At that time the Manchus were already in the capital, and the war that would replace the Ming with the Ching dynasty had reached Fukien.
郭懷一事件之後，殖民當局決定在赤崁村（Saccam）建立普羅凡舍（Provitia）堡，就是中國人口中的「赤崁樓」，以便密切監督漢族農民。