Some middle and low ranking aristocrats, who wished to maintain a certain level of comfortable life in accordance with their family status, agreed with this resistance due to uncertainty over the political reforms that Michizane was carrying out.
また、現在の家格に応じたそれなりの生活の維持を望む中下級貴族の中にも道真の進める政治改革に不安を感じて、この動きに同調するものがいた。