太平天国庚申十年(咸丰十年),太平军彻底摧毁了包围天京多年的清军江南大营。乘胜前进,顺利地攻取了常州、苏州等地,进而占领嘉兴。辛酉十一年(咸丰十一年),太平军又长驱入浙,攻取金华、杭州、绍兴、宁波等地。清两江总督何桂清,江苏巡抚薛焕,署江苏布政使吴煦,江苏按察使杨云松等,纷纷被迫逃避于上海一隅之地。这些地方大僚顿时感到如天倾地塌,从此大事去矣。但是,当他们稍形镇定之后,就又不和太平天国善罢干休了。他们紧急策划,再事蠢动,一方面积极鼓动“中外会防”,企图借助外国侵略者的武力打回苏州,攻打南京,达到完全消灭太平天国的罪恶目的;另一方面,也在上海设立专门机构,组织太平天国辖区的武装叛乱,企图与清军里应外合,同样也可以彻底颠覆太平天国政权,同样也可以 The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Gengshen ten years (Xianfeng ten years), the Taiping army completely destroyed the Camp Qing Jiangnan Camp surrounded by many years. Take advantage of progress, successfully captured Changzhou, Suzhou and other places, and then occupy Jiaxing. Xin XI eleven years (Xianfeng eleven years), the Taipings and drive into Zhejiang, Jinhua, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo and other places. Qing governor He Guqing, governor of Jiangsu Xue Huan, Department of Jiangsu’s administration to make Wu Xu, Jiangsu Provost Yang Yunsong, have been forced to flee the corner of Shanghai. Suddenly, these local magistrates suddenly felt collapsed, from this major event to carry on. However, when they were slightly calm, they did not stop working with the Taiping Heaven. On the one hand, they are actively agitating “China and Foreign countries will prevent” and attempt to use their foreign invaders to fight back to Suzhou and attack Nanjing to achieve the goal of completely eliminating the evil of the Taiping Heaven. On the other hand, they also set up special agencies in Shanghai , Organize an armed rebellion in the Taiping area, attempt to co-operate with the Qing forces, and also completely subvert the Taiping Rebellion, as well as