Chapter 653

Looking at the fiery gazes of the crowd.

Ju Shou ordered:

"Gentlemen, you know what to do with those more radical troublemakers, right?"

"Remember, do not leave roots when cutting the grass."

"For those radical troublemakers, do not leave a single one of their parents, wives, or children."

Ju Shou said this murderous sentence in a flat tone.

According to his past experience.

To deal with that group of foolish people, one only needs to kill the chicken to warn the monkey.

Executing the entire families of those more radical troublemakers will inevitably cause extreme fear among the remaining commoners who participated in the riot.

It must be said.

Internally, Ju Shou's methods are quite ruthless.

The set of aristocratic family wealth accumulation and high-pressure rule was played to perfection by him.

Think about it, if he didn't have those two brushes, how could he have been elected as the second-in-command of Jizhou by the interior of the aristocratic families at the age of twenty?

Oh no, the wording is wrong.

The two brushes here refer to the high-pressure rule adopted internally.

Externally, perhaps it wasn't as fierce as internally.

……

The autumn wind was silent.

Not a word was spoken all night.

But on this calm night, the number of common people who died at the hands of the aristocratic families inside and outside Yecheng was no less than a thousand!

More than three hundred households of common people who led the riots had their entire families slaughtered, not even a chicken or dog left.

Is the Eastern Han strong?

This is a very difficult question to judge.

Perhaps it was strong for a period of time.

But whether it is history books or various film and television dramas, they will subconsciously and automatically ignore certain internal factors that have always been corrupting the Eastern Han Dynasty.

That factor is called the aristocratic family.

Aristocratic families are not just strong for this generation, but run through the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, and can even be traced back to the Western Han period and even the Warring States period.

The power of the common people has been suppressed by the aristocratic masters for too long.

If there is no powerful leader to stand up and unite them, they are ultimately too weak.

Just like now.

These three hundred-plus households of slaughtered common people didn't even have time to resist before they were killed by private soldiers loyal only to the aristocratic families.

Many common people were even killed in their sleep.

Yes, in the eyes of the aristocratic families, they are just grasshoppers that can be easily pinched at any time.

Can grasshoppers jump to the sky?

The news of over a thousand deaths spread throughout Yecheng by the morning of the next day.

Those common people who participated in the riots and the veterans who refused to work fell into silence.

Yes, they are afraid.

People have Achilles' heels.

For them, perhaps they themselves can be sacrificed.

But what about their families?

The entire family being slaughtered, not a chicken or dog left, brought them too great a shock.

Looking at Yecheng, which was gradually returning to its normal appearance.

Ju Shou stroked the goat-beard on his chin, his joy overflowing in his expression.

But...

How could the great gift Gu Yi sent this time only be of this degree?

Just when Ju Shou and the middle and high-level members of the Jizhou aristocratic families thought the situation was settled.

A new cry arose inside Yecheng!

"Anyone who leaves Yecheng and heads to Bingzhou will receive twenty mu of land for every person in their family!"

"Note, everyone can receive it."

"Even newborn babies and old people lying on their deathbeds, as long as they have one breath left, can receive land to farm!"

"Besides this, you can also receive a resettlement fee to take root in Bingzhou."

This was the second shot Gu Yi released!

The common people of Yecheng, after the slaughter last night, were full of fear toward Ju Shou and the people of the Jizhou aristocratic families.

Under such circumstances.

This second shot released by Gu Yi was equivalent to giving them a chance to climb to heaven from hell!

Will heaven definitely be happy?

Not necessarily.

But the common people of Yecheng know that their current situation is being in a hell that eats people without blinking!

Leaving hell and heading to heaven, even if they live poorly, it must be better than hell.

People, especially the common people of ancient feudal dynasties, mostly possess a "native land mentality."

They always have a mentality of wanting to return to their roots and being reluctant to leave their hometown.

But... after being messed with by Ju Shou and the others, the common people of Yecheng had long since lost any trust in them.

Their native land had become a scorched earth.

Since that is the case, why still indulge in this?

Wouldn't that be waiting for death?

Consequently.

Large numbers of common people, by unspoken agreement, quietly packed their luggage, left Yecheng, and headed toward the Jizhou border without looking back.

At first.

Ju Shou didn't feel anything inappropriate about these mud-legged people leaving.

Anyway, in his view.

These mud-legged people can be grabbed by the handful, and the quantity is sufficient.

Let a small portion leave, let them leave; is it possible he's afraid he won't find people to replace them?

However.

The tide of people leaving Yecheng became larger and larger.

From morning until evening, it never stopped.

Now, Ju Shou and the others panicked.

At this rate, almost seventy or eighty percent of the common people of Yecheng would leave!

At that time, wouldn't Yecheng become a thoroughly empty city?

What's more terrifying is.

Besides Yecheng.

The surrounding cities were also equally affected by this wave of people.

People, after all, have a herd mentality.

The departure of the Yecheng common people was equivalent to sounding an alarm for the common people in other commanderies and counties of Jizhou!

……

"No!"

"Quickly blockade the border and dispatch troops to stop these people from leaving."

"If they all defect to Gu Linzhi."

"Wouldn't Gu Linzhi be able to gather a million-strong army in Bingzhou?"

The person who spoke was precisely Shen Pei.

Ju Shou was the undisputed number one of the Jizhou aristocratic families. ===== CHAPTER 654 =====