Fearing that the people who lived in Taiwan would become more and more difficult to rule, they prohibited and restricted residents of the mainland from moving to Taiwan. During the Qianlong era, the prohibitions and restrictions were lifted, and people from Fujian and Guangdong entered Taiwan in swarms. The population of Taiwan immediately began to increase.
清初，由於台民居恆思亂，清廷不願意台灣人口增多，禁止、限制大陸人民移居台灣，到清乾隆時，禁止、限制之令廢除，閩粵人民蜂湧進入台灣，台灣人口頓漸增加。