Sheng Boyuan said slowly, "I heard that Fang Xusheng has been visiting the various halls of the Notre-Dame. I'm afraid he is already planning to transfer Mr. He Chuan away."
"Sheng Boyuan, what should we do now?" The Empress Dowager's voice was full of fatigue.
Sheng Boyuan gave the eunuch a look, and the eunuch hurriedly left.
After a while, Sheng Boyuan said in a low voice, "Empress Dowager, Fang Yun is now fully fledged. We can't confront him head-on. Otherwise, Jingguo 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 polite. After all, I heard that Fang Yun is seriously injured, and even Half-saint can't do anything about it. Once his body is weak, we can take the opportunity to strike back. Moreover, Jing Jun is still young. If he can drag it out until he reaches adulthood, he can legitimately take over the government. At that time, there will be hope for the revival of the royal family. "
The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "We chased away Mount Liu, and now here comes Fang Yun. Jingguo is full of disasters. Forget it. Instead of falling out with him, it won't look good for everyone. It's better to retreat and plan further. "
Sheng Boyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Although Mount Liu can't be revived, there are some people in the Liu Faction who are quite talented. They should not be ignored."
"I'll have to trouble Sheng Boyuan with this."
Sheng Boyuan was stunned, and a trace of sadness rose in his heart. It was obvious that the Empress Dowager was using him again.
"I … I'm willing to be a lonely minister!"
That night, two important pieces of news spread throughout the capital.
Prime Minister Kang Ha-chuan received the letter from the Notre-Dame and went to the Notre-Dame with his family. He didn't even enter the palace to bid farewell to the Empress Dowager.
An hour after Kang Ha-chuan left, Prince Ji Fang Yun returned to Spring Garden.
The next day, at the morning court, as everyone expected, Cao Dean and Zhang Poyue led the civil and military officials to request the Empress Dowager and Jing Jun to appoint Fang Yun as the Left Prime Minister.
The officials led by Sheng Boyuan tried their best to object, but in the end, the Empress Dowager scolded Sheng Boyuan and the other officials and promised that after the morning court, she would draft an imperial edict and confer Fang Yun the title of Left Prime Minister. For a moment, the officials cheered.
However, Sheng Boyuan recommended many officials of the Liu Party, which was opposed by many officials. The two sides argued endlessly, even more fiercely than the previous appointment of Fang Yun as the Left Prime Minister.
In the end, things got out of hand. The Empress Dowager came out and scolded both sides. Then, she came up with a compromise. Out of the ten or so people recommended by Sheng Boyuan, only five would be selected. At the same time, they would not be given important positions and would only be transferred.
These five people were all carefully selected by Sheng Boyuan. Although they were from the Liu Gang, they were all related to the major forces and had good abilities and official names.
Since the Empress Dowager agreed to appoint Fang Yun as the Left Prime Minister, Cao Dean and the other officials could not push it. They could only agree to the appointment of the five people.
After the morning court, the Jingguo Cabinet drafted six imperial edicts in a row, and Fang Yun's was the last one to be completed.
On the same day, Fang Yun was officially appointed as the new Left Prime Minister of Jingguo.
Then, an interesting news came out from the spring garden and appeared on the ranking list.
Some servants heard that Fang Yun had jokingly said that he had finally become the person he used to hate the most.
Therefore, Mount Liu became the hot topic of the ranking list again. They compared him with Fang Yun and laughed at him. Then, Ji Zhibai, who had been dead for a long time, was also mentioned again. It was as if his corpse was being whipped.
There was not much debate on the ranking list about Fang Yun being the Left Prime Minister. Other than a few people who thought that Fang Yun was greedy for power and position, most people thought that it was normal.
This was because most of the scholars thought that Fang Yun was seriously injured and had no hope of becoming a Saint. It was normal for him to give up on the Saint Path and become an official. Any scholar would think the same.
The morning of early spring was a little cold. The Dragon Horse luxury car slowly stopped in front of the palace.
Fang Yun slowly got out of the car with Hu Li's help. Then, Fang Yun summoned the Wuhou Carriage. He leaned against the back of the seat weakly and sat in the Wuhou Carriage slowly moving forward.
Hu Li sat beside Fang Yun. She kept pouring tea and massaging his shoulders and legs.
Although Hu Li had the head of a fox and the body of a human, she was born with the ability to charm people. Her graceful figure and graceful bearing made some of the officials lose their souls.
Before Fang Yun reached the palace, the officials led by Cao Dean quickly walked over to greet Fang Yun.
However, more than half of the officials were standing in front of the door. They were either sneering, expressionless, or smiling at him.
Although there were very few people who came to greet Fang Yun, they were all smiling as they looked at him. When Fang Yun came closer, they all saluted and greeted him.
Zhang Poyue shouted, "Left Prime Minister, when are you going to promote me?"
Fang Yun glanced at Zhang Poyue and said, "Let's talk about it after you've shaved off all the meat on your body."
The officials burst into laughter. Zhang Poyue did not care and continued to smile.
Li Wenying was also among the military officials. Because the Grand Marshal Chen Zhixu was not present, Li Wenying was temporarily the head of the military officials. He was even above the Minister of War.
The head of the civil officials was Kang Ha-chuan. Now, Fang Yun rode the Wuhou Carriage and arrived at the head of the civil officials.
Normally, the civil and military officials would enter through the two side doors.
However, after Fang Yun arrived at the head of the civil officials, he continued to walk forward and finally arrived at the palace's main entrance.
The civil and military officials looked at Fang Yun's back in disbelief. They could not understand Fang Yun's intentions.
Fang Yun said slowly, "This is my first time in the Imperial Cabinet. Why don't you open the palace gates?"
Fang Yun's voice passed through the city gates and into the palace.
Many of the smiling officials retracted their smiles and looked deeply at Fang Yun.
No one present was stupid. No one thought that Fang Yun was such an arrogant person. Then, Fang Yun's intentions were obvious.
Establishing his authority.
Some of the officials secretly clicked their tongues. Although they did not like Fang Yun's actions, they admired him.
It was common for a new official to make drastic changes. However, that was what a superior did to his subordinates. Fang Yun was good. He directly established his authority in front of the Jingguo Imperial Family!
Many of the officials secretly communicated with each other. At first, most of them did not understand. However, they soon understood. Previously, the Fang Party and Fang Yun's friends were excluded in Jing City. At this time, besides establishing his authority, Fang Yun was also trying to fight for justice for his friends.
Not only was he establishing his authority to the Imperial Family, but he was also establishing his authority to the other officials.
Some of the officials' expressions became extremely ugly.
The officials of the Imperial Family, led by the Minister of Rites, Sheng Boyuan, and the officials of the Minister of Civil Affairs, led by Hu Yucheng, were the most gloomy.
The officials of the other factions either remained neutral or completely sided with Fang Yun.
The five officials of the Liu Party who had just been promoted yesterday were not happy or angry. They just looked on coldly.
Some of the people who were close to Fang Yun secretly sent letters. They hoped that Fang Yun would not make things too awkward. He had just entered the Imperial Family and had just become the Minister of the Left. He should keep a low profile.
However, Fang Yun ignored them. He still stood in front of the main gate of the Imperial Palace.
After a long time, a eunuch walked out of the side gate. He jogged all the way to Fang Yun and said with a flattering smile, "The Emperor has decreed that Fang Yun has just become the Minister of the Imperial Family. Today, the Imperial Palace will open the gate and welcome you with the same ceremony as Xusheng!"
Then, the main gate of the Imperial Palace slowly opened.
Fang Yun didn't decline, and entered without hesitation.
The rest of the officials entered from the side gates as usual.
After 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. Zhang Poyue quickly shut his mouth and laughed heartlessly.
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