took Zhanghua. The Yue bandits broke through and pressed on Xi'an, and Guanwen and Zheng Yuanshan were urged to order troops to join in suppressing them. On dingchou, honorific titles were conferred on the Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi, and an edict of grace was proclaimed, with favours in their degrees. On wuyin, Duolong'a's army took Luzhou; the bandit chief Chen Yucheng fled into the territory of Shouzhou, and Miao Peilin lured him into a trap and seized him. Miao Peilin was ordered pardoned. On jimao, Zhang Yunlan's army recovered Jingde. Zeng Zhengan's army recovered Nanling. The Salar Muslims besieged Bayanrongge, and Shen Zhaolin went to its aid and attacked them. Government troops at Shanghai recovered Qingpu. On gengchen, He Guiqing was brought under arrest to the capital, and the Grand Secretaries were ordered to try him with the Ministry of Justice and propose a sentence. This month, the overdue taxes of Anzhou and other departments and counties struck by floods were remitted. Edit
The fifth month. On the first day, renwu, government troops recovered Ningbo and Zhenhai. On guiwei, Zheng Yuanshan moved his army to Runing. The Yue bandits took Shanyang in Shaanxi. Duolong'a was ordered to direct military affairs in Shaanxi. On jiashen, it rained. Wu Zhenyu was ordered to hurry to Shanxi to help with the defence and suppression. On yiyou, Mingyi was ordered to go quickly to Tacheng to survey the boundary jointly with Russia, and Xu Zongqian to suppress the bandits of Taiwan. On bingxu, Xu Fu and others, one hundred and ninety-three men in all, were granted the jinshi degree in their several grades. On dinghai, because Bao Lishen, a farmer of Zhuji, had trained braves and killed rebels, an edict told Zuo Zongtang to make use of him as he saw fit. Li Shizhong's army intercepted the rebels coming to the relief from Jiangnan and won a great victory. On jichou, government troops in Guangxi recovered Taiping, and Liu Changyou went to Xunzhou to direct the suppression. The Yue bandits took Weinan. On renchen, Wang Luqian was exiled to Xinjiang. The Yue bandits besieged Wenzhou and Rui'an, and an edict told Qingduan and others to advance to the rescue and Zuo Zongtang to look to it as well. The Yue bandits attacked Tong Pass, and an edict told Shen Zhaolin to order Ma Dezhao to the aid of Shaanxi. On yiwei, the armies of Peng Yulin and Zeng Guoquan recovered Taiping and the city of Wuhu, Jinzhu Pass and the passes of Dongliangshan, and Li Chengmou was granted a yellow riding jacket. Government troops, joining the British and French armies, took the cities of Nanqiao, Zhelin and Fengxian. When Nanqiao was taken, the French admiral Auguste Protet was killed in battle; the emperor praised and mourned him, granted a sacrifice, and gave precious things to his family. On bingshen, the Yue bandits broke into Shanzhou. Because the Miao and sect bandits of Tongren and Shiqian were rampant, an edict told Mao Hongbin and Han Chao to join in suppressing them. On wuxu, the Vice Minister Hengqi was ordered, with Chonghou, to manage trade with Portugal. At that time Britain planned to bring Indian troops to help suppress the rebels, and an edict told Zeng Guofan and others to take Jinling, Suzhou and Changzhou quickly, to cut off any covetous designs. On jihai, the Yue bandits took Xingyi, and government troops recovered Huoqiu. On gengzi, the former Junior Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Li Tangjie memorialised asking that, besides the correction and support of the tutors, the gradual rise of favourites close to the emperor be forestalled, and that the imperially annotated Tongjian Jilan and the Daxue Yanyi be lectured on; a gracious edict answered him. On xinchou, government troops recovered Xianju, Huangyan and four other counties of Taizhou Prefecture. The rebel leader Wu Jianying and others surrendered with Nanhui. Government troops recovered Chuansha. Rebels took Jiading. Zhili's accumulated arrears of banner land rent were remitted. On renyin, government troops attacked Yuhuatai. On jiachen, Zeng Guofan's proposal was allowed that Anqing remain the provincial seat, and that a Provincial Commander of the Yangzi River Fleet be set up, stationed at Wuhu. Hengqi was made Plenipotentiary to manage trade with Portugal. The Zongli Yamen said that the French minister had sent a note complaining that Tian Xingshu had abused and harmed Christians, and Luo Bingzhang and Lao Chongguang were ordered to investigate. On yisi, Chen Yucheng was being taken to the capital, and an edict ordered him dismembered on the way. Li Zhan, a militia head of Ruzhou, plotted rebellion, and government troops wiped him out. On bingwu, Li Shizhong's army crossed the Yangzi, took the rebel ramparts at Longtan and other places and attacked Jiufuzhou, and an edict placed him under Zeng Guofan's command. An edict told Mingyi to settle the boundary questions with Russia according to the treaty and its maps, and Xilin to assist with the demarcation of the northern route. On dingwei, government troops recovered Shanyang in Shaanxi. On wushen, the rebels who had held Shanyang broke into Yunxi. Yingyun was exiled to Shengjing. The Sichuan bandits took Taiping and broke into and harried Dingyuan in Shaanxi. Zhang Fu, trying to win over the rebel Muslims in Lintong County, was seized by them and killed. On xinhai, the armies of Peng Yulin, Zeng Guoquan and others took Moling Pass and the other passes and pressed on Jinling. The Yue bandits took Huzhou, and Zhao Jingxian, Grain Intendant of Fujian living at home, died there. Edit
The sixth month. On the first day, renzi, Qiling, for lingering when sent to relieve Zhejiang, was stripped of his rank but kept at his post. On yimao, an edict told Li Xuyi to direct the campaign against the Nian north of the Huai and to keep Miao Peilin in check. On bingchen, the armies of Senggelinqin and others took the rebel ramparts at Jinlou. On wuwu, the Six Ministries and the Nine Chief Ministers were ordered to deliberate again on He Guiqing's crime. On gengshen, the Sichuan bandits took Xixiang. Government troops recovered Dingyuan. Li Hongzhang led Cheng Xueqi and other armies against the Yue bandits and crushed them. Han Chinese and Muslims of Xi'an and Tongzhou fought each other with weapons, burning and killing in the villages and towns north of the Wei. An edict ordered them suppressed or won over case by case, judging only right and wrong and paying no regard to whether they were Han or Muslim. On renxu, the Sichuan army recovered Taiping. On guihai, the Yue bandits took Yunxi. On jiazi, He Guiqing was beheaded by edict. On yichou, there were locusts in Zhili. On bingyin, the Yue bandits fled south from the Yi and the Luo, and Shengbao was ordered to direct their suppression. The Shaanxi Muslims fell upon Xi'an and Tongzhou, and Lei Zhengguan was urged to come through the passes. On wuchen, the commanding ministers were warned once more against deceit, glossing over failures and recommending men for reward too freely, and the governors-general and governors against letting departments and counties use disasters as a pretext to ask for tax deferrals and then collect privately all the same; this was to be strictly forbidden. On gengwu, bandits took Tianzhu. On guiyou, the Grand Secretary Guiliang died and was posthumously made Grand Mentor. An edict of commendation was issued to the King of the Gurkhas. On jiaxu, an edict pardoned all refugees who had fallen among the rebels and came back. The law on losing cities was proclaimed strictly again. The trade treaty with Belgium was settled. Changqing and others said that the Russians claimed the Kazakh khan Aletanshala now belonged to Russia. An edict told them to find out the facts and deal with it as fitting, and ordered the taiji to choose another man to inherit the rank of khan. On yihai, a stern edict told Wenyu and others to hunt down the mounted bandits of Zhili. An edict told Tan Tingxiang to go to Yan and Yi to direct the suppression of the various bandits and the roving Nian. On bingzi, government troops recovered Qingtian. On dingchou, Senggelinqin's request to receive Miao Peilin's submission was allowed. On jimao, Shi Dakai broke into Qijiang; government troops crushed him, and he then broke into Gong, Gao and other counties. On gengchen, Duolong'a was urged to relieve Xi'an and suppress the Muslim bandits, not letting talk of conciliation lead him astray, while still freeing the good Muslims who had been coerced. This month, the arrears of tax and the miscellaneous grain of Zhili and Henan were remitted. Edit
Autumn, the seventh month. The first day was renwu. On jiashen, the Andijani bandit Wolihan entered the guard posts of Kashgar and caused trouble, and government troops attacked and defeated him. Kokand was in turmoil, and the beg Maili was killed. On dinghai, Jingwen was ordered to bring the Mongol troops of Damu and the tribal troops of the Huo'er and other peoples to Tibet. On jichou, because the Shaanxi Muslims had cruelly slaughtered Han Chinese, Duolong'a and others were urged to come through the passes. Soon an edict rebuked them for their delay and told Shengbao to divide his army and aid Shaanxi. Yuan Jiasan was relieved because of illness, and Li Xuyi was made Imperial Commissioner directing military affairs. On gengyin, Li Hongzhang's army took Jinshan Wei. On xinmao, the Salar Muslims of Gansu surrendered. The Andijani rebels fled beyond the guard posts. The Russians claimed the lands of the Kazakhs and the Burut as their own; Changqing was ordered to investigate, the Zongli Yamen to argue the matter, and Mingxu to join Mingyi in surveying the western border. On renchen, Woren was made Assistant Grand Secretary. On jiawu, the Sichuan bandits took Yang County. On wuxu, the Sichuan army recovered Changning. Airen and Wang Maoyin were ordered to inquire secretly into the conduct of officials in Shaanxi. The Department Magistrate Qin Jukui was promoted to Intendant of the Daming-Shunde-Guangping Circuit, to manage the defence of Zhili and Shandong with Zhekedunbu. On jihai, the Brigade General Tian Zaitian was stripped of office for letting his troops plunder. On gengzi, Shen Zhaolin, directing the campaign against the Salar Muslims, was on his way back to Pingfan when a flood burst from the mountains, and he died. The Yue bandits broke into Nanyang, and Shengbao was ordered into Shaanxi to direct military affairs, with command over all the armies. Xilin was made Governor-General of Shaan-Gan. Feng Zicai's request to weed out and reduce the Zhenjiang army was allowed. On guimao, Mao Hongbin won one victory after another over the Guizhou bandits; an edict told Han Chao to recover the lost territory, Liu Changyou to disband the Yao, and Mao Hongbin to join in suppressing the bandits of Guizhou and Guangxi. On jiachen, the Fujian army recovered Xuanping, Songyang and Rui'an. Qingduan was made General of Fuzhou, and Qiling Governor-General of Min-Zhe. On yisi, Li Xuyi's mother died, and an edict set aside his mourning and made him acting Governor of Anhui. On bingwu, a comet appeared in the northwest. The trade treaty between China and Portugal was concluded. Senggelinqin was ordered to command the military affairs of Henan and Shandong, with authority over the governors-general, governors and all below them, and to plan the suppression of the bandits in Anhui with Li Xuyi. The Zongli Yamen asked to set up the Tongwen Guan to study foreign languages and scripts; this was allowed. On dingwei, Bao Chao's army recovered Ningguo. Government troops recovered Jingning and Yunhe. The Hubei army recovered Yunxi. An edict told the Ministry of Justice to clear up the pending criminal cases. Earlier, the native people and the Hakka of Enping, Yangchun, Xinxing and other counties of Guangdong had fought each other, and in nine years the feud had not been settled. Now an edict told Lao Chongguang to persuade them to stop and to plan in advance for the aftermath. On wushen, because of the change in the heavens, an edict asked for frank advice. On gengxu, Lin Fuxiang and Mi Xingchao were beheaded for losing their posts and fleeing. An edict told Duxing'a to check the likin and other levies along the Yangzi truthfully. The Muslim bandits of Yunnan took Yongchang, Longling and Tengyue. This month, the arrears of tax and the reed tax of Yining and other departments and counties in Jiangxi were remitted. Edit
The eighth month. On the first day, xinhai, because the militia of Taizhou had recovered its prefecture and counties, an edict remitted the money and grain taxes there for the first and second years of Tongzhi. On renzi, Li Hongzhang's army took Qingpu. An edict told the governors-general and governors once more to root out the abuses of contributions, likin levies and extortion. On guichou, the salaries of capital officials were allowed to be paid at a reduced rate, partly in cash. On jiayin, the Muslim bandits besieged Xianyang and other cities, and an edict told Shengbao to come through Tong Pass and direct their suppression. On yimao, the Lezheng Hutuketu was stripped of his title and of the yellow reins. Since affairs in Tibet had been settled, the calling up of tribal troops and the funds from Sichuan were stopped. An edict told Shuntian and Zhili to catch locusts. On jiwei, Xu Zhiming asked that Zhang Liangji be stopped from bringing troops into Yunnan. An edict rebuked him for letting the Muslims hold him in their power, and refused. On xinyou, an edict ordered strict precautions against the Shaanxi bandits joining with the Gansu Muslims. On renxu, an edict told Shengbao to divide his forces and send them to Shanxi, and Yinggui to plan the defence of Shanxi province. On guihai, an edict told Shengbao to suppress the Muslim bandits north of the Wei and Duolong'a those south of the Wei, while also looking to Zhenping. On jiazi, Lin Ziqing's militia were given funds and sent back to Yunnan. On yichou, the Shaanxi Muslims besieged Chaoyi. Tepuqin and others said that the settlers clearing land at Hulan were growing in number, and asked that a Sub-Prefect for Affairs and other posts be set up there; this was adopted. Fu Zhenbang was ordered to help Tan Tingxiang direct his military affairs. On bingyin, an edict told the provinces to examine the backgrounds of their officials. On dingmao, Li Xuyi was given leave to conduct his mourning, and Tang Xunfang was to act for him for the time being. Fuji was ordered to manage affairs in Tibet with Jingwen. Senggelinqin was ordered to command the armies north of the Huai and to suppress or win over Miao Peilin and the Nian. On xinwei, the Shaanxi Muslims fled west to Tongzhou, and the road to Chaoyi was opened. The rebel chief Hong Ronghai came to Bao Chao's army and surrendered, and led his troops to take Guangde. On renshen, the siege of Beixinjing was raised, and the defence of Shanghai was cleared. On guiyou, the Gansu Muslims broke into Fengxiang. The Yue bandits and the Nian together attacked Xichuan, and took Zhuxi and Zhushan. On jiaxu, the request of the princes and ministers was allowed that the emperor not escort the coffin to the imperial tomb, and a prince of the First Rank of a close branch was ordered chosen to perform the rites respectfully in his place. A customs house was set up at Zhenjiang to collect foreign duties. On bingzi, an edict told Shengbao to order Ma Dezhao's army to station around Changwu, to keep the Muslim bandits from breaking into Gansu. Lei Zhengguan was promoted to Provincial Commander of Shaanxi. On dingchou, the Taiwan army raised the siege of Jiayi. Government troops recovered Chuzhou and Jinyun. The Brigade General Huang Kaibang was ordered to take over command of Tian Zaitian's army. On wuyin, Zhili was allowed to recruit more mounted braves to hunt down the mounted bandits. Government troops recovered Qingxi. Qiling was ordered to deal solely with the military affairs of the relief of Zhejiang. On jimao, the Shandong army won a great victory over the Nian bandits. Shengbao reported that he had defeated the Muslim bandits at Xiekou, the siege of Xi'an had been raised, and the bandits had fled north of the Wei. An edict rebuked him for acting as he pleased. Lei Zhengguan was ordered to help Shengbao direct his military affairs. Yuyao in Zhejiang and Yangshuo in Guangxi were recovered. Because the Yue bandits had broken into Wenxiang, Zheng Yuanshan's army was urged to go to the region of the Yellow River and the Luo. Edit
The intercalary eighth month. On the first day, xinsi, Qingduan's army recovered Jinyun. On jiashen, Duolong'a's army took Jingzi Pass. On yiyou, the Hubei army recovered Zhushan and Zhuxi. The Guizhou army recovered Tianzhu and Qiongshui. The Yue bandits broke into Laohekou. The Muslim bandits besieged Jingyang, and Lei Zhengguan's army was ordered to advance against them. The emergency at Xi'an was lifted. On dinghai, the Muslims at Fakumen fought among themselves, and Yuming and others dispersed them. Wenyu and Tan Tingxiang were urged to catch the mounted bandits on the border of Zhili and Shandong. On wuzi, the Muslim bandits attacked Xi'an again. The Yunnan bandits broke from Sichuan into Zhuanping. The Yue bandits broke from Wenxiang into Yongning. Henan was allowed to collect the likin on Changlu salt to help meet army pay. On jichou, Hong Ronghai's surrendered followers rebelled again and occupied Guangde. On xinmao, Duolong'a's army won a great victory over the Nian bandits and raised the siege of Shangnan. The Jilin and Heilongjiang cavalry stationed at Nanyuan were transferred to Shanxi. On renchen, an edict told Han Chao to plan the military affairs of Guizhou with the Provincial Commander Jiang Zhongyi, and to block Lin Ziqing from bringing his host into Guizhou. Li Tangjie was made a Grand Councillor. Delekeduo'erji and others were given more troops to patrol the river defences. On jiawu, an edict told the provinces to abolish the needless expenses of the departments and counties. Cases appealed to the capital were to be tried by the Surveillance Commissioners alone. On yiwei, an edict called for the recommendation of men of talent. Xue Huan and Li Hongzhang were ordered to manage the exchange of treaties with Prussia. The provinces were ordered to forward the funds owed to the capital quickly. On bingshen, Woren was made a Grand Secretary. An edict told Duolong'a to hold Wu Pass. On wuxu, Duolong'a's army won a great victory over the Nian bandits fleeing west from Bo and Ying, and he was granted a yellow riding jacket. The Yue bandits took Cixi again; government troops, joining the British and French armies, recovered it, and Ward was killed in battle. On gengzi, an edict told Lao Chongguang and others to plan supplies of rice and grain for the capital granaries, and Jiangsu and other provinces to collect the new tribute grain in kind and send it to the capital. Zhang Liangji impeached Xu Zhiming and Cen Yuying as overbearing. The French officer Le Brethon was allowed to stay to defend Ningbo. An edict told Pan Duo to calm the Han Chinese and Muslims of Yunnan. On xinchou, Yuan Jiasan was allowed to return home; Tang Xunfang was ordered to go to Linhuai to take over military affairs, and Ma Xinyi to command Yuan Jiasan's army for the time being. Zeng Guofan asked that a high minister be chosen to direct military affairs with him; the emperor did not allow it but comforted and encouraged him, and sent an edict asking after the officers and men stricken by the epidemic. An edict told Jinglun and others to hunt down the sect bandits of Jilin strictly. On renyin, Fuming'a was ordered to hurry to Yangzhou to help Duxing'a direct his military affairs. On guimao, Shengbao asked to win over the Muslim bandits of Sanyuan and other places, and was refused. On jiachen, Liu Changyou was made Governor-General of Liangguang. Tian Xingshu was allowed to remain in Guizhou for the time being to suppress the bandits. On yisi, Shi Dakai broke into Qijiang and other places, and government troops attacked and defeated him. The Muslim bandits broke into Binzhou, Baoji and other places. On bingwu, the Henan Nian bandit Li Ruying surrendered. On wushen, Shi Dakai broke into Renhuai. On jiyou, Guanwen was made Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall, and Woren Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion. Edit
The ninth month. On xinhai, Empress Xiaojingcheng's tablet was raised to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and an edict of grace was proclaimed, with favours in their degrees. The Henan Nian broke into Neixiang and Xinye. On renzi, the Censor Liu Qing asked that the record of departments and counties be judged by their bringing back refugees and opening up farmland; this was approved. On jiayin, Shen Baozhen's request was allowed to select and train the regular troops and to arrange allowances for them as fitting. On yimao, because Wenzong's coffin was to be carried to the imperial tomb, the land tax of the departments and counties on the way was remitted. An edict told Wenyu to choose good officials to plan water works in the capital region. On bingchen, the Zhili sorcerers Wang Shouqing and others made up a seditious book; when it came to light they were executed. On dingsi, an edict told Zheng Yuanshan and Mao Changxi to attack the Nian bandits of the western and southern routes from two sides. Zeng Guofan said that in handling Miao Peilin it was best to pardon his crimes but not to make use of his strength; the emperor agreed. On wuwu, the Guangdong local bandits Huang Jinlong, Li Zhihuai and others started a revolt, and government troops put them down. Duolong'a was urged to lead his troops into Shaanxi, and Mutushan's army was ordered to attack the bandits who had broken into Sui and Zao. On jiwei, Shengbao asked that Miao Peilin be brought into Shaanxi to help in the suppression, and was refused. The Sichuan bandits broke into Ningshan, and government troops defeated them in the Ziwu Valley. On gengshen, Shi Dakai broke into Tongzi. On guihai, because Fujian, Guangdong and Shandong had been careless about army funds, their provincial officials were sent for severe punishment, and strict penalties were fixed for arrears in the funds owed to the capital. On jiazi, the Yue chief Li Xiucheng came in great force to the relief of Jinling. Chen Decai took Yingcheng and Xiaogan, and government troops recovered them. The Anhui army took the rebel lair at Hugou. On bingyin, Senggelinqin's army took the Nian lair at Bozhou. The Shaanxi Muslims besieged Fengxiang. On gengwu, Feng Zicai took the rebel lair at Tanggang. The Muslims of Lingzhou rose. Li Xuyi was urged to go to the army. On renshen, the Muslim host fell upon Tong and Chaoyi; an edict told Shengbao to go in person to direct the suppression, and Lei Zhengguan to direct it north of Xianyang. On guiyou, the Zhejiang army recovered Shouchang. On jiaxu, for extorting money from Muslim merchants, the Minister at Kulun, Seketong'e, was stripped of office and exiled to Xinjiang. The customary fees on tea permits at Kulun were abolished. Li Hongzhang's army, joining the British and French armies, recovered Jiading. The Netherlands was allowed to conclude a trade treaty. On yihai, the Hubei army recovered Jingshan. The Yue bandits broke into Huangpi and Huang'an. An edict told Zeng Guofan and others to choose military officers to learn foreign methods of war at Shanghai and Ningbo, and ordered Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces to do the same. On bingzi, the Henan army took the rebel lair at Longjing. Su Tingkui, Zeng Wangyan, Liu Xizai, Huang Pengnian, Zhu Qi and others were summoned to the capital, and the provinces were again ordered to organise militia. On dingchou, an edict told the capital region to strengthen its walls and clear the countryside. An edict told Zeng Guofan and others to choose officers in advance and train them in foreign ships and guns. On jimao, sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Edit
Winter, the tenth month. On the first day, gengchen, the Sichuan army took Longkongchang, the bandit chief Li Yonghe and others were executed, and the Provincial Commander Hu Zhonghe was granted a yellow riding jacket. On xinsi, a large body of the Yue bandits besieged the Shanghai army at Nanxiang and other places. Shengbao went to Tong Pass to suppress the bandits. On guiwei, the Hunan relief army joined in recovering Xiuren. Lao Chongguang was ordered to go to Guizhou to investigate the case of Tian Xingshu's killing of Christians. Zhang Kaisong was made to take over the military affairs of Guangxi. On bingxu, the tablets of Emperor Wenzongxian and Empress Xiaodexian were raised to the Fengxian Hall, and the emperor went in person to perform the rites. On wuzi, Ruichang was made Assistant Grand Secretary. On jichou, Cao Yuying was made a Grand Councillor. On gengyin, the Henan army defeated the Nian and raised the siege of Linying. Shengbao was urged to go to Tong and Chaoyi to suppress the bandits. Shengbao again asked that Miao Peilin be brought to Shaanxi, and an edict sternly rebuked him. Government troops recovered Fenghua. Xu Zhiming reported that he had won over the Muslim bandits of Xingyi. An edict said he was under the control of the Yunnan Muslims. Pan Duo was told to stop the Muslim deputies on their way and not let Xu Zhiming meddle in the affairs of Guizhou. On xinmao, the Muslim bandits of Yan'an rose. Yinggui was to manage the militia defence of Hequ and Baode. Li Hongzhang was ordered to choose an officer to command the Ever-Victorious Army, and was made substantive Governor of Jiangsu. The Gansu Muslims broke through and pressed on Huamachi. On guisi, the Guizhou army attacked and defeated Shi Dakai, and the siege of Zunyi was raised. Shi Dakai broke into Renhuai. On yiwei, an edict told Fengtian to hunt down the robber bandits strictly. The soldiers and braves of the late foreign officer Ward were reduced. Russian warships were allowed to help with the suppression at Shanghai, but not to enter the Yangzi. A rule was made that from then on foreigners commanding troops were not to change their dress. Delenge's army broke up in Shandong, and an edict stripped him of office for investigation. On bingshen, the Ningxia army failed in an attack on the Muslims. The Shaanxi Muslims broke into Qingshui. On wuxu, Senggelinqin was ordered to suppress the fu bandits of Shandong. On jihai, the Jiangnan army drove back the rebels at Jinzhu Pass. On gengzi, Tan Tingxiang was dismissed. The Surveillance Commissioner Yan Jingming, then in mourning, was ordered to serve as acting Governor of Shandong and direct military affairs. On guimao, Muteng'a was ordered to help Shengbao direct his military affairs. On yisi, an edict to the Ministry of Justice said: "This year by precedent the checking off of death sentences is suspended. He Guiqing, who lost his discipline while commanding troops, was only sentenced to beheading after the assizes, which was already mercy beyond the law. Now the time has come; if it is put off again because the checking off is suspended, and his public execution long delayed, how can We answer to those who died in the service and to the countless people? Let him be executed at once. From now on, in years when the checking off is suspended, the cases of criminals whose crimes are grave are still to be reported specially for a decree." Earlier, Xu Zhiming had appointed the Muslim Ma Liansheng acting Brigade General of Anyi, and the Muslim bandits had thereby occupied the city of Pu'an. Now the matter came to the throne. An edict told Xu Zhiming to withdraw Ma Liansheng and quickly find out how the trouble had come about and report. Edit
