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The 19th century  saw the Qian dynasty increasingly turn its focus away from the continent and towards eastern conquests. This neglect was nowhere more evident than in Guangbei. Heavy taxation on cattle heads angered the [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] people and drove food prices up, equally angering the population of the urban centers. Sentiments of ethnic separatism began to be nourished by the writings of authors such as Wen Yaobu and Eldegai Bor who advocated for a separate Tiao identity and for a [[Degei Confederation|Degei]] homeland respectively, and later for cooperation between their two groups to achieve their ends. The Prince of Guangbei during the 1880's detailed to the imperial court in several letters, the dire state of his administration including the disrepair of many border forts and of two thirds of the bridges across the river, the built up of silt due to soil erosions, desertion and dereliction from border guardsand increased banditry. The response from the center of [[Palace of Columns]] is not recorded but is assumed to not have resulted in much help being given to Guangbei, as the problems enumerated in the Prince's missives are recorded to have continued well into the Great Wars. A major revolt broke out in 1894 comprising most of the province's non-[[Daxian people|Daxian]] ethnic groups against increased taxation on sheep wool. Many cities and towns that depended on the wool trade also joined the rebels who marched on [[Brink]] by 1896 but were unable to take the city. The revolt was finally put down in 1901 when Qian reinforcements finally arrived but the province was completely devastated by then and the imperial government had little funds to spare on reconstruction, almost 40% of the imperial budget was being spent on the [[Great Arsenal]].