Wu Sangui's Governorship of Yunnan

Name: Wu Sangui's Governorship of Yunnan
Start: 1661
End: 1670

Type Event Region China Time 1661–1670

From the late Shunzhi to early Kangxi reign, Prince Pingxi Wu Sangui was invested by the Qing court and established a semi-independent regional milit…

Timeline

1661–1662Kunming · YunnanIn the later stages of the Qing court's wars of unification, Wu Sangui was invested as Prince Pingxi and led his troops to garrison Yunnan, with Kunming as his seat of government, beginning to construct a regional military regime system centered on Yunnan and Guizhou.
1663–1670Yunnan · YunnanIn Yunnan and Guizhou, Wu Sangui expanded the Green Standard Army and his private forces, controlled the salt tax, horse administration, and the appointment of local officials, forming a relatively independent military, political, and fiscal system; the Qing court's reliance on and suspicion of him coexisted.

Sources

《清史稿·吴三桂传》 (1977)
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 9: The Ch'ing Empire to 1800 — Willard J. Peterson (ed.) (2002)