The rebellion in Shuofang County is significant enough to be recorded in the history of Da Liang. The declining national fortune of Da Liang was like an unstoppable avalanche.
In the summer of the seventh year of Taikang, there was a drought with no rain. More than twenty counties were afflicted by the drought. If marked on the map of Da Liang, more than half of the North had red markings scattered across it. The rebellions followed swiftly, like a spreading fire, becoming increasingly severe.
The court responded actively, sending troops to suppress the rebellion and allocating grain for disaster relief. Even the northern states and counties, less affected by the drought, were barely self-sufficient and could not spare extra grain, requiring grain to be transferred from Guangdong and Guangxi.
