The southern region?
The south is experiencing a drought, earlier than the north; it hasn't rained since the end of May, and the summer crops there have already died of drought.
What's more serious is that, initially, the local officials regarded it as a minor drought and did not report it upwards. When the drought worsened significantly, they hoped it would rain soon and chose to conceal the situation.
The result of this cover-up led to widespread disaster, with refugees everywhere and public discontent soaring. Some wealthy estates were forcefully broken into by refugees, who stole food and even violated their wives and maidservants, an extremely vile occurrence.
Unable to hide the disaster any longer, the reports finally reached the Emperor, handed over by a Deputy Magistrate from Guiyang, Yan Zisheng.
