Zhang Guangsi
Zhang Guangsi, courtesy name Xiyu, was a Qing dynasty official from the Han Chinese Bordered Red Banner.
When he was a student of the Imperial Academy, he obtained the rank of a prefect by purchase. In 1722 he was appointed magistrate of Sizhou. In 1726, he was transferred to Chuxiong then to Liping. In 1727 he was promoted to Judicial Commissioner of Guizhou and in the next year, because of his success in quelling the Miao rebellion, he was promoted to Governor of Guizhou. He made suggestions to the emperor to pacify the aborigines that in 1732 he was awarded the hereditary rank "baitalabure hafan".
In the meantime the Qing army was at war with Dzungar Khanate. Zhang was appointed as the Deputy General-in-Chief of Western Circuit to lead an army to attack Dzungar, assisting the General-in-Chief Yue Zhongqi. In 1735, Dzungar sued for peace and finally reached a ceasefire. Another Miao rebellion broke out in the meantime, Zhang was appointed Viceroy of Guizhou to pacify the aborigines. The rebellion was bloodily suppressed in the next year.
In 1747, the Slob Dpon, the chieftain of Greater Jinchuan, attacked his neighbor chiefdoms and defied a detachment of troops sent against him by the governor of Sichuan. Because of his success in pacifying Miao people, Zhang was made the Viceroy of Chuan-Shaan to command the armies sent to subdue these rebels. However, his men were halted by the unfamiliar topography, the precipitous mountain passes, and the native stone towers known as diaolou. One year later, Qianlong Emperor ordered Necin to reinforce his army, however, it was defeated again. The two commanders quarreled over military strategy, mutually blamed each other. Zhang was stripped off his position, escorted to Beijing and later executed. Meanwhile, Necin was also beheaded in full view of the army.