Fang Yun stood at the head of all the officials, glanced at the civil and military officials present, and felt a myriad of emotions in his heart.
Ever since I went to study at Chongwen Academy, I haven't been to Jingguo again, and more than two years have passed.
In the past two years, not only have I changed a lot, but the officials of Jing State have also changed a lot.
Back then, among the official officials of Jing State, only Minister Jiang Hechuan and Gangzhou Yuangong Li Wenying were great Confucian scholars, and now, the right minister Cao De'an has been promoted to a great Confucian scholar.
Although Cao De'an never had a direct conflict with the Left Prime Minister, he was a true veteran of three dynasties of Jing State. He had always protected the royal family of Jing State openly and secretly. Although some people ridiculed him as the "clay sculpture of Right Prime Minister Cao", those who were interested knew that if it were not for him, the Left Prime Minister would have already brought most of the officials of Jing State into his control.
Even after being promoted to a great scholar, Cao De'an remained the same as before and did not become arrogant just because he wore a purple robe.
In addition to Cao De'an, General Zhou Junhu has also been promoted to a great Confucian scholar. However, Zhou Junhu has not attended court and is consolidating his status as a great Confucian scholar.
The beggar uncle Zhao Jingkong was different from the other two. After being promoted to a great scholar, he made the same choice as Li Wenying. After slightly consolidating his realm, he went to the ancient land to hone himself and serve the human race.
Cao De'an and Zhou Junhu used the excuse that Jing State was unstable and that they had to assist in government affairs and delayed leaving Jing State for training. However, they could only delay for three years at most. After three years, unless Jing State was in imminent danger, they would have to choose an ancient place to hone their skills.
This is the rule of the human race.
The human race can support scholars and allow them to play games all their lives, but they will never allow any great scholar to waste his life.
The two officials who ranked first, apart from Fang Yun, were Minister of Culture Jiang Hechuan and Right Prime Minister Cao De'an, followed by Left Prime Minister Liu Shan and Auxiliary Prime Minister Si Yueqing.
Liu Shan and Si Yueqing were both university scholars, but neither of them was promoted to great scholar.
Many people believed that the reason why Liu Shan was reluctant to be promoted to the rank of Great Confucian Scholar was that he was afraid that he would be forced to give up his position as the Left Prime Minister after being promoted.
As for Si Yueqing, many people couldn't guess that he was the right-hand man of the Left Prime Minister. If he could be promoted to a great scholar, even if he left the position of assistant prime minister, it would be good for Liu Shan. Si Yueqing himself was far less talented than Liu Shan. If he could be promoted to a great scholar, he would never be attached to the position of assistant prime minister.
Once promoted to a great scholar, it will definitely be recorded in the official history, and the treatment of oneself and future generations will be greatly improved.
Finally, some people came to the conclusion that even if the Wenqu Star was broken, Si Yueqing did not have the ability to be promoted to a great scholar.
This rumor dealt a heavy blow to Si Yueqing's prestige, causing him to stay at home and keep a low profile after his outburst.
Not long ago, officials of Jing State discovered a very strange phenomenon. Those officials who were promoted first after the Wenqu Star was split were almost all officials who supported Jing State and the Jing State royal family. On the contrary, only a few people from Liushan’s party were promoted, and none of them were core members of the Zuo Xiang party.
Fang Yun continued to glance at the other officials.
Minister of Rites Mao Enzheng was promoted to Grand Secretary, Imperial Physician Yang Zijiang was promoted to Grand Secretary, former Mizhou Mu Hu Yucheng was promoted to Grand Secretary, and served as Grand Secretary of the Imperial Academy…
Compared with the past, there was not only one more great scholar among the court officials, but also seven more university scholars. Except for one who had connections with the Left Prime Minister's party, the other six were all staunch opponents of Liushan.
If we include people outside the capital and among the common people, even if we don't count the semi-saint families of Jing Kingdom, the number of Grand Secretaries of Jing Kingdom has increased by thirty-four in more than two years. As for the number of Hanlin scholars, it has increased by hundreds, which is difficult to count.
Fang Yun had a faint smile on his face, with some slight ups and downs in his heart.
These people are the backbone of Jing State.
