Ever since Qi Tian settled into Lubei County Town, he had bestowed upon Pan Yulin, Wang Shuqing and others the task of conducting a thorough investigation of Lubei County, gaining clarity on a lot of issues. Liu Qing, the County Magistrate of Lubei County, was a loyalist of the Crown Prince. In a bid to demonstrate his loyalty to the Crown Prince, he constantly resorted to filtering the wealth of the common people, which he then offered as tributes to the Crown Prince. The people of Lubei County were weighed down by grievances, yet they dared to feel anger but not express it. Those who dared to assert their feelings were either thrown into the prison or met untimely deaths.