Fang Zeduan was startled, then he knelt down in a hurry and said: "Wei Chen is not qualified enough and is really not qualified..."
"Okay, it's settled," Lu Mingwei put down the tea bowl in his hand, stood up and came over to help Fang Zeduan hold it up with his own hands. He patted Fang Zeduan on the shoulder and said slowly, "The number one scholar I have appointed is naturally capable. Don’t let me down if you do this rightful job.”
Fang Zeduan had no choice but to kowtow and thank him: "Thank you for your kindness, but what should I do with the officials?"
"You don't have to worry about this, I will select a new Minister of Rites," Lu Mingwei said, while telling Fang Zeduan, "Zeduan, you can be regarded as an old man around me. Although you have been in court for more than twenty years, you are still in court. "Tang Fengyun, I don't believe that you know nothing. Why do I choose you to be the right minister? You know it in your heart, and others also know it in their hearts. But being clear is not enough. I want you to show off."
"Yes, I will obey your orders and you will definitely live up to the great love of Lord Long Live." Fang Zeduan kowtowed.
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The sixth day of April in the twenty-sixth year of Jiasheng
Hall of Supreme Harmony.
In the early morning, Long Live Lord announced the decree at the court, promoting Fang Zeduan to the right prime minister, Jin Ding Shaodian to the Ministry of Personnel, and handed over the capital patrol camp to the command of Huijun Wang Lu Zhicheng.
The three of them received the order and thanked them.
The eyes of all the civil and military officials in the court wandered back and forth between these three people and Prince Baojun and Wan Yaojie. The expressions on the faces of Lu Zhihe, Prince Baojun, and Wan Yaojie, Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, were really ugly.
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After going down to court, Fang Zeduan and a group of officials who came to congratulate him clasped their fists in return, said polite words for a while, and finally got away. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he saw Ding Shaodian standing at attention. In front of the palace, Zheng looked at him with a smile but not a smile.
Fang Zeduan and Ding Shaodian were old acquaintances. Fang Zeduan was startled, and then he walked over with a smile and said, "Master Ding."
"In the second year of Jiasheng, it was also in the Hall of Supreme Harmony that Long Live the Lord appointed you as the top scholar in the Jinke Examination, and I was ranked second. I have always been unconvinced. I always felt that I was no worse than you. Later, you were demoted from the capital. I was happy for a long time, and I always felt that I had defeated you, but since you left, no one in the civil and military circles of this dynasty can inspire me to be so motivated." Ding Shaodian ignored Fang Zeduan, but Turning around and looking at the majestic palace behind him, he sighed, "But I didn't expect that twenty-four years later, you would still overwhelm me again."
Fang Zeduan looked at Ding Shaodian's disappointed face, but he couldn't bear it, and said slowly: "How can I be better than Lord Ding? I just stepped on my daughter's flesh and blood before I returned to the court. Although I was the number one scholar back then, long live the Lord." Obviously, I value you more and have always regarded you as my minister over the years. It’s just that your temperament is naturally unruly and you are not suitable for being the prime minister. Otherwise, how would you get my turn?”
"After all, I'm still not as good as you," Ding Shaodian smiled lightly, followed Fang Zeduan down the steps slowly, and asked casually, "I haven't had a chance to ask Brother Fang, how is your wife feeling well?"
"Brother Xie Ding asked me, my little girl is now in good health," Fang Zeduan sighed. "She was also destined to be lucky. She walked through the gate of hell, but she finally came back to life."
Ding Shaodian shook his head and said: "Concubine Li is really ridiculous. Princess Linglong is also the true descendant of her mother. She is as vicious and cruel as Concubine Li. When I heard about this, I was also very shocked and angry. I really felt sorry for your beloved."