The eleventh month. On the first day, jiyou, there was an eclipse of the sun. Shen Hongfu was made acting Provincial Commander of Guizhou, to take over Tian Xingshu's military affairs. On gengxu, Ding Baozhen, Prefect of Changsha, was promoted to acting Surveillance Commissioner of Shandong. On renzi, Zheng Yuanshan, for neglect of duty, was demoted to Circuit Intendant. Zhang Zhiwan was made acting Governor of Henan. An edict told Mao Changxi to reduce his soldiers and braves. The society bandits of Taiwan took Douliumen. On jiayin, Huang Bin was stripped of office and removed as an assistant commander, and Wu Quanmei was ordered to take over the river fleet, under the command of Zeng Guofan and Duxing'a. On bingchen, Weng Xincun died and was posthumously made Grand Guardian. Zeng Guoquan's army won a great victory over the rebels coming to the relief of Jinling, and Zeng Guoquan and Xiao Fusi were granted yellow riding jackets. On wuwu, government troops, joining the British and French armies, recovered Shangyu, Sheng and Xinchang. On jiwei, Peng Yunzhang died. On gengshen, the Yue bandits of Jinling broke into and harried Gaozi, and Feng Zicai's army drove them back. On renxu, Shengbao, found guilty of arrogance, licence and deceiving the throne, was stripped of office and arrested for trial. An edict told Zhili to put the baojia system into practice. An edict told Ruilin to hunt down the bandits of Rehe strictly. On guihai, Qin Jukui was killed in battle while suppressing bandits at Guan County. The rebels of Jiufuzhou took Hezhou, Hanshan and Chao County again. On yichou, Shengbao's crimes were proclaimed, his property confiscated, and its value given as a reward to his soldiers and braves. Duolong'a was made Imperial Commissioner to take over command of all of Shengbao's armies. On bingyin, the Sichuan bandits took Foping, and government troops recovered it. The Sichuan bandits took Lueyang again. On jisi, the Yue bandits broke into and took Qimen. The Muslim bandits of Pingluo rose. On xinwei, Yan Jingming asked to complete his mourning, and was not allowed to. On yihai, the surrendered followers in Shandong rebelled and took Puzhou. Zhang Liangji was ordered, with the rank of Governor-General, to serve as acting Governor of Guizhou and concurrently acting Provincial Commander, and the acting Governor Han Chao and the acting Provincial Commander Tian Xingshu were removed from their posts to await investigation. On bingzi, Shi Dakai took Yunlian. The Sichuan bandits took Liangdang, and it was soon recovered. On dingchou, the French minister, because missionaries had been killed, demanded that Tian Xingshu pay with his life, and was refused. Edit
The twelfth month. On the first day, wuyin, an edict said that in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, those who had been forced to follow the rebels and sincerely wished to return to allegiance would all be allowed to surrender, however long or short a time they had been with the rebels. An edict told Zeng Guofan and Tang Xunfang to divide their armies and station them at Zhengyang Pass and Shouzhou. On gengchen, Burgevine, found guilty, was stripped of his button and arrested for punishment. On xinsi, Duolong'a defeated the Muslim bandits at Tongzhou. On renwu, the Deputy Lieutenant-General of Jingzhou, Sasabu, was ordered to go to Zhili and Shandong to suppress the rebels. On guiwei, the Jiangnan army recovered Jixi and Qimen. Bao Chao's mother died, and he was ordered to hold his post in an acting capacity instead and remain in camp. Government troops recovered Puzhou. On yiyou, Zuo Zongtang's army recovered Yanzhou. On bingxu, Lei Zhengguan was ordered to help Duolong'a direct his military affairs, and the General Muteng'a, with Yingqi, to manage the defence of the provincial capital. On dinghai, an edict told Zuo Zongtang and others to recommend men of talent from Hunan. The Guangxi bandits took Xining. On wuzi, the Muslim bandits took Jingyang. Song Jingshi rebelled in Shanxi. Mongol troops of Alashan and Ordos were called up to help suppress the Muslim bandits of Pingluo in Ningxia. An edict ordered once more the recommendation of men of filial piety, incorruptibility and uprightness. The Yue bandits broke into Pingli. The Muslim bandits of Hezhou harried at will, and Enlin attacked them. Prussia was allowed to exchange treaties. The Yunnan bandits took Jingdong. Xi Baotian's army was instead ordered to the relief of Jiangxi. An edict gave Jiang Zhongyi command of the armies relieving Guangxi. The roving bandits from Shandong harried Jizhou and Zaoqiang, and an edict told Wenyu and others to attack them together. On jiawu, Gui Wencan, a provincial graduate of Guangdong, presented his Jingxue Congshu, and an edict praised and encouraged him. On bingshen, government troops recovered Xinning, and recovered Huoqiu. Shi Dakai took Gao County again, and it was soon recovered. On dingyou, the Vice Minister Chonghou was ordered to help direct the defence and suppression in Zhili. Liu Changyou was summoned to the capital, and Yan Duanshu and Kunshou were ordered to plan the military affairs of Guangdong together. On wuxu, the Yue bandits broke from Yunyang into Xing'an, and an edict told Duolong'a and others to join in suppressing them. On gengzi, the rebel leaders Luo Guozhong and others surrendered with Changshu and Zhaowen. On renyin, an edict told Muteng'a and Yingqi to manage the defence and suppression at Xi'an, and Duolong'a to look to the defence of the provincial capital as well. The Gansu bandits broke into and took Longzhou, and the Department Magistrate Shao Fu died there. On guimao, Xue Huan was summoned to the capital, and Li Hongzhang was made acting Superintendent of Trade for the time being. On jiachen, the bandits broke into Yongnian, Handan and other places; for delay and neglect, Wenyu and Zhekedunbu were stripped of office and both exiled. Liu Changyou was made Governor-General of Zhili, and Yan Duanshu acting Governor-General of Liangguang. An edict told the Provincial Commander Baoshan to take over affairs on the border of Zhili and Shandong. On yisi, the combined sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On bingwu, the Yue bandits broke into Ningshan again. On dingwei, the Yue bandits besieged Xing'an and sent parties into Hanzhong. This month, the land tax of Rongchang and other counties in Sichuan and of Ouning and other counties in Fujian, which had been harried, was remitted, as were the accumulated arrears of land rent on the lake flats of Jiangnan. Edit
This year, Korea and Ryukyu sent tribute. Edit
The second year, guihai. Spring, the first month. On the first day, wushen, the court congratulations were dispensed with. Zhang Zhiwan was appointed Governor of Henan. On xinhai, generous posthumous honours were granted to the foreign officer Le Brethon, who had been wounded and killed at Shaoxing. On jiayin, an edict told Zeng Guofan, Duxing'a and others to recommend men fit to be brigade generals of the river fleet. Bandits took Wuyi, and government troops soon recovered it. The Guangxi army recovered Liantang. On wuwu, the Yue bandits took both the prefectural city and the garrison city of Xing'an. The Shaanxi Muslim bandits broke into Hu County, and at Yingqi's request Ma Dezhao was kept to manage the defence of the provincial capital. On bingyin, the armies of Bao Chao and others recovered Qingyang. On wuchen, Li Huan was ordered to go to Shaanxi to take over the military affairs of Hannan. On gengwu, the chief of Zhandui joined the native chieftain of De'ergete in harrying Batang and Litang. On xinwei, the roving bandits south of the capital were put down. On jiaxu, because Fengxiang had been under siege for half a year, an edict rebuked Yingqi for his neglect and urged Lei Zhengguan to hurry to its rescue and raise the siege. Edit
The second month. On the first day, dingchou, Zuo Zongtang's army recovered Jinhua, Tangxi, Longyou and Lanxi. On wuyin, on Li Hongzhang's advice, an edict told Hubei and Hunan to use the money commuted from the tribute grain to buy rice and ship it to the capital, free of duty. On gengchen, Li Xiucheng and others crossed the Yangzi to attack the north, and government troops defeated them. The Sichuan army attacked Shi Dakai and broke him. The Muslim bandits of Guizhou took Annan and Xingyi. On xinsi, the Jilin army defeated the roving bandits of Chaoyang at Lake Khanka, and an edict said they were not to be allowed to flee across the Russian border. Duolong'a won a great victory over the Muslim bandits and took the rebel lairs at Qiangbaizhen and other places. On renwu, the Shaanxi militia braves recovered Xing'an. The Yue bandits broke into Hanyin and Ziyang. Li Shizhong asked to be stripped of office to redeem Shengbao's crimes, and was refused. The Yue bandits broke into and took Baocheng, and it was soon recovered. On guiwei, Yongkang and Wuyi were recovered. On yiyou, Tan Tingxiang went to Dongchang to suppress the bandits. On dinghai, Zuo Zongtang moved his army to Lanxi. The rebels holding Dongyang, Yiwu and Pujiang all fled. On jichou, Senggelinqin's army took the rebel lair at Zhiheji, and the Nian chief Zhang Luoxing was executed. An edict commended him, and his rank of Prince of the First Rank was again made hereditary in perpetuity without reduction. The money and grain taxes of Meng, Bo and the places under them were remitted for two years. On gengyin, the Muslim bandits of Pingluo in Ningxia surrendered. On xinmao, Qingyun was made General of Ningxia. On guisi, the bandit Zhang Xizhu from south of the capital broke into Daming; Chonghou was sternly rebuked for missing his chance, and Liu Changyou was urged to go to Zhili. Feng Zicai defeated the rebels at Zhenjiang. On yiwei, Zuo Zongtang's army recovered Shaoxing and Tonglu. On bingshen, Manqing and others attacked the rebels of Zhandui. Huang Guorui's army took the bandit lair at Changcheng in Tancheng County. For his delay in pursuing the rebels, Chonghou was stripped of his rank but kept at his post. The Shandong bandits broke into Quzhou and Pingxiang. On gengzi, an edict told Enlin and others not to talk lightly of winning over the Muslim bandits of Gansu. On renyin, Pingrui's request was allowed to open up the idle waste land and horse pastures of Urumqi and other places, registering them for tax to help meet army pay, and to divide the land of the military farms among the garrison soldiers. On guimao, the Yue bandits took Jiangpu. Guangdong bandits occupied Xinyi, and Kunshou attacked them. On jiachen, eastern Zhejiang was cleared, and the money and grain taxes of the newly recovered prefectures, departments and counties were remitted for two years. On yisi, Yan Jingming was urged to go to Dongchang to direct military affairs. The Muslim bandit Ma Hualong gathered his followers and besieged Lingzhou, then soon went to Guyuan and surrendered. Shi Dakai broke from Yunnan into Xuyong. On bingwu, an edict told the provincial officials to choose their prefects and magistrates with care, lighten taxes and labour service, cut away vexatious exactions, and make a new beginning with the people. This month, the two years of tax arrears of Qingshen, which had suffered from the fighting, were remitted. Edit
The third month. On wushen, the ban on collecting Henan's money and grain taxes in advance was proclaimed again. On xinhai, Chonghou was ordered back to his post as Superintendent of Trade for the Three Ports. On renzi, Liu Changyou was ordered to command all the armies of Zhili. An edict told Shen Baozhen to deal fairly in matters with foreigners and not to let the gentry and people start trouble. On guichou, an edict told Zeng Guofan to take overall charge of military affairs north of the Yangzi. On yimao, the Yue bandits of southern Shaanxi took Ziyang, and it was soon recovered. Rebels from western Yunnan attacked Kunming, and Pan Duo died there. Jia Hongzhao was made Governor of Yunnan. On bingchen, Li Hongzhang's army took Fushankou. The British officer Gordon was ordered to take charge of and discipline the Ever-Victorious Army. On dingsi, the Nian bandits took Macheng, and on wuwu they pressed on the provincial capital at Wuchang. The armies of Hubei and Henan were ordered to join in attacking them. On jiwei, the money and grain taxes of Xi'an in Zhejiang were remitted for two years. On gengshen, Denmark sent the envoy Raasloff to negotiate a trade treaty. The foreign officer Tardif de Moidrey was killed in battle and given generous posthumous honours. The Muslim bandits besieged Pingliang. For delay in suppressing the rebels in Gansu, the acting Provincial Commander Ding'an was stripped of office and arrested for trial. On jiazi, Qiling was transferred to be General of Fuzhou. Zuo Zongtang was made Governor-General of Min-Zhe, with command of the military affairs of the two provinces. Zeng Guoquan was made Governor of Zhejiang, still leading his troops in the campaign against Jinling, and Zuo Zongtang was to act as Governor concurrently. Fujian's regular tribute for this year was stopped. On yichou, the princes and ministers were ordered to review Shengbao's case and crimes. The Yue bandits of Ningguo broke into Dongliu and Jiande. The Qin Confucian Mao Heng and the Ming Confucian Lu Nan were placed among those receiving sacrifice in the Temple of Confucius. On bingyin, the Nian chief of Mengcheng, Jia Wenbin, was executed. The Yue bandits of southern Shaanxi took Mian County. The army of the Guizhou Brigade General Luo Xiaolian recovered Dingfan, Changzhai, Dushan and Libo. On dingmao, on Zeng Guofan's report of the loss of Jiangpu and other cities, Li Shizhong was degraded in rank and removed as an assistant commander. Wu Tang was made substantive Director-General of Grain Transport, still in command of military affairs north of the Yangzi. An edict ordered the refugees north of the Yangzi to be cared for. On jisi, the emperor's birthday, the receiving of congratulations was stopped. On gengwu, Miao Peilin rebelled again. Guanwen and others intercepted the rebels fleeing from Qizhou. On guiyou, Xu Zhiming was stripped of office and arrested for trial. Pan Duo was given a hereditary rank. Because rain was scarce, an edict ordered the pending criminal cases cleared up. On jiaxu, Fuji and Jingwen were ordered to investigate the trouble that had started in Tibet. On yihai, Li Hongzhang's army recovered Taicang. The Muslim bandits of Longde rose. Huang Guorui's army put down the ruffian bandits of Yizhou. On bingzi, an edict ordered inquiry into the good Muslims of Shaanxi and Gansu who had died or been harmed, and relief for them, and soon an edict ordered the same for Yunnan. This month the emperor went repeatedly to the Dagao Hall to pray for rain. Edit
Summer, the fourth month. On wuyin, the Censor Wu Taishou was stripped of office for a memorial taking Shengbao's side. Miao Peilin took Huaiyuan. The Shandong bandit Liu Depei occupied Zichuan. On jimao, government troops attacked the bandits south of the capital; Zhang Xizhu and others fled to Gaotang, and were soon executed. On gengchen, the Yue and Nian bandits broke into and harried Lujiang, Tong, Shu and Huangzhou. An edict told Zeng Guofan to hold Anqing and not to lift the siege of Jinling. On renwu, Duolong'a's army took the bandit lair at Xiaoyi. Liu Rong was ordered to lead an army to the relief of Shaanxi. The regular grain tax of the places in Zhejiang that had fallen was remitted. On jiashen, Miao Peilin besieged Shouzhou and Lu'an, and Senggelinqin was urged to attack him. The Yue bandits occupied Taiping and Shidai, and Zuo Zongtang and Shen Baozhen joined in the defence. Duolong'a's army took the bandit lair at Cangtou, and eastern Shaanxi was cleared. Miao Peilin took Yingshang and attacked Mengcheng. Liu Changyou was ordered to direct the suppression of bandits on the borders of Zhili, Shandong and Henan. On yiyou, Liu Dian's army recovered Yi County. The Vice Minister Xue Huan was ordered to serve in the Zongli Yamen. On wuzi, Yinggui was allowed to go back to his station at Taiyuan. On gengyin, Liu Changyou reported that the bandit chief Yang Mingling and others had surrendered. The Muslim bandits of Gansu took Yancha and attacked Jingning, and Ma Dezhao went to Qingyang to advance against them. On renchen, the Jiangxi army defeated the rebels at Qimen, and the rebel chief Hu Dingwen was executed. On guisi, Li Xuyi asked to be relieved of his acting post, and this was allowed. Tang Xunfang was made Governor of Anhui. Li Hongzhang sent Cheng Xueqi and other armies to close in on Kunshan. The Jingzhou army attacked the Muslim bandits and defeated them. On jiawu, the Ministry of Rites settled the rites and order of places for the sacrifices to the former worthies and former Confucians, and issued it to the provinces. On yiwei, rice fields were opened up around Xincheng in Zhili. Yan Jingming went to Zichuan to direct the suppression. The Nian bandits fled back into Henan; the Brigade General Yu Jichang and others died there, and Zhang Yao was ordered to take over his army. On dingyou, because the Anhui bandits were breaking into Jiangsu and Hubei on every side and Anqing was in danger, an edict told Zeng Guofan to hold up under the hardship and be doubly careful. Zuo Zongtang's army recovered Yi County. Lao Chongguang was made Governor-General of Yungui. Tian Xingshu was arrested for punishment, to satisfy the French. On gengzi, the Yue and Nian bandits attacked Fengtai and Dingyuan, and government troops drove them back. On xinchou, Weng Zengyuan and others, two hundred men in all, were granted the jinshi degree in their several grades. The acreage contribution of Sichuan was stopped. On guimao, the armies of Cheng Xueqi and others recovered Kunshan and Xinyang. Government troops defeated the rebel chief Li Xiucheng at Shijianbu. On yisi, the Muslim bandits attacked Xi'an again and were driven back. This month, prayers for rain were offered again and again. The regular taxes of Taicang and other departments and counties were remitted. Edit
The fifth month. On wushen, Miao Peilin besieged Mengcheng. On jiyou, Bao Chao's army recovered Chao County. On gengxu, the Department Director Li Yunlin was given the rank of a capital official and command of the defence troops of Hannan and the relief troops from Sichuan. On renzi, the Yue and Nian bandits together attacked Tianchang, and government troops defeated them. On jiayin, Jiang Zhongyi was ordered to lead an army to the relief of Jiangxi. On dingsi, the sect bandits of Zou County were put down, and the bandit chief Liu Shuangyin was captured. The Yue bandits took Guzhou. On wuwu, Russian troops entered the territory of Khobdo and seized a taiji. On renxu, it rained. On guihai, the Yue bandits harried Fuyang; government troops drove them back, and the Brigade General Xiong Jianyi and others were killed in battle. Government troops failed in relieving Pingliang, and Duolong'a was urged to divide his army and hurry to its aid. On yichou, the Muslims of Ningxia who had been won over rebelled again. Bao Chao's army took Chao, He and Hanshan again. Yan Duanshu was summoned to the capital; Mao Hongbin was made Governor-General of Liangguang, and Yun Shilin Governor of Hunan. The Ming official Fang Xiaoru was placed among those receiving sacrifice in the Temple of Confucius. On wuchen, an edict ordered steamships bought and placed under the command of Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang. On jisi, Zeng Guofan declined the governorship of Zhejiang on behalf of his younger brother Zeng Guoquan; the emperor praised and encouraged him, and did not allow it. The Muslims of Xining joined the Salar bandits in attacking Dangga'er. The Muslim bandits of Huiyuan rose, and government troops caught and executed them. The trade treaty with Denmark was settled. On renshen, the armies of Peng Yulin and others recovered Jiangpu and Pukou and Jiufuzhou. On yihai, the Guangxi army recovered Xunzhou. Edit
The sixth month. On the first day, bingzi, the Guizhou army recovered Pu'an and Annan. On dingchou, Mingyi was ordered to go to Tacheng to manage the demarcation with Mingxu and others. On wuyin, an edict told Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others to discuss reducing the tribute grain of Changzhou and Zhenjiang in Jiangsu and of the places under Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou in Zhejiang. On gengchen, for recovering cities, Li Chaobin and others and Song Guoyong and others were granted yellow riding jackets. Shaanxi's regular tribute was stopped. On dinghai, the Sichuan army attacked the rebels at the Dadu River, captured Shi Dakai and put him to death. Luo Bingzhang was raised to the rank of Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and the Brigade General Tang Yougeng was promoted to Provincial Commander. On xinmao, the Muslim host of Pingluo rebelled again. The Muslim bandits of Wating besieged Longde and were driven back. The Yellow River burst its banks at Kaizhou, Kaocheng and Heze. On jiawu, Miao Peilin took Shouzhou, and the Department Magistrate Mao Weiyi died there. On yiwei, the Shaanxi army recovered Ningqiang. On jihai, because the Russians had forcibly occupied grazing lands, Changqing and others were urged to fix the border, persuade the Russian troops to withdraw, and calm and care for the Kazakhs and Burut who sought to come under the empire. On renyin, government troops recovered Zichuan, captured Liu Depei and others and executed them. On jiachen, the local bandits of Baoqing were put down. The Financial Commissioner of Sichuan, Liu Rong, was ordered to direct the military affairs of Hannan. This month, the regular taxes of the places under Shunchang and other counties in Fujian that had been harried were remitted, as were the tax arrears and miscellaneous levies of the places under Yining and other departments and counties in Jiangxi. Edit
Autumn, the seventh month. On yisi, Miao Peilin pressed on Linhuai, and Tang Xunfang attacked him. On bingwu, Li Hongzhang's army recovered Wujiang and Zhenze. The Henan army took the bandit lair at Zhanggang. Yingqi, found guilty, was stripped of office. Liu Rong was made Governor of Shaanxi, with Zhang Jixin acting for him. On jiayin, Li Hongzhang was ordered to serve concurrently for the time being as Superintendent of Trade for the Southern Ports. On wuwu, the Guizhou army recovered Guzhou. On xinyou, Yuan Jiasan died with the army. On renxu, Shengbao was allowed to take his own life. On jiazi, government troops took the bandit lairs at Shawo and other places. The tribute rice north of the Yangzi was allowed to be collected in commuted money as before. On yichou, Liu Rong was ordered to command the Hubei relief army as well. On dingmao, government troops drove back Miao's host at Langshan, and the road to Mengcheng was opened. Chonghou was made Plenipotentiary to manage the trade treaty with the Netherlands. The Yunnan Muslims took Pingyi, and Cen Yuying's army recovered it. On guiyou, Mingyi and others were ordered to manage the demarcation and related matters with the Russian envoy. The sect bandits of Bailianchi in Shandong were put down. Wenyu was released. The Nian bandits pressed on Kaifeng. This month, the new and old regular taxes of the places under Duyun and other prefectures, sub-prefectures, departments and counties that had been harried were remitted, as were the accumulated arrears of rent silver on the river flats of Fenghuang and other sub-prefectures and counties. Edit
In the eighth month, on bingzi, the forces of Cheng Xueqi and others heavily defeated the bandits at Taihu, Fengjing and other places and pressed on toward Suzhou. On dingchou, Cao Kezhong's army in Shaanxi took the bandit lairs near the provincial capital and elsewhere. On wuyin, the Han and the Hui fought each other at Xining, Didao and Hezhou. The Kazakhs colluded with Russian troops to harass Yili. He Shengbi's army from Sichuan was urged to go to the relief of Gansu. On gengchen, the Anhui army took Changhuai Garrison. On xinsi, Ma Dezhao was stripped of his post for cowardice. Duolong'a's army reached Xi'an, and Weinan was cleared. Chen Guorui was ordered to assist in Wu Tang's military affairs. On bingxu, the Jiangsu army took Jiangyin. On dinghai, Yingqi was banished to Xinjiang. Duxing'a sent troops to relieve Linhuai. On jichou, Wu Hongyuan was stripped of his post and arrested for trial for his poor dispositions in suppressing the bandits of Taiwan. On xinmao, Li Hongzhang went to Jiangyin to direct the suppression. Chen Guorui was instructed to relieve Mengcheng. Shanqing's cavalry was transferred to relieve Linhuai. Xilin sent troops to relieve Pingliang. On yiwei, at Duolong'a's request, Cao Kezhong was appointed Brigade General of Hezhou, and it was ordered that thereafter no one should presume to request appointments to vacant posts of Provincial Commander or Brigade General. Song Jingshi fled into Kai Department. Zhang Jixin was ordered to plan the defence of Xi'an together with Muteng'a. On dingyou, the Guizhou army took the bandit lairs at Tongzi. Pu'an fell and was soon recovered. Liu Rong was ordered to take command of the armies of Mao Zhenshou and Li Yunlin. Troops from Wulumuqi and Akesu were transferred to help the Yili army resist the Russians. Chuotan of the Kazakhs was allowed to inherit the rank of khan. On jihai, Lin Wencha was urged to cross to Taiwan to suppress the bandits. On gengzi, the Hui bandits took Pingliang. On xinchou, Yan Jingming moved his army to Dongchang. The exchange of treaties with the Netherlands was settled. Liu Changyou went to Jing Department to direct the suppression. This month, the arrears of taxes owed by Qin Department and other departments, subprefectures and counties were remitted. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, yisi, Ma Dezhao was ordered to go to the camp at Qingyang. Shen Baozhen asked to retire on grounds of illness; he was urged to stay and given leave. On wushen, Li Hongzhang was allowed to transfer the magistrate Ding Richang to Shanghai to supervise the making of firearms. Lu Kun, magistrate of Shiquan, organised the militia and suppressed the bandits, and an edict commended him. On gengxu, the Zhejiang army took Fuyang. On xinhai, the Guangdong army took the walled town of Guanghai. On guichou, Senggelinqin was instructed to take his artillery to Mengcheng to help in the suppression. On jiayin, the Yue bandits took Chenggu. The Nian leader Zhang Zongyu and others fled south from Ru Department. On yimao, Duolong'a's army recovered Gaoling. On bingchen, Mulong'a was stripped of his post for an untruthful report in reply to the throne. Duolong'a was transferred to be General of Xi'an. Fuming'a was made General of Jingzhou. On xinyou, Duolong'a's army took the bandit lairs at Sujiagou and Weicheng. On jiazi, the Yue bandits took Huitong and Suining, which were soon recovered. The Shaanxi troops and militia recovered Mian County. On yichou, Li Xiucheng came to the relief of Wuxi, and Cheng Xueqi and others drove him back. On jisi, Senggelinqin crushed Song Jingshi's bandit band completely. Jingshi escaped. Because the Sichuan army sent to aid Shaanxi had been defeated, the Provincial Commander Xiao Qinggao was stripped of his post but kept in the camp. Because of the loss of Hanzhong, the Provincial Administration Commissioner Mao Zhenshou was stripped of his post. Liu Changyou and Yan Jingming were instructed to handle the rehabilitation of Zhili and Shandong. On gengwu, the Censor Ma Yuanrui memorialised four proposals: lighten taxes, take care in lawsuits and trials, look after the people well, and instruct them diligently; they were carried out as requested. This month, the unpaid salt-workers' levy of Cang Department and other departments and counties of Zhili, and of the Haifeng and other salt yards of Shandong, was remitted. