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 | On the outbreak of the rebellion of the Nienfei[?], a remnant of the Taipings, in Ho-nan[?] and Shan-tung (1866) he was ordered again to take the field, and after some misadventures be succeeded in suppressing the movement. |
| A year later he was appointed viceroy of Hukwang[?], where he remained until 1870, when the Tientsin massacre necessitated his transfer to the scene of the outrage. |
| He was, as a natural consequence, appointed to the viceroyalty of the metropolitan province of Chihli[?], and justified his appointment by the energy with which he suppressed all attempts to keep alive the anti-foreign sentiment among the people. |
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