"You are both civil and military, and possess amazing talents. I value you very much. If I hadn't been deceived by Xu Deliang back then, how could I have the heart to demote you from the capital? You are my first disciple of the emperor. Now that I think about it, you are really... I have wronged you all these years." Lu Mingwei sighed.
Fang Zeduan said hurriedly: "I am not aggrieved by a small minister. For all mortals, loyalty to the emperor is the highest priority. Therefore, I am not aggrieved by a small minister. Long live my grace. I will not punish my daughter for acting disrespectfully. I will not blame my minister for being lax in running the family. Instead, I will trust him." Sir, let Wei Chen take charge of one department. Wei Chen is really grateful, so why should he be aggrieved?"
"You are much more sensible than that courtier. If all the courtiers were as smart and transparent as you, I wouldn't have to be so angry all day long." Lu Mingwei took a sip of tea and glanced at Zhao Ruhai, " Why don't you help Master Fang get up quickly?"
Zhao Ruhai hurriedly helped Fang Ze pick it up, and at the same time brought him another cup of tea. Fang Ze thanked him, but looking at the steaming maple dew tea, he sweated even more.
"Zeduan, now that I have dismissed Wei Junchen, the position of right minister is vacant. As the Minister of Civil Affairs, do you have a suitable candidate to recommend to me?" Lu Mingwei asked slowly.
Fang Zeduan hurriedly said: "Thank you to Lord Long Live, I hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is my duty to select and promote officials for the imperial court. I should share my worries with Lord Long Live. However, my position as right minister is really important, and I am not the right minister." I am new here and I am not familiar with the officials in the DPRK, so I really don’t dare to speak nonsense.”
"It is precisely because you have returned to the court not long ago that you are not familiar with the civil and military ministers, and there is no twists and turns to involve you, so I want to hear what you mean," Lu Mingwei took a sip of tea and calmly said, " Just tell me, there are no other people here, it’s just for us, the monarch and his ministers, to gossip."
Fang Zeduan looked embarrassed, paused, and then said: "Long live Lord Qi, in the past two days in the morning, many people recommended Wan Shangshu as the right prime minister, and many officials in the Ministry of Personnel supported Wan Shangshu."
"What does Aiqing mean?" Lu Mingwei said calmly, while looking at Fang Zeduan's expression, "Do you also think that Wan Yaojie is suitable to be the right minister?"
"Wei Chen doesn't know much about Wan Shangshu, but Wan Shangshu's qualifications and abilities are enough to be qualified for the position of right minister," Fang Ze said, while carefully wording his words, "It's just that the king of Zhongbao County is now the dominant one. If he is established again, If Wan Shangshu is appointed as the right prime minister, I am afraid that the court will fall to one side. "
Lu Mingwei didn't speak, just took a sip of tea.
The room was surprisingly quiet. For a while, Fang Zeduan was sweating even more. He was so busy that he said again: "Weichen didn't mean to accuse King Baojun. Weichen just felt that the trouble of deposing the crown prince and the right prime minister was ahead of him." , I’m afraid it would be inappropriate to promote Wan Shangshu to the position of right prime minister at this time.”
Lu Mingwei nodded slightly: "You are right to the point. I don't like the fact that the prince and the courtiers are always involved together. The former and the harem are colluding, making the whole court a mess."
Fang Zeduan breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Long live the wise Lord."
"Since we can't find a suitable candidate for the time being, I'll let you take on the role of Right Chancellor first," Lu Mingwei took a sip of tea and said to Fang Ze with a smile, "Except for your background, you are not as good as Wan Yaojie. I think everything They are much better than him, and I don’t like his origin either.”
Fang Zeduan was startled, then he knelt down in a hurry and said: "Wei Chen is not qualified enough and is really not qualified..."