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on yihai, Yan Jingming asked to complete the mourning period for his parent; this was not allowed. The government forces captured Zhu Dengfeng and other bandits of Zhili and Shandong and put them all to death. On bingzi, the Nian leader Zhang Zongyu fled south by way of Lushan and Nanzhao. On jimao, Tao Maolin's army lifted the siege of Fengxiang, and Maolin was given the substantive post of Provincial Commander of Gansu. The Brigade General Chenglu, though in mourning, was ordered to stay in the camp. Lay was withdrawn, and Robert Hart was put in charge as Inspector-General of Customs. On xinsi, the Yue bandits broke into Longsheng, and the Brigade General Hu Yuanchang died there. On jiashen, Luo Bingzhang was instructed to divide his army to suppress Zhandui and open the road to Tibet. An edict forbade the French missionaries to enter Tibet to preach. On dinghai, the remnant bandits of Chaoyang broke into and harassed Changtu. An edict called on the officials to strive for frugality. Jia Hongzhao was urged to go to Zhaotong. For donating horses, the jasagh taiji Mingzhu'erduo'erji was granted the rank of Beizi. On wuzi, Li Yunlin's army was defeated, and the Yue bandits took Shanyang in Shaanxi. Zhang Zongyu broke into Deng Department. Lai, Cao and the other chiefs broke into Feng County and Liangdang. On gengyin, Zuo Zongtang's army defeated the bandits holding Hangzhou and Yuhang. On renchen, the rebel Lan took Zhouzhi. On guisi, the emperor having put off mourning beyond the set time, Qi Junzao, Woren and Li Hongzao asked that frivolity and extravagance be put away so as to strengthen his sagely virtue. A decree of the Empress Dowager said: "Let all playthings, sightseeing and building works be set aside. Let Qi Junzao and the others each instruct him morning and evening and nurture in him a fine virtue, so as to set right the root of government and encourage him to practise it in his own conduct." The rebel chief Gu Longxian accepted pacification, and Shidai, Taiping and Jingde were recovered. The forces of Zeng Guoquan and others recovered Moling Pass. On bingshen, the Guangxi army recovered Rong County. On dingyou, the forces of Cheng Xueqi and others took Xushu Pass. On jihai, the government forces missed their chance in suppressing the bandits at Changtu, and an edict reproved Yuming for concealing it. On xinchou, Yinggui was moved to be General of Fuzhou, and Shen Guifen was made acting Governor of Shanxi. On guimao, Li Xiucheng came to the relief of Suzhou, and the forces of Li Hezhang and others defeated him. Fuming'a was ordered to assist in Senggelinqin's military affairs. This month, the new and old assessed taxes of Yong'an and other departments, subprefectures and counties of Guangxi that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the eleventh month, on bingwu, the bandits of Fengtian broke into Jilin, and Yuming and others joined in suppressing them. The Anhui army recovered Huaiyuan and Bengbu. On dingwei, Senggelinqin led the armies in attacking Miao Peilin and put him to death. Li Hongzhang led his army in recovering Suzhou, and the Yue chief Gao Yunguan and others surrendered. Hongzhang was given the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, Cheng Xueqi a hereditary rank, and both were granted the yellow riding jacket. On wushen, the rebel chief Yang Youqing and others surrendered with Gaochun, Ningguo, Jianping and Lishui. Li Yunlin and others recovered Shanyang. The Guangdong army recovered Xinyi. On jiyou, the forces of Liu Dian and others recovered Changhua. On gengxu, the rebel Lan broke into Shangnan. On guichou, Zhang Zongyu broke into Xichuan. On jiayin, Senggelinqin's army recovered Xiacai and Shou Department. On bingchen, Li Hongzhang put Gao Yunguan and the others to death and disbanded the surrendered followers. On dingsi, Li Hezhang's army took Wuxi and Jinkui. On gengshen, Li Xuyi died. The bandit Zhang Bengong and others of Qiu County gathered a crowd to resist the grain tax; they were caught and put to death. Yan Jingming was given the substantive post of Governor of Shandong. The Hui of Qianyang surrendered. On renxu, the government forces recovered Yingshang and Zhengyang. On guihai, Ma Hualong took Ningxia and Ling Department. In reward for the pacification of the rebel Miao, Li Shizhong was restored to his post. Zeng Guoquan's army took Chunhua and other passes and advanced to be stationed at the Xiao Mausoleum. On bingyin, the government forces took Zhangjinghui in Jiashan. On dingmao, the rebel Hui besieged the Manchu city of Ningxia. On gengwu, the Jiangsu army recovered Pinghu. The bandit officers surrendered with Zhapu and Jiashan. This month, the money and grain taxes of Sishui and other departments and counties of Shandong, struck by disaster and harassment, and the assessed taxes of Wuqing and other departments and counties of Zhili, struck by disaster, were remitted. Relief was given for the disaster at Dasheng Wula in Jilin. Edit
In the twelfth month, on dingchou, the Provincial Commander Jiang Zhongyi died in his army camp in Jiangxi. On gengchen, the Jiangsu army took Pingwang. On xinsi, Tang Xunfang was dismissed, and Qiao Songnian was made Governor of Anhui. On wuzi, Tang Yougeng was made Provincial Commander of Yunnan and ordered to go to Zhaotong. On xinmao, Tan Tingxiang, having considered the lie of the land along the lower Yellow River as a whole, asked that branch channels be dredged to reduce the floodwaters and earthen [banks] be built up to protect the people's fields. Liu Changyou and Yan Jingming were instructed to plan it together. On guisi, the Shaanxi Hui and the Yue bandits broke into Gansu one after another. On jiawu, it was allowed that the tribute grain of Suzhou, Songjiang and Taicang be collected in money at a reduced price. On yiwei, the emperor came to the great tent at the Fuchen Hall and gave a banquet to the Mongol princes and nobles, with gifts to each by rank. This was done every year. Zhanghua was recovered, and the bandits on both routes in Taiwan were put down. On bingshen, Weng Tongshu was by grace sent into exile at a frontier garrison. Zuo Zongtang was ordered to root out the long-standing abuses in the land-and-poll tax of eastern Zhejiang. Shaanxi, Hubei and Sichuan were ordered to join in suppressing the rebel bandits of Hannan. This month, the new and old assessed taxes of the departments and counties of Shandong and Shaanxi that had been harassed were remitted, together with the granary grain of Xiaoyi and other subprefectures and counties. Edit
This year, Korea sent tribute. Edit
In the third year, jiazi, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, guimao, the emperor led the princes and high officials in offering congratulations to the two Empresses Dowager; when the rite was complete, he came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to receive the court. From then on this was done every year. On jiachen, Li Hongzhang's army attacked the bandits coming to the relief of Changzhou at Benniu and won a great victory. On bingwu, the Hui of Fengxiang asked to be pacified, and this was granted. The bandits of Shangnan broke into Yunxi. Shi Qingji's army of Hubei was transferred to Shaanxi. The Sichuan army sent to aid Shaanxi was defeated at Qingshi Pass. On gengxu, the Nian bandits of Henan broke into Sui Department. On guichou, the Henan army attacked Zhang Zongyu at the Zhaozhuang mountain pass and was defeated. On jiwei, the government forces recovered Xiuwen and Ceheng. On gengshen, troops from Zhili and Shanxi were transferred to relieve Ningxia. The Alashan Banner was instructed to forbid its Mongol people to collude with the Hui bandits. On jiazi, Li Shixian broke into Jixi. On bingyin, Duxing'a was ordered to go to Suiyuan to help manage the defences. Fuming'a went to Yangzhou to take over the military affairs. On jisi, the Zhejiang army recovered Haining. The bandit chief of Zhanghua, Dai Wansheng, was executed. The Yue bandits broke into Shiquan, Hanyin and Ningshan. This month, the arrears of tax from poor harvests in An Department and other places were remitted. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, renshen, the government forces recovered Liuba in Hanzhong. The Guizhou army recovered Longli. On yihai, the Yue bandits broke into Guangxin and Jianchang. On gengchen, the Hui bandits of Ningxia attacked Zhongwei and other places, and Xilin divided his troops to relieve them. On renwu, the local bandits of Sanshan in Guangdong were put down. On guiwei, the Yue bandits took Zhen'an, which was soon recovered. On dinghai, as Duolong'a had long besieged Zhouzhi without taking it, he was severely reproved. The per-mu levy in Shandong was stopped, at Yan Jingming's request. On wuzi, the Guangxi army took Cangwu and other counties. On gengyin, the forces of Zeng Guoquan and others took the stone forts on Zhongshan and closed the ring round Jinling. Jiang Yili's army recovered Tongxiang. The Yue bandits pressed on the border of Fujian, and Zhang Yunlan's army went to its relief. On renchen, the Henan army took the bandit stockades of Xi County and Guang Department. On jiawu, the Yue bandits broke into Guangfeng and Yiyang. On gengzi, the bandits of southern Shaanxi broke into Neixiang. Edit
In the third month, on renyin, the forces of Cheng Xueqi and others took Jiaxing. The Jiangxi army recovered Jinxi. The Jiangnan army recovered Liyang. The Shaanxi army took Zhouzhi; Duolong'a, being wounded, was granted leave, and Mutushan took temporary charge of the military affairs. The forces of Lei Zhengwan and others advanced against the rebel Hui. The Sichuan bandit Lan Ershun broke into Xunyang. On bingwu, Senggelinqin led his whole army to Henan and advanced as far as Xu Department. The Jiangnan army recovered Guangde. The bandit chief of Jiayi, Lin Gansheng, was executed. On jiyou, Gordon was wounded in attacking Jintan, and it was ordered that he be sent condolences. The forces of Cen Yuying and others took Talang and Zhenyuan. On gengxu, Duolong'a was ordered to direct the military affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu. On renzi, the armies of Jiang Yili took and recovered Hangzhou and Yuhang. Zuo Zongtang was given the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and Yili was granted the yellow riding jacket and soon given a hereditary rank. On jiayin, the money and grain taxes of the newly recovered places of Hangzhou and Jiaxing were remitted for two years. Mutushan was ordered to assist in Duolong'a's military affairs and to act for the time as Imperial Commissioner. The Sichuan army attacked the bandits of Songpan and recovered the garrison town of Diexi. On dingsi, the Yunnan army recovered Jingdong, Yuanmou and Chuxiong. On guihai, the Jiangxi bandits broke into Fujian. On yichou, the rebel chief Lan Dashun was executed. On bingyin, the Zhejiang army recovered Wukang, Deqing and Shimen. Zuo Zongtang was instructed to take in and care for the refugees of Hangzhou. On jisi, the Provincial Commander Cheng Xueqi died in the army. On gengwu, Zhang Zongyu broke into Zhenping. The Hui bandit Ma Sanwa of Gansu took Chijin Fort, and the government forces suppressed him. This month, the arrears of tax of the prefectures, subprefectures, departments and counties of Guizhou that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, xinwei, there was an eclipse of the sun. On renshen, Bao Chao's army recovered Jurong. On bingzi, Duxing'a was ordered to go to Dingbian to take over command of the armies under Neqin and advance against the bandits holding Ningxia and Lingzhou. On dingchou, Li Shixian and others broke into Jiangxi. Bao Chao's army recovered Jintan. The Nian and Yue bandits broke into Zaoyang together. The bandits of southern Shaanxi broke into Henan and took Jingzi Pass. On wuyin, the Hunan army joined in recovering Guzhou. On xinsi, the surplus collections of money and grain taxes in Shaoxing were examined and reduced, and this was made a permanent rule. On jiashen, Li Hongzhang led his army in taking Changzhou. The forces of Feng Zicai and others recovered Danyang. As Xi, the Heir Prince of the late King of Korea Li [...], was to inherit the title, the Vice Minister Zaobao and the Deputy Lieutenant-General Wenqian were ordered to go and invest him. On bingxu, because the Vice Minister Xue Huan and the Commissioner of the Office of Transmission Wang Zheng had denounced each other, both were demoted and transferred, and the officials were again warned. Guanwen went to Anlu to direct the army, and Yan Shusen took charge of the defence of the provincial capital. On gengyin, Duolong'a died in the army. Duxing'a was ordered to direct the military affairs of Gansu, with Lei Zhengwan to assist him. On xinmao, the Jiangxi army lifted the siege of Yushan. On guisi, Yan Shusen was demoted on Guanwen's impeachment, and Wu Changshou was made Governor of Hubei, with Tang Xunfang acting for him. Yang Yuebin was ordered to direct the military affairs of Jiangxi and southern Anhui. On xinmao, Senggelinqin, together with the Hubei army, attacked the Yue and Nian bandits at Sui Department and heavily defeated them. On dingyou, as the defence of the lower Yangzi had been cleared, the war boats were reduced, and the ban closing the river was lifted. On wuxu, the Yue bandits took Yiyang. The Yue rebels of southern Shaanxi broke into De'an Prefecture, and Senggelinqin's army pursued them. On jihai, the commanding officials were again warned against embellishing their reports. This month, the assessed taxes of Wujin and Yanghu for this year were remitted. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, gengzi, the Guizhou bandits took Changzhai, Dingfan and Guangshun, which were soon recovered. On jiachen, the Yue bandits broke into Tianmen, Yingcheng, De'an and Sui Department. On yisi, the Yue bandits took Ninghua, which was soon recovered. Xilin was relieved because of illness, and Yang Yuebin was made Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, with Duxing'a acting for him. On dingwei, Spain was allowed to conclude a treaty of trade, and Xue Huan and Chonghou were appointed plenipotentiaries to handle it properly. Li Hongzhang was instructed to detach strong troops to help in the attack on Jinling. On jiyou, Li Shixian attacked Fuzhou; the government forces drove him off and recovered Yiyang. Gordon was granted the yellow riding jacket, the peacock feather and the robes of a Provincial Commander; the Ever-Victorious Army was reduced, part of it kept, and the foreign officers were dismissed. On xinhai, the government forces recovered Dujiang, Shangjiang and other towns. The Yue bandits broke through and pressed on Xi'an. On guichou, Liu Rong and Li Yunlin were stripped of their posts but kept in office. Mutushan was ordered to stay at Xi'an and help plan the defence and suppression. The Guizhou bandits broke into Xiushan. On wuwu, Bao Chao asked for leave to bury a parent, and an edict urged him to stay. Li Shixian took Yihuang and Chongren, and Nanchang was put under martial law. On gengshen, the Hui bandits took Didao, which was soon recovered. On renxu, the Yue bandits broke into Huangpi, and Guanwen moved his army to Xiaogan. On guihai, a decree of the Empress Dowager ordered Ruichang, Baoyun, Zailing, Shan Maoqian and Xu Tong to take turns on duty lecturing on the Zhiping baojian [Precious Mirror of Good Government]. The Yue bandits again took Jianning and Ninghua, which were soon recovered. On dingmao, Lei Zhengwan's army recovered Pingliang. On wuchen, the frontier officials were instructed to disregard the boundaries of their jurisdictions and join in catching the border bandits. Li Hengsong and Liu Xungao were ordered to exchange treaties at Shanghai with the Danish envoy Bile. On jisi, the Guangxi army took the bandit lairs of Gui County, and Xunzhou was cleared. Edit
In the sixth month, on renshen, the high officials of the ministries and courts were again warned not to be slack and dilatory as before. On guiyou, the Yue bandits broke into Macheng and Huanggang. On dingchou, it rained. The Jiangsu army recovered Changxing. The Guizhou army recovered Pu'an. The armies of Ma Rulong and Cen Yuying suppressed the Hui bandits of western Yunnan and recovered the bandit lairs of Zhongdian, Weixi, Simao, Weiyuan, Shigaojing and other places. On wuyin, the Han and Hui of Kuche rose in revolt, and the Imperial Agent Wenyi and the Muslim Prince of the Second Rank Aimote died there. The Kazakh people were settled southeast of Lake Zhaisang. On wuzi, the Jiangxi army took the bandit forts of Guixi. Zeng Guoquan's army took the outer city of Jinling. On xinmao, it rained. The Hui bandits took Bugu'er and Ku'erle. An edict withdrew the armies of Neqin and others. On guisi, the Zhejiang army recovered Xiaofeng. On wuxu, the government forces took and recovered Jiangning. Hong Xiuquan had already killed himself; his son Futian escaped; the bandit chiefs Hong Renda and Li Xiucheng were captured, and Jiangnan was pacified. Prince Chun of the Second Rank was sent to the spirit seat of Wenzong to make the announcement in the emperor's place. The emperor went to the two Empresses Dowager to offer congratulations on the victory. In reward for merit, Zeng Guofan was raised to Marquis, first class; Zeng Guoquan to Earl, first class, with the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent; the Provincial Commander Li Chendian to Viscount, first class, with the yellow riding jacket; Xiao Fusi to Baron, first class: all were granted the double-eyed peacock feather. The Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Liu Lianjie and others were granted hereditary ranks and promoted, each by degree. It was ordered that Hong Xiuquan's corpse be mutilated and his head sent round the provinces. In reward for merit in suppressing the bandits on the various fronts, Senggelinqin's son Boyannemohu was made a Beile, Guanwen an Earl, first class, Li Hongzhang an Earl, first class, and Luo Bingzhang a Light Chariot Commandant, first class, all with the double-eyed peacock feather; Yang Yuebin and Peng Yulin were given the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and they and Bao Chao were all made Light Chariot Commandants, first class; Duxing'a, Fuming'a and Feng Zicai were made Cavalry Commandants, and Kuiyu a Cloud Cavalry Commandant. The rebel Hui took Kalasha'er, and the Imperial Agent Yiqili and others all died there. This month, the arrears of tax of Jianning and other counties of Fujian that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on gengzi, in reward for the pacification of Jiangnan, Zaicheng, son of the Prince Counsellor Prince Gong of the First Rank, was raised to Beile, Zaijun to Duke Who Assists the State, without the Eight Privileges, and Zaiying to Duke Who Guards the State, without the Eight Privileges; the Grand Councillor Wenxiang was given the title of Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and Baoyun and Li Tangjie that of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent; favours were extended to the imperial kinsmen, the ministers of the imperial presence and the ministers of the Imperial Household Department, and others were rewarded and recorded, each by degree. On xinchou, because the year fell on jiazi, an edict suspended the checking off for execution of prisoners whose cases had been confirmed. An edict said: "Jiangnan has just been recovered, and the people's livelihood is in ruins; let the officials concerned call them back and give them relief. In the provinces where the fighting is not yet over, the commanding officials, Governors-General and Governors must spur on their officers and men to exert themselves and achieve results." Russian troops entered the guard posts of Kebuduo and seized the deputed officials and the jasagh. On renyin, members of the imperial clan and the Gioro were forbidden to live secretly in the Outer City. On jiachen, the crime of having sided with Miao Peilin was punished after the event: the Brigade General Bo Chongwu and others were banished to Xinjiang, and the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zhang Xuechun was banished to the military post stations. The Yue bandits broke into and held Luotian. The Guangxi bandits took Guishun. On jiyou, an edict ordered the repair of the tomb of Taizu of the Ming. The lijin of Jiangbei was abolished. The salt administration of Lianghuai was restored. On gengxu, Shen Guifen was given the substantive post of Governor of Shanxi. Zheng Dunjin was made Director-General of the Yellow River Conservancy for Hedong. On xinhai, the exchange of treaties with Denmark was completed. On renzi, Hong Renda and Li Xiucheng were executed. Wang Haiyang broke into and held Xuwan. On guichou, Hong Futian entered Huzhou. The Hui bandits of Yancha and Guyuan rebelled again and broke north into Ningxia and Lingzhou, harassing Zhongwei and Jingyuan; the Salar Hui joined them and took Xunhua [...]; and the Han and Hui of Tuokexun, under Tulufan, also rose in revolt. On jiayin, the Vice Minister of Revenue Wu Tingdong said that, now that victory at Jinling had been announced, the emperor should be all the more reverent and watchful; this was commended and accepted. On dingsi, because the road through Guangxi was blocked, Vietnam's tribute was stopped. The Han and Hui of Qitai rose in revolt, and Gucheng and Wulumuqi were in turmoil at the same time. The forces of Wenguang and others advanced to relieve Kuche, were defeated, were wiped out at Wushatakela, and died there. On gengshen, the Hui bandits of Didao and Hezhou joined the Salar Hui in harassing Hezhou. The Jiangxi army recovered Chongren and Dongxiang. On xinyou, it recovered Jinxi. On renxu, Qi Junzao asked to retire because of illness, and he was ordered to stay on duty in the Hongde Hall with the rank of Grand Secretary. The government forces captured the robber bandit Liu Fahao and others of Changtu and put them to death. On guihai, the hereditary titles of Prince Zheng of the First Rank and Prince Yi of the First Rank were restored. The merits of officials who had died were recorded: Hu Linyi was given the rank of Light Chariot Commandant, first class; Li Xubin Light Chariot Commandant, second class; Taqibu, Zhang Guoliang, Jiang Zhongyuan and Cheng Xueqi Light Chariot Commandant, third class; and Jiang Zhongji, Luo Zenan, Duolong'a and Zeng Guohua were each given an additional Cloud Cavalry Commandant. The Jiangxi army recovered Yihuang; on jiazi, it took Xuwan. On yichou, Senggelinqin defeated the bandits at Macheng. Zeng Guoquan asked to retire because of illness, and a kindly edict dissuaded him. Li Chendian died of his wounds in the army. This month, the arrears of tax of the districts of Jiangsu and Anhui that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, jisi, the order of precedence of the princes was settled and made a standing rule. The Jiangxi army recovered Nanfeng. On gengwu, a Colonel at Wulumuqi rebelled, and the Provincial Commander Yepuchong'e died there. Yili being in danger, the Ka'erka Mongol troops of Ta'erbahatai were transferred to relieve it. Liu Rong was instructed to handle the military affairs of Shaanxi alone, and Mutushan to lead his forces to Gansu and plan the military affairs with Lei Zhengwan. Yang Yuebin was urged to take up his post in Shaanxi and Gansu at once. On xinwei, Zhang Jixin was instructed to go to Guyuan and Yancha to handle the pacification of the Hui. On guiyou, the government forces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang together took Huzhou and Anji. On yihai, the Jiangxi army recovered Xincheng, and Chen Bingwen surrendered. On xinsi, the government forces recovered Guangde. Guo Songlin was granted a hereditary rank, and Yang Dingxun and Zhou Shengbo the yellow riding jacket. The bandits of Gui County were put down. Liu Mingchuan was promoted to Provincial Commander of Zhili. On renwu, the Hui bandits took the Han city of Gucheng. On guiwei, Lei Zhengwan's army took the bandit lairs of Zhangjiachuan. On jiashen, Senggelinqin was defeated in attacking the bandits who had broken out of Luoshan, and the Lieutenant-General Shutong'e and others died there. On dinghai, the Governor of Yunnan Jia Hongzhao was stripped of his post for using illness as an excuse to evade duty. On jichou, the Mongol troops of the Tuxietu Khan and the Chechen Khan were transferred to Wulumuqi and other places to help in the suppression. On renchen, the Zhejiang army pursued the bandits at Changhua and Chun'an, captured the bandit chief Huang Wenjin and others, and put them to death. Lin Hongnian was made Governor of Yunnan. On guisi, an edict ordered the high officials on the various fronts in Xinjiang to suppress or pacify as each case required. The Muslim Prince of the Second Rank Boxi'er was commended for rallying the towns to kill the bandits. The Hui bandits of Ku'erkalawusu and other places rose in revolt, and the government forces were defeated. On jiawu, Linxing was ordered to handle the fixing of the boundary at Wuliyasutai. On yiwei, Senggelinqin was defeated in attacking the bandits, and the Brigade General Bayang'a and others died there. On bingshen, Lei Zhengwan attacked Lianhua City without success, and the Hui bandits took Guyuan again. On dingyou, the Hui bandits of Hezhou and Didao broke through and attacked Lanzhou and Jin County. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, jihai, Liu Mingchuan's armies defeated the bandits who had broken out of Ningguo and other places. On gengzi, the Jiangxi army recovered Yudu. Li Yunlin was stripped of his post for asking for sick leave to evade duty, and the Long army he commanded was disbanded. On renyin, Zeng Guoquan asked to be relieved because of illness, and this was granted. Ma Xinyi was made Governor of Zhejiang but kept to handle the defence of Anqing. On guimao, Mutushan was ordered to assist in Duxing'a's military affairs. On jiachen, Yang Yuebin asked for sick leave, and a kindly edict dissuaded him. Li Shixian attacked Nan'an, and the government forces drove him off. On yisi, the Hui bandits took Ye'erqiang, and the acting Councillor Kuidong died there; the military officers of Kashiga'er and Yingjisha'er rebelled with them. On jiyou, the Hui of Xining surrendered. On gengxu, the Hui bandits of Zhangjiachuan attacked Qingyang. On xinhai, the Jiangxi bandits broke into Nanxiong. On renzi, the Yue bandits took Kaihua and broke into Jiangxi. The bandits of Huangzhou and Macheng broke into Shangcheng. On yimao, treaties were exchanged with Spain. On bingchen, the Imperial Household Department was instructed to strive for economy. Zhaketong'a was ordered to act as Imperial Agent at Hami. On dingsi, the Hui bandits of Xining rebelled again. On wuwu, the Yue bandit Cai Derong and others broke into and took Jie Department. On gengshen, an edict ordered the repair of the Temple of the Sage at Qufu and of the school temples of the provinces. On xinyou, the sea walls of Zhejiang were repaired. On jiazi, the Nian bandits broke into Qishui; the Hubei army was defeated, and the Brigade General Shi Qingji died there. On yichou, Russian troops intruded at Lake A'ertai. On dingmao, Shen Guifen asked that funds be raised to move the military colonies, so as to relieve the bannermen and the people. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, wuchen, Yang Yuebin was allowed to return home to visit his parents and to recruit braves to take to Gansu. The Minister of Justice Miansen and the Vice Minister of Revenue Wu Tingdong were ordered to go and try the case in Chaha'er. On jisi, the name of Wenxiang, Provincial Commander of Wulumuqi, was changed to Wenqi. On xinwei, the General Changqing was stripped of his post and Mingxu ordered to replace him, with Lianjie as Councillor. Wulong'a was ordered to command the armies relieving Wulumuqi, with authority over the Commandants and those below them. On renshen, Bao Chao's army won a great victory over the bandits, and he was granted the double-eyed peacock feather. Xi Baotian's army captured the bandit chief Hong Ren'gan and others. Southern and northern Anhui were cleared. On yihai, the Hui bandits took the Manchu city of Wulumuqi and Suilai, and the Lieutenant-General Pingrui and others died there. The Han and Hui of Hami rose in revolt. Baoheng was ordered to act as Lieutenant-General of Wulumuqi, Li Hongzhang as Governor-General of Liangjiang, Wu Tang as Governor of Jiangsu, and Fuming'a as Director-General of Grain Transport. On wuyin, Hong Futian was captured at Shicheng and put to death. Shen Baozhen was granted the rank of Light Chariot Commandant, first class. Bao Chao was made Viscount, first class. In reward for the recovery of all Zhejiang, Zuo Zongtang was made Earl, first class, and Jiang Yili was granted the rank of Cavalry Commandant. The Yue bandits took Ruijin, which was soon recovered. On gengchen, the Yue bandits took Zhangzhou, Longyan, Nanjing and Wuping, and the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Zhang Yunlan and others died there. Liu Rong divided his army to hold Bin Department and other places. On yiyou, Mingyi exchanged the boundary treaty with the Russian envoy: the Mongols beyond the guard posts of the city of Kebuduo and the Wulianghai of Lake A'ertai all went to Russia. Bao Chao was given leave, and the forces of Song Guoyong and others under him went to relieve Fujian, under the command of Zuo Zongtang. On dinghai, Lei Zhengwan's army took Lianhua City, and Cao Kezhong was granted the yellow riding jacket. Senggelinqin won a great victory over the bandits; Guo Baochang and others were granted the yellow riding jacket, and the bandit chief Ma Ronghe surrendered with his followers. On jichou, the Sichuan relief army recovered Renhuai. On gengyin, the Yue bandits took Pinghe. On xinmao, they took Jiaying and Dabu. On bingyin, Zeng Guofan was instructed to remain stationed at Jinling, and Li Hongzhang and the others to return to their own posts. This month, the assessed taxes of Xinyang and other places in Henan that had been harassed, and the arrears of tax of Xi'an and other counties of Zhejiang, were remitted. Edit
