Chapter 654

And ever since Feng Ji died, Shen Pei smoothly became the second-in-command within the Jizhou aristocratic families.

Compared to Ju Shou, Shen Pei had served as the Magistrate of Yecheng for many years.

He understood more about internal affairs than Ju Shou.

He understood that if all the common people ran away, Yecheng would probably truly be finished.

After all.

The so-called upper ruling class is able to sleep soundly and possess great power.

Precisely because they have people under them.

If there is no one to use, the so-called rulers will become complete bullshit.

Following Shen Pei's words.

Ju Shou agreed:

"Zhengnan's words are very true." (Shen Pei's courtesy name is Zhengnan)

"No matter what, we cannot let that group of commoners form this trend of defecting to Gu Linzhi one after another."

Although, even now, Ju Shou was still unwilling to believe that mere mud-legged people could form such a terrifying chain reaction.

But facts speak louder than words.

If left unchecked, the common people of the entire Jizhou would probably flow to Bingzhou in large numbers because of this.

Aristocratic families without common people would naturally have their strength greatly discounted.

After all.

Upper-level power originates from the lower-level structure.

This strike by Gu Yi made Ju Shou very uncomfortable.

The key to the problem is.

Up until now, Gu Yi still hadn't formally dispatched troops to attack Jizhou.

But even so, it had already caused great difficulties within Jizhou.

If Gu Yi were to lead troops to attack at this time, Ju Shou really couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

……. ===== CHAPTER 655 =====