In the summer of the twenty-third year of Shengping, natural disasters occurred repeatedly. First, there was a drought in the north, then floods in the south, and later a small-scale earthquake struck the Sichuan area. Fortunately, the earthquake happened during broad daylight, allowing the alert citizens to escape, preventing a large-scale casualty. Nevertheless, many homes were destroyed in an instant.
As the disasters continued, directives were issued to various provinces and counties like snowflakes. When the disasters began, officials from the Ministry of Industry were already dispatched to the south to manage water systems. This was the newly appointed Junior Officer Yuan Liren, who brought good news in mid-July of having cleared the silted river channels, causing the floodwaters to recede.