In the eleventh month, on jihai, the grain tax of the districts under Jiangning was remitted for three years. On renyin, the Hui bandits took Hezhou. On guimao, the Jin [...] dike of Pu Department was built. On yisi, Wenqi and Boxi'er suppressed the Hui of Hami. On jiyou, the silver apportioned to the departments and counties of Jiangsu over the years as compensation was remitted, and all such apportionments were forbidden for ever. On renzi, Shen Baozhen asked that the forces relieving Fujian be ordered also to guard against the bandits breaking back. On jiayin, the Guangdong army recovered Wuping, and the armies of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi were ordered to join in the suppression and not let them escape to the sea. The Hui bandits took Akesu and Wushi, and the Imperial Agents Fuzhuli, Wenxing and others died there. On guihai, Senggelinqin attacked without success the bandits who had broken out of Xiangyang and Zaoyang, and the Fa and Nian bandits then broke into Deng Department. On jiazi, an edict ordered the armies of Liu Lianjie and Liu Mingchuan to advance and put themselves at Senggelinqin's disposal. On yichou, the forces of Lei Zhengwan and others defeated the Hui bandits of Guyuan. On bingyin, Wenqi and others suppressed the Hui bandits of Balikun and put them down. The Hui bandits took Ku'erkalawusu, and Yili was put under martial law. On dingmao, Manqing reported that Wangqujiebu had died and asked that Qingraowangqu be granted the title of Nuomenhan to assist in the affairs of the Shangshang of Tibet; this was allowed. This month, the arrears of tax of Shangyuan and other counties of Jiangsu that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, wuchen, the Fujian army was defeated in attacking the bandits of Zhangzhou, and Lin Wencha and others died there. On jisi, Wu Tang was ordered to continue to manage the affairs of Jiangbei as well. On gengwu, the Hakka bandits of Zhaoqing were put down. The forces of Duxing'a and others took Qingshui Fort. On jiaxu, the customary tribute of dates from Henan was stopped. The sea walls of Zhejiang were built. On yihai, the Hui bandits took Jin County. Cao Kezhong's army took Yanguan. On wuyin, the government forces at Yili were routed, and the Commandant Tuoketuonai and others died there. Mingxu's request to borrow Russian troops to help in the suppression was granted. On jimao, the government forces at Jimusa were defeated. On gengchen, generous posthumous honours were given to Bao Lishen and other loyal commoners of Zhuji. At Wu Tang's request, transport [of the tribute grain] by river was tried. On yiyou, Tao Maolin's army recovered Jin County. On bingxu, Li Yuandu was banished to the military post stations. On jichou, Senggelinqin moved his army to Baofeng to attack the bandits and defeated them. On jiawu, the government forces won a great victory over the Hui bandits, the siege of Yili was lifted, and Mingxu was granted the yellow riding jacket. This month, the arrears of tax of Rui'an in Zhejiang that had been harassed, and the taxes of Taicang and other departments, subprefectures and counties of Jiangsu and of Huai'an and other garrisons that had suffered harassment and disaster, were remitted. Edit
This year, Korea and Ryukyu sent tribute. Edit
In the fourth year, yichou, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, dingyou, the government forces took the bandit lairs of Jingning. The Hui bandits took the Han city of Gucheng. On gengzi, the town of Bayandai was besieged, and the government forces fared badly. Chen Fu'en and Lebin were released and ordered to help manage the troops' pay at Yili. On renyin, at Zeng Guofan's request, Liu Mingchuan's army was transferred to Fujian, and Bao Chao was to recruit a Sichuan army to take to Gansu. Posthumous names were given to the Circuit Intendant He Guizhen, the department magistrate Liu Tenghong and the Major Bi Jinke, who had died in service. On jiachen, the Provincial Commander of Wulumuqi Wenqi died at Balikun. The Hui bandits took Mulei and other places. On dingwei, Zhang Jixin was stripped of his post for an offence. The dismissed Provincial Commander Ma Dezhao was restored to his former office. The Hui bandits of Pingliang and Guyuan broke into and harassed Lingtai, Qianyang and Long Department. On wushen, Boxi'er was ordered to act as Assistant Imperial Agent at Hami. On xinhai, the secret-society bandits of Taiwan were put down. On jiayin, the Yue bandits took Yongding and Yunxiao. On bingchen, the Military Circuit for River Affairs of Huai'an and Yangzhou was set up again, and the Military Circuit for River Affairs of Xuzhou and Haizhou was set up in a new form. On dingsi, the Yue and Nian bandits together broke into Lushan, and the Commander of the Guards Division Hengling and others died there. On guihai, the Hui bandits took Jimusa. On jiazi, the Guizhou bandits took Dingfan, which was soon recovered, and then took Qianxi. On yichou, the Hui bandits broke into Yongchang. Edit
In the second month, on xinwei, because the Mongol troops sent to relieve Gucheng had fought without success, an edict withdrew all the troops already transferred and sent them back to their banners. On renshen, the Shaanxi army defeated the Hui bandits at Liquan, and Hu Zhonghe was ordered to take overall command of the advance. On wuyin, an edict commended the officials and gentry of Lin'an in Yunnan for not joining the Hui rebels. On jimao, Shen Baozhen was allowed leave to go home to visit his parent. On guiwei, because of the thunder, hail and other prodigies in Zhili and other provinces, an edict called for self-examination. Lei Zhengwan's army again took Guyuan and other places. Cao Yuanxing, a Colonel in Guizhou, plotted rebellion and was executed. On jiashen, the local bandits of Changyang were put down. On bingxu, Yongding and Longyan were recovered. The forces of Wulong'e and others went to relieve the town of Bayandai and were defeated. On jichou, the bandits of Qianxi took Dading. The Miao bandits took Tianzhu and Guzhou. Because Ma Rulong and Cen Yuying had cleared Qujing and Xundian and captured and beheaded the rebel chief Ma Liansheng and others, rewards and promotions were given, each by degree. On guisi, the government forces of Fujian attacked the bands of Li Shixian and Wang Haiyang at Gutian and Zhangzhou and won a great victory. Edit
In the third month, on dingyou, Tian Xingshu was banished to Xinjiang for neglecting his military duties and cruelly killing Christian converts. On xinchou, Tao Maolin suppressed the Hui bandits of Guojiayi and other places. An edict told Senggelinqin: "Keep your army in position and direct its dispositions; do not lightly go to the front line yourself and so run into danger." On renyin, Prince Gong of the First Rank was removed from the Grand Council and relieved of his role as Prince Counsellor. Wenxiang and others were ordered to manage the affairs of the Zongli Yamen. The Yue bandits took Zhao'an, and the magistrate Zhao Rencheng died there. On guimao, the Hui of Liangzhou rebelled and were suppressed. Britain and France were allowed to trade at Jiangning. Bao Chao was ordered to prepare the western expedition and permitted to memorialise directly. Prince Dun of the First Rank said that the charges against Prince Gong were untrue, and the matter was sent down to the princes, nobles, Grand Secretaries and others to deliberate in detail and report. On yisi, the Hui of Tacheng rose in revolt. Xilin asked for sick leave and was dismissed, and was ordered to go to Yili and be at Mingxu's disposal. The Provincial Commander Tan Shengda was stripped of his post for embezzling the braves' rations, but was still ordered to go to Bao Chao's army. Wulong'e was made acting Councillor of Ta'erbahatai. On dingwei, the Commandant of Balikun Sepushixin led troops to relieve Gucheng, met the bandits, was defeated and died. On jiyou, the Fujian army defeated the bandits holding Tingzhou and Liancheng. On gengxu, the Gansu army drove back the Hui bandits of Gulang and Pingfan. On xinhai, at the request of the princes and high officials, Prince Gong was ordered to continue to serve in the Inner Court and to manage the Zongli Yamen. On bingchen, Guanwen was instructed to cut down the regulars and braves. On jiwei, Yang Yuebin was ordered to go to Gansu. Shen Baozhen lost his mother, and an edict called him back from mourning to act as Governor of Jiangxi. On xinyou, the Hui bandits of Xining rebelled again and took Datong. On renxu, the Guangxi army recovered Yongchun. On guihai, Mao Changxi was ordered to return to the capital. This spring, the assessed taxes and arrears of levies of the places in Zhili, Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi struck by disaster and harassment were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, yichou, the clearing of land within the red stakes of the Rehe hunting grounds was forbidden. The Hui bandits of Su Department held Jiayu Pass and besieged the department city, and the Hui bandits of Fuyi also rose. On dingmao, Peng Yulin memorialised declining the post of Director-General of Grain Transport and asked to handle the navy alone; this was allowed. Wu Tang was kept in the post of Director-General of Grain Transport to handle the defence of Qingjiang and Huai'an. On jisi, the government forces recovered Yancha Subprefecture, and the dismissed Provincial Commander Chengrui was pardoned. On gengwu, the Hui bandits took Gucheng, and the Commandant Huiqing and others died there. On yihai, Taiwan was cleared. On dingchou, the Guizhou army recovered Yuping and Tianzhu. Prince Gong was ordered to serve on the Grand Council again, but not as Prince Counsellor. The Hui bandits of Ganzhou took Yonggu Fort. On renwu, the Yue bandits again took Shuyang and Suqian. Eighteen battalions of the Ting army, unwilling to go on the western expedition, mutinied and scattered at Jinkou. Bao Chao's western expedition was stopped, and he was ordered to gather the scattered braves and go to Fujian to suppress the bandits. On yiyou, the government forces in Ningxia won a great victory over the bandits. On bingxu, the Yue and Nian bandits together broke back into Yanzhou and Jining, and Liu Mingchuan was ordered to go to Zhili to set up defences. On jichou, Chongqi and others, 265 men in all, were granted the jinshi degree, by grade. On renchen, as the bandits were spreading in Shandong, Zeng Guofan was ordered to leave his province to direct the army and strike the bandits from the south while Senggelinqin's army struck from the north. On guisi, Senggelinqin attacked the bandits at Wujiadian, south of Heze, and was defeated; he, the Sub-Chancellor of the Grand Secretariat Quanshun, the Brigade General He Jian'ao and others all died there. When the news came, court was suspended for three days, and he was specially granted a place beside the sacrifices in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Zeng Guofan was ordered to direct the army against the bandits, and Li Hongzhang to act as Governor-General of Liangjiang. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, yiwei, Chenglu was instructed to advance against the bandits holding Su Department. The mutinous braves of the Ting battalions broke from Jiangxi into Fujian. The Yue and Nian bandits together broke into Kai Department and Dongming. On bingshen, Tao Maolin's army broke up, the Hui bandits besieged Anding, and Lanzhou was put under martial law. On wuxu, Zeng Guofan was ordered to command the armies and defences of the three provinces of Zhili, Henan and Shandong. The scattered braves of Gansu broke into and harassed Shaanxi. On yisi, Li Yuandu's banishment was remitted. On dingwei, the Yue and Nian bandits together crossed the Grand Canal and broke east into Jining, Yanzhou and Tai'an. On wushen, a stern edict ordered Shengjing and Jilin to suppress the mounted bandits. On jiyou, because they had achieved nothing against the bandits, Guanwen, Zhang Zhiwan and Mao Changxi were stripped of their posts but all kept in office, and Guanwen's palace title was withdrawn. Bao Chao was urged to go to Jiangxi. On xinhai, the Academician Reader-in-waiting Wei Rongguang was ordered to go to Dongchang to direct the people's militia along the canal. On renzi, the government forces took Zhangzhou and Nanjing. Shen Baozhen was allowed to complete his mourning. Zeng Guofan declined the command of the military affairs of the three provinces; this was not allowed. The Hui bandits took Su Department. The Yue and Nian bandits broke separately into Feng and Pei. An edict ordered the coastal navy to be put in order. The scattered braves who had broken into Shaanxi were put down. Liu Changyou was instructed to station himself in Zhili and Chonghou at Dongchang, to arrange the defences along the canal. The Guizhou bandits took Guangshun, which was soon recovered. On jiayin, it rained. The Yue bandits besieged Yongding. On yimao, the Jiangsu army recovered Zhangpu. Liu Kunyi was made Governor of Jiangxi. On gengshen, the Provincial Commander Liu Mingchuan was stripped of his post for delay in defence and suppression but kept in office. Yang Yuebin asked to vacate his post; this was not allowed, and he was again ordered to go to Gansu. On renxu, the government forces of Qitai recovered Jimusa. On guihai, the government forces recovered Jie Department. Edit
In the intercalary fifth month, on the first day, jiazi, Shen Baozhen was called back to direct the defence and suppression in Jiangxi. On yichou, the Yue bandits broke from Fujian into Jiaying. On wuchen, the Guangdong army recovered Pinghe and Zhao'an. The Sichuan army recovered Zheng'an. On renshen, the bandits of Sicheng were put down. On jiaxu, the tribute rice of the districts of Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou was reduced by 260,000 shi. On dingchou, Wang Haiyang broke back into Yongding; the government forces were defeated, and the Brigade General Ding Changsheng and others died there. On jimao, the Hui bandits held Fukang. Zhang Zongyu broke south as far as Zhihe Market, and Liu Mingchuan, Wu Tang and others were instructed to join in suppressing him. The Yue bandits took Zhenping in Guangdong. The bandits of Zunyi surrendered. On bingxu, the Mongol troops of E'erduosi drove back the Hui bandits of Huamachi. The Guizhou bandits took Suiyang. On jichou, the emperor attended the funeral of Prince Zhong, Seng[gelinqin], and offered a libation. His grandson Na'ersu was granted the rank of Beile and Wensudu that of Duke Who Assists the State. Zeng Guofan stationed his army at Linhuai. Tekeshen died; Zaobao was ordered to investigate the boundary dispute of the Ba'erhu, and Enhe was made General of Jilin. On gengyin, because of the long drought, an edict called for self-examination and asked for frank advice. On guisi, an edict said that Qiying had been justly punished and there was no need to clear his name. The sons of Sushun were forbidden to take office. This was because Qiying's son Qingxi had protested his father's innocence, saying that his death had been Sushun's doing. Edit
In the sixth month, on the first day, jiawu, the An-Lu-Chu-He Circuit was added in Anhui. The Feng-Lu-Ying Circuit was changed to the Feng-Ying-Liu-Si Circuit, still also serving as Superintendent of the Fengyang customs. Liu Changyou was ordered to return to Baoding, and Pan Dingxin's army to be stationed at Jining. On bingshen, the people's braves of Gansu recovered Jiayu Pass. Because of the Hui revolt in Anxi, Yumen and other counties, Yang Yuebin was instructed to advance and station himself at Lanzhou. On jihai, the provinces were again instructed to sift and assess their local magistrates. On renyin, the Hui bandits of Ta'erbahatai lured and killed the Councillor Xilin and others and besieged the city, but were driven back by the troops of the lama Gungazhalacan. Wulong'e was transferred to be Councillor of Ta'erbahatai. Eteng'e was made Councillor of Ye'erqiang. On bingwu, it rained. Zaihua and others were judged guilty of embezzlement in managing works: Zaihua was deprived of the rank of Beizi and Enbi of that of Duke Who Assists the State, and they were also confined for two years. On jiyou, Shen Guifen was relieved for mourning, and Zeng Guoquan was made Governor of Shanxi. The Guizhou bandits again took Tianzhu and harassed Huitong in Hunan; Lao Chongguang and Li Hanzhang joined in suppressing them. The Guizhou army recovered Qianxi but was defeated at Dushan. On renzi, the Hui bandits of Min Department rose in revolt, killed the department magistrate Zengqi and others, and harassed Tao Department. On yimao, the Sichuan army sent to aid Guizhou recovered Zheng'an. On dingsi, Qitai and Hami fell, and the Imperial Agent at Hami Zhakedang'a died there. Wenlin fell back to Balikun. The armies of Yang Yuebin, Chenglu and Lianjie were instructed to advance against the bandits of Su Department. The Muslim taiji Lubuqin came over. On dingsi, the Censor Mujixiang'a asked that the emperor's attendants and servants be chosen with care. The Imperial Household Department was instructed to investigate, and any who were found to be wily and fawning were to be exposed and severely punished. This summer, the assessed taxes of the departments and counties of Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and elsewhere that had been harassed, and the grain levies of Hami left unpaid because of the military turmoil, were remitted. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on the first day, guihai, Liu Rong was instructed to guard Dingbian, Fu, Yan'an, Bin and Long closely, and Yang Yuebin to guard against the Hui chief He Mingtang. On jiazi, the Hui bandits took Bayandai, and the Commandant of Yili Mukedeng'e and others died there. The beg Dulusu and others who had helped the rebels were stripped of their posts. The government forces recovered Ku'erkalawusu. Bu'erhede was ordered to act as Commandant and relieve Tacheng. The armies of Lei Zhengwan attacked Jinji Fort without success and fell back to Weizhou. On dingmao, Wulong'e suppressed the Hui rebels of the mosque and put them down. The Guizhou bandits took Shiqian, and the prefect Yan Jin fell in battle; the government forces soon recovered the city. On guiyou, Dong Xun and Chonghou were appointed plenipotentiaries to handle the affairs of the commercial treaties. On jimao, the Ke'erqin Prince of the First Rank Boyannemohu was granted the hereditary title of Prince Boduoleigatai of the First Rank. On renwu, the Censor Cai Shouqi was stripped of his post for reckless words. The Guizhou bandits took Dading, which was soon recovered. On jichou, the mounted bandits of Fengtian harassed Zunhua and Ji Department; Yuming was dismissed and sent for severe deliberation of his punishment. Enhe was made acting General of Shengjing. The treaty with the Netherlands was exchanged. On gengyin, an edict forbade the French missionaries to meddle in military affairs. On renchen, Chen Guorui was relieved of his role of assisting in military affairs. Edit
In the eighth month, on gengzi, for blundering in the negotiations for pacification, Enlin was stripped of his post and Chengrui banished to Heilongjiang. Qi Junzao retired. The Yue and Nian rebels broke into Anhui and Henan. On renyin, a machine works was set up at Shanghai. On guimao, the Hui bandits attacked Balikun, and Ne'erji drove them off. Wenlin's army was defeated at Kuisu. On jiachen, the tribal affairs of Litang were concluded. The Governor-General of Sichuan Luo Bingzhang was given leave, and Chongshi was ordered to act for him. A stern edict ordered Linxing to inspect the boundary of Tangnu Wulianghai in person. On yisi, Zuo Zongtang was ordered to be stationed in Guangdong and command the armies of the three provinces of Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian. On bingwu, Zeng Guofan was ordered to advance to Xu Department and join in suppressing the Nian of Henan. On xinhai, Yili was ordered to arrest and execute the officers and men who had joined the rebels. The Elute Superintendent Mengkubaya'er and others who had exerted themselves against the bandits were rewarded and promoted, each by degree. On guiyou, Yuming was stripped of his post. Guo Songtao asked to vacate his post; as his words were full of pique, he was sternly reprimanded. The surplus collections of the land-and-poll tax and tribute grain in Jiangxi were reduced. The many fees levied on departments and counties as contributions and apportionments were abolished. The Yue chief Wang Haiyang killed Li Shixian. On yimao, the Yue bandits took Changle in Guangdong. Britain and France handed back the forts at the river mouth of Tianjin. On bingchen, Duxing'a declined to direct the military affairs; this was not allowed. On dingsi, Li Hongzhang and others were instructed to consider carefully sending the new tribute grain of Jiangbei by both river and sea. On gengshen, the districts of Suzhou, Songjiang, Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou were flooded, and relief was given. A shrine was built for the men and women of the Longxi village militia who had died in the troubles, and the place was given the name Zhongyi Village. On xinyou, Chongshi and others were instructed to investigate the missionary case at Youyang. Edit
In the ninth month, on jiazi, the emperor in person escorted [the coffin of Wenzong] to its rest at the Ding Mausoleum, and Prince Su of the First Rank Huafeng and others were ordered to remain in the capital to handle affairs. The bandits of Changle surrendered the city to the Guangdong army. On bingyin, the land tax of the places through which the procession to the Ding Mausoleum passed was remitted. On wuchen, because the Nian leader Zhang Zongyu and the rebels Lai and Ren were breaking into and harassing Henan and Shandong, Li Hongzhang was ordered to join in suppressing them, Wu Tang to act as Governor-General of Liangjiang, and Li Zongxi as Director-General of Grain Transport. Zeng Guofan was ordered to remain stationed at Xuzhou. On jisi, merchants were allowed to be invited to run the copper mines of Yunnan. On gengwu, gunboats of Jiangnan were transferred to the river defences of Shanxi to teach fighting on water. On renshen, the Hui of Haoshuichuan surrendered. The government forces lifted the siege of Nanyang. Tao Maolin's army broke up again. On jiaxu, the government forces recovered Zhenping. On bingzi, Hu Dagui and Lei Heng, officers of Lei Zhengwan's army, rebelled and besieged Jing Department; the Provincial Commander Zhou Xiancheng drove them back. Ma Hualong, Hu Dagui and the others broke separately into Shaanxi. Zhang Zhiwan was appointed Director-General of the Yellow River Conservancy for Hedong. On jimao, the emperor set out escorting the two Empresses Dowager. The Yue bandits attacked Longnan, and Liu Kunyi went to Ganzhou to direct the suppression. On jiashen, Wenzong was buried in the Ding Mausoleum. On yiyou, the imperial train turned back. The magistrate of Qitai, Hengyi, with the people's braves recovered the three towns of Qitai, Jimusa and Gucheng. On dinghai, the emperor returned to the palace. On wuzi, the tablets of Wenzong and his empress were placed in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the next day an edict was issued granting favours, each by degree. On gengyin, the Provincial Commander of Gansu Tao Maolin was stripped of his post and replaced by Cao Kezhong, and the Brigade General Tao Shenglin and others were arrested and tried. Zuo Zongtang declined the command of the three provinces; this was not allowed. This autumn, the arrears of tax of Xiaoyi in Shaanxi, Lanxi in Zhejiang and other places that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, renchen, Tibetan troops took Zhandui. The Hui bandits attacked Qingyang, and the government forces drove them back. On guisi, the treaty with Belgium was settled. On jiawu, Xu Jiyu was ordered to serve in the Zongli Yamen as a metropolitan official of the third rank. It was ordered that Nepal's customary tribute be sent all together once in six years. On gengzi, the surplus collections of the tribute rice and southern rice of Zhejiang were reduced. On renyin, the Yue bandits took Heping. On yisi, Wang Rongji said that the Lu salt was glutted and unsold, and asked that the additional tax certificates be stopped or reduced case by case; this was deliberated and carried out. On dingwei, the Hui bandits besieged Gongchang and Ningyuan. On jiyou, the Zhejiang army took the bandit forts of Nantian. On xinhai, Liu Rong was ordered to act as Governor of Shaanxi. On renzi, the rite of placing the tablets in the temple being complete, a joint sacrifice was offered in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Prince Chun of the First Rank declined the training of the Eight Banner troops. He was instructed to continue to inspect and review them and train them diligently. On jiayin, the mounted bandits pressed on Fengtian, and the government forces were defeated. On gengshen, Fuxing was ordered to lead the cavalry of Jilin and Heilongjiang and the troops of the Shenji Battalion against them. On xinyou, Mianxing was released. Edit
