Thus, there were always vagabonds and deaths from starvation in the Heijo-kyo, and Soyocho (a tax system, corvee: in Feudal Law, an obligation to perform certain services, the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign) led to the near collapse of some regions.
平城京内では浮浪者や餓死者が後を絶たず、租庸調の税制が崩壊寸前になる地方も出る。