In the 22nd year of Chen Yuanping, former Crown Prince Xiao Ye, due to a public petition accusing the Five Traitors of ten crimes, aroused the Emperor's anger, was demoted to Yangzhou, re-titled as King Liang, and forbade to return to the capital forever.
In May of the 25th year of Yuanping, Xu Qing, Governor of Yangzhou, submitted a memorial to the Emperor, accusing Li Mubai, Deputy Governor of Jinyang Prefecture, of hoarding troops for self-benefit, imprisoning and harming the new Prefect and officials of Jinyang, violating the rites and laws, worshipping the Evil God, among other eight major charges, requesting a royal order to quell him.
In June, the imperial decree reached the State Mansion, commanding King Liang, Xiao Ye, to lead Yangzhou's military forces, eliminate the rebels, and atone his crimes with merit.