In the eleventh month, on guihai, the bandits of Lai, Ren and the others broke into Wuyang and Yancheng and joined Zhang Zongyu's band; Hubei and Henan were instructed to attack them from both sides. On bingyin, the levy of rice and beans of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and Taicang was reduced by more than 540,000 shi. On renyin, the Fengtian army was defeated in attacking the mounted bandits. Li Tangjie died. Li Hongzao was ordered to serve on probation among the Grand Councillors. The Governor of Hubei Zheng Dunjin came to the capital as Vice Minister of Revenue and was replaced by Li Henian. On yihai, the crime of abandoning the commanding general was punished: Chengbao was sentenced to beheading, and Guo Baochang was banished to Xinjiang. On bingzi, the Fengtian bandit chief Xu Dian rebelled again at Guangning. On gengchen, the Yue bandits took Jiaying. The siege of Gongchang was lifted. On bingxu, the government forces were defeated at Jimusa, and Hengyi died there. On dinghai, Liu Changyou was instructed to station himself at the border passes and direct the suppression of the mounted bandits. On jichou, the Sichuan army suppressed the Fan bandits of Songpan and put them down. The Guizhou bandits attacked Xuyong and Qijiang. On gengyin, Zuo Zongtang was ordered to go to Jiaying in person to inspect the army. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, renchen, Zeng Guofan moved his army to Zhoujiakou. Mingxu was allowed to send Rongquan to Russia to borrow troops and grain. On jiawu, the Guizhou bandits took the county town of Qingzhen, which was soon recovered. Zhou Dawu was made Provincial Commander of Guizhou. On yiwei, Lianjie, being guilty of greed and harassing the people, was relieved of his role of assisting in military affairs and attached to Chenglu's army as a guardsman. On jihai, Li Xian's army broke up at Su Department. On xinchou, the mounted bandits broke back into Changtu. At the request of the Board of Revenue, 300,000 were allotted from the salt levies and other funds to increase the expenses of the Inner Court. On renyin, the army of Rehe recovered Chaoyang. On guimao, Boyannemohu was ordered to return to his banner and, together with the league heads, call out Mongol troops to help suppress the mounted bandits. Wenlin was made Imperial Agent at Hami. On yisi, the rebel chief of Zhandui, Gongbulangjie, and others were executed, and the three Zhan [districts] were all put under the Dalai Lama's administration. On bingwu, the bandits of Jinzhou pretended to surrender and broke into Tieling; Wenxiang and others were ordered to handle the defence of Fengtian. On renzi, because the snow was late, an edict ordered the cases in the prisons to be cleared and exposed bones to be buried. On yimao, Enhe was stripped of his post for blundering in military affairs. The army of the Provincial Commander Cheng Daji broke up at Macheng. On bingchen, the Guangdong army joined in recovering the prefectural city of Ninghai in Vietnam. Duxing'a was transferred to be General of Shengjing. Mutushan was ordered to direct the military affairs of Gansu and take over command of the armies under Duxing'a. On gengshen, the emperor came to the Hall of Preserving Harmony and gave a banquet to the outer vassals and others who had come for the New Year audience. From then on this was done every year. The Yunnan army recovered Lijiang and Heqing. Edit
This winter, the arrears of tax of Songpan in Sichuan, Chaling in Hunan and other [...] departments and counties that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the fifth year, bingyin, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, xinyou, the banquets were stopped. On jiazi, the Nian bandits harassed Hubei, and Zeng Guofan sent orders to Liu Mingchuan to relieve Huangzhou. Ma Hualong asked to be pacified and handed over the Han city of Ningxia. On yichou, the Guangxi army recovered Natan. The customary tribute of Fujian was remitted. On jisi, Mutushan was ordered to handle the pacification of the Hui and the rehabilitation afterwards. On gengwu, the Governor of Yunnan Lin Hongnian went to Zhaotong. On yihai, the mounted bandits broke into and held Boduna and then reached Shuangcheng Fort, and Jilin was in danger. Wenxiang and Baoshan sent orders to the troops and cavalry of Heilongjiang to relieve it. On jimao, the Brigade General of Huangyan Gang'antai, patrolling the sea, met the boat pirates and died. On guiwei, Lin Hongnian was stripped of his post for cowardice and blundering, and Liu Yuezhao replaced him. Zuo Zongtang led the armies in recovering Jiaying, and the Yue bandits were put down. Zuo Zongtang and the others were rewarded and promoted in order of merit. On bingxu, the mounted bandits broke into and took Alechuka and the town of Lalin, and Fuming'a went to Jilin to suppress them. Tepuqin was ordered to return to Heilongjiang to arrange its defence. Wu Changshou was demoted and transferred; Li Henian was transferred to be Governor of Henan, and Zeng Guoquan was made Governor of Hubei. On wuzi, the Fengtian army recovered Bamiancheng. On jichou, an edict ordered a strict hunt for the Gelaohui bandits in the army camps. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, xinmao, an edict ordered Zuo Zongtang and others to put off withdrawing the armies of Jiangxi and Fujian and to hold them ready to be transferred north to help suppress the Nian, Hui and other bandits. The Guizhou Hui took Yongning, which was soon recovered. On renchen, Zhaochen was ordered to go to Zhenyuan to handle military affairs. On xinchou, the government forces recovered Huangpi. On dingwei, Duxing'a was stripped of his post but kept in office because his braves had killed recklessly. On wushen, the Land Forces Provincial Commander of Guangdong Gao Liansheng was ordered to take up his post and suppress the local bandits. Boyannemohu attacked the mounted bandits at Zhengjiatun and won a great victory. Ma Xinyi was instructed to plan the sea walls. On xinhai, Ding'an's army attacked the mounted bandits at Changchun and defeated them, and an edict restored him as Deputy Lieutenant-General. On renzi, Deying was relieved for mourning, and Fuming'a was made General of Jilin. On bingchen, Guo Songtao was summoned to the capital, and Jiang Yili was made acting Governor of Guangdong. On jiwei, the Hunan army drove back the Miao of Guizhou. Edit
In the third month, on renxu, Zeng Guofan moved his army to Jining to direct the suppression of Zhang Zongyu. On yichou, the three towns of Alechuka, Boduna and Shuangcheng Fort were recovered. On jisi, the Fengtian army attacked the mounted bandits on the southern and northern routes and heavily defeated them. The silver and rice owed by the places in Fengtian and Jilin that had been harassed were remitted. On gengwu, Mingyi asked for sick leave, and Linxing was ordered to lead Mongol troops to relieve Yili. On yihai, Lai Wenguang and others broke through and pressed on Kaifeng. On wuyin, the tribute of sables from the hunting households of Heilongjiang who had gone on campaign was remitted. An edict called on officials in and out of the capital to study the laws and statutes. On jimao, the mounted bandits broke into and harassed Rehe. On gengchen, Ma Hualong and others were allowed to come over. On jiashen, Zhang Zongyu broke into Pu and Fan, and Lai Wenguang and others broke from Henan into Yuncheng and Juye; Zeng Guofan and others were instructed to hold the Grand Canal, and Qiao Songnian's army to cut the bandits off. On yiyou, the mounted bandits took Niuzhuang. On bingxu, Cao Yuying died. On dinghai, the Fujian army recovered Chong'an and Jianyang. On wuzi, Li Hongzao was made a Grand Councillor, and Hu Jiayu was to serve on probation in the Grand Council. This spring, the long-standing arrears of money and grain taxes of Henan, and the assessed taxes of An Department in Zhili, Xinmin in Fengtian and other departments and counties that had suffered floods and harassment, were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, jichou, Ma Shazi, the bandit chief of the northern route of Fengtian, was executed, and the rest of his followers surrendered. The government forces recovered Niuzhuang. The Yue and Nian bandits attacked the river bank of Zhili and were driven back. On xinmao, at Zeng Guoquan's request, troops were cut and their pay consolidated, and Liu Lianjie, Peng Yuju, Zhu Nangui and Guo Songlin were transferred to Hubei. On bingshen, the Hui leaders surrendered with Tao Department to Cao Kezhong's army. On wuxu, Ma Rulong was ordered to act as Provincial Commander of Yunnan. On gengzi, Wenxiang and Fuxing were recalled to the capital, and Duxing'a was ordered to take over the military affairs of Fengtian and command the armies. On xinchou, Ne'erji recovered Mulei, Qitai and Gucheng and recruited people's braves to hold them. On guimao, the government forces recovered Suiyang. On jiachen, the Hui bandits took Jingyuan. On wushen, Fengtian and Jilin were instructed to join in suppressing the bandits inside and outside the mountains. On jiyou, Tan Yulong's army broke up, and Cao Kezhong was ordered to command it as well. On renzi, the Hui bandits broke back into Qingyang. The Pileng [British India] moved all their forces in strength to press on Bulukeba [Bhutan], and Jingwen was ordered to go to the border passes to investigate. On jiayin, the bandits of Wuyuan were put down. On bingchen, the Yue and Nian bandits harassed Tong and Pei and Si Department and Lingbi. Lao Chongguang advanced to be stationed at Kunming. Du Wenxiu again took Lijiang, Heqing and Jianchuan. On wuwu, the Hui bandits attacked Lanzhou, and the government forces drove them back. Edit
In the fifth month, on renxu, the Guizhou bandits again took Xingyi, Zhenfeng and Yongning. The Russian envoy pressed hard to be allowed to trade in the interior of Heilongjiang. Tepuqin was instructed to put the army in order. On yichou, the great examination of the officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Supervisorate of Imperial Instruction was held; Sun Yuwen and three others were raised to the first grade, and the rest were promoted or demoted, each by degree. On wuchen, Ma Chaoqing surrendered, and Ling Department was recovered. On xinwei, the Hui bandit Huo San and others broke back into Fengxiang and Qishan, and the government forces drove them back; Yang Yuebin and Liu Rong were instructed to attack them together and not let them enter Shaanxi again. On jiaxu, the Hui bandits took Ta'erbahatai, and Wulong'e died there. Dexing'a was made Councillor, and Kuichang acting Councillor of Kebuduo. A stern edict ordered Chenglu to go out beyond the Pass at once. On yihai, the Hui bandits took Yili, and Mingxu and others died there. Rongquan was made acting General of Yili. Kukejitai was ordered to direct the military affairs of Xinjiang. On dingchou, an edict ordered the cases in the prisons to be cleared. On renwu, because it had not rained for a long time, an edict asked for frank advice and forbade the ill-treatment of prisoners. On jiashen, an edict called for the recommendation of officials devoted to the people's affairs. On dinghai, the government forces recovered Libo. This month, the arrears of tax of Jiaying and other places in Guangdong that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the sixth month, on gengyin, it rained. At Zuo Zongtang's request, a yard was to be built in Fujian to try building steamships. On renchen, the officials in and out of the capital were instructed to be diligent in their duties. On xinchou, Chenglu's army advanced and besieged Su Department. On renyin, Fuming'a was instructed to search out and capture the remaining bandits in the mountain lands. On jiachen, the bandits of Lingshan were put down. On wushen, the General of Wuliyasutai Mingyi was relieved because of illness. On jiyou, Delekeduo'erji was made General of Wuliyasutai, and Fuxing General of Suiyuan. On gengxu, the Hui bandits of Yancha and Guyuan came over. On xinhai, the local bandits of Lingyun and Yangwan were put down. On yimao, Yang Yuebin was instructed to suppress the Hui bandits of Didao and Hezhou. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on gengshen, Guangfeng and Tu'erku were stripped of their posts and arrested for trial. The Vice Minister Kuiling and others were sent as envoys to Korea to invest the queen consort. On renxu, the government forces recovered Hami. On jiazi, an edict ordered the reform of the administration, the army and the lijin and other taxes of Guangdong. On yichou, Li Hongzao lost his mother, and a decree of the Empress Dowager ordered that after a hundred days he should continue on duty in the Hongde Hall and the Grand Council. On gengwu, the Hunan army took the bandit lairs of Sinan. On renshen, Li Hongzao asked to complete his mourning; this was not allowed. On guiyou, the surplus collections of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou and Taicang were reduced by more than 370,000 shi of rice and more than 1,670,000 strings of cash. On bingzi, Chonghou exchanged treaties with the envoy of Spain. On jimao, the Guizhou bandits took Shiqian, which was soon recovered. On gengchen, half the tribute due from the seven banners of Wulianghai was remitted. On yiyou, the river in Henan burst its banks at Hujiatun. Edit
In the eighth month, on wuzi, Liu Rong was relieved because of illness; Qiao Songnian was transferred to be Governor of Shaanxi, and Yinghan was made Governor of Anhui. On jichou, the river burst its banks at Pu Department. On gengyin, the bandits of Xun and Yu were put down. The Superintendent of the Shanhai Pass customs was abolished and replaced by the Feng-Jin-Shanhai Pass Circuit. On xinchou, Li Yunlin was granted the rank of Guardsman of the First Class and made to assist in the military affairs of Xinjiang. On guimao, Yang Yuebin was relieved because of illness; Zuo Zongtang was transferred to be Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, Wu Tang to be Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Zhang Zhiwan to be Director-General of Grain Transport. Ruilin was given the substantive post of Governor-General of Liangguang. On jiachen, the government forces took the bandit lairs of Dagushan, and Xu Zongli was executed. On yisi, the government forces defeated the Nian bands of Zhang, Niu and others. Because the eclipse of the moon was a warning, the court officials were ordered to examine themselves. On dingwei, at the request of the Censor Qingfu, grain was stored at Zhangjiakou and Suiyuan for shipment to Xinjiang to feed the people. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, dingsi, Tan Tingxiang was ordered to handle the commercial treaty with Italy together with Chonghou. On guihai, the local bandits of Xinghua in Fujian were put down. On jiazi, Li Yunlin was instructed to put the defence forces of the northern route in order together with Linxing and others. Zaobao was ordered to go to Guihua to supervise the shipment of funds for the troops in Xinjiang. The Hui bandits took Fukang. Qi Junzao died. On xinwei, the Hui of Yunnan took Anning and other departments and counties. On guiwei, Zuo Zongtang asked that the Green Standard troops of Fujian and Zhejiang be reduced in number and given higher pay, using the pay to train them; this was allowed. This autumn, the assessed taxes of the places in Guizhou, Guangdong, Shandong and Fujian that had been harassed and in Jiangxi that had suffered disaster, and the arrears of tax of the counties of Zhejiang and elsewhere, were remitted. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on xinmao, Liu Changyou was ordered to check strictly the numbers of troops in the metropolitan region. On guisi, Zhang Zongyu broke from Shan Department into Pinglu, and the government forces drove him back. On yiwei, Shen Baozhen was ordered to take general charge of the shipbuilding administration of Fujian. Liu Dian was ordered to assist in Zuo Zongtang's military affairs. On jihai, Zhang Zongyu broke west and took Huayin and Weinan. The Gansu Hui broke into Yijun and Sanshui. An edict reproached Zeng Guofan for letting the bandits spread. On xinchou, Li Hongzao was granted sick leave. Fuming'a was ordered to handle the rehabilitation of Jilin, and Wang Yuanfang was made a Grand Councillor. On renyin, the Guizhou Hui took Xingyi, which was soon recovered, and Anping and Zhenning were recovered as well. On yisi, Zeng Guofan, pleading illness, asked to vacate all his posts and serve in the camp, and to have his marquisate cancelled; an edict comforted him and ordered him to come to an audience when he was well. Mutushan was instructed to go to the support of Shaanxi. On bingwu, the stone sea wall of Haining was repaired. This month, the new and old assessed taxes of Shou Department and other departments and counties of Anhui that had been flooded were remitted. Edit
In the eleventh month, on bingchen, Zeng Guofan was ordered to return to the post of Governor-General of Liangjiang and act as Commissioner of Trade. Li Hongzhang was made Imperial Commissioner, commanding the Xiang and Huai armies and charged solely with suppressing the bandits. On wuwu, the Governor of Shandong Yan Jingming was given leave, and Ding Baozhen was made to act for him. On gengshen, Liu Mingchuan and others attacked the bands of Ren, Lai and the others at Jinxiang and won a great victory. On yichou, the Mongol troops of the three Zha and the two leagues on the western expedition broke up, and Li Yunlin returned to Wucheng. Kukejitai was instructed to lead the troops of Jilin and Heilongjiang forward quickly. On dingmao, the Sichuan army took the bandit lairs of Tongzi. On dingyou, Zeng Guoquan impeached Guanwen as greedy, incompetent and arrogant. It was ordered that he be removed from his post and investigated. On jimao, the regulations of the Fujian shipbuilding administration were settled. Edit
In the twelfth month, on dinghai, the Supervising Censor Xun Luanwei was severely reproved because his impeachment proved untrue, and on this occasion the censors were instructed to take care in what they said. On jichou, Guo Songlin and others heavily defeated the bands of Ren, Lai and the others at De'an. On gengyin, because the Yellow River was turning north, Su Tingkui was instructed to travel round and inspect it in person and, together with the three provinces of Zhili, Shandong and Henan, to plan the dike works. The Gansu Hui again took Hami. Hu Jiayu was removed from the Grand Council and stripped of his post but kept in office, for having taken bribes from Guanwen. On jiawu, Zeng Guofan again memorialised asking to vacate his post. A kindly edict comforted him and kept him in office. On jihai, Lei Zhengwan's army recovered Pingliang. The bandits of Hulan were put down. On gengzi, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou attacked the Miao bandits at Tongren and won a great victory. On jiyou, the Hui bandits besieged Qingyang, and the Provincial Commander Zhou Xiancheng and others fought hard and died. On jiayin, the Shaanxi army attacked Zhang Zongyu and was defeated at Baqiao, and the Brigade General Xiao Deyang and others died there. As the Nian were rampant, Zeng Guofan and others were ordered to plan broadly. Edit
In the sixth year, dingmao, in the spring, the first month, on jiwei, the bands of Ren, Lai and the others broke into Xiaogan and De'an; the government forces were defeated, and the Brigade General Zhang Shushan died there. On renxu, Jingyuan was recovered. On bingyin, Guanwen was removed as Governor-General and summoned to the capital. Li Hongzhang was made Governor-General of Huguang, Li Hanzhang was transferred to be Governor of Jiangsu, and Liu Kun was made Governor of Hunan. On jisi, Zhang Xirong attacked the Nian bandits at Yuhua near Xi'an and died there. Liu Songshan's army won a great victory. Qiao Songnian was ordered to handle the military affairs of Shaanxi alone. On xinwei, Zuo Zongtang was made Imperial Commissioner to direct the military affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu, and Liu Dian was granted the rank of a minister of the third grade and made to assist in the military affairs. On yihai, the Hui bandits of Hami broke into Balikun, and the government forces drove them back. Ne'erji was relieved because of illness, and Yiletun was made Commandant of Balikun. On bingzi, Xu Jiyu was ordered to continue to serve in the Zongli Yamen and to manage the affairs of the newly founded Tongwen Guan. On jimao, the government forces recovered Zhenxiong. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, yiyou, Liu Mingchuan pursued Ren and Lai to Zhongxiang and was defeated. Bao Chao advanced and attacked and heavily defeated them. On gengyin, Li Hongzhang was ordered to lead his army to Henan. On renchen, there was an epidemic in the capital. On jiawu, Liu Songshan was promoted to Land Forces Provincial Commander of Guangdong. On dingyou, the Shaanxi Hui Ma Shengyan and others surrendered. The silver collected in Guangzhou's districts in commutation of rice was reduced by more than 190,000, and this was made a standing rule. On yisi, the Guangxi army recovered Sicheng. On gengxu, Ding Baozhen was made Governor of Shandong. On xinhai, Tao Department fell again. On renzi, the Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou Lao Chongguang died and was replaced by Zhang Kaisong. Edit
In the third month, on dingsi, the Hubei army attacked the bandits at Qishui and was defeated, and the Circuit Intendant Peng Yuju and others died there. On guihai, the army of the Brigade General Duan Buyun broke up at Fu Department. On wuchen, Bao Chao asked repeatedly for sick leave, and was instructed to go on to Huangzhou. On yihai, Woren was ordered to serve in the Zongli Yamen; he declined, and this was not allowed. On dingchou, Li Yunlin and others were instructed to settle the refugees of Xinjiang. On xinsi, Cao Kezhong's army recovered Tao Department. On renwu, the Hui bandit Ma Zhan'ao and others attacked Xining. This spring, the arrears of levies of Renhe and other salt yards of Zhejiang that had been harassed, and the granary grain owed by the people of Pingding and other places in Shanxi, were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on dinghai, young men of the kingdom of Ryukyu were allowed to enter the Imperial Academy to study. Bao Chao was given sick leave. On wuzi, He Guan's army recovered Hami. On jichou, Zhou Zupei died. On guisi, the mounted bandits of Jilin were put down. On bingshen, the envoy of Spain came to exchange treaties. On renyin, Liu Songshan heavily defeated the Nian and Hui at Tong Department. On bingwu, Boxi'er, the jasagh Prince of the Second Rank who had died for his loyalty at Hami, was posthumously made a Prince of the First Rank, and a shrine was built to him. Delekeduo'erji was relieved because of illness; Linxing was ordered to be General of Wuliyasutai, and Rongquan was transferred to be Councillor. On dingwei, the Fan chief of Zhandui, Dagaizhebu, was executed. On gengxu, the Hui bandits of Guide rebelled and took the subprefecture town. Edit
In the fifth month, on jiayin, the Hui bandits of Hami broke into Yumen, and the government forces drove them back. Because of the drought, it was ordered that refugees be given relief, infants be cared for, exposed remains be buried, and the families of those killed in battle be supported. On wuwu, an edict ordered books to be bought widely and the imperially compiled and authorised classics and histories to be reprinted and issued to the schools. On jiwei, the two armies of Guo Baochang and Liu Songshan defeated Zhang Zongyu at Chaoyi. Guo Baochang's banishment was remitted. On xinyou, Zeng Guofan was made a Grand Secretary, and Luo Bingzhang an Assistant Grand Secretary. On bingyin, an edict ordered the cases in the prisons to be cleared. On dingmao, the Guangxi army recovered Libo and Yining. On wuchen, an edict asked for frank advice and ordered the palace expenses to be checked and reduced. On jisi, the Nian bandits crossed the Grand Canal, and Ding Baozhen was sent for severe deliberation of his punishment. On gengwu, the bandits broke into Changyuan, and the government forces drove them back. On guiyou, because they had achieved nothing against the bandits, Zeng Guoquan was stripped of his hat button and sent with Li Henian to the Board for severe deliberation of their punishment. Li Hongzhang was instructed to redeem his faults by achievement. There was an earthquake in the capital. On gengchen, Dong Fuxiang took Ganquan in Shaanxi. Edit
In the sixth month, on jiashen, the Zongli Yamen said that the Russians had designs on Xinjiang, and the matter was sent down to the Grand Secretaries, the Ministers and the Senior President of the Censorate to deliberate carefully with the princes and ministers of the Zongli Yamen. On bingxu, the prohibition on surplus collections of tribute grain by departments and counties was renewed. On jiawu, Woren asked for sick leave and was relieved of his duties, but stayed on duty in the Hongde Hall as Grand Secretary. On yiwei, the government forces defeated the Nian bandits at Jimo. On gengzi, as Shuntian and Zhili had had a long drought and famine, relief was given. Bao Chao was allowed to return home. On xinchou, Li Hongzhang sent orders to the armies of Liu Mingchuan, Pan Dingxin and others to guard the Grand Canal and hold Jiao and Lai. Chenglu was ordered to command the two armies of Huang Zugan and Wang Renhe. Because of the severe drought in the metropolitan region, 300,000 from the lijin of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi and 350,000 from the foreign customs duties of the Zhejiang and Fujian customs houses were allotted for relief. On guimao, the Gansu Hui took Huating in Shaanxi, which was soon recovered. On dingwei, the customary tribute of fruit from Changping was remitted. On jiyou, since it had not rained from the third month, the emperor had prayed for rain again and again. On this day it rained. This month, the assessed taxes of the districts of Qian Department and elsewhere in Shaanxi that had suffered disaster and harassment were remitted. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on jiwei, it rained. The Shaanxi army recovered Ganquan. On gengwu, the Yongding River burst its banks. On jimao, because the Nian bandits had crossed the Jiaolai River, the forces on every front were instructed to hold both the Yellow River and Grand Canal defences, and Ding Baozhen was stripped of his post but kept in office. This month, the arrears of tax of Huang Department in Hunan that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the eighth month, on bingxu, the winter hunt in Fengtian was stopped. On wuzi, the Hubei bandit chief Liu Hanzhong was executed. On gengyin, Li Peijing was ordered to help manage the suppression and pacification and the military colonies of Guizhou. On renchen, the Fengtian army suppressed the bandits of Gushan, Faku and other places. On xinmao, the acting Provincial Commander of Guizhou Zhao Deguang attacked the bandits at Anping and died there. On bingshen, the forces of Mulong'a and others attacked the salt-smuggling bandits at Wen'an and were defeated. The local bandits of Jiyang rose in revolt and were suppressed. On dingyou, the Hui of western Yunnan attacked Yao Department. On wuxu, the Governor of Guizhou Zhang Liangji was removed from his post and sent for severe deliberation of his punishment, and Zeng Biguang was ordered to act for him; the Provincial Administration Commissioner Yan Shusen was stripped of his post for lingering and not advancing. On renyin, Chen Guorui was summoned to the capital. On bingwu, because the Huai and Chu armies harassed the people wherever they went, Li Hongzhang was instructed to proclaim military discipline strictly. On jiyou, the timber tax of Rehe was abolished. On gengxu, the dockyard of Fujian was founded. Edit
