The incident happened because of the closed relationship between the garrison of Baqi and the grain merchant——the soldiers destroyed the grain shops opened by local authorities as this is against them, but not because of the poverty of the soldiers, which is generally agreed by many scholars.

After the Qing\'s unification of Xinjiang,to strengthen the unification and defense in the Northwestern frontier,to maintain social stability,the Qing government sent many soldiers from east China and other places into garrisons in Xinjiang.