After being provoked by some influential individuals, everyone tacitly started to smear Yang Ge's reputation.
Yang Ge was fully aware that these people were pressuring him, yet he truly had no solution for dealing with them.
After much thought, he suddenly recalled a method used by Emperor Hongwu!
He sent people, forcing the court officials in the prison, dressed in prisoner's garb and burdened with shackles, to handle official affairs in court, promising them that if they devoted themselves to the task, their initiative could be considered for leniency.
Was this method effective?
Of course not!
The reason Emperor Hongwu could employ this was because he was Emperor Hongwu.
'What is Yang Ge? Just a commander of the imperial guards, nicely put, but crudely, he is nothing but a dog kept by the Emperor!'
'Without any imperial decree, does he really dare to do anything to us, legitimate imperial officials who passed the civil examinations?'