In the ninth month, on renzi, Zuo Zongtang was allowed to transfer Cao Kezhong to Shaanxi. On bingchen, the bands of Lai, Ren and the others attacked the Grand Canal, and Niu Shihan's army drove them back. On dingsi, the Hui of Hezhou, Didao and Xining came over. On gengshen, the customary tribute of Shandong was stopped. On xinyou, the Elute nomads were settled along the E'erqisi River. On jiazi, the Zongli Yamen spoke of planning in advance for the revision of the treaties. Zeng Guofan and others were instructed each to state his views and report. On jisi, Ding Richang was ordered to go to Shanghai to handle the exchange of treaties with Italy. On renshen, relief was given to the people of Wushan who had suffered floods. On dingchou, Rongquan and Gungazhalacan were ordered to plan how best to suppress or pacify the Kazakhs. On jimao, Feng Zicai was ordered to go to Zuojiang and handle the military affairs of Nanning and Taiping alone. Relief was given to the victims of disaster in Xiangyang and other prefectures. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on guiwei, the commanding officials on every front and the Governors-General and Governors were instructed to proclaim military discipline strictly. On jiashen, the Lieutenant-General of Chaha'er Se'ergushan died and was replaced by the Imperial Agent at Kulun Wensheng. On yiyou, Zhang Tingyue was made Imperial Agent at Kulun. On bingxu, the Shaanxi army recovered Ningtiaoliang and Yijun. Xi Baotian's army was ordered to go to Yuanzhou and take command of the military affairs of the relief of Guizhou. On renchen, the Hui of western Yunnan took Dingyuan and Dayao. On guisi, Wang Yuanfang died. Shen Guifen was ordered to serve on probation among the Grand Councillors. On bingshen, Zeng Guoquan was relieved because of illness; Guo Baiyin was made Governor of Hubei and Su Fengwen Governor of Guangxi. Relief was given to the people of Shandong who had suffered floods. On yisi, the former American minister Anson Burlingame was sent to the treaty powers to handle relations between China and foreign countries. On jiyou, the Hui bandits took Baoji and Zhengning, which were soon recovered. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, gengxu, the Circuit Intendant Zhigang and the Department Director Sun Jiagu were ordered to go to the treaty powers as ministers for handling foreign relations. On renzi, the forces of Liu Mingchuan and others attacked the bandits at Ganyu and won a great victory, and Ren Zhu was killed. On guichou, because the salt-smuggling bandits were spreading, Liu Changyou was stripped of his post but still required to redeem himself by service. Guanwen was ordered to act as Governor-General of Zhili. On bingchen, the Shaanxi army, attacking the Nian at Luochuan, met the Hui bandits and was defeated, and the Provincial Commander Li Xianghe died there. On guihai, Zhang Zongyu took Yanchuan and Suide. On jiazi, an Imperial Agent at Buluntuohai was added, with Li Yunlin in the post, Mingyao as Assistant, and Fuji as Assistant at Kebuduo. On jiayin, Liu Mingchuan's army attacked the bandits at Zhucheng and won a great victory. On dingchou, the Shaanxi army recovered Yanchuan and Suide. Edit
In the twelfth month, on renwu, Zhang Zongyu broke into Ji Department, and Zuo Zongtang and Zhao Changling were both stripped of their posts but kept in office. Chenglu attacked the Hui bandits at Su Department and was defeated, and the Brigade General Huang Zugan died there. On guiwei, Chen Guorui was granted the rank of Guardsman of the First Class and attached to Zuo Zongtang's army. Liu Mingchuan and others attacked the bandits at Shouguang and won a great victory. The Hui of western Yunnan took Lufeng, Guangtong and Yuanmou. On jichou, the government forces recovered Ji Department. On renchen, the salt-smuggling bandits of Zhili were put down. On jiawu, Liu Changyou was granted the hat button of the third rank and ordered to lead his forces back home. The breach in the dike of the Yongding River was closed. On bingshen, Jiang Yili was ordered to await appointment as a Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, attached to Zuo Zongtang's army, and to lead the Chu braves home. On dingyou, Luo Bingzhang died. Liu Songshan and others defeated Zhang Zongyu at Hongtong. Wu Tang was transferred to be Governor-General of Sichuan, Ma Xinyi was made Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang, Li Hanzhang was transferred to be Governor of Zhejiang, and Ding Richang was made Governor of Jiangsu. On wuxu, the Huai army attacked the bandits at Gaoyou and won a great victory, capturing Lai Wenguang and others and putting them to death. On xinchou, the Eastern Nian were put down; Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan were given additional hereditary ranks, Liu Mingchuan, Yinghan, Guo Songlin, Yang Dingxun and Shanqing were granted hereditary ranks, each by degree, and Zeng Guoquan's hat button was restored. On renyin, as Zuo Zongtang had led his army into Shanxi, Kukejitai, Qiao Songnian and Liu Dian were ordered to direct the military affairs of Shaanxi. On jiachen, Yang Zhan'ao was ordered to act as Provincial Commander of Gansu and take over the military affairs of the western route. On wushen, Zuo Zongtang sent orders to Xichang, Liu Songshan and others to go to Ci Department to meet and attack the bandits. Zhang Yao, Liu Mingchuan and others were instructed to join in the suppression. On jiyou, Zheng Dunjin was ordered to go to Shanxi to investigate certain matters. This month, the salt-workers' levy on the unreclaimed land of Renhe and other salt yards of Zhejiang, and the assessed grain of Songming and other districts of Yunnan that had poor harvests, were remitted. Edit
This year, Korea and Ryukyu sent tribute. Edit
In the seventh year, wuchen, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, gengxu, the Nian leader Li Yun and others surrendered with their followers at Xuyi; an edict ordered them put to death and the rest of their followers disbanded. Zhu Fengbiao was made Assistant Grand Secretary. On yimao, the Hui bandits took Zhengning again. On bingchen, Xichang and others attacked Zhang Zongyu at Henei and won a great victory. The Hui of Xining took Beichuan. Li Yunlin asked for sick leave. This was not allowed. Xilun was made Assistant Imperial Agent at Buluntuohai. On xinyou, Zhang Zongyu broke north into Ding Department, Baoding was put under martial law, and Guanwen and Zuo Zongtang were both stripped of their posts but kept in office. Yuliang was instructed to lead the troops of the Shenji Battalion against the bandits. On renxu, Zhang Zongyu attacked Qingyuan; the armies of Liu Songshan, Guo Baochang and others went round ahead of the bandits and attacked them, and were given generous promotion. Chen Guorui, Song Qing and Zhang Yao all reached Baoding with their armies. The Dalai Lama asked that Dongdenggongbu, an offender of Litang, be spared the death penalty; this was allowed. Jia Zhen and others were ordered to set up a General Bureau of Militia Defence. On guihai, the foreign-rifle units and drilled troops of Tianjin were ordered to go to Hejian and coordinate the defence and suppression with the Shandong army. On jiazi, Li Hongzhang sent the armies of Zhou Shengbo and others north to help. Zuo Zongtang was urged to go north of Baoding to direct the suppression. Prince Gong of the First Rank was ordered to manage the patrols and defence together with the princes and ministers of the Shenji Battalion. On renshen, Yinghan was allowed to come and guard the metropolitan region, and was ordered to lead Niu Shihan's army and be stationed south of the Yellow River. Cheng Wenbing's army was ordered to go to Hejian to join in the suppression. On guiyou, Zhang Zongyu took Raoyang, which was soon recovered. Jia Zhen retired because of illness. On yihai, Zuo Zongtang was ordered to take overall command of the government armies on every front. Edit
In the second month, on xinsi, the government forces recovered Weiyuan. On guiwei, Prince Gong was ordered to command the commanding officials on every front. On wuzi, the Hui bandits took Ningtiaoliang again. On jichou, the Hui bandits broke into Yikeshaba'er, and the government forces drove them back. Zhao Changling and Chen Shi were stripped of their posts and banished to frontier service. On renchen, the Shaanxi army recovered Baoji. On guisi, the Yunnan army lifted the siege of Zhenxiong. The Hui of western Yunnan took Chuxiong. On yiwei, the armies of Henan and Anhui defeated Zhang Zongyu at Shulu. On gengzi, the armies of Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and others attacked the bandits and defeated them again and again. The Hui bandits took Huaiyuan and Shenmu. On renyin, the Miao bandits of Baini [...] surrendered. On yisi, because Korea had asked for the frontier prohibitions to be enforced strictly, Yanxu and Yirong were ordered to go to Fengtian and, together with Duxing'a, survey the matter of extending the frontier. Edit
In the third month, on renzi, Zhang Kaisong asked for sick leave; an edict reproached him for lingering and evading duty, and he was stripped of his post. The Hui bandits took Fu Department, and Liu Dian was stationed at Sanyuan to direct the suppression. On guichou, Liu Yuezhao was made Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Cen Yuying Governor of Yunnan. On yimao, the Shaanxi army recovered Fu Department. On guihai, an edict ordered that the Hanlin bachelors should still be examined in poetry and rhapsody on completing their course. On wuchen, Zhang Zongyu broke into Yanjin and Fengqiu, and Liu Songshan and Guo Baochang defeated him. On xinwei, Shen Guifen was made a Grand Councillor. On yihai, Zhu Fengbiao was made a Grand Secretary. On bingzi, the Hui of western Yunnan took Yimen. On dingchou, Zhang Zongyu broke into Hua County and was defeated. This month, the arrears of tax on the waterlogged land of An Department and other places in Zhili were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, jimao, the Hui of Hami took Wubao, and the government forces drove them back. On jiashen, Zhang Zongyu took Nanpi. On dinghai, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, Ding Baozhen and others were instructed to lead their armies to defend and attack along separate routes east and west of the Grand Canal. On jichou, the Miao bandit He Zhengguan surrendered. On gengyin, the Shaanxi army attacked the Hui bandits at Bin Department and was defeated, and Tan Yulong died there. On jisi, the Yongding River burst its banks. On yiwei, Duxing'a was summoned to the capital. On wuxu, the Miao of Liping attacked the districts of Huang and Yuan, and the government forces drove them back. On xinchou, the Hui of Ningtiaoliang harassed the pastures of E'erduosi, and the Beizi Zhanage'erji drove them back. The Hui bandits attacked Hami, and Yiletun and others together drove them back. On guimao, Hong Jun and others, 270 men in all, were granted the jinshi degree, by grade. This month, the rents and taxes of the native chieftains of Sichuan were remitted for three years. Edit
In the intercalary fourth month, on the first day, wushen, the Hui of western Yunnan broke through and took Kunyang, Xinxing, Jinning, Chenggong and Songming. On wuwu, the Hui bandits took Shenmu again. On guihai, the Shaanxi army recovered Yanchang. On jiazi, Dong Fuxiang came over, and an edict told him to redeem himself by meritorious service. On yichou, the Hui bandits held the Wushen Banner and harassed the Zhun'ga'er Banner in separate bands, pressing on the town of Tuoketuo. On dingmao, the armies of Cheng Wenbing, Chen Guorui, Liu Songshan and others attacked Zhang Zongyu at Gaotang, Chiping and Boping and won a great victory. The bandits broke into Dongguang. On jisi, the Hui bandits again took Qingyang, Ning Department and Heshui, and the magistrate Yang Binghua died there. On xinwei, Duxing'a was made Imperial Commissioner to suppress the Nian together with Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang, with the four armies of Chunxi, Chen Guorui, Zhang Yao and Song Qing at his disposal, and Chonghou to assist in the military affairs. Edit
In the fifth month, on wuyin, the forces of Liu Songshan and others attacked Zhang Zongyu at Yanshan and Haifeng and won a great victory. On jimao, the Yangzi River navy was founded, with Brigade Generals of the four stations of Yuezhou, Hanyang, Hukou and Guazhou. On guiwei, the Shaanxi army drove back the Hui bandits who had broken into Bin and Fengxiang. On renchen, the local bandits of Beishan attacked Yan'an; the government forces were defeated, and the Lieutenant-Colonel Liu Wenhua and others fell in battle. On gengzi, the Yunnan army recovered Yuanmou, Wuding, Luquan and Luoci. This month, the arrears of tax of Huang Department in Hunan that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the sixth month, on jiwei, Guo Songlin and others attacked the Nian at Linyi, Bin Department and Yangxin and won a great victory. The navy was instructed to hold the canal defences closely. On xinyou, the Guangxi army recovered Guishun. On guihai, the gold-mining bandits broke into the territory of Ningguta, and the government forces suppressed them. On jiazi, the Shaanxi army took Yichuan. On bingyin, Zhang Zongyu attacked the bank of the Grand Canal; the government forces defeated him, and many of the Nian surrendered. On wuchen, they attacked him again at Shanghe and won a great victory. On yihai, Li Yunlin was stripped of his post and investigated. Mingyao was made Imperial Agent at Buluntuohai. The sea wall works of Zhejiang were completed. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on dingchou, the land tax of the departments and counties of Zhili, Shandong and Henan that had been harassed was remitted. On jimao, Chunshou was stripped of his post for deceit and embellishment. On renwu, relief was given to the refugees of Cang Department and other places that had been harassed. On yiyou, Zhang Zongyu threw himself into the water and died, and the Nian bandits were put down. Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang were given the title of Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and Hongzhang was made Assistant Grand Secretary while remaining Governor-General of Huguang; Ding Baozhen, Yinghan and Chonghou were all given the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent; Guanwen's titles and feather were restored; Liu Mingchuan was raised to Baron, first class, and Guo Songlin to Light Chariot Commandant, first class; Song Qing and Shanqing were granted the rank of Light Chariot Commandant, second class; Liu Songshan the yellow riding jacket and the rank of Light Chariot Commandant, third class; Guo Baochang, Zhang Yao and Wendelekexi that of Cavalry Commandant; Huang Yisheng an additional Cloud Cavalry Commandant; Chen Guorui's post of Provincial Commander and hereditary rank were restored; and the rest were promoted, each by degree. Prince Dun of the First Rank was ordered to make the announcement at the Ding Mausoleum. Peng Yulin was allowed to return home to complete his mourning. On bingxu, Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang were summoned to an audience. On dinghai, the river burst its banks at Xingze. On xinmao, Mao Changxi said that, as the fighting was gradually coming to an end, the emperor should think all the more of reverent awe; soon afterwards the Censor Zhang Xukai memorialised asking him to preserve the peace, guard against overconfidence and pursue his studies in good time; both were commended and accepted. On renchen, at Zuo Zongtang's request, the surrendered followers were given money and sent home. On guisi, the dike of the Qin River at Wuzhi burst. On yiwei, Zeng Guofan was transferred to be Governor-General of Zhili, Ma Xinyi to be Governor-General of Liangjiang, and Yinggui was made Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang. Peng Yulin was ordered to go to Jiangsu and Anhui to help plan the affairs of the Yangzi River navy. On wuxu, the districts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and Shandong were instructed to repair their walled villages and put their village militia in order. On gengzi, the Song Confucian Yuan Xie was given a place among those sacrificed to in the Temple of Confucius. The Sichuan army relieving Guizhou recovered Longli and Guiding. The Sichuan army attacked the Yi bandits of Yuexi and defeated them, capturing their chief Lewuli. Zeng Biguang was appointed Governor of Guizhou. On xinchou, the rebel people of Buluntuohai broke away to the Wulonggu River. Delekeduo'erji died. On guimao, relief was given to the victims of disaster in Xingze and Zheng. The Gansu Hui harassed Baishui and Heyang, and the Shaanxi army drove them back. On jiachen, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered Weng'an. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, yisi, the Censor Detai was stripped of his post for memorialising asking that the palace gardens be repaired. The storehouse keeper Guixiang, having recklessly proposed schemes for profit, was sent to Heilongjiang as a slave. The Yongding River burst its banks. On jiyou, Mingyao and others were instructed to restore the old system at Buluntuohai. Ma Xinyi was ordered to serve also as Commissioner of Trade. On renzi, the Yan'an bandit Hu Zhang surrendered. On guihai, Zuo Zongtang was instructed to see to the military affairs of Shanxi as well. On wuchen, Jilin was instructed to fix strictly the limits for clearing the hunting grounds and waste land. On xinwei, Jinshun was instructed to handle the military affairs of the relief of Shaanxi alone. This month, the arrears of tax of many years owed by the places in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Hubei that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the ninth month, on renwu, the government forces recovered Qingyang. On jiashen, the Hui of Su Department attacked Dunhuang, and the government forces drove them back. Yiletun and others were instructed to plan the military colonies of Balikun. On yiyou, the Sichuan army relieving Guizhou joined in recovering Pingyue. On xinmao, Yanxu was ordered to go beyond the Pass to investigate the extension of the frontier of Fengtian. On guisi, the Yunnan army recovered Jinning and Chenggong. This month, the salt-workers' levy of Hengpu and other salt yards of Zhejiang, which had poor harvests, was remitted. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on dingwei, the Hui bandits attacked Jing Department and Lingtai and were driven back. On yimao, Wenlin reached Hami, and was instructed to set up military colonies at Caibashi Lake and other places. On bingchen, Mutushan took Hezhou. Relief was given for the floods in Jinan and Wuding. On dingsi, Li Yunlin was banished to Heilongjiang. On wuwu, Li Hongzao was ordered to continue on duty in the Hongde Hall and the Grand Council. On gengshen, for his merit in defending Kebuduo, the Tu'erhute Prince of the Second Rank Lingzhadonglubu was given the rank of a Prince of the First Rank. On jisi, the Guizhou Miao again took Xingyi, which was soon recovered. Edit
In the eleventh month, on jiaxu, the Sichuan army relieving Guizhou recovered Maha. On dinghai, the Brigade General of Liangzhou Zhou Shengbo was stripped of his post for failing to restrain his troops. The Hui bandits harassed E'erduosi and other banners and broke into Yulin. Ding'an and others were instructed to cut them off. On renchen, an edict ordered the long-standing abuses of the clerks and runners to be removed. On jihai, the Guizhou army took Duyun, and Zhang Wende was granted the yellow riding jacket. On gengzi, in Taiwan the British consul let foreign officers seize ships, occupy the military offices, burn the bureau and its storehouse and extort an indemnity. The Zongli Yamen was instructed to call him to account, and Yinggui and others were ordered to choose officials to negotiate. On renyin, the bandits of Rehe were put down. The rents and taxes of the military colony lands of Shuangcheng Fort in Jilin that had been flooded were remitted. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, jiachen, the Sichuan army attacked the Yi bandits of Xichang and won victory after victory, and the Yi tribes surrendered. The Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered Tianzhu. On bingwu, the Hui bandits attacked Baotou, and the Mongol army was defeated. On dingwei, the Rehe bandit chief Milesengge was executed. On jiayin, because Zeng Guofan said that the illicit salt of Sichuan was harming Chu, an edict ordered rules to be drawn up for ending the supply of Sichuan salt to Chu, closing the bureaus and stopping the tax. On dingsi, the Yunnan army recovered Chengjiang. On gengshen, the provinces were again instructed to forbid the growing of the opium poppy. On renxu, the Guizhou Miao broke into and harassed Hechi, and the government forces drove them back. On yichou, an edict ordered that prisoners at the Court Assizes whose cases had been deferred three times or more should all have their sentences reduced by a degree. The works on the Yongding River were completed. On wuchen, Qiqing was dismissed, and Qingchun was made Lieutenant-General of Rehe. On gengwu, Liu Songshan attacked the bandits at Dalichuan and won a great victory. On renshen, 210,000 of the Hubei military funds were intercepted to relieve the disaster in Henan. This month, the grain tax on the waste land of Jiangsu, and the arrears of grain owed by the districts of Tai'an in Shandong, Runing in Henan and elsewhere that had been harassed, were remitted. Edit
This year, Korea sent tribute. Edit
In the eighth year, jisi, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, guiyou, the banquets were stopped. On dingchou, the armies of Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi joined in suppressing the Miao bandits, and the Guizhou army recovered Changzhai. On wuyin, the Yunnan army took Fumin. On jichou, the forces of Liu Songshan and others attacked the local and Hui bandits and defeated them at Qingjian. Chenglu took Su Department, and he and Yang Zhan'ao were both granted the yellow riding jacket. On jiawu, the breach at the Xingze works was closed. On bingshen, Liu Songshan's army defeated the bandits at Jingbian, and Dong Shiyou and others surrendered with Zhenjing Fort and Jingbian. The Hui of western Yunnan attacked Kunming, and Cen Yuying and others drove them back. On xinchou, Lei Zhengwan took Dongjia Fort in Jing Department. Edit
In the second month, on wushen, Yuan Baoheng was ordered to direct the grain and pay for the western expedition. Edit
In the third month, on the first day, guiyou, Lin Ziqing killed the magistrate of Xingyi; the Provincial Commander Chen Xixiang lured him and put him to death, and Xixiang was granted the yellow riding jacket. On jiaxu, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered the two cities of Zhenyuan Prefecture and Zhenyuan Garrison. On jimao, the troops of the Provincial Commander of Gansu Gao Liansheng mutinied and killed Liansheng; his officer Zhou Shaolian attacked the rebel faction at Tongguan and wiped them out. On yiyou, the Governors-General and Governors were instructed to choose local magistrates with care for the recovered departments and counties and to look after the displaced. On gengyin, the Hui bandits took Dengkou. On jiawu, the Hui bandits of Tulufan attacked Hami, and the government forces defeated them again and again. On yiwei, the Guangxi army took Pingxiang. On jihai, a decree of the Empress Dowager ordered that the ceremonies of the imperial wedding be as frugal as possible. Edit
This spring, the assessed taxes of the districts of Shanyang in Jiangsu, An Department in Zhili and elsewhere that had suffered disaster and harassment, and the arrears of the salt-workers' levy of Fu'an and other salt yards of Lianghuai, were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, guimao, the Hui of western Yunnan took the Yanglin camp, and Liu Yuezhao fell back to hold Qujing; he was severely reproved. On yisi, Linxing was stripped of his post for timidity. Fuji was made General of Wuliyasutai, and Wenshuo Imperial Agent at Buluntuohai. On jiyou, the armies of Lei Zhengwan and Huang Ding recovered Zhenyuan and Qingyang. The Sichuan army relieving Guizhou recovered Weng'an. On jiwei, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou joined in recovering Qingjiang. On gengshen, Liu Mingchuan was allowed to retire because of illness. On xinyou, Chen Shi's banishment was remitted. This month, the arrears of tax of Dongchang and other districts of Shandong were remitted. Edit
In the fifth month, on gengchen, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered Shibing and advanced to attack the bandit forts at Huangpiao, but was defeated, and the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner Huang Runchang, the Circuit Intendant Deng Ziyuan and the Provincial Commander Liu Changhuai died there. On renwu, the Hui bandits took Chengjiang. On jiashen, the forces of Duga'er and others heavily defeated the bandits in the Hangjin Banner. On xinmao, Li Hongzhang was ordered to go to Sichuan to investigate the impeachment of Wu Tang. Cen Yuying was warned for employing militia headmen who were in league with the bandits and for levying harsh contributions on the people. Ma Rulong was made Provincial Commander of Yunnan. On bingshen, the government forces attacked the bandits at Bao'an and won a great victory, and the bandit chief Yuan Dakui and others were executed. It had not rained from the first month of spring to this month, and the emperor had prayed again and again. On dingyou, it rained. Edit
In the sixth month, on xinhai, the relief armies joined in taking Xundian. On renzi, Dong Xun and Chonghou were ordered to handle the exchange of treaties with Austria-Hungary. On jiayin, the Yongding River burst its banks. On wuwu, the Provincial Commander Rong Weishan, the Brigade General Luo Zhihong and others who had died in the fighting at Huangpiao were given hereditary ranks raised by a degree. On xinyou, there was a fire at the Wuying Hall. On guihai, Woren, Xu Tong and Weng Tonghe asked the emperor to cultivate his sagely virtue diligently so as to avert disasters; the emperor commended and accepted this. On bingyin, the Governors-General and Governors were instructed to assess the progress of farming and sericulture. On gengwu, the Hui bandits attacked Dingyuan Camp in Alashan, and the Mongol troops were defeated. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on the first day, xinwei, there was an eclipse of the sun. On guiyou, the forces of Zhang Yao and others defeated the Hui bandits at Chahan Nao'er. Wu Kunxiu was ordered to go to the districts along the Yangzi to give relief to the victims of disaster. On jiaxu, the Yunnan army recovered Songming and took Baiyanjing. On jiashen, the Guangxi army, together with the Vietnamese army, took Jiufeng, Luoyang and other passes. On yiyou, Xilun was instructed to give relief to the Elute people. On bingxu, Korea asked that vagrants be forbidden to build houses and clear fields north of the Yalu River. Duxing'a and others were urged to handle it properly. On renchen, He Guan's army defeated the bandits at Muleihe and other places. This month, the arrears of tax of Huang Department that had been harassed were remitted. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, gengzi, Russian merchant ships anchored at the mouth of the Hulan River and asked to trade in the interior of Jilin and Heilongjiang; the Zongli Yamen was instructed to stop them according to the treaty, and soldiers and people were forbidden to trade with them privately. On guimao, the palace eunuch An Dehai left the capital, and Ding Baozhen memorialised and put him to death. The Guizhou bandits again took Duyun. On bingwu, the Guangxi army joined in recovering Gaoping in Vietnam. On gengxu, an edict again ordered the eunuchs to be kept under control. On renzi, the government forces suppressed the Hui who had broken into the territory of the Hangjin Banner. On guichou, the government forces of Ningxia were defeated in attacking the bandits, and the Lieutenant-Colonel Fang Dashun fell in battle. On wuwu, Gungazhalacan's army recovered Buluntuohai, and the bandit chief Zhang Ju and others were executed. On jiwei, the government forces attacked the bandits who had broken into the Dalate Banner and wiped them out. This month, relief was given for the floods in the districts of Hangzhou and Huzhou in Zhejiang and in Anxiang and other counties of Hunan. Edit
