19世纪60年代至90年代,在洋务运动背景下,清政府开始整饬营伍、变革兵制,希图通过简器练兵以自强,其中,裁军是变革兵制的一个重要环节和内容。清政府的裁军对于减轻其财政负担,促进军事改革、提高清军战斗力起到一定的积极作用,但同时,裁军也成为造成晚清会党蔓延,土匪猖獗,社会动荡不安的因素之一。 From the 1960s to the 1990s, under the background of the Westernization Movement, the Qing government began to reorganize its ranks and reform its military system. Hopefully, the Qing government trained itself to improve itself through self-improvement. Among them, disarmament was an important link in the transformation of the military system. The disarmament of the Qing government played a positive role in alleviating its financial burden, promoting military reform and enhancing the combat effectiveness of the Qing forces. At the same time, disarmament has also become one of the factors that contributed to the spread of the late Qing faction, rampant bandits and social unrest.