 Qing government signed a compensation agreement with the French consul in Yunnan in 23 July 1906.Qing paid 150,000 tael (roughly 5,000 kg) of silver sycees to the French and 9,000 tael (roughly 300 kg) of silver sycee to the Chinese Catholics.In the end, the imperial Chinese dynasty reasserting control of the northern frontier of Yunnan and the western frontier of Sichuan, where Tibetan monastery and the chiefs ("tusi") used to have authority.