In the ninth month, on gengwu, the braves at Gaotai broke up, and Chenglu was stripped of his post but kept in office. On renshen, 300,000 of the capital remittances were allotted for work relief in Wuchang, Hanyang and other districts. On jiaxu, Ma Hualong rebelled again and took Ling Department by surprise. The government forces recovered Weirong Fort and the town of Shuiluo. On wuyin, the Yunnan army recovered Yimen. On renwu, Siam was excused from making up its tribute of past years. On gengyin, the bandits of Wulumuqi broke into Hami, and He Guan and others defeated them. On yiwei, the first steamship newly built in Fujian was completed, and Chonghou was ordered to inspect it. On wuxu, Fuji and others were instructed to let the Elute each settle in their old homes, the monks south of the A'ertai Mountains and the lay people on the Qinggeli River. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on gengzi, Liu Songshan defeated the Hui bandits at Wuzhong Fort and other places. On xinchou, Jinshun defeated them again at Najiapang. Yang Zhan'ao was ordered to act as Provincial Commander of Gansu and to handle the rehabilitation of Su Department. The French minister Rochechouart and his admiral went with warships to Jiangxi, Hubei and Sichuan to investigate missionary cases, and the places concerned were instructed to treat them according to the treaty. On yisi, Lei Zhengwan and Huang Ding defeated the Hui bandits at Guyuan and Yancha. On dingwei, Mao Changxi and Shen Guifen were ordered to serve in the Zongli Yamen. On xinchou, Wenshuo and others were ordered to survey the boundary at Buluntuohai together, and Dong Xun to handle the exchange of treaties with the United States. On jiayin, the Yunnan army recovered Chuxiong, Nan'an and Dingyuan. Liu Yuezhao moved his army to Kunming. On jiwei, the government forces of Hami attacked the Hui bandits of the western route and won a great victory. On jiazi, the bandit chief of Fenghuangcheng Wang Qing and others were executed. On yichou, Liu Songshan's army recovered Ling Department. This month, relief was given for the floods in Yunnan and the drought in Zhili. Edit
In the eleventh month, on bingzi, the sect bandit Sun Shangwen and others of Chiping plotted rebellion and were caught and put to death. On dingchou, the newly created post of Imperial Agent at Buluntuohai was abolished. On gengchen, relief was given for the floods in Jiangning. On guiwei, the tribute of sables from the districts of Kebuduo was remitted. On jiashen, the Yunnan army recovered Kunyang. On bingxu, the Gansu army recovered Jingyuan. On gengyin, the breach at the mouth of the Yongding River was closed. On yiwei, Wenshuo was ordered to come to the capital, and Kuichang was put in charge of the boundary instead. This month, the arrears of tax of Dongming in Zhili, which had been flooded and harassed, and of Wuwei and other departments, counties and garrisons of Anhui, which had been flooded, were remitted. Edit
In the twelfth month, on gengzi, the Sichuan army relieving Yunnan took Ludian. On yisi, Liu Songshan's army attacked Jinji Fort, and the Brigade General Jian Jinglin and others died there. On yimao, the Pileng [British India] seized parts of Sikkim [Sikkim], and Nepal fell out with the Tanggute [Tibetans]; Enlin was instructed to guard the situation and admonish them. As Bulukeba [Bhutan] was torn by internal strife, Enlin was also instructed to settle it and pacify them. On dingsi, the bandits of Vietnam were put down. Su Fengwen was instructed to proclaim the frontier prohibitions strictly. On guihai, relief was given for the disaster south of the capital. Edit
This year, Korea, Vietnam and Ryukyu sent tribute. Edit
Ninth year, gengwu. In the spring, the first month, on the first day, dingmao, the banquets were suspended. On guiyou, the Yunnan army recovered Lufeng. On jiaxu, the Gansu army defeated the rebels' relief force at Wangjiameng. On jimao, the Hui rebels took Dingbian. On guiwei, the timber store at the Shenwu Gate caught fire, and an edict called for self-examination. On gengyin, the Hui rebels took Anding. The Shaanxi army recovered Dingbian. On jiawu, Ma Dezhao was kept on to manage the defence of Tong Pass. Edit
The second month. On xinchou, Liu Songshan, directing the campaign against the Hui rebels of Jinjibao, was struck by a cannon shot and died. Circuit Intendant Liu Jintang was given the rank of a minister of the third grade and took over command of his army. As Russian officials were going to Qiqiha'er and Jilin to negotiate border matters, Fuming'a and Deying were instructed to deal with them according to the treaty and make no concessions. On yisi, the Hui rebels broke up and fled into Anbian and Qingjian; the Shaanxi army drove them off. On bingwu, they broke up again and fled into Huamachi and Yulin; Song Qing's army attacked them. On wushen, the government troops defeated the rebels who had fled into Mizhi. On renzi, Li Hongzhang was ordered to go to Shaanxi to take charge of military affairs. On jiayin, the Hui rebels fled into Tongguan and Yijun; the Shaanxi army attacked and defeated them. On bingchen, the French envoy used a missionary case to make threats backed by force; the frontier officials and the commissioners of trade were instructed to settle the negotiations quickly. On xinyou, the Hui who had surrendered at the forts of Ningxia rebelled again. Edit
The third month. On the first day, dingmao, the Hui rebels fled into the Zhungaer Banner; Ma Yukun defeated them. On xinsi, Lei Zhengwan, for his negligent defence of Xiakou, was stripped of office but kept with the army. An edict warned the armies of the western expedition against advancing rashly in greed for merit. On yiyou, the Yunnan army recovered Midu, Binchuan, Lichuan and Mianning. On xinmao, the Hui rebels split up to raid Qi and Feng; Li Huiwu defeated them. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on jiachen, Tan Tingxiang died. Edit
The fifth month. On gengwu, Chongshi was ordered to go to Guizhou and investigate the missionary cases together with Zeng Biguang. On guiyou, Britain was for the first time permitted to lay telegraph lines at the coastal ports. On jiaxu, the Sichuan army relieving Guizhou took Huangpiao, Baibao and other Miao stockades. On gengyin, the people of Tianjin clashed with the Catholics, burned the church and beat the French consul to death. Zeng Guofan and Chonghou were ordered to confer and deal with it. On yiwei, the frontier officials were instructed to forbid the spreading of rumours that misled the people, and to protect the districts of trade and missions. Li Hongzhang led his army inside the passes and asked for Guo Baochang's army to be transferred to him; this was granted. Chonghou was made envoy to France. Chenglin was made acting Superintendent of Trade for the Three Ports. This month, the arrears of tax of An Department and other places of Zhili were remitted. Edit
The sixth month. On wuxu, Kuichang went to Ta'erbahatai to survey and fix the border with the Russian envoy. On renyin, the Mongol troops of the Saiyinnuoyan division were defeated attacking the Hui rebels. On dingwei, the Yunnan army recovered Weiyuan. On jiyou, Peng Yulin was ordered to go to Jiangnan and, with the governors-general and governors along the river, put the Yangzi flotilla in order. On gengxu, the Gansu army defeated the Hui rebels at Gongchang. On yimao, the Yongding River broke its banks. On gengshen, for the negligence of their precautions that let the people and the Christians come to blows, Tianjin Prefect Zhang Guangzao and County Magistrate Liu Jie were stripped of office and sent to the Board for punishment. On xinyou, the Yunnan army recovered Yao Department. On guihai, Mao Changxi was ordered to investigate the missionary case together with Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan said: "To preserve the peace well is the way to protect the people. To be prepared against the unexpected is the foundation of the state." An edict praised and encouraged him. Ding Richang was ordered to go to Tianjin to assist in foreign affairs. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month. On wuchen, as the frontier business of Hunchun was heavy, its colonel was given the rank of Deputy Lieutenant-General, and this was made a fixed rule. On bingzi, the French envoy Rochechouart, because Zeng Guofan would not agree to have the prefect and the magistrate pay with their lives, returned to the capital. Guofan was instructed to arrest the real culprits quickly and close the case at once. On dingchou, Chonghou was recalled. Mao Changxi was made acting Superintendent of Trade for the Three Ports. On jiashen, Zhou Shengchuan and others crushed and scattered the remaining rebels of Beishan. On bingxu, an edict said: "A navy at sea is entirely different from a flotilla on the rivers. To resist insult from abroad and seek to make ourselves strong cannot easily bear fruit in less than twenty years. Yet if we shrink back and do nothing because the task is hard and great, the day of our strength will never come. In recent years the officials in the capital and the provinces, when matters were urgent, have only been flustered; when the trouble has settled a little, they again plan only for present ease. Even when regulations for war and defence are drawn up, they are carried out without vigour, so that the court's plans and deliberations all become empty paper. Habits pile up and things drift; how can our anxiety be relieved? Now the steamships of the two yards of Fujian and Shanghai are complete. Ma Xinyi, Ding Richang, Yinggui and Shen Baozhen are each to choose commanders to take them out to sea and drill them the year round, in readiness for the unexpected. Guangdong too should prepare steamships, and Ruilin and Li Futai must see to it in earnest. Officers who know the winds and waves and the sandbanks and channels are to be chosen and recommended as they are found; even men in the hills and the wilds who are skilled in sea warfare should be sought out as occasion allows and promoted beyond the usual steps according to their talent. Let the governors-general and governors plan for the whole, so as to answer the trust placed in them." On gengyin, the Gansu army of the southern route recovered Weiyuan and Didao. This month, the arrears of tax of Huang Department, which had been ravaged, were remitted. Edit
The eighth month. On dingyou, Zhang Wenxiang, a man of Ruyang, stabbed Ma Xinyi to death. Zeng Guofan was made Governor-General of Liangjiang, Li Hongzhang was transferred to be Governor-General of Zhili, and Li Hanzhang was made Governor-General of Huguang. On wuxu, a Yellow River flotilla was set up. On gengzi, Li Fanjue, the rebel chief of Beishan, was put to death. On renyin, Zhang Zhiwan was ordered to examine Zhang Wenxiang together with Kuiyu. On jiyou, Mao Changxi was recalled. Li Hongzhang was ordered to investigate the Tianjin missionary case together with Zeng Guofan. On guichou, the Guangxi army crushed the rebels of Anbian and Heyang, and Liang Tianxi was put to death. Vietnam was permitted to present local products and trained elephants. On jiwei, Li Chengmou was made commander of the newly established steamships. Edit
The ninth month. On wuchen, the Yunnan army recovered Xinxing. On gengwu, Chongshi was instructed to go on to Zunyi to deal with the missionary case. On jiaxu, the guilty in the clash between the people and the Christians at Tianjin were punished: Zhang Guangzao and Liu Jie were exiled to frontier service, and fifteen men who had run amok and killed were executed. Edit
This autumn, eastern Sichuan, Jingzhou and Rehe were flooded, and relief was given. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month. On yiwei, Shen Baozhen went into mourning for a parent; he was ordered to go on managing the Shipbuilding Administration after a hundred days. On bingshen, Liu Mingchuan was ordered to take charge of military affairs in Shaanxi. An edict strictly forbade harsh levies by the departments and counties of Sichuan. Funds were allotted for further relief of the refugees of Beishan. On xinchou, as the grain-tribute boats north of the Yangzi were stranded in the shallows, the grain was carried overland to Linqing. On jiachen, the Tianjin Arsenal was completed. On gengxu, Japan asked to make a treaty of trade, and the Zongli Yamen was permitted to choose officials to negotiate it. On xinhai, the tribute of sables from Kebuduo was remitted. On renzi, the post of Superintendent of Trade for the Three Ports was abolished and the Governor-General of Zhili was ordered to manage it, after the example of the Commissioner for the Southern Ports, and was given the seal of an Imperial Commissioner. The frontier officials were sternly instructed to conduct negotiations with care and secrecy; anyone who leaked them would be put to death at once. On bingchen, as floods and droughts had come one after another, an edict called for self-examination. On wuwu, Zhou Shengchuan's army was moved to guard the capital region. Yu Shengyan and other Shaanxi Hui fled into Pingfan; the government troops were defeated, and Provincial Commander Zhang Wanmei and others died. On gengshen, the post of Tianjin Customs Circuit Intendant of Zhili was created. Liu Jintang's armies took Hanbo and other forts and closed the ring around Jinjibao. Edit
The intercalary tenth month. On yichou, the Russian envoy Vlangali came to the capital. On gengwu, the secret-society bandits of Xiangtan were put down. On yihai, the Yunnan army recovered Yongbei, Heqing, Zhennan and Chuxiong. The Hui rebels took Wuliyasutai. On bingzi, the breach of the Yongding River was closed. Zeng Guofan was instructed to plan the transport of grain by the canal. On wuyin, Wu Yazhong and others in Vietnam were put to death. Edit
The eleventh month. On guisi, Zheng Dunjin was ordered to join in trying the case of Zhang Wenxiang. Soon the verdict was settled, and Zhang Wenxiang was put to death by slicing at Jiangning. On dingyou, the Hui rebels fled into Liangzhou; Colonel Xie Yuanxing fell in battle, and Wang Renhe drove them back. On xinchou, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered Taigong. On wushen, Fuji and Rongquan, because the rebels had entered Wuliyasutai, were stripped of office but kept at their posts. Zeng Guofan was ordered to serve also as Commissioner of Trade. On gengxu, Zhou Dongxing, a Brigade General of Gansu, embezzled relief funds and was ordered beheaded before the army. On gengshen, Liu Kunyi, for leaking a secret edict, was stripped of office but kept at his post. Edit
The twelfth month. On jiazi, an edict strictly forbade the abuses of skimping on materials and embezzlement in the river works. On xinwei, the Yunnan army recovered Dengchuan and Langqiong. The Hui chief Ma Yuanfa killed Provincial Commander Ding Xianfa and others; he was captured and put to death. Edit
This winter, the arrears of tax of Xingyi and other departments, counties and guards of Guizhou, and of Suide and other departments and counties of Shaanxi, which had suffered disaster and ravage, were remitted. Edit
This year, Korea came with tribute. Edit
Tenth year, xinwei. In the spring, the first month, on the first day, xinmao, the banquets were suspended. On renchen, the government troops took the rebel works at Wangmeng in Hexi; Jinshun was given a yellow riding jacket, and Zhang Yao was given an added hereditary rank of yunqiwei. On yiwei, the Guizhou army levelled the rebel works at Guiding and other places and took Duyun; Provincial Commander Lin Congtai and Brigade General He Xionghui were given yellow riding jackets. On jihai, Feng Zicai was instructed to go to Taiping and advance against the bandits of Muma and Liangshan. On renyin, Guanwen died. This month, the regular tax of An Department and other places of Zhili, which had been flooded, was remitted. Edit
The second month. On renxu, Liu Jintang and the other armies took Jinjibao, and the rebel chief Ma Hualong and others were put to death. Zuo Zongtang was given an added hereditary rank of qiduwei; Liu Jintang was given the rank of yunqiwei and a yellow riding jacket; the penalty on Lei Zhengwan was lifted and Chen Shi was restored to his former office; Huang Ding and Jin Yunchang were given yellow riding jackets. The Shaanxi Hui who had submitted were settled at Huapingchuan in Huating, and a sub-prefect and a first captain were posted there to keep them in order. Peng Qingzhang, formerly magistrate of Ling Department, was beheaded for having been the rebels' chief planner. On renwu, the rebel general Song Jingshi was captured and put to death. On dinghai, Ying Baoshi, Judicial Commissioner of Jiangsu, was transferred to Tianjin to arrange trade with Japan. Ruichang was made a Grand Secretary and Wenxiang an Assistant Grand Secretary. Edit
The third month. On guisi, Jinshun and the other armies took Ningxia, and the rebel chief Ma Wanxuan was put to death. On jichou, the Yunnan army recovered Chengjiang and took the earthen town of Jiangna, and the rebel chief Ma He and others were put to death. On xinchou, the Prussian envoy Li Fusi delivered a letter of state saying that the German states and the three free Hanseatic cities had together been united again, and that [his king] had accepted the title of German Emperor; a letter of congratulation was sent in reply. On dingwei, Woren was made Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall and Ruichang Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion. From the beginning of spring until this month, the emperor prayed for rain again and again. On gengxu, it rained. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month. On bingyin, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered Xincheng, Yanmensi and other towns and took Gaopo and other Miao stockades. On jisi, the Hui of Najiapang in Ningxia surrendered. On jimao, the Shaanxi Hui fled into and raided Pingfan and Nianbo; the government troops drove them back. On xinsi, Woren died. On jiashen, Liang Yaoshu and three hundred and twenty-three others were granted the jinshi degree in their several grades. Forts were built at Dagu and Beitang. On yiyou, Fuji was stripped of office, and Jinshun was made General of Wuliyasutai. On bingxu, the Hui rebels again fled into and raided the Saiyinnuoyan division, burning and plundering Gu'erbansaihan and other places. Edit
The fifth month. On the first day, gengyin, it rained. On yiwei, Zuo Zongtang asked that the New Teaching of the Hui be banned outright; this was not allowed. On wuxu, the Miao chief Wen Guoxing and others surrendered, and Bazhai and the other towns were all recovered. On renyin, the Hui rebels raided Wulate; the armies of Duga'er and Sasabu attacked them together. On bingwu, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou recovered Danjiang, Kaili and other towns, and Su Yuanchun was given a yellow riding jacket. On jiyou, because Li Shizhong pursued feuds and fought viciously, and Chen Guorui stirred up trouble over a theatrical show, Shizhong was stripped of office and Guorui was demoted to first captain, and both were ordered back to their native places and put in the charge of the local authorities. On xinhai, Chengzhi, Prince Zheng of the First Rank, was found guilty, stripped of his title and arrested for trial. Li Hongzhang was ordered to negotiate the commercial treaty with Japan, with Ying Baoshi and Chen Qin as his assistants. On yimao, Jinshun asked for leave to observe mourning and bury his parent. This was not allowed. On jiwei, the Yunnan army recovered Yunlong. Edit
The sixth month. On renxu, Venus was seen by day. The secret-society bandits of Yiyang and other places were put down. On jisi, the Shaanxi Hui Bai Yanhu joined with the Hui of Xining and raided He Department. On gengwu, the Guizhou army took the Miao stockades of Yongning, Zhenning and Guihua and broke the cave strongholds of Langdai and Shuicheng. On yihai, Ruilin was made a Grand Secretary and kept in his post as Governor-General of Liangguang. On jimao, bandits from Fuyang raided Shenqiu and Ruyang; the government troops caught them and put them to death. On xinsi, as robbers ran rampant in Guangdong, an edict ordered them to be hunted down strictly. On dinghai, Dezong was born in the residence of Prince Chun. On wuzi, relief was given for the disaster at Tianjin. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month. On the first day, jichou, the Guangxi army attacked the bandits who had fled into Vietnam, took Changqing, and beheaded the bandit chief Zhao Xiongcai. On renchen, Duga'er's army attacked the rebels at Bulate and defeated them. On jiawu, the Yongding River broke its banks again. On bingshen, Mutushan went to Beishan to attack the rebels. Jin Yunchang's army attacked the rebels who had fled into Wulate and defeated them. On dingwei, the Qin River broke its banks at Henei. On yimao, rebels from Changtu fled about raiding; Duxing'a sent troops who crushed them. Edit
The eighth month. On renshen, Deputy Lieutenant-General Qingzhi inherited the title of Prince Zheng of the First Rank. On jiaxu, the Guangxi army took the rebel stockade of Anshi and pursued the bandits who had fled from Taiyuan, and Su Guohan went to Guangdong to beg to surrender. On dingchou, an edict ordered every province to set up bureaus to take in and support homeless orphans and widows. Edit
The ninth month. On bingshen, the corrupt practices in collecting grain at Gaoyou were abolished. On dingyou, the Gansu army took the strategic pass of Kangjiaya. Rongquan was urged to go to Yili. Liu Mingchuan was given three months' leave. On renyin, Fengtian and Jilin were instructed to put their administration in order and hunt down robbers strictly. Enxi was ordered to go to Shanghai to exchange the treaty with Austria. On dingwei, Qiao Songnian and others joined in closing the breach at Houjialin. Edit
This autumn, relief was given for the disasters in the districts of Shuntian and Zhili and in Heze and other departments and counties, and the arrears of tax of Pu Department, which had been flooded, and of Huang Department, which had been ravaged, were remitted. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month. On the first day, wuwu, Da'erji, for withdrawing his camps and letting the rebels loose, was stripped of office and arrested for punishment. Cao Kezhong was ordered to take over command of Liu Mingchuan's army and go to Su Department to defend and attack. On gengshen, because of the bandit rising in Hunan, Li Hongzhang was ordered to investigate. On renchen, Jinglian was made Lieutenant-General of Wulumuqi. On guiwei, an edict pardoned the officials, soldiers, people and others of Yili who had been coerced [by the rebels]. Colonel Gongguo'er was made to take over command of Da'erji's army. Edit
The eleventh month. On guisi, the Gansu army took He Department, and Yu Deyan and others surrendered. On dingwei, the Hui rebels of Xining fled into Wulate and Zhongwei; Zhang Yao's army drove them back. On yimao, the Hui rebels of Su Department again attacked Dunhuang; Wenlin went to its relief and attacked them. Edit
The twelfth month. On xinwei, the former Confucian scholar Zhang Luxiang was granted a place among those sacrificed to beside Confucius in the Temple of Confucius. On dingchou, the bandits of Xiangshan, Zeng Da'efu and others, rose in revolt; they were captured and put to death. Edit
This year, Korea, Ryukyu and Vietnam came with tribute. Edit
Eleventh year, renshen. In the spring, the first month, on the first day, bingxu, the banquets were suspended. On jichou, as the reign count opened a new decade, an edict reduced punishments. Wenshuo was stripped of office for asking for sick leave. On xinmao, the Guangxi army recovered Conghua in Vietnam and took Zhenshan. On guisi, the Gansu army broke the rebel works at Ganping, Dabeiping and other places one after another and attacked Taizisi. On gengzi, the Guizhou army took Qingping, Huangping and Chong'an. On xinchou, the Hunan army relieving Guizhou took the Miao stockades of Huangpiao and Baibao. On xinhai, Vice Minister Chonghou and Xia Jiahao, Vice Director of the Court of Sacrificial Worship, were ordered to serve in the Zongli Yamen. Edit
The second month. On gengshen, Jiangsu was permitted to try transporting its rice by the canal, while the tribute grain and the white grain still went by sea. On bingyin, Zeng Guofan died and was posthumously made Grand Mentor. On wuchen, Liu Mingchuan was stripped of office, but for his earlier services kept his title of Baron, first class. On gengwu, Peng Yulin was called back to inspect the Yangzi flotilla. On jiashen, the breach at Houjialin was closed. The Vietnamese bandit chief Su Guohan and others were put to death. This month, relief was given for the disasters in the districts of Sichuan. Edit
The third month. On the first day, yiyou, the Guizhou army recovered Zhenfeng. On bingxu, the Gansu army was defeated attacking the Hui rebels of Taizisi, and Provincial Commanders Fu Xianrong and Xu Wenxiu died. Provincial Commander Yang Shijun was stripped of his yellow riding jacket and demoted to lieutenant colonel. On jiawu, Da'erji and others were pardoned, but remained stripped of office to serve and atone. On dingyou, because bandits from Fengtian were raiding across the Korean border, they were hunted down strictly. On xinchou, Ruichang died. Edit
This spring, the arrears of tax of Huangpi in Hubei, An Department in Zhili, He Department in Gansu and other places, which had been ravaged, were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month. On bingchen, the Hui rebels fled into Dingbian and Jingbian; the Shaanxi army drove them back. On jiwei, the Hui chief Ma Zhan'ao of Xining, the Shaanxi Hui Cui San, the Hui chief Zhi Chenglin of Milagou and others asked to surrender one after another. On bingyin, the work commissioned through the Huai customs house was stopped. The Imperial Household Department was instructed to strive for economy. On jimao, Wang Weizhen, Vice Commissioner of the Office of Transmission, memorialised that [the emperor] should anticipate and fulfil [the Empress Dowagers'] wishes, filial devotion being his rule. He was handed over for severe censure and soon stripped of office. This month, the arrears of tax of Xingyi and other districts of Guizhou, which had been ravaged, were remitted. Edit
The fifth month. On the first day, jiashen, there was an eclipse of the sun. The rents and dues of the bannermen and commoners on the released hunting-park lands of Rehe were remitted for three years. On yiyou: since the first ten days of the third month the Empress Dowager Cixi had been unwell, and for over a month had not held court. Now Censor Li Hongmo asked that audiences be held diligently. An edict rebuked him for presumption and reprimanded him severely. On guisi, Xu Zhanbiao's army won repeated victories against the Hui of Su Department. Zuo Zongtang impeached Chenglu for wasting treasury funds and delaying, and Mutushan was ordered to investigate. On yiwei, the Miao rebels of Guizhou were put down, and Xi Baotian was given the hereditary rank of qiduwei. On bingshen, the Shaanxi Hui Song Quande and others surrendered. Chen Fu'en, the dismissed Minister who had died a martyr at Yili, and his family were honoured and given condolence grants at a raised grade. On gengzi, Li Hongzhang was made a Grand Secretary and kept in his post as Governor-General of Zhili. On yisi, the Yunnan army took Yongping and Yunnan [County]. Edit
The sixth month. On jiawu, Zhu Fengbiao retired. Wenxiang was made a Grand Secretary and Quanqing an Assistant Grand Secretary. On dingmao, an edict stopped the marking of death sentences for execution at this year's autumn assizes and court assizes. Shan Maoqian was made an Assistant Grand Secretary. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month. On the first day, guiwei, the Yunnan army joined in taking Xingyi. On jichou, the regular tribute of Nepal was remitted. Relief was given to the soldiers and people of the Damu Mongols and the Thirty-nine Tribes who had suffered disaster. On wuxu, the Hui rebels fled into and raided the western route of Ningxia and the Alashan Banner; the government troops drove them back. On jihai, Zhili presented auspicious wheat, and Censor Bian Baoquan memorialised against it. Li Hongzhang was instructed to care diligently for the hardships of the people and repair the local disasters, and not to make a show of auspicious omens. On gengzi, the Yongding River overflowed at its northern lower section. This month, the arrears of tax of Huang Department in Hunan, which had been ravaged, were remitted. Edit
