Yellow Turban Rebellion

Yellow Turban Rebellion

By: Luke the Han Dynasty Extraordinaire

     In this months news (184 A.D.) our wonderful emperor is having a lot of trouble with the farmers from the north. The northern farmers are coming into the south to find a better life and better farming conditions. As we know there is much poverty and famine going on in our beloved country so the northerners are coming to the south to try to make a better life for themselves. Since the northerners have come our rich upper class citizens have been taking advantage of them. They are making these farmers pay large taxes and are exploiting them. Today these peasant farmers have started to revolt because of the high taxes and poor working conditions. They are all wearing yellow scarves around there heads and this revolt is starting to be called the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
     The rebels are beginning to get stronger and have three main forces. The first force is right above the Yellow River. This group is led by the Zhang brothers. Another area is in the You Province particularly in Guang Yang and Zhuo. Ying Chuan and Nanyang is the third area which the rebels are focusing their forces. These rebels are starting to post a large threat to the beloved Han empire. If the rebels are not stopped soon things might get a lot worse for our already weak empire.