After the land-tax reform, farmers had to pay tax by cash, some prefectures started to pay Karoku by cash instead of rice quantity, and fluctuation of rice price caused social chaos and frustration of people.
地租改正で農民の納税が金納化され、それに伴い家禄支給を石代として金禄で支給する府県も出現し、また米価の変動による混乱や不満も生じていた。