One of its causes was the corruption of court favorite Heshen, who in fact embezzled money intended to put it down.
Twenty years before this event, its instigators started a failed rebellion under Wang Lun. It was followed ten years after its end by the Eight Trigrams Rebellion. This uprising and a contemporaneous revolt of the Miao people forced an increase in the size of the Green Standard. One of its causes was the corruption of court favorite Heshen, who in fact embezzled money intended to put it down. It was subdued only after the Jiaqing emperor overthrew the Qianlong emperor. This event started as a protest against taxes by a society promoting Maitreya Buddhism, and aimed to replace the Manchus with the restored Ming dynasty, which had fallen some 150 years earlier. Centered in Hubei and Shaanxi, for 10 points, name this revolt against the Qing dynasty agitated by a group named for a flower
Twenty years before this event, its instigators started a failed rebellion under Wang Lun.
White Lotus Rebellion