They held out for eight months until the end of the war. Afterwards, Liu proposed four urgent measures: (l) setting up defenses for Taiwan and Penghu; (2) drilling soldiers to defend Taiwan and Penghu; (3) collecting back taxes to provide sufficient pay for the soldiers; and (4) pacifying all of Taiwan's aborigines.
因而在中法戰爭事平之後，提出台灣急待辦的事務有四端：一、台澎以設防為急務；二、台澎軍政急宜講求操練；三、全台賦稅急宜清查以裕餉源；四、全台原住民急宜招撫。