What's this called again?

Oh, right, it's called public opinion monitoring.

Behind public opinion monitoring lies the art of controlling public opinion.

That's exactly the situation I was talking about, and it really works!

Xu Qing kept the purpose of his trip firmly in mind and rode straight to the Yang residence. How could he possibly fight a battle he wasn't prepared for?

The layout of Suizhou City was already in his mind.

When they arrived at the gate of Yang's residence, the soldiers of Suizhou also received orders to surround them and confront Xu Qing and his group at the gate.

This is utterly lawless.

In retrospect, it was such a wise decision that the retired emperor had defied public opinion and separated military and political power in each state.

The prefect could only command the prefectural soldiers; the truly combat-ready army was directly under the control of the imperial court.

He came in a hurry and kept it secret this time, without notifying the troops here. Now it seems that Yang Yong and the imperial army stationed in Suizhou did not collude.

"By order of the imperial court, we have come to arrest the family of the criminal Yang Yong. Anyone who obstructs us will be killed without mercy!"

"superior!"

The local militia were no match for the imperial guards; they were utterly outmatched from the first encounter.

With the front yard destroyed, the Yang family masters, who were still packing up their valuables in the back, were terrified and ran away in a panic.

In less than fifteen minutes, all the Yang family members were taken to the courtyard and pinned to the ground.

Seeing the densely packed group of concubines, Xu Qing and the Imperial Guards all had only one thought: the Yang family was truly stupid.

When Yang Yong was personally selected as the top scholar by His Majesty, he was full of pride and vowed to serve the court.

It's only been five years, and it's already corroded like this...

Yang Yong's eldest son looked resentful and said, "Why are you arresting me? Does the imperial court have the right to arbitrarily arrest people?"