The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2443 Left Prime Minister Fang Yun

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 am afraid he has been planning to transfer Mr. Hechuan."

"Sheng Aiqing, 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 and cannot be confronted head-on. Otherwise, Jingguo will be in chaos, and Fang Yun may take the opportunity to... replace him. Now, we have only one way to go, that is, to pretend to be submissive. After all, the old minister heard that Fang Yun was seriously injured and the half-saint was helpless. He just waited for him to be exhausted and then took the opportunity to counterattack. What's more, Jingjun is still young. If he can be dragged to adulthood, he can rule the country legitimately. At that time, under the decline of one side, the emperor The revival of the family is expected."

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "After driving away Liu Shan, another Fang Yun came. Jingguo is in trouble. Forget it. 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 Liu Shan cannot be restored, there are some people in the Liu party who are quite talented and should not be buried."

"Thank you for this matter, my dear Sheng."

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 news spread throughout the capital.

Minister Jiang Hechuan received the document from the Holy Court, and went to the Holy Court with his family overnight, and did not even enter the palace to say goodbye 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 expected, civil and military officials led 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, but in the end, the Queen Mother scolded 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 time, all officials cheered.

However, Sheng Boyuan then recommended many officials from 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, it was outrageous. The Queen Mother came out to scold both sides, and then gave a compromise plan. Among the more than ten people recommended by Sheng Boyuan, only five were selected, and they were not given important positions, but only transferred horizontally.

These five people were carefully selected by Sheng Boyuan. Although they were members of the Liu Party, they had connections with major forces, and their abilities and official titles were good.

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 and had to agree to the appointment of the five people.

After the morning court was over, the cabinet of Jingguo drafted six imperial edicts in succession, and Fang Yun's was the last one to be completed.

On that day, Fang Yun was officially appointed as the new Left Prime Minister of Jingguo.

Then, an interesting story came out from Quanyuan and appeared on the discussion list.

A servant heard that Fang Yun had half-jokingly said that he had finally become the person he once hated the most.

So Liu Shan once again became a topic of discussion, used to compare with Fang Yun and became the object of everyone's ridicule. Then, Ji Zhibai, who had died for a long time, was also mentioned again, which was equivalent to being whipped.

There was no fierce debate on the discussion list about 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 was seriously injured and difficult to recover, and there was no hope for the holy way, it was better to abandon the holy way 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 got out of the car slowly with the help of Hu Li. Then, Fang Yun called out the Wuhou car, leaned weakly on the back of the chair, and drove slowly forward in the Wuhou car.

Hu Li sat beside Fang Yun, constantly serving tea, kneading shoulders and legs.

Although Hu Li had a fox head and a human body, she was born with the ability to seduce, with a graceful figure and graceful manners, and some officials were so seduced that they lost their souls.

Before Fang Yun arrived outside the palace gate, officials led by Cao De'an walked quickly and greeted Fang Yun.

However, more than half of the officials stood in front of the door, some sneered, some were expressionless, and some were smiling.

Although few military officers greeted Fang Yun, they all smiled when they saw Fang Yun, and greeted him when Fang Yun approached.

Zhang Poyue shouted, "Lord Zuo Xiang, when will you promote me?"

Fang Yun glanced at Zhang Poyue and said, "Wait until you have cut off all the fat on your body."

The officials laughed loudly, but Zhang Poyue didn't care and continued to laugh.

Li Wenying was also among the military officers, and because the 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 officials was Jiang Hechuan before, and now Fang Yun took the military carriage to the position of the head of the civil officials.

As usual, the two rows of 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 officials, he continued to move forward and finally arrived outside the main gate of the palace.

The civil and military officials looked at Fang Yun's back in disbelief, unable to understand Fang Yun's intention.

Fang Yun said slowly, "This prime minister has just arrived at the cabinet and has been promoted to the position of prime minister. Why don't you open the palace gate?"

Fang Yun's voice went straight through the city gate and into the palace.

Many smiling officials stopped smiling and looked at Fang Yun deeply.

No one present was stupid, and no one thought Fang Yun was so arrogant, so Fang Yun's purpose was obvious.

To establish authority.

Some officials secretly smacked their lips. Although they were somewhat resistant to Fang Yun's behavior, they also admired him.

It is common for a new official to start with three fires, but that is the behavior of superiors to their subordinates. This Fang Yun is better, he directly establishes his authority with the royal family of Jingguo!

Many officials secretly communicated with each other through letters. Most people did not understand at first, but soon understood that Fang Dang and Fang Yun’s friends were ostracized in the capital before. In addition to establishing his authority, Fang Yun may also want to defend his friends.

Not only to establish authority with the royal family, but also to establish authority with other officials.

Some officials’ faces became extremely ugly.

The officials of the royal faction headed by Sheng Boyuan, the Minister of Rites, and the officials of the Wen Xiang faction headed by Hu Yucheng, the president of the Academy of Literature, had the gloomiest faces.

Officials of other factions either remained neutral or completely surrendered to Fang Yun.

The five Liu Dang officials who were reinstated yesterday were not happy or angry, but just watched coldly.

Some people who had a good personal relationship with Fang Yun secretly sent letters, hoping that Fang Yun would not make things too awkward. He had just entered the cabinet and was the left prime minister, so he should be a little low-key.

However, Fang Yun ignored them and continued to stand 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 appointment as prime minister should be celebrated by the whole world. Today, the palace gates are open and we welcome him with the courtesy 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 still entered from the side doors on both sides as usual.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Poyue said loudly: "Fang Yun is a real man!"

The officials frowned and looked at Zhang Poyue.

Li Wenying glanced at Zhang Poyue, and Zhang Poyue quickly shut up and continued to move forward with a heartless smile.

Not long after, Fang Yun arrived at Fengtian Hall and became the head of all officials.