Sheng Boyuan said slowly: "I heard that Fang Xusheng has been visiting various halls and pavilions in the Holy Academy a few days ago. I'm afraid he is already planning to transfer Mr. Hechuan away."
"My dear Minister Sheng, what should we do now?" The Queen Mother's voice was full of fatigue.
Sheng Boyuan made a gesture and the eunuch hurried away.
After a while, Sheng Boyuan whispered, "Queen Mother, Fang Yun is now fully grown. We cannot confront him head-on. Otherwise, Jing Kingdom will be in chaos, and Fang Yun may take the opportunity to... replace him. Now, we only have one way to go, and that is to pretend to be submissive. After all, I heard that Fang Yun was seriously injured and the Half Saint was helpless. We can only wait for him to collapse and then take advantage of the situation to counterattack. What's more, Jing Jun is still young. If we can delay until he comes of age, he can rule the country legitimately. By then, with the rise and fall of one side, the royal family will have hope of revival."
The Queen Mother sighed deeply and said, "After driving away Liu Shan, another Fang Yun came. Jingguo is in trouble. Well, instead of tearing the face and making it look bad for everyone, it is better to retreat and make long-term plans."
Sheng Boyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Although Liushan cannot be restored, there are some people in the Liu Party who are quite talented and should not be buried."
"Thank you, Lord Sheng, for this matter."
Sheng Boyuan was stunned, and a trace of sadness rose in his heart. It was obvious that the Queen Mother was using him again.
"I... am willing to be a lone minister!"
That night, two important pieces of news spread throughout the capital.
When Minister Jiang Hechuan received a document from the Holy Court, he took his family to the Holy Court overnight without even entering the palace to bid farewell to the Queen Mother.
Half an hour after Jiang Hechuan left, Prince Ji Fang Yun returned to Quanyuan to live.
On the second day, at the morning court, as everyone expected, the civil and military officials headed by Cao De'an and Zhang Poyue asked the Queen Mother and King Jing to issue an edict to appoint Fang Yun as the Left Prime Minister.
Officials led by Sheng Boyuan tried their best to oppose it, but in the end, the empress dowager reprimanded Sheng Boyuan and other officials, and promised that after the morning court, she would draft an imperial edict to appoint Fang Yun as the left prime minister. For a moment, all officials cheered.
However, Sheng Boyuan later recommended many officials from the Liu Party, which was opposed by many officials. The two sides argued endlessly, which was even more intense than the previous appointment of Fang Yun as the left prime minister.
In the end, the situation became so chaotic that the Queen Mother came out to reprimand both sides. Then she proposed a compromise plan: only five people would be selected from the more than ten people recommended by Sheng Boyuan, and they would not be given important positions but only transferred to other places.
These five people were carefully selected by Sheng Boyuan. Although they were members of the Liu Party, they had connections with all major forces, and they all had good abilities and official titles.
Because the Queen Mother agreed to appoint Fang Yun as the Left Prime Minister, Cao De'an and other officials could not push their luck any further and had to agree to the appointment of the five men.
After the morning court session, the Jingguo cabinet drafted six imperial edicts in succession, and Fang Yun's was the last to be completed.
On that day, Fang Yun was officially appointed as the new Left Prime Minister of Jing State.
Afterwards, an interesting story came out from Quan Garden and appeared on the discussion list.
A servant heard Fang Yun once half-jokingly say that he had finally become the person he once hated the most.
As a result, Liu Shan once again became the topic of discussion, was compared with Fang Yun, and became the object of everyone's ridicule. Then, Ji Zhibai, who had been dead for a long time, was also brought up again, which was equivalent to having his corpse whipped.
There was no heated debate on the discussion board regarding Fang Yun's appointment as the Left Prime Minister. Except for a few people who thought that Fang Yun was greedy for power, most people thought it was normal.
Because most scholars believed that Fang Yun's injuries were difficult to recover, and there was no hope for him to become a saint, so it would be better to abandon the saintly path and take an official position. This is human nature, and any scholar would do the same.
It was a bit chilly in the early spring morning, and the Longma luxury car slowly stopped in front of the palace.
