The Eastern Han Dynasty, the political corruption, the ruling class appeared between the decentralization and the rules of the eunuch, and the mutual ratholds were more confused, and the royalty-free landlord and strong land, the royal landlord, the land, "Hall Wrapped in the county, Fields were even in the country. "The people aggravated the taxation of taxes, plus droughts, the floods have occurred, resulting in the poor of farmers, poverty," flowing around the gull, married wife, ", there is a" earth and no plowing, Minaxin Desperate sights of nothing. The working people have been forced to go without the way to raise the flag, and they will rebel. In 184, Jiangzhou farmers first uprising under the leadership of Zhangjiao, and then the peasants and Nanyang and other places were responded. "Between the days, the world responded, the capital was shocked." The last farmers in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the local hero. Under the suppression of the suppression.
In the process of suppressing the big rising of the yellow towel, the landlords in all parts of land will expand their forces, strengthen the land, thus forming a source of swelling, "confidentiality and self-power". Such as: Gongsun Da, occupying the Liaodong. Liu Wei, Gong Sun, has taken the state. Yuan Shao, occupied Zhangzhou, Qingzhou, and Chiangzhou. Cao Cao, occupied Zhangzhou. Sun Ce, occupied Jiangdong. Yuan Shu, first occupying Nanyang, and takes a part of Yangzhou. Liu Tang, occupied Jingzhou. Liu Yan, occupied Yizhou. Zhang Lu, occupied by Han. Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, which took up Xuzhou. Dong Zhuo, Li Wei, etc. Ma Teng, Han Wei, occupied Liangzhou. Zhang embroidery, occupied.