However, agricultural production was in a slump at that time (according to "Nihon Koki" there were seven consecutive years of draught damage, beginning in 817), and due to this situation there was the problem of serious financial difficulty.
だが、当時は農業生産が極度の不振（『日本後紀』によれば、817年より7年連続で干害などの被害を受けたとされている）にあり、その結果として当時財政難は深刻であった。