In fact, judging from the first year of Zhang Ruchuan, "killing Shu" is not in line with the facts. Because Zhang's original intention is to "take Bashu as the root, and then set the world." Since it is for this purpose, it is not very reasonable to order a massacre. Therefore, when we entered Sichuan in the early days, we paid more attention to uniting the local situation, and the targets of the attack were only officials and gentry who were enemies of the Daxi regime, and innocent people were not killed. In the face of stubborn resistance, such as soldiers in Chongqing and Chengdu, I ordered "cutting off my ears and breaking my hands" as an example to disintegrate the Ming army in Sichuan.
After the city was occupied, the massacre did not begin. According to the records of some missionaries at that time, many people came from Sichuan in the early days of the Daxi regime. In any case, we have to admit that "in the early days of the Western Army's occupation of Sichuan, the social order in various places was relatively stable, landlords and gentry were eager to climb the dragon and attach themselves to the phoenix, and they were in awe of the military power of the Western regime, so the class conflict was not very sharp.
However, this relatively peaceful situation changed greatly in 1645, after Zeng Ying, the general commander of the Ming Dynasty, defeated the Daxiliang Army and captured Chongqing. The fall of Chongqing was not only Zhang's military defeat, but also an important base for the regime to overthrow the Daxi regime with the cooperation of Sichuan officials, gentry and landlords.
At that time, in order to prevent spies, strict household registration, city ban and spy system were implemented. Other food of the Great Western Army was also obtained by violent means such as confiscation. As far as the western regime is concerned, the local hostile forces are mainly officials and gentry. Therefore, Zhang held a "special class" at 1645, killing all the more than 5,000 students from various counties and counties who came to Chengdu to take the exam.
When he heard that his appointed officials were killed by local people, he was furious and sent troops to slaughter local residents, monks, doctors, teachers of Yin and Yang and refugees. After that, the killing machine is turned on. Suspecting that the rebels were hiding in the Northeast Army, they decided to "destroy the city as much as possible" and sent troops to their counties to search for the people, even Xijing Chengdu. In The Story of the Holy Religion Entering Sichuan, western missionaries witnessed the cruel scene of Zhang ordering Chengdu to "kill all the residents in the city" in detail.