The eighth month. On gengwu, more than a hundred thousand shi of tribute rice from north of the Yangzi were held back to relieve the flooded people of the capital region. On guiyou, Jinshun was dismissed for delaying, and Changshun was made acting General of Wuliyasutai. On xinsi, Shan Maoqian was made a Grand Secretary. Edit
The ninth month. On guiwei, the Yunnan army took Zhao Department, Menghua and the upper and lower passes of Dali, and Yang Yuke and Li Weishu were given yellow riding jackets. Zuo Zongtang reported that his lands had produced auspicious wheat and auspicious millet; an edict declined them. On yiwei, the lady of the Alute clan was installed as empress. Favours and gifts were bestowed in order from the princes and high ministers down, and an edict was proclaimed to the empire, with grace granted widely in varying degrees. The works on the Yongding River were closed. On bingwu, Peng Yulin was permitted to return to his native place on account of illness, but was still ordered to inspect the Yangzi flotilla every year. On gengxu, Rongquan asked that Qingfu be ordered to win over the turbaned Muslims and the Chinese settlers, that the cavalry of Yinglian and others be stationed at Ku'erkalawusu, and that militia be recruited as needed; this was granted. Edit
The tenth month. On dingsi, Feng Gaoshan and the other chief culprits among the mutinous braves of Gansu were put to death. On jiwei, honorific titles were added to the two Empress Dowagers. On wuchen, the local bandits of Long'an and Cenxi and the Miao rebels of Xilong in Guangxi were put down. On renyin, the high ministers commanding troops were instructed to keep their deputed officials in check, and to punish those who harassed [the people] or overstayed their time. At the request of Prince Gong of the First Rank, the old system of the Grand Council was restored. On bingzi, He Jing left office to mourn a parent, and Zhang Shusheng was made acting Governor-General of Liangjiang. Edit
The eleventh month. On yiyou, Korean bandit boats crossed the border and raided; the flotilla of Duxing'a and others hunted them down. The Hui rebels raided Dongshan in Hami; the government troops attacked and defeated them. Soliciting favours and impersonation at the palace, provincial and metropolitan examinations were forbidden. On jimao, the local bandits of Qiongzhou were put down, and the bandit chief He Yawan and others were put to death. On xinmao, the Yunnan army attacked the bandits holding Guanyi and other places, and Yidong and Yinan were cleared. On yiwei, the Hui of Su Department fled into the banners of the Zhasake Khan; the government troops drove them off. The Guizhou army joined in taking Xincheng. The Miao rebels of Xiajiang rose, and Zhang Wende's army wiped them out. All Guizhou was settled. On bingshen, the Nian bandits fled into and raided Taihu; the flotilla crushed them. Soldiers and people who had joined the Gelaohui were permitted to give themselves up and be pardoned. On dingyou, the ban on growing the opium poppy in the provinces was proclaimed again. On xinchou, Liu Jintang and the other armies attacked the Hui rebels and won a great victory. On dingwei, the Shaanxi army attacked the fleeing bandits at Erdaohe and other places in northern Shaanxi and wiped them out. Li Hongzhang memorialised to set up the China Merchants Bureau, to try carrying part of the tribute grain of Jiangsu and Zhejiang by steamship. Edit
The twelfth month. On jiwei, Detai, Assistant Resident in Tibet, was stripped of office over a matter and sent back to his banner. On bingchen, the Board of Personnel, the Board of War and the Court of Colonial Affairs were instructed that after the emperor took over the government, memorials and enclosures from every office asking for instructions or on military affairs should all be written in Chinese. On dingmao, Tian Xingshu was released to go home. On bingzi, Zuo Zongtang asked to retire on account of illness; a kindly edict refused him. On jimao, the joint sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Edit
This year, Korea came with tribute. Edit
Twelfth year, guiyou. In the spring, the first month, on the first day, xinsi. On guiwei, the government troops attacked the Hui rebels at Namatejiganzhao and defeated them. On bingxu, Li Zongxi was made Governor-General of Liangjiang and also Commissioner of Trade. On xinchou, Chenglu, for imposing harsh levies and falsely accusing [the people] of rebellion, was stripped of office and arrested for examination, and Jinshun was urged to take over command of his army. On jiachen, the Yunnan army took Dali, and the Hui chiefs Du Wenxiu, Yang Rong, Cai Tingdong and others were put to death. Cen Yuying was given a yellow riding jacket and the hereditary rank of qiduwei; the penalty on Liu Yuezhao was lifted; and Yang Yuke was given the rank of qiduwei. On yisi, as the time for the emperor to take over the government had come, the two Empress Dowagers in an edict urged the emperor "to uphold with reverence the family rules, to study the employment of men and the conduct of government, and not to neglect his learning", and urged the court officials and the officials in the capital and the provinces "to do their duty with public spirit and loyalty, and to help greatly through the difficulties". On bingwu, the emperor took over the government, and an edict said: "I will follow with care the teachings of my mothers, revere Heaven and follow my ancestors, labour at government and love the people." On jiyou, the Imperial Household Department was instructed to check its accounts and economise, and to borrow nothing beyond its yearly allowance of six hundred thousand. Edit
The second month. On the first day, gengxu, the Grand Councillors, the Six Boards and the Nine Chief Ministers deliberated on what to do about the Yellow River and the Grand Canal. Li Hongzhang was instructed to plan it with all care and report. An edict called for self-examination and sought frank advice. The provinces were instructed to recommend men of worth and talent and to stop embezzlement. On wuwu, honorific titles were added to the two Empress Dowagers, and the next day an edict was proclaimed granting grace in varying degrees. Liu Jintang's army took Xiangyangbao in Datong. On gengwu, as the emperor was to visit the Eastern Tombs, Prince Dun of the First Rank and others were ordered to stay in the capital and manage affairs. On yihai, Jinshun's army reached Su Department to attack the Hui rebels and defeated them. Edit
The third month. On guiwei, the emperor, attending the two Empress Dowagers, visited the Eastern Tombs. On dinghai, the imperial carriage turned back. This year's regular tax of the places along the imperial route was remitted. On jichou, the Hui of Datong, Bayanrongge and the Salar of the Five Wards surrendered. The rebel chief of Xining, Ma Guiyuan, and others were put to death. On gengyin, the emperor, attending the two Empress Dowagers, returned to the palace. On bingshen, the Hui rebel Bai Yanhu and others fled into Ganzhou. It was ordered that the ceremony for the audience of the envoys of the various countries be deliberated and fixed. Rongquan asked to retire on account of illness; this was not allowed. On gengzi, Yinglian was made Councillor of Ta'erbahatai. On dingwei, the Yunnan army took Shunning. Edit
This spring, the arrears of tax of Pi Department in Jiangsu, Fu Department in Shaanxi and other districts, which had been ravaged, were remitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month. On yimao, the Beihai customs house of Lianzhou was set up. On bingchen, the exchange of the treaty with Japan was completed. On yichou, the Hui rebels fled into the Alashan Banner and Abi'ermite; Ding'an was instructed to send troops to join the garrison troops in attacking them from both sides. On jisi, the government troops took the rebel lair at Ta'erwan in Su Department. Edit
The fifth month. On gengyin, the Yunnan army took Yun Department. On dingyou, the envoys of the various countries were permitted an audience. On guimao, Chenglu was handed over to the Board of Justice for punishment. On bingwu, Chengrui was made acting Provincial Commander of Wulumuqi. Edit
The sixth month. On renzi, the emperor went to Yingtai, and the Japanese envoy Soejima Taneomi, the Russian envoy Vlangali, the American envoy Low, the British envoy Wade, the French envoy de Geofroy and the Dutch envoy Ferguson had audience in the Ziguang Pavilion and presented their letters of state. On gengshen, Jinshun was sternly urged to go out beyond the pass. On dingmao, the Gansu army recovered Xunhua, and the rebel leader Ma Yulian and others were put to death. Edit
The intercalary sixth month. On jiashen, Li Hongzhang reported in reply that the old courses of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal through Huai and Xu could hardly be restored, and asked that transport by sea continue; the dried-up land of the old river bed should be assessed for tax as appropriate. This was approved and carried out. On bingxu, Zhu Fengbiao died. The Yunnan army took Tengyue. Cen Yuying was given the hereditary rank of qingche duwei, first class; Liu Yuezhao was given a yellow riding jacket; and Yang Yuke the rank of qingche duwei, first class. As war had raged in Yunnan for eighteen years and most of its prefectures and counties had been trampled by the rebels, an edict remitted the arrears of grain tax from before the eleventh year and stopped for good the levy of grain likin for the army. Liu Yuezhao was instructed to choose his prefects and magistrates with care, to watch over the officials and give peace to the people. On jiawu, as it had rained long in the capital region, the emperor prayed for clear skies. On bingshen, an edict ordered an inquiry into the acreage levies, likin and poll and tribute-grain taxes of the provinces that broke the rules, to abolish them one by one. On gengzi, the Gansu army was defeated attacking Bai Yanhu and others at Dunhuang, and Colonel Li Tianhe and others died. The Yongding River broke its banks. The tribute of sables of the seven banners of the A'ertai Wulianghai was remitted. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month. On xinhai, the Guangxi army attacked the bandits of Xilin and Xilong and put them down. On jiazi, relief was given for the disaster in Shuntian. This month, the new and old regular tax of Qingcheng in Shandong, which had been flooded, was remitted. Edit
The eighth month. On the first day, dingchou, Duxing'a asked to retire on account of illness; he was comforted and kept on. On xinsi, the dyke of the Grand Canal in Zhili broke. Rongquan again asked to be relieved on account of illness; this was not allowed. Fuhe was found guilty and stripped of office. On wuzi, Bai Yanhu and others took the fortified camp of Malianjing. Liu Yuezhao was summoned to the capital for audience, and Cen Yuying was made acting Governor-General of Yungui as well. On renchen, Bai Yanhu and others besieged Hami and attacked Balikun; the government troops were defeated. On yiwei, Jinglian was instructed to lead troops to the rescue; Xilun was transferred to be Commandant at Wulumuqi, and Mingchun was made Assistant Agent at Hami. This month, relief was given for the floods in the districts of Zhili, the districts of Yongshun Prefecture and Gong'an. Edit
The ninth month. On bingyin, the Grand Councillors were ordered to examine Chenglu's crime with the Board of Justice and propose a sentence. On guiyou, the breach of the Yongding River was closed. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month. On the first day, bingzi, Censor Shen Huai memorialised asking that the rebuilding of the Yuanming Garden be put off. An edict ordered the Imperial Household Department to repair only the Anyou Palace as a hall for the emperor's stay, and to spare the rest. On jihai, the government troops took Su Department, and the rebel Ma Wenlu was put to death. The emperor went to the two Empress Dowagers to congratulate them on the victory. On gengzi, merit was assessed: Zuo Zongtang was made Assistant Grand Secretary while remaining Governor-General of Shaan-Gan, and given an added hereditary rank of qingche duwei, first class; Jinshun was restored to office and his yellow riding jacket given back; and Xu Zhanbiao and Mutushan were given the rank of yunqiwei. Edit
The eleventh month. On jiwei, the King of Vietnam memorialised asking for a joint campaign against the bandits of the border lands of Heyang, Xinghua, Shanxi and Xuanguang. Liu Changyou and Feng Zicai were instructed to deliberate and report. On xinyou, France and Vietnam came to blows; French troops took the provincial city of Hanoi, and Vietnamese bandits raided Beining. The Vietnamese asked for help. Ruilin was instructed to order troops out through the pass from Qin Department to join the Guangxi army in relieving them and attacking [the bandits]. On jiazi, Censor Wu Kedu asked that Chenglu be openly put to death by law. On jisi, Cen Yuying memorialised on putting the administration and the army in order, and asked that the braves be disbanded and the sale of offices stopped, beginning with Yunnan. An edict praised him. On gengwu, the Grand Canal was dredged. On renshen, Chenglu was sentenced to beheading. Wu Kedu, for prying into the affairs of the court, was demoted and transferred. Edit
The twelfth month. On jiashen, the Hui rebels fled into and raided the Wulianghai and other tribes; Xilun's army pursued and defeated them. On wuzi, because on re-examination the examination paper of Xu Jingchun, a provincial graduate of Shuntian, was found absurd, the examiners Minister Quanqing, Censor-in-Chief Hu Jiayu and others were demoted or dismissed in varying degrees. On xinmao, E'lehebu was ordered to go to Wuliyasutai to investigate the matter. On bingshen, the late Provincial Commander Liu Songshan was given the hereditary rank of qingche duwei, first class. Zhang Yao and Jinshun were ordered to divide their armies and advance west. On renyin, for the celebration of the Empress Dowager Cixi's fortieth birthday, favours were extended to the princes and dukes of the near branches and to the high ministers in the capital and the provinces, with gifts and promotions in varying degrees. Edit
This year, Korea came with tribute. Edit
Thirteenth year, jiaxu. In the spring, the first month, on the first day, yisi, the banquets were suspended. On jiayin, the Hunan army attacked the Miao rebels of Guzhou and put them down. On bingchen, Compiler Zhang Yinglin and Corrector Wang Qingqi were ordered to serve in the Hongde Hall. On xinyou, because Liu Kunyi and Hu Jiayu had impeached each other, Kunyi was reduced to the cap button of the third grade and stripped of office but kept at his post, and Jiayu was degraded five grades and transferred. On guihai, an edict ordered the long dyke of Dongming to be built. On jisi, the government troops went to the relief of Shashanzi and attacked the Hui rebels, defeating them, and Fuzhuli was given a yellow riding jacket. Edit
The second month. On jimao, the Hui rebels raided the territory of Balikun; Mingchun and others joined in attacking them. On bingshen, as France had taken Vietnamese land, and Vietnamese bandits were raiding Shanxi and pressing on the Yunnan frontier, Cen Yuying was instructed to arrange the border defences. Private coining in the capital was forbidden. On dingyou, the emperor, attending the two Empress Dowagers, visited the Western Tombs. Edit
The third month. On jiachen, they returned to the palace. On yisi, relief was given to the stricken people of Fengtian. On bingwu, Baoyun was made an Assistant Grand Secretary. On jiyou, the stone seawall of Haining was repaired. On xinyou, merit was assessed for clearing Guizhou: Tao Maolin was restored as Provincial Commander, and Provincial Commander He Shihua and others were given hereditary ranks. On xinwei, Japanese warships anchored at Xiamen; Shen Baozhen was instructed to take steam warships there and act as the situation required. Li Hongzhang was ordered to confer with the envoy of Peru on the matter of Chinese labourers. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month. On jiaxu, an edict allotted a hundred thousand from the treasury for the relief of the tribes of Wuliyasutai that had suffered disaster and ravage. On dingchou, the emperor went to Yingtai. Shan Maoqian asked to retire on account of illness; this was granted. The Russian envoy Buce and others had audience in the Ziguang Pavilion. On xinsi, the emperor went to the Yuanming Garden and returned to the palace. On guiwei, the Hui rebels of Manasi attacked Kuitun and other places; the government troops advanced against them and were defeated, and Jinglian's troops went to their aid. On bingxu, Japanese warships reached Taiwan and landed, and picked a quarrel with the aborigines. Shen Baozhen was ordered to take charge of coastal defence, and to serve also as minister for the affairs of the various countries, with the steamships of the coastal ports of Jiangsu and Guangdong to be sent as he required. On xinmao, Changshun was stripped of office over a matter; E'lehebu was made General of Wuliyasutai, Qingchun Lieutenant-General of Chaha'er, and Tuolunbu Councillor of Kebuduo. On dingyou, Lu Runxiang and three hundred and thirty-seven others were granted the jinshi degree in their several grades. On xinchou, Jinglian again asked to retire on account of illness; this was not allowed. Edit
The fifth month. On the first day, renyin, peace between France and Vietnam was settled, and the frontier commanders were instructed to settle the refugees who had moved inside the border. On renzi, the emperor went to the Yuanming Garden and returned to the palace. Japan attacked the aboriginal villages of Taiwan. On dingsi, for the birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, banner officers in the capital aged sixty and over were given gifts of grace, and the marking for execution of prisoners at this year's autumn assizes and court assizes was stopped. On jiwei, a comet appeared. On yichou, an edict ordered relief for the stricken people of Fengtian. On bingchen, at Shen Baozhen's request, it was allowed to build forts at the harbour mouths of Taiwan, to win over the aboriginal villages and to disband the worn-out troops. On wuchen, Japanese warships cruised off the harbours of Fujian. The Japanese envoy Yanagiwara Sakimitsu discussed the military affair of Taiwan with the princes and ministers of the Zongli Yamen. Edit
The sixth month. On yihai, Brigade General Sun Kaihua was instructed to take over the defence of Xiamen. On jimao, Yang Yuebin, Zeng Guoquan, Yan Jingming, Zhao Dezhe, Ding Richang, Bao Chao, Jiang Yili and Guo Songtao were summoned to the capital. On renwu, those who had surrendered at Wusuozhai rebelled again; the Yunnan army crushed them. On guiwei, at Li Hongzhang's request, it was allowed to send Tang Dingkui's army from Xuzhou across the sea to Taiwan. On yiyou, the Board of Revenue was instructed to economise on needs that were not urgent and to raise funds for coastal defence in advance. Shen Baozhen was instructed to arrange the defence of the northern and southern routes. On dingyou, Weng Tonghe was ordered to serve in the Hongde Hall again. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month. On dingwei, Li Henian asked that a trained army be selected and set up for the land forces of Fujian; this was approved and carried out. On gengxu, the Hui rebels of Manasi attacked Xihu; the government troops drove them back. On renzi, Zuo Zongtang was made a Grand Secretary and kept in his post as Governor-General of Shaan-Gan; Jinglian was made Imperial Commissioner to take charge of military affairs in Xinjiang, with Jinshun to assist him in military affairs. On gengshen, the Belgian envoy Xie Enshi and others had audience in the Ziguang Pavilion. On jiazi, Guibao, a Minister of the Imperial Household Department, because when he was a department director he had deceived the throne in his report on the timber that Prefect Li Guangzhao offered, was handed over for severe censure and stripped of office. On yichou, mounted bandits took Ningguta, and it was soon recovered. Fujian was permitted to borrow two million in foreign loans for army pay, to be repaid year by year from the maritime customs. On jisi, the works on the Yuanming Garden were stopped. On gengwu, an edict rebuked Prince Gong of the First Rank for failing in decorum at an audience; his hereditary title of Prince of the First Rank was taken away and he was demoted to Prince of the Second Rank, but remained a Grand Councillor; and Zaicheng was stripped of his beile and of the rank of a Prince of the Second Rank. Bai Yanhu and others attacked Jimusa; the government troops defeated them. Edit
The eighth month. On the first day, xinwei, an edict of the Empress Dowagers restored Prince Gong's hereditary title and Zaicheng's rank and title, admonishing and encouraging them. An edict ordered the works on the Three Lakes to be repaired with the utmost economy. On bingxu, there were locusts in Henan. On wuzi, Li Guangzhao was sentenced to beheading. On gengyin, the provinces were instructed to put their policing in order. On yiwei, Zuo Zongtang was ordered to take charge of the transport of the supply depots of the western expedition, with Yuan Baoheng, Sub-Chancellor of the Grand Secretariat, as his assistant. An edict ordered the provinces to cut back their likin bureaus as appropriate and forbade the growing of the opium poppy. On dingyou, the emperor went to the Southern Park. On wuxu, he reviewed the archery of the princes and high officials of the Imperial Presence and the guards of the Qianqing Gate. On jihai, the emperor hunted. Edit
The ninth month. On the first day, gengzi, the emperor went to Liangyingtai and the hunt was broken up. On xinchou, the emperor went to Liangyingtai and reviewed the troops of the Shenji Battalion. On renyin, he reviewed the archery of the princes, high officials, guards and others. On dingwei, Ruilin died, and Yinghan was made Governor-General of Liangguang. On gengxu, Japan next sent Okubo Toshimichi, who discussed the military affair of the aboriginal villages of Taiwan with the princes and ministers of the Zongli Yamen. On bingchen, Wang Wenshuan, the bandit chief of Ningguta, was put to death. On xinyou, the princes and ministers reached agreement with the Japanese envoy: [Japan] would withdraw its troops and go home, and would be given five hundred thousand in all, as compensation for the Japanese victims and for its military costs in Taiwan. On yichou, Jia Zhen died. On bingyin, Li Hongzhang and others were instructed to deliberate in detail and report on the Zongli Yamen's proposals on coastal defence, training troops, choosing weapons, building ships, raising funds, employing men and holding out for the long term. Edit
The tenth month. On xinwei, for the fortieth birthday of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Liu Mingchuan was restored as Provincial Commander. On jimao, the emperor's ceremony of congratulation was completed; dismissed officials were given titles of office, penalties on princes, dukes and civil and military officials were lifted, and others were promoted in varying degrees. On gengchen, relief was given for the typhoon disaster in Guangdong. On guisi, Guangshou and Xia Tongshan were ordered to go to Shaanxi to investigate a matter. On jihai, the emperor fell ill, and Li Hongzao was ordered to read the memorials in his place. Edit
The eleventh month. On jiachen, Prince Gong was ordered to write out the replies to memorials in Manchu in the emperor's place. On dingwei, relief was given for the floods in Xu and Hai. On jiyou, it was ordered that memorials from the capital and the provinces be presented to the two Empress Dowagers for their reading. Baoyun was made a Grand Secretary. On renzi, Japan withdrew its troops. On guichou, the winter solstice, Heaven was sacrificed to at the Round Altar, and Prince Chun of the First Rank was sent to act in the emperor's place. One and a half million from the Board's treasury were issued to build the dyke works at Shizhuanghu. On jiayin, as the two Empress Dowagers' care had restored the emperor to health, he raised their honorific titles, and an edict reduced by grades the sentences of criminals of the Board of Justice and the provinces. On gengshen, a trained army for Henan was approved and carried out. On jiazi, as the dyke at Shizhuanghu could hardly be completed, Ding Baozhen's request to build a dam and dyke around Jiazhuang was granted. Edit
The twelfth month. On xinwei, an edict remitted for ten years the money and grain tax on the ravaged waste lands of Yunnan. On jiaxu, Li Zongxi was relieved on account of illness, and Liu Kunyi was made acting Governor-General of Liangjiang. Edit
The emperor's illness grew grave, and he died in the Yangxin Hall, aged nineteen. The Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi summoned Yicong, Prince Dun of the First Rank; Yixin, Prince Gong of the First Rank; Yixuan, Prince Chun of the First Rank; Yihui, Prince Fu of the Second Rank; Yixiang, Prince Hui of the Second Rank; Beile Zaizhi and Zaicheng; Duke Yimo; the Ministers of the Imperial Presence Boyannemohu, Yikuang and Jingshou; the Grand Councillors Baoyun, Shen Guifen and Li Hongzao; the Ministers of the Imperial Household Department Yinggui, Chonglun, Kuiling, Ronglu, Mingshan, Guibao and Wenxi; Xu Tong, Weng Tonghe and Wang Qingqi, who served in the Hongde Hall; and Huang Yu, Pan Zuyin, Sun Yijing, Xu Fu and Zhang Jiaxiang of the Southern Study, who came in to receive their edict: the son of Prince Chun was to be heir to Wenzong and succeed as emperor. In the second month of the first year of Guangxu, on wuzi, the empress, the lady of the Alute clan, died. In the third month, on jihai, the emperor was given the posthumous name Emperor Jitian Kaiyun Shouzhong Juzheng Baoda Dinggong Shengzhi Chengxiao Xinmin Gongkuan Yi, with the temple name Muzong. In the fifth year, the third month, on gengwu, he was buried in the Hui Mausoleum. Edit
In appraisal: Muzong came to the throne as a small child, and his mothers the Empress Dowagers ruled from behind the screen. The fortunes of the state revived; within ten years the rebels were put down and peace came within and without. Had the palace and the government not been as one, and the generals and ministers in harmony, how could this have been reached? When the emperor came to decide great affairs himself, he did not allow himself ease. Meeting calamity, he examined himself: that was the height of diligence. Hearing of disaster, he remitted taxes and gave relief: that was the height of benevolence. He did not speak of auspicious omens: that was the height of clear sight. Had he lived to a middle age, renewing himself daily and making all this greater and brighter, how could he not have rivalled the glories of former times? Yet he abandoned his ministers and people so soon, with what he had begun unfinished. What a pity! Edit
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Source: 清史稿 卷二十一 本纪二十一 穆宗本纪一 (Draft History of Qing, juan 21, Annals 21: Annals of Muzong 1); 清史稿 卷二十二 本纪二十二 穆宗本纪二 (Draft History of Qing, juan 22, Annals 22: Annals of Muzong 2)
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- [Source] 清史稿 卷二十一 本纪二十一 穆宗本纪一 Draft History of Qing, juan 21, Annals 21: Annals of Muzong 1
- [Collation note] 本纪：「穆宗繼天開運受中居正保大定功聖智誠孝信敏恭寬毅皇帝，諱載淳，文宗長子」 The annals: “Muzong, Emperor Yi (full posthumous title: Jitian Kaiyun Shouzhong Juzheng Baoda Dinggong Shengzhi Chengxiao Xinmin Gongkuan Yi Huangdi), personal name Zàichún, was the eldest son of Wenzong”