The members of Zuo Xiang's party did not dare to look Fang Yun in the eye. When they saw Fang Yun looking at them, they immediately lowered their heads. Either they were afraid or they had something to hide.
At this moment, Fang Yun could better understand what Cai He had said in the letter he had sent him. If Liu Shan had not been the leader of the Zongsheng Sect, if Chen Sheng had not been about to die, and if Qing State had not had a great chance of swallowing up Jing State, Liu Shan and his party would have been kicked out long ago.
When the time came, everyone went to court.
While walking, Fang Yun clearly felt that the momentum of Liushan's party was completely suppressed by the hostile officials.
The court session began with all officials bowing to pay homage to the king and the queen mother. Even the great Confucian scholars Jiang Hechuan and Cao De'an followed suit, but Fang Yun stood upright, not moving a muscle.
After everyone had finished paying their respects, Fang Yun bowed alone. Fang Yun was a virtual saint and also a minister of the Jing Kingdom, so he could bow or not, but Fang Yun chose the former.
The moment Fang Yun bowed, the queen mother behind the curtain hurriedly reached out and took the young prince's hand to stand up, and then she and the young prince bowed back to Fang Yun.
After Fang Yun finished bowing, he smiled and said, "The Queen Mother and the King are too polite."
"Prince Ji is a human saint. My father and I cannot accept such a great gift. Someone, bring soft chairs for Saint Fang, Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Cao."
Afterwards, the palace servants brought three chairs and asked Fang Yun, Jiang Hechuan and Cao De'an to sit down.
"Fang Xusheng has returned from his retreat and has been promoted to Grand Secretary. The whole country should have celebrated, but Fang Xusheng doesn't like red tape..."
The empress dowager first said some polite words, and then issued an imperial decree, appointing Fang Yun as governor of Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, and in charge of the civil officials and literary academies of the two states.
Fang Yun declined at first, but the empress dowager persuaded him. After declining three times, he accepted the appointment and served as governor of the two states.
Today's court meeting was originally prepared for Fang Yun. After finishing the matter of the two governors, the small king would announce the adjournment of the court. But at this moment, the assistant minister Yue Qing suddenly stepped forward, holding a tablet, bowed to the king and the queen mother, and said: "I have something to report."
The young prince opened his mouth, was stunned for a moment, then closed his mouth and turned to look at the queen mother.
The Queen Mother said with a pleasant expression, "What do you want to report, Lord Si?"
"I think that before Fang Xusheng takes office as the governor of the two states, he should explain to all officials of Jing State how he killed Lei Chongmo, the head of the Lei family. Otherwise, people from all countries will think that Jing State is lawless and can kill the head of the Lei family at will. I think that a person who wantonly attacked and killed the head of the Xusheng family, even if he is Xusheng, should not be the governor of the two states. What's more, Fang Xusheng has a precedent of bloodlust in Ning'an County, so we must be on guard."
As soon as Si Yueqing finished speaking, another official from the Left Prime Minister's party stepped forward and said, "I second the motion. If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, the Kingdom of Jing will be promoting a murderer to the position of governor of two states, and it will be difficult to stop the public from talking."
"Please think twice, King and Queen Mother!"
Officials left their original positions one after another. Finally, except for Liu Shan who remained motionless as if dozing off, all the officials of the Left Prime Minister's party left together.
There are sixty-three officials attending the court today, and twenty-two of them stand up at this moment.
Fang Yun just glanced at everyone, his expression unchanged and he said nothing, but he was thinking in his heart that the Zuo Xiang Party had suffered many blows and still occupied nearly one-third of the power in the court, which showed how terrifying Liu Shan was.
Without Fang Yun saying anything, Minister of Rites Mao Enzheng stepped forward.
"I object. There is the Holy Court above, the Lei Family below, the Criminal Palace inside, and the Four Seas Dragon Palace outside. They can all handle this matter. Our Jing Kingdom should wait until the dust settles before responding."
Then another person came out and said, "Minister Mao is right. This matter involves a lot of people. The Holy Academy is already discussing the formation of a joint investigation agency. I think it's not appropriate for Jingguo to intervene."
Those who opposed the Left Prime Minister stood up one after another, and the Golden Palace suddenly became a scene of uproar.
Fang Yun acted as if his colleagues had nothing to do with him and just closed his eyes to rest.
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