Fang Yun slowly got out of the car with the help of Hu Li. Afterwards, Fang Yun called out the Wuhou Car, leaned back weakly on the chair, and drove slowly forward in the Wuhou Car.
Hu Li sat beside Fang Yun, constantly serving him tea, pouring water, massaging his shoulders and legs.
Although Hu Li had a fox head and a human body, she had a natural ability to charm, with a graceful figure and elegant manners. Some officials were completely bewitched by her.
Before Fang Yun arrived outside the palace gate, officials led by Cao De'an walked quickly over and greeted Fang Yun.
However, more than half of the officials were still standing in front of the door, some sneering, some expressionless, and some smiling.
Although few military officers came to greet Fang Yun, they all smiled at him, and when Fang Yun approached, they all bowed and greeted him.
Zhang Poyue shouted, "Lord Zuo Xiang, when will you promote me?"
Fang Yun glanced at Zhang Poyue and said, "Wait until you have shaved off all the fat on your body."
All the officials burst into laughter, but Zhang Poyue didn't care and continued to laugh.
Li Wenying was also among the military officers, and because Grand Marshal Chen Zhixu did not attend the court, Li Wenying was temporarily ranked first among the military officers, even above the Minister of War.
The head of the civil servants was Jiang Hechuan before, but now Fang Yun arrived at the location of the head of the civil servants in a Wuhou car.
As usual, the civil and military officials would file in from two side doors respectively.
However, after Fang Yun arrived at the position of the head of the civil servants, he continued to move forward and finally arrived outside the main gate of the palace.
Civil and military officials looked at Fang Yun's back in disbelief, unable to understand Fang Yun's intentions.
Fang Yun said slowly: "This is my first time in the cabinet, and I have been honored as the Prime Minister. Why don't you open the palace gates?"
Fang Yun's voice penetrated the city gate and entered the palace.
Many smiling officials restrained their smiles and looked at Fang Yun deeply.
No one present was stupid, and no one thought Fang Yun was such an arrogant person, so Fang Yun’s purpose was obvious.
Establish authority.
Some officials secretly clicked their tongues. Although they were somewhat resistant to Fang Yun's behavior, they also admired him a little.
It is common for a new official to make three big moves upon taking office, but that is how a superior treats his subordinates. This guy is lucky, as he can directly establish his authority with the royal family of Jing State!
Many officials secretly exchanged letters and communicated with each other. Most of them did not understand at first, but they soon realized that Fang's party and Fang Yun's friends had been ostracized in the capital before. In addition to establishing his authority, Fang Yun probably also wanted to stand up for his friends.
It is not only to establish authority over the royal family, but also to establish authority over other officials.
The faces of some officials became extremely ugly.
The officials of the royal faction headed by the Minister of Rites Sheng Boyuan and the officials of the literary faction headed by the President of the Academy of Literature Hu Yucheng had the gloomiest expressions.
Officials from other factions either remained neutral or completely sided with Fang Yun.
The five Liu Party officials who had just been reinstated yesterday were neither happy nor angry, they just watched coldly.
Some people who had a very good personal relationship with Fang Yun secretly sent letters to him, hoping that Fang Yun would not make things too awkward. As he had just entered the cabinet and taken the position of Left Prime Minister, he should keep a low profile.
However, Fang Yun ignored him and continued standing in front of the main gate of the palace.
After a long time, an eunuch walked out of the side door, trotted to Fang Yun, and said with a flattering smile: "The emperor has ordered that Fang Yun's first ascension to the position of prime minister should be celebrated by the whole world. Today, the palace gates will be opened wide to welcome him with the ceremony of the virtual saint!"
Then, the main gate of the palace slowly opened.
Fang Yun did not refuse and entered without hesitation.
The rest of the officials entered through the side doors on both sides as usual.
After walking a few steps, Zhang Poyue shouted: "Fang Yun is a real man!"
The officials frowned and looked at Zhang Poyue.
Li Wenying glanced at Zhang Poyue, who quickly shut up, smiled heartlessly and continued walking forward.
Soon, Fang Yun arrived at the Fengtian Palace and took the position of head of all officials.