the governor-general of the region, en-lin, advised the imperial government not to alienate muslims. he officially made it clear that there was to be no mistreatment of or discrimination against muslims, resulting in the implementation of a "policy of reconciliation". muslim rebels tried to seize lingzhou (present-day lingwu) and guyuan in several attacks as a result of false rumors spread by some muslims that the government was going to kill all muslims.