Salt Workers' Uprising

Timeline

1. 1518Lianghuai salt district · LianghuaiIn the thirteenth year of Zhengde, salt workers in Jianghuai, unable to bear extortion by salt officials and heavy salt levies, gathered in revolt, attacking salt transport offices and seizing salt boats, their momentum growing.
2. 1518Tongzhou · JiangsuThe court ordered local troops to suppress the uprising; after it was put down, some salt levies were reduced, but the accumulated abuses of the salt system remained uncorrected and the salt workers' plight